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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm grateful you reminded me of one of my favourite shots. Snyder's Flats, Waterloo region, ON, 2017.

Three cormorants in a dead old tree, in silhouette with sunset clouds behind.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Cormorants at Snyder's Flats, Waterloo Region, ON.

Three cormorants in a dead tree backed by sunset clouds.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Everything the T-child does is for attention (or $). Stop giving him your attention (or $). Read a good book instead.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

notesfromthedeep.substack.com/p/a-story-of... A megalodon tooth, over 3m years, gains a thin crust of sea minerals. So what is the age of the "average" nodule? 10 or 20 my? Longer? What fossils and wonders might be in them! What we could learn of past seas, and of Earth itself!

A megalodon (ancient shark) tooth measures 13 cm on the side. Lightly crusted with minerals from the sea that it has gathered over at least 3 million years.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Walter Veit is writing a book on the mental lives of shrimps. He hopes readers will rethink their attitudes to these animals, and perhaps even donate to their welfare (he donates his subscription fees). walterveit.substack.com/p/is-it-unet...

Cartoon shows a shrimp asking "what are you doing to my eye?" The shrimp industry removes the eyes of females to make them breed faster. The industry calls it eyestalk ablation.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

What was that about a handful of corporations in a trenchcoat?

CBC News "Business" and "Politics" sections both feature an image of Alberta Premier Smith and Prime Minister Carney in front of a loader. The headline for both is "Alberta’s pipeline pitch is heavy on public, light on private investment — so who benefits?"

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

A non-expert sees this as a wall of peat made by sea grasses.

Image of a diver at a 3-metre wall of seagrass roots.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Heard a new sound in the city today. The Eastern Towhee is not a common visitor. (Must clean that window.)

A Towhee facing away, perched in a spring pear tree.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Thanks @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social for the update. Excited to see them all again soon here in ON.

Map of US showing relative concentration of migratory birds on April 16.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Mosses and friends. Algonquin Park, September.

Several species of mosses, lichens, hornworts and liverworts on a stump, with autumn birch leaves around.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

TIL the order Amphipoda includes Alicella gigantea, which lives 5000 m below the surface and can grow to well over 30 cm.

Alicella gigantea, shown held in a researcher's blue-gloved hand, can grow to over 30 cm.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I love that you provide additional public domain resources :)

Links to a selection of public domain works on gravediggers via the Internet Archive.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

What a fascinating bit of history!

Body snatching emerged from a very specific situation in Britain. In 1540, Henry VIII had granted a Royal Charter to the Company of Barbers and Surgeons that provided them with just four human bodies a year for dissection and anatomical study, an essential component of medical training. Dissection was a sacrilegious act, imperilling the hope of bodily resurrection. Bodies could be taken only from those executed by hanging, who by their crimes had forfeited the right to proper burial. Two hundred years later, this provision had increased to only six bodies, despite a great increase in the number of surgeons.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Siri, what was absurdity before this?

Friday’s press gaggle. Barely exaggerated: at 12:03 PM, President Trump told reporters he wanted a ceasefire with Iran. At 12:05 he declared victory. At 12:07 he announced he was sending Marines. At 12:08 he said no boots on the ground. At 12:11 he said he did not want a ceasefire. At 12:16 he declared victory again. At 12:17 he asked for a ceasefire. At 12:23 he told NATO they were cowards. At 12:29 he said Iran was begging for a ceasefire. At 12:31 he said everything was perfect. At 12:36 he said $500 oil was a good thing. At 12:37 he demanded Iran open Hormuz. At 12:39 he said Hormuz was never closed. At 12:41 he said the US was not at war with Iran. At 12:42 he declared victory in Iran.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

So true. Browsing a 1998 issue of the Chainlink Chronicles is eye-opening. Maybe this is the archive from which to build your next book. It would be quite interesting to learn if there are projects like this in other countries.

Cartoon title: A National Attraction. A man sitting in a cell ticking off days. Placard says "Now Hosting 1.7 million" and beneath this is written "Enjoy your visit!"

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Big wind from the south today. Twenty or so Canada Geese go by in their V formation, flying higher and faster than I've *ever* seen them move. #spring Photo: www.birdnote.org/sites/defaul...

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I don't know what makes a book important, but the opening line of The Nutmeg's Curse is a brilliant illustration of the writer's craft.

1. A Lamp Falls. To this day nobody knows exactly what transpired in Selamon on that April night, in the year 1621, except that a lamp fell on the floor in the building where Martijn Sonck, a Dutch official, was billeted.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some Zen to the feed.

A deep blue winter twilight, looking up through maple trees at a near-full moon.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I first saw Sandhill cranes in 2025 at Long Point. Their graceful flight and unique voice is unforgettable. These are the birds hunters will be allowed to kill if the proposal passes.

A pair of Sandhill Cranes in flight over a woods. D. Collins 2025.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Did we get a mention? This is the Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum.

The highly coloured front facade of the Museum.

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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I recall the authorities put plexiglass over Banksy's XR image years back to protect it. The audience is rather selective about acceptable messaging, clearly.

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