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wcs.org
‼️ Historic and sweeping trade protections have been adopted at #CITESCOP20 for sharks and rays.

It's the most comprehensive advance in global shark conservation in CITES history. It belongs to the Parties who championed these protections, says @lukedavid301.bsky.social.

Read more: bit.ly/486puVJ
WCS Celebrates Historic and Sweeping Trade Protections for Sharks and Rays Adopted at CITES CoP20
Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Nov. 28, 2025 – The following statement was issued today from CITES CoP20, celebrating the adoption of sweeping and historic adoption of new international trade protections for ...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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bourgwick.bsky.social
now it all started 60 thanksgivings ago, it was 60 years ago on thanksgiving...
Youths Ordered To Clean Up Rubbish Mess LEE - Because they couldn't find a dump open in Great Bar- rington, two youths threw a load of refuse down a Stockbridge hillside on Thanksgiving Day, Saturday, Richard J. Robbins, ic 19, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Arlo Guthrie, 18, of Howard Beach, N.Y., each paid a fine of gi $25 in Lee District Court after pleading guilty of illegally dis- posing of rubbish. Special Jus- Ri tice James E. Hannon ordered the youths to remove all the rubbish. They did SO Saturday afternoon, following a heavy rain. Police Chief William J. Oban- hein of Stockbridge said later the youths found dragging the junk up the hillside much har- der than throwing it down. He said he hoped their case would be an example to others who are careless about disposal of rubbish. The junk included a divan, plus nearly enough bottles,. gar- bage, papers and boxes to fill their Volkswagen bus. "The stuff would take up at least half of a goodsized pickup truck," Chief Obanhein said. The rubbish was thrown into the Nelson Foote Sr. property on Prospect Street, a residential section of Stockbridge consisting largely of estates on the hill across from Indian Hilil School. Chief Obanhein told the court he spent *a very disagreeable two hours" looking through the rubbish before finding a clue to who had thrown it there. He fi- nally found a scrap of paper bearing the name of a Great Barrington man, Subsequent in- vestigation indicated Robbins and Guthrie had been visiting the Great Barrington man and had agreed to cart away the rubbish for him. They told the court that, when they found the Barrington dump closed. they drove around and then disposed of the junk by tossing it over the Stockbridge hillside,
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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hardlikearmour.bsky.social
Baby turkeys in a plum tree. Photo from the summer. Owyhee River dam area, OR, USA. #birds 🪶
Brown baby bird with black flecks on its feathers, sitting in a yellow plum tree.
November 20, 2024 at 4:22 AM
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justkeepskeeting.pro
this is mesmerizing
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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edge-nature.bsky.social
RIGHT NOW Kilauea is at it again! Stunningly beautiful! Click through the YouTube www.youtube.com/live/6IaMqot...
🔴 Live Now: 24/7 Kilauea Volcano Livestream in Hawaii (Cam B)
YouTube video by afarTV
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November 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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pkashwan.bsky.social
"The Trump EPA approved the highly persistent pesticide isocycloseram, a “forever chemical,” for golf courses, lawns & food crops such as oranges, tomatoes, almonds, peas, & oats. The administration plans to approve 3 more PFAS pesticides in the coming year." biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Trump EPA Approves Its Second ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide in Two Weeks
The Environmental Protection Agency today approved the highly persistent pesticide isocycloseram for golf courses, lawns and food crops such as oranges, tomatoes, almonds, peas, and oats. The pesticid...
biologicaldiversity.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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artistschiele.bsky.social
Woodland Prayer, 1915
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25771
"Woodland Prayer" by Egon Schiele captures a haunting yet intricate tapestry of trees integrated with symbolic images, reflecting his distinctive exploration of form and emotion. This artwork exemplifies Schiele's ability to infuse natural landscapes with spiritual and surreal elements, characteristic of his expressionistic style.
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
Finally!

My neighborhood Ocelot is a sneaky one and I haven't been able to get a photo of it until tonight. At @casabentbill.bsky.social

#cats #ocelot #nature #costarica
Spotted wild cat standing alert in dense green undergrowth at night, lit by a camera flash.
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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joanmiro.bsky.social
Dog Barking-at the Moon https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/dog-barking-at-the-moon
Dog Barking-at the Moon
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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banditelli.org
I know some of you are fans of pelicans spashing in the water in 5 minutes before Sunset and the water giving off an orange hue. May I present to you: a humpback whale surfacing 5 minutes before sunset 😇
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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wendyo.bsky.social
The Sculpture House (1962) by Jacques Couëlle
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A fresco titled “Le Route de la Castellaras” in the livingroom
November 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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joanmiro.bsky.social
Woman Encircled by the Flight of a Bird https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/woman-encircled-by-the-flight-of-a-bird
Woman Encircled by the Flight of a Bird
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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earthjustice.org
❌ No automatic protections for newly listed animal and plant species.
❌ Narrower “critical habitat” definition, ignoring historic areas vital for recovery.
❌ Easier approval for agencies to fast-track harmful projects like logging or drilling.
❌ Allowing economic interests to outweigh science.
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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jwhite30.bsky.social
One thing that's been heavily proven to me is Bluesky is not all politics. The music, record, cd, movie, books, horror and lots more scenes are heavily alive and well here with almost zero negativity. Better engagement here than Facebook has been in years.
November 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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camelliakyoto.bsky.social
🦕🦖GINKGO🌿🍂

“The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed.
After the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the ginkgo was the first tree that came up. It’s amazing.”

-Nakanishi Kōji (中西香爾 1925-2019).
#ginkgo #イチョウ #銀杏
Nao-san admires the great ginkgo at Nishi Hongan-ji. Ginkgo fruit (when fallen and squashed they can cause quite the stink!). Ginkgo slowly shedding their leaves. Sunlight illuminates the golden leaves of a great ginkgo tree.
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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robxlii.bsky.social
When there is nothing left, there will still be songs like this. Thank god for that, and thank god for Jerry Jeff Walker and Todd Snider. youtu.be/5QdWpab_kFg?...
Todd Snider w/ Jerry Jeff Walker, Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires - "Mr. Bojangles"
YouTube video by schoenular
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November 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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ca1v1n.bsky.social
Punk Song-A-Day #270: Todd Snider - Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Male. R.I.P. Todd. What a tragedy. youtu.be/F5hlil50vi4?... #punk
Todd Snider - Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Male
YouTube video by Farm Aid
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November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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dannyboywesthawk.bsky.social
I am very excited about getting my first footage of a cougar. This is a rare sight in Manitoba.
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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gr8flbluejay.bsky.social
Ohara Koson, Japanese (1877-1945), Ring Sparrows at Wisteria, c. 1939s, woodblock print, vertical dai oban, 44.3 x 28.6 cm
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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carlzimmer.com
An engineer wanted to make a quiet high-speed train. “The question then occurred to me — is there some living thing that manages sudden changes in air resistance as a part of daily life?” The answer: the kingfisher. See my story today for more tales of bioinspiration. Gift link: nyti.ms/4otNQyl
An illustration comparing a kingfisher beak to a high-speed train
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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gboldini.bsky.social
Scena Galante https://www.wikiart.org/en/giovanni-boldini/scena-galante-1920
Scena Galante
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
Night Sky 16
Gathie Falk
1979
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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retrogirlmn.bsky.social
I found these milkweed pods while I was moving around the twin maples to see them from all sides.
This is a pair of milkweed pods that have opened up. Background has green leaves and brown stems. October 23, 2025
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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justinhendrix.bsky.social
Incredible- Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day."
jeffhorwitz.bsky.social Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · 25d
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.

That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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elfzie.bsky.social
Corporations want to remove protections for old-growth forests, some of the world's tallest and largest, perfectly healthy old trees, for profit.

Contact your representatives: geni.us/2AVAD

Northwest Forest Plan Amendment: geni.us/MOrda

Executive order to log National Forests: geni.us/TxWFz
USFS restarts effort to change Pacific Northwest forest policy
The Northwest Forest Plan has long protected vulnerable species like spotted owls in federal forests along the West Coast.
missoulacurrent.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM