Kate Rutter (she/her)
@katerutter.bsky.social
Sketcher, nature journaler, urban naturalist, restoration storyteller, randomly curious. Exploring embodied observation and sensory nature sketching.
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As of yesterday, the 988 crisis line no longer offers its LGBTQIA+ youth option. Now the alternatives are more important than ever.
Rainbow Youth Project: 317-643‑4888
The Trevor Project: 866‑488‑7386 (24/7 LGBTQ+ youth support)
Trans Lifeline: 877-565‑8860 (peer support by and for trans people)
Rainbow Youth Project: 317-643‑4888
The Trevor Project: 866‑488‑7386 (24/7 LGBTQ+ youth support)
Trans Lifeline: 877-565‑8860 (peer support by and for trans people)
July 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Ooooh looky, Slime Mold has a protogé: tower-building worms.
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#slimemoldfanclub
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#slimemoldfanclub
Scientists in Germany discover worms that form living towers and act as a single superorganism capable of moving together as if they had a mind of their own
Konstanz, Germany — A fallen apple lies half-sunken in lush orchard soil, but under a pocket microscope the scene turns strange. Hundreds of thread-thin worms
eladelantado.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Ooooh looky, Slime Mold has a protogé: tower-building worms.
eladelantado.com/news/worms-f...
#slimemoldfanclub
eladelantado.com/news/worms-f...
#slimemoldfanclub
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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
After weeks of 5Calling and replying to every DNC email with "JUST DO YOUR JOBS AND STOP ASKING FOR MONEY" I'm on Act Blue donating to the amazing and powerful Cory Booker. WHO IS DOING THE JOB. Thank you, Senator Booker.
April 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
After weeks of 5Calling and replying to every DNC email with "JUST DO YOUR JOBS AND STOP ASKING FOR MONEY" I'm on Act Blue donating to the amazing and powerful Cory Booker. WHO IS DOING THE JOB. Thank you, Senator Booker.
It's #ArborApril, a month of drawing & journaling trees with Cathy Raingarden & Wild Wonder, bsky.app/profile/wild...
[Day 01] Out the Window: The Eastree lives to the East side of the micro-patio, and it's just leafing out. So many critters hang out here. The vivid life just outside the window.
[Day 01] Out the Window: The Eastree lives to the East side of the micro-patio, and it's just leafing out. So many critters hang out here. The vivid life just outside the window.
April 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It's #ArborApril, a month of drawing & journaling trees with Cathy Raingarden & Wild Wonder, bsky.app/profile/wild...
[Day 01] Out the Window: The Eastree lives to the East side of the micro-patio, and it's just leafing out. So many critters hang out here. The vivid life just outside the window.
[Day 01] Out the Window: The Eastree lives to the East side of the micro-patio, and it's just leafing out. So many critters hang out here. The vivid life just outside the window.
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Let’s Draw Trees! with Kate Rutter @katerutter.bsky.social and Cathy Raingarden
4/6/25 9:30-11am Pacific*
FREE but registration required. Suggested donation: $25. Sign up: wildwonder.org/shop
We’ll have a “tree-mendous” time drawing trees together and kick off the #ArborApril challenge!
4/6/25 9:30-11am Pacific*
FREE but registration required. Suggested donation: $25. Sign up: wildwonder.org/shop
We’ll have a “tree-mendous” time drawing trees together and kick off the #ArborApril challenge!
March 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Let’s Draw Trees! with Kate Rutter @katerutter.bsky.social and Cathy Raingarden
4/6/25 9:30-11am Pacific*
FREE but registration required. Suggested donation: $25. Sign up: wildwonder.org/shop
We’ll have a “tree-mendous” time drawing trees together and kick off the #ArborApril challenge!
4/6/25 9:30-11am Pacific*
FREE but registration required. Suggested donation: $25. Sign up: wildwonder.org/shop
We’ll have a “tree-mendous” time drawing trees together and kick off the #ArborApril challenge!
Come for the arugula, stay for the aphids. Garden journaling is for everyone. (Also, get an inexpensive microscope, and it will change your world.)
February 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Come for the arugula, stay for the aphids. Garden journaling is for everyone. (Also, get an inexpensive microscope, and it will change your world.)
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BIG NEWS: YOU are invited to join the global nature journaling community in WONDERLAND! This is a new FREE, online, private, creative, and joyful space where we gather to share ideas, meet other nature journalers, learn from each other, and have fun! Join today! wonderland.wildwonder.org
February 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
BIG NEWS: YOU are invited to join the global nature journaling community in WONDERLAND! This is a new FREE, online, private, creative, and joyful space where we gather to share ideas, meet other nature journalers, learn from each other, and have fun! Join today! wonderland.wildwonder.org
Sent Airbnb packing today. When a business marches in line with Randall Flagg and gets MAGAtty, I'm out.
February 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Sent Airbnb packing today. When a business marches in line with Randall Flagg and gets MAGAtty, I'm out.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned $21 billion (with a b!) to consumers from corporate fraud and abuse. Do the math on why the oligarchs want to kill it.
February 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned $21 billion (with a b!) to consumers from corporate fraud and abuse. Do the math on why the oligarchs want to kill it.
I hope Brigid likes oat milk. It's the best I can do right now.
February 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I hope Brigid likes oat milk. It's the best I can do right now.
Today I did something I never thought I'd do. I used Apple Maps to navigate.
January 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Today I did something I never thought I'd do. I used Apple Maps to navigate.
Can we please bring WebRings back.
January 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Can we please bring WebRings back.
so life is older than we ever thought but slime mold was still there first: www.msn.com/en-us/lifest... #SlimeMoldFanClub #WeAreAllFromSlimeMold
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January 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
so life is older than we ever thought but slime mold was still there first: www.msn.com/en-us/lifest... #SlimeMoldFanClub #WeAreAllFromSlimeMold
Solstice is super neat. 36 location on this precious Earth. Each with a unique disposition of the day. Such a singular day!
~ Happy Solstice ~
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Data visualization of places, latitudes, day lengths, high & low temperatures, conditions, moon positions.
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~ Happy Solstice ~
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Data visualization of places, latitudes, day lengths, high & low temperatures, conditions, moon positions.
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December 27, 2024 at 4:54 AM
Solstice is super neat. 36 location on this precious Earth. Each with a unique disposition of the day. Such a singular day!
~ Happy Solstice ~
...
Data visualization of places, latitudes, day lengths, high & low temperatures, conditions, moon positions.
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~ Happy Solstice ~
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Data visualization of places, latitudes, day lengths, high & low temperatures, conditions, moon positions.
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If you're tired of holiday music, you might try the Ethel Merman Disco Album because it is cheerful and weird af. open.spotify.com/album/7L11ew...
The Ethel Merman Disco Album
Ethel Merman · Album · 1979 · 7 songs
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December 14, 2024 at 3:16 AM
If you're tired of holiday music, you might try the Ethel Merman Disco Album because it is cheerful and weird af. open.spotify.com/album/7L11ew...
Happy World Soil Day! It's an important day in the year! 3 iconic soil-science shapes show how Soil shapes life.
Take time to...
~ Thank the Soil beneath your feet
~ Commit to preserving local Soil
~ Support work to restore degraded Soil
~ Celebrate the life, beauty, and wonder of Soil
Take time to...
~ Thank the Soil beneath your feet
~ Commit to preserving local Soil
~ Support work to restore degraded Soil
~ Celebrate the life, beauty, and wonder of Soil
December 6, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Happy World Soil Day! It's an important day in the year! 3 iconic soil-science shapes show how Soil shapes life.
Take time to...
~ Thank the Soil beneath your feet
~ Commit to preserving local Soil
~ Support work to restore degraded Soil
~ Celebrate the life, beauty, and wonder of Soil
Take time to...
~ Thank the Soil beneath your feet
~ Commit to preserving local Soil
~ Support work to restore degraded Soil
~ Celebrate the life, beauty, and wonder of Soil
Is this a place to post rando sketches of things one sees? Asking for a friend.
November 28, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Is this a place to post rando sketches of things one sees? Asking for a friend.
Slime mold takes on the stars! www.scientificamerican.com/article/slim... #slimemoldfanclub
Slime Mold Helps to Map the Universe’s Tendrils of Dark Matter
A single-celled organism’s pathfinding reveals connections in the universe’s vast “cosmic web”
www.scientificamerican.com
August 7, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Slime mold takes on the stars! www.scientificamerican.com/article/slim... #slimemoldfanclub
Slime mold helps in the quest to cure malaria. www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #slimemoldfanclub
DIF-1(+3): Combating drug-resistant malaria parasites
Malaria, which is caused by protozoan parasites in the Plasmodium genus, is a serious health concern globally. The most virulent malaria pathogen, Plasmodium falciparum, is resistant to artemisinin co...
www.eurekalert.org
July 24, 2024 at 6:09 AM
Slime mold helps in the quest to cure malaria. www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #slimemoldfanclub
Hooray for Slime Mold Trains! #slimemoldfanclub streets.mn/2024/06/03/s...
Stories From Those Aboard the Borealis
Let’s chat with some of the people riding the Borealis on opening day to find out what this train means to them!
streets.mn
June 4, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Hooray for Slime Mold Trains! #slimemoldfanclub streets.mn/2024/06/03/s...
Well, Slime Mold has an algorithm. Sigh...is there no end to the extraction? Is there joint ownership for the IP? Will revenues protect slime mold habitat? Why do we take nature's magic and make it into a human-serving acronym? www.nature.com/articles/s41... #slimemoldfanclub #feelingirritable
Optimal distribution grid allocation of reactive power with a focus on the particle swarm optimization technique and voltage stability - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Optimal distribution grid allocation of reactive power with a focus on the particle swarm optimization technique and voltage stability
www.nature.com
May 13, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Well, Slime Mold has an algorithm. Sigh...is there no end to the extraction? Is there joint ownership for the IP? Will revenues protect slime mold habitat? Why do we take nature's magic and make it into a human-serving acronym? www.nature.com/articles/s41... #slimemoldfanclub #feelingirritable
Yay for scientist Tanya Latty and her work with Slime Mold! #slimemoldfanclub * www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXt1...
Tanya Latty: The secret life of slime mould | ABC Conversations Podcast
Scientist Tanya Latty studies the behaviour of ants and bees. She's particularly interested in their ability to work effectively as a team to achieve a commo...
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May 9, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Yay for scientist Tanya Latty and her work with Slime Mold! #slimemoldfanclub * www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXt1...
Well, it's happened: Investors have discovered the power of slime mold. Not sure how I feel about extractive capitalism using such a beloved being. acquirersmultiple.com/2024/02/inve... #slimemoldfanclub
Investing Lessons From Slime Molds
During their latest episode of the VALUE: After Hours Podcast, Taylor, Carlisle, Forehand, and Carbonneau discussed Investing Lessons From Slime Molds. Here’s an excerpt from the episode: Jake: Bet…
acquirersmultiple.com
February 8, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Well, it's happened: Investors have discovered the power of slime mold. Not sure how I feel about extractive capitalism using such a beloved being. acquirersmultiple.com/2024/02/inve... #slimemoldfanclub
Yessss slime mold; nice to see you at the queerness in nature show! #slimemoldfanclub www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024...
January 31, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Yessss slime mold; nice to see you at the queerness in nature show! #slimemoldfanclub www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024...