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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz

@pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social
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Environmentalist by day. Artist by night. Urban gardener. Museum hunter. Siberian husky sidekick. Chasing Caravaggio around the world. 🌎🌳🎨🇨🇦🐕

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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“A JMW Turner painting of Rome that has been described as his ‘great love letter’ to the city and has fleetingly returned there after almost 200 years is expected to set a new record when it goes up for sale in December” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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JMW Turner’s ‘great love letter’ to Rome makes brief return to city before UK auction
Rome, From Mount Aventine will also visit Hong Kong and New York before it is expected to sell for record price
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Jeffrey Perkel (he/him) @jperkel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
PS: This kind of research is called 'biocodicology', and @marlabroadfoot.bsky.social had a brilliant feature on it earlier this year @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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How DNA forensics is transforming studies of ancient manuscripts
Scientists are exposing the biological information hidden in ancient parchments without leaving a mark.
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Kevin Sievers @diplotomodon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here's the big one: what's going to happen to the Academy's collections? Excellent and thorough reporting from the Inquirer (gift link) www.inquirer.com/arts/academy...
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The Academy of Natural Sciences museum is closing, but all eyes are on its specimens — all 19 million of them
"Profound concern" over the fate of the Academy and its internationally significant collection.
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A Nearly 200-Year-Old Museum Known for Its T. Rex Faces Extinction “At the end of September, the facility…will permanently close, a casualty of struggling attendance and rising costs” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
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A Nearly 200-Year-Old Museum Known for Its T. Rex Faces Extinction (Gift Article)
The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, which is affiliated with Drexel University, cited attendance struggles and higher costs in its decision to close.
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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 08/09/2026
Inspired by butterflies and damselflies, Clara Dou & colleagues created colourants that mimic nature to try and overcome concerns associated with the metal oxides used in products such as cosmetic glitter. #ChemSky www.chemistryworld.com/news/butterf...
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Butterfly-inspired structural colours could replace synthetic pigments
Inspired by nature, chemists in the US are working to create vibrant, long-lasting and safer colours that could be used in food, cosmetics and paints
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thieves steal Renoir paintings from museum on French Riviera www.reuters.com/world/thieve...
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Thieves steal Renoir paintings from museum on French Riviera
Thieves stole ‌four paintings from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera, the local mayor said, but dropped two of them in the gardens as police, alerted by alarms, ​gave chase ear...
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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 07/09/2026
In the latest feature from Rachel Brazil, she explores the research into the Bayeux Tapestry, including the medieval natural dyes and synthetic dyes, which provides new clues about the famous details added or altered during its restoration. Read 👇 www.chemistryworld.com/features/the...
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The chemistry helping to unravel the Bayeux Tapestry’s secrets
As the Bayeux Tapestry comes to the British Museum, scientists reveal how chemistry and imaging technology are unlocking its hidden history
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Infinite variety of patterning in this fantastic collection of shells, plus deadly white and blood red coral rising up from among them, painted by Jacques Linard. Today is his day.
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Can a Museum Accept Artifacts With Slim Records? Toledo Has a Plan. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/a...
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Can a Museum Accept Artifacts With Slim Records? Toledo Has a Plan. (Gift Article)
Curators from Ethiopia and the Toledo Museum will study a prized, but thinly documented, trove of antiquities to decide which must be returned because of questionable provenance.
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“Scientists at a little-known federal agency in Ottawa reveal the forensic tools that helped crack the largest art fraud case in history. For decades, the forgery ring produced thousands of fake paintings attributed to famed Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau.” www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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How scientists confirmed the 'paint by numbers' Norval Morrisseau fraud ring
Scientists at a little-known federal agency in Ottawa reveal the forensic tools that helped crack the largest art fraud case in history. For decades, the forgery ring produced thousands of fake painti...
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Thieves Steal 4 Renaissance Paintings From Italian Museum in Brazen Heist www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/w...
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Thieves Steal 4 Renaissance Paintings From Italian Museum in Brazen Heist (Gift Article)
The works, by Antonello da Messina, were taken as the Sicilian city of Messina held a religious celebration.
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse Artworks Are Stolen in 3-Minute Museum Heist, Police Say From March 2026 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/w...
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Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse Artworks Are Stolen in 3-Minute Museum Heist, Police Say (Gift Article)
Thieves broke into the Magnani-Rocca Foundation outside Parma, Italy, officials said, and made off with pieces worth millions.
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Thieves Smash Museum Case for Diamond Necklace Worth Millions in Vienna “The theft of the precious object, once owned by an Egyptian queen and later sold to satisfy her creditors, was the latest in a string of high-profile museum losses.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/w...
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Thieves Smash Museum Case for Diamond Necklace Worth Millions in Vienna (Gift Article)
The theft of the precious object, once owned by an Egyptian queen and later sold to satisfy her creditors, was the latest in a string of high-profile museum losses.
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“Even creative fields are struggling against AI tech that can produce artwork, lengthy prose or complex design briefs in seconds. But many young workers have responded by turning to what they see as “AI-proof” heritage crafts.” www.theguardian.com/money/2026/a...
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AI-proof? Younger workers desert the digital world for traditional crafts
In a disrupted job market people are turning to heritage crafts such as bookbinding, metalwork and boatbuilding
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 28/08/2026
🇪🇸 One of the world's most important collections of #BronzeAge artifacts, most of them made of gold, was almost entirely stolen from the museum in #Villena in Spain early on Thursday. Hitting the museum at around 5:20 am, the thieves carried out the robbery in less than four minutes.
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“France is facing an extraordinarily early grape harvest after months of hot and dry conditions and multiple summer heat waves” ‘We’ve Never Seen Anything Like It’: Early Harvest Rattles France’s Wine Industry www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/w...
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‘We’ve Never Seen Anything Like It’: Early Harvest Rattles France’s Wine Industry (Gift Article)
Extreme heat waves this summer have set off an early grape harvest in Champagne and elsewhere in France.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 27/08/2026
Scientists surveying the Indian Ocean seafloor down to 5,431 meters have identified 149 new species, including rare fish, corals, and sea worms. As threats from deep-sea mining and climate change grow, mapping these remote seamounts is crucial, experts say. @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social reports.
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Scientists discover 149 new deep-sea species at remote Indian Ocean seamounts
The Indian Ocean accounts for about a fifth of global ocean area, with 90% of it reaching deeper than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet). Yet compared to the Pacific and Atlantic, its deep-sea biodiversity is…
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 27/08/2026
Even low levels of traffic noise can negate the benefits of listening to natural sounds, researchers say
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Mood-boosting benefits of birdsong drowned out by traffic noise, study finds
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Rhinoceros. Unlike Durer, George Stubbs had actually seen this animal when he painted it in 1790! He was born on this day in 1724.
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trump’s border wall construction threatens rock art as old as the pyramids: ‘The ancestors are still here’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump’s border wall construction threatens rock art as old as the pyramids: ‘The ancestors are still here’
The president’s border wall plan could damage or destroy ‘the oldest-known books in North America’
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
England’s Ancient Trees Are Dying in the Heat www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/w...
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England’s Ancient Trees Are Dying in the Heat (Gift Article)
Extreme temperatures and drought are adding to the stress on oak trees that have lived for hundreds of years and play a key role in the national imagination.
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
‘Panda of the insect world’: the moscardón bumblebee creates buzz for invertebrate of the year www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Panda of the insect world’: the moscardón bumblebee creates buzz for invertebrate of the year
Bombus dahlbomii, a giant ginger bumblebee fondly known as the flying mouse, is in decline in its native Patagonia due to commercial farming
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“Another day, another French jewelry heist. On Friday July 24 a 2,500-year-old gold collar was stolen from the archaeological museum, Musée du Pays Châtillonnais in Châtillon-sur-Seine” www.artforum.com/news/2500-ye...
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2,500-Year-Old Gold Collar Heisted From Museum in Broad Daylight
On Friday July 24 a 2,500-year-old gold collar was stolen from the archaeological museum, Musée du Pays Châtillonnais in Châtillon-sur-Seine
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Josef Uyeda @pseudacris.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The NY Times favorite industry: making a movement's imagined rhetorical excesses more narratively focal than the modest clearly beneficial shift it is successfully pushing for. Now for native plant gardening!
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Birdwatching is becoming Toronto’s favourite hobby. It’s not just relaxing — it can actually rewire your brain
Young Torontonians are flocking to birdwatching to find community and reconnect with nature. Here’s how the hobby reshapes the brain — literally.
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 19/07/2026
Some expert weigh in on this issue, which turns out to be much more complicated than it looks
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Last Word: How do fish recognise others of their own species? | New Scientist
Some expert weigh in on this issue, which turns out to be much more complicated than it looks
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Hans Memling’s masterpiece has survived centuries of theft and war. Now, conservators are using cutting-edge science to keep it safe (and in one place) for centuries to come. www.getty.edu/news/last-ju...
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Art Worth the Risk | Getty News
Hans Memling’s masterpiece has survived centuries of theft and war. Now, conservators are using cutting-edge science to keep it safe (and in one place) for centuries to come.
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Game of stones: how paintings of marble reveal a world of magical medieval mysticism www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Game of stones: how paintings of marble reveal a world of magical medieval mysticism
From trippy swirls to blood-soaked slabs, a new book mines gothic and renaissance art for the supernatural significance of the precious rock
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Tulips, carnations, lilies, roses -- all sorts of flowers gathered to be painted by Rachel Ruysch, who was born on this day in 1664.
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Green Springs Eternal “…the color green…a pigment and dye in the art world is a story of life itself, with some toxicity and secrets thrown in for intriguing measure.” www.getty.edu/news/color-s...
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Green Springs Eternal | Getty News
Explore the history of a color with deep roots in art.
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
How a $500,000 Masterpiece Was Discovered in an East Texas Courthouse @DMagazine www.dmagazine.com/arts-enterta...
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A Lost John Constable Masterpiece Is Discovered in East Texas - D Magazine
Tucked away in the rural town of Jefferson, a lost John Constable painting is a major historical discovery.
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Vox @vox.com · 19/05/2026
Scientists say they’ve found more than 1,100 new marine species over the last year, emphasizing how unexplored the ocean really is. www.vox.com/climate/4889...
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Photos reveal strange sea creatures that scientists have never seen before
Scientists say they’ve found more than 1,100 new marine species over the last year, emphasizing how unexplored the ocean really is.
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Peter Stott @stottpeter.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Fascinating article including 2006 clip of the iconic walk through of climate models on the floor of Tate Modern explaining past warming with @coxypm.bsky.social. Bringing up to date, BBC iplayer still has the 2019 documentary with David Attenborough I was part of. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Climate Change - The Facts
After one of the hottest years on record, Sir David Attenborough looks at the science of climate change and potential solutions to this global threat.
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
“This Vincent van Gogh Painting Was Found Wrapped in an Ikea Bag and a Blood-Stained Pillow. Now, the Artwork Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory” www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
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This Vincent van Gogh Painting Was Found Wrapped in an Ikea Bag and a Blood-Stained Pillow. Now, the Artwork Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory
Art sleuth Arthur Brand recovered "The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring" in 2023, three years after it was stolen from a Dutch museum. Following careful restoration, the canvas is now back on disp...
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Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Are you ready for a botanical revolution? Plants have always had a place in our history—their beauty, their medicinal properties, their scents, and more. But have they been a part of art history? 🧵
Variety of examples of plants in artworks. First, a close up black-and-white photograph of a thistle plant that is in the shape of a heart.Painting of a bounty of grapes with other fruit beneath
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Japan’s Cherry Blossom Database, 1,200 Years Old, Has a New Keeper www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/c...
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Japan’s Cherry Blossom Database, 1,200 Years Old, Has a New Keeper
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Now Toronto @nowtoronto.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The City of #Toronto has just adopted a motion to ramp up measures to prevent bird collisions at Metro Hall and other city-owned buildings following thousands of incidents last year. #birds nowtoronto.com/news/over-5k...
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Over 5K birds died in Toronto after colliding with buildings, and the city is doing something about it - NOW Toronto
The City of Toronto has just adopted a motion to ramp up measures to prevent bird collisions at Metro Hall and other city-owned buildings.
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 08/04/2026
A new book from photographer Jon McCormack collects his shots of patterns in nature from around the world, from flamingoes to icebergs
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Stunning photographs show the dynamic patterns of the natural world
A new book from photographer Jon McCormack collects his shots of patterns in nature from around the world, from flamingoes to icebergs
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Raphael and the Renaissance of Divine Beauty www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/a...
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Raphael and the Renaissance of Divine Beauty
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The Genius of Raphael in Three Works of Art www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Genius of Raphael in Three Works of Art (Gift Article)
A survey of this giant of Renaissance art opens this month at the Met. Three experts show us why he matters as much as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo — and more than ever.
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
“Visitors are flocking to see a bonanza of wildflowers that has transformed this barren desert” What It Takes for Flowers to Thrive in the Hottest, Driest Place in North America www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u... (Gift link)
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What It Takes for Flowers to Thrive in the Hottest, Driest Place in North America
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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
This painting is on view in the exhibition "Unforgettable: Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750," which opened today at MSK Gent, www.mskgent.be/en/exhibitio...
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Unforgettable
In spring 2026, the MSK offers the chance to discover the fascinating works created by women artists in the Low Countries.
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
“Scientists and other experts were preparing a first-of-its-kind assessment of the health of nature in the United States when President Trump returned to the White House. He canceled the report. The researchers went ahead and compiled it on their own.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/c...
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Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently
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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 21/02/2026
The number of nautilus shells that we think are needed to sustain the trade in nautilus shell inlay furniture and handcrafts is indeed in the tens of thousands per year. therevelator.org/chambered-nautilus…
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New Research Uncovers Shocking Level of Trade in Protected Chambered Nautiluses • The Revelator
The beautiful marine mollusks have international protections, but sale of their shells continues by the tens of thousands.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21/02/2026
Giant tortoises have returned to Floreana Island in Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago as conservationists release 158 juvenile hybrids to restore the ecosystem.
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Galápagos park releases 158 juvenile hybrid tortoises on Floreana to restore the ecosystem
Giant tortoises have returned to Floreana Island in Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago as conservationists release 158 juvenile hybrids to restore the ecosystem.
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Born on this day in 1834, the German marine biologist Ernst Haeckel coined the word "ecology." A year earlier, Emily Dickinson captured the unnamed concept in a poem:
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The Birth of Ecology: Ernst Haeckel, Emily Dickinson, and How Life on Earth Came Abloom
How flowers gave rise to life on Earth and made possible the human consciousness that came to see a world “thronged only with Music.”
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Almost all 3,600 listed heritage properties in Toronto are about to lose their protection against demolition and redevelopment www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The clock is ticking for some of Toronto's most historic buildings, which may be at risk of demolition | CBC News
Almost all 3,600 listed heritage properties in Toronto — including several national historic sites, and the Gibraltar Point lighthouse — are about to lose their protection against demolition and redev...
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Pursuits of Nancy Moniz @pursuitsofnancy.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
A newly discovered Michelangelo sketch has sold at Christie’s, New York for $27.2 million (with fees), smashing both its $2m estimate and the artist’s auction record ocula.com/magazine/art...
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Miniature Michelangelo Sketch Sells For Recording-Breaking £27m
The work, which is dated around 1511-12, was discovered last year and identified as a study for the Sistine Chapel.
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 03/02/2026
CHURCHILL – The Manitoba government is putting up a quarter-million dollars to look at setting up a protected area in the waters of western Hudson Bay.
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Manitoba government eyes marine conservation area in western Hudson Bay
CHURCHILL – The Manitoba government is putting up a quarter-million dollars to look at setting up a protected area in the waters of western Hudson Bay.
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