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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 11h

“Tauros cattle are modern stand-ins for the long-extinct aurochs, the wild ancestors of today's cows.”

TheSnarkyFarmer @thesnarkyfarmer.bsky.social · 1d

#TheOutpost🌱🌿
They are referred to as 'keystone species' because their impact is so important to other species

Officials unleash herd of 'spectacular' animals in effort to transform landscape: 'Their impact is so important' share.google/NE3kvMzcrLYL...

Officials unleash herd of 'spectacular' animals in effort to transform landscape: 'Their impact is so important'

"An important key."

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 22h

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NullPointer 🍄 @nuiipointer.bsky.social · 1d

I like finding the tiniest mushrooms in the moss to photograph.

#fungifriends #moss

Tiny orange funnel shaped fungus growing in wet moss.

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

Yay 🥳👏👏👍

NPR @npr.org · 1d

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

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

Here’s the coyote Tom @birdfan.bsky.social posted about in the roadrunner post I did earlier

Tom @birdfan.bsky.social · 1d

Coyote on the bird walk yesterday. I'll have to post his nemesis later today... roadrunner. #PalmSpringsCA #Nature #Photography

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P Pekka @prepekka98.bsky.social · 23h

The marigolds are a butterfly magnet. There are so many of them that we bump into each other as I walk by.

#Bloomscrolling #InsectThursday #VideoVignette 🎥
🎵 Moving Towards Fine, Amaranth Cove (Epidemic Sound)

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Island Girl (IG)🇨🇦 @tenoaks6.bsky.social · 22h

a full heart

#bloomscrolling #flowers #nature #photography #lifeisbeautiful

A gigantic pink dahlia hogging almost the whole frame! a few little other dahlia can be glimpsed behind this photohog. Tall greenery stands in the background beneath a bright blue sky spotted with a couple of fluffy clouds

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

Definitely a series I’ll be following

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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TheSnarkyFarmer @thesnarkyfarmer.bsky.social · 22h

Best advice you will hear all day:
If you owe money to anyone and trying to solve your account say:
"Is there ANYTHING I can do to lower this total?"
"Do I qualify for ANYTHING that can lower this total?"
Even IRS will remove penalty fees! Credit cards/accounts add fees they must remove if asked.

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Tom @birdfan.bsky.social · 17h

Meep, Meep!! As promised here is the greater roadrunner from yesterday. S/he is nowhere near the coyote pictured earlier. 😜

Roadrunner standing on a small rise in the sand facing us. S/he is distracted by something to our left. The crest is up, and the tail is raised. The baby blue/white/red eye stripe is visible. The background is blurred out greenery.

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

Chikungunya. Mosquito spread in Africa and China. And now a case in Long Island of a woman who has never been abroad

Healthbeat @healthbeat.org · 15h

Your Global Health Checkup: The chikungunya virus is spreading beyond the tropics, including in New York. People are dying of malaria after U.S. cuts in Cameroon aid. Some good news for elephants - and more.

People are dying of malaria after U.S. cuts in Cameroon aid. Here's what else to know in global public health this week.

Your Global Health Checkup: The chikungunya virus is spreading beyond the tropics, including in New York. People are dying of malaria after U.S. cuts in Cameroon aid. Some good news for elephants - and more.

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Andrea Myklebust @mountainheartvt.bsky.social · 13h

Marlowe by the fire. The indigo planted in containers is in for the night, and geranium my parents dug up from outside, now that frost is coming.

#October #autumn

A large, tri-colored dog sleeping in front of a red woodstove with a fire burning inside it.

My hand holding indigo flowers. I grow some in containers to get seeds for next year. The small flowes are white, and the leaves are bright green.

Two pots of geraniums on a wooden table. There are 2 different shades of pink blossoms.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 23h

On Thursdays we mist the lizard

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 2d

Fontinalis antipyretica, our Willow Moss, seen here after temporarily placed on a leaf next to the creek it was growing in. #nativeplants 🌿

Long dark leaves of willow moss against a leaf

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 21h

Always check

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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 14h

Not sure why I ended up with 4 copies of the same thing. Fumble fingers and/or senior dementia

foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 14h

Beautiful geology. See the alt for a complete description. One picture from the article
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The Palmdale Road Cut on Hwy 14 in Southern California is a 90-foot slice through swirling sediments that have spent millions of years being squeezed and twisted by the San Andreas fault. Some say that this view of the fault is one of the best in all of California.
(Photo: Erik Olsen

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Dr Rob @robheighton.bsky.social · 21h

A peacock in the garden this afternoon

A peacock butterfly—mostly red, with a large 'eye' motif of pale blue and yellow on each wing—on an orange flower

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 20h

We all need something good.

Here’s a burst of bright Ukrainian art for you.
🇺🇦 by Vadym Mykhalchuk

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Jilly @jillysnaps.bsky.social · 22h

Through the Arch of Legends

Remains at the Island fortress, Tintagel Castle, long associated with the legend of King Arthur (more in Alt Text)

For this week’s #PalacesAndGardens theme #Myth&Legend
#Cornwall
#EastCoastKin

A weathered stone archway from the ruins of Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, England, frames a view of the deep blue sea and a winding cobblestone path under a bright blue sky.

According to Arthurian legend, Tintagel Castle, perched dramatically on Cornwall’s rugged coast, is the birthplace of King Arthur. The story goes that Uther Pendragon, King of Britain, fell deeply in love with Igraine, the wife of Duke Gorlois of Cornwall. With the help of the wizard Merlin, Uther was magically transformed to resemble Igraine’s husband and gained entry to Tintagel Castle. That night, Arthur was conceived, marking the beginning of one of Britain’s greatest legends.

Centuries of myth and storytelling have woven Tintagel into the heart of Arthurian lore - a place where magic, destiny, and the sea itself seem intertwined. The ruins seen today, overlooking the vast Atlantic, evoke the sense that this is where myth touches the edge of history.

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Carolannie 🧹🪄🎃👻🧙‍♀️ @carolannie.bsky.social · 18h

The chestnuts are falling off the tree. Now, it's a race between humans and squirrels to grab the nuts from their vicious burrs. You need to wear thorn resistant shoes to walk in that mess.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleAutumn #OurGarden #Chestnuts #EastCoastKin
#TheOutpost

Three glossy chestnut tree leaves rest on top of a small pile of prickly chestnut burrs. The leaves are lanceolate, strongly dentate, with well marked veins. They are in various stages of transition from green to yellow. The burrs are golden brown with long, sharp prickles. They are slightly open at the top, with a glimpse of the mahogany colored nuts within. The burrs are resting on top of withered brown leaves and twigs.

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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 15h

How beautiful

Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 1d

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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foster198.bsky.social @foster198.bsky.social · 15h

Or maybe inflatable purple dinosaurs

🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 1d

i cant believe the revolution is going to be hoards of people in inflatable frog armor with jerry rigged n99 filtration on their inflation intakes

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NullPointer 🍄 @nuiipointer.bsky.social · 16h

Some nice #moss and #ferns.

Different kinds of moss on a tree stump, with nice green ferns and a forest in the background

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Anna Drehel @annadrehel.bsky.social · 2d

This is the most unusual Slime Mold I have ever came across. I needed assistance in identifying it and the verdict was it is a False Puffball Slime Mold. The color is so shiny and unnatural I actually smelled it to make sure it wasn't painted. #Hedgewatch #slimemold #fungi

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