Rich Law
cairns001.bsky.social
Rich Law
@cairns001.bsky.social
Interests in all manner of wildlife, history and ancient historical buildings. Puzzled by spaceship Earth as it spirals thru the universe…are we there yet? And don’t panic and carry a towel!
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🇨🇦Canada is Gorgeous❤️
Emerald Lake
Yoho National Park
#TravelCanada #BuyCanadian
June 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Agami Heron yoga practice the other day at Agami Island.

(I wonder why they named it that?)

#herons #birds #costarica #nature
June 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Young great blue heron, finished. Coloured pencil on cotton paper. I loved watching this bird; it felt (as always) like a brief gift. I’ll be drawing more of this one — I love the colours so. #SciArt #Birds
June 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Honeybee (Apis mellifera) drinking water from the edge of a birdbath.

#Macro #MacroPhotography #WildlifeWednesday #Wildlife #Bees #BritishColumbia #Agriculture
June 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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This tiny device can shrink dangerous blood clots. It’s called the ‘milli-spinner’ and its invention was partly an accident…
June 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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One of the coolest features of the Agami Heron is its gorgeous, flowing crest that flutters as it poses and preens. But I've never seen it up close before with the details and textures.

#CostaRica #herons #nature #birds
June 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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📜 Negative impacts of climate change on crop yields are underestimated

🧑‍🔬 Rogério de S. Nóia Júnior, Pierre Martre, et al.

📔 @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social

🔗 www.cell.com/trends/plant...

#️⃣ #PlantScience #ClimateChange #CropYields #Agriculture #Agronomy #ClimateCrisis
Negative impacts of climate change on crop yields are underestimated
Crop simulation models are routinely used to project the impacts of climate change on crop yields. However, such models perform poorly when simulating extreme historical events. We reviewed current cr...
www.cell.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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June 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Another good reason to shop Canadian Tire. 🇨🇦👍❤️

CTV News
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Hudson's Bay to sell name, stripes, brands to Canadian Tire for $30 million
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May 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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One can hardly put into words the sense of pride and happiness we feel when seeing one of our children — which is how we see each orphaned calf we rescue — return home to introduce us to their first, second, and now in Lualeni's case, third baby: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/updates/lualeni-luki
May 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Tonight in amazing music: I'm a long-time fan of Norwegian jazz trumpeter Nils Peter Molvær. And I've been pushing everyone I know to listen to the Sweetheart, the best (Scandin)americana band you've never heard.

Here they are playing together. It's sublime.

h/t @acresofsnow.bsky.social
Sweetheart feat. Nils Petter Molvær – «Nothing Lasts Forever – Live From A Living Room» – Part 1
YouTube video by Sweetheart
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May 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Who knew?
Every time I turn around there is another amazing piece of this universe of universes that simply amazes me.
When I first saw Arp 184 I thought it was a small galaxy. It's actually as big as the Milky Way and Andromeda combined. The latest roundup of the week's astronomy news in Three Alpha is up 🧪🔭 three-alpha.space/p/the-strang...
The strangeness of Arp 184
Why does this galaxy look this way? Plus new measurements of Jupiter, the coldest exoplanet ever found, and jets and eruptions from supermassive black holes.
three-alpha.space
May 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Lago di Carezza, or Karersee, is a small alpine lake in South Tyrol, Italy, in the Dolomites at 1,520 meters altitude. Known as the "Rainbow Lake," it spans about 9 acres. #photo #landscape #geography #nature 🦉
May 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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My painting LONE JUNIPER
May 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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#ProudBlue #BlueEarth

The more we learn about trees & forests we find nature is much more advanced than we realized & can be quite chatty. Older spruce trees remember past events, like an eclipse, telling younger trees not to worry. Kids, the sun will return!

www.yahoo.com/news/hours-s...
Hours before a solar eclipse, spruce trees 'talk' to each other
A new study suggests trees in the forest can access ancient memories and "talk" to each other hours before a solar eclipse.
www.yahoo.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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“Some people have said, ‘I wish this author existed.’ Well, he doesn’t. We must understand that we build our own narratives. If we don’t, the far right will monopolize the narratives, create myths, and we will spend our lives fact-checking while they write history.”
A Philosopher Released an Acclaimed Book About Digital Manipulation. The Author Ended Up Being AI
Italian essayist Andrea Colamedici tells WIRED "Hypnocracy: Trump, Musk, and the New Architecture of Reality" was a “philosophical experiment and a performance.” The book’s Chinese author does not…
wrd.cm
May 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Leucistic Little Owl (Athene noctua) in Sardinia (Italy). The perfect outfit to match the whitish grassy meadows and where to hide its conspicuous yellow eyes among chrysanthemum flowers.
May 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:

“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."

[applause] 🙏🏼
May 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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My painting SAGUARO
May 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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I've had the privilege & luck of having NSF funding for >25 yrs. #WithoutNSF we would not have discovered new mechanisms of chemosensation, described how gut bacteria influence neuronal function, trained many who are now scientists & educators, & appreciated the joys & rewards of science outreach.
May 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Unfortunately, however, Chailakhyan did not live to see his theory of a mobile, leaf-derived flowering factor being proven correct in 2007, with 4 simultaneous publications (2 each in @science.org & @currentbiology.bsky.social) showing the FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) protein to be the mobile factor.
April 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Newsfeed Cleanser: Daphne Sheldrick dedicated her life to raising and reintegrating orphaned elephants back into the wild.
When Daphne visited, the elephants gathered around her for a hug.
In the early 1960s, she devised the first milk formula that kept rhino and elephant infants alive.♥️🐘
April 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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The Canadian Canoe Museum in #Ptbo launches new Builders in Residence Program. Expert canoe and kayak builders and makers from across Canada will come to the museum to demonstrate their craft for visitors. kawarthanow.com/2025/04/26/t...
The Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough launches new Builders in Residence Program | kawarthaNOW
By Bruce Head. Expert canoe and kayak builders and makers from across Canada will come to the museum to demonstrate their craft for visitors.
kawarthanow.com
April 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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As I travel in Ghana I am reminded that the fight for freedom and justice is global — especially throughout history.

In 1900, Queen Mother Yaa Asantewaa was the only woman to lead the Asante people into war — rising to defend the sacred Golden Stool (the divine throne of kings) from the British.
April 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM