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Carol LaFayette
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Artist in a microforest in Texas. Observations on INaturalist at claf: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=claf&verifiable=any
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In Memoriam: Steve Kurtz (1958–2025)
(Photo above: © University at Buffalo | Douglas Levere) Critical Art Ensemble's Steve Kurtz, May 8, 1958-November 12, 2025 Steve Kurtz was an American professor, writer, artist, and activist, a member...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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@womensartbluesky.bsky.social

Claudia Chaseling presents the story of Murphy the mutant. This video was part of her spatial painting + 2 screen video installation "Murphy the Mutant", presented in X-Border Art Biennial in Gallery Valo, Rovaniemi.

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Claudia Chaseling : Murphy the mutant (videos 1& 2)
YouTube video by XBorder Rovaniemi
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November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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forestcitizen.bsky.social
Claudia Chaseling presents the story of Murphy the mutant. This video was part of Claudia Chaselings' spatial painting + 2 screen video installation "Murphy the Mutant", presented in X-Border Art Biennial in Gallery Valo, Rovaniemi. #art www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqcr...
Claudia Chaseling : Murphy the mutant (videos 1& 2)
YouTube video by XBorder Rovaniemi
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November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
forestcitizen.bsky.social
Claudia Chaseling presents the story of Murphy the mutant. This video was part of Claudia Chaselings' spatial painting + 2 screen video installation "Murphy the Mutant", presented in X-Border Art Biennial in Gallery Valo, Rovaniemi. #art www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqcr...
Claudia Chaseling : Murphy the mutant (videos 1& 2)
YouTube video by XBorder Rovaniemi
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
forestcitizen.bsky.social
Hopeful and thoughtful.
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Is AI an asset to David or to Goliath?
An interview with the historian Jason Steinhauer
revisionsjournal.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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adelpreore.bsky.social
"War ravaged" - they are fishing w. donuts outside the ICE building 🍩 😂
jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · Sep 27
This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like
September 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
forestcitizen.bsky.social
hilarious!
adelpreore.bsky.social ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · Sep 28
"War ravaged" - they are fishing w. donuts outside the ICE building 🍩 😂
jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · Sep 27
This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like
September 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
forestcitizen.bsky.social
Thank you Aggie students, for standing up for free speech and for supporting the same for faculty. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/12/t...

#Academia
Texas A&M students protest termination of professor; campus, local, national LGBTQ+ groups comment
Melissa McCoul's attorney says her "course content was entirely consistent with the catalog and course description."
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September 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
forestcitizen.bsky.social
After 12 rejections by almost every festival I sent it to, "In June" was just selected for an award by Pegasus Films, London, via FilmFreeway.com. Hurrah!

pegasusfilmawards.com

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#Naturalists #Insects #Video
Two spiders backlit in a web looking like a Balinese shadow play.
September 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
forestcitizen.bsky.social
I'm printing some of my bangers, and have had dismal results from several digital printing outfits. Then I found Nevada Art Printers. They'll treat you right. Brilliant results, lots of options, and reasonable costs. Ask for Ray. www.nevadaartprinters.com
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August 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Democrats: wake the hell up. Texas dropped a new redistricting map, and it's clear the GOP intends to rig the system in their favor. Rick Wilson breaks down what that means and what needs to be done: youtu.be/619skIzagaM
If Democrats Don't Fight GOP's INSANE Redistricting Plan, It's Game Over
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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July 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
forestcitizen.bsky.social
Two spiders performing a Balinese shadow play.
Female spider on left, male on right, backlit through a web, making dramatic silhouettes
March 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
forestcitizen.bsky.social
360-degree fashion recycling -- good idea. Free + shipping.
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Calvin Klein jeans for free! Branded clothes dumped in the desert snapped up on anti-fast fashion website
Items taken from a mountain of discarded garments in the Atacama desert were sold for the price of shipping in a fightback against the ‘racist and colonialist’ dumping of unwanted clothing
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March 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
forestcitizen.bsky.social
360-degree fashion recycling -- good idea.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKnI...

#greensky
Re-commerce Atacama
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March 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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How Whales Change Climate

I'm posting this because I've seen some recent kick-back against the fundamental FACT that intact natural ecosystems are essential to a stable climate.

Beware quibbling over details, while entirely missing the big picture.
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How Whales Change Climate
YouTube video by Sustainable Human
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March 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money.

He was not dead.
I found a ‘dead’ person collecting Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Oh my god, RKF Jr.’s nonprofit is directly funding this measles outbreak! Literally paying for free quack prophylaxis to lure people without measles to stand in line next to people with actively and highly contagious infections www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/h... (🎁 🔗)
The physician, Dr. Ben Edwards, is well known in the area for producing podcasts that often discuss the dangers of vaccines, and for his wellness clinic in Lubbock, which rejects central tenets of medicine, like the idea that germs cause certain diseases. In an interview with Fox News, Mr. Kennedy said he had spoken with Dr. Edwards (whom he mistakenly called Dr. Ed Benjamin) and learned "what is working on the ground." In the following days, hundreds of people from the Mennonite community lined up at Dr. Edwards's makeshift clinic, held behind a local health food store, said Tina Siemens, who helped organize the event. Mrs. Siemens said people seeking treatment for active measles infections and those who hoped to prevent one were in attendance. To get enough supplements for the clinic, Dr. Edwards had enlisted one of his patients, a pilot, to fly to Scottsdale, Ariz., and pick up nearly a thousand bottles of vitamin C supplements and cod liver oil, both as a lemon-flavored drink and unflavored soft gels, said an owner of the supplement company, Patrick Sullivan. "How much do you have in stock, and how quickly could you get it to me?" Mr. Sullivan recalled Dr. Edwards asking. The treatments were free, Mrs. Siemens said. Members of Children's Health Defense, an anti-vaccine nonprofit that Mr. Kennedy helped found before becoming health secretary, created a donation page online that has raised more than $16,000 to help cover the cost of "essential vitamins, supplements and medicines."
March 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
forestcitizen.bsky.social
What a couple of ugly men.
Trump and Vance waving their hands at Zelenskyy
February 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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February 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Not looking to politicize what happened in New Orleans in any capacity, however the lead in the investigation is none other than the outstanding men and women of the FBI. The same organization that Kash Patel is nominated to lead and wants to abolish. Think about that for a moment.
January 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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johnwdean.bsky.social
Many thoughtful notations. Much to consider. Hopefully more will share their thoughts — for it has never been more important to THINK.
johnwdean.bsky.social John W Dean @johnwdean.bsky.social · Dec 26
According to classical political theory, democracy’s main problem is that it has no inherent safeguards against the destructive side of human nature. A serious test will begin on January 20, 2025, shortly after noon. WE WILL BE TESTED!

For background see pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcont...
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December 26, 2024 at 7:40 AM
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forestcitizen.bsky.social
If you live in Texas, you can search this map to find out how many petrochemicals you might have been drinking. Of course, not all areas are documented.

www.tceq.texas.gov/groundwater/...
December 21, 2024 at 6:52 PM
forestcitizen.bsky.social
If you live in Texas, you can search this map to find out how many petrochemicals you might have been drinking. Of course, not all areas are documented.

www.tceq.texas.gov/groundwater/...
December 21, 2024 at 6:52 PM