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felicia martínez @feliciafm.bsky.social · 9h

Book birthday in two weeks!!! I’m so excited for this novella to be out in the world! All the preorder links can be found here: books2read.com/bright-peril...

Cover of These Bright and Perilous Designs by Felicia Martínez. The cover is a deep teal featuring a gold circuitry design combined with mosaic. A large mosaic circle features a woman with dark hair.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

got very angry and behaved quite badly in public today. the fuck is wrong with me? never too late for a restart. Happy Tuesday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

pigs already fly. happy Monday.

A winged brown pig of cast iron setting atop a 6x6 post. greens and yellow leaves in background.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

walking in the rain is feeling fine. happy Saturday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

tourists are gone. beaching it. happy Thursday.

sun setting in the west. big rocks and white frothy water.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

along came a spider. happy Monday.

spectacular spider, yellow and black body, legs brown, red y yellow.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

first day for Special Olympics bowling in the part of the US that we live in. if you ever get a chance to hop in as a volunteer or coach with this organization it is a fabtastic time. happy Saturday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

welcome autumn. please get a wiggle on with the rains. happy Tuesday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

wishing the door to the truck would not decide to lock when the batteries die. the screwdriver that starts the truck isn't working on the door yet. happy Monday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

happy Sunday. made in the shade.

weathered 2x6 planks forming a platform and some steps. a blue framing square sets under a level. there's a cup of lemonade, and me feet wearing red socks. this constitutes the entire deck to date.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

greetings from the wasps at the well. grateful to co-live with them. the well itself is essentially empty. 5400 gallons stored drinkable water. lots of water reserved for growing food. showering is about to be something. by me memory we are about 3.5 weeks from healing rain. alright. happy Saturday

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

hiding from the sun. happy Thursday.

sunshine through the branches green of pine trees. very blue sky as well.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We need YOU to spread the word about @skypeascientist.bsky.social - our *free* program that matches scientists w/classrooms & more! When educators sign up, they can tell us who told them about us. We'll hold a monthly drawing for $150 of science supplies* from the referrers! SkypeAScientist.com

a praying mantis is on the telephone and excited to hear someone on the phone say "Skype a Scientist has a new referral program"

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

tiny flower lover. happy Saturday.

a white spider setting amidst a dahlia flower which is shades of reds me doesn't know the name of.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

asparagus seeding. autumn looking this direction. happy Thursday.

red seed pods on wisps of green asparagus.

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Tohono O’odham Nation leadership has been informed that federal contractors may attempt to enter the Nation’s lands this weekend to begin conducting work related to border wall construction. Tohono O’odham law enforcement is on alert to turn back trespassers.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

yesterme ate all the cookies. yesterme didn't think ahead. happy Sunday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

found the groundwasps near the well head. fortunately the chew and spit plant remains the best medicine. happy Saturday.

green plant growing out of the ground. flower/seed head a lighter green.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

would be nice to feel cold.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

brambles,poison oak,and ground wasps sending a clear message to me to come back later. may go try out new material on the goats. happy Thursday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

working outside when the temp hits the dew point is kind of lovely. happy Sunday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

couple of knuckleheads resisting bedtime. happy Thursday.

2 goats,one black,tan,white. the other is mostly brown and white and has horns.

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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 13/07/2026

Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.

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Ashland.news @ashland-news.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

KS Wild Side: Southern Oregon will be home to the first wildlife crossing along the entirety of I-5 on the West Coast, restoring the east-west connections that have been severed by the busy interstate that carries about 17,000 vehicles daily in our region. ashland.news/ks-wild-side...

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KS Wild Side: Restoring ecological connections in the Klamath-Cascade-Siskiyou region - Ashland News - Community-Supported, NonProfit News

Southern Oregon will be home to the first wildlife crossing along the entirety of Interstate 5 on the West Coast, restoring the east-west connections that have been severed by the busy interstate that...

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

send in the clouds. there ought to be clouds. happy Thursday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

daytime going by,the clearing where we live. shade o'clock. social worker visit went well although lack of cell service and general remoteness had them on a back foot. happy Tuesday. yay.

blue sky, green trees,assorted tent like structures, a wire fence enclosing chickens. detritus of life stuff.

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Jared Dahl Aldern @jdaldern.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Some context for invoking Section 106 here: Colonialism and missionization upended Native economies in “California” but Indigenous resistance and resilience were strong across the region. By the 1820s the Paiute were at the center of a vast horse-trade network and raiding economy.

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Tribe Sues Feds for Planned Mass Removal of Wild Horse Herd on Ancestral Lands

A California tribe is suing the federal government to stop the removal of more than 600 wild horses from its homelands. The Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Reservation filed a federal...

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

social worker coming to inspect our dwelling in the woods. wishing myself luck in keeping me mouth closed. happy Tuesday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

couple pals hanging at the well head. tar beach for snails.

2 snails atop a grey concrete slab.red handkerchief in background.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

watering time. happy Sunday.

7 blue and 1 white 55 gallon barrels. hand cranked pump in foreground.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

bringing the beach home. not really. happy Thursday.

yellow brownish sand in the back of pickup. forest and blue sky with cloud in background.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

come play in the water. happy Wednesday.

white water tank in the back of a pickup truck. bright green hose leading to storage barrels.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

had to haul water today for ag use. barely mid June. yikes. happy Monday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

blackberries are coming. happy Friday.

blackberry flower,mostly white. multi colors of different flower parts me knows not the names of.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

being Flavor of the Month for ticks seems to have continued into June. happy Monday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

changing a flat tire used to be so much easier. happy Saturday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

waiting for the pesky marine layer to let the sun in. beautiful birds,keeping us safe.

turkey vultures setting on a railing. gravel road in foreground.

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American Theatre @americantheatre.org · 22/05/2026

Signed by 250 Native and non-Native artists, the new effort and alliance calls on U.S. institutional theatre to produce Native-authored work and engage in authentic collaborations. www.americantheatre.org/2026/05/22/n...

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Native Theatre Movement Launches With Open Letter

Signed by 250 Native and non-Native artists, the new effort and alliance calls on U.S. institutional theatre to produce Native-authored work and engage in authentic collaborations.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

repairing fencing. 3 goats helping. this may take a bit. happy Wednesday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

screw this. off to cut up an apple and go hangout with the goats. happy Friday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

getting smacked around by the dreads. missing my brain. happy Monday.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

thinking on Scott Hutchison. make tiny changes to earth.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

grow grapes. happy Wednesday.

green trees and a black water tank in background. in front a rough arbor made of bamboo poles. small grape vines fronting the bamboo.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

scattered a bunch of miscellaneous seeds a while ago. first flowery greetings. happy Monday.

a poppy of some kind, perhaps. Pink and white papery petals,green background.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

grateful for 60 lb bags of cement. happy Sunday.

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

After big dams on the upper Klamath River in far northern CA were removed in 2024, Chinook (king) salmon migrated upstream for the first time in 100+ years--and now they have hatched.

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Chinook salmon found naturally hatching in Upper Klamath River for first time in a century

The Klamath Tribes are celebrating evidence of Chinook salmon spawning in Klamath River tributary.

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Thomas @thomas581.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

chicken stuff. happy Friday.

silhouette drawing of a hen setting on eggs. printed on a cardboard box.

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