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HAD @havehashad.com · 6h
kicking off acceptances from Cletus Crow's haiku call today with three from @ezhang77.bsky.social ! www.havehashad.com/hadposts/thr...
September 30, 2026
Three Haiku
Elena Zhang

Opulent
Opulent
hunger for missing 
teeth, tonight.After

After many years,
aliens contort the long
memories of fish

 

 
 

Family Attitude

Our fun shadows confess to crimes
I have yet to commit
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 4h
12 critically endangered Nubian giraffes were relocated from Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park to make way for oil extraction. As economic priorities increasingly undermine protected areas, how safe is critical biodiversity inside national parks? Watch more 👉️ mongabay.cc/Conservation...
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Elena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 6h
Happy to have three haiku up in @havehashad.com today!
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Ro 📷 @roshn.me · 6h
Two Painted Storks #nature #wildlife #birds #photography 📷 zeens.app/profile/roshn.me/post/3mw…
Two painted storks, one facing the left of the viewer is in the front, another in the back facing the right of the viewer, surrounded by water plants and a lake in the background. Palm trees and more vegetation can been, blurred in the background.
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Ro 📷 @roshn.me · 6h
#scape #nature #landscape #photography 📷 zeens.app/profile/roshn.me/post/3mw…
A calm lake reflecting the mangroves and vegetation around, a misty hill in the distance, a lone coracle in the lake
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Liz Butler @lizlagomorph.bsky.social · 9h
Thanks for joining in by creating work, sharing posts & supporting artists during #SciArtSeptember! I love this yearly opportunity to reconnect with friends & meet new folks. 🌟 - While I’ll be posting less during the rest of the year, please reach out any time if you have ideas for collaborations. 🌱
An illustration of an azure jay, perched on a stick. The bird has its back to the viewer and its head turned to the left. The background is a light pink colour.A photograph of a tiny sculpture of a fawn suspended in a small wooden box. The fawn appears to be leaping. The back of the box is lined with green and gold paper. The box rests on a wooden table.A hand holding a small book made with a scallop shell cover. The book is fanned open, to show the pink pages inside the book. The background is a wooden table top.A graphite drawing of a moon bear, also called an Asian black bear. The bear is sitting up, with its front paws near its chest. The bear looks towards the right. The bear is tinted in shades of purple.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 23h
From saving DNA to cloning Przewalski's horses, biodiversity banking helps preserve genetic diversity against extinction. Conservation leader Katie Heineman discusses how San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is expanding biobanks to partners in Kenya, Vietnam, Peru, & Hawai‘i. Read the full interview.👇️
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Preserving wildlife DNA for the future: Interview with the Frozen Zoo’s Katie Heineman
Kurt, a Przewalski’s horse, was born at in Texas in August 2020. Less than three years later, Ollie followed. Out in the wild, their species had gone extinct in the 1960s. Both individuals, born of a…
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Milli Vanilla @millivanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You have the right to pursue happiness, or an air mattress. But not both at the same time.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 10h
Deforestation across the Mekong region fell in 2025 due to fewer wildfires and enforcement, continuing a multi-year drop. However, total tree cover loss reached 746,168 hectares, with nearly 200,000 hectares destroyed inside protected areas. @geraldrflynn.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.
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Despite a drop in deforestation in 2025, forest losses pile up in the Mekong
BANGKOK — Over the course of 2025, the Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam lost a combined 746,168 hectares (1.8 million acres) of tree cover, an area roughly equivalent…
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Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now! Coming Sept 22 in US) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 11h
I don't want to get anyone in a tizzy but I just filed on competing claims on the Anthropic settlement, and just had some rando jump on claiming to have authored one of my books. Check all your claims, people!
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Xander's Skyscape @wellmanneredxs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If your soul is hurting, and it all feels too much, take a moment with Daryll Marie and her mobile bird wellness centre *cough* research vessel. Thank you for sharing your wonderful trip and your feathered shipmates on their journeys, @daryllmarie.bsky.social 💚
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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 12h
Now that the bread has rested overnight, here's a picture of the crumb. :D Lunch today: green bean sandwiches! #breadsky #lunch #sandwich #whatscooking #baking
A couple slices of bread kept in a white pasta dish. The soft white crumb can be seen clearly in the dissfused light. In the blurry background there is the remainder of the still substantial loaf, with white crumb and dark brown crust. A green bean patty with brown spots resting on the bread slice with brown crust. It's kept on a light brown wooden chopping board on the kitchen black kitchen counter.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed
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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 29/09/2026
🕵️ Hear from three experts Jonas Kiriko (@oxpeckersnews.bsky.social/@infonile.bsky.social); Linda Mujuru (Investigative Journalist); David Akana (@mongabay.com) on how to investigate the extractives industry in Africa at #IJWeek. Moderator: Annie Zulu. Tickets ⬇️ twp.ai/9OaURU
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 29/09/2026
Rescued from wildlife traffickers in 2016 and reintroduced to the wild in 2024, a critically endangered Grauer’s gorilla named Lulingu has given birth in DRC’s Virunga National Park. Conservationists say the birth marks a major milestone for the world’s largest primate. mongabay.cc/M62FJ2
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Reintroduced Grauer’s gorilla gives birth in DRC national park, ‘makes us happy’
Lulingu, a Grauer’s gorilla (Gorilla beringei), was reintroduced to Virunga National Park, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in 2024. In May 2026, Lulingu gave birth to a new baby, bringing…
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Ro 📷 @roshn.me · 29/09/2026
Pied bush chat - female #nature #wildlife #birds #photography 📷 zeens.app/profile/roshn.me/post/3mw…
A female pied bushchat
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 29/09/2026
Whether you rely on Mongabay for research, education, or environmental news, your perspective helps us improve. Take a few minutes to share your thoughts in our annual reader survey. 👉️ mongabay.cc/iPMUuD
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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 29/09/2026
Hey authors fancy doing something fun for Halloween text in the alt description
Hi 
Every Halloween week, Ginger Nuts of Horror likes to do something daft. This year it's the Halloween Author Interrogation: five silly questions sent to a batch of horror writers, with the best answers run together in one piece on Wednesday 28 October. We'd love you to be one of the accused.
There are no wrong answers, only answers your publicist might wince at. Answer as many as you like (three or more is perfect), and keep each one short, anywhere from a sentence to about 100 words.
	1.	You're allowed to keep one cursed object from horror fiction or film. Which one do you take home, and what everyday job do you put it to?
	2.	Which horror death would be the most embarrassing to explain to your mum?
	3.	Your house is haunted, but the ghost only has one complaint about you. What is it?
	4.	Which horror villain would make the worst flatmate, and what does the first passive-aggressive note you stick on the fridge say?
	5.	A demon offers to write one scene of your next book in exchange for your soul. Which scene do you hand over, and is it worth it?
Along with your answers, please send:
	•	A one-line bio
	•	Your latest or upcoming book, with a link
	•	An author photo we can use
	•	Your social handles, so we can tag you when it goes live
The deadline is Friday 16 October. Just reply to this email with your answers.
Thanks for playing along. It should be a lot of fun, and a nice way to get your name and book in front of our readers in the scariest week of the year.
Best wishes,
Jim McLeod
Ginger Nuts of Horror
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Ligus @greyauk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Holy shi... suger 😱. I just came home and opened my Ko-fi. 66% of the goal in one day! Thank you guys so so much 💚🙏🐕 That's Jette from today :) + extra crow friends
A foxy old dog is lying on the grass and is "smiling" into the camera
(only worked with a treat. she hates the camera and always looks away)A foxy little old dog is sitting in a bicycle basket. she is wearing a pink harness and her big ears are standing up. it looks cosya green field full of hooded crows
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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burrowing Owl for meraxes-of-new-albion on tumblr! Thank you for the donation! 🪶🎨 #BirdArt #SciArt The #Waymakers Challenge raises funds for @theyoungcenter.bsky.social to help immigrant kids in the US! Donate by end of day Sept. 30 - not much time left! youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi...
Illustration of a Burrowing Owl standing on a patch of chunky dry dirt in front of distant blurry powerlines. The owl is long-legged and standing tall, with its head tilted to the side as it peers toward the viewer with its huge yellow eyes.
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Ligus @greyauk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What an amazing fundraiser! Happy to see that Lauren did it this year again 💚. So many birds for a very important cause.
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thebluemango.in @thebluemango.in · 29/09/2026
Probably the most gorgeous pain de mie I have made till now. Look at all the straight edges! 😍 #breadsky #baking #whatscooking
Photograph from the side of a freshly baked pullman loaf, resting on a metal grill for cooling. Same bread  photographed from the side to show the length of the loaf. You can see parallel line texture imprinted from the pan it was baked in. It's resting on a metal grill on a dark stone slab.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
*mid-eulogy, looking down at casket* you’ve read your last free article
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HAD @havehashad.com · 29/09/2026
today from Mia Nakaji Monnier, with the beautiful constraint, "I chose to write a poem using only words from Japanese children’s books I regularly read with my child. I translated playfully but overall stuck to the meaning and spirit of the source texts" www.havehashad.com/hadposts/nig...
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night walk, with 16 mice and the moon by Mia Nakaji Monnier
night has arrived / look, the sky is dark, dark we line up and follow the path of horsetails / tap, tap the fiddleheads unfurl their tender faces mountain’s breath, fairy bells / the forest is…
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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our feature tutorial/artist today is this lovely animation on EARS, by the talented @simodasketch! So useful! #anime #manga #drawing #characterdesign #anatomy
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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This story has really annoyed me. These tech billionaires LARPing as aristocrats bestowing their noblesse oblige on the local peasants. Just think about how many sports clubs you could fund if you taxed Facebook properly.
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Lydia Mulvey @lydiamulvey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
idk know why we don't have a show called 'FOUR OF DIAMONDS' starring jessica williams, oscar isaac, himesh patel, and mackenzie davis as rival cat burglars all attempting to heist a rare diamond who end up entangled in a horny four-way love affair while quadruple-crossing each other but HERE WE ARE
Black and white phot of actress Jesica Williams. Oscar Isaac in Ex MachinaActor Himesh Patel in a well cut suit and sort of smirking at the camera.Actress Mackenzie Davis in an incredible tan suit.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 29/09/2026
Following a #CITES investigation into its import of 60,000 live animals, Indian private zoo Vantara declared a temporary pause on imports through June 2027. Now, 27 global NGOs are urging the Reliance-backed facility to make the ban permanent and focus on in-situ conservation. By Spoorthy Raman.
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NGOs call on Vantara to end all wild animal imports permanently
A coalition of 27 global wildlife conservation and animal welfare organizations urged Vantara to permanently end all wild animal imports. The billionaire-run zoo in India, funded by the philanthropic…
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Viola Tricolor @kaffeehaus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jason Dawsey's article on Günther Anders is an interesting read and might also serve as an introduction to Anders for Anglophones who've never heard of him before:
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Alex @Plane Sailing Games @planesailinggames.com · 28/09/2026
I loved the XKCD take on it here
panel 1 with a narrator standing in front of three representatives - physics, biology, and chemistry
narrator: Welcome to the degree-off, where we determine which field is the best! Physics, wanna go first?
Physics: Sure! I'd like to tell the story of Richard Feynman's manhattan project lockpicking pranks...

Panel 2
Physics ...and as he said "all science is either physics or stamp collecting". Thank you 

Narrator: Great! Bio, you wanna go next

Bio: Okay

Panel 3 - close up on Bio with a graph trending strongly downwards over time

Bio: This is a graph of the death rate from infection disease in this country. 

Panel 4

Bio: The heroes of my field have SLAIN one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. 

Panel 5 - Bio points accusingly at physics

Bio: While the heroes of YOUR field gathered in the desert to create a new one. 

Panel 6

Physics: ...Jeez, what the hell? I thought this was supposed to be fun and lighthearted

Bio: YOU MUST HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT STAMP COLLECTING.
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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Researchers w/ Wildlife & Climate Consensus have a new study out, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... In July I solicited this op-ed for @mongabay.com by them about bringing #wildlife into #climate conversations Good to see it's now 350+ signatories strong, here's why it's captured attention:
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Wildlife helps regulate the climate & this belongs in policy discussions (commentary)
When we talk about climate change and wildlife, most people think about the impact of climate change on animals. We see individual organisms struggling to find food and being pushed into new places an...
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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So this is messed up: I posted this same image on Instagram, and after it went viral here, an “AI content” label appeared on the Insta post. And there’s no option to change it. Now the slop machine is even calling artists’ original work AI. Just because it appeared somewhere else on the Internet.
The same moon photo posted on Instagram, flagged with “AI content,” and me drawing on top of it in red saying “WRONG”
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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hard not to see this as yet another way AI is disenfranchising artists. If we control our own material and post it to multiple platforms, it’ll get flagged as AI, because the slop made from stolen art is already eating itself.
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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Stunning full moon over Fintra Bay, County Donegal.
A bright moon with a halo peeking over a bank of cloud, onto a shallow beach.
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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hard not to see this as yet another way AI is disenfranchising artists. If we control our own material and post it to multiple platforms, it’ll get flagged as AI, because the slop made from stolen art is already eating itself.
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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So this is messed up: I posted this same image on Instagram, and after it went viral here, an “AI content” label appeared on the Insta post. And there’s no option to change it. Now the slop machine is even calling artists’ original work AI. Just because it appeared somewhere else on the Internet.
The same photo of a lovely full moon rising over a beach, as below, posted on Instagram, but now it’s labeled “AI content”
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KhepiAri Loves LawLu @khepiari.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I love that dudebroes are going now, "Oh, Pattinson can act..." after watching him in his post-Bruce Wayne roles. Maybe if you all had not hated him with passion just because of Twilight, you would've found it out sooner..
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 29/09/2026
As deforestation and lost predators fuel a kangaroo population surge in Australia, a record cull is drawing scrutiny. Scientists suggest alternative control methods, including reforesting habitats and reintroducing native predators like dingoes. Cooper Williams reports for #Mongabay.
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As Australia’s kangaroo numbers rise, record cull renews calls for other control methods
CANBERRA — Australia has a problem with the very creature that is its official national symbol: The kangaroo. Endemic to Australia, they live across the country, from north to south, and from east to…
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Andrew Schreck @andrewschreck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i don't think cis guys realize how much power they can shift in a conversation just by casually telling their friends
"that's fucked up, man" when someone says something
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Technogaijin @technogaijin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Youtube is now AI upscaling videos without explicit permission to save storage and call the plasticized-looking output "4k". I'm fine with the feature being offered, but I want control over when/whether it's used as well. Youtube's looks gross.
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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 28/09/2026
Ya know, it’d be really neat if companies stopped sneaking AI features into their products and forcing us to use them.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Rajani Thindiath (Ruhj-ni) @rajanithindiath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
😝
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kuzhali manickavel/குழலி மாணிக்கவேல் @kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
please support my writing🙏
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kuzhali manickavel/குழலி மாணிக்கவேல் @kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
hai friends please pre-order my novel or if you could just buy any of my stuff really that would be much appreciated thank you friends www.blaft.com/collections/...
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Print Books
The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction - Volume 3
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That's a good way to put it. Soul murder is another. There has never, in my lifetime or maybe ever, been a public reckoning with what it means to live as a woman in a world where we are held in less esteem than animals and have fewer rights to bodily autonomy than corpses.
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Dr. Tea, Cake, & Revolution. @witwarrior.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
To use a woman’s body-as it were-in her absence is to deny her the possession of a soul.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is why more women don't come forward, and why more rapists aren't jailed. Because mostly-male cops and prosecutors find it more believable that a 20-yr-old would want to have sex with a room full of fraternity brothers than accept she was raped. What ever happened to common fucking sense?
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Carrying That Weight—Again
I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case
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Ligus @greyauk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Argyropelecus olfersii - Ligus's Ko-fi Shop
OatMilk carton print of Argyropelecus olfersii on recycled cotton paper Handcoloured with silver acrylics Size: around 14,5 cm x 11 cm Print size: 1...
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Ligus @greyauk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Print of Argyropelecus olfersii #sciart 🐡 🐟 3 prints are now available in my shop 👇🧵 #art #print #noAI
a carton print of a roundish fish fith a big mouth and eye and little fins. sideview.
the black lines are fine and the body is coloured silver same fish photographed from the side showing the silver paint catching the light
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