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Nancy H (she/they) @sweetpeppah.bsky.social · 9h

Seems like poly folks could be a lot more chill about all of that, and maybe the three of you would get along great!

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 15/10/2026

No matter where you shop, you're getting screwed by Amazon. Amazon has found a way to make everything you buy - at Target, at a mom-and-pop shop, even direct from the manufacturer - more expensive. And they're not the only one: Expedia's done the same thing, but for hotel rooms.

A faded, scratched postcard advertising the 'Edge of Town Motel.' Next to the motel sign is a vast pink piggybank, out of whose slot rises a motel key on a diamond keychain, emblazoned with a metallic dollar-sign.

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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Just a little shop of horrors in the bog — where the plants are hungry and the vibes are fabulously spooky. Did you know that Charles Darwin was fascinated by carnivorous plants in bogs and published a detailed illustrated book about them? If you have encountered them, tell me about it!!

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 23h

Photo of the day today comes from Merrilee Brand who shared a photo of Cree artist Kent Monkman's public artwork found alongside the Lassonde Art Trail in Toronto's Biidaasige Park!

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Nancy H (she/they) @sweetpeppah.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Eeesh, the graph of psych meds 😭 great essay, it's so important to get a lab with sane and supportive culture.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

While we don’t have a smoking gun yet, there is reason to believe that earlier this year the Trump admin ordered USCIS to arbitrarily cap the number of immigrants who can become citizens each month. Backlogs in the naturalization process are now skyrocketing.

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Melissa Crytzer Fry @crytzerfry.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

🔉up for lil red noises. The #javelina found leftover mealworms the birds didn't get. Mama and two youngsters on #cameratrap.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Black-eyes Susans cheering up a dreary day #BloomScrolling 🌿 🌱

Yellow flowers with 6-8 petals and dark brown centers against a blurry backdrop of green leaves. They’re very cheerful.

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Nancy H (she/they) @sweetpeppah.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I have fond memories of my mom making our Halloween costumes when I was tiny! Way to go momma!

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Nancy H (she/they) @sweetpeppah.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I get this from pears, apples, any stolen fruit, raw almonds, and sneezy from birches or flowers of all those fruits. Good news is it's just itchy, it's not at risk of swelling or anaphylaxis.

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Nancy H (she/they) @sweetpeppah.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Celery is a common oral allergen :/ it's related to birch/apple pollen. (which is SO WEIRD!)

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Me: Oh look! A rock with lichen Me: Ooo, silver ones and an orange one Me: <leans in> Me: 🤯

A grey rock with round patches of lichen. All are silver, except for one, which is orange. The rock is surrounded by fallen leaves and yellow leafed shrubs.

Closer view of rock showing several silver lichen patches and one orange one that looks like a bullseye.

Closer view. Now the orange lichen is in the centre of the frame.

Macro photo of the edge of the orange lichen showing an amazing network of structures, including cup shapes on stalks.

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Lucy Bellwood @lubellwoo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

This week you can find The Scale of a Man, my illustrated reflection on craft, grief, and inheritance, on @therumpus.net. Thank you @marinaomi.bsky.social for believing in this piece and getting it further into the world. Read the whole thing here: therumpus.net/2026/10/13/t...

The Scale of a Man, by Lucy Bellwood. In clean, black and blue artwork, a small man in plaid stands between two incoming waves, looking up at a model tall ship in a glass case.

Two hands, drawn in clean, black and blue artwork, hold a pen above a penciled page in progress showing a boat and colonists in pencil. The narration says "Okay, Lucy. You can do this."

The previous pencilled page is now fully rendered in black and blue. A square rigged sailing ship plunges through the sea in the top panel. It's December, 1732. The merchantman Anne is somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic, bound for Yamacraw Bluff. A colonial family look toward the horizon. She carries 114 souls under the leadership of General James Oglethorpe. These English colonists will populate the future state of Georgia. Most survive the crossing, but some do not. The last image of the page shows two small, shrouded bodies plunging below the waves.

