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Mandy Abel-Zurstadt

@mycorrhizalmaz.bsky.social
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Disabled geoscientist recent grad | she/they | volunteer w. @accessiblegeo.bsky.social | reviewer w. Consilience sci art journal | admin w. @digzine.bsky.social | sometimes nature poet

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Disability in Geoscience Zine @digzine.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
For folks who are reading our zine: What resonates with you? See an article written by maz in the Consilience Journal: consiliencejournal.substack.com/p/the-geolog...
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The Geologic Road to Change
An artistic community for disabled geoscientists
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Disability in Geoscience Zine @digzine.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🪐👁️ It’s here!! 🪐👁️ The inaugural issue of DiG is out in time for Disability Pride Month! PDF files are available on the project's Tumblr in full color and greyscale, and various sizes. digzinehq.tumblr.com/issues 1/4
A young child, with their back to the camera, is reading the first edition of the DiG Zine. Pictures of minerals and a mouth with its tongue sticking out jump off the page. Text reads: DiG #1 is here
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Mandy Abel-Zurstadt @mycorrhizalmaz.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I wrote my first guest post on Substack today! 🎉 I'm so grateful to be involved with Consilience as a poetry reviewer. 🙏 Issue 21, Chaos, came out today, as did the Substack articles reflecting on the editor's picks. You can read my post below if you're interested. 💛
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Issue 21 Editor’s Pick: ‘After the lecture there was time for questions‘ by Clare Bryden
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Int Assoc for Geoscience Diversity (the IAGD) @accessiblegeo.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
1/2 Did you know that the IAGD is present on other social media platforms? Follow us at any of our other handles! Bluesky: @accessiblegeo.bsky.social Instagram: @accessiblegeo Facebook: accessiblegeo LinkedIn: The International Association for Geoscience Diversity
A list of the IAGD's social medias and website address, with logos. The top reads, FOLLOW US!

Social media handle are as follows—
Website: https://theiagd.org/
Bluesky: @accessiblegeo.bsky.social‬
Instagram: @accessiblegeo
Facebook: accessiblegeo
LinkedIn: The International Association for Geoscience Diversity
Discord: Announcement coming soon...
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Corey Garza @profcgarza.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
We are accepting applications for the GeoFutures program. The program provides mentoring & travel support for geoscience undergrads attending the 2025 @sacnas.bsky.social conference. Priority app deadline 06-16-25 @cientificolatino.com @official-bweems.bsky.social environment.uw.edu/about/inclus...
Logo for GeoFutures program.
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Int Assoc for Geoscience Diversity (the IAGD) @accessiblegeo.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
We would like some information from our community about how we can better serve you! If you'd like, please take a few minutes to fill out the survey at the link below. It will remain open through June 10th, 2025. forms.gle/EeAZR3uRGwCh...
Graphic advertising the IAGD's Engagement Survey. It reads:
The IAGD is revisiting its information dissemination strategies. If you would like to provide feedback as we do this, take a few minutes to fill out this survey. Thank you for your input! We value it!
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Yall wanna hear something extremely embarrassing? Before Trump’s election, a bunch of academics who lumbered rightward after being criticized by the left (Pinker, Dawkins, Krauss) wrote essays for a book that is coming out in July about the threats to academia from the left. YALL, THE TITLE!!
“The War on Science”
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 17/04/2025
We agree with this morning’s @sciam.bsky.social's op-ed: science organizations must speak up. That’s why AGU joined a lawsuit challenging the unlawful firings of federal scientists. Silencing science threatens our economy, environment, public health & national security.
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Jeremy Jenkins @jeremyjenkins.net · 17/04/2025
My lily of the valley is blooming, and it smells wonderful. 🌱
A lily of the valley: flowers are grapes of small white bells.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 17/04/2025
Science doesn’t improve by cutting Black, Hispanic, and women experts. But that’s exactly what happened—38 out of 43 removed from NIH boards were just that. And they wonder why trust in institutions is fading.
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Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Mandy Abel-Zurstadt @mycorrhizalmaz.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
🎉 We're making progress at DiG Zine towards launch! 🎉 Follow @digzine.bsky.social to join our community and stay in the loop re: our progress. All are welcome—geologists and creators with disabilities & allies alike! 🤟
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Int Assoc for Geoscience Diversity (the IAGD) @accessiblegeo.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
@skypeascientist.bsky.social is looking for a geologist who knows ASL to volunteer with them! If that's you and you're interested in signing up, please do so here: www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html 🤟👩‍🔬
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Sign Up
Skype a Scientist gives you the opportunity to connect with students and the public around the world. ​
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 05/04/2025
Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING #handsoff
Portland OR Hands Off Rally
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Briana Mills, LMFT ♿️🏳️‍🌈 @brianamillslmft.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
These useless tariffs will disproportionately target disabled people. You know what comes from overseas? Wheelchairs, medications, hearing aids, medical supplies. It will all be more expensive and many disabled people are on a fixed income, which means many will die. This is eugenics at play.
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FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flarelitmag.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Just sent out more responses! Keep 'em coming!! Our EIC @kellyesparza.bsky.social responds within 24 hours!! #callforsubs #litmags
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a cartoon hand is pressing a send button on a screen .
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Mandy Abel-Zurstadt @mycorrhizalmaz.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Great news! Issue 21 (Chaos) of Consilience is now taking submissions of #SciencePoetry and #ScienceArt! 🎨🔬🖊️ www.consilience-journal.com/submit
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submit — Consilience
For each issue of Consilience we invite submissions of poetry or artwork. All submissions must have a link to science, fit the theme of the upcoming issue, and also be in line with our inclusivity sta...
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
It took me over a decade to realize I was disabled. Internalized ableism is no joke. It can lead us to push our bodies and deny our reality. A 🧵 about ableism, disability, covid caution and finding your voice. We aren’t expendable. Activism is more important now than ever before /1
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
All these amazing people jumping in to build the @nationaltab.bsky.social this a.m. is amazing. We've raised $165 in just the last 2 hours! Let's keep up this momentum, friends. Accessible national news. Facts. No paywalls. Let's do this! givebutter.com/c/EAMP2024/m...
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Equal Access Public Media
Spring Fund Drive!
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Mandy Abel-Zurstadt @mycorrhizalmaz.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
The Office of Special Education Programs *does not* belong in the Dept. of Health and Human Services. I have a lot of concerns, one being how this move will most likely reinforce the medical model of disability to the American public. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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Why Trump's Move to Shift Special Ed. to HHS Is Rattling Educators
Current and former staffers are wary of vague plans to move special education out of the Education Department.
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DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
“Good things often happen to those who stick to their principles, take a stand, and speak out.”
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Mandy Abel-Zurstadt @mycorrhizalmaz.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I couldn't attend a #StandUpForScience rally this year unfortunately, so here's my poster from the 2017 March for Science. ✊🗺️ I'm still astounded that I free-handed North America so well. It was a scientific miracle! (Upon further inspection, some of these ages are wrong... 🧵 1/2
A picture of a hand-drawn poster. It reads Know Where You Stand above a colored outline of the North American continent. The shape is divided into segments by geologic age, which is indicated in text and by color-coding. The ages range from 1.1-1.2 b.y. to >2.5 b.y.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
What people in every part of higher education need to understand is that Republicans now want to do to universities what they’ve tried to do to labor unions: erase them from the institutional landscape. The question is how much you want to collaborate in your own destruction.
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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible. @stacykess.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
We would condemn the same ableist nickname/joke if it had been applied to Sen. Tammy Duckworth, also a wheelchair user, instead of Gov. Greg Abbott. Ableism is ableism, full stop. Read what @vilissathompson.bsky.social has to say:
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Its not that using ableist language is "offensive" alone, it is in that using ableist epithets, we normalize the idea that disability is a state of undesirable, laughable inferiority and otherness, and that disabled people deserve to the butt of the joke for some intrinsic reason--its insidious
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 26/03/2025
🔬Science must remain free from political interference. As Editors-in-Chief of AGU Publications, we reaffirm our commitment to rigorous, independent, and inclusive Earth and space science research. A diverse scientific community strengthens discovery and solutions for society.
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Mandy Abel-Zurstadt @mycorrhizalmaz.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
So excited to continue to follow this wonderful person on her equally wonderful journey. She's doing great work in the #DisabledInSTEM community!
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Major update over the weekend to our spreadsheet tracking terminated NIH grants. 👇 Improvements include: - more grant metadata, including Congressional reps and their phone numbers - data from more sources to complement PI-submitted information - better data integrity and reproducibility 1/
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Rescinded NIH Grants
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Mandy Abel-Zurstadt @mycorrhizalmaz.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Issue 20 (Change) of Consilience is live! Take a look at the link below for some wonderful #ScienceArt and #SciencePoetry! 🎨🔬🖊️ www.consilience-journal.com/issue-20
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Change (Issue 20) — Consilience
Issue 20 of Consilience features poetry and artwork that explores the topic of 'change'.
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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Don't forget that in this crisis, we scientists have two equal responsibilities 1. To stand up for science, for continued government funding & 2. To support the next generation of scientists, ensuring they're trained to sustain the future. Without the second we may win the battle but lose the war.
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Int Assoc for Geoscience Diversity (the IAGD) @accessiblegeo.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Carleton University and the IAGD are putting on an accessible geology field trip on May 11, 2025. We hope you can join us! Details on the attached flyer. Apply at shorturl.at/DkBOO or contact beth.mclartyhalfkenny@carleton.ca for more information.
Flyer with text on the right side and three field pictures on the left. The first is of a river bank and some foliage. The second is of a dark grey, banded outcrop. The third is of plants growing in lightly-colored soil or sand.
Text reads:
GAC MAC IAH-CNC 2025 Ottawa Conference
Geoheritage of the National Capital Accessible Field Trip
Join us for a fully inclusive field trip to visit exceptional geoheritage sites in the Ottawa area and learn how intentional design and simple technologies can remove barriers and build truly accessible field experiences.
Date: Sunday, May 11, 2025
Cost: $100. Some needs-based subsides are available. Fee includes lunch and a field guide with geology and accessibility information.
Pickup/drop off: University of Ottawa (exact location TBD)
Apply: An application is required to ensure spaces will be available for those who need accessibility accommodations. All are welcome!
For more information contact beth.mclartyhalfkenny@carleton.ca
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Capitol Crawl, in which disabled activists discarded their mobility aids at the foot of the Capitol steps to climb them in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Ac. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, 8, told reporters "I'll take all night if I have to!"
Three people in sky blue shirts and jeans climbing the steps of the US Capitol, including a young blonde girl wearing a red and white bandanna around her head and turning to look at the camera
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Briana Mills, LMFT ♿️🏳️‍🌈 @brianamillslmft.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I can’t emphasize enough how much accessibility benefits everyone. Ramps, elevators, ventilated air, automatic doors. You caring about accessibility is literally caring about your future. You will become disabled unless you die young. Investing in the disability community is investing in yourself.
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Disability in Geoscience Zine @digzine.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
🪐 While we wait for DiG edition #1 to be published…🪐 ❤️ Why not get to know our staff a little better? ❤️ 👁️ These are some of our favorite minerals from our staffs’ collections! 👁️ (Image descriptions in alt text!) 1/7 #geology #geoscience #disability #zine #minerals
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Mama Sand @mamasand.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Today is Disability Day of Mourning. Please take a moment to remember those who have been lost at the hands of family and caregivers. We are also mourning those lost to COVID. Many disabled people are afraid for their lives right now, reasonably so. Please, just a moment, just remember them.
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GeoSPACE Field Course @geospace-field.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
GeoSPACE is the only accessible for-credit geology field course in the US and we need your help! Help us keep this camp financially accessible for students by donating at the link below through 2/20 and typing "geospace" in the text box at the bottom of the form. givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ge...
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Geology Department Fund - Gator Nation Giving Day
Do you ever wish you could have attended a Hydro field camp or learned to code in Python over the summer? Maybe a shorter, local field experience would have been practical for you? Many of our alumni ...
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist
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Mandy Abel-Zurstadt @mycorrhizalmaz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
If you're a creator with a disability who is studying, or working or interested in #geoscience, consider submitting to the #DisabilityInGeoscience #Zine! Learn more @ t.co/NLmeRsZGtL. Feel free to reach out in my DMs as well! 🙂
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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 30/01/2025
Not insanity. Racism. White supremacy. Re-segregation. Eugenics. Exclusion. Hating Black people. Call it what it is. Stop giving these fools cover by calling it insanity. Note: I reskeeted this & then deleted because I can't have this fool's face on my skyline so I just put the original skeet.
Skeet from Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com
"Insanity–Trump signs an order blaming Biden and DEI for flight dangers
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Here are some nice mushrooms
A colony of butter oysterling mushrooms are frozen on the end of a broken stick, held up to see their wavy gills in front of a snowy forest

All photos by me
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Ashlee 🤟🏻 @ashleemboyer.com · 06/02/2025
And that means we need every platform possible to be what? ACCESSIBLE. 🗣️ Make your posts accessible, like alt text. If a platform prevents you from making content accessible, yell at them. LOUDLY. 🔊 Bonus fun: the yelling helps people me get paid accessibility work ☺️
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Dr. Kassandra Ford @kassthefish.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Hi everyone. Just a reminder that it's okay to not be okay. I'm overwhelmed by everything and very much LIVID at what's happening. Things are bad and unprecedented. Know I love you all. Science is real. Trans people deserve life and happiness. Your feelings are valid. YOU are valid.
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Prof Richard Betts @richardabetts.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share Don't let science be hidden
A graph of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at the Mauna Loa observatory, Hawaii, from 1958 to 4th February 2025. It shows carbon dioxide levels rising at an accelerating rate over the decades. This is known to be due to emissions of carbon dioxide from human activity, mainly fossil fuel burning but also deforestation. The first CO2 concentration value in March 1958 was 315 parts per million (ppm). The latest daily value is 426 ppm. The graph also shows a seasonal cycle of a few ppm within each year, which is known to be linked to the growing season in the northern hemisphere causing a temporary uptake of carbon in spring and summer and release in autumn. The graph is produced routinely by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.
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Andrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.com · 05/02/2025
Wars end, dictatorships end. We have a future. Everything you do or don't do matters. Choose faith, hope, collective power. Do whatever you can, where you are, with whatever you have. You matter and together our voices will make a difference.
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 05/02/2025
🧠🔍 Right-wing authoritarianism and perceived threats to minoritised groups New research finds that right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) is strongly linked to seeing minoritised groups as a threat. Higher marginalisation strengthens the RWA-threat link. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/bjso... #SciComm 🧪
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<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) refers to an adherence to conventional values and authorities with the power to penalize groups that are perceived to challenge the cohesion of ingroup norms. Corres...
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Include disabled people in your resistance planning. In many ways we’re built for resistance, as we have to find creative and sustainable ways to survive every single day. This is the time for intersectionality and community care. We need to work together and save one another.
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Hey fellow 🧪 people, just a reminder that when you share screenshots of the emails and such you're getting, you need to INCLUDE THE FULL TEXT IN THE ALT TEXT. Your disabled colleagues are under attack rn, so it's literally the least you can do.
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Good Grief Network @goodgriefnetwork.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Whatever you are feeling, it's OK to feel it. Terror? Rage? Grief? Remember you're not alone. Drink some water, shake your body, call a loved one, pet an animal, paint a picture. Connect and care. Connect and care. Connect and care. Connect and care. Connect and care.
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Mandy Abel-Zurstadt @mycorrhizalmaz.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I finally took a picture of the beautiful #mushrooms I can see from my window. it's my offering to bluesky in this difficult time. nature persists. we're part of nature (even thought we sometimes forget), so, so will we 🙏🍄
Flat, light brown mushrooms growing around the base of a tree trunk. They have frilly borders and overlap one another like sheets. Frost-crusted clover covers the surrounding ground.
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