Pica pica (they)
@pikapica.bsky.social
Here's a crazy idea: let's stop pretending that institutions under capitalism can be changed for the better; it's time to focus on mutual aid, solidarity, self-governance and community. Let's build ephemeral utopias.
Protesters block the main entrance to COP30 climate talks in Brazil | CNN share.google/ENfFxl9q0lbs...
Protesters block the main entrance to COP30 climate talks in Brazil | CNN
About 100 Indigenous protesters blocked the main entrance to the United Nations climate conference on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon for 90 minutes on Friday in a peaceful standoff that ended after ...
share.google
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Protesters block the main entrance to COP30 climate talks in Brazil | CNN share.google/ENfFxl9q0lbs...
Reposted by Pica pica (they)
Fire severity reduces tick populations, but landscape context shapes their recovery 📊
Using field data, remote sensing, and SEMs, this research offer a scalable approach to monitor ecosystem and disease vector responses to wildfire 🛰️🧪🌎 @samsambado.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Using field data, remote sensing, and SEMs, this research offer a scalable approach to monitor ecosystem and disease vector responses to wildfire 🛰️🧪🌎 @samsambado.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Fire severity reduces tick populations, but landscape context shapes their recovery 📊
Using field data, remote sensing, and SEMs, this research offer a scalable approach to monitor ecosystem and disease vector responses to wildfire 🛰️🧪🌎 @samsambado.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Using field data, remote sensing, and SEMs, this research offer a scalable approach to monitor ecosystem and disease vector responses to wildfire 🛰️🧪🌎 @samsambado.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Fats Waller: adventure cat at large.
Today in trail training, we attempted Dragon's Tooth in Catawba Valley. Only made it halfway, but she made great progress learning to share the trail with humans and dogs. Next time, she'll make it.
#adventurecat #caturday
Today in trail training, we attempted Dragon's Tooth in Catawba Valley. Only made it halfway, but she made great progress learning to share the trail with humans and dogs. Next time, she'll make it.
#adventurecat #caturday
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Fats Waller: adventure cat at large.
Today in trail training, we attempted Dragon's Tooth in Catawba Valley. Only made it halfway, but she made great progress learning to share the trail with humans and dogs. Next time, she'll make it.
#adventurecat #caturday
Today in trail training, we attempted Dragon's Tooth in Catawba Valley. Only made it halfway, but she made great progress learning to share the trail with humans and dogs. Next time, she'll make it.
#adventurecat #caturday
As a STEM grad student, my workstation looks less like a sterile bench, supercomputer and Erlenmeyer flasks and more like esspressotinis, a yoga mat, and an emo playlist at high volume. Do not follow my example. #neurodivergent #queerstem #ecology
October 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
As a STEM grad student, my workstation looks less like a sterile bench, supercomputer and Erlenmeyer flasks and more like esspressotinis, a yoga mat, and an emo playlist at high volume. Do not follow my example. #neurodivergent #queerstem #ecology
When Flora guides disagree and contradict, what do my fellow naturalists do? Salicornia/Salcocornia is a beautiful example of disputed taxonomy.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
October 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When Flora guides disagree and contradict, what do my fellow naturalists do? Salicornia/Salcocornia is a beautiful example of disputed taxonomy.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Gentian, gentle rain, & a genial cat up on War Spur. #catsofbluesky #jeffersonnationalforest
September 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Gentian, gentle rain, & a genial cat up on War Spur. #catsofbluesky #jeffersonnationalforest
Early autumn colors of ridgetop oak, buckeye and hemlock forests. We discovered that the strips of early yellow that appear in August halfway up the Blue Ridge slopes arejust buckeye. Doing what buckeye does. And beneith them, autumn blooms. www.inaturalist.org/observations... 🌿🌍
September 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Early autumn colors of ridgetop oak, buckeye and hemlock forests. We discovered that the strips of early yellow that appear in August halfway up the Blue Ridge slopes arejust buckeye. Doing what buckeye does. And beneith them, autumn blooms. www.inaturalist.org/observations... 🌿🌍
Guys, remember when Aang refused to kill Fire Lord Ozai? That moment changed me forever. I can't stop thinking about it.
On one hand, would I refuse playing football with a dictator's head? Probably not.
On the other, I want to find a way to just take away their bending powers, Aang-style
On one hand, would I refuse playing football with a dictator's head? Probably not.
On the other, I want to find a way to just take away their bending powers, Aang-style
September 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Guys, remember when Aang refused to kill Fire Lord Ozai? That moment changed me forever. I can't stop thinking about it.
On one hand, would I refuse playing football with a dictator's head? Probably not.
On the other, I want to find a way to just take away their bending powers, Aang-style
On one hand, would I refuse playing football with a dictator's head? Probably not.
On the other, I want to find a way to just take away their bending powers, Aang-style
This podcast is the meaning that's missing from my relationships in grad school. Harsh, but my community has been holding me back: debating whether fascism is real. Makes isolation more appealing.
Not trying to send more traffic to spotify, it's what works for me.
open.spotify.com/episode/4ciE...
Not trying to send more traffic to spotify, it's what works for me.
open.spotify.com/episode/4ciE...
Prentis Hemphill
open.spotify.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This podcast is the meaning that's missing from my relationships in grad school. Harsh, but my community has been holding me back: debating whether fascism is real. Makes isolation more appealing.
Not trying to send more traffic to spotify, it's what works for me.
open.spotify.com/episode/4ciE...
Not trying to send more traffic to spotify, it's what works for me.
open.spotify.com/episode/4ciE...
"Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your naaame AND PRONOUNS"
September 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your naaame AND PRONOUNS"
Being queer sometimes means
The cis will be uneasy if we "make it our whole identity"
But if we don't, they misgender us, are blind to us, accuse us of deceiving, claim they feel violated
There's no correct way to be queer
The cis will be uneasy if we "make it our whole identity"
But if we don't, they misgender us, are blind to us, accuse us of deceiving, claim they feel violated
There's no correct way to be queer
September 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Being queer sometimes means
The cis will be uneasy if we "make it our whole identity"
But if we don't, they misgender us, are blind to us, accuse us of deceiving, claim they feel violated
There's no correct way to be queer
The cis will be uneasy if we "make it our whole identity"
But if we don't, they misgender us, are blind to us, accuse us of deceiving, claim they feel violated
There's no correct way to be queer
Reposted by Pica pica (they)
"A Beast Touch the Mountain" showcases some of the incredible local residents who have worked for years to protect their beloved community from the #MountainValleyPipeline. Watch tonight's screening at #Roanoke's Grandin Theatre at 7 p.m.
https://loom.ly/Oou2cj0
https://loom.ly/Oou2cj0
Documentary details Bent Mountain's fight against Mountain Valley Pipeline
The documentary A Beast Touch the Mountain detailing the fight of several Bent Mountain residents against the Mountain Valley Pipeline will be screening at the Grandin Theater on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The writer and director of the film will also be available to answer questions after the film.
roanoke.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"A Beast Touch the Mountain" showcases some of the incredible local residents who have worked for years to protect their beloved community from the #MountainValleyPipeline. Watch tonight's screening at #Roanoke's Grandin Theatre at 7 p.m.
https://loom.ly/Oou2cj0
https://loom.ly/Oou2cj0
Reposted by Pica pica (they)
“The playbook–stretching laws like Rico to cast dissent as organized crime won’t vanish, especially amid a surge of authoritarian and openly fascist politics,” [Will] Potter said. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Prosecutors’ ‘Cop City’ case collapses as judge tosses Rico conspiracy charges
Two-year attempt to prosecute opponents of police training center on criminal conspiracy charges ends in failure
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“The playbook–stretching laws like Rico to cast dissent as organized crime won’t vanish, especially amid a surge of authoritarian and openly fascist politics,” [Will] Potter said. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Late-wave Caterpillar season in the mountains! This is just from looking at the fuzzy wiggler. She never even tasted him. www.inaturalist.org/observations... #caturday #adventurecat
September 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Late-wave Caterpillar season in the mountains! This is just from looking at the fuzzy wiggler. She never even tasted him. www.inaturalist.org/observations... #caturday #adventurecat
Datana? Anyone familiar with Prominent moths? Kitty is definitely entertained by them. Between the bitter taste, coloration, wiggliness and spikiness, they have a puzzling allure. No worries I did not allow any harm to the worm. 🌿 #caturday #catsofbluesky www.inaturalist.org/observations...
September 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Datana? Anyone familiar with Prominent moths? Kitty is definitely entertained by them. Between the bitter taste, coloration, wiggliness and spikiness, they have a puzzling allure. No worries I did not allow any harm to the worm. 🌿 #caturday #catsofbluesky www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Reposted by Pica pica (they)
Next Monday is a big day for the campaign to speak out against #DominionEnergy’s proposed methane gas plant in #Chesterfield County! Join residents & advocates at the @VADEQ's public hearing in Chester on 9/8 @ 5 p.m.! RSVP: https://appvoices.org/events/sept-8-chesterfield-deq/
September 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Next Monday is a big day for the campaign to speak out against #DominionEnergy’s proposed methane gas plant in #Chesterfield County! Join residents & advocates at the @VADEQ's public hearing in Chester on 9/8 @ 5 p.m.! RSVP: https://appvoices.org/events/sept-8-chesterfield-deq/
Wishing I had time to get more involved in these projects. But $2mil public funding to build a resort? Sus
#minereclamation #SWVA
#minereclamation #SWVA
Southwest Virginia projects at former mines get millions in funding
WISE COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — Five projects in Southwest Virginia at former coal mining sites have received millions of dollars in funding. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced on Friday that the…
www-wjhl-com.cdn.ampproject.org
August 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Wishing I had time to get more involved in these projects. But $2mil public funding to build a resort? Sus
#minereclamation #SWVA
#minereclamation #SWVA
Among others of her many skills, Fats Waller is proficient at helping me with ecology field work, herbaria sample collection and observing long-term effects of landscape fire on species composition #researchcat #queerinstem #catsofbluesky www.inaturalist.org/observations...
August 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Among others of her many skills, Fats Waller is proficient at helping me with ecology field work, herbaria sample collection and observing long-term effects of landscape fire on species composition #researchcat #queerinstem #catsofbluesky www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Got a new catcall today, unsure if it's meant to be transphobic: "you can't trick me, gorgeous: you almost did."
August 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Got a new catcall today, unsure if it's meant to be transphobic: "you can't trick me, gorgeous: you almost did."
Reposted by Pica pica (they)
❄️ Hold ‘Til It’s Cold ❄️
#AltCitizen opportunity due August 7.
Great message— “public lands are for people, not coal trucks.”
Please help, ‘em HOLD in almost heaven, West Virginia.
#AltCitizen opportunity due August 7.
Great message— “public lands are for people, not coal trucks.”
Please help, ‘em HOLD in almost heaven, West Virginia.
And
Action alert
Public lands
Monongahela National Forest
Comments due August 7th
www.wvhighlands.org/2025/07/31/a...
Action alert
Public lands
Monongahela National Forest
Comments due August 7th
www.wvhighlands.org/2025/07/31/a...
ACTION ALERT: Public Lands for the People, Not for Coal Trucks - West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
The Monongahela National Forest— a national treasure and one of North America's ecological strongholds—is facing imminent harm from a coal company's irresponsible proposal.
www.wvhighlands.org
August 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
❄️ Hold ‘Til It’s Cold ❄️
#AltCitizen opportunity due August 7.
Great message— “public lands are for people, not coal trucks.”
Please help, ‘em HOLD in almost heaven, West Virginia.
#AltCitizen opportunity due August 7.
Great message— “public lands are for people, not coal trucks.”
Please help, ‘em HOLD in almost heaven, West Virginia.
It's been rainy, so Fats has been getting stir crazy without our usual hikes and this North American bug mobile I made was like catnip for her. I painted each #nativespecies in #watercolor
Supplies purchased from my very favorite: Art Supplies Wholesale in Beverly, MA
#caturday
Supplies purchased from my very favorite: Art Supplies Wholesale in Beverly, MA
#caturday
August 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
It's been rainy, so Fats has been getting stir crazy without our usual hikes and this North American bug mobile I made was like catnip for her. I painted each #nativespecies in #watercolor
Supplies purchased from my very favorite: Art Supplies Wholesale in Beverly, MA
#caturday
Supplies purchased from my very favorite: Art Supplies Wholesale in Beverly, MA
#caturday
Reposted by Pica pica (they)
Federal pandemic relief money supercharged summer learning. When that funding expired, Philadelphia found a way to keep its program going. It's an investment that's all about making learning fun.
Philadelphia found a way to keep kids learning in the summer, without federal dollars
Federal pandemic relief money supercharged summer learning. When that funding expired, Philadelphia found a way to keep its program going. It's an investment that's all about making learning fun.
n.pr
July 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Federal pandemic relief money supercharged summer learning. When that funding expired, Philadelphia found a way to keep its program going. It's an investment that's all about making learning fun.