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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 3h

" #Wildlife doesn’t live in spreadsheets. Every species depends on real, living places...

By moving from local, site-specific protection to a national compensation scheme, the Government risks destroying the very habitats these species need to survive.."

www.somersetwildlife.org/blog/debbie-...

Planning & Infrastructure Bill: Nature at a Crossroads in the Lords | Somerset Wildlife Trust

As the Planning and Infrastructure Bill progresses through the Lords, we highlight the issues that still remain with Part 3, what must change, and how to keep nature at the heart of decisions.

www.somersetwildlife.org

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 4h

I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.

Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?

But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.

A hotdog and pretzel stand with large hanging bottles of mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The bottoms contain squeeze tubes to dispense the condiments.

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Alan Owlport 🦉 🎃 @alanallport.bsky.social · 2h

The first thing to say when someone tells you they have a Totenkopf tattoo is “why aren’t you at the tattooists right now having that Totenkopf tattoo removed?”

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 3h

New story day!

"Phantom View" is about a son caretaking for his father, and discovering a blurry person in all their family photos that he has no memory of. The same figure is in all his dad's paintings--and the figure may be in the house with them right now.

Phantom View - Reactor

A disabled son care-taking for a disabled father try to understand the mysterious blur haunting them.

reactormag.com

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 2h

Abundance is never a justification for greed. The witch looks around the corner of the now and harvests the hedge for tomorrow's ailments. She has no temptation to take the birds' share, nor the Faery's tithe. The witch's way refuses rapacity. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

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Yve @yvethered.bsky.social · 2h

Recent finger puppets!

Prep for MFF starts NOW so I'll be updating with little teasers of puppet prep! Marionettes, hand puppets, and brand new stickers!

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Big Green Boo!!!!!! @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1h

Another #buyastrangerabook day offer!

@dottedcrotchet.bsky.social is offering to buy this spooky book for someone.

"Haunted Tales : Ghostly stories for the darkest nights" by Adam MacQueen.

If you'd like it get in touch (if you dare....)

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Jenny Clarke @dottedcrotchet.bsky.social · 4h

It's approaching spooky times, so who'd like a copy of this?

The cover of Haunted Tales, by Adam Macqueen

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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 3h

It's #BuyAStrangerABook day. In memory of Virginia Giuffre, who suffered so much and who showed such courage, I would like to offer a copy of her memoir, 'Nobody's Girl,' via @biggreenbooks.bsky.social #VirginiaGiuffre ♥️

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Big Green Boo!!!!!! @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1h

This #buyastrangerabook day offer from @loreleiking.bsky.social is still up for grabs.

Lorelei is offering to buy somebody a copy of Nobody's Child Virginia Roberts Giuffre.

"In memory of Virginia Giuffre, who suffered so much and who showed such courage"

If you'd like it, get in touch.

UK only

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Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 8h

If I were running Labour comms I would commission an app called 'Will the Tories/Reform deport you?' then let the reactions on TikTok and Instagram do their work.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 6h

Tmrw eve. at 8 I'll be launching my new early '26 creative & mental health workshops: botanical & bird illustrations,small museums & casting nature finds in silver.
I trained as a molecular cell biologist,have taught creative w'shops on BBC Countryfile,Victoria & Albert & Bronte Parsonage Museums...

My illustrations of blue and mauve garden flowers on a Kraft paper sketchbook with pen

Silver casts of nature finds and the items they were cast from on a wooden background with hand written labels

A collection of tiny beautiful items in a miniature wooden printers tray

My pen and ink illustrations of 5 species of UK garden birds

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 8h

Get yourself a Bert Shirt 🐦‍⬛

Selling at cost plus a few pennies to buy raisins for Bert & his family

www.tshirtstudio.com/marketplace/...

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Big Green Boo!!!!!! @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 8h

IT'S WEDNESDAY!

It's #buyastrangerabook day.

The best of all the days.

I'll give out TWO books.

FOR FREE.

If you'd like one, let me know.

Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.

It's a thing! Look.

biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

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Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.

The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people

biggreenbookshop.com

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.co.uk · 8h

I have a big flash sale coming 1st Nov!! I've added lots of art that has been in storage for a while. I will be taking 25-30% off all sale items.
Sale will go live at 12pm GMT.
Sale Preview: buff.ly/dHsPYlO
#flashsale #art #originalart #artforsale #watercolourpainting #watercolour #artsale

CLose up of a bear like creature called a 'grutton'. Watercolour on board. It has dark brown stripes, orange eyes and a big brown nose and an overbite.

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Owls in Towels @owlsintowels.org · 9h

22nd of Owltober!
A Ruru Morepork in a marshmell-owl pink towel was treated by Bird Rescue Whanganui Manawatu. The owl was found under a car at Rotokawau Virginia Lake, New Zealand 🇳🇿🥝
Want to donate? birdrescue.co.nz/donate/ Source: fb.com/831810205641... #owlsintowels #owltober #owloween💛🦉

A Ruru Morepork is wrapped in a marshmallow-pink towel, held to the chest of a rehabilitator. The owl's eyes are wide and amber, and the silhouette of the photographer is reflected in the owl's black pupils. The rehabber wears a navy blue fleece with zipper teeth that coincidentally match the towel. A black computer keyboard sits on a desk top right.

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Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 8h

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue and Green are in a grocery store, and Green spots a crate displaying a small mountain of fresh persimmon fruit, looking at it with delight.
Green: Persimmons! They're finally in season!

Blue sits back and watches as Green dives into the persimmon pile, sniffing through them. The fruit mound is taller than one whole fox.
Green: Awwwwh, none of them are ripe yet.

Blue looks at Green calmly, as his suggestion brings a spark of inspiration to Green's expression.
Blue: You could get a few and let them ripen in a fruit bowl at home.

As the foxes head home, Green is hauling along a wheeled fruit grate. He has taken every single one of the persimmons that were on display.

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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 7h

bye brain

a doodle of a cat throwing its brain in a garbage can

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 11h

“Rights for nature are a crucial step towards rethinking our place in the world.”

Protecting nature’s rights means protecting ourselves.

#RightsForNature #ClimateAction

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AK Faulkner @ MCMxEGX @poopraven.bsky.social · 14h

If ever there was proof that follower count is immaterial, if every one of my followers bought a single £0.99 book from me and never even read it, I'd recover from the financial loss of nursing my dying dog for 18 months.

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Rolenne @rolenne.bsky.social · 19h

our community raised $242 for @friendsofbear.bsky.social + @crits4cats.bsky.social on the FIRST DAY 🥺💞

i’m so lucky to be surrounded by so many kind people and so thankful 💜

a photo of a small tabby cat looking at a mobile phone with tears in their eyes

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Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · 22h

"US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement in LA"

* article explains he was shot by an ICE officer whose weapon discharged when he used it to smash a car window

US Marshal shot during immigration enforcement operation in LA, reports say

A U.S. Marshal was shot while assisting an immigration enforcement operation, according to several reports.

www.kktv.com

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 17h

A reminder that I don't just draw maps and abstract, Rorschach-esque art! I also take commissions for specific drawings! Here are a few examples, and then one more on the next post in the thread.

If you would like to commission a drawing, here's my website:
surprisedeelmaps.com/original-art...

Art. Black and white drawing of a snail made of abstract shapes and lines. The snail is moving to your left at...well...a snail's pace. It's shell curls around in a nice tight spiral, and it's antennae are up ready for action.

Art. Black and white drawing of a dwarf hamster, made of abstract shapes and lines. It is huddles in the smallest of balls, and it looking at you with a bit of aprehension.

Art. Black and white drawing of an otter's, drawn with abstract shapes and lines. The otter is looking at you pretty hard, and it has a fish in it's mouth. Its whiskers are extremely whiskery. Surely the otter has a name, but otters keep such things a secret. So we'll have to call it Velmaroxe for now. Water curls around it, and there is a title next to it that reads: "The Otter: Friendly Water-Sausage"

Art. Black and white drawing, made of abstract lines and shapes, of a bird with a wicked grin sitting on a thorny branch. Next to it, impaled on a thorn, is a mouse. The title reads: "The Shrike: Nature's Bastard"

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 19h

Last week our local humane society took in 28 cats from a woman who had gotten in over her head with too many litters. They require a lot of care to get them healthy and adoptable - please consider a donation if you can! www.hsccvt.org/donate

Photo of five shorthaired colorpoint kittens in a carrier.

Photo of many cats in carriers loaded into the back of a van.

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Big Green Boo!!!!!! @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 22h

It's Wednesday tomorrow!

This means it's #buyastrangerabook day.

A thing where people buy strangers books cos they want to & they're ace.

I love the Bluesky has taken this on & i want to really make tomorrow's a good one.

Hope you can join in.

www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

From Tintin.

Captain Haddock is saying "What a week, huh?"

Tintin replies "Captain, it's #buyastrangerabook day"

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 1d

V is for Veil is one of the entries brilliantly illustrated by @landisblair.bsky.social for A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death. While doctors railed against the toxicity of breathing through a crape veil, some women welcomed it as a shelter from unwelcome social interactions.

Black and white illustration of veiled woman holding a child by the hand, walking in the street. Behind them are brick and stone buildings and a man tipping his hat to a lady on the sidewalk.

Blue grey cover of A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death, showing two Victorian mourners, one with face veiled, flanking a skull-topped tomb with a willow tree behind it.

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