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Leilah @leilah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sitting here looking up how to reheat rice in a rice cooker, finally realizing that of course it has a function for that. It has functions for "cake", for crying out loud. (It's labeled "steam".)

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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“Oh, you need your precious Chatbot to help you be creative? These freaks made a giant, tactile troll by hand that has taken up residence as my new sleep paralysis demon, born of their own sick minds.” The best review I’ve ever received. 😭🤌🏼

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I have just learned of #Boktober, the marvellous brainchild of @kamakru.bsky.social, and goodness, it might as well be tailor-made for me. I have in actual fact already been thinking of returning to the hens again, so this feels doubly fortuitous. 🤩🐔

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Cat Cosplay @catcosplay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October/Halloween Memes! Post them or Tag us in the best you find! #October #Halloween #memes

A Fake Spirit Halloween costume bag with a cat wearing a pirate outfit from the series "our flag means death" package contains costume items and "a lifetime of waiting for payback"

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 29/09/2026

Justice Murray declared part of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act unconstitutional, and trafficking convictions for Drug User Liberation Front co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum have been stayed. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

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DULF Wins Constitutional Challenge, Judge Applauds Their Work | The Tyee

Compassion club co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum will avoid prison and Canada told to update its drug laws.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🎶 THERE'S POWER IN THE FACTORIES THERE'S POWER IN THE LAND POWER IN THE HAND OF THE WORKER 🎶

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Eric Fell @ericfell.com · 25/09/2026

TONIGHT! The Gentlemen Hecklers return! Come on out to the HR MacMillan Space Centre for PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE featuring hilarious live commentary from Eric Fell, Gina Harms, and Patrick Maliha! Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/gentlemen-...

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Gentlemen Hecklers at the Space Centre

Join us for an evening of laughs, fun, and endless entertainment.

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Leilah @leilah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I swear, this fucker. I'd be happy to see the party kick him to the curb for a lot of things, but handing the province willingly to the conservatives in an optional election? My only hope is a NDP/Green coalition at this point - and frankly that may not be a bad thing.

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Leilah @leilah.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Absolutely fucking *scathing* summary. Accurate, mind you.

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 17/09/2026

Hoping to some tilcayo art in the #SciArt Feed! (Photos by Joel Sartore).

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 17/09/2026

so… toss your preposterous thoughts my way, and I’ll choose some at random - then I’ll prove that I’m actually much better at this than a plagiarism machine with spicy autocorrect (please use the hashtag #unprompted )

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 17/09/2026

[cackles] as soon as I posted that, it occurred to me that I could collect the results and call the project UNPROMPTED I mean, if it’s fun and I keep it up

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 06/09/2026

Descending into Thunderdome. (Sorry for the shaky cam, I don’t have a Go-Pro) #BikeTO #bikesky #Toronto

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

So many special bird days. Not that I’m complaining. Yesterday it was vultures and hummingbirds and today it’s #WorldShorebirdDay! So lots of shorebird photos incoming! #birds 🌿

A flock of small brown and white birds is in flight or just landed at the edge of blue water.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

VULTURES ARE AWESOME and an indispensable part of making the whole cycle of nature work. So here are some very sweet Black Vultures to celebrate #VultureAwarenessDay! #birds #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay 🌿

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Black Vultures Grooming Each Other

YouTube video by Get To Know Nature

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Leilah @leilah.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Our collective agreement has finally gone to the vote. I am so damn glad to be done with bargaining. We started prepping in April 2025, contract expired in July, they wouldn't meet with us until December. Sixteen months total.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

[Siren wailing ⚠️] It's bank holiday Monday, which is basically another Sunday! Time for pigment shenanigans, this time: Buddleia flowers which I share with moths, butterflies, bees, and hoverflies like this absolute chonk of a unit (hornet hoverfly) also make dye. Also here's the prev thread.

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

👑YOU COULD BE WEARING THIS BIRD👑 Yolo wants you to know our King Vulture pendant is *this* close to unlocking. Help us make sure this magnificent little weirdo (or well, a version of his magnificent future self) gets to join the flock! 🪶 👉 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

A graphic design featuring three banners of a king vulture pendant, hummingbird earrings and green cheeked conure pin for the Visionary Vultures crowdfunding project

A closeup of baby Yolo the king vulture, wings spread

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Nimblenewt @nimblenewt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“Dinets also was co-author of a widely reported study in 2013 that demonstrated crocodiles used sticks and twigs to hunt, balancing nest-building material on their snouts just above the water line to lure birds. The crocodiles lay in wait for hours and lunged when a bird ventured near.” Snout nest!

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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“Black’s work is distinctive…she does not treat dinosaurs as mere fossils. She infuses these creatures with personalities of a sort, including instincts and rivalries, yet without abandoning research that supports those choices…paleontological biography that makes deep time feel personal” - Booklist

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Tyrant Lizard Queen

From the author of the beloved The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, an imaginative celebration of T. rex from hatching to adulthoodTyrannosaurus rex is a prehisto...

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Lily Lachance 🏳️‍⚧️🚀✍️ @lilylachance.com · 30/08/2026

"Write the book that an earlier version of you needed." Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com

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WTF Just Happened Today? by Matt Kiser @whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com · 01/09/2026

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Leilah @leilah.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

An elderly bunny attempts to make a cake.

