bug-boi.bsky.social
@bug-boi.bsky.social
Photographer, Amateur Lichenologist/Mycologist
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Greetings earthlings, branching out into new frontiers. Expect macro photography of fungi & invertebrates, political commentary from a decolonial rustbelt eco-socialist perspective, and other things related to mycology, ecology, climate, Appalachia, & Pittsburgh/Diondega
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After Wisconsin, Democrats fear ‘MAGA money’ is infiltrating another upcoming race in Pittsburgh. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
After Wisconsin, Democrats fear ‘MAGA money’ is infiltrating another upcoming race
Republicans with deep pockets increasingly see the intra-party struggles of their opponents as a new battlefield
www.independent.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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ICE is rounding up dissidents and threatening them with deportation — all because of their protected speech. But the First Amendment protects all of us.

Tell Congress: Defend our constitutional right to dissent.
Dissent Is Not Grounds For Deportation
The unconscionable, illegal arrests of Mahmoud Khalil, Rümeysa Öztürk, Badar Khan Suri, and other international scholars should alarm every one of us. Tell Congress to defend our right to free speech ...
action.aclu.org
April 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The Houthis are on the side of justice. People guided by their moral conscience to take action to help 1.5 million people being starved. US terror bombings in Yemen lead to self-defense is an accurate headline. Curious what spin US corporate media puts on this.
The Houthis claim to have attacked the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier again, launching drones, ballistic, and cruise missiles for the second time in 24 hours.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/wekk9k
March 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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The Pandemic Never Ended.

"5 years later, it is sad to think about what could have been ... For a moment, there was a sense that we cared about the vulnerable. There was a moment of solidarity, somewhere within the trauma."

#COVIDisNotOVER

Source: archive.md/MDXGt
March 17, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Less than a week ago, Trump said he "brought back free speech." Tell that to Mahmoud Khalil, currently in ICE detention.

Read more: interc.pt/3Dvhxgk

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March 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Mapledust Lichen - Verseghya thysanophora, formerly in the genus Lecanora, is a common sterile sorediate crustose lichen in eastern North America. What at first look like pale green splotches on trees become breath-taking when viewed up-close.
March 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Hamas has shared a report on the key Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

They list 22 different violations.
February 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Texas Shield Lichen - Canoparmelia texana. A more fitting name might be Crinkled Grayshield Lichen. This large, foliose species with an atranorin-gray cortex, maculae, soredia, and UV+ bright blue medulla (from divaricatic acid) is common throughout the southeastern US, now being found in Western PA
February 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The Physcia stellaris/pumilior/aipolia group is challenging to distinguish. This lichen has a medulla that turns yellow when a drop of KOH is placed on them, and a thallus that turns bright green when hydrated, which should make them Physcia pumilior aka “Lesser Gray Legs”
February 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Greetings earthlings, branching out into new frontiers. Expect macro photography of fungi & invertebrates, political commentary from a decolonial rustbelt eco-socialist perspective, and other things related to mycology, ecology, climate, Appalachia, & Pittsburgh/Diondega
February 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM