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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 29/09/2026

Scrolled too fast and thought this was fancy sandwiches 😂

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Adrian Randall @anidealhusbando.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Weird hill to dine on but okay

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 26/09/2026

Instead of: A hill I'm willing to die on I'm gonna start saying: A hill I'm having a picnic on Just... spreading out a blanket with a food basket and staying a long time ✅️ too many ppl dying already ✅️ picnics are cozy n nice ✅️ nobody wants to eject someone having a nice picnic on a hillside

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

frankly, congress (yes, both parties, and especially republicans) hasn’t been serious about funding public health adequately even post-pandemic. they will be under tremendous industry pressure to rebuild the military, and i don’t think they’ll spend what it’ll take to rebuild public health

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Girl dinner

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

French marine biologist Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented the first glass aquarium for scientific study in 1832. Her sealed tanks (with aeration & water stability) enabled live observation of sea creatures, which was revolutionary in marine research. She was born #OTD in 1794. #WomenInSTEM

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Daybreak System @daybreak-system.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The moon creates two tidal bulges on the Earth, one towards the moon and one away from the moon. but the Earth spins faster than the Moon can go around it, so Earth's rotation drags the tidal bulges with it, the one towards the moon is slightly in front of the moon while the one away from the moon

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Daybreak System @daybreak-system.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Moon speeding up causes it to miss the Earth by a larger margin and fall away from the Earth, and that's why the Moon is moving away from Earth by 4cm a year. But Venus spins extremely slowly, and, to make it worse: in the opposite direction to every other planet

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Nocturnal Holly @nocturnalholly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My second favorite planet, she’s so fierce 🖤

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Obsidian Blue @obsidianblue80.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Democrats running in 2028 have to abolish ICE. Get rid of DHS entirely frankly.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/09/2026

Look, we know for fucking sure that my dog is sapient and also unpredictable and it turns out of he mauls someone I’m liable and he can be put down.

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Jess Rose @jesslynnrose.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Google Maps AI reviews summary for my pottery studio mentions the "friendly studio cat". No review includes these words. What the reviews actually say is that the studio is a friendly place and that there is a cat. This cat is is only motivated by violence and loves biting.

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Julie the ok gardener @juliejam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A Paper Wasp on the boneset for #WaspWednesday. Polistes fuscatus. #WorldWaspWeek #bugsky #nativeplants 🌱

Four different views of a male Northern Paper Wasp (I think) feeding on white boneset flowers. Here we see the back of the wasp. The curved tips of the antennae identify him as a male. He has a black thorax with one white horizontal stripe and two vertical stripes below it. His abdomen has curved tan stripes alternating with black stripes. The black stripes have concentric circles of rust and tan on each side that get smaller and disappear near the end of the abdomen. The wings are a dark rusty brown.

The wasp seen from one side. His head is black on the side and his legs are a reddish-gold color.

The wasp has his face in a wispy white boneset flower, his antennae folded down in front of the flower, the tips curved like shepherd's crooks.

The wasp grips a flower and drinks from it facing the camera, showing his pale yellow face and khaki tan eyes. Tall Boneset, Eupatorium altissimum. Oklahoma Northern Crosstimbers ecoregion 29a.

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Nocturnal Holly @nocturnalholly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Crochet a drink warmer for your pumpkin spice latte because even inanimate objects deserve the attention to detail you so desperately crave and self-medicate for” 🧶💀

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The reasons they sparkle in sunlight is specifically because they spend so little time above ground: - smooth, mirror-like scales also offer less resistance in tunneling. - thin layers of scale cells provide abrasion-proof coat, but they also produce iridescence in strong light. (📷:Maura Hennelly)

An iridescent snake (the same one as in the OP) is held in a human hand, forming a sort of figure 8 while held gently. It is iridescent rainbow colored, and just a very pretty little snake.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I want to say early on that Xenopeltis are extremely challenging to keep as pets, not recommended & possibly illegal where you live. They're best & happiest when wild & free in their native habitat! But oh my goodness, they dial the colors up to 11 in bright sunlight.

Another photo, possibly of the same pet snake. It's sort of soft-brown with iridescent rainbow colors where the sunlight hits it. A human hand holds it in front of a broad-leafed plant.

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Nocturnal Holly @nocturnalholly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today I got to write about the relative absorbency of salamander bellies (more) vs scaly bird feet (less). Sometimes my job is charming.

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Cliff PervoSCARY @pervocracy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is a canary resuscitator, which miners would use to revive canaries that had passed out from toxic gas, because ideally not only do you care, you don't even leave the bird behind. just a little mining history and not at all a furious scream

A canary in a sealed box attached to an oxygen tank

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 22/09/2026

Just published a fun Open Access paper with several great co-authors from across the continent. Swimming caterpillars! 🐛 🏊‍♀️ 🪳🪲🧪 academic.oup.com/jinsectscien...

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Diversity of swimming behavior in larval Lepidoptera

Abstract. Lepidoptera are a highly diverse lineage of predominantly terrestrial insects, yet their larvae occupy diverse habitats where they may experience

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Martin Harvey @kitenet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fascinating caterpillar studies! #TeamMoth

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 22/09/2026

"When my guests come over, it’s gonna be like BLAMMO! Check out my shellacked decorative vegetables, assholes. Guess what season it is—fucking fall. There’s a nip in the air, and my house is full of mutant fucking squash." buff.ly/pykYN6f

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It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

For the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.

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Maria BOO!stillos @mariabustillos.com · 22/09/2026

George W. Bush is an author of the fascist takeover and we knew it back then but he has better manners than Trump and hoodwinked a lot of people that way

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

With 747 gone to the big Jumbo Jet in the sky, this year I'm all in on 903 - who was initially known as "Cheeks," one of Grazer's 2016 cubs, but who got the name "Gully" from... *checks notes* Chasing down and eating gulls. And who has a habit of stealing fish from Eagles.

A fluffy golden bear cub, grass in his mouth, as he sits happily beside his mother.

A large, shaggy, adult male bear, looking with soft eyebrows to camera.

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Nocturnal Holly @nocturnalholly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’m not too worried about this, actually. It’s one tox test that shows behavior change, which is a very basic start. Tox is one part of risk, exposure levels/duration matter a lot. We also don’t know if the effect actually translates to increased predation. Worth looking into, not worth alarm

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 18/09/2026

*smashes bottle against table* STOP STEALING OUR GOOGLY EYES AND USING THEM TO PRETEND YOU MADE GOD

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So we have: ✅ venom ✅ advertising of said venom (aposematism) But there's a third trick up the old hypodermic-encrusted sleeve: A butt that looks like a face, or alternatively, A face that looks like a butt. So if you encounter our friend here, avoid contact at all costs. (📷: Ineedmorebtc)

From "Ineedmorebtc" on a gardening subreddit, a saddleback caterpillar, showing the saddle, a brown patch in the midst of a green patch on the bug's back, lined with white. Both ends of the 'pillar have yellow eyespots to confuse predators, so that unless you know which is the head, either end could be.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There are two ways you will react to the image below. Never encountered: "Neat! A caterpillar with a little sports jersey on!" Encountered: "Oh god, get it away before it kills us all!" Let's meet the saddleback caterpillar (Acharia stimulea), a tiny bug that that 'hides' a painful sting.

From Brittanica Encyclopedia:
"Saddleback caterpillar
The armed and brightly colored saddleback caterpillar (Acharia stimulea) is a type of slug caterpillar moth found in North America."

CREDIT: hagit berkovich/Shutterstock.com

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Nocturnal Holly @nocturnalholly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If I have too much lit to get through, I want the help of a librarian. A trained, accountable, human librarian. Or that one orangutan.

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Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 17/09/2026

"researchers having to read scientific literature" is not a problem that needs solving

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 17/09/2026

PRECIOUS BABY SCAMPERING!!! 🐣 🪶

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Sabermane @homelessrobot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Two doors are blocked by guardians. One only speaks the truth, the other only screams at the top of it's lungs. We're pretty sure there was a shipping error. The guard that speaks only truths lets you know he's giving his two weeks and is worried about finding a new job but can't keep doing this

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That Iowa Ginger @thatiowaginger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Well fuck. There goes my plan to be grumpy all day.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This post is making the rounds again for some reason and therefore I feel I must inform you that they’ve hired another one so there are now TWO forensic pathologists working in Iceland.

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Nocturnal Holly @nocturnalholly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

There’s another round of “non-LoTR character that could resist the Ring,” as usual folks are choosing strong-willed characters. I think that misses the point. Even Aragorn didn’t trust himself with it, nor Gandalf. Strong wills are easily corrupted. The way to resist is to be fundamentally *gentle*

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Yue_hime_ @yuehime.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Today’s flower 🌻🌱 #1553 Oenothera lindheimeri

A photograph of a white and pink Oenothera lindheimeri flower in front of stone steps leading towards a house

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P.J. @pjpjpj.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

NoVa and DMV #photography enthusiasts, on Sept 18 we’re having a photography yard sale and darkroom open house at The Art League School's studios in North Old Town Alexandria from 11 – 5. Camera gear will be for sale and we'll have the Darkroom open. Come say hi and check out an awesome space!

A poster advertising a photography yard sale and Darkroom open house for The Art League School of Alexandria, VA. The poster background is primarily a blue-gray and features line drawings showing various cameras on the left side. The right side shows a film strip with perforations along the sides characteristic of 35 mm film.

Text is overlayed on the film strip with the event name, date, and location. The event happens on September 18, 2026 from 11 AM to 5 PM in Art Studio 3 at the The Muse in North Old Town. The specific address is 1201 N Royal St, Alexandria, VA.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Don’t be afraid to show us who you are. Don’t hide your intelligence, mossy exterior, ragged talons, crooked antlers, and wondrously odd way of looking at the world from the rest of us.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

ALERT THIS PUG IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION IN DENVER HIS NAME IS SPARK PUG.

A tiny, wrinkly-faced pug looking up at the camera.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/09/2026

Never trust anyone's analysis if they refer to nonviolence as either "passive" or "obeying the law." They don't understand nonviolence, and also, they're really fucking racist.

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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The only kind of flock we need in Alexandria

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Undead in Chicago (municipal boundary) @mosermostly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Getting ready to never forget again. Get Your War On is the best depiction of what it felt like for me to be progressive and anti war in DC post 9/11.

Get your war on comic. Clip art man sitting at a computer and keyboard says "oh my god this war on terrorism is gonna *rule*! I can't wait until the war is over and there's no more terrorism!

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Fossilized Tree Resin @jamberee13.bsky.social · 17/01/2024

I showed u my moths pls respond

An oak slug moth being transported by FTR to a preferred resting area

A harnessed tiger moth looking at FTR before she flew off into the ferns

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jessamine finch @seedystudies.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

📣 New York Botanical Garden is seeking a career-track Restoration Ecologist! 🥾 develop ext. funded, field-oriented, collections-informed, & collaborative research program 📨 Optimal consideration: Sep. 25 (open till filled) 📆 Start: Jan. 1, 2027 (negotiable) 🤑 $87.5k jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/o8s...

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New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Restoration Ecology.

New York Botanical Garden is looking for Assistant Curator, Restoration Ecology. Learn more or Jobvite a friend.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Trying to think of what to post for Star Trek’s 60th anniversary but I post about Star Trek a lot already so just enjoy Worf wearing jeans

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Let's calculate how many Hercules moths (Coscinocera hercules) would be needed to lift an adult human. They weigh 30-50 grams, extrapolate lift about 30% in excess to body weight, so ~10 grams per moth. For a 70 kg human, that means we need about 7,000 of the little buggers. Now, who has a net?

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Mallory @mlaw91.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Y’all I have football team colored clothes in honor of my uncle I need to iron I am about to throw hands with you @dominionenergy.bsky.social

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