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Elizabeth James

@lizijames.bsky.social

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I like books, but not just any books. I eschew disregard of the shared path etiquette. Too far east is west. Equal opportunist.

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Elizabeth James @lizijames.bsky.social · Feb 13

"Humanity now stands alone and alienated in the limitless universe. Bereft of parents and far from home, each of us has now to become a center unto himself or herself, and find the spiritual strength to hang unsupported in the void, drawing support from within not from without."
Arthur Zajonc
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Elizabeth James @lizijames.bsky.social · 3h

That's it!

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 6h

Also love the duality of man you get constantly with Mamdani.

"This inexperienced manchild has no idea how government works, he'll never be able to implement any of his ideas. Also, if we don't stop him on Tuesday then he'll unilaterally end capitalism and enact Sharia Law."

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Elizabeth James @lizijames.bsky.social · 6h

I don't think he'd bother reading it in the first place.

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Elizabeth James @lizijames.bsky.social · 14h

I already have the first two, but I would LOVE to re-read Austral.

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 15h

🇺🇸⚖️🗳️ Betteridge's law of headlines strikes back.

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Lee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 1d

I am retiring in May and my wife and I were interested in possibly setting up a home exchange with a group in Scotland during the migration in September. Can you point me to a club or a group, who might be interested? Thank you

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Elizabeth James @lizijames.bsky.social · 1d

That's why sensible people have kept their Fediverse accounts bubbling under (for when Bluesky goes the same way as Twitter).

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Ani @aninewforest.bsky.social · 2d

A heated bird bath?
Now that's hosting your backyard birds in style...

Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 2d

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Elizabeth James @lizijames.bsky.social · 2d

Part of it may be the way it's processed post picking.

Elizabeth James @lizijames.bsky.social · 2d

Hoping to see an overview of this move.

Elizabeth James @lizijames.bsky.social · 2d

#FirstBirdOfMyDay was the lone starling on the empty bird-table (shadowed in the undergrowth by the glowing robin).

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Lozified 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈🦘🌏 @lozwood.bsky.social · 2d

The skies have been #tropical #unsettled #unusual #majestic #cloudy #crespicular #rays #storms #sunrise #australia #photography

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3d

For Halloween 🎃

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10d

These videos of a rat hunting and eating bats will haunt my dreams.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 3d

I like to think these ants fooled the researchers into thinking they were dead and once dumped in the trash they shook themselves off (but not too much, they are dirt ants after all) and scurried off to live their mysterious lives.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 3d

This is a genuinely heartwarming example of people having a love for wildlife and understanding that life is difficult for bears in suburban areas and that extra patience and understanding should be extended. Coexistence requires us to value life and not see nonhuman life as endlessly expendable.

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Elizabeth James @lizijames.bsky.social · 3d

The #FirstBirdOfMyDay today has been a long-legged glowing-red robin. They always make eye-contact.

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 4d

Groundwater Depletion in a Drying World.
The Lancet Planetary Health Article.
blue-community.net/2...

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Elizabeth James @lizijames.bsky.social · 4d

At the end it says "Therefore, in the context of our drying planet, the only real solution will be a radical overhaul of current practices and strict management of the precious resource that remains"
Oh dear :(

Elizabeth James @lizijames.bsky.social · 4d

Me too

Laika L. Gagarin @laikalgagarin.bsky.social · 17d

Having fucking patents and copyright on FUCKING SEEDS.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 18d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

Elizabeth James @lizijames.bsky.social · 4d

Good luck to the pro-pony campaigners and let's hope it's the Nat Trust that gets lost ASAP.

Elizabeth James @lizijames.bsky.social · 4d

#FirstBirdOfMyDay was a very round dunnock waiting on the fence peering into the kitchen. He vanished once I'd put food out.

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Peter Zeihan's Hair @zeihanshair.bsky.social · 4d

Trump's sense of power dynamics is frozen in the Middle School Gym Class Pleistocene.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6d

"Some people may perceive one category up from another one as only a "little" bit stronger. Like earthquake scales, the hurricane intensity scale increases logarithmically. That means a doubling of wind is not a doubling of damage. It actually results in a 256-fold increase in possible damage."

Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 6d

Writing is my coping mechanism when I am worried about a weather situation. As an unprecedented storm like #HurricaneMelissa approaches Jamaica, I feel helpless, so I write. My Tuesday morning thoughts on the storm.
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

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Hurricane Melissa Is The Strongest Storm On Earth In 2025

The strongest storm on Earth in 2025 is about to hit Jamaica. Here's what you need to know about Hurricane Melissa before its first landfall.

www.forbes.com

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Habu @flyinghabu.bsky.social · 7d

Despite a very strong wind, I managed to salvage about fifteen minutes of exposure out of an hour and a half of tracking before it set, just enough for a last-minute farewell to Comet Lemmon, capturing it a second time after my first shot in early October. 🔭

#Astrophotography

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