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Exploring marvels of #biodiversity and fascinating #culturalHeritage. Inspiring stories from the intersections of #science and #natureWriting, cultural knowledge and art https://naturematchcuts.net Find me on #Mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@NatureMC

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NatureMatchCuts Podcast @naturematchcuts.bsky.social · Apr 7

#Introduction #newhere

#NatureMatchCuts: #podcast and #community for #naturelovers. Reconnect with #nature, change perspectives with #NatureWriting, #art, #culturalHeritage and #science
Posts by Petra van Cronenburg, journalist and volunteer in a cultural heritage centre.
#biodiversity #ecology

Nature Match Cuts – The Podcast Reconnecting You With Nature – Petra van Cronenburg

NatureMatchCuts is exploring marvels of biodiversity and fascinating cultural heritage. Listen to inspiring stories from the intersections of science and nature writing, cultural knowledge and art! In...

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NatureMatchCuts Podcast @naturematchcuts.bsky.social · 6d

My #newsletter is out! You can ask people where you want, more and more feel overwhelmed: by world politics, eco grief, or the feeling of acceleration by social media. I searched for solutions. steady.page/en/naturemat...

#resist #activism #activists #empowerment #NatureMatchCuts #resisting

Resisting

You can ask people where you want, more and more feel overwhelmed: by world politics, eco grief, or the feeling of acceleration by social media. I searched for solutions…

steady.page

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 19h

My first pseudoscorpion observation was pure luck. Happen to see this wasp and took a shot. It was only later did I see what was hanging on the antenna.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]

A brown pseudoscopion hanging on to the antenna of a wasp. The wasp is yellow with black stripes and transparent wings.

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NatureMatchCuts Podcast @naturematchcuts.bsky.social · 18h

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JoyousJoyfulJoyness @joyousjoyness.com · 1d

My painting, "Capybara in Spring"! This is one of my series of four paintings celebrating the four seasons! I just love cherry blossoms 🌸

#art #spring #capybara #sciart #painting

Painting of a capybara resting in a pool of water with a colorful cherry blossom tree above it. The artist's signature and watermark @joyousjoyfuljoyness are at the bottom right.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 4d

Something lovely for the weekend!

Ancient Egyptian gold headband decorated with heads of gazelles and a stag between stars or flowers. Second Intermediate (Hyksos) period, Dynasty 15, c. 1648–1540 BC. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

#Archaeology

Met Museum photo of an Ancient Egyptian gold head ornament viewed from the front against a grey background. The headband is made of hammered sheet gold, the ends of which have been tapered to a narrower width and rolled to form loops. A string would have threaded through the loops to fasten the band around the head at the back. The front of the band is decorated with a central head of an antlered stag, identified as the Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica). The stag has two large antlers, large ears and a triangular-shaped head. It is flanked on either side by two gazelle heads. The gazelle heads have long ears and long curved horns which point outwards at the tip. Between the animal heads are four 8-pointed flowers or stars. Dimensions: height of central stag 8.9, length of headband 49.5 cm.

Dated to the Second Intermediate period (c. 1648-1540 BC) when northern Egypt was ruled by the Hyksos from the ancient Near East. Said to be part of a group of objects found in the Eastern Delta near Avaris, the Hyksos capital. The headband shows a mix of ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian artistic styles.

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Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 4d

This is not a leader in 2025, it's #ClimateCowardice. Shame on you @naheednenshi.bsky.social & @albertandp.ca

Yes of course Smith is worse but that's as low a bar as Trump

All I see is MORE SMOKE & BIGGER WILDFIRES. And a whole lot of cowardice.

#abpoli #yyc #yeg #ClimateChange

Apocalyptic wildfire scene out of Manitoba, headline reads "MORE PIPELINES = MORE THIS"

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JoyousJoyfulJoyness @joyousjoyness.com · 4d

My painting, "Capybaras and Northern Lights"! One of a huge series of paintings and drawings of relaxing capybaras. I became obsessed with them in January of 2024!

www.joyousjoyness.com/collections/...

#BlueSkyArtShow #relax #art #northernlights #capybara #sciart #painting

Painting of two capybaras sleeping in water at the bottom of the painting. Above them is the Northern Lights and it is reflected in the water. The artist's signature and watermark @joyousjoyfuljoyness are at the bottom.

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Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 4d

Something a bit delightful...

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Glen G @gleng.bsky.social · 4d

Morning #bird

A Great Horned Owl eyeing the photographer. Portal, Arizona.

#birdphotography #photography #birding #birds #wildlifephotography #botd

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NatureMatchCuts Podcast @naturematchcuts.bsky.social · 4d

Ich mag solche alten Bücher wegen der genauen Illustrationen und weil sie aufschlussreich sind für den Vergleich der Artenverluste.

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Blumen-Natur.de von Michael Richter @blumen-natur.de · 5d

Aus dem Jahr 1904 - Alpen-Flora für Touristen und Pflanzenfreunde

Das ist was für @gromesroland.bsky.social

Grünes Buchcover mit dem Titel 'Alpen-Flora für Touristen und Pflanzenfreunde' und einer runden Illustration von roten, weißen und blauen Alpenblumen.

Botanische Illustration mit vier verschiedenen Alpenanemonen in Weiß, Lila, Gelb und Rosa, jeweils mit grünen Blättern.

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NatureMatchCuts Podcast @naturematchcuts.bsky.social · 4d

Mit denen hätte ich auch gern Französisch gelernt! 😍

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Susanne Aust @susanne-aust.bsky.social · 4d

Französisch lernen mit dem #Austauschshrimp:

Geteilte Schokolade ist doppelte Freud.

