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Abbasnail 🐌
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Biologist by day, artist also by day, asleep by night || she/her
here comes the snarmy (snail army)
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Abbasnail 🐌 @abbasnail.bsky.social · Jan 4
Howdy, I’m Abbasnail, and I like to make art! I work in a wide variety of subjects and styles, but I specialize in silly creatures, cozy paintings, and character design! Check out my online store, where you can commission me and look at my paintings available for sale!

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katharinehayhoe.com
Did you know that 2/3 of Americans are at least “somewhat worried” about global warming -- but 85% of Americans either underestimate how many others are worried, or don’t know enough to say?

This key misunderstanding tanks our sense of collective efficacy. How do we overcome it? Talk about it!
Most Americans underestimate how worried the American public is about global warming
mailchi.mp
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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catashtrophe.bsky.social
hey all, a small group in mn is asking for donations, i can personally vouch for them

givebutter.com/pk-aid-donate
PK Aid
Volunteer-led small mutual aid group providing groceries, necessities, and rent assistance to Title I public school children/families affected by ICE activity in Minneapolis.
givebutter.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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hotpaper.bsky.social
Man ponders if he is still a good person if helping others benefits him. The universe answers and tells him: 'Be kind, I don't care why'
January 26, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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lafumettista.bsky.social
ICE funding has passed the house, but it still has to go through the senate, now is your chance to call!

5calls.org makes it very easy to find the contact info for your reps, and provides scripts.

#abolishice #callyourreps #usapolitics #iceout #politicalart
January 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
abbasnail.bsky.social
Morning repost!
abbasnail.bsky.social Abbasnail 🐌 @abbasnail.bsky.social · 3d
Im opening up art commissions to encourage donations to organizations supporting immigrants in Minnesota being threatened by ICE! No pressure to donate; money is tight for a lot of us. Take care of yourself and those you can. Choosing love is one of the most potent acts of rebellion there is ♥️ (1/2)
Aid for Minnesota: $5 donated = 5 minute drawing. For every dollar you donate to either the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota OR the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund, I will draw almost* anything you want for that many minutes. Send me proof of your donation with the dollar amount visible and what you want me to draw. Safe for work drawing requests only, please! I reserve the right to refuse drawing requests I do not feel comfortable doing. You may reach out to me prior to donating if you have concerns. List of ways to contact me: Discord is abba_snail. Email is abbasnail.art@gmail.com. Bluesky is abbasnail.bsky.social. Instagram is abbasnails_art. There are screenshots of donations to both organizations to indicate what proof of donation looks like. There is a small doodle of my internet persona holding a hair dryer up to an ice cube and melting it. There are links to both organizations on the image. They are also linked in the next post.
January 25, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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lleyksie.bsky.social
let’s be primitive horses with mama
January 24, 2026 at 9:34 PM
abbasnail.bsky.social
Im opening up art commissions to encourage donations to organizations supporting immigrants in Minnesota being threatened by ICE! No pressure to donate; money is tight for a lot of us. Take care of yourself and those you can. Choosing love is one of the most potent acts of rebellion there is ♥️ (1/2)
Aid for Minnesota: $5 donated = 5 minute drawing. For every dollar you donate to either the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota OR the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund, I will draw almost* anything you want for that many minutes. Send me proof of your donation with the dollar amount visible and what you want me to draw. Safe for work drawing requests only, please! I reserve the right to refuse drawing requests I do not feel comfortable doing. You may reach out to me prior to donating if you have concerns. List of ways to contact me: Discord is abba_snail. Email is abbasnail.art@gmail.com. Bluesky is abbasnail.bsky.social. Instagram is abbasnails_art. There are screenshots of donations to both organizations to indicate what proof of donation looks like. There is a small doodle of my internet persona holding a hair dryer up to an ice cube and melting it. There are links to both organizations on the image. They are also linked in the next post.
January 25, 2026 at 3:52 AM
abbasnail.bsky.social
Just finished a new silk painting, I love this new technique! Already looking forward to making more pieces with it :)
A brightly colored silk painting. A cat in a sweater sits on a wall, their back to us. They are looking out over a landscape and a sky with alternating sunrise and night sky segments. Off to the side it says “good times come and go. But they do come.”
January 25, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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bensears.bsky.social
bensears.bsky.social Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · Jun 9
Summer 2025 edition
A black and white drawing of a sweating ICE agent, looking over his shoulders at a bunch of disembodied eyes watching him. The text reads WE CAN SEE YOU
January 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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zachweinersmith.bsky.social
Once again, immigration is not even a problem. Immigrants are not more criminal, they don't cost jobs, they don't harm the economy. There is no reason for any of this. It is hurting ourselves to hurt them.
January 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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vexnir.bsky.social
🪿🦆🪿🦆🪿

#art #sketchbook #gouache
Sketchbook spread with paintings and sketches of various ducks on the left page and a large painting of 3 geese in a grassy field with white flowers on the right page.
January 24, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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katharinehayhoe.com
I am a climate scientist and this is correct.

As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open.

Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 24, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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natetoper.bsky.social
I hear Goldcrests in the park fairly frequently, but hadn't been able to get a decent shot of one, until last weekend.

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay alternative theme of #birdinabush, any bird in a bush.

#Birds #Wildlife #Nature #BirdPhotography #UKBirds
The head of a Goldcrest peeking out of a tree or bush. Its beak is pointing down to the bottom right of the frame, and its gold streak is visible and vibrant.
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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mahoukarp.com
flying pikachu ⚡️🎈
#art #pokemon
illustration of pikachu with balloons tied to their waist making them float in the sky
January 23, 2026 at 5:12 AM
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bearysweet.bsky.social
Awww, I'm tearing up now..

🥹

Poor kitties 😿😸😻

#cats #onions #mealprep
January 24, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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canyoupetthedog.com
Here are 100 dogs you can pet in video games because I feel like it
January 23, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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falseknees.bsky.social
Finished is better than terrible #oldknees
A crow kicks a small ball of snow. They then start rolling it into a larger ball while saying "trust the process...". They kick more snow into a pile and stick a branch in repeating "trust the process" to itself. They place small stones. They say "Phew!" and stand back to look at its creation, which we see now is a mess of a project that looks somewhat like a melted bird. The final panel the crow says "haha it's terrible".
January 23, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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weirdmedieval.bsky.social
normal dog, switzerland, 15th century
a medieval painting of a scruffy white dog with a strangely human face
January 24, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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rosemarymosco.com
How to get into nature.
A four-panel comic titled "how to get into nature". In panel 1, a person kneels in the woods, looking down at a red-backed salamander, and the text says "notice a living thing." In panel 2, the text says "notice some other things that live near it," and there's a starflower, springtail, ant, little wood satyr butterfly, and salamander on the leaf litter. In panel 3, covered in creatures, plants, and a colorful starburst, the text says "Notice the connections between them, discover the wider ecosystem, learn about its histories, and find yourself following links from bedrock to stratosphere, between biotic and abiotic, at scales both microbial and massive, until you’re hopelessly overwhelmed by the wonder of it all." In panel 4, the text says "Fall into a daze and let moss engulf you." The person from the first panel is still kneeling in the woods, looking happy as moss slowly engulfs them, and they're saying "This is for the best."
January 20, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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nepeteaa.bsky.social
🎣💥
January 19, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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danielgray.com
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
abbasnail.bsky.social
don’t forget to tell the people you love how you feel about them ♥️♥️♥️
January 20, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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housegoblin.bsky.social
love your friends, let your friends love you
A little cat sits in the left corner of the screen with their face scrunched up. A jagged word bubble coming out of their mouth reads, “A SINGLE BODY ISN’T MEANT TO PROCESS SO MUCH MISERY AND FEAR”
January 19, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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k-hermit.com
A baby filefish was swimming along, chasing a seahorse!

Baby filefish usually hide among drifting seaweed, so it probably thought the seahorse was just a piece of seaweed 🌿,,

So cute 🫧✨
January 17, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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hannahlock.bsky.social
Ludicolo, Psyduck and friends :)))
January 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM