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Richard A. Becker
@richardabecker.bsky.social
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Writer, artist, interested in many things, people, ideas, etc.
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cohsat.bsky.social
New Train station with 1000 cycle parking spaces in Cambridge South.
Oxford's main station redesign should exceed this.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
New £200m train station will boast 1,000 bike spaces – but no car park
Cambridge South is focusing on providing a sustainable travel option with a focus on cycling and pedestrians
www.independent.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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seanhowe.bsky.social
When I wrote about the great comics artist Billy Graham for the New York Times back in 2018, I was unable to reach his old friend John Amos for comment.

But I was thrilled to see that he saw the article!

NYT article here:
www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/m...
John Amos on Facebook: "This is a great write-up on my old friend Billy Graham. The first African American to illustrate Black Panther and Luke Cage for Marvel."
March 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social
More details have been added to the eventbrite page for

Auckland Bonsai Society Show 2025
🌱🇳🇿
#Bonsai

www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/2025-auckl...
March 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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palaeoamber.com
Some good rockhounding yesterday. I’ll be back to this location Saturday to film some long-form videos for my YT channel as I start my journey into online science communication (on top of my museum scientific job)! 🧪🌎👩🏻‍🔬 #minerals #geology #earthscience #rocks #geoscience
Calcite Quartz with iron oxide. Pickaxe with sediments and rocks. Quartz cluster.
March 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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sfuscience.bsky.social
Starry Nights is ON tonight, 10pm - 12am, at the Trottier Observatory for the lunar eclipse! The weather is not ideal but we're going to take our chances and hope for a break in the clouds. Thanks to @rascvancouver.bsky.social and #SFU Astronomy Club for helping out! www.sfu.ca/science/comm... 🔭
A dark red full moon
March 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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not-so-fluffy.bsky.social
Rufous Hummingbird - female, Astoria, Clatsop Co., OR first I've seen for the northbound migration

#birds #oregonbirds #hummingbirds
March 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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adeletwingart.bsky.social
a new beetle embroidery piece, just for you cuties 🪲

available now under “embroidery art” 🖤

#art #artsky #embroidery
February 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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danielgranville.bsky.social
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A ★★★★★ review of Late Chrysanthemums (1954)
A taut narrative structure that is balanced by an expansive emotional register in this melodrama, one of Naruse's best, In this loose collective, the spectator meets an affect that is modern and relat...
boxd.it
February 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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markscherz.bsky.social
I also had my first opportunity to hold a living caecilian, and gosh are they weird and wonderful creatures! Check out these Herpeles cf. squalostoma! 🪱🧪
February 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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bluebird350.bsky.social
Narcissus opened up.🌱
Double flowered narcissus w two creamy open flowers and two new buds. Lots of spiky leaves.
February 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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peterlewis55.bsky.social
Now you see me, now you don't! Tonight's 'Snow' Moon is 100% full and made a brief appearance through heavy cloud. Most of the UK has been under this for days! #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.bsky.social @photohour.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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deepgreenravine.bsky.social
floral still life / colored pencil on Duralar / 2024

Something a little different! Just a simple #stilllife, but one I had a lot of fun with - rendering old, swimmy glass is my JAM. I am now officially selling prints of this one! Here comes the link: www.deepgreenravine.com/for-sale/p/s...
This image features two different prints - 5x7 and 8x10 - of the same drawing leaning against a tile backsplash, propped up by an air plant. Not sure if this counts as #sciart, tbh, but I’ll give it a go? This is the drawing itself - two orange-red flowers and a small bud in a small antique glass vase.
February 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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beautifulbizarre.net
You can feel the cold, crisp win d blowing. Andrea Kowch [2024 Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize, Musonium Gallery, Grand Prize Award Winner] paints a story filled with emotion.

"Solitude"
Limited edition of 10

Prints available at RJD Gallery https://buff.ly/4hGLGYr

#beautifulbizarre #art
February 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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thegreenman.us
The Bombax ceiba - Red Silk Cotton tree is blooming now in the garden parking lot. This is a real show stopper of a flower. 🌴 🌱
#ceiba
#tropicaltrees
February 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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theanine.bsky.social
#snowdrops & #pericallis on a winter wednesday. 🌼 🌱 💠

#winterflowers #FebruaryFlowers #galanthus #bloomscrolling #flowerreport #blueblooms
Snow white galanthus & vivid indigo pericallis are a fragrant winter duo. 💚🤍💙
February 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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allthatwildlife.bsky.social
In addition to Boreal Owls, a second owl irruption is overtaking northern Minnesota and was the primary reason to travel there --- I got my lifer Great Gray Owl!

The Great Gray Owl is North America's largest owl, with a 5 foot wingspan.

#owl #birds #birding #wildlife #photography #birdphotography
A Great Gray Owl perched on the very tip of a small spruce tree, with distant blurry birch trees in the background. The owl is large and mostly gray and white with brown streaking. It has small but intense yellow eyes. Its body is angled to the right, but its face is looking directly at the camera.
February 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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bernhardschaefer.bsky.social
M42 (The Orion Nebula). DSLM on a C14, 20x 60 sec, ISO 1000.
🔭 #astrophotography
A bright gas nebula with a cluster of stars in its centre and dark dust lanes crossing. A telescope pointing at the constellation of Orion
February 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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veritasium.bsky.social
Seeing atoms was thought impossible. Science found a way www.youtube.com/watch?v=88bM...
What if you just keep zooming in?
YouTube video by Veritasium
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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alexeypetrov.bsky.social
My new friend Speedy. Can you estimate his speed? 🧪
February 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
richardabecker.bsky.social
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
New water purification technology helps turn seawater into drinking water without tons of chemicals
Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, an important step of turning seawater into safe drinking water.
www.sciencedaily.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
richardabecker.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucwd...
Explore London on Foot: Point-of-view (POV) Walk from Westbourne to Kensington Palace via Bayswater
YouTube video by Wanderizm
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
richardabecker.bsky.social
www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
Man Finds 2,000-Year-Old Decapitated Greek Statue in Trash Can
The Greek statue, which might date back to the period of Alexander the Great, may have come from a temple.
www.artnews.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
richardabecker.bsky.social
phys.org/news/2025-01...
Dwarf planet Ceres may have received organic material from space objects
The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them.
phys.org
January 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
richardabecker.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFtI...
Is S'mores Cup Of Noodles Good? Let's Taste It 3 Ways
YouTube video by emmymade
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:20 AM
richardabecker.bsky.social
www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/29358/plan...
Planteray Original Dark Rum - Barbados & Jamaica : The Whisky Exchange
The 2015 relaunch of Planteray Original Dark Rum. With a new recipe, this is a blend of rums from Barbados and Jamaica – designed to be more approachable and suitable for use in cocktails.
www.thewhiskyexchange.com
January 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM