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kit spooks 👻 @kitsparks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yeah I would never blame anyone for not knowing, France has truly done an incredible job at both spreading French and downplaying the history. At the time of the Revolution in 1789, only around half the population of France spoke French, less than 25% natively. Today it’s near 100%, ~90% natively.

A map of France showing the range of regional languages, with French being a gradient of yellow originating in Paris and shading into closely-related gallo-romance languages in green and blue, more distantly-related occitano-romance languages in red, and unrelated languages like Breton (Celtic) in orange and Alsacien (Allemanic) in purple.

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David @shawniganlaker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Given the state of the world, this isn't the most patriarchal thing I've seen today. That said... what the ever loving fuck.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Your daily reminder that some birds have eyelashes made of tiny modified feathers. They're found in at least one species of 28 families of birds (out of 205). An example of convergent evolution. Examples: ostriches, secretarybirds, hornbills & hummingbirds. (📷: Nicolas Reusens Photography)

$Captured by @nicolasreusens, these close-ups show the eye and eyelid margin of a hummingbird at roughly 3 to 3.5x magnification. What look like lashes are modified feathers, not hairs, and researchers have proposed that they may help protect the eye from airborne particles during flight. Eyelash-like feather structures have only been documented in a fraction of the bird families surveyed so far. These photographs were taken at the Catia Hummingbird Sanctuary in Mexico.$ $Captured by @nicolasreusens, these close-ups show the eye and eyelid margin of a hummingbird at roughly 3 to 3.5x magnification. What look like lashes are modified feathers, not hairs, and researchers have proposed that they may help protect the eye from airborne particles during flight. Eyelash-like feather structures have only been documented in a fraction of the bird families surveyed so far. These photographs were taken at the Catia Hummingbird Sanctuary in Mexico.$

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The bearded vulture

bearded vulture - A bird with a fluffy red crest on its head, dark wings and an orange belly, perched on a broken branch.

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MA Drinkwater @madrinkwater.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The young hummingbirds experienced a light drizzle this morning. #hummingbirds #birds #backyardphotography #photography #SouthernCalifornia #wck 📷 🪶

A young male Costa's Hummingbird perched on a rusted black metal gate. He is facing left, his eye is closed, and he stretches his wings and tail feathers. His crown and back are green, underside white with black furrows, and wings black. There is a tuft of white feathers on his flank below the wing. His tail is green/gray, then black with white tips. His developing throat patch has some black spots and a single iridescent feather. On the right, below the wing at the tail, are a few small drops of water from the light drizzle.

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Anglo-Australian artist Weaver Hawkins had to teach himself to paint with his left arm, after losing the use of his right arm at the WW1 Battle of the Somme. Here’s his Morning Underground / Dance in the Football Field / Going Round

People in crowded train, all reading large newspapers

rhythmic vignettes of incidents from game of rugby football

dynamic depiction of colourfully-clad jockeys riding racehorses round a bend

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Dr. Earyn McGee @afroherper.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A few Gila monster shot glasses fresh out the kiln. I’m obsessed with this concept! #lizard #pottery #ceramics #art

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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"they blocked me and i never even said anything to them" buddy i have some bad news about how many people can perceive your behavior in a public setting

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

All of our art is inspired by real birds, this one is just a little extra special. I've had the pleasure to know Ara since I was a child, she is my oldest companion. She's sweet, hilarious, and absolutely loves making people laugh (and stealing apples). Meet the whole flock!🦜➡️ tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

A gold metal pin featuring a stylized blue and gold macaw with text about macaws

Ara the blue and gold macaw standing on a rope perch

Ara the blue and gold macaw trying to steal apple slices off a dehydrator tray

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 13/08/2026

yall want to see a 12th century jar from Thailand in the form of an owl

Jar in the form of an owl
Phnom Dangrek Kiln, Buriram Province
First half of 12th century CE
Donated by Mr. Yothin-Mrs. Wiwan Tharahir punchot on
23 December 2021
A pedestal jar with a bulbous body, detailing a face, wings, and a beak resembling an owl with thick claws clinging to the base. It was fired with wood-ash glaze with a mixture of iron oxide, which produced its brown
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Jacob @iacobuscaesar.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Nice AI-image-generating tool, but it will never be as great an artist as Onfim, a child who lived in the Novgorod Republic in the mid-1200s and who scribbled these drawings and schoolwork writings on birch bark at the age of 6 or 7.

Onfim’s drawing of himself on horseback as a warrior defeating an enemy.

Two of Onfim’s works. On the left is a copy of a passage from the Book of Psalms he did for schoolwork. On the right is an apparently autobiographical depiction of a monster labeled with “I am a wild beast.”

Some more spelling practice by Onfim with some human figures who have round heads and varying numbers of fingers on their big hands.

Onfim’s writing practice accompanied by 7 little people in his particular drawing style, who tend to have very big hands with many fingers.

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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

In case your day needs a little break to watch a crane drinking water, looking exactly like a dunking/drinking bird toy, Stiltchild's got you covered. 🪶

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Common loon coming in for a landing: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 26/06/2026

FRESHLY EDITED WHIMSY COMING UP 🪶

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 17/06/2026

can i interest you in 1,000 feet of restored and stabilized Doan Brook stream bank?

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Tutai Kobushisawa 孤伏澤つたゐ @tutaikobushisawa.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

ウミネコ！なんか鮫駅を降りると、蕪島に行くまでの道のそこらにいっぱいいる！ #bird

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Happy National Pigeon Day to all who celebrate!

A colorful bird perched on a tree branch, featuring a striking blue and purple plumage with a distinctive feathery crest resembling an elaborate hairstyle. Lush green foliage serves as the background

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David @shawniganlaker.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Yet another reform for The Neighbours once they get rid of the current admin: no politician's security detail gets to prohibit anything. If it's legal on the street, you just get to put up with it.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Psst, could I interest you in a soupçon of good news?

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Pretty sure I remember at least one Latin exam during my MA where I saw the sight translation passage and was, indeed, pallified.

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Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies @hipstersasquatch.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

For people just now learning about screwworms, and all that the US and our neighbors in Mexico and Central America, all the way to Panama, have, historically, done to help eradicate them, you might want to read this. It may be removed in the near future: www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

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New World Screwworm Story Map | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Learn about New World Screwworm life cycle, eradication methods, surveillance, and how you can help control its spread.

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I'm concerned people think I'm joking about this.

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Bossett @bossett.social · 25/05/2026

ok more birds but LOOK at his ridiculous lil FEETS

A red-browed finch looking at the camera

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⛄️ ❄️ hibernating beaver stan acct ❄️ ⛄️ @beaverstanacct.bsky.social · 17/01/2024

There's a beaver dam in northern Canada that's twice as wide as the Hoover Dam, and was discovered from satellite photos because it's so remote, and forms a wetland delta despite there not being any distinct creeks or rivers feeding into it.

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World’s Largest Beaver Dam

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Happy World Turtle Day to this baby A'Tuin.

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Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We are so lucky to live in a world that has bobtail squids. 🦑📷 cr1970 (www.inaturalist.ca/observations...)

A Southern Bobtail Squid (Euprymna tasmanica) sitting on the sandy sea floor. Its arms are all in front of it, curving back or to the side. It has translucent flesh with a purplish tinge, but it mostly looks yellow from its chromatophores. It is covered in black and brown chromatophores and has green and cyan iridescence around its eye and on its mantle, and yellow iridescence on its arms, head and mantle. The photo is on a slight tilt so it looks like the bobtail squid is tilting its head.

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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

There's not a single other medical procedure that has less than a 1% regret rate. Heart surgery has a 20% regret rate.

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Dani Fiend 👹 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

TIL there are frogs that live in the snow atop the French alps From Planet Earth III (BBC)

Picture of a frog emerging from snow with the subtitle “A male common frog”

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 18/05/2026

coffee addict

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The #birdoftheday theme is #WaterDroplets and I think this Black-crested Coquette fits the bill. At @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #birds #hummingbirds

A tight close-up shot of a male Black-crested Coquette hummingbird perched on a bright green stalk, facing left. The tiny bird features a long, wispy black crest curving back over its iridescent green and rufous body, a short orange bill with a black tip, and a white belly speckled with rufous spots. Fine water droplets are visible across its plumage against a smooth, blurred green background.

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Hal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

5) (Stepping out of astronomy for some of these) It was long though that giraffes don't vocalize due to the extremely long nerve that connects their brain to their vocal cords. But it turns out they do. It's just very quiet and low frequency

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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

A lot of small business and indie artists are unaware of uline’s shittiness. They’re bad! Don’t use them! I am currently using mailersUSA.com for my packing materials, and as far as I know they do not fund fascism.

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MailersUSA

"Mailers USA offers high-quality shipping and packaging supplies, including bubble mailers, poly mailers, boxes, and envelopes at wholesale prices. Fast shipping across the USA. Shop now for durable, ...

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 26/04/2026

Brother Herbert beeps in outrage upon finding his garden massacred by grasshoppers overnight

the unbearable anguish of brother herbert

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David @shawniganlaker.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Outside of heritage preservation, esthetic regulation of private land needs to disappear. Your neighbours don't owe you a saleable home or a view. 8' fences. Car carcii on the lawn. Painted weird colours. A wilderness of untended foliage. There's a health & environmental line, but short of that...

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 26/04/2026

cherry season

brother herbert the water shrew shows off some freshly harvested cherries

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

this account is run by a human at NASA JPL who only posts real images with their receipts. it only has 11k followers compared to the 200k the ai slop space account has

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/04/2026

Just FYI there’s an account on here called @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social (with over 200k followers) that is posting a bunch of AI slop (including a “Saturn polar hexagon” with 8 sides) and claiming it’s NASA imagery. If you see anything posted by them, it’s likely fake.

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