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SamWitch

@silkunderground.bsky.social
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she/her. making a potato allergy my entire personality. Chronically ill (POTS/MCAS/EDS) birder (NoVA) & classic film lover. no alt text = no interaction. (Please be patient with my brain fog)

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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 3h
I keep checking the weather and its not supposed to be raining, but I look out the window and it is raining. ugh. I want to go for a walk!! the leaves are starting to change!
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 22h
just watched The Little Shop of Horrors on TCM and I would just like to add to Dave's outtro...yes I can confirm if you drop a dental drill it is *very expensive* to fix and the dentist will absolutely get mad at you. You can take a guess at how I know. #TCMParty
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
enjoy a tree scab for #FungiFriday #FungiFriends
a crusty looking black and clay colored fungus on a decaying log on a forest floor.
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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Revolute Hypnum Moss today Deer Creek Canyon 🌿
Branched green moss that almost looks woven
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ok, any recommendations for gothic horror films available on free streaming services? please! #FilmSky #TCMParty
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I was so excited at the time but then I got tired and forgot our esteemed rare-but-annual visitor made an appearance: the sandpiper. always an unexpected treat! #birds
a spotted (I think) sandpiper walking & chirping along the top of a log that is raised above a green pond.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
zoom in for bug #InsectThursday #BugSky
a tiny fly, possibly a calligrapher fly, on the very tip of a damp green leaf.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
can you find the bug #InsectThursday #BloomScrolling #BugSky
several blooming purple asters, and one of them has some type of beetle on it, hiding in the shadows.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
took a picture of a bee and got a bonus bug (stink bug?) #BloomScrolling #InsectThursday #bees
a bee and a possible stink bug standing in different parts of a purple blooming obedient plant.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
asters have arrived and the bees are loving it #BloomScrolling #bees #InsectThursday
a blooming purple aster with a bumble bee standing sideways on it.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trader Joes has discontinued the gluten free baguette. thank you for respecting my privacy during this difficult time.
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just a reminder that you can mute words and phrases, temporarily or forever. Go to Settings, then Moderation and Content Filters, and then Muted Words and Tags.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
mood #BloomScrolling
a delicate, pink drooping flower covered in rain drops in a leafy green bush.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
LOOKOUT #birds
a big red shouldered hawk looking around, perched at the very top of a leafless tree, in an overcast sky.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
butterfly munching on butterfly popcorn #inverts
an amber colored skipper butterfly from above, on a bunch of small white flowers.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
big bees need naps too #bees #inverts
a large carpenter bee sleeping on a bunch of white blooming boneset flowers.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
an osprey flew over when we were at the park, but there's no hunting there...they were probably going to our house to fish in the pond. ah well #birds
a backlit osprey soaring through an overcast sky.
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Stickman Communications @stickmancomms.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My health has been very variable recently, so my exercise routine has been inconsistent, constantly changing because of my symptoms. So I thought I'd share some of the ways I adapt my exercise routine around my body needs. #Hypemobility #PoTS #EDS www.stickmancommunications.co.uk/post/exercis...
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Exercising in the way my hypermobile body needs
Sharing how I, with hypermobility and PoTS, adapt my exercise routine around my symptoms and capability.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
an osprey flew over when we were at the park, but there's no hunting there...they were probably going to our house to fish in the pond. ah well #birds
a backlit osprey soaring through an overcast sky.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
big bees need naps too #bees #inverts
a large carpenter bee sleeping on a bunch of white blooming boneset flowers.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
butterfly munching on butterfly popcorn #inverts
an amber colored skipper butterfly from above, on a bunch of small white flowers.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
it's been hard to be on social media right now. I have a niece currently studying at Cornell
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 29/09/2026
"Welp, I'm done for the day" 🪶
A gull sits on the sand below palm trees and the rest of the beach as the Horizon turns to blue and pink after sunset
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
woke up too early today and was originally annoyed but then I realized it's because I went to bed too early. whaddaya know
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
LOOKOUT #birds
a big red shouldered hawk looking around, perched at the very top of a leafless tree, in an overcast sky.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
mood #BloomScrolling
a delicate, pink drooping flower covered in rain drops in a leafy green bush.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm DVRing it for later but I will finally be watching the Shining FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, since TCM is playing it. I'm a big Kubrick fan and it's the only Kubrick film I haven't seen yet. I was worried about being scared 🫣 #TCMParty
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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN BACK
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hey so uhhhhh that Boston Globe story about the lesbian bar relaxing its covid rules is an *absolute fucking hit piece* targeting the disabled, chronically ill, and covid-conscious and it would be great if folks sharing and joking about it could recognize that framing.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Pointing and laughing at people who created a community to try and protect the disabled and chronically ill is not allyship actually.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026
Happy mushroom season!
A comic titled "Types of mushrooms" with 12 mushroom species. A wrinkly-looking morel is labeled "creepy but tasty". A brownish deadly galerina is labeled "boring but deadly". A witch's butter on a branch is labeled "jiggles if you poke it". A large puffball is labeled "egg". A creepy red-dripping bleeding tooth fungus is labeled "deeply disconcerting". A fly agaric with a green treefrog sitting under it is labeled "frog umbrella". A black chanterelle is labeled "chalice for forbidden elixers". Three straight-stemmed entolomas are labeled "haha, nipples". A bright purple viscid violet cort is labeled "purple is nice". A birch polypore sticking out of a birch trunk is labeled "tree nose". A complex yellow-tpped coral fungus is labeled "cursed citadel where dwells a fairy queen". A Ravenel's stinkhorn is pixellated at the top for your safety, and labeled "NSFW".
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage
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being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

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what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past 'dresses are for women and pants are for men. i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we've made
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
reflecting on #TurtleTuesday #herps
side view of an eastern painted turtle standing on a log in a pond with bright green water reflecting the turtle..
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
black eyed susans are gone, now the obedient plants are taking over the native plant garden #BloomScrolling #NativePlants
close up of the top of a purple obedient plant.a patch of native plant garden covered in purple blooming obedient plants.
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Here are some nice mushrooms
A colony of turkey tail mushrooms grows like a huddle of brown and white feathered hens nestled in the hollow of a log. Alll photos by me
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
my "stylist" tried something new but I haven't been able to photograph it because of my wrist injury and because it doesn't really come across in photos lol. anyways, living my crustpunk fantasy I guess
awkward selfie of the right side of my head showing short brown hair short on the side and log on the top & back.same but on the left side and an even worse photo.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
snake plant is blooming and I didn't even know they did that
a tall stalk of white blooming flowers out of a large snake plant.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.maptap.gg September 21 99🎯 97🔥 94🏅 100🎯 95🏅 Final score: 969
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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game
Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
laughing at this gutter cat found on nextdoor #Caturday
a scowling white fluffy cat crouched in a gutter.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I woke up a bit too early and was going to lie in to doze a bit more, but I had a mash up of Ernest Tubb songs stuck in my head so I had to get up
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Elythranthera emarginata - Pink Enamel Orchid These orchids are stunning whichever angle you look at them from. The speckled backs to the sepals are particularly beautiful 🌿🩷 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inturalist #bloomscrolling
Front view of a pink orchid flower that is highly shinyBack view of two orchids showing the back of the sepals is speckledThe speckled bud of the pink enamel orchid Side view of a pink orchid flower
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 18/09/2026
Humaning.
A four-panel comic. In panel 1, a Northern Cardinal and American Goldfinch perch above a busy crowd in a city, looking down. The cardinal says "It's a nice day to go humaning." The goldfinch says "Just look at them. Majestic." In panel 2, a close-up of the two birds. The cardinal says "Nobody tells you that you'll reach a certain age and suddenly get into humaning. I hit 3 years old, and then bam."The birds are looking out over the crowd scene. In panel 3, the cardinal says "Their calls sound funny to us, but each one has a unique meaning." Below, people are saying various things: "I'm tired." "Where's my phone?" "I'd murder a burrito." In panel 4, the birds look down excitedly at a man walking by. The cardinal says "Wait, is that a guy who got dressed in the dark and put his shirt on inside out and backwards?" And the goldfinch exclaims, "Holy... that's a lifer!"
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I also tried to get this guy in action, while scooping up bugs in the air above the meadow. dunno why I bothered 😅 #birds #PhotoFailFriday #WorstBirdPic
the same ruby throated hummingbird from the quoted photo, this time a flying blur leaving the wire.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
pigeon with a white savior complex #birds #pigeons
looking up in a blue sky at a metal pole with poles and wires coming off of it, a white pigeon standing on top in the middle, surrounded by gray pigeons on the sides.close up of the white pigeon.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I distinctly remember Isabel because my parents wouldn't let me drive into DC to see BRMC and I was devastated. I got to see them 50 more times after that so I guess it worked out ok
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
last month I visited the park with the meadow to see if I could spot a bluebird on the wire, their favorite spot. but someone else had snagged it and wasn't going to share #birds #hummingbirds
profile of a ruby throated hummingbird perched on an electric wire in a blue sky.
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
a butterfly just visited my balcony! possibly monarch
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
went outside, saw a baby
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 15/09/2026
Given all the *flails hands* you all deserve one of the most adorable pictures I took of Baby Bird Season 2026. A snowy ploverlet peeking through a little sand shrub. Perhaps a once in a lifetime shot. 🪶 🐣
a tiny snowy plover chick, about 2 inches tall, looks through a shrub as if theyr hiding, on a beach
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SamWitch @silkunderground.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I have returned from my compulsory pest control exile. pooped. wrist hort.
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