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Retired foster parent for medically fragile infants. Systems Analyst

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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · Apr 25

Look at the one at the top of the door jamb. Wants / hopes / plans to fly free but isn’t quite ready

Figen @thefigen.bsky.social · Apr 25

Russian painter Andrei Popov's work "Raising Children" ...

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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 37m

Not sure about Kierkegaard. She probably Kant manage him

foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 42m

It’s a sine of the times

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Anna F. Walker @spyglassart.bsky.social · 19h

Currently working on a new Christmas card design, which is now an annual tradition.

I always make them book-themed, so as to sell them at our bookshop - @mcnaughtans.co.uk (I co-own it with my husband).

The end is thankfully in sight for the new design, but while I finish it here’s last year’s.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 13h

My cartoon for the books page in this week’s @theguardian.com

Title: Where writers really get their ideas.

A writer, holding a note in his outstretched hand approaches a cart in the park. The front of the cart reads 'Fresh ideas' and a colourful umbrella shades the server who is reaching deep into the body of the cart (much as an ice-cream vendor might) and saying:
"I'm all out of mind-blowing concepts and heart-rending narratives, but I've got an acerbic observation, an unexpected outcome and a couple of amusing notions."

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NullPointer 🍄 @nuiipointer.bsky.social · 15h

Honestly a bit curious if a mushroom like this will trigger the moderation system.

Possibly a rosy bonnet.
#fungifriends

A pink mushroom viewed from above. It looks like it belongs on a human chest.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 15h

Happy #Caturday!

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Digital drawing of a white cat sitting in a garden. There are layers of flowers echoing the blue, pink, and white colors of the trans flag. Blue hydrangea at top, pink roses, white snowdrops, pink daisies, and finally, small blue flowers among the grass at bottom.

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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 22h

This is a ridiculously stunning colour to come from mulberries.

Silk and linen thread dyed a rich purple-red

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jon5cents @jon5cents.bsky.social · 17h

🪶 One of my favorite #Beakful shots of recent memory is this yellow-bellied elaenia with a moth in its beak, scattering scales like dust. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography

A bird is on a branch. It has a brown back, a yellow belly and a white throat. It has just caught a moth in its beak, and the sunlight is catching scales that have been shaken off the moth.

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Carolannie 🧹🪄🎃👻🧙‍♀️ @carolannie.bsky.social · 12h

The #glow of the early morning sun through autumn red oak leaves
#BlueskyArtShow #Photography #EastCoastKin #Autumn

The light from an early morning sun peeks through and backlights oak leaves turninbright red in fall. The light emphasizes the green still remaining near the veins.

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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 2h

I REALLY don’t want to meet this spider. Sheldon or her relatives

Landguy @landguyminor.bsky.social · 14h

#spooktober #spider #photography #arachnids #bugs #halloween #webs #spiderwebs #eastcoastkin #glow #blueskyartshow

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TheSnarkyFarmer @thesnarkyfarmer.bsky.social · 8h

The squirrel Frank was yelling at me from tree tops and when I looked up the tree I found these. Guess a vine got away from me.
#TheOutpost 🌱🌿👨‍🌾

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 11h

Most Americans Who Rely on Obamacare Live in Republican Areas
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Obamacare Enrollment by State: Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas (Gift Article)

Millions of Americans depend on Obamacare. Here's where they live.

www.nytimes.com

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 9h

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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 4h

Bug! Mushroom!

Paige Byerly, PhD @paigebyerly.bsky.social · 11h

I love weird-little-guy season 🪲🍄‍🟫

foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 4h

Check out Ian’s comment and the article about the Norfolk Navy base written 2 years ago

Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 8h

Fortunately Norfolk has been liberated from concerns of climate change thanks to this administration so don't mind the purple dots there. yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/10/the-...

The surprising climate vulnerabilities of the world’s largest naval base » Yale Climate Connections

The Norfolk, Virginia, base can’t just wall itself off.

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 5h

Update from @apoorvanyt.bsky.social Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error. Gift link: nyti.ms/48JjSSf

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

Friday’s layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to the measles outbreak and running an influential journal. An official acknowledged the mistakes on Saturday.

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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 6h

Leaf light ...

Spruce branches hokding oak leaf with light

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

Cartoon by John Deering.

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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 12h

This is amazing. Thanks @pbump.bsky.social for the link

Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · Sep 1

One of my favorite state fair creative activities objects this year: a quilted infographic documenting climate change.

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California Curated @californiacurated.bsky.social · 2d

California is building out massive battery storage facilities for solar power. Most of those batteries come from China. And they’re expensive. But one Lancaster company is using old EV car batteries to store solar energy.
californiacurated.com/2025/01/17/h...

How a Lancaster, California Company is Giving Old EV Batteries a Second Life on the Grid

By harnessing the power of old electric vehicle (EV) batteries to store renewable energy, B2U is giving these aging batteries a productive second life and helping enhance the viability of green ene…

californiacurated.com

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 13h

Jacked-O-Lantern

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𝔸𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝔻𝕒𝕨𝕟 @amberdawn1116.bsky.social · 15h

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 1d

One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats' which is out now in the UK, USA, Canada, France and Germany. Order from your local bookshops or online: www.tomgauld.com/

Two beetles on a stick.
One beetle says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform"
Zoom out to reveal that they are in a glass case with two scientists studying them.
One scientist says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform"
Zoom out into space. Abouard a spaceship, two aliens watch the scientists on a screen.
One alien says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform"
The aliens turn to look out at the reader.

Text below the cartoon reads:
From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld. Preorder it at www.tomgauld.

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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta have training for those jets you found

Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 1d

Okay if we give POTUS our nicest iceberg for free, will he build us a Training Base in Florida? We need a place to train jungle warfare operatives

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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 1d

First they tariff us Penguins. Then they pepper spray Frogtifa. Whats stopping them
From torturing teddy bears next?!!

Support Frogtifa!

Frogtifa @frogtifa.bsky.social · 1d

Join the ribbitstence!

ICE only belongs in northern ponds and in Whiskey!

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