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HiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

HiPOD: Offworld Cool This stunning dune field, almost 5 km (3 mi) across in the grayscale cutout, is located at the bottom of an unnamed impact crater. The dark spots are the result of sublimation of subsurface ice. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_077332_2420 NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The sea urchin dye makes this amazing array of colors -- pink, lavender, a really deep rose-- and harvesting urchins stops them from strangling kelp forests and helps oceans start to recover. It's just so incredible that she figured out how to do this.

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Ruth McMonagle @ruthmcmonagle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This was an unexpected adventure. I won a major award tonight at the National Quilting Symposium in Aotearoa New Zealand. "Melancholy of Mourning" won the Award of Excellence. So here's a picture, and currently it's on show at the Threads of our Time exhibtion in Otautahi, Christchurch.

A textile art work of multi colours with small pieces of fabric contrasting and adding light and texture. #quilt #art #textile #reuse #recycle

Detail of the textile art work featuring assorted orange fabrics with turquoise, green and yellow accents. The stitching is horizontal waves.

Detail of the artwork focussing on the the purples and pink colours, with small contrast pieces of orange, green and blue. The stitching is in vertical waves.

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Ruth McMonagle @ruthmcmonagle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Great views from the flight today. I always enjoy seeing my town from a different perspective. Always the land of the long white cloud. The mountains poked through, and even saw Taranaki in the distance. #travel #nzl #adventure 🇳🇿

Aerial view of Lake Rotorua, Mokioa Island, and the township of Rotorua. In the foreground on the right, is the geothermal area known as Hell's Gate. Fortunately we couldn't smell it! White fluffy clouds surround the hills and go to the horizon

Land of the long white cloud lives up to it's name. Fluffly clouds for as far as I could see.

Poking out of the clouds are Mt Ruapehu, Mt Ngaruhoe, Mt Tongariro, and in the far distance Mt Taranaki. All have white dusting of snow on their peaks.

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Ruth McMonagle @ruthmcmonagle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Perfect day for travelling. New adventures await. 🇳🇿

Mokoia island as the background of the Rotorua airport runway. The lake is still .The blue sky has assorted shaped clouds, and I am off for an adventure on a different island.

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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 29/09/2026

🤘 KICK IT 🤘 The Bird of the Year is the Black Robin/Karure, coming in like a tiny wrecking ball to smash the competition. Thread Project premium screenprinted tees in unisex and fitted sizes S-5XL. Pre-order this tee NOW: pepperraccoon.com #birds #boty #kikorangi

A detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.

A flatlay of green t-shirts, featuring a detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.

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Origami box artist @origami-boxes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Octagon #origami box for #coloraday #orangesun with purple accents for #stunday. The model has one star at the centre, the paper choice makes it a double star. #tomokofuse #paperart #art #eastcoastkin

Octagon origami box, orange with a purple star at the centre and purple/orange/yellow rays.

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Jonathan @alien2660.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. And Minnesota is just 1 of 50 states. The US should not be an autocracy, an oligarchy, or a kleptocracy, but Drumpf has transformed it into all 3.

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Ian B @bunhead63.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This one needs to pay more attention in camouflage classes 😆 Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 earlier this week. #fungifriends #nature #fungi

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Fungi First @fungifirst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

These shaggy manes are basically showing off at this point. Look at those caps autodigest 👀🤩! #Mushrooms #FungiFriends

Shaggy mane mushrooms get their name from their loose scaly cap surface. Pictured are three caps up close with the outside edges turning liquidy black (hence the name inky caps broadly given to these fungi) from self digestion.

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Amy @littlestbee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good morning! Thespuders are weaving their webs everywhere. ##photography

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am reading about the damage caused by russian attacks in Kyiv last night. Maternity hospital, warehouse, cars, houses… Two people killed. It’s raining. I had two cups of warcoffee. The drone threat has lasted more than 7 hours. I don’t know what has lasted longer: the rain or the drones.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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Ruth McMonagle @ruthmcmonagle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This month's challenge was Blue and Shadey. My design was influenced by pancake ice, that I encountered in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Next month's challenge is yellow and nature. #art #fabric #reuse #recycle #quilt #sew 🇳🇿🪡🧵🧶

Rough pale blue fabric curved shapes with dark indigo shadowing around the edges. The shapes collide with each other, and have a bit of room around the edges.

Detail of the oval shape, small speckles of glitter sparkle in the light, reminding me of the frozen Ross Sea, in Antarctica.

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paulinabarry.bsky.social @paulinabarry.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On the other side of the velvet worm cup I painted werewere-kōkako (Entoloma hochstetteri). I have yet to see one in person, but I still have my mushroom eyes on. #bluemushroom #mushroom #fungus #mushroomart #sciart #newzealand #aotearoa

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Felix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It looks like at least five people will read it if I do a #HagerBook launch live thread. I am planning to take my laptop to the book launch and will do my best to keep up with proceedings. Follow me before Tuesday if you want to receive it.

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Ruth McMonagle @ruthmcmonagle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I saw this online used as a safety pin/clasp holder attached to a sewing machine. What a great idea! The frog "soap holder" arrived. I'm making a pin cushion to fit the space, so I can use it as a pin cushion for some projects, and a safety pin holder for other projects. #quilt #sew #craft 🇳🇿🪡🧶🧵

A green plastic soap holder with the top shaped like a frog face, with big beady eyes. It is attached to a wall using suction cups. A bar of pink soap is resting in the holder.

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

This kowhai might be the most beautiful one in all of Dunedin right now! #tree #trees #Dunedin #dunnerstunner #spring #flowers

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Mattias Karystiano @karystiano.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

sewing kit, dating back to the 1870s.

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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄 @mu-peter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Direct evidence of Neanderthal fibre technology and its cognitive and behavioral implications🏺🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41... They are often considered as less technologically advanced than modern humans. But perishable materials, the vast majority of material culture items, are typically missing.

(a) SEM photo of cord fragment, (b) 3D Hirox photo of cord fragment, (c) schematic drawing illustrating s and Z twist; (d) enlarged Hirox photo with cord structure highlighted, arrows indicate location of photos e and f; (e) SEM photo of bordered pits (circled in red); (f) SEM photo of bordered pits. (Drawing by C. Kerfant; Hirox: C2RMF, N. Mélard).

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Ruth McMonagle @ruthmcmonagle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is a tradition I need to start at work. #cheese

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

I just finished a tonne of work to get my products into the Felt Christmas Gift Guide application on time. I'm so proud of the tea wallets that I designed and prototyped and made. I already have one in my handbag. felt.co.nz/listing/6239...

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Tea Wallet - Folk Garden

A little companion for tea breaks at home or on the go. Handmade from quality cotton fabric, this Folk Garden Tea Wallet is designed to keep your favourite tea bags together and easy to carry. With s...

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Origami box artist @origami-boxes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This #rainbow is the complete collection of 60 different square #origami #boxes challenge. Most designs by #tomokofuse. After almost 40 years of #paperfolding, the endless possibilities still amaze me. #art #paperart #japaneseart #creativity #handmade

60 different square origami boxes ordered in the colours of the rainbow

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Ruth McMonagle @ruthmcmonagle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hey, have you voted for Bird of the Year? You don't have to be from Aotearoa New Zealand. Have a look at the birds, and vote for 5! #bird 🪶 www.birdoftheyear.org.nz

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Bird of the Year ‹ Forest & Bird

Forest & Bird’s Bird of the Year recognises our unique birds and with each vote you give them a voice.

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Col @colnz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Vote toroa! 5 years ago a cohort of these magnificent birds took flight. They’re due to return for the first time over the next few weeks. Let’s welcome them with a long overdue win! They’re the only mainland colony in the world - they deserve it! #birdoftheyear #BOTY

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First albatross chicks fly from Pukekura/Tairaoa Head

Royal albatross chick Āwheo, which features on the 24-hour livestream Royal Cam, is among the first toroa to have left their nests at Pukekura/Tairaoa Head this season.

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Ruth McMonagle @ruthmcmonagle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Bummer. Had a restfull day planned, and now discovered the hot water cylinder is leaking. ☹️ Have to empty the whole linen cupboard to be able to remove/replace cylinder, organise replacement, and plumber. Not fun.

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Tsun. All Tsun. @alltsunnodere.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If you see this, could you please reskeet it? I want to test something.

Maya rolled over on the back of the couch

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Gavin Durrant @gavindurrant1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

4 shots from a sequence showing a Short eared owl unsuccessfully trying to rob a Barn owl of its prey #ukbirding

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Bumbleebee @parrykylie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Ruru has never won bird of the year. This is an outrage! Don't let those horny Kākāpō seduce you. Vote Ruru! #teamruru #birdoftheyear

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.

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Melanie Newfield @melanienewfield.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's nearly time for #BirdoftheYear2026. This year, I'm campaign manager for tītī | Cook's petrel. It's a trans-Pacific jet-setter with an underground bunker in Aotearoa, but this bird's emissions are actually GOOD for the environment!

Image: faceless grey man and tītī | Cook’s petrel. Text: Silicon Valley tech billionaire? Luxury underground bunker in remote location, Migrates between NZ and California on private jet, Massive carbon emitter and polluter. 2026 Bird of the Year? Eco-friendly burrow in remote location, Low-emission migration between NZ and California, Emissions help mitigate climate change**Poo from seabirds like tītī fertilises the forest with nutrients from the ocean, making our forests grow better Vote tītī | Cook’s petrel for Bird of the Year. Better than a tech billionaire

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Ruth McMonagle @ruthmcmonagle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I belong to a textile group, that does small challenges once a month. This month is "brown and texture". Trying out chenille, which involves sewing layers of fabric together, and then cutting between the stitching lines. A work in progress. 🍄 #art #textile #sew #quilt #reuse #recycle #fabric 🇳🇿🪡🧵🧶

An arch shaped sewn brown shape. I have tried to replicate the gills of a mushroom. Within the shape, are 5 layers of fabric, ranging from dark brown to a light cream.

The same arched sewn shape, with the fabric layers cut between the stitched rows. The layers need to be separated out, I am happy with the progress so far.

Detail image of the cut layers of fabric showing the different brown layers. A fantastic textural piece, I just keep touching the layers.

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MaGicBic @dirtysubstrata.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It takes a village ✨🚀 #MushroomMonday #FungiFriends

Tens of small yellow fungi, hanging off the side of a mossy log in the sunlight

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Two years ago, I joined the Tairāwhiti Ngutukākā Trust to celebrate one of NZ's rarest plants in the wild (as rare as kākāpō). Each of us was gifted a few seeds (from the wild plants, not the commercial variety), and this is what happened in my tiny urban garden.

Ngutukākā grown from a seed, now in full flower.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Let me show you something beautiful. Awakening, 1993 by Ivan Marchuk. It’s exhibited in Ukraine for the first time. Came from New York, where it remained for many years as part of Ukraine’s cultural presence. There are several versions of the painting. But all mean the same: awakening of Ukraine.

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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 07/09/2026

This is your first (mute me if you have to 😅) reminder to vote for Ngaire and Lefty, a.k.a. pūtangitangi/ paradise shelducks #birdoftheyear2026 - they are the absolute biggest personalities and unsung heroes in Aotearoa. Overseas friends, you can vote too! A BIRD ELECTION. www.birdoftheyear.org.nz

Ngaire, a chestnut coloured shelduck with white head, and Lefty, a black shelduck with chestnut tail feathers, are standing amongst fallen orange leaves and sparse agapanthus. There's a food box next to Ngaire and a pond in the background.

Lefty, a black shelduck, is floating in a pond. He's contrasted in a bright white reflection with circular ripples around him and he's lifting his bill up taking a drink. You can see the ghosts of stones below him, but the water is murky.

Ngaire stands on a brilliant green lawn, weight on her left foot. She's looking to the left, showing her full outer selection of wing feathers which range from white through bottle green and chestnut, all the way to charcoal and black.

Here's a screenshot of bird of the year showing the pūtangitangi candidate. Who ought to be your number one, but if you're repping another lovely manu Ngaire is happy to accept second 😇 she's so humble.

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Ruth McMonagle @ruthmcmonagle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It’s been a grey wet Spring day. Comfort food for me tonight. I add in cinnamon stick and vanilla paste. #cook #rice 🍜🍰

The rice pudding recipe from my Mama. Serves 4 or 2 depressed person.

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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 05/09/2026

VOTE RURU www.birdoftheyear.org.nz #boty

Photograph of a disgruntled ruru staring directly at the photographer.
It's feathers are all fluffed up and it's frown is significant.

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Origami box artist @origami-boxes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#origami box with 7 edges. Design from #tomokofuse. The paper creates the illusion of a flower.

Blue origami box with 7 edges, the paper creates the illusion of a flower.

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Origami box artist @origami-boxes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Part 2 of the 60 different #origami box #challenge: 5 boxes with green accents. #paperart #modularorigami #tomokofuse

Square origami box and lid, both with a green star and light background colour with red and green accents.

5 square origami boxes, all made with the same paper: green on one side, light colour with green and red curls on the other side.

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N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

So rude! I feel too seen!

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Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I need *urgent* help with some coffee tips today. The Google hosting for Rights Aotearoa was due and has left my account empty as I was a couple of months behind, and needed to pay or lose my email. Details are: Paul Thistoll 03-0547-0039160-001 Any help appreciated.

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Andrea Matranga @andreamatranga.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This world of convenience is not spending money alone. It is spending the hours of its workers, the patience of its assistants, the genius of its graduates, the hopes of its young people.

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Museum Bums @museumbums.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Today's power pose: arms up, feet shoulder-width apart, and repeat after us: "We can survive Wednesday! We *can* survive Wednesday!!" 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums Walking Male Torso, 1927, by Dora Gordine, from the Dorich House Museum, London 😁

A mottled green sculpture of a figure stood with legs shoulder width apart, and arms up

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Veronica Anrathi @disarmonia.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

02:22 - Of course, after another day of non-stop drone terror, these genocidal freaks are launching ballistics at a sleeping city again. Nobody even cares to express their “concerns” anymore. Literally nobody gives a shit. Just a slaughterhouse for human beings.

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