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Sweet smell of sunshine...I remember sometimes
@themergansest.bsky.social
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Visual artist, birder and armchair environmentalist. Paleoart, nature illustration, wildlife photography. No AI slop, ever. They/them
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Green anole. I was happy to see an actual native lizard in Fort Lauderdale. All the others I've seen there have been invasive species.

#anole #greenanole #herping #lizards #florida #fortlauderdale
February 16, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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The Frail, track 3 from The Fragile.

#livemusic #nineinchnails #peelitbacktour2026 #tdgardenboston #trentreznor
February 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Nine Inch Nails Peel It Back tour 2026, TD Garden Boston.

#livemusic #nineinchnails #tdgardenboston #trentreznor
Nine Inch Nails on B stage with fog and green lighting. Trent Reznor on B stage with fog and pink lighting. View of main stage from my seat. I think this was during Head Like A Hole. View of main stage from my seat.
February 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Nine Inch Nails Peel It Back tour 2026 at TD Garden, Boston. I splurged this time and got a seat close to the B stage, which was incredible. I was stoked they played songs from my favorite album, The Fragile.

#livemusic #nineinchnails #thefragile #trentreznor
Trent Reznor on the piano at the B stage. Nine Inch Nails performing on the B stage. Trent Reznor singing on the B stage. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross on the B stage, enshrouded in fog.
February 16, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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Royal tern portraits taken at the Dania Beach pier. It's a popular fishing spot, and anglers offer the birds bait fish so they're very acclimated to people.

#birds #birding #birdsfacingforward #daniabeachpier #florida #royaltern #terns
February 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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Huge Florida softshell turtle spotted in a canal at Shark Valley in the Everglades.

#herping #florida #floridaeverglades #floridasoftshellturtle #evergladesnationalpark #reptiles #turtles
February 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Female boat tailed grackle facing forward at Coconuts restaurant in Fort Lauderdale. There always seems to be at least one of them there.

#birds #birding #birdsfacingforward #boattailedgrackle #florida #floridabirding #fortlauderdale
A female boat tailed grackle perched on top of a piling. She has a medium brown chest and darker brown mantle and tail feathers.
February 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Pelican loaf 🍞

#birds #birding #brownpelican #florida #floridabirding #fortlauderdale
A resting brown pelican, with tucked head and folded wings.
February 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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Just got home from another trip to Florida. Lots of birds and other wild animals were seen. This purple gallinule is one of two I spotted along the canal at Shark Valley in Everglades National Park. Absolutely gorgeous bird, all the colors of the rainbow.

#birding #evergladesnationalpark #florida
February 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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Awesome wagon spotted in a Fort Lauderdale parking lot :D

#dumptrump #florida #fortlauderdale #resist
A pink wagon with lettering which reads "laws are real, Soylent green is people, kindness is everything, Trump sucks and Krasnov go home".
February 9, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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Sun halo seen from Portland Jetport this morning.

#celestialphenomena #halo #sundog
February 6, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Want to join me for this No Kings event? mobilize.us/s/1gsqyf/o
Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · Indivisible
On 1/24/26, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in ...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Triceratops horridus. I'm planning on making a series of these. Suggestions/requests for species welcome!

#ceratopsians #dinosaurs #linocut #paleoart #triceratopshorridus
A bluish gray linocut print of Triceratops horridus. Linocut of Triceratops horridus. Linocut and print of Triceratops horridus.
February 2, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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Frazzled Deinonychus linocut sez fuck ICE and down with the dump regime. I need to make more linocuts, they're super fun.

#deinonychus #dinosaur #linocut #paleoart
Black linocut print of a leaping Deinonychus antirrhopus. Linocut of a leaping Deinonychus antirrhopus. Side by side of linocut and print of Deinonychus antirrhopus.
January 31, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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📢ANNOUNCEMENT: NO KINGS returns March 28th!
This is a coordinated national day of action, a reminder that in a democracy, power must be held accountable.

If you plan to participate, tag your state 50501 group so we can help encourage more people to join across the country.

Www.the50501movement.org
NO KINGS Ill March 28th 50 States Nationwide Protest Join the Movement NO Thrones, NO Crowns NOKINGS.ORG
January 30, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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January 28, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop Trump’s Offshore Drilling in Alaska. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stop Trump’s Offshore Drilling in Alaska
The Trump administration has released a sweeping offshore drilling plan that would open nearly 1.3 billion acres of U.S. ocean waters to new oil and gas development, an area more than half the size of...
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January 24, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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Nobody was playing.

#amusementpark #emptyspaces #maine #palaceplayland #oldorchardbeach
January 19, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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Old Orchard Beach earlier today. Coastal Maine in winter is a mood.

#beach #coastalmaine #oobpier #oldorchardbeach
January 19, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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lcimaine.bsky.social
Found under the windshield wiper at the grocery store....

Maine gets ready for ICE!!
January 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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filed under “headlines you hear being read off in a chipper voice in an abandoned bunker in a Fallout game”
January 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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geordiecalgar.bsky.social
"But I have to use AI slop cos I can't draw waaah waaah"

Bollocks. I can paint tabletop minis to a decent standard, but I can't draw for shit. So, I got a digital art app and spent hours drawing, erasing and drawing again until I'd finished these, based on my photos. Put the work in you lazy twats🖕🏼
Digital painting of a Willow Warbler perched on a twig. Digital painting of a Puffin standing atop some guano-covered rocks. Digital painting of an Arctic Tern hovering with its wings outstretched.
January 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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Some headtilt perspectives from my walk at Rutherford Island Preserve in South Bristol this afternoon.

#coastalmaine #forest #redspruceforest #southbristolmaine
January 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM