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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 2d

It's super gratifying seeing something in solid form after creating it digitally, for free, out of love. Thanks to the reader who felt these words and pictures in her own heart, and ordered two large custom prints.

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 2d

Holy wow, y'all! I just finished and installed my very first mural! You can find these mountain bluebirds, against a backdrop of the Okanogan Highlands, on the main drag in Tonasket, WA, on the side of the Ziply fiber building!

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 2d

For more on the Okanogan Highlands Alliance's community art project, visit okanoganhighlands.org/education/co...

Community Art Project » OHA | Okanogan Highlands Alliance

OHA’s Tonasket Community Art Project Bringing nature-inspired community art to Tonasket has become an utterly delightful and rewarding way to build connections between people and between people and na...

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 2d

Holy wow, y'all! I just finished and installed my very first mural! You can find these mountain bluebirds, against a backdrop of the Okanogan Highlands, on the main drag in Tonasket, WA, on the side of the Ziply fiber building!

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 2d

It's super gratifying seeing something in solid form after creating it digitally, for free, out of love. Thanks to the reader who felt these words and pictures in her own heart, and ordered two large custom prints.

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 14d

I drew a poem about this summer, living in between worlds with my dearest bud www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/09/24/t...

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Ann Finkbeiner @annfinkbeiner.bsky.social · 14d

Be careful reading this. It's a hard thing and she gets it exactly exactly right.

Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 14d

I drew a poem about this summer, living in between worlds with my dearest bud www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/09/24/t...

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 14d

I drew a poem about this summer, living in between worlds with my dearest bud www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/09/24/t...

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 22d

A hard time for all nonprofits: northern.org/featured/a-m...

A message from our Board of Directors: a time of change and reflection - Northern Alaska Environmental Center

As of September 15, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., the Northern Alaska Environmental Center has placed all programs on pause. This difficult step comes in response to serious financial strain. With limited funds...

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · Aug 26

thanks so much for sharing. it looks beautiful!!

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Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · Aug 24

Excited to finally finally have two works by @sarahmgilman.bsky.social framed and up on my wall! I saw them in @highcountrynews.org, where they accompanied a piece Sarah wrote called Pioneer of Ruin back in 2018. Here is "Eileen in the Desert."

Framed painting on a wall. Wall is peach colored. Frame is beige. Painting has white matting. Painting is a watercolor of a person standing pointing their hat at a collection of rusted and dilapidated buildings and vehicles in the desert, with a deep blue sky above.

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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · Aug 11

Baris Saydag: "Even active servers rarely exceed 50% utilization, meaning the majority of our existing compute infrastructure is essentially burning energy while doing nothing productive."

Opinion: Data centers are eating the economy — and we’re not even using them

Baris Saydag: "Even active servers rarely exceed 50% utilization, meaning the majority of our existing compute infrastructure is essentially burning energy while doing nothing productive."

www.sltrib.com

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · Aug 4

Please tell me that Rebecca Boyle has written/is writing a smart take on this @rboyle31.bsky.social

Politico @politico.com · Aug 4

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.

Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon

This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.

www.politico.com

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · Jul 23

Hey all! I know most of us hustle to make freelance life work. My @theopennotebook.bsky.social mentee Skyler is hoping to write something of a guide to diversifying your skillset and portfolio for sustainability and joy. Reach out to her if you feel you have insights to share!

Skyler Ware @skylerdware.bsky.social · Jul 22

Freelance science writers: Does your work include a mix of journalism and non-reporting projects? E.g. editing, photography, translating, institutional comms, grant writing, teaching, etc.? If so, I'd like to speak with you for a story at The Open Notebook! DMs open/skylerdware[at]gmail.com

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Ann Finkbeiner @annfinkbeiner.bsky.social · Jul 18

Honestly, wouldn't you like to be that little dog in Sarah's backpack? He looks so alert, so comfy, so loved.

Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · Jul 17

Old dogs are so special. Me, on my dear and ancient friend Taiga, for The Last Word on Nothing www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/07/16/o...

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · Jul 18

lookit that FACE 💛

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · Jul 17

Old dogs are so special. Me, on my dear and ancient friend Taiga, for The Last Word on Nothing www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/07/16/o...

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · Jul 17

Old dogs are so special. Me, on my dear and ancient friend Taiga, for The Last Word on Nothing www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/07/16/o...

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Laura Poppick @laurapoppick.bsky.social · Jul 15

STRATA is officially out in the world today!

Very grateful to @wwnorton.com for publishing this book, and to @sarahmgilman.bsky.social for gracing the pages with her beautiful illustrations.

So looking forward to sharing this with readers! Find upcoming events here:

laurapoppick.com

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Julia Rosen @1juliarosen.bsky.social · Jul 16

Beyond excited for this book to be in the world! Congrats, @laurapoppick.bsky.social!! Get your copy here: wwnorton.com/books/strata And order prints of the stunning art by @sarahmgilman.bsky.social at www.etsy.com/shop/HiddenD...

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · Jul 16

Buy Laura's book! I feel privileged to have art alongside her gorgeous prose. Also, that cover! Amazing work, whoever designed it (and listened to Laura's excellent insights and taste regarding the arresting beauty of vintage geologic diagrams.)

Laura Poppick @laurapoppick.bsky.social · Jul 15

STRATA is officially out in the world today!

Very grateful to @wwnorton.com for publishing this book, and to @sarahmgilman.bsky.social for gracing the pages with her beautiful illustrations.

So looking forward to sharing this with readers! Find upcoming events here:

laurapoppick.com

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · Jul 16

"This is an extraordinary imposition of federal power over states’ election processes that, if it is accepted by the states in this context, will be absolutely used by Democrats in another context." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

DOJ hits states with broad requests for voter rolls, election data

Election clerks in both parties, who have been subject to harassment and lawsuits over Trump’s 2020 false election claims, worry about efforts to examine their voting machines.

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Laura Poppick @laurapoppick.bsky.social · Jul 10

I was lucky enough to work w/ the ridiculously talented @sarahmgilman.bsky.social on illustrations for STRATA. They are available on Etsy, along with many other gems! Check them out:

www.etsy.com/shop/HiddenD...

And preorder STRATA to see these beauties on the page:

bookshop.org/p/books/stra...

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bioGraphic @biographic.bsky.social · Jul 9

For centuries, North American settlers have killed double-crested cormorants, sometimes to protect trees and fish and sometimes for no reason at all.

Managers at the continent's largest and most urban breeding colony, however, have taken a different approach. 🦉🌊🐦

A Wild Home on the Bones of the City

North America’s largest and most urban double-crested cormorant colony shows how people can share space with an unfairly reviled species.

www.biographic.com

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Carlyn Zwarenstein @carlynzwaren.bsky.social · Jul 9

I love cormorants--such wonderfully prehistoric-looking creatures--and I loved this @sarahmgilman.bsky.social story about ours here in Toronto.

Jude Isabella @judeisabella.bsky.social · Jul 8

How to make peace with with cormorants nesting in a Toronto park—adapt! Stellar feature by @sarahmgilman.bsky.social, edited by the talented @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social, with fantastic images by Patricia Homonylo, in @biographic.bsky.social. Well done, Team! www.biographic.com/a-wild-home-...

A Wild Home on the Bones of the City

North America’s largest and most urban double-crested cormorant colony shows how people can share space with an unfairly reviled species.

www.biographic.com

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