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@nhallerwilson.bsky.social
I propagate native plants and raise butterflies; madre de dos; kitten fostering; ball thrower for large dog
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#GoodMorningFromSaskatoon That’s not fog - it’s snow ❄️❄️❄️
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#GoodMorningFromSaskatoon That’s not fog - it’s snow ❄️❄️❄️
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Day 9 #ArtAdventCalendar, the 2024 Waymakers Yellow-shafted Flicker! I've had two of these now, this year and last, and I bet the future has more flickers too!
🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt
🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Day 9 #ArtAdventCalendar, the 2024 Waymakers Yellow-shafted Flicker! I've had two of these now, this year and last, and I bet the future has more flickers too!
🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt
🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt
Squeeeee!!!
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Squeeeee!!!
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Today’s #ArtAdventCalendar is my acrylic painting titled ‘Golden Hour Chanterelle’
If it wasn’t already clear, I live for mushroom foraging 🥰
If it wasn’t already clear, I live for mushroom foraging 🥰
December 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Today’s #ArtAdventCalendar is my acrylic painting titled ‘Golden Hour Chanterelle’
If it wasn’t already clear, I live for mushroom foraging 🥰
If it wasn’t already clear, I live for mushroom foraging 🥰
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BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
Absolutely extraordinary artwork by @martynwarren.bsky.social !
Capturing the knobbly surface of this Trichodes alvearius was a real challenge #ArtAdventCalendar
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Absolutely extraordinary artwork by @martynwarren.bsky.social !
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"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
🥰 she is wonderful
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🥰 she is wonderful
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one of the funniest pieces The Onion has done all year, and it's been a GOOD YEAR.
theonion.com/oprah-pursue...
theonion.com/oprah-pursue...
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
one of the funniest pieces The Onion has done all year, and it's been a GOOD YEAR.
theonion.com/oprah-pursue...
theonion.com/oprah-pursue...
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A close-up of a Tufted Titmouse with his/her tuft blowing in the wind. I love their black eyelashes. The thin black feathers around the break are rictal bristles, which are common in many birds but their size and placement differs between species.
December 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A close-up of a Tufted Titmouse with his/her tuft blowing in the wind. I love their black eyelashes. The thin black feathers around the break are rictal bristles, which are common in many birds but their size and placement differs between species.
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This is one of the Stripe-throated Hermit #hummingbirds that lives in the forest near my office. It comes out regularly to enjoy some nectar and then zips back into the dark.
At @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica
#birds #nature
At @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica
#birds #nature
December 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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OUR #paintings, OUR #words, OUR #music, OUR #faces, and OUR #voices - ARE NOT THEIR TRADE SECRETS !
12/8/2025, Stanford U., 10 am, hearing for #AB-412 #Generative #artificialintelligence: #trainingdata: #copyrighted materials
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNa...
12/8/2025, Stanford U., 10 am, hearing for #AB-412 #Generative #artificialintelligence: #trainingdata: #copyrighted materials
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNa...
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
December 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
OUR #paintings, OUR #words, OUR #music, OUR #faces, and OUR #voices - ARE NOT THEIR TRADE SECRETS !
12/8/2025, Stanford U., 10 am, hearing for #AB-412 #Generative #artificialintelligence: #trainingdata: #copyrighted materials
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNa...
12/8/2025, Stanford U., 10 am, hearing for #AB-412 #Generative #artificialintelligence: #trainingdata: #copyrighted materials
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNa...
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Also, in addition to the best sandwich anyone has ever made, I HAVE SO MANY PHOTOS OF THIS RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. It was about 20' from me when I took this. 😍 #birds
December 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Also, in addition to the best sandwich anyone has ever made, I HAVE SO MANY PHOTOS OF THIS RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. It was about 20' from me when I took this. 😍 #birds
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I am often asked: What is the best telescope to buy for someone just getting into astronomy?
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As a theorist, I am absolutely useless and can tell you nothing. HOWEVER, my friend the wonderful @philplait.bsky.social is NOT useless and has great advice & relevant links here! ⤵️
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As a theorist, I am absolutely useless and can tell you nothing. HOWEVER, my friend the wonderful @philplait.bsky.social is NOT useless and has great advice & relevant links here! ⤵️
BAN #275: Telescope buying advice, Book: It’s Alive, Dial-A-Moon 2021
30 November 2020 Issue #271
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I am often asked: What is the best telescope to buy for someone just getting into astronomy?
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As a theorist, I am absolutely useless and can tell you nothing. HOWEVER, my friend the wonderful @philplait.bsky.social is NOT useless and has great advice & relevant links here! ⤵️
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As a theorist, I am absolutely useless and can tell you nothing. HOWEVER, my friend the wonderful @philplait.bsky.social is NOT useless and has great advice & relevant links here! ⤵️
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fam our government is a fucking fascist wax museum
I see Stallone sent a cardboard standee instead
December 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Chris Wright is such a fragile flower. He made money in the fossil sector, lost market share to cheaper alternatives and is now renaming things that make him sad. Petty, incompetent, selfish and short-sighted. insideclimatenews.org/news/0212202...
‘Renewable’ No More: The Trump Administration Renames the National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, now calling it the National Laboratory of the Rockies, marking an identity shift for the Colorado institution that has be...
insideclimatenews.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Chris Wright is such a fragile flower. He made money in the fossil sector, lost market share to cheaper alternatives and is now renaming things that make him sad. Petty, incompetent, selfish and short-sighted. insideclimatenews.org/news/0212202...
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. statuskuo.substack.com/p/just-for-s...
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. statuskuo.substack.com/p/just-for-s...
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"A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission targeted at Venezuela."
Chinese Hospital Ship Visits Jamaica as US Gunboats Ply Caribbean
A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission ...
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"A Chinese hospital ship quietly docked in hurricane-hit Jamaica this week, projecting soft power into the heart of the Caribbean where a US armada is conducting a controversial anti-narcotics mission targeted at Venezuela."
