Lyssa Heartsong
@lyssaheartsong.bsky.social
Fiber and mixed media artist. (She/Her)
Bi/Queer, Gamer, Pagan, Nerd
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HeartsongGlamourie
Bi/Queer, Gamer, Pagan, Nerd
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HeartsongGlamourie
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So as someone who has written a LOT about black bears in particular...
This article is incorrect, they DO have collarbones.
Just the collarbones aren't hard connected to the sternum like ours are, they're freefloating which makes their shoulders collapsible like mice or rats.
This article is incorrect, they DO have collarbones.
Just the collarbones aren't hard connected to the sternum like ours are, they're freefloating which makes their shoulders collapsible like mice or rats.
January 3, 2026 at 2:03 AM
So as someone who has written a LOT about black bears in particular...
This article is incorrect, they DO have collarbones.
Just the collarbones aren't hard connected to the sternum like ours are, they're freefloating which makes their shoulders collapsible like mice or rats.
This article is incorrect, they DO have collarbones.
Just the collarbones aren't hard connected to the sternum like ours are, they're freefloating which makes their shoulders collapsible like mice or rats.
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"Emails uncovered as part of lawsuits against the weedkiller’s manufacturer, Monsanto, have shown that the company’s scientists played a significant role in conceiving and writing the study." (gift article)
A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:18 PM
"Emails uncovered as part of lawsuits against the weedkiller’s manufacturer, Monsanto, have shown that the company’s scientists played a significant role in conceiving and writing the study." (gift article)
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I talk a lot about AI and "male loneliness" as a lack of distress tolerance for the messy business of dealing with other humans, but the rejection (most noticeable in MAGAts and anti-vaxxers, but spreading to, sigh, everything) of the *idea of expertise* is a symptom of the same problem. (thread)
I hate the whole "listen to every day Americans instead of educated elites" crap but at the same time I do think we sometimes fail to acknowledge that a lot of the academic elites are actually full of shit too. There are plenty of PhDs out there who believe false and damaging shit.
January 2, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I talk a lot about AI and "male loneliness" as a lack of distress tolerance for the messy business of dealing with other humans, but the rejection (most noticeable in MAGAts and anti-vaxxers, but spreading to, sigh, everything) of the *idea of expertise* is a symptom of the same problem. (thread)
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"At Close of Day" 1941 by Maxfield Parrish
Absolutely spellbinding, I had to share
Absolutely spellbinding, I had to share
November 23, 2024 at 9:28 PM
"At Close of Day" 1941 by Maxfield Parrish
Absolutely spellbinding, I had to share
Absolutely spellbinding, I had to share
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I choose to take this as a positive omen.
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
December 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I choose to take this as a positive omen.
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
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May 2026 surprise you in the kindest ways.
On we go, friends and kind strangers.
On we go, friends and kind strangers.
January 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
May 2026 surprise you in the kindest ways.
On we go, friends and kind strangers.
On we go, friends and kind strangers.
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I wish you all courage in the new year. Courage above all else. And revenge.
December 31, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I wish you all courage in the new year. Courage above all else. And revenge.
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If we could just take a fucking breath and admit "our kids are people, we don't get to decide who they are," and stop using "BUT THE CHILDREN" as a reason to attack trans people, and autistic people, and whoever else we've decided not to like, that would be cool.
December 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If we could just take a fucking breath and admit "our kids are people, we don't get to decide who they are," and stop using "BUT THE CHILDREN" as a reason to attack trans people, and autistic people, and whoever else we've decided not to like, that would be cool.
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Happy New Year, Bluesky!
January 1, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Happy New Year, Bluesky!
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For Americans, Dick Clark was the personification of all the preceding year’s misfortunes and sorrows.
Each year a Dick Clark was chosen to be feasted and feted for the final week of December, until being sealed inside a ball by temple attendants for the sacrifice on the night of the 31st.
Each year a Dick Clark was chosen to be feasted and feted for the final week of December, until being sealed inside a ball by temple attendants for the sacrifice on the night of the 31st.
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 AM
For Americans, Dick Clark was the personification of all the preceding year’s misfortunes and sorrows.
Each year a Dick Clark was chosen to be feasted and feted for the final week of December, until being sealed inside a ball by temple attendants for the sacrifice on the night of the 31st.
Each year a Dick Clark was chosen to be feasted and feted for the final week of December, until being sealed inside a ball by temple attendants for the sacrifice on the night of the 31st.
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Sam Spade, Nancy Drew, and Miss Marple are all hitting the public domain, and we need a high budget crossover event.
Welcome to the Public Domain, THE MALTESE FALCON (1930) 🦅💎
🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
🕵️ Sam Spade is on the Case of the Disappearing Copyright as The Maltese Falcon novel joins the public domain.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Sam Spade, Nancy Drew, and Miss Marple are all hitting the public domain, and we need a high budget crossover event.
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This price is A STEAL.
Hey all, I've spent the past few weeks working really hard on the kobold heart hoard project and it's available for pre-order now. It's 10 glass hearts, starting at $25.
nora.jewelry/products/kob...
Shares are appreciated.
nora.jewelry/products/kob...
Shares are appreciated.
December 31, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This price is A STEAL.
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1995, studying in Prague for a year. I went to Bucharest by myself, fully intending to shell out for a hotel since there wasn’t a lot of backpacker-level tourist infrastructure yet. Showed up to the hotel to check in & the desk clerk took one look at me and said “You can’t stay here.”
December 31, 2025 at 3:21 AM
1995, studying in Prague for a year. I went to Bucharest by myself, fully intending to shell out for a hotel since there wasn’t a lot of backpacker-level tourist infrastructure yet. Showed up to the hotel to check in & the desk clerk took one look at me and said “You can’t stay here.”
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We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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“the USPS must turn a profit” makes me want to set things on fire
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“the USPS must turn a profit” makes me want to set things on fire
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
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THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
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There's a repeated problem - that good news doesn't feel like news, because it's not a single moment of upheaval the same way all the bad news is.
Good things happen because people build them, step by step, until things are simply different than they were before.
Good things happen because people build them, step by step, until things are simply different than they were before.
meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
December 31, 2025 at 4:44 AM
There's a repeated problem - that good news doesn't feel like news, because it's not a single moment of upheaval the same way all the bad news is.
Good things happen because people build them, step by step, until things are simply different than they were before.
Good things happen because people build them, step by step, until things are simply different than they were before.
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Two Clark police officers caught using racial slurs can be fired, a judge has ruled, rejecting their claims that the investigation against them took so long they shouldn’t face discipline.
These N.J. cops were caught using racial slurs. A judge just ruled they can be fired.
The police officers were recorded using epithets that included the n-word. They've been collecting their salaries while suspended since 2020.
www.nj.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Two Clark police officers caught using racial slurs can be fired, a judge has ruled, rejecting their claims that the investigation against them took so long they shouldn’t face discipline.
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I have to admit, I also always had kinda the wrong idea about Norman Rockwell until I saw the piece "Murder in Mississippi" as a teen in art history class
December 30, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I have to admit, I also always had kinda the wrong idea about Norman Rockwell until I saw the piece "Murder in Mississippi" as a teen in art history class
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Bill Barr had the reporter who broke the Epstein story surveilled. Nothing to see here, folks.
December 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Bill Barr had the reporter who broke the Epstein story surveilled. Nothing to see here, folks.
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I wish the legacy media would talk about the fact that almost no one under 40 can buy a house, insurance premiums are set to skyrocket, and most Americans are living from paycheck to paycheck instead of *checks notes* the finer feelings of billionaires.
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I wish the legacy media would talk about the fact that almost no one under 40 can buy a house, insurance premiums are set to skyrocket, and most Americans are living from paycheck to paycheck instead of *checks notes* the finer feelings of billionaires.
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Sauron, you say?
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Sauron, you say?
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Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in North America: "Look, three pennies and a belt buckle! Best day on the beach ever!"
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
December 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in North America: "Look, three pennies and a belt buckle! Best day on the beach ever!"
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
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"Revenge Bedtime Procrastination" makes it sound so benign &, also, like a choice.
There's a likelihood I'll need to be up early-ish tomorrow, & I've been trying to make myself get up and go to bed for the last hour & a half.
And part of my brain, knowing that, says "Fuck That Weighted Obligation"
There's a likelihood I'll need to be up early-ish tomorrow, & I've been trying to make myself get up and go to bed for the last hour & a half.
And part of my brain, knowing that, says "Fuck That Weighted Obligation"
December 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"Revenge Bedtime Procrastination" makes it sound so benign &, also, like a choice.
There's a likelihood I'll need to be up early-ish tomorrow, & I've been trying to make myself get up and go to bed for the last hour & a half.
And part of my brain, knowing that, says "Fuck That Weighted Obligation"
There's a likelihood I'll need to be up early-ish tomorrow, & I've been trying to make myself get up and go to bed for the last hour & a half.
And part of my brain, knowing that, says "Fuck That Weighted Obligation"