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Crystal Abel 🏳️‍🌈 ally 🗽
@finamoon.bsky.social
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I ❤️ gardening, farming, homesteading, permaculture, foraging, birding, whale watching, hiking, photography, cosplay, fiber art, art, violin, & reading. Master Gardener, Herbalist, blogger, foodie, traveler. Studies ⬆️ & cetology, botany, entomology, etc. 🖖🏼
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bostonreview.bsky.social
“We as a nation still fail to reckon with King’s wisdom: that only ‘social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention. There is no other answer. Constructive social change will bring certain tranquility; evasions will merely encourage turmoil.’” @elizabethkai.bsky.social
On Violence and Nonviolence
Violence and nonviolent protests were entwined forces.
www.bostonreview.net
January 19, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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firstamart.bsky.social
Anthony "Tony" Gauthier (Menominee/Ho-Chunk, 1942–2020), "Bicentennial Painting," 1976, featuring portraits of Nez Perce Chief Joseph and Martin Luther King Jr.

#MartinLutherKingJrDay #MLKDay2026 #MLKDay #IndigenousArt #NativeSky
January 19, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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berondam.bsky.social
In @peoplemag.bsky.social today... When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy the book out tomorrow
people.com/beronda-mont...

@macmillanpubusa.bsky.social
@henryholtbooks.bsky.social
Trees Connect Us with Our Ancestors. 'When Trees Testify' Explores the Powerful Link (Exclusive)
"We don’t have to just live with the memories of our ancestors," writes author Beronda L. Montgomery in an exclusive essay for PEOPLE in advance of her new book 'When Trees Testify,' out Jan. 20. "We ...
people.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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kamalaharris.com
In his time and in ours, others seek to make us afraid, divided, and silent. We will not give them that satisfaction. As we honor Dr. King today, we continue the fight with determination, resilience, and joy.
January 19, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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kamalaharris.com
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. loved America. He loved our country so much that he dedicated his life — and in the end, his life was taken — in a fight for our nation's highest ideal: Freedom.
January 19, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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lynnetteshelley.bsky.social
First artwork of 2026. Happy New Year!
Red Fox, Dreaming
by Lynnette Shelley
Ink and acrylic on wood panel
24 x 18 inches
INFO: www.lynnetteshelley.com/red-fox-drea...

#lynnetteshelley #art #artist #fineart #traditionalart #fox #crow #birds #animalart #insects #bsnm #sciart
January 1, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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greenwitchtea.bsky.social
Drink your tea, breathe, replensih . . . 🍵🌿

#greenwitchtea #greenwitch #tea #organictea #herbs #health #peace
December 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
finamoon.bsky.social
My kind of shop. Happy New Year and National Hot Tea Month! 🫖🍵🎉
maxinevee.bsky.social Maxine Vee @maxinevee.bsky.social · 22d
Tea and Books 🫖📚 #art
A digital illustration of a warm wintery scene. A woman in a 1920s inspired coat stands in front of a cafe/bookstore with her corgi wearing a knitted sweater. There’s a lamp post with a sign written “tea and books.” There are twinkling lights everywhere
January 2, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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subrosamagick.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
UK based stained glass artist Harriet Love #Womensart.
Six arch shaped stained glass artworks, each featuring a different image of a bird, plant or animal in individual colours
December 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Painter Emma Haworth's painting depicting a day in winter #WomensArt
Painting in three vertical images depicting morning, noon and night in a snowy tree filled park
December 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'Winter Embroidery' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #WomensArt
Textile artwork featuring a wintery blue icy rural landscape of hills and trees under a swirling sky
December 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
#HAPPYNEWYEAR 2026

wherever you are!!! ❤️
a black and white photo of a woman dancing in a room .
Alt: A black and white gif of a white woman in a glowing dress dancing energetically in a room
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'Love Foxes' by Jackie Morris, artist, author and illustrator who lives and works in a small cottage by the sea in Wales #WomensArt
Painting of two sitting foxes with noses touching tails crossed, their bodies twisted forming the shape of a heart in the gap between them, against a gold background
January 1, 2026 at 6:06 AM
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subrosamagick.bsky.social
Visit my #Etsyshop
Psychic Readings, Books, Vintage & more!
subrosamagick.etsy.com
#wicca #witchcraft #witchesofbluesky #magick #Occult #witchlifestyle #witches #seasonofthewitch #witchythings #Pagan #BlessedBe #NewYear
January 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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greenwitchtea.bsky.social
May your tea be extra magickal today 🍵

#greenwitchtea #greenwitch #tea #organictea #herbs #health
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
“Find a hedgerow on a bank and examine just one yard of it. Then make a list of all the different plants you can find in that yard. You will be astonished at the variety” (1965)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
Writer: Richard Bowood
Close-up of a hedgerow as an identification guide, labelling some of the most common species such as primrose and white nettle
March 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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oregonian.com
Their comes weeks after a young entangled humpback whale was found stranded near Yachats.
Conservation groups urge Oregon to reduce whale deaths from crab fishing gear
Their comes weeks after a young entangled humpback whale was found stranded near Yachats.
www.oregonlive.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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elakhaalliance.bsky.social
✨ This season, we’re grateful for everyone who supports sea otter restoration in Oregon. Your dedication helps protect kelp forests, uplift coastal communities, and restore an essential species to its rightful home.

Happy holidays from the Elakha Alliance!
December 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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lxskllr.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy
#allstartrek #patrickstewart #christmas #achristmascarol #charlesdickens

Just reminder, Jean Luc Picard does A Christmas Carol here...

https://archive.org/details/patrick-stewart-performs-a-christmas-carol
Patrick Stewart Performs A Christmas Carol : Patrick Stewart - A Christmas Carol : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Patrick Stewart - A Christmas Carol
archive.org
December 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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rafelangston.com
🖖 If your holiday traditions don’t include rewatching this video, you’re doing it wrong.
🏷️ #Christmas #Holidays #MakeItSo #StarTrek #TNG
Captain Picard sings "Make it So" (Let it Snow)
YouTube video by Mike Millington
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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craftyintentions.bsky.social
Set 4, Wearable Antlers! ❄️✨
Wearable antlers, but make it cozy, whimsical, and a little woodland magical!

Grab the pattern here:
🌐 : shop.craftyintentions.com/b/jsgHL
🛍️ : www.etsy.com/listing/1548...
🧶 : www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

#crochet #wearablecrochet #crochetfashion #handmade #fiberart
December 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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hazypumpkins.bsky.social
I made this cat stitch marker holder for a gift.
🧶 #crochet #crochetgift #crochetcat
December 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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capecodfairytales.bsky.social
#CapeCod #Embroidery #ChristmasEve

HELEN STEVENS
embroidery artist

...and the light shined down on all creatures and they prayed in their own way.
December 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM