It's important to focus on who won, not who did not.

A bar called The Happy Medium

The Importance of Being Kermit

As a wildlife biologist who has done a lot of conservation work on rattlesnakes, I want to thank you for telling this story the way you did. Sadly, rattlesnake encounters often get told in ways that perpetuate persecution (or careless handling) of these cool wild animals.

As a climate adaptation professional who fucuses mostly on ecosystems, I have to say this is probably the best and most accessible analyses of how climate change is likely to play out in human communities and economies in the next 15 years.

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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I decided to give the EV a try a couple months ago. I am happy with how much cheaper it is, for a smoother, quieter ride.

I am mostly audiobook myself now, but when I was a kid I was all three types of evil. My grandma owned a fireside used bookstore, and she taught me not to dog ear pages or lay books flat. She was fine with page memorization, but thought it weird.

For the record, this is what I feel reading the BlueSky microblogging of my country's rapid slide into a autocratic kleptocracy in 2025.

You planted mint?! In the ground?! 😉

And everyone will blame solar and wind, because that is the change they see.

That on is on my TBR

Oh, and Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Did a 1 mile segment of the NCT, which stretches from upstate NY to North Dakota.

Automatic Noodle, Northanger Abbey, Fellowship of the Ring, and Hero and the Crown.

Sigh, indeed.

I am a new follower to this account. I love art and natural history, especially historical natural history art.

I also appreciate the randomness of a bot.

But...

those are not birds.

For anyone looking for a light and entertaining satire on the alien scam, I highly recommend @conniewillisdotnet.bsky.social Connie Willis' recent sci-fi book Road to Roswell. Apropos of this thread, the book includes a climate data sovereignty subplot.

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Breakfast was homemade granola, but it was a lot of work and a lot of sugar. Then I read about muesli, which is almost no work (no cooking at least) and no added sugar. Quaker old fashioned oats, bulk dried currants or raisins, and chopped nuts.

www.thekitchn.com/muesli-recip...

I have been very slowly shifting to sustainable eating habits for environmental conscience reasons. What really accelerated it was 1) health problems and 2) discovering tasty recipes. Side benefits: more energy, better mood, and much cheaper. Which is to say: taste and convenience key, not guilt.

My personal journey, as a climate professional, was that I made slow progress shifting to a plant based diet when my motivation was climate action. Inflation pushed me further toward a plant-based diet. But the two things that had the biggest effect were health and discovering some excellent recipes

Network Science, and three of its avengers, featured in the latest @veritasium.bsky.social video (one of the largest youtube channels for Science education)!! youtu.be/CYlon2tvywA?... @stevenstrogatz.com Duncan Watts @barabasi.bsky.social

It may be time to rebalance the quirky / wise / news levels on my BS feed. Meaning less news. The Cassandra curse gets old real quick: as in "I told you so, again. Hello, can you even hear me?" This thread looks to be almost entirely quirky and cuteness. Give it a spin!