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Chantell
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Bookworm. Introvert. Nature. Random. Sleep is my friend.
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Elaine, a peregrine falcon, perches on a tree branch. She has a beautiful, speckled black and white chest.
Great Spirit Bluff Falcon.
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How's everyone been?
I've had a rough year and been keeping to myself. Thought I'd poke my head out and say "Hi."
A couple injuries that required surgery and stuff with my youngest but everything is on the upswing. :)
This is the first measurable snow fall in my part of Maine.
November 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Pity the poor Woodpecker...
The Green Woodpecker was here from very first light, (it woke me this am with a brief laugh) to last light of day, searching deep down for ants.
Here it is, about 10 ft away, outside the window.
It noticed me so I slowly backed away, so as not to disturb it.
#ukbirds 🦉
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Butterfly Season 2025

“Double Vision”

Monarchs
Eastern Tiger Swallowtails
Black Swallowtails 🚺
Buckeyes

#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Butterfly Season 2025

Musk Thistle wildflowers were quite popular with the pollinators in June. I would say it is my favorite wildflower to photograph butterflies on.

Great Spangled Fritillary
Spicebush Swallowtail 🚺
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 🚺
Orange Sulphur

#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
November 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Saturday Sweetness. Photograph image by Daniel J. Cox. @danieljcox.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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- You must be available at least some of Jan 3-7
- This call is open to Portland-area artists (we don't have funding to support travel to Portland, & we want to connect with the Portland art community).

We're scientists - this is a bit of an experiment!

All details are on the application page!
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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ARTISTS!
I need your help!

In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.

Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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I'm opening this huge (over 30 inches long) peacock sun catcher up for sale on Bsky here - $250 firm mailed anywhere in the US. #BlueSkyNightMarket #BSNM

If you're interested and not a moot, say "I'm interested!" here and I'll add you to my follows (serious inq's only)

#crafts #art #holiday
The largest sun catcher I've made so far - featuring vintage chandelier beads from the 1940's removed from chandeliers @ the Carlton Cannes Hotel in France and vintage "clearie" marbles.

This will be available @ Jingle and Mingle Market 300 E Kalli Cir. Wasilla on Dec. 13th! #craft #bsnm #art
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Looking for unique Holiday gifts for yourself or a loved one? I'm teaching a traditional music singing class Feb. 13-15, and a week-long songwriting class from Feb. 15-21 at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. www.folkschool.org/find-a-class...
Music Classes
Unlock your musical potential with authentic Appalachian music classes. Learn from master musicians & discover the folk traditions of the mountains.
www.folkschool.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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あさんぼする犬🐶

Good morning! Starting today, it's a three-day weekend. Masuke and I will spend it together, relaxing and enjoying each other's company.
November 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Not sure if he’s got visions of sugarplums dancing in his head, but Chester definitely has a Christmas theme going on, curled up with his stuffed reindeer 🥰🦌🎄 #DailyChester
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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🧵Spotted at an A&P Show in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A tiny human (2?) has spotted a pen of puppies.
Studying them for a long moment, she bursts into tears.
Dad asks what's wrong and looking up at him in abject anguish she wails: "I WANT TO PAT THEM ALL!" (1)
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Sandhill cranes at the breakfast buffet this morning.

#NewMexico #birdwatching #backyard
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Happy Saturday Morning! This is a streaming web-cam view of an eruption at the Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater) early this morning. Courtesy of the United States Geological Survey.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Stunning views of this magnificent Peregrine Falcon at Clevedon yesterday! 😍
I only looked up because I heard a Raven calling overhead, and saw the Falcon dive-bombing the Raven! 😮😀🐦
#birds 🪶

You can buy my brand new 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle 'Puffin Party' here;
www.carlbovis.com/jigsaw-puzzles
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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This world carries darkness in abundance, shadows that stretch long and cold. Joy is the medicine that mends what breaks, the balm that soothes what aches, the light that refuses to be extinguished. Seek joy in each dawn that breaks—let it be your daily practice, your ritual.
Gurdeep.ca/magazine
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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How To Use the Internet (1995): a 23-year-old Cory Doctorow shows off Usenet, the Internet Underground Music Archive, Justin's Links from the Underground, and more to the CBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
How to use the internet, 1995
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November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.

It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).

I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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A very warm welcome to my daily thread on Day 1368 of Russia's full invasion.
All the important news about Ukraine, all the time, in one handy place.

EVERYTHING is free, but a little plea again to help me keep going if you can afford a coffee, thanks🙏

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November 22, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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To each friend of Ukraine who stands with us in this fight - thank you.
We are not alone. Thank you for your voice and your position.
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Make a pause
and spend 40 seconds in Kyiv.
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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You see so much sorrow in Ukraine.
Let me share a moment of kindness.

I saw this the other day in Kyiv.
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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I can’t speak for others,
but the current situation in Ukraine (severe attacks, almost no power)
won’t break me or make me accept
any ridiculous ‘peace’ (capitulation) deal.

Yes, I’m not a decision-maker.
Just saying.
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Greetings from Kyiv.

I’ve just listened to Zelenskyy’s address to the Ukrainian people.
My opinion?

This man knows what is right.
Ukraine is under enormous pressure from the current US administration.
Zelenskyy made it clear: he wants a decent peace. We all do.

Decent peace is not capitulation.
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM