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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 7h

SciArt September 2026: Quill. This is a messily rendered lowland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus) It is a small mammal found in Madagascar. It has quills, some of which can be detached in defense. 🐡🎨 #sciartseptember2026 #quill #tenrec

An ink and marker, drawing in yellow and black with a touch of pink at the long nose of this small, spiky, quilled mammal.

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mr Attidops cinctipes, in a lovely little mossy crevice in magnolia bark. Very small 🤎 #EmotionalSupportSpood

Lumpy brown jumping spider with stripy stubby legs, peering at you from a mossy crevice

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 14h

From big things to small things, one of the defining features of interacting with technology is now this Procrustean desperation to force you to into the image of the expected user, by software that *doesn't seem like any human worked on it*

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 15h

This reminds me of how anyone who has *ever* had to do wfh timekeeping has had to deal with software that is not at all designed for how humans work, and they end up having to mcguyver things to fit into how the timekeeping program wants stuff logged.

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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 20h

An Abyssinian roller that is also a little book. It begins: “Why is a roller like a writing desk? The need for fire and acacia, both. One for blood - the other, ink.” Written in India ink. - #SciArtSeptember Day 30: Carbon

A painted, cut-out paper bird in the shape of an Abyssinian roller. The bird has one wing folded back, which reveals a small booklet of pages under the wing. The underwing is brown and has uneven letters painted on it in another shade of brown reading, “Some small words about the medium of carbon.” The booklet pages are bright blue, like the bird, and the words inside are unclear. The bird rests on a wooden table top.

A painted, cut-out paper bird in the shape of an Abyssinian roller. The bird appears to be in flight, with the wings positioned in a downward flap. The bird is bright blue, with a brown back and long, black tail. The bird rests on a wooden table top.

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Magical creatures don’t exist, eh? Roughly 400 million years ago, before the birth of trees, there were giant mystery cones called “Prototaxites,” which grew nearly 30 feet tall. We literally have no idea what they were. Plant: no Mushroom: no Animal: no Tell me this isn’t a little bit magic

Sunset with giant mystery cones Prototaxites https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/prototaxites-fossil-explained-why-this-prehistoric-colossus-still-baffles-scientists-1773173

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Tikaka @tikaka.art · 17h

Puddle bringing a pumpkin for his beloved! So smol, but so stronk! #oc:Puddle #kobold

digital drawing on watercolor background, of my green kobold Puddle dragging a pumpkin larger than he is. He is smiling happily, as it is going to be a gift to his beloved wife Vilu.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 17h

'The Victor’ Winsor Mccay, 1914

skeleton holding a sword aloft as it stands on a corpse strewn field
a bat flies past the moon behind

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 18h

whenever you feel like you’re too small to change anything know that citizens from small towns and cities that speak up against flock and axon cameras in their communities (and sometimes get arrested for it) are fighting and sometimes succeeding against this

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Oni @onidraws.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today is my birthday 🎉! Thank you so much for all of your support through the years! I'm happy to make more work that I enjoy! If you want to share my post, it would be lovely ❤️ Shop: onidraws.etsy.com Tips: ko-fi.com/onidraws

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Koffie Kobold - Gnollsome Adventures! @bemusedbehemoth.bsky.social · 22h

AI truly is made for people who don't know what a hobby is.

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The Meggles Art @megglesart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Bob Ross would be disappointed in your AI Generated Slop.

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 21h

I don't think agents replying to your emails or booking a restaurant for you is worth this stuff, sorry

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

look, if you're worried about being remembered, don't try to pursue immortality or whatever, the smart move is to start selling substandard copper and then make sure anyone who complains deposits a physical copy of that complaint in a site that will later be archaeologically significant

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 21h

Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water. I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there? God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 19h

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 29/09/2026

To quote a @chrislhayes.bsky.social jape at the Roberts Court: "They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one."

Steve Vladeck, a professor a Georgetown Law, writes up breaking developments from the Supreme Court. The last post in the three-post thread is the kicker, for our purpose here.

"#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal).

"Link: [URL of a supremecourt.gov PDF]

"By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in."

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glyretic @glyretic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nudibranchs! #merfolk #adoptable

Humanoid monster designs based on nudibranchs.
Hooded Ghost - Melibe leonina
Leaf Sheep - Costasiella kuroshimae

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Kristin Askland @kristinaskland.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

In the library..📚 #art

Painting of a mouse reading on top of books

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Bex is WEAK on crime @bextraordinary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Many men would rather engage in violent fantasy about what they WOULD do instead of doing what they easily COULD.

Threads post from @protextor

“I'd kill for my daughter."

OK. Will you risk social inconvenience by calling out your peers loudly and to their face? Or is that bare minimum real-life scenario scarier than your hypothetical one? 1/2

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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I saw this and thought I'd share it here

🏳️‍⚧️Trans🏳️‍⚧️ lesbians are real ❤️🤍🩷 lesbians

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Andy Econo @andyecono.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Get Clammy Sam on trial, first for the allegations of abuse of his own sister, then this.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 28/09/2026

Picking apples is also cool, but apples will not warn you of carbon monoxide. Repeat - apples are not a substitute for working carbon monoxide alarms.

A carbon monoxide alarm growing on an apple tree. The text reads: Get a fresh one! Carbon monoxide alarms have expiration dates. Check the date on your carbon monoxide alarm.

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Jordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

R-R-Rrrrrrandom Illustration Monday!

Illustration of a cartoon boy and anthropomorphic sabre toothed cat (apologies to Bill Watterson) standing next to each other, staring with confusion/surprise at a museum diorama display of a stuffed sabre tooth cat attacking a paleolithic human with blank gazes in the foreground.

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lemon poopyseed @lemonpoopyseed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did a lil piece for @skippylynn.bsky.social who I am so thankful I’m able to call a good friend of mine! 💙💚

An illustration of a teal kelpiecorn wading through a green swamp.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 28/09/2026

🧵5/5 … there is hope for a beautiful new beginning. Phantom Narrative is a biennial international group exhibition showcasing the work of artists who explore unseen forces, ephemeral experiences, and dark folklore. www.mercer-vernon.com/art-exhibition-and-events for more information.

Graphic has text of the exhibition name centered at top: PHANTOM NARRATIVE V

Center is the full image of a realistic still life oil painting of an old worn small tree stump with thick broken exposed roots in a bright direct light.

To the right is a human skull facing to the right and out of the painting in the show of the stump.

On the upper left side of the stump hangs a small button buck deer skull.

Protruding to the left is a snarled root with a wooly bear caterpillar perched on the very end.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"indoor cats are miserable and they long for the outdoors and you are depriving them of their true nature by trapping them inside" okay here's my cat when he was outdoors vs now that's he's indoors

orange cat all beat up and bloody in the snow :(

orange cat asleep splayed out on his side on his blanket

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catnoli @catnoli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

halloween thresher sharks 🪾🎃

An illustration of two thresher sharks. One in a jack-o-lantern scarf and headphones, and the other in a black white scarf and spiral headphones. Other halloween items sureound them on a purple background.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 27/09/2026

I believe they are not technically #quills, but this is the closest I have to today's theme for #SciArtSeptember 😅

Digital drawing in white ink against a black background of a cute hedgehog facing the viewer with a little smile on their face. They are wearing a crown of tiny daisy like flowers in the blue, pink, and white colors of the trans pride flag.

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Jake Lawrence @timecowboy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

some creatures you might find in the woods.

Two panels; top is of some glowing sprite type creatures huddled together in the grass and the second is a big black serpentine creature with blank yellow eyes moving slowly through the forest.

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Robert Boessenecker, Dr. of Whaleontology ™️ @coastalpaleo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

New #watercolor for #seaotterawarenessweek - a sea otter skull stained purple by echinochrome, a result of eating a large number of sea urchins! Based on several specimens found earlier this year by tidepoolers. Watercolor and gouache, 5x4", 2026. ~5 hours. 🦑🦀🐬🧪🐡 #sciart #art #painting

A watercolor painting of a skull and mandible slightly agape showing the completely purple stained bone of a sea otter

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Holly Bear ʕ e ᴥ eʔ 📄📚 @bearhybrid.art · 27/09/2026

Sunday snarlee 🐺 post-it note doodle

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LindenShieldARTs @lindenshieldarts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Violet Woods", gouache & coloured pencil 💜 Prints and stickers available: lindenshieldarts.com #TraditionalArt

A photo of a painting on purple paper, placed on a wooden desk and surrounded by paint tubs, paint brushes, coloured pencils, crystals, and leaves. The painting features a forest bathed in soft yellow light, carpets of purple flowers covering the ground. In the foreground, long-stemmed yellow flowers resembling buttercups grow out of the clusters of purple ones. The foreground is popping out of the frame on the paper.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

People aren’t faking their disabilities, they’re faking being well. We know society hates us. We know we will be judged for using assistive devices. Many of us take years to get the courage to lean in to accommodations. Stop judging. Help us build a more inclusive world.

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oh! Can't forget #Caturday 🥺❤️🐾

Cedar, a gray cat and Sitka, an orange and white cat snuggle up in the same cat bed. Cedars front arms are wrapped around Sitka

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Faith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · 27/09/2026

Be patient and kind to those who are making art right now. We're all self-funded and the richest, worst people in the world are trying to plaster over and erase our hard work.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Glad about the result, but I don’t think it speaks well of us as a country that after two years of human rights violations, war crimes, naked gangster corruption, and contempt for the Constitution, he’s finally unpopular because gas got expensive.

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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Bisexual knighting

The green knight at medieval times lit in pink and blue

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Day 27 of #SciArtSeptember is quill so I made a little porcupine #linocut on delicate 8” by 8” Japanese paper. This is one of a variable edition. This is a North American or Canadian porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum). minouette.etsy.com/listing/4581... #printmaking #porcupine #washi

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Eredhes @eredhes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Underglaze test horse. Glad the colours turned out as hoped. This is the second ceramic horse I've made, but the air drying clay ones must number over a hundred by now 🤔

Ceramic figure of a horse stood in a neutral pose with head bowed. Inspired by Lascaux, the body is yellow ochre with a red-brown head and neck, a white underside, and black legs, tail, mane, and two shoulder stripes.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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McGovern4President '28 @stanzback.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

God damnit, you've convinced me to have a try.

A Victorian poster reading:
"Let the people rejoice!
Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain [held by that eagle from the flag of Iowa]
Mr. Elon Musk, of Austin, Texas
To be launched into
FUCKING SPACE
Trillionaire never to be seen again.
THE REPUBLIC REJOICES!
A feat of science.
A feat of nature!
To be televised live
Or Seen In Person
At Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
On the 21st of JANUARY, 2027
DO NOT MISS!
Tickets available from Mr. Sherbet's Cabinet of Delight
HAIL! HAIL!
Freedom Triumphant!"

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 27/09/2026

Dammit, the Moon is doing a spectacular thing and as usual, it will not fit in my camera at all.

View over tan plains with cholla and distant blue mountains. The sky is blue but pink where the Belt of Venus hits. The moon is vanishing into clouds that cannot be seen as anything but the same shade of blue, and thus looks like a lidded eye.

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I started this drawing months ago as part of a course I was teaching and I finally got around to finishing it this afternoon. I’m still refining my coloured pencil skills so I’m very pleased with this one. Also, I’m now a big fan of coloured paper. #SciArt

A coloured pencil, drawing of a raccoon peeking around the side of a tree.

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