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Chickadee

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Poet and painter who loves nature, is fond of equality, and appreciates political satire. She/Her

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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 3h
© Paul Klee. 'Small Moon Landscape,' 1920. Oil and pen and ink on board. 23 x 18.8 cm.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1h
Not my president. Clearly, not a president for all Americans. “Let them (Iran) take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego.” Then Trump called it a “small price to pay.” Millions of us dead. And his audience laughed. Reporting from my local news…
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I love fall so much. I've lived in Vermont my whole life and foliage season still seems like such a completely bonkers and beautiful thing to happen every year. It never gets old. 🍂
Photo of a pile of leaves on vibrant dark green moss. I collected lots of fallen leaves of different colors from different plants and trees and arranged them in an egg-shaped gradient going from green at the top to yellow and then orange and then red to darkest reds at the bottom.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Georgia O'Keeffe, Purple Leaves, 1922 #AutumnWeek
Painting of vertical light purple leaves in close-up
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Flowering Plants in Autumn, Ogata Kōrin, C18th.
Painting of panel of flowers - white, yellow, pink, grasses.
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 20h
October is the busiest month for online historical misinformation about cats, so please prep yourself with this post by @goingmedieval.bsky.social! going-medieval.com/2023/05/16/o...
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On cats
The other night I was mindlessly scrolling about on my phone through Instagram, as one does when they really ought to go to bed but are stuck being entertained instead of resting, when I came upon …
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Jan @janstreit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ukrainian artist, Victor Marchenko
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The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Unexpected beauty at the railway station. ✨
Salmon pink roses with rain drops on them.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A fungus (Agaricus cepæstipes): two fruiting bodies. Wellcome Collection, 1888.
Illustration of this fungi on pale blue-grey background. Watercolour.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🖼️ Elsa Beskow
Little squirrel family carrying provisions to a tree hollow nest, watched by fairies, oak tree in autumn leaf, illustration.
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The Hermit of Everything @hermiteveryday.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Small travels into magical places. ✨
A small stone path winds gently into the green. Both sides long grass bends.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Kimsooja, contemporary South Korean artist famous for works like To Breathe, which covers massive gallery windows in special translucent diffraction films that turn ordinary sunlight into glowing prisms of colour #Womensart
Photo featuring  six gallery visitors in silhouette in front of a huge backdrop of prismic light causing reflections on the floor
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pippa Dyrlaga is a paper cutting artist and print maker based in England #womensart
Paper cut artwork featuring a squirrel eating an acorn facing left within three interlocking circles
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Owl of the Day: Tawny Owl 📷 Ivan Sjögren
Owl perched in tree hollow, description from ebird: ‘A medium-sized owl with deep black eyes, strictly nocturnal and infrequently seen. Gray to brown overall with a big rounded head. Found at a broad range of elevations from sea level to high mountains, in woodland, forest, parkland, rocky areas, and sometimes towns and villages. Tends to roost well hidden in foliage during the day, when may be detected by tracking down the excited sound of small birds mobbing the owl. Comes out at night to hunt in clearings and more open areas. Most often detected by its quavering hoots and "kee-wik!" shrieks, given at night. Includes Maghreb Owl, formerly considered a separate species.’
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Portraot of Janet Flanner, pioneering US writer, 1927 by photographer Berenice Abbott #Womensart
Monochrome photograph featuring a sitting white woman facing left with strped trousers black jacket and top hat on which two small eye masks are strapped
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 9h
A lot of what’s happening doesn’t seem to be spreading anymore by mainstream media. A tree that stood for an estimated 150–250 years was destroyed today to make way for Trump’s border wall.
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Chickadee @vtchickadee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Eric Schmitt Hospitalized After Walking Into Wall
Yet another setback for the embattled lawmaker.
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Chickadee @vtchickadee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Dozens quarantined after researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection | CNN
Dozens of people were reported to be in isolation after a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of an undisclosed illness.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/10/2026
Schoolboy, 15, loses hand after picking up police stun grenade during French school protests
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Schoolboy, 15, loses hand after picking up police stun grenade during French school protests
Prime minister orders ministers to tackle students’ five major demands, including organising replacement teachers and school repairs Hundreds of schools in France remained fully or partially closed on Monday as teenagers continued to blockade buildings and the government struggled to contain the biggest youth protest movement in years. A 15-year-old protesting against what the demonstrators say are France’s dilapidated ⁠and understaffed ​schools ‌had his hand ‌blown off on ‌Monday in the northern town of Lens, the local prefect François-Xavier Lauch ‌said. Continue reading...
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Chickadee @vtchickadee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.borowitzreport.com/p/eric-schmi...
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Eric Schmitt Hospitalized After Walking Into Wall
Yet another setback for the embattled lawmaker.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Former British banker and whistleblower Simon Andriesz, who outed Howard Lutnick’s links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has died by suicide.”
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Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies
The former British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🖼️ Tawny Owl, Harriet Bane. #OwlishMonday
Tawny owl perched in autumn leafed tree, blue background, painting.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Morning. 🖼️ Joseph Austin
Painting of nine magpies in different poses, in threes, one set above the other.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Maurice Pillard Verneuil, 1897.
Repeated pattern of red squirrels amongst autumn leaves on dark brown background, design.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🖼️ Bernhard Anton Funke
Toadstools and autumn leaves painting.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Owl of the Day: Elf Owl 📷 Jenohn Wrieden
Photo of owl perched on a branch, description from ebird: ‘One of the smallest owls in the world, about the size of a sparrow. Patterned with rufous, gray, and white. Most similar in plumage to Flammulated Owl, but note the Elf Owl's white eyebrows, yellow eyes, tiny size, and habitat. Found in brushy woodlands and surrounding desert, where they nest in natural cavities or abandoned woodpecker holes in trees and cacti. Nocturnal; most easily found by listening for call around dusk: a descending whiny chuckle or single mewing note. Migrates south to Mexico for the winter.’
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🖼️ Sarah Bays
Hare running through crops, blue background, painting.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Goodnight. May we sail the river of night gently until we reach the safe harbour of morning. 🖼️ Mandy Tsung
Boat punted on dark river of autumn leaves between trees, illustration.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Hang on to your hope.” E. B. White in 1973.
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ru1g.bsky.social @ru1g.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Voting prevents unwanted presidencies" Photo: Concord, CA-October 3, 2026- Immigration court demonstration. @indivisible.org @indivisresistcoco.bsky.social @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social bring-maureen-home.vercel.app
Photo: Concord, CA-October 3, 2026- Immigration court demonstration.

Community members gathered at the Federal Immigration Court location to raise awareness and support of those that have been wrongfully detained by ICE.  The community also raised voices in opposition to unwarranted military actions as well as other unjust and violent acts by ICE and other federal government agencies.  This event was organized by Indivisible Resisters Contra Costa, a grassroots, nonpartisan group advocating for policies to support immigration reform, campaign finance reform, universal healthcare, racial justice, and to protect our environment.

Come join us next week and make your voice heard!
Check @indivisresistcoco.bsky.social‬  or https://indivisibleresisters.org for additional information.

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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today’s little offering is a postcard sized watercolour of a nuthatch from my #1000postcards collection
A painting of a nuthatch climbing a tree trunk with lichen and moss growing on it
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Dongmei Li @dongmei960.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Aster #photography #flowers #plants #blossom #BloomScrolling
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Maggie Vandewalle. "The Stuff of my Daydreams" Watercolour on paper. #Caturday
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Lindy Williams @ljdubcan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today’s Canadian painting is “Hardwood Bush” painted by Tom Thompson in 1915-16.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@maxwelhohn.bsky.social captures a raft of otters: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Morning. Nero, Emily Brontë, 1841.
Painting of Emily Brontë’s pet Merlin, Nero, perched on a branch.
Dated 27 October 1841. She had rescued it from an abandoned nest on the moors.
The painting is held in the collection of the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
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Kettle @kittenstrudel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Agnes Miller Parker, The Uncivilised Cat, tempera on board, 1930 #caturday
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bat, Frederick II, De arte venandi cum avibus, c.1310. 🦇 #Gothtober #Baturday #31daysofhalloween
Marginalia of black bat with giant fan like wing.
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Portrait of the Cat Armellino With a Sonnet, Giovanni Reder, c.1750. #Caturday
White cat with black patches sat on a red cushion, green drape in back with gold sash and a sonnet pinned to it, painting.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
'Passion flower' by Mary Delany (1700-1788), English Bluestocking and artist, known for her botanical flower collages or 'paper-mosaicks' #WomensArt
Collage featuring a close-up of a pink blossom  with feathery thin petals forming a circular shape, all against a black background
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Owl of the Day: Crested Owl 📷 Nick Athanas
Photo of owl perched on a branch, description from ebird: ‘Uncommon but unmistakable. Large spectacular owl of humid evergreen forest in tropical lowlands and foothills. Often roosts in pairs at low levels inside the forest, sometimes in rather open situations. Roosting birds often hold their long, bushy white eyebrows flattened, but raise them when alert. At night, favors dense forest canopy. Calling birds can be very difficult to locate. Call is a short, throaty, intensifying growl, typically repeated every 5–10 seconds.’
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🖼️ Marieke Nelissen
Badger in set with autumn leaves, painting.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Michelle Kingdom, fine artist based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in embroidery #WomensArt #Saturday
Embroidery featuring four woman holding red fruit lounging or standing under a tree with red apples, all against a pink background
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Clare Youngs is a UK based artist, designer/maker who works with paper and fabric #WomensArt
Fun collage resembling a standing cat facing left looking outwards smiling created with differently patterned pieces against a dark background
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tish Murtha (1956-2013), social documentary photographer who documented marginalised communities under Margaret Thatcher in NE England (© Ella Murtha) #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a girl juming on top of an abandoned car near a wall with graffiti and houses beyond
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
2026 Maine Fall Foliage Tour
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Matt Wuerker, Politico
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Jarvis Googoo @jarvisgoogoo.com · 03/10/2026
Amazing editorial cartoon re artificial intelligence by @mackinnonart.bsky.social
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