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Sluagh Sith
@dsidhe.bsky.social
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They/sidhe. Mixed plural. Anti-endos DNI. Cat lover! Ranty queer pagan cryptid. TMIgraineur. Oversharer.

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Avatar: Fisher price Little People toys. Banner: Black and white cat looking through a window at a frog stuck to the other side
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Sluagh Sith @dsidhe.bsky.social · Dec 31
Re-working my pinned. There will be sub-threads so you can find what you need to know.

Old pinned here for now, it will eventually be combined into the new one. Keep reading this thread for new info.

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zunguzungu.bsky.social
This "why does the left hate AI?" thing is like when the right believes protests are paid for by George Soros; they need a SECRET CONSPIRATORIAL AGENT because they refuse to believe that, actually, a lot of people are independently looking at what AI is being made to be and saying "ok that sucks?"
February 18, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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charlesornstein.bsky.social
NEW: Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments, by @megomatz.bsky.social
Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments
The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making “false claims” of treating autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...
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February 18, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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alchemistsstudio.bsky.social
Polaris the Bear combines the magic of raku with the feeling of first snow on a starry night: crisp air, soft light, and that moment winter asks you to slow down.

A small reminder to breathe, wander, and let the season settle in, for soon spring will come.

#art #pottery #gaybear #furryart
A white raku pottery polar bear sculpture with distinctive and unique cracks in the glaze, in full, right side. A white raku pottery polar bear sculpture with distinctive and unique cracks in the glaze, closeup of face A white raku pottery polar bear sculpture with distinctive and unique cracks in the glaze, in full, left side. A raku pottery polar bear sculpture being pulled from the heat of reduction.
February 17, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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andreapeterson.bsky.social
Snoqualmie Falls, a 268-foot waterfall about 30 miles east of Seattle

#WaterfallWednesday #Waterfalls #Power #TwinPeaks #Forest #PNW #Nature #Washington
February 18, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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propublica.org
Missouri officials directed county election administrators to make voters temporarily unable to vote if they were flagged as potential noncitizens by a federal tool.

But in hundreds of cases, the tool's determinations were wrong.

With @texastribune.org
“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.
The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
www.propublica.org
February 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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andreapeterson.bsky.social
A black-capped chickadee munching on maple tree buds and bugs in our garden this past fall

#Birds #Chickadees #BirdOfTheDay #CollectingFood #Grey #BackyardBirds #Photography #Edmonds
A black, brown, grey, white, and tan colored black-capped chickadee on a small maple tree branch, munching on tiny tree buds and bugs. There are dead light red colored leaves in the background that have yet to fall from the tree (this photo was taken at the end of fall).
February 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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rickmartin.bsky.social
Linger on your pale blue eyes 🌱

#TuesdayBlue #bluetue #ColorADay #Bloomscrolling
Pale blue iris
February 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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rickmartin.bsky.social
Growth 🌱🪴

#Houseplants #PlantSky
Small but bushy spider plant growing out of groots head
February 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social
Hoppy New Year: More Australian ground frogs! This family includes the recently extinct gastric-brooding frog, which incubated its young in its stomach.
#hoppynewyear #myobatrachidae #australiangroundfrog #turtlefrog #frog #amphibian #education #art #SciArt
A blobby turtle frog surrounded by blue text. From top to bottom: Myobatrachidae [Australian Ground Frogs] Mostly terrestrial Some brood their eggs in pouches! Most look like average frogs, but some...look like turtles
February 17, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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redoubtagain.bsky.social
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February 18, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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gravewriter71.bsky.social
First time he's curled up next to me on the couch for more than a minute.
Pic: an orange cat with white chin & paws, curled up asleep on a green sofa. His head is propped up on a pillow.
February 18, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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mmejans.bsky.social
Some pretty lichen found along Kaunala trail #fungifriends
A grey-green fruticose lichen growing on a brown tree branch
February 18, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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mahoukarp.com
happy year of the horse! 🐴🏮🎊 #art
Illustration of a horse jumping while surrounded by flowers, lanterns, and little clouds. Colors used are mainly shades of red, yellow, and green. 2027 is the year of the fire horse
February 18, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 18 PinkNews
UNISON, the UK’s largest trade union, condemns Equality & Human Rights Comsn's interim guidance on single-sex facilities & bathrooms, which bans trans ppl from using correct ones or “some circumstances” even those aligned with their birth sex.
UNISON calls out EHRC over trans guidance
UNISON, the UK's largest trade union, has called out the EHRC over its interim guidance on single-sex spaces.
www.thepinknews.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:51 AM
dsidhe.bsky.social
Slept all day, woke up and saw the news, fuck.

Rest in peace, Reverend Jackson.
February 18, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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kelleywelley.bsky.social
What do think is the most beautiful reef fish?
Starting February 22, I’ll be painting one reef fish per day for 100 days. I need your help with a prompt list. So far, I have 10 suggestions for ‘iconic’ reef fish, but I need 90 ideas. Reply to vote for ‘prettiest’ #sciart #coralreefs #marinelife
Mixed media painting of a Mandarin dragonet, Synchiropus splendidus
February 11, 2026 at 4:18 PM
dsidhe.bsky.social
Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing

Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate
Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing
Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:09 AM
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serpenillus.bsky.social
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

Here is your look onto the possible romantic life of a pair of Polacanthus.

#dinosaurs #paleoart #sciart #happyvalentinesday
Illustration depicting a pair of Polacanthus in a hypothetical mating posture
February 14, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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rubrennanart.bsky.social
Nanotyrannus pile.
#paleoart #sciart #dinosaur
Two sculptures of Nannotyranus lancensis.
February 14, 2026 at 5:45 PM
dsidhe.bsky.social
Kind of a lot of my paper models come from here: creativepark.canon/en/index.html and from the Japanese version of the site. Others are from flying pig, paperpino, and an old Japanese site called Paper Museum.
Canon Creative Park
Canon Inc. provides a wealth of free download materials on this site.The site is full of interesting content, like Paper Craft and Scrapbook, so you're sure to find something you like. Have fun printi...
creativepark.canon
February 17, 2026 at 5:41 AM
dsidhe.bsky.social
I've decided to start some discourse. But at least it's ancient discourse you may not have seen yet.

Poe's Law? (Theory has long been yes.)

objectiveministries.org/creation/
OBJECTIVE: Creation Education
Learn the true origins of life on our planet.
objectiveministries.org
February 17, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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ppaleoartist.bsky.social
this week's #Paleostream was a Valentine's Day special where we drew fossil angiosperms! this week we drew Florissantia (i drew F. quilchenensis), Lovellea, Leguminocarpum olmensis, and Sagaria #paleobotany #palaeobotany #paleoart #botany #sciart
small red vaguely bell-shaped flowers with translucent fused sepals of the species Florissantia quilchenensis face downwards towards the camera, the branch they're growing from is seen to the right while the leaves of the branch are behind the flowers. behind in the background is a blurry branch showing more flowers and leaves Florissantia quilchenensis is a species of Eocene, Canadian malvacean (mallow family) bisexual reproductive organ who's growth-form and whole-plant appearance is unknown. here I have reconstructed it as a tree similar to other plants in the subfamily Sterculioideae, of which it is nested in. it had an androgynophore with five petals fused into a corolla in alternation with the calyx, the style was longer than the stamens, there were five stamens that bifricated at their tips into two anthers giving it a total of ten anthers per flower, as mentioned previously the sepals of this plant were fused into the distinctive bell-shaped cup at night after a brief shower of rain, an artificial light illuminates the branches of a tree showing very small pink flowers of the genus Lovellea, small blobs of water cling to the waxy cutiles of the leaves, another two blurry branches (though, without flowers) can be seen in the background Lovellea is a kind of small and basal laurale reproductive organ who's growth-form and whole-plant appearance is unknown. Here i have reconstructed it after a more basal condition with a singular flower to each leaf growing from the axillary bud. the flower was shaped like a radially symmetrical pear with an opening at the top in which small pollinators could crawl in for pollination, the ovaries surrounded by a thick layer of overlapping tepals a kritosaurin hadrosaur has plucked a branch off of a legume tree that's growing fruit of the species Leguminocarpum olmensis, the branches themselves are partially in fruit and partially in flower still kritosaurin hadrosaurs are a group of "duck billed" dinosaurs from Mexico with tall robust nasals but no nasal crests like those found in saurolophines Leguminocarpum olmensis is a species of Late Cretaceous, Mexican fabacean (bean family) fruit of uncertain taxonomic affinities to other fabaceans, and who's growth-form and whole-plant appearance is unknown. here i have reconstructed it as a cercidoidean with racemose infloresence and alternate distichous bilobed leaves tri-paired three follicles in the genus Sagaria are seen growing on a plant with two pink flowers below them, each internode grows from a three-lobed leaf's axillary bud. trichomes coat the entire plant, catching drops of water, a soft orange light glows behind the plant Sagaria is a genus of Albian, Italian ranunculacean (buttercup family) fruit who's growth-form and whole-plant appearance is unknown. here i have reconstructed its flowers as closer to buttercups with six overlapping petals forming a cup-like shape and many anthers in its centre. follicles are a kind of fruit that splits down a central seam when ripe to release its seeds
February 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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smmnh.bsky.social
Oreodonts are extinct mammals that looked similar to pigs and sheep, but were more closely related to camels. They are the most commonly found fossil in the White River Badlands in South Dakota, and this exceptional specimen from our collection shows an oreodont curled up inside its burrow.
Oreodonts are extinct mammals that looked similar to pigs and sheep, but were more closely related to camels. They are the most commonly found fossil in the White River Badlands in South Dakota, and this exceptional specimen from our collection shows an oreodont curled up inside its burrow.
February 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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smmnh.bsky.social
Ammonites were abundant in the seas during the Jurassic Period. Ammonites are shelled cephalopods, a class of marine animals that include octopuses, squid, cuttlefishes and nautiluses. Ammonites have retractable tentacles for catching small prey, although some species filter-fed for small plankton.
Ammonites were abundant in the seas during the Jurassic Period. Ammonites are shelled cephalopods, a class of marine animals that include octopuses, squid, cuttlefishes and nautiluses. Ammonites have retractable tentacles for catching small prey, although some species filter-fed for small plankton.
February 10, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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smmnh.bsky.social
A flower beetle in baltic amber. We hope to raise money for a museum microscope so kids can examine insect specimens like this one!
A flower beetle in baltic amber. We hope to raise money for a museum microscope so kids can examine insect specimens like this one!
February 16, 2026 at 7:59 PM