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“Of all the paths you take in life make sure a few of them are dirt.” -John Muir Stitching for Tattered Times. #Embroidery #Stitching #TatteredTimes #QuiltArt #Women’sArt

Of all the paths you take in life make sure a few of them are dirt. – John Muir.
Funky stitching on an antique quilt

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 19h

If you’re voting by mail, do it soon!

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 08/10/2026

The 2026 WWF Living Planet Report has been published! 📢 The IPBES Nexus Assessment resonates with the Living Planet Report’s focus on fairness: the response options that scored highest on equity also offered greater effectiveness. —Pamela McElwee, IPBES #NexusAssessment Co-chair

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"In Latin America and the Caribbean, wildlife populations fell by 95% [in 52 years, and] 80% in Africa..." How do you even compute such whirlwind annihilation of nature? *THE* best thing we can do to alter such trends? Shift towards more plant-based diets. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Comebacks for wild tigers, tuna and sea turtles prove nature loss can be reversed, scientists say

A landmark report reveals that the world must change the way it produces food to avoid a biodiversity collapse

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

US artist Hillary Waters Fayle, known for creating fine embroideries on real leaves #womensart #AutumnWeek 🍂

A photo of a line of the same species of green leaf each with a botanical embroidery of the same flowering plant

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Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Startling today — a daily Substack of the greatest Spy hits about the short-fingered vulgarian. Subscribe here: substack.com/@spymagazine... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/s...

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Do You Miss Spy Magazine? For One Month, It’s Back. (Gift Article)

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its first issue, the long-defunct satirical monthly is resurfacing vintage articles about Trump on Substack.

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Why does today feel like another Monday? Anyway, here's another owl video. #birds

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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Way to go, team! Over 1 million comments were submitted opposing the US Forest Service's proposal to repeal the Roadless Rule and open millions of acres of critical habitat and public lands to logging and development. @sierraclub.org www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...

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More Than 1 Million Comments Opposing Roadless Rule Rollback

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Sierra Club and partners around the country announced that more than one million public comments were submitted in opposition to the Trump administration’s proposed repea...

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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation @dec.ny.gov · 07/10/2026

Don’t stop be-leafing! Week 4️⃣ of the @i-love-ny.bsky.social Fall Foliage Report just dropped! 🍂 For the full report, visit www.iloveny.com/things-to-do...

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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How do fat bears get so fat? 🐻 Catching salmon requires skill, luck, and years of practice. But research shows that the real secret to bulky bears is a varied diet.

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The Art of the Catch | bioGraphic

To bulk up for winter hibernation, Alaska’s brown bears employ a range of techniques for snaring salmon.

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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Brooklyn Museum is undertaking a $48m overhaul of its century-old infrastructure, as New York City steps up efforts to make its cultural institutions—and the city more broadly—energy efficient and less dependent on fossil fuels. buff.ly/v66rztk

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sonya Sklaroff (America Artist, born in 1970) "Autumn Urban Romance", 2022. Oil on Canvas, 48 × 36 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 06/10/2026

Donald Trump doesn’t pick our leaders. We The People do. On October 17, millions of Americans will show up to stop the fascists from sabotaging the midterms. Join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If we care about human nature, we’re going to need to figure out how to conserve it, in some of the same ways we’ve tried to do with nature nature. billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-human-en...

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A human environmentalism

Slightly weird edition with some thoughts on the AI moment

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Hello, since Redbubble did me dirty (suspension without explanation while owing me money) let's experiment a little bit! If I've known you long enough not to abuse my work and you want a print/sticker/whatever from me, pay me what you want, I'll give you high resolution files. Try me! #Art #SciArt

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Jason Rylander @jasonrylander.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

today's moment of zen

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Christopher Michel @christophermichel.com · 06/10/2026

Where the Cypress Fall. Fallen limbs hold their old twists, pale against the dark earth. There is something tender about this place, the way the forest keeps its dead. #SeaRanch #Photography

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Amazon Watch @amazonwatch.org · 06/10/2026

“Unfortunately, what we saw today is, let’s say, a bleak moment,” Dinamam Tuxá, an executive coordinator with APIB, told Mongabay in an audio message. “We did not expect this result.” news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

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Far-right election results in Brazil 'bleak' for Indigenous peoples, says Indigenous leader

Right-wing candidates made big gains in both houses of Congress in Brazil’s Oct. 4 general election. Brazil’s main Indigenous organization, the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil APIB, told ...