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Leilah @leilah.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A director tries to film a movie despite technical challenges and HR issues.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 28/08/2026

The Canada Goose Eagle thing is stupid by dumb people. The best Canada goose content you need in your life today is Jurassic Geese.

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cageyratfish (they) UTC-7 🐟🏳️‍⚧️ @cageyratfish.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A good thread of tips by a real, human nature photographer. A lot of these AI-generated nature pics are getting so sophisticated that it can be tricky to clock them as AI at a glance! Biggest tip of all: Follow real photographers, not huge anonymous "beautiful birds" or "___ of the day" accounts

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Ok, here goes. I’m starting a series about how to tell if a photo is real or generated by ai. I hope this is helpful. Please feel free to reply with tells I’ve missed. Below is an ai generated “photo” that demonstrates something that’s too good to be true #birds #ThisIsAI (1/?)

What appears to be a photo of a young child standing on the beach with two gulls above them as well as a boat exactly centered above them. Text on the image says too good to be true, this is so generated, lined up too perfectly and birds don’t have shadows.

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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

ICE has detained Milo? Okay okay, abolish ICE but damn.

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/08/2026

#WhatWorks💡: Two decades ago, Mike Anderson took on a construction project that laid the foundation for a new career with a far bigger goal — tackling one of the biggest challenges in many First Nations communities. 🏘️ Marissa Tiel reports.

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An Indigenous Housing Solution from the Heart | The Tyee

The Skeetchestn Indian Band turns timber on its territory into modular housing kits based on a traditional cultural design.

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Eric Fell @ericfell.com · 28/08/2026

New monthly riff just dropped! For a mere $5 Canadian a month, you can support a real indie comedian making real things: in this case, a full-length riff of an episode of Gemini Man! I'm really proud of this one. Here's a clip! www.patreon.com/ericfell/pos...

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Teaser: On Monday, August 31, our paper on D&D for environmental education is finally coming out. I am so excited to share this one with you.

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Leilah @leilah.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This teensy moth landed on our picnic table while we were camping. It was SO SHINY. Searched for ages... turned up on the cover of the BC Lepidoptera Checklist. Epimartyria bimaculella!

Photo of an extremely small moth on a picnic table. It's dark brown with a bright gold cape on its back and a gold spot near the end of its wing.

A much better picture of the tiny moth, but on the cover of a green book called "Checklist of the Lepidoptera of British Columbia, Canada".

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Ok, I have an #InverteFest question for you all. What’s the weirdest/coolest/most surprising invertebrate you’ve ever gotten a photo of? I don’t care if the photo is from a mile off and taken with a ten year old phone. 😅 This weirdo (complimentary) is probably mine 😊 #invertebrates 🌿#BugSky

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A teeny tiny bird on a skinny branch for the #BirdOfTheDay theme #ThinPerches (Ruby-crowned Kinglet) #birds 🌿

A small greenish gray bird with a bit of yellow on its back stands on a skinny branch about the width of the bird’s legs.

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Leilah @leilah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky in your camera roll.

Photo of a rocky outcrop on a sandy beach. There are tall cedars in front of a orangey pink cloudy sky, and a large driftwood log in the foreground.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

[Siren wailing] it's that time again! ⚠️ This is your incoming Sunday pigment shenanigans/shitposts warning. Today: extraction of pinkish-orangeish colours from madder roots, after they've been digested to extract red madder lake (alizarine.) Also here's last times thread on alkanet root lake.

Bright reddish orange liquid flowing from a filter basket into a 2 litre glass beaker. The filter contains cold madder root that has previously been used in alizarine extraction by fermentation and digestion at 70 degrees C. The liquid being poured through it is hot aluminium sulphate (alum) solution.

Close up on the bottom half of the beaker where a pink pigment can be seen coalescing in the brightly coloured liquid. This is because hot sodium carbonate (soda ash) is now being poured into the filter basket.

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Leilah @leilah.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Legitimately shocked Carney stepped up, but I'll take it. 🍁

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 22/08/2026

Context for my American friends: PM Carney has been behaving much more right-wing than many Canadians expected, since elected, though he speaks well on the international stage. The new leader of our left-wing party, Avi Lewis of the NDP, (simple to democratic socialists in US) is lauding Carney.

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 22/08/2026

Help support my wife @mfollett.bsky.social 's kindergarten class! It makes Mr. Skittles happy too. www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/... #CelebrateCanada #EdSky #Toronto

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Nimblenewt @nimblenewt.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Holy moly, what an encounter! Bluntnose Sixgill sharks have a shallow water transit point next to where I learned to dive, and my instructor spoke of rare local sightings of them with wistful enthusiasm and deep reverence.

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Solo Diving With a Giant Sixgill Shark | Vancouver Island

YouTube video by ScubaBC

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Good morning, smol reminder that I have a paint shop at lycomorpha.etsy.com where you can buy paints made by me with mud and rocks, among other things. I'll be shipping tomorrow 💖

A 4-panel photo collage showing me making grey ochre watercolour paint. Grey ochre PBk11 is an iron oxide pigment that's a lot like black haematite or mars black, but y'know, greyer. I mix the pigment powder with a liquid watercolour binder, first using a paint knife, then a glass muller. I swatch it to check the colour, pour pans and wrap them up for my store once they're dry.

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