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Sandy B.
@nestquester.bsky.social
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Bird friend, smitten w/cetacea•seabirds•coastlines•canines•collective nouns•co.kerry•poetry•
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iseefacesinthings.bsky.social
It might bite... 👹🍄

#Pareidolia #Pareidolie #Iseefaces #FacesInThings #FacesInPlaces #Grisette #Mushroom
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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shakespeare.lol
A good riddance.
January 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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uncleduke1969.bsky.social
that’s one long mermaid
Shot of the ocean it’s a head and shoulders above the water in the foreground and the fin of a diving whale in the distance.
December 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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shakespeare.lol
[Clock strikes.]
January 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Suffragette Christmas card from the Women's Social and Political Union, 1909. UK.#Womensart
Illustration of a standing white girl with a drum surrounded by a border of Holly and with musical notes underneath
December 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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moiradonegan.bsky.social
James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.
JAMES MERRILL CHRISTMAS TREE From loes torn hamin Had been fed, looked after, kept still, Meant, I knew— of course I knew - That it would be only a matter of weeks, That there was nothing more to do. Warmly they took me in, made much of me, The point from the start was to keep my spirits up. I could assent to that. For honestly, It did help to be wound in jewels, to send Their colors flashing forth from vents in the deep Fragrant sables that cloaked me head to foot. Over me then they wove a spell of shining — Purple and silver chains, eavesdripping tinsel, Amulets, milagros: software of silver, A heart, a little girl, a Model T Two staring eyes. Then angels, trumpets, BUD and BEA (The children's names) in clownlike capitals, Somewhere a music box whose tiny song Played and replayed I ended before long By loving. And in shadow behind me, a primitive IV To keep the show going. Yes, yes, what lay ahead Was clear: the stripping, the cold street, my chemicals Plowed back into the Earth for lives to come — No doubt a blessing, a harvest, but one that doesn't bear, Now or ever, dwelling upon. To have grown so thin. Needles and bone. The little boy's hands meeting About my spine. The mother's voice: Holding up wonderfully! No dread. No bitterness. The end beginning. Today's Dusk room aglow For the last time With candlelight. Faces love-lit, Gifts underfoot. Still to be so poised, so Receptive. Still to recall, to praise.
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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weatherwest.bsky.social
Recorded live and now available at the link below. #CAwx
weatherwest.bsky.social Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 13d
At 1pm PT today, I'll offer a brief (30 min) pop-up live update regarding the pair of very strong/high-impact storms which will bring major flash flood risk to SoCal/LA area tomorrow, plus the possibility of severe thunderstorms nearly statewide. #CAwx
Quick update: Major storms to bring major SoCal flood risk and strong to severe thunderstorms - YouTube
The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme #weather and ...
youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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watgrad.bsky.social
Chickadee
#52frames_filltheframe
#52frames
#birds
#photography
December 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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andycraig.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
The revival of the Klamath River & its watershed over the past 14 months—after the completion of the biggest dam-removal project in US history—is one the most hopeful stories I know in our hope-stripped age.
Magnificent @bengoldfarb.bsky.social essay on it here.
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-rive...
A River Reborn – Ben Goldfarb
Journalist Ben Goldfarb and photographer Kiliii Yüyan trace the monumental effort to restitch relationships between land, salmon, and humans on the Klamath River, after four of its most obstructive da...
emergencemagazine.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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weatherwest.bsky.social
It appears that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, within the past week, scrubbed a large amount of climate change content from its official website, as well as *removed human-caused warming* from the discussion on its "causes of climate change" page.
Snapshot of US EPA's "causes of climate change" webpage as of 12/8/2025. Human causes are no longer mentioned anywhere on the page.
December 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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glendunlap.bsky.social
Snapped this one of the Gaviota Coast tonight at #sunset. #Photography
Light fog covers the foothills where they meet the Pacific Ocean
December 7, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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helenczerski.bsky.social
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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paulsgundlach.bsky.social
For the ultimate in end-of-week Zen, here is a video of the firefly display tonight at the massive multi-acre Gardens Aglow holiday lights exhibit on Cape Cod. Tap and turn horizontal for full-size. I hope you have had a great day!
December 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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ronmac11.bsky.social
Pink-footed shearwater, California.
#SuperSeabirdSunday
Seabird flying low over the ocean.
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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calacademy.bsky.social
It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍
Claude, an American alligator with albinism, lounging on his favorite heated rock.
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social
Record-breaking 75-year-old mother #bird prepares to nest.
Wisdom has been laying #eggs since the Eisenhower Administration. #Albatross #WorldsOldestBreedingBird #Bird

Link for more info, #photos & video: www.popsci.com/environment/...
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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nebullama.bsky.social
Wanna avoid responsibilities while appearing responsible?

Wanna escape your mess of a life while looking like you have it all together?

Wanna stave off people without coming across as rude?

Try reading a book in public! 📖

#WritingCommunity #BookSky
December 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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batskullberserker.bsky.social
A beautiful view in the valley
…Can you spot the gray wolf!
#Yellowstone #Wolves
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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geotripper.bsky.social
From our travels in Redwood Country: A gathering of elk in Orick, or waiting to audition for the role of Santa's reindeer.
A gathering of elk on a city street
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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janephuong.bsky.social
A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Researcher cries after finding rare flower in Indonesia
A team of researchers describe the "magical" experience of finding a rare species of flower in bloom deep in the Sumatran rainforest after a 23-hour trek.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
nestquester.bsky.social
Incredible✨
yuroktribe.bsky.social Yurok Tribe @yuroktribe.bsky.social · Nov 24
Yurok Fisheries Department Director Barry McCovey talks about the Klamath River’s amazing progress 1 year after the world’s largest dam removal project. This fall, for the first time more than a century, chinook salmon made it to all the major tributaries that were previously blocked
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
nestquester.bsky.social
What a loss. This gorgeous painting belongs in a museum. Not hidden in some billionaire’s bunker.
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · Nov 19
Gustav Klimt portrait sells for $236.4m, making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction
Gustav Klimt portrait sells for $236.4m, making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction
Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, which was looted by the Nazis and nearly destroyed in a fire during the second world war, sells at Sotheby’s auction A painting by Gustav Klimt has sold for a record-breaking $236.4m (£179.7m, A$364m) with fees, making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction and the most expensive work of modern art sold at auction. The six-foot-tall painting, titled Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, was painted by the Austrian painter between 1914 and 1916 and shows Lederer, a young heiress and daughter of Klimt’s patrons, draped in a Chinese robe. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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kelper60.bsky.social
Black-browed Albatross #FalklandIslands
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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bar44.bsky.social
Another beautiful leaf at the tail end of a beautiful Fall in Portland, Oregon - everyone’s favorite he’ll hole. #Photography #Flora #WashingtonPark #Portland 📷🐸💕
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 AM