Sweet smell of sunshine...I remember sometimes
@themergansest.bsky.social
Visual artist, birder and armchair environmentalist. Paleoart, nature illustration, wildlife photography. No AI slop, ever. They/them
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📢ANNOUNCEMENT: NO KINGS returns March 28th!
This is a coordinated national day of action, a reminder that in a democracy, power must be held accountable.
If you plan to participate, tag your state 50501 group so we can help encourage more people to join across the country.
Www.the50501movement.org
This is a coordinated national day of action, a reminder that in a democracy, power must be held accountable.
If you plan to participate, tag your state 50501 group so we can help encourage more people to join across the country.
Www.the50501movement.org
January 30, 2026 at 1:29 AM
📢ANNOUNCEMENT: NO KINGS returns March 28th!
This is a coordinated national day of action, a reminder that in a democracy, power must be held accountable.
If you plan to participate, tag your state 50501 group so we can help encourage more people to join across the country.
Www.the50501movement.org
This is a coordinated national day of action, a reminder that in a democracy, power must be held accountable.
If you plan to participate, tag your state 50501 group so we can help encourage more people to join across the country.
Www.the50501movement.org
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I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop Trump’s Offshore Drilling in Alaska. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stop Trump’s Offshore Drilling in Alaska
The Trump administration has released a sweeping offshore drilling plan that would open nearly 1.3 billion acres of U.S. ocean waters to new oil and gas development, an area more than half the size of...
actionnetwork.org
January 24, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop Trump’s Offshore Drilling in Alaska. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
January 19, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Old Orchard Beach earlier today. Coastal Maine in winter is a mood.
#beach #coastalmaine #oobpier #oldorchardbeach
#beach #coastalmaine #oobpier #oldorchardbeach
January 19, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Old Orchard Beach earlier today. Coastal Maine in winter is a mood.
#beach #coastalmaine #oobpier #oldorchardbeach
#beach #coastalmaine #oobpier #oldorchardbeach
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Found under the windshield wiper at the grocery store....
Maine gets ready for ICE!!
Maine gets ready for ICE!!
January 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Found under the windshield wiper at the grocery store....
Maine gets ready for ICE!!
Maine gets ready for ICE!!
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filed under “headlines you hear being read off in a chipper voice in an abandoned bunker in a Fallout game”
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
filed under “headlines you hear being read off in a chipper voice in an abandoned bunker in a Fallout game”
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"But I have to use AI slop cos I can't draw waaah waaah"
Bollocks. I can paint tabletop minis to a decent standard, but I can't draw for shit. So, I got a digital art app and spent hours drawing, erasing and drawing again until I'd finished these, based on my photos. Put the work in you lazy twats🖕🏼
Bollocks. I can paint tabletop minis to a decent standard, but I can't draw for shit. So, I got a digital art app and spent hours drawing, erasing and drawing again until I'd finished these, based on my photos. Put the work in you lazy twats🖕🏼
January 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
"But I have to use AI slop cos I can't draw waaah waaah"
Bollocks. I can paint tabletop minis to a decent standard, but I can't draw for shit. So, I got a digital art app and spent hours drawing, erasing and drawing again until I'd finished these, based on my photos. Put the work in you lazy twats🖕🏼
Bollocks. I can paint tabletop minis to a decent standard, but I can't draw for shit. So, I got a digital art app and spent hours drawing, erasing and drawing again until I'd finished these, based on my photos. Put the work in you lazy twats🖕🏼
Some headtilt perspectives from my walk at Rutherford Island Preserve in South Bristol this afternoon.
#coastalmaine #forest #redspruceforest #southbristolmaine
#coastalmaine #forest #redspruceforest #southbristolmaine
January 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Some headtilt perspectives from my walk at Rutherford Island Preserve in South Bristol this afternoon.
#coastalmaine #forest #redspruceforest #southbristolmaine
#coastalmaine #forest #redspruceforest #southbristolmaine
Ice Out for Good on the Sagadahoc bridge this morning. I've been struggling to find the words of what to say about the murder of Renee Nicole Good. I'm heartbroken and enraged. Not long ago, something like this would have been unthinkable. I hope justice is served. #protest #activism #maine
January 10, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “ICE Out For Good Sagadahoc Bridge” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
ICE Out For Good Sagadahoc Bridge · Indivisible
Wednesday, January 7th, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity...
www.mobilize.us
January 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I'm attending Indivisible's event, “ICE Out For Good Sagadahoc Bridge” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
PSA:
It's a bad idea to attempt to imitate a raven croak while recovering from a severe cold. That is all, carry on.
It's a bad idea to attempt to imitate a raven croak while recovering from a severe cold. That is all, carry on.
January 7, 2026 at 10:17 PM
PSA:
It's a bad idea to attempt to imitate a raven croak while recovering from a severe cold. That is all, carry on.
It's a bad idea to attempt to imitate a raven croak while recovering from a severe cold. That is all, carry on.
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The Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen to the United States:
“Enough is enough.”
“Enough is enough.”
January 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
The Prime Minister of Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen to the United States:
“Enough is enough.”
“Enough is enough.”
American wigeon I spotted foraging along the Rockland breakwater today.
#americanwigeon #birding #ducks #marecaamericana #maine #midcoastmaine
#americanwigeon #birding #ducks #marecaamericana #maine #midcoastmaine
December 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
American wigeon I spotted foraging along the Rockland breakwater today.
#americanwigeon #birding #ducks #marecaamericana #maine #midcoastmaine
#americanwigeon #birding #ducks #marecaamericana #maine #midcoastmaine
Purple sandpipers, a bird named for a very subtle feature, the slight purplish iridescent sheen just visible here on the wing feathers.
#birds #birding #calidrismaritima #rocklandmaine #purplesandpiper
#birds #birding #calidrismaritima #rocklandmaine #purplesandpiper
December 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Purple sandpipers, a bird named for a very subtle feature, the slight purplish iridescent sheen just visible here on the wing feathers.
#birds #birding #calidrismaritima #rocklandmaine #purplesandpiper
#birds #birding #calidrismaritima #rocklandmaine #purplesandpiper
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OPPOSED to DATA CENTERS?
The Working Families Party has put out a recruitment call for candidates opposed to data centers.
As public awareness and movement against data centers and AI grows, more and more communities are voting them down.
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#MEpolitics #AI #DataCenters
The Working Families Party has put out a recruitment call for candidates opposed to data centers.
As public awareness and movement against data centers and AI grows, more and more communities are voting them down.
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#MEpolitics #AI #DataCenters
December 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
OPPOSED to DATA CENTERS?
The Working Families Party has put out a recruitment call for candidates opposed to data centers.
As public awareness and movement against data centers and AI grows, more and more communities are voting them down.
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#MEpolitics #AI #DataCenters
The Working Families Party has put out a recruitment call for candidates opposed to data centers.
As public awareness and movement against data centers and AI grows, more and more communities are voting them down.
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#MEpolitics #AI #DataCenters
A couple of ravens circled over Dad and I while hiking the Waterboro Pine Barrens a few weeks ago. It was during hunting season and I suspect they were looking to follow us to a gut pile. Clever birds!
#commonraven #corvuscorax #pitchpinebarren #raven #redpine
#commonraven #corvuscorax #pitchpinebarren #raven #redpine
December 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
A couple of ravens circled over Dad and I while hiking the Waterboro Pine Barrens a few weeks ago. It was during hunting season and I suspect they were looking to follow us to a gut pile. Clever birds!
#commonraven #corvuscorax #pitchpinebarren #raven #redpine
#commonraven #corvuscorax #pitchpinebarren #raven #redpine
Another old photo, the first time I ever saw asperitas clouds. They sparked my interest in celestial phenomena. Taken in Richmond, Maine.
#asperitas #celestialphenomena #clouds #maine #sky
#asperitas #celestialphenomena #clouds #maine #sky
December 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Another old photo, the first time I ever saw asperitas clouds. They sparked my interest in celestial phenomena. Taken in Richmond, Maine.
#asperitas #celestialphenomena #clouds #maine #sky
#asperitas #celestialphenomena #clouds #maine #sky
Was going through my old photos looking for art references and found a few worthy of reposting. Third photo is an antlered doe. #buck #cervids #deer #maine #whitetaildeer
December 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Was going through my old photos looking for art references and found a few worthy of reposting. Third photo is an antlered doe. #buck #cervids #deer #maine #whitetaildeer
The setting sun peeking out from under a cloudbank at Biddeford Pool this evening.
#biddefordpoolmaine #celestialphenomena #sky #sunset
#biddefordpoolmaine #celestialphenomena #sky #sunset
December 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The setting sun peeking out from under a cloudbank at Biddeford Pool this evening.
#biddefordpoolmaine #celestialphenomena #sky #sunset
#biddefordpoolmaine #celestialphenomena #sky #sunset
The things I find in my travels...
I think the inexplicably pink albino eyes really brings the piece together. The icing on the moldy cake.
#babydoll #creepy #creepyobjects #cursed #cursedobjects #disturbingobjects
I think the inexplicably pink albino eyes really brings the piece together. The icing on the moldy cake.
#babydoll #creepy #creepyobjects #cursed #cursedobjects #disturbingobjects
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The things I find in my travels...
I think the inexplicably pink albino eyes really brings the piece together. The icing on the moldy cake.
#babydoll #creepy #creepyobjects #cursed #cursedobjects #disturbingobjects
I think the inexplicably pink albino eyes really brings the piece together. The icing on the moldy cake.
#babydoll #creepy #creepyobjects #cursed #cursedobjects #disturbingobjects
Wandering around one of my old haunts in Scarborough, the town I grew up in. I lived in this area in 1999, and spent much time exploring these trails. In spring of that year, I had my first and only encounter with American goshawks. Unfortunately, that pair was driven out by urban sprawl.
November 3, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Wandering around one of my old haunts in Scarborough, the town I grew up in. I lived in this area in 1999, and spent much time exploring these trails. In spring of that year, I had my first and only encounter with American goshawks. Unfortunately, that pair was driven out by urban sprawl.
November 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM