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Kaitlin Stack Whitney
@kstackwhitney.bsky.social
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STS / enviro studies prof, on unceded Seneca lands. mostly thinking with insects and about ableism in biology. own views, etc. she/they
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first snow of the season
A small urban pond ringed in grass with a dusting of snow and tree boughs and cattails topped with snow. Deciduous trees still with color changing leaves at the far side of the pond
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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these bubs are everywhere around now
Harlequin ladybug on a jade plant indoors Harlequin Ladybug on a metal outdoor table
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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rust belt riverway
Looking north up the Genesee River at dusk, with former Kodak wastewater treatment plant and buildings, now owned by other businesses, along the banks and cliff on the left side
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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look down
An oak gall on a brown oak leaf fragment, atop a mat of bright green moss. The gall is about the size of a golf ball; it's brown and has a small hole where the gall wasp has emerged
November 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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looking down
Orange leaves on a tree in the foreground and below a green river lined on both sides with trees with colorful leaves. A bridge and Apt building are in the background
October 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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it's not photo editing, it's plastic
Similar shot (sun through the trees) but this time the plastic ornament and sun are offset, so the red plastic heart hanging can be seen
October 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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look up
A red glow beams out where the sun shines through deciduous trees turning yellow. (The glow is from a red plastic heart someone has hung on a branch - it's obscured from direct view)
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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look up
Color POP of red and yellow leaves on deciduous trees above, over a gravel and dirt trail (a former rail bed), lined by a tall wooden fence on the right and some rocks and senescing plants on the left. It's near dusk so the trail and ground are in the shade but the setting sun is shining on the tree canopy, making the changing colors stand out even more
October 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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ecology of a half dead mall
large tropical indoor plants under a skylight.
October 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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took a long walk in the woods. saw a red tail take a squirrel.
The edge of a dirt cliff over a river. There's a log on the ground and some scraggly trees. Colorful leaves on the ground and on the trees across the river. There's blue sky dotted with clouds and they are both reflected in the greenish river. This is a view from Seneca Park looking north up the Genesee River
October 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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yellow was the color of the day
A few deciduous trees with shockingly yellow leaves against a blue sky
October 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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the sidewalk has questions for passerby
A white paper flyer with black text that reads in all caps 'HAVE YOU FOUND YOUR PEOPLE YET?' on a concrete sidewalk
October 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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hey buddy
Gloved hands holding a small dark colored baby snapping turtle that easily fits in a palm
October 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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sigh. (seen in a kid toy section of store)
Picture of a pictionary game box that says pictionary VS AI in big letters at the top. On the box it has phrases like "can you predict if the AI will get it right?" And "human sketches, AI guesses!"
October 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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a beautiful if alarmingly warm fall day in #ROC
Landscape photo of an urban park. Paved sidewalk in foreground, shallow pond in center, ringed in mixed trees and lawn and blue skies with a few clouds. This is Seneca Park.
October 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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hey buddy
Close up of a green tomato hornworm caterpillar with two parasitic wasp cases on its back
September 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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visiting today
A tiny snake head peeks out from under a telephone pole curb on the side of a paved road in an urban park. Gravelly dirt in the foreground.
August 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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making friends in the park
A brown and green snake, coiled up on a rocky patch of ground near a log it probably hangs out under.
July 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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hey buddy
Close up photo of a red milkweed beetle on a green sunflower leaf. Beetle has long black antennae, orangish red head and body, with black spots and legs
July 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Chimney Bluffs
Sandy eroding bluffs with clouds and blue sky above. View from the ground below.
June 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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encountered this and think maybe need one of these! art belongs everywhere! - but worried may scare neighborhood dogs walking by..
Raised bed garden in the middle of a grassy lawn on a college campus. Most of the raised bed is taken up by a large statue that looks like a clay man emerging out of the ground, visible from torso up. They have no eyes or hair on the head. Some climbing plants, maybe cucumbers, grow up and around the figure
June 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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@sarahmackattack.bsky.social 🙌 getting ready to share at a community tabling event later this month. THANK YOU for your generosity and creativity to put this out in the world.
White person's hand holding a thick stack of quarter-page size handouts of a hand drawn illustration decision tree about buying plants to potentially support insects and/or pollinators
June 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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sometimes feels like living at the edge of Narnia ...
Wet muddy railbed turned trail lined in spring ephemerals and leafed out deciduous trees. All the plants POP as green with the grey sky
June 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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hey buddy
a tan-ish toad on bare ground in front of a wooden fence
April 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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it feels silly and small in the midst *arms waving* but am proud - and moreover grateful to and for so many people that made this possible 😭
Handwritten notes in child handwriting in marker with lots of smiley faces and words like "congratulations on tenure!" And "good job!"
April 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM