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Andy Aitken
@andykaitken.bsky.social
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Interested in everything from archaeology to zoology.
I love spending time with family, nature, reading, and watching documentaries and other TV.
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Has he thought this one through?
December 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Agami Heron always go the extra mile to look Out of This World 1/2 🧵

@mikemelton.bsky.social's Agami photos are always sublime!
December 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
andykaitken.bsky.social
This sounds about right.
werthe48percent.bsky.social WeRThe48Percent @werthe48percent.bsky.social · 3d
Steve Rosenberg #BBC

How does Moscow view Donald #Trump at the end of 2025? One Russian paper today: “The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World…he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed” #Zelenskyy #Ukraine
December 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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"Honey, I've just added a tie to my Christmas list. Pop out and get it for me."

"Of course, darling. I'll even put it around your neck while you sleep."

"You're so thoughtful."
Sexist tie ad by Van Heusen, 1951.
December 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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December 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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drrjwarren.bsky.social
#ArtDD2025
Mountain hare

Hunkered down against the cold… (I have some sympathy with this hare.)

Happy Boxing Day!
December 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Snorri's 12 Days Of Christmas
#dailydrawing

#LetThereBeDragons
#12DaysOfChristmas
😀 I realised I can do this one properly. Sorry for the repeat
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December 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Because I ate it for lunch.
December 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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One of my more cynical mentors refers to this season as the Midwinter Trading Fest. If that ruffles your feathers, seek serenity in contemplation of Dancing Cranes by Lin Hukui. I offer this beauty in thanks for the sharing of your adventures thru the year, allowing me to participate vicariously.
December 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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In case Christmas isn't a happy time for you or someone you know. Please share
A list of mental health helplines
December 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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wizentrop.bsky.social
Today I have something really special for you guys! Not too far from the caiman I posted recently, I found something MIND BLOWING

This is a butterfly pupa, and it mimics the head of a snake. And not just any snake, but specifically the head of a boa snake!!! Probably Opsiphanes, an owlet butterfly.
December 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
andykaitken.bsky.social
I hope Trump doesn't see this, or it will go badly for elder women in the US.
December 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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helenintgarden.bsky.social
If you have ever wondered... how Father Christmas visits every house... to deliver presents... in just one night... here is is... today's page from #AYearOfLivingCuriously...
24 DECEMBER How Does He Do It? How on earth does Father Christmas deliver presents to the world's 700 million children? He would have to move at over 6 million miles per hour, carry around 300,000 tons of gifts, have a thousandth of a second at each address to park up, deliver, scoff his dram and his mince pie, and be off again, all the while wrangling a pack of flying reindeer. It just doesn't add up. But never fear - science is here to tell us how it can be done. Einstein's theory of relativity maintains that if Father Christmas were travelling really fast, at the speed of light, space would actually contract and time would slow down, allowing him to complete his apparently impossible task. Vac-uum energy can explain why reindeer don't need wings to fly and Santa may use repulsive energy to compensate for the force of gravity. Quantum entanglement - in which aspects of one particle of an entangled pair depend on aspects of the other particle, no matter how far apart they are or what lies between them (see 4 February) - could also explain how Claus manages to be in a gazillion places at once.
December 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Despite frequent remonstrations from digital archivists, Persephone never accepted that she could not photocopy a whole book in one go.
December 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Beavers need an Xmas tree as well you know 😂
edicecov.bsky.social Eddie Tion (Kam era) @edicecov.bsky.social · 11d
Uuuund, schon Baum besorgt? 🪓
December 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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The double layer border is done... and the #MosaicCrochet bookshelf throw is almost complete... just a few ends to sew in tomorrow... I love how the border finishes it off... 🧶
Photo of a blanket with a bookshelf design. The 6 shelves and border are pale blue. The books and ornaments are bright green, and the background is navy.
December 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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To me, artist Allen Seaby is best known as the illustrator of the first Ladybird bird books. But I also love his Japanese influenced woodcuts.
‘Snow and Hare’ (c.1923)
Wood block print in the Japanese style of a hare against grey sky in a snowy landscape
December 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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🎨Liz Wright - Sunset through the Trees in Winter, 1989.
Liz Wright - Sunset through the Trees in Winter, 1989 - an illustration of a thicket of birch trees where in the middle is a path. The ground is covered in snow. The sun is setting, casting long shadows of the trees across the snow covered ground. On the path, is a trail of foot prints - may be animal or of a small child. Rather gorgeous and so seasonal for this time of year.
December 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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3kg of mandarins out of the box, and a 5ish kg Summer in (just).

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Summer a black and white cat who loves boxes has squeezed her in a small box that once held 3kg of mandarins. She has her head up but her eyes closed. Summer, a black and white cat curled up asleep in a small box that once contained 3kg of mandarins. It's a tight squeeze which explains why her back is hanging over one side of the box.
December 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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drrjwarren.bsky.social
This.
irishrainforest.bsky.social Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 15d
Let's get one thing straight.

What's REALLY putting jobs at risk is owners of the big fishing boats insisting on being allowed to continue hoovering up tons of wild animals way faster than they can reproduce, using ecosystem-killing methods.

*Nobody* else is to blame.
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EU quota deal putting 2,300 jobs at risk - fishing groups
Minister of State for Fisheries Timmy Dooley has said that the outcome of an EU fishing quota agreement for next year will present a "very real challenge" for fishermen as fishing organisations say th...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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"He is such a fighter. He came out crying, although he looked like a little mouse." This is baby Kilian who's been at the NICU for 10 weeks & his mum Roisin. Please help us raise funds with our single for those who support them: orcd.co/keepthedream

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December 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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à peu de choses près ... le petit monde rêvé de #Trump, #Putin et #Xi

#WakeUpEuropa ! 💪
Allez, on se bouge les européens !!! 👊
#FBPE 🇪🇺
December 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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December 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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I love vibing at home, in my own space, doing my own thing. No drama, no noise, just me, my peace, my snacks, and zero obligations. I enjoy my own company way too much to be out chasing chaos
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM