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蓮猫 Lotuscat

@lotuscat.bsky.social

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A naturalist and lichen lover living in Nagano, Japan. I post in Japanese in the morning, and in English in the afternoon & evening. 信州の地衣類と虫の人。午前は日本語、午後は英語で投稿。

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蓮猫 Lotuscat @lotuscat.bsky.social · Sep 24

Hello. There seems to be another surge of new followers recently so let me re-introduce myself. I am a nature lover living in beautiful Nagano, Japan. Bilingual in English & Japanese. I take photos of lichens, bugs, and plants, and post them on bluesky.
地衣類と虫の人。

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青空ニュース🦋 @newnews0320.bsky.social · 12h

【応募4万句】「知らんやろ出た快感を AIは」　TOTOトイレ川柳最優秀賞を発表
news.livedoor.com/article/deta...
TOTOは8日、「トイレ川柳」の入選作40句を発表。今年は過去最多である計4万925句の応募があり、優秀賞には「公衆のトイレは町の通知表」など9句が選ばれた。

「知らんやろ出た快感をAIは」　TOTOトイレ川柳最優秀賞 - ライブドアニュース

TOTOは8日、トイレにまつわるエピソードを詠んだ第21回「トイレ川柳」の入選作40句を発表した。最優秀賞には「知らんやろ出た快感をAI（人工知能）は」を選んだ。選考したコピーライター仲畑貴志さんは「AIは

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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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robin finn @fiddleheadfinn.bsky.social · 1h

Abstract painting from nature photos: a Scribble Brigade session hosted by Sophie McPike

Sketchbook open to show four abstract gouache paintings based on photos of lichen, water, tree bark, and flowers.

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輝竜司 | KIRYU Tsukasa @citrocube.com · 1h

あげておこう。著作権や表現に関わる法について疑問に思ったことがあったときに、一冊持っておくと便利です。

類書があったら読みたいのでぜひ教えて下さい！（議論の余地のある話とか、まだ判例が定まってない話については、多分人によって違う意見があると思うので、そのあたり幅を持って知りたい

輝竜司 | KIRYU Tsukasa @citrocube.com · 27d

『あたらしい表現活動と法』新版届いた。旧版と、新版の追加トピック一通り読んだけど、著作権周りで普段疑問に思うことは大概コラムと判例紹介あるし、現在進行系のものについても、取りうる立場と今後の方向性、それぞれのリスクとベネフィットが紹介されててよかった。

あと、よく話題にのぼる『〇〇義務化すべき』は、そもそも今の著作権法が戦時中の国による表現の悪用（戦争賛美とか）の反省を大きく抱えているから、各自の自由と責任による管理を手放して、国による表現規制や検閲をよしとするのか？という観点から、かなり慎重に扱われるべきものなんだなあと。

他の方の類書も読んでみたい。

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パンテオン @dinopantheon.bsky.social · 1h

ハゲワシの巣から750年前の靴を発見、他にも200点以上の人工物 | ナショナルジオグラフィック日本版サイト natgeo.nikkeibp.co.jp/atcl/news/25...

ハゲワシの巣から750年前の靴を発見、他にも200点以上の人工物

かつてスペイン南部にいたハゲワシの一種、ヒゲワシの古い巣から獲物の残骸や人工物が数多く見つかった。人類や生態系の歴史を知る手がかりになる。

natgeo.nikkeibp.co.jp

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John Douglas @johndouglasart.com · 12h

some night gardens 🌙
acrylic, aquarelle pencils
#art #garden #drawing #mixedmedia

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Mark Vasey @markmakingmarks.bsky.social · 6h

#pleinAir #Graphite #sketch #drawing #landscape #britishLandscape #scape

This is a photograph from the top of the hillside looking down into a valley. The Sun is low the sky causing long cast shadows and in the foreground is a drawing of the same scene.

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 3h

I've been seeing my favorite fuzzy friends around! 🍂🐛

Illustration of a wooly (sometimes spelled woolly) bear caterpillar. It's fuzzy and cute and has a happy little smile. There's lines radiating around it and above it says "it's wooly time!" in lowercase hand lettering. The background is a light orange checkered pattern.

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jacob 🧍 @jajeumm.bsky.social · Aug 22

things are moving along….. #sciart #moss

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Tisha Mark @tishamark.com · 3h

Tiny mood.

Tisha Mark ©2025, Tiny Moment No. 2502, oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3"

Original is available:
tishamark.com/product/tiny...

#art #painting #bsnm #TraditionalArt #ArtYear

Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Tiny Moment No. 2502" oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3" (2025), shown with a paintbrush and palette knife for scale. Seascape painting with a white textured clouds in a dark stormy sky over a dark blue sea with a rocky shore that has hints of green moss.

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Greyn @greyn.bsky.social · 11d

I decided to practice by drawing my collection of exotic stones. In my humble opinion— this rocks! *badum-tss* 💎

#art #artsky #greynart #study #sketchbook #gemstones #coloredpencils

A sketchbook page of various exotic stones rendered in colored pencils

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Jill🌻 @jillsunflower.bsky.social · 2h

The whole big thing 🦋🌸🌿
#embroidery #fiberArt

A big embroidery piece on a hoop, with lots of flowers and plants, an appliqué moth with a fuzzy faux fur body, and a leafy background

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 2h

Argyrochosma fendleri, our Fendler’s False Cloak Fern, thriving near Little Eiger, Clear Creek Canyon #nativeplants

#Fallback to April 8 🌿

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 1d

From James Sowerby's Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms, published in three volumes between 1797 and 1809.

Illustration is a detailed scientific illustration of a type of cup fungus, specifically identified by the text as Peziza coccinea (now known as Sarcoscypha coccinea or the scarlet elfcup) and Peziza epidendra. The illustration shows several specimens of the fungus at different stages of growth and from various angles. The fungi are depicted with vibrant red interiors and white exteriors, growing on a piece of dead wood.

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Jim Rohan @jimrohanjr.bsky.social · 10h

Autumn. Decal paper print on synthetic medium. #printmaking

A black and white image of autumn leaves floating on the surface of a pond. Branches of surrounding trees are reflected in the water. Large cracks in the print itself create the effect of additional branches. The irregular edges of the print itself resemble a polaroid emulsion transfer.

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Entomemeology @entomemeology.bsky.social · 5h

It’s weevil Wednesday yall

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 2h

lil sticker design for ECN this year, trying to retain design consistency with last year's stickers but also needed to add little gumboots and a tiny oatmilk latte

sticker design for a bug professionals conference, featuring an iconic beetle of the PNW (a rain beetle, Pleocomidae) in front of a generically Portland-like backdrop. I know that's not a perfect Mt Hood but at least I didn't just draw Mt Rainier like I always do

photo of last year's sticker, an Eleodes in front of a generically Sonoran desert landscape (for the same conference but in Phoenix)

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wetpaint uninfluencer @wetpaint99.bsky.social · 5h

#art

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 2d

Day six of #invertober
Buff-Tip Moth

#invertober2025

sketchy drawing of a moth. It has brown-grey beige wings, and a floofy brown and grey body.

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RossyDoesDrawings (commissions open) @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social · 3h

There are so many creatures in and around the goblin city

a page with lots of drawings of various creatures on it including a frog with a snail shell and a spiral shaped worm and a long axolotl and a bat and a horned ladybird and a long frog and a mushroom with a face and legs. At the top of the page it says "there are so many creatures in and around the goblin city"

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 21h

A textbook image I did a few years ago showing a trap-jaw ant (Odontomachus rixosus) with her mandibles held open and trigger hairs forward, and then in the closed position.

The snapping shut of the trap is one of the fastest measured animal movements.

A split-screen image showing (top) a face view of an elongated ant standing on a reflective surfave, facing us with toothy brown jaws held 180 degrees open, and (bottom), the same ant with jaws closed, the bluntly toothed tips held together.

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Small World Gardener @smallworldgdn.bsky.social · 2h

Everyone was enjoying the asters today.

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Lawrence Lighthill @lawrencelighthill.bsky.social · 8h

Photo taken October 4, 2025, in Trinity County, Northern California of some lichens growing on a rock. The bright yellow lichens just stand out, even when there are flowers and green grass. #photography #lichens #NorthernCalifornia #FungiFriends #fungi

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Peter Braubach @peterbraubach.bsky.social · 2h

Tonight I am troubled by this Caloplaca sp. #lichen. K+ cortex. Short ellipsoid spores with wide septum (9,6-11 x 5,5-6,8 µm). In northern hessia on silicous rock with Trapelia sp. (I think) and others I don't know. Keying out I arrive at costal sp. which this is definitely not fitting.

Detail of yellow lichen crust with yellow apothecia.

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 4h

Golden Eye Lichen, Teloschisties chrysophthalmus, on a Hawthorn in ancient wood pasture up the lane.

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