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I just read “super El Niño” as Super Nintendo, and that is what I am calling it from now on. …I need tea.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 5h

Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water. I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there? God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 16h

GOAT OR BIRD????

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 21h

Thanks for handing that back, art fae.

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 21h

Hey @beyondwhatisseen.bsky.social, I took my current sketchbook with me yesterday to pick up some art supplies because my swatches are in it. Your Godzilla RAWR sticker is on the cover; it was much admired by the art store clerks!

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 22h

*intentionally unspecified workday scream* Hey @infinitescream.bsky.social can I get an "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh"?

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 23h

Just spent most of my lunch break trying to find my pan of potter's pink; the art fae appear to have stolen it away.

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 29/09/2026

I can see the rabbit in the moon.

Photo of the waning moon just after full. The craters and mares are just visible. It is not a very clear photo, it is a phone photo.

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 29/09/2026

Someone was lamenting they do not see painted vans anymore, but this evening I saw a small red GMC truck with the back window tinted & tailgate painted with Iron Maiden’s Somewhere in Time album art.

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Arturo Dominguez @extremearturo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Texas Tribune, one of the most reliable news outlets in Texas, just named the ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Gregory Feathers www.texastribune.org/2026/09/28/h...

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 28/09/2026

Spent the evening making little guys.

Color pencil drawings of two Mesopotamian area idols. The one on the left is a parent-and-child eye idol, blueish stone with yellowish details. The one on the right is taller, terra-cotta-ish, hands clasped at its stomach, with a bird-like face and THICC legs.

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 27/09/2026

Do not speak to me or my ancient Syrian son ever again

A screenshot of a auction site that sells historical artifacts. The page is for a “marble eye idol“ from Tell Brak, a city in ancient Syria. The idol is a flat piece that is composed of one figure with a head composed entirely of its eyes, so it ends up being sort of a figure 8 with eyes on it as the head, and then below it is another figure identical to it, but smaller as if it’s a child standing in front of a parent.

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 27/09/2026

I was searching for examples of Mesopotamian pottery, like you do, and stumbled across this on an auction site. Greeks gonna Greek, I guess. NSFW warning, I guess.

plakasauctions.com

Lot - A GREEK INSCRIBED MARBLE PHALLUS, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 27/09/2026

I haven’t even gotten out of bed yet, and I learned a new word! “Cicatrix” means scar.

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That little speck...on the far right...IS DOOMED #birds

The same yellow bird in a crouching position, eyes and beak trained ruthruthlessly on a little flying bug just above the grass.

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 27/09/2026

Where did I put my fan, it’s warm in here…

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 27/09/2026

I want to start a YouTube channel just so I can tell people to “strike the peg of yes”

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 25/09/2026

It is so frustrating and saddening that our national heritage is getting dismantled like this.

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Who's Pulling the Strings to Dismantle Our National Monuments?

YouTube video by Eric Hanson

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The nearly decade-long case of Crystal Mason, who was sentenced to 5 yrs in prison over a voting error, will end with an acquittal The wife of the current district attorney, who fought to keep her conviction in place, asked Crystal if she would consider voting for him

theguardian.com

Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case

Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 24/09/2026

Before Mapquest I spent so much time getting people to give me directions that worked for my brain. Do not tell me to “go south” on a road in a place I do not know! Tell me to turn right at the road with the big tree by the blue barn!

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I recently had a chance to examine the world of wonders under an old cow pie on a natural grassland and for those who've never looked, I assure you it's AMAZEBALLS. So. Much. Life. Check out this report, "Cow Patty Critters", by KD Floate, AAFC Lethbridge publications.gc.ca/collections/...

Screen shot of cover of a report called "Cow patty critters: an introduction to the ecology, biology and identification of insects in cattle dung on Canadian pastures"

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 24/09/2026

Something I noticed on my road trip - I stopped for gas four times and in three different states not one station had the lowest grade of gas available, but they still advertised the price for that one on the sign.

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 24/09/2026

If anyone is curious why I found the bison patty disgusting but fascinating, here it is with a graphic label added. It is swirly and kind of scaled. Of *course* I photoed it, I am a naturalist! I have so many gross photos 😂

A photograph of a poo that is presumably from a bison. It is large and slightly flat and various shades of brown unsurprisingly. There are layers that are kind of like scales overlapping each other and three green bottle flies of some variety dining on it.

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 24/09/2026

I went to Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve yesterday, and it was gorgeous!

A gravel road stretches off to the horizon in the middle of the photograph. On either side, the prairie stretches away and the far distance there is a slight rise of a hill. The plants in the foreground are green with some yellow flowers, but as the photograph stretches away, you can see the russet seed heads of tall prairie grass as well as the green of plants. Above the sky is blue with fluffy white clouds scattered across.

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Common Cause Texas @commoncausetexas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Did you register to vote at the Texas DPS? DPS failed to send an unknown number of voter registration applications to county registrars. Don't panic. Here's what you need to know Check your voter registration status here: votetexas.gov

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Jumping spiders of the world! 🕷️🌎

An illustration by me featuring 16 different species of colorful jumping spiders of all shapes, sizes, and colors. They are illustrated on a light orange background. Species featured from left to right, starting from the top row:

Ilargus coccineus

Regal jumping spider (Phidippus regius)

Horned-owl peacock spider (Maratus bubo)

Metallic blue jumping spider (Thiania bhamoensis)

Second row:

Flying peacock spider (Maratus volans)

Magnolia jumping spider (Lyssomanes viridis)

Apache jumping spider (Phidippus apacheanus)

Red-backed jumping spider (Phidippus johnsoni)

Third row:

House jumping spider (Pseudeuophrys lanigera)

Jade jumping spider (Siler semiglaucus)

Paradise jumping spider (Habronattus americanus)

Ant-mimic jumping spider (Myrmaplata plataleoides)

Fourth row:

Bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax)

Coastal jumping spider (Maratus speciosus)

Green jumping spider (Mopsus mormon)

Golden jumping spider (Paraphidippus aurantius)

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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 21/09/2026

If you're mad as hell about this and have some $ to spare, immigrant support activists on the ground here in Austin told me that the Immigrant Support Fund is the best donation destination; Wilber's family (and others) are helped via this stream: givebutter.com/ZkFxFu

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

They knew this 1,000-year-old archaeological site was here. It had been mapped, published, and reported to the agencies responsible for the land. Trump's border-wall contractors bulldozed right through it /1 Link: youtu.be/A4U6q76eqUM

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 18/09/2026

If you are not drinking a full liter of lightly sweetened cold mugicha a day, you are missing out on some summer goodness.

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Punished Cat Guy (aka Johnny Bag o’ Snails) @majima.club · 18/09/2026

So turns out the majority of my paycheck went to an overdraft I didn’t even know I had and now I’m at -$56 and I need to pay half of my electric bill before midnight so I’m uhhhhh working on some prints I’ve been putting off and if anyone wanted to pass this around it would help. A lot. Fuck fuck

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 18/09/2026

This has me sad. I love his music, the Whisper House album is a favorite musical (haven't seen it staged) and I have seen him live multiple times. Wearing my WH tee today.

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

All the minerals from the mineral cup 2025. They are now uploaded as high-res PNG files as stock art here: 💎 salvaterra.itch.io/minerals-sto... #mincup #mincup25 #mincup26 #minerals #sciart #bsnm

a poster with 32 colourful illustrations of mineral pieces from the set of contenders in the mineral cup 2025. the minerals are such as calcite, haüyne, silver, hematite, tugtupite, kyanite, wavelite, etc. some are green, some are blue, golden, grey, white, in a wide variety of shades and hues.

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🌿 Ingrid Skogstad 🌿 comms open @ingridskogstad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A new feline species has been discovered in the cloud forests of Bolivia! It was named Leopardus tilcayo, or the Tilcayo tiger cat. I'm so excited for this little kitty! Have a fanart | #tilcayo #cats #feralart #art #digitalart #Leopardus_tilcayo #Leopardustilcayo |

A digital painting of the Leopardus tilcayo in the forest

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 18/09/2026

I want to see these things in person so I can see the details to draw them.

Two pages in my square sketchbook of color pencil drawings of Assyrian bas relief details on the left and motifs from Göbekli Tepe on the right.

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Official Derptiles @derptiles.art · 17/09/2026

Keep it Wild! The Roadless Rule (which protects wildlife, decreases the chance of wildfires, and allows for outdoor recreation) is in danger of being rescinded. Please submit a public comment opposing the proposal to remove the Roadless Rule!

An illustration of assorted forest animals with the text "Keep it Roadless, Protect our Forests, Protect our Water" around the edges.

Some graphics and text about the Roadless Rule: The Roadless Rule keeps forests intact, protecting wildlife, stabilizes the climate, and keeping water sources from pollution. It also allows for outdoor recreational activities.

A graphic and text about the Roadless Rule regarding wildfires. The Roadless Rule decreases the chance of wildfires, it's been proven that roads and people cause the vast majority of fires.

Graphics and text about how to save the Roadless Rule from being rescinded.
Substantive public comments are the most effective. Most environmental groups have resources for how to write and submit public comments.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 17/09/2026

#Recall: JKMAX Recalls About 195,000 Heated Blankets and Heating Pads; The internal wire heating elements of the blankets and pads can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers. Get full refund. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Damn me, but all things are queer, come to think of ’em.

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 16/09/2026

Tempted to start a sketching meetup group here so I do not have to drive 30min each way to join in.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Prairie environments are not easy, but you cannot beat prairie skies.

Countless stars gleam above a dawn sky with a touch of warmth on the horizon from the rising sun.

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 16/09/2026

Nearly three years ago, Alaska filed criminal charges against an American Samoan family for illegally voting. But late Friday, prosecutors who were fresh off a loss at the state Court of Appeals dropped the charges.

boltsmag.org

After a Yearslong Nightmare, Relief for American Samoans Punished for Voting - Bolts

Alaska officials for years accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting, but finally dropped those charges this month.

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KXAN News @kxan.com · 16/09/2026

The Interior Department, which oversees the National Park Service, said it rejected agreements described as “actively working against the best interests of the American people and the priorities of this administration.”

kxan.com

$25 million in national park project funds blocked by Trump administration: Report

The Trump administration has reportedly blocked more than 130 planned projects at national parks across the country, putting more than $25 million worth of funding on hold. The Interior Department,…

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Skulleigh @skulleigh.com · 14/09/2026

ugh, I need to get a new printer so I can print zines and postage labels, but I don't waaaaaant to get to know a new minor demon.

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