Le chocolat partagé, c'est deux fois plus de joie.

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 6d

...& here's his GLAAD Accountability page: glaad.org/gap/jesse-si...
it's one thing to decide to platform him (which I think is a bad moderation decision). but it's downright cruel to troll a marginalized community that he's been relentlessly targeting for almost a decade when we voice our concerns!

Jesse Singal | GLAAD

—Wrote cover story for The Atlantic headlined “When Children Say They Are Trans: Hormones? Surgery? The choices are fraught—and there are no easy answers.” Singal raises questions in the article: “But...

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 6d

just learning now that "waffles" is about Jəsse Singəl, so I will re-up this piece that chronicles his long history of harassing primarily trans women (+ other trans ppl & allies) online... juliaserano.blogspot.com/2017/12/my-j...

screenshot from linked to article that reads (in part):
Jun 18, 2018 – Katherine Cross on Singal sending her an email “swearing a storm at me because I tweeted something he disliked that he felt was untrue.”
Jun 18, 2018 – Cat Fitzpatrick mentions Singal threatened to sue her for politely disagreeing with him.
Jan 15, 2019 – Singal levies legal threats against two writers who mention that they personally know trans women who’ve had bad interactions with him.
Jul 7, 2020 – the day the Harper’s Letter (which Singal was a signatory) was released, Singal instigated pile-ons of multiple people. I captured him initiating the pile-on of Jennifer Finney Boylan as it was occurring in this thread (both up & down from linked-to tweet). Emily VanDerWerff reacts to Singal’s pile-on of her here and, two days later, discusses the aftermath of that pile-on (which included “Death threats, rape threats, invitations to commit suicide, constant misgendering, etc”). Ari Drennen took screenshots of Singal targeting Aja Romano.
Because Singal’s attack on Emily VanDerWerff was premised on his false presumption that she was trying to get one of her employers fired (which she has denied), lots of other writers began coming forward with stories of Singal contacting their employers and editors because he disliked what they wrote. Here are some of those instances:
Jul 7, 2020 – Katelyn Burns on Singal “repeatedly emailing my employer until they fired me” is found here. A week later a co-worker corroborated that story.
Jul 7, 2020 – Noah Berlatsky shares: “also Jesse emailed me to demand I save DMs from Katelyn and others and investigate them for him, implying he would sue me otherwise.”
Jul 7, 2020 – Katerine Cross shares: “Back when I wrote for Feministing, he repeatedly badgered the editors trying to get a critical post that mentioned him briefly changed or taken down.”
Jul 9, 2020 – Harron Walker shares how Singal “emailed my editor many times after this was published seeking correction....o…

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NatureMatchCuts Podcast @naturematchcuts.bsky.social · 4d

It's easy to leave #Bluesky - people on #Mastodon will be glad to help you! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bgQ... and for all the nice nerdy details: fedi.tips Using the hashtag fedihelp on Mastodon can bring answers to newcomers' questions. Independent, decentralized, made by the people.

Mastodon in 180 Seconds 🐘

YouTube video by Smartyflix

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shreddtone.bsky.social @shreddtone.bsky.social · 6d

Been catching up with all the toxicity (or at least, part of it) that users here are talking about: techcrunch.com/2024/12/13/b...

Bluesky at a crossroads as users petition to ban Jesse Singal over anti-trans views, harassment | TechCrunch

Now with 25 million users, Bluesky is facing a test that will determine whether or not its platform will still be seen as a safe space and place of refuge

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Dylan/Dilly @snappy710.bsky.social · 5d

Psst... hey... [whispers] Use Mastodon, Hexbear, Matrix, Fedia and LemmyDotWorld. Seriously.

mastodon.social
hexbear.com
matrix.org
fedia.io
lemmy.world

Mastodon

The original server operated by the Mastodon gGmbH non-profit

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 5d

To brighten up a wet and rainy #FossilFriday, here's my take on the recently described drepanosaur Mirasaura grauvogeli. It's shown among the conifer Voltzia, a plant found in abundance in the same beds as Mirasaura. The pointed sail shape is based on fossil data...

#sciart #fossils #paleontology

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NatureMatchCuts Podcast @naturematchcuts.bsky.social · 6d

Resisting

You can ask people where you want, more and more feel overwhelmed: by world politics, eco grief, or the feeling of acceleration by social media. I searched for solutions…

steady.page

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 9d

I'm art. He's science. Together, @drskyskull.bsky.social and I are unstoppable!! 🧪🎨

The Science of Shimmer

Physics, Paint, and the Art of Craig Cahoon (with help from Dr. Greg Gbur)

open.substack.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8d

Trump and his minions are eyeing “wholesale destruction” of environmental science

And they may seek to use a government shutdown as the pretext.

www.motherjones.com

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Maxime Zucca @maximezucca.bsky.social · 9d

Jamais on aura vu autant de policiers mobilisés pour protéger un projet routier comme celui là ! Une politique de la terre brûlée, un acharnement hors norme : le préfet a fait tout détruire : arbres, friches, haies.. tout en évacuant violemment les personnes en hauteur.

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING: Israeli political leadership has ordered that the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels not be allowed to reach Gaza, according to Israeli reports.

Several boats and yachts decorated with Palestinian flags are docked together at sea, crowded with people on board. The image includes overlaid text that reads: “Israel threatens to redirect flotilla boats to Ashdod, sink some, and transfer activists to warship.”

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