General Oglethorpe, in wig and greatcoat, writes at a desk on January 13th, 1733. "We have lost none of our people except the youngest son of Richard Cannon, aged eight months, and the youngest son of Robert Clarke, aged one year and an half. Those were so far gone that all our efforts to save them were in vain." In a similar posture, Lucy sits at her drawing table, a hole cut clean through her chest with the light from her anglepoise lamp shooting through it to illuminate a small box of ashes on the table behind her. Narration reads: My dad died while I was working on this comic. I should probably mention that up front. It's impossible to make anything right now that's not full of his absence. In the panel below, the colonists are now in a small rowboat, headed for the distant coast. The colonists' story rolls on, full of the stuff of textbooks. But I can't stop thinking about those two boys.

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

A recent walk along Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire - pen and watercolour sketches. 🐡 #fungi 🪶

Sketches of wildlife and fungi from a walk along Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire, UK

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Bison @bisonrimant.fr · 13/10/2026

Hello #PortfolioDay I'm Bison, a sculptor from France. I carve wood into friends ! ✨You can find my shop here : bisonrimant.fr 🌟And also my DOOM II portfolio : www.moddb.com/mods/museumwad I take commissions, contact via DM here or my website.

Picture of a wood carved dragon on a black background. Wings wide open pointing toward the sky. It's posture suggest it is walking. It's head is up. It has four big horns, 1 small, a ridge looking like a crown. Its body is covered with armored mobile shells.

Woodcarved humanoid octopus wearing a robe, arms wide open, in front of a book standing on branches. On the book, a frog. On the right arm, a kinfisher, and on the top of the head of the octopus, a round duck. The base is burn, on that angle it is not really obvious but is water with a slight wave form arround the octopus. On the background, an old door with old white paint.

Woodcarved creature (Siren Head, by Trevor Henderson) with very long skeletal arms and legs, also too many ribs. Its head is a pole with two speakers and wires. Those speakers have teeth. On the highest speaker, a nest with a pigeon. Siren Head is extending its left arm, point a finger forward. A pigeon sits on its index.

A wood carved plump, grumpy rainfrog on a workbench, next to a carving knife. Its eyes are painted with black, burnt yellow, grey and white paint. It has buttcheeks.

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

A Sandhill Crane giving a look as he/she was passing by on the nature trail.

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Robin @lcskeleton.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Hello #portfolioday My name is Robin and I am a Canadian Pixel artist and illustrator. I mostly work on animal/critter illustrations and I'm available for freelance work. Portfolio: lcskeleton.carrd.co Commissions: vgen.co/LCSkeleton

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Maggie Rudy @maggiemice.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Mushroom season!

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Colton the fish sp💀💀ker🐟🪴🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

@sarahmackattack.bsky.social does an outrageous amount of outreach/scicomm. She's the "10% of the people do 90% of the work" for sure. I must also mention @maryroach.bsky.social for how well-researched her books are & @rosemarymosco.com for so deftly encapsulating biodiversity + social commentary.

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

At a small country settlement. Two young humans (8?) have waded out to the middle of an estuary at low tide. Up to their ankles in gloopy mud. Mum roaring from the back porch that they should have taken their school uniforms off first! Oops! Oh well.

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Today is #AdaLovelaceDay #ald26 to highlight and celebrate #womenInSTEM today and throughout history. While they have faced discrimination and been too often forgotten, if you look for them, they were there! Here’s my most recent #sciart portrait and a thread of my scientist portraits. #histsci 🧪

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Greenb3ar @greenb3ar.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Okay the best political ad of the year is here from LA-DSA

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Here are some nice mushrooms

Two very spooky and desiccated mica cap mushrooms show their black gills as they melt and decay. A young third mushroom grows between them, showing off its sparkly mica flakes. All photos by me

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Nancy H (she/they) @sweetpeppah.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Incredible behind the scenes info on LAIKA's stop motion animation! Wildwood coming out reminded me that I hadn't watched Missing Link, yet, so I did that last night. Phone down, so many details!! youtube.com/watch?v=UyJ4...

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From 'Wildwood' to 'Coraline': How Stop Motion Costumes are Handmade at LAIKA

YouTube video by InStyle

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Nancy H (she/they) @sweetpeppah.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Can confirm that as a middle aged woman on the apps I had the exact same experience 🙄 and then I found a guy who was SO EASY to chat to and make plans with. And I kept him!!

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Andrea Yakovakis @dealane.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Luce is a great community grown organization. They need help particularly with monitoring court appearances. Boston municipal court and Malden district court.

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It's f*ck Columbus Day again, so here are some Indigiqueer reads to keep you going all year. (1/2)

A graphic with nine ebook covers, captioned Indigiqueer Reads. The Sky was Once a Dark Blanket by Kinsale Drake. Trickster Riots by Tate Walker. This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples. A Constellation of Minor Bears by Jen Ferguson. Never Whistle at Night Part 2 Back for Blood edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. Written by the Body by Lisa Tatonetti. Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris. Reclaiming Two Spirits by Gregory D. Smithers. Whidbey by T Kira Madden.

A graphic with nine ebook covers, captioned Indigiqueer Reads. The Fragments that Remain by Mackenzie Angeconeb. Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto. Disintegrate Dissoulate by Arielle Twist. Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones. Magodiz by Gabe Calderon. Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse. Snake falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger. Venco by Cheri Dimaline. Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead.

A graphic with nine ebook covers, captioned Indigiqueer Reads. Trickster Academy by Jenny L. Davis. A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair. Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq. This Accident of Being Lost by Leanna Betasamosake Simpson. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline. A History of my Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt. Passing Through a Prairie Country by Dennis E. Staples. Blood by Tyler Pennock. Ghost Lake by Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler.

A graphic with nine ebook covers, captioned Indigiqueer Reads. To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage. The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough. Flicker by H.E. Edgmon. Beyond the Glittering World by Kinsale Drake. The Ribbon Skirt by Cameron Mukwa. A Good King of Trouble by Brooke Blurton and Melanie Saward. Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson. Greta and Valdin by Rebecca Reilly. Love after the End edited by Joshua Whitehead.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

They put Indigenous People's Day & National Farmer's Day on the same day, good thing you can be boooooooth. Here's just some of the farm & food work NC-based tribes are doing! Corn+beans+squash plot, at the Catawba Nation. They recently pulled a corn variety back from almost-extinction 💪💪💪

Photo of a corn, squash, & beans plot run by the Catawba Nation.

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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Autumn trees reflecting in small ponds ...

Green and orangey brownish trees reflecting

Blue sky with green and yellowish tree reflections

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Appalachia Comics Project @appalachiacomics.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

If you're near Cullowhee, NC on October 27th, we hope you'll join us 6-7pm at Hunter Library on the campus of Western Carolina University as we continue the Appalachia Comics Project tour.

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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY! We're celebrating both tales of old and of new today with 30% OFF both 'INDIGINERDS' and 'THE WOMAN IN THE WOODS And Other North American Stories'! Pick one up for yourself, or perhaps your local library! 📚 store.ironcircus.com/collections/...

Two books overlaid on a colorful pattern background. One book is titled The Woman In The Woods and Other North American Stories, the other Indiginerds: Tales From Modern Indigenous Life. Larger text at the bottom of the overall image reads: Indigenous People's Day Sale! 30% off!

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Adorable AI Puppies By me and @nadinescholtes.bsky.social Read more cartoons! —> #Policartoon Support the cartoons! —>patreon.com/barry

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
PANEL 1

A young man sits on a couch, smiling at a video on his phone. A black cat sleeps beside him.

MAN (thinking): OMG, this puppy video is so cute!

MAN (thinking): Like!

PANEL 2

The man suddenly looks anxious, one hand pressed to his face.

MAN (thinking): But wait—the last time I “liked” a puppy video, it turned out it was AI.

MAN (thinking): I don’t want to accidentally support slop stealing from real puppies.

Nearby, the black cat holds up a bottle of Xanax.

PANEL 3

Extreme close-up of the increasingly frantic man. Thought balloons circle around his head:

But it’s adorable!
Fake!
Cute!
But it’s fake.
Maybe it’s fake.
The poster says it’s not AI.
Exactly what an AI would say!
Was that tongue too perfectly pink?
Was there an extra claw?
Fake!
Cute!

PANEL 4

A bearded man approaches, holding out his phone for the first man to see. The first man recoils in horror.

BEARDED MAN: Honey, you look stressed! Relax and watch this puppy video.

MAN: AAAAAGH!

CHICKEN FAT WATCH
In panel one, a goldfish is half out of its aquarium, picketing with a sign reading, ON STRIKE FOR BETTER PROTECTION FROM CAT. A framed portrait of Lucy from Peanuts is on the wall.

In panel two, the cat offers the stressed man a bottle labeled XANAX.

In the final panel, the goldfish’s abandoned sign now reads, OH WELL NEVER MIND. The black cat is contentedly eating the goldfish.

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution @whoi.edu · 12/10/2026

This Indigenous Peoples Day, find out how WHOI researcher Jordan Kennedy incorporates traditional knowledge and engineering to rethink how we study and restore coastal landscapes. 📲Dive in with Oceanus magazine: go.whoi.edu/oceanus-rk

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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/10/2026

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-pe…

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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Leaves & light ...

Collage of twelve photographs of leaves lit by sunlight

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Boston Fleet @bostonfleet.com · 12/10/2026

Today, we recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day and honor the histories, cultures, & ongoing contributions of Indigenous Peoples whose connections to these lands continue today. 💚

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day graphic.

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Campaign for Southern Equality @southernequality.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

If you are the parent of a transgender child, we invite you to join our monthly support group for parents and caregivers of trans youth. This is a space f to gather in community, especially those who are navigating accessing gender-affirming care for their kids. buff.ly/pWBw2pe buff.ly/A73zKT1

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Day 12 #spacetober_challenge is Roman Space Telescope so I made a new portrait of its namesake #astronomer Nancy Grace Roman (1925-2018), NASA’s 1st chief of astronomy throughout the 60s & 70s, who helped shape the space astronomy program. 👩🏼‍🔬🔭🎢🧪🐡 #histsci Nicknamed “mother of Hubble” for her role in

My linocut portrait of astronomer Nancy Grace Roman in a button down shirt, facing left at an angle to the plane of the image, holding a model of the AOSO satellite in her right hand and pointing at it with her left. She has short hair and glasses. Behind her is the night sky with Ursa Major above her head. Both the OAO satellite and Hubble Space Telescope are above her. Her shirt and black vertical stripes and is in a gradient of green to violet from right to left because its a stellar absorption spectrum.

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Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Brown, so let's have the female #RedWingedBlackbird, everybody's favourite imposter. Every birder in her range has asked another birder about "that unusual sparrow." She is the sneakiest. #birds #photography #BirdPhotography #FemaleRedWingedBlackbird #wildlife

A female Red-winged Blackbird, a brown bird that is often mistaken for a large sparrow, perches on a rush that is going to seed and poses against a brown background.

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Nancy H (she/they) @sweetpeppah.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! I miss you 🦃 Happy Indigenous People's Day to America!

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Nancy H (she/they) @sweetpeppah.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

When I was a kid part of the weekend was cleaning and yard work. I am not so routine about it anymore and there are a lot of kid-activity obligations on the weekend. A bus ride to a fest and picnic sounds nice!

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's actually not complicated. You end homelessness with safe, dignified housing people can afford.

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Olivia Just Wants Tech To Be Fun Again @kingdomfantasy6.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Please, if you're able, let your mayor and/or city council know that encampment removal does not work, that throwing more money at shelters is not an effective option, and if they really want homeless folks off the streets? Then they should provide *homes*. Not shelters. Homes.

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