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 06/10/2026

TODAY is your LAST CHANCE to speak up to protect the Roadless Rule. The public comment period closes TODAY, Oct. 6. This is just a small glimpse of who these roadless wild areas protect — from colorful candy darters to mighty grizzly bears. These species all deserve a safe place to call home.

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Russ McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

BREAKING: This morning masked federal agents from DHS entered private land in Lochiel, AZ to halt protesters from protecting the cottonwood tree-sit that has halted border wall construction for more than two months. The tree sit and the grandmother tree were destroyed. @biologicaldiversity.org

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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Released on this day in 1992… share your favorite song in the comments.

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in…When you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting." Bowie on creativity and his advice to artists www.themarginalian.org/2026/10/05/d...

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David Bowie on Creativity and His Advice to Artists

“It’s terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other people’s expectations”

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 06/10/2026

I know you all hate Instagram but the Alaska Sealife Center has an orphan baby walrus 🥹

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026

The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 05/10/2026

"Seven former Cornell students are accused of sexually assaulting another student who says she was incapacitated. Messages allegedly inviting other frat members were sent to a group chat during the assault. Everyone is talking about the seven. I keep thinking about the others." buff.ly/z7yWbR2

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An Open Letter to Cornell University from the Mother of a Prospective Male Student

“Seven former Cornell students are accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually assaulting another Cornell student who says she was incapacitated. Messages alleged...

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 05/10/2026

🚨 HAPPENING NOW AT THE SUPREME COURT 🚨 UCS President & CEO @gretchentg.bsky.social and former Washington Governor @govjayinslee.bsky.social are joining forces with survivors of devastating wildfires from Colorado and California.

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The University of Chicago Press @uchicagopress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s the season for spooky books! Get great deals on haunting Halloween reads all October long. Use promo code HALLOWEEN30 for a 30% discount on our most spine-tingling tomes through 10/31/2026. Shop here: buff.ly/R9ixtU5

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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance @sandiegozoo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

⚠️Busy beavers at work⚠️

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/10/2026

"They circle, circle, swoop, and dive, coming back with silver sprats like spiny roses in the teeth of undefeated acrobats." “Puffins”: A poem by Ange Mlinko

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Puffins

A poem by Ange Mlinko

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I love fall so much. I've lived in Vermont my whole life and foliage season still seems like such a completely bonkers and beautiful thing to happen every year. It never gets old. 🍂

Photo of a pile of leaves on vibrant dark green moss. I collected lots of fallen leaves of different colors from different plants and trees and arranged them in an egg-shaped gradient going from green at the top to yellow and then orange and then red to darkest reds at the bottom.

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Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Season of the mists

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Goodnight. 🖼️ Edward Gorey, 1982

Illustration of cat on side of ship reaching up towards the moon in a cloudy sky, eyes in the darkness of water below. Another cat lies on its back on the side of the ship.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Let books be. Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar? Find ways to get involved and spread the word: bit.ly/4yvixbB.

LET BOOKS BE. Various line drawings related to libraries and books, including a hand holding a sign made of an open book that reads "Freed for ALL to Read," a tote bag that reads "Totes Resist" carrying a book, a full book cart with the head and tale of a horse with text that reads "A Wild Ride," and a closeup of two feet standing on a stack of books that say "A Soap Box" on their spines. Text at bottom reads "Protect the freedom to read. Banned Books Week, October 4-10, 2026." American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks

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Museum of Science @museumofscience.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Can removing a dam fix an ecosystem? 🌊🧪 Habitat fragmentation is a major driver of biodiversity decline because split habitats make it harder for animals to move, survive, and reproduce.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/10/2026

When the Trump administration started dismantling a $368 million ocean monitoring system earlier this year, scientists, fishermen and Congress fought back. On Saturday, a 238-foot ship set sail to reinstall the first batch of monitors in the waters of the Pacific.

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After Outcry, Monitors the Trump Administration Tried to Scrap Return to Sea

Under pressure from Congress, a network of ocean monitors that provides vital data to meteorologists, climate scientists, oceanographers and the fishing industry is being restored.

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yall wanna see a juvenile box fish

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 02/10/2026

"All #BorderWall and road construction across the entire Big Bend region is halted! What a massive, historic victory for everyone across #BigBend — the toughest, most beautiful souls I know. I’m a puddle of tears. More to come soon." - @laikenjordahl.bsky.social, National #PublicLands Advocate

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