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Wendy Wiens

@wendywiens.bsky.social

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Exec. Dir. with Province of BC. Social Worker. Defender of wildlife and wild places. Trail cams, dogs, science, coffee. Opinions my own. Ktunaxa and W̱SÁNEĆ territories.

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Wendy Wiens @wendywiens.bsky.social · Aug 19

“If that blue could stay for ever…; if this moment could stay for ever.”

~ Virginia Woolf, The Waves

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Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 12h

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 10h

#WorldOctopusDay 🐙:
2 amazing #octopus tsubas (sword guards) @ the Met - which is your favorite?
#CephalopodAwarenessDays
1-2 tsuba w/ octopus design, Japan, late 18th c. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
3-4 tsuba w/ octopus design, Japan, c. 1615–1868 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#JapaneseArt

tsuba (sword guard) with octopus design, Japan, late 18th century, iron and copper, obverse

tsuba (sword guard) with octopus design, Japan, late 18th century, iron and copper, reverse

tsuba (sword guard) with octopus design, Japan, c. 1615–1868, copper alloy (sentoku), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, and gold, obverse

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S. @sherrliloquy.bsky.social · 12h

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 1d

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

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Armand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · 23h

Another image from this summer Greenland adventures, this time during a moody day with a bit of fog, and the signature red sails.

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Wendy Wiens @wendywiens.bsky.social · 21h

Thanks Joanie 🐦‍⬛

Wendy Wiens @wendywiens.bsky.social · 21h

“Any time we do the work of love, we end the work of domination.”

~ bell hooks

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 1d

“They’d never know that I was dreaming of becoming a professional ballet dancer. No one would think, Some day she’s going to make it into New York City Ballet,” says Ash.

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Why Aesha Ash is Wandering Around Inner City Rochester in a Tutu

Growing up in inner city Rochester, NY, Aesha Ash was just one of the neighborhood kids. She'd imagine people driving by, judging her by her black skin.

dancemagazine.com

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@bcferrys @bcferrys.bsky.social · 1d

This year’s @BCFerrys Hallowe’en costume!

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 2d

Jeremy Miranda (American, b.1980)
"A Morning in July," 2025
Acrylic on board
12 x 13 in
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

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Dee Lilley @deelilley.bsky.social · 1d

Sunrise in Åsgårdstrand, Edvard Munch 1893

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Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 1d

Learn how ONC is playing a key role in managing and processing the oceanographic data from the Canadian Antarctic Research Expedition, soon to be available on our open access, data management portal Oceans 3.0 🧊 bit.ly/4h1bfEC

🧪 🌊 #KnowTheOcean #CDNsci #SciComm #DataScience #BigData

UVic-led Ocean Networks Canada shares data from first all-Canadian Antarctic expedition

Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is making research data from the first all-Canadian-led scientific expedition to the Antarctic publicly available.

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Wendy Wiens @wendywiens.bsky.social · 1d

Ppl worth talking about 👍

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Tamsin Abbott @tamsintheshed.bsky.social · 1d

Harvest moon. Painted, engraved stained glass.

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Mark Scheflen @markscheflen.bsky.social · 1d

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Birds are behaving strangely — and it could have dire implications for humanity, scientist warns

Is it the sign of the a-flock-alypse?

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Wendy Wiens @wendywiens.bsky.social · 1d

“Somewhere between the gas giants and the gravel roads, between the vast and the very small, Kenton Dyck has found his calling: not in welding, not in online fame, but in that quiet, shared moment of wonder — the simple joy of looking up.”

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The man who brings the universe to rural Manitoba

Welder-turned-astronomer Kenton Dyck brings the stars to rural Manitoba, turning stargazing into a shared sense of wonder — and purpose. Read more.

winnipegsun.com

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Wendy Wiens @wendywiens.bsky.social · 1d

“We have to consciously study
how to be tender with each other
until it becomes a habit.”

~ Audre Lorde

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

'Moonlight Murmuration' by artist Kerrie Ann Gardner, painting on stone #WomensArt #FullMoon #October

Oval shaped stone with a painting of a landscape with a lake and a hill over which many birds fly under a full moon

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 2d

Quint Buchholz (German Artist, born 1957) "Room by the Sea III)", 2018.
Acrylic on Cardboard, 140 × 100 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 2d

Fall Asters
Molly Lamb Bobak
n.d.

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Pamela Banting, PhD 🇨🇦 @pamelabanting.bsky.social · 3d

This is an amazing thing. Follow a #river, your natal stream.

Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 3d

Cool #educational #tool (free):

"Drop a raindrop anywhere in the world and follow its path to the ocean."
river-runner-global.samlearner.com

River Runner Global

Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the world

river-runner-global.samlearner.com

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 3d

🖼️ Naomi Carnock

This is an illustration of two badgers in a nocturnal woodland setting. A large badger is prominently featured in the foreground, looking to the side. A smaller badger is visible in the background, partially obscured by a tree.
The ground is covered with detailed foliage, including holly leaves and red berries, along with a variety of mushrooms and fungi. The background shows a dense, stylized forest of bare trees and a crescent moon in the dark sky.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

'Protected' by Yorkshire born printmaker Hester Cox.
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Print in orange and brown hurs featuring a curked up fox looking out towards the viewed while lying among autumn leaves

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the artist formerly known as 'that guy' @oh-that-guy.bsky.social · 3d

Yo-Yo Ma - Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Prélude
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Yo-Yo Ma - Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Prélude (Official Video)

YouTube video by YoYoMaVEVO

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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 3d

I went #Chough hunting with a new friend, to the Deer Park, on the #Pembrokeshire coastal path today. We got lucky with many sightings of my all time favourite bird. So here’s a #painting of mine to mark the occasion. What a fantastic day!!!

Two Chough perched on lichen covered rocks on the coastal path

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Wendy Wiens @wendywiens.bsky.social · 3d

Needed this, ty 🌊

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