julie simms
@lilsmoltextil.bsky.social
posting cultural moments.
in awe of the intelligence of animals.
trying to counter the horrific side of humans.
in awe of the intelligence of animals.
trying to counter the horrific side of humans.
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Betty Reid Soskin, who served as the country's oldest National Park Service ranger, has died at the age of 104.
Soskin’s family announced her death on Facebook, saying she died peacefully at her home in Richmond, California.
“She led a fully packed life and was ready to leave," the statement read.
Soskin’s family announced her death on Facebook, saying she died peacefully at her home in Richmond, California.
“She led a fully packed life and was ready to leave," the statement read.
December 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Betty Reid Soskin, who served as the country's oldest National Park Service ranger, has died at the age of 104.
Soskin’s family announced her death on Facebook, saying she died peacefully at her home in Richmond, California.
“She led a fully packed life and was ready to leave," the statement read.
Soskin’s family announced her death on Facebook, saying she died peacefully at her home in Richmond, California.
“She led a fully packed life and was ready to leave," the statement read.
Brilliant
An artist was deeded a decommissioned Stonewall Jackson statue from Charlottesville, took it apart, and reconstituted it as art. On display in Los Angeles.
December 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Brilliant
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🌴 Un spectacle botanique rarissime captive les habitants de Rio de Janeiro et les touristes: plusieurs palmiers talipot, plantés il y a plus de six décennies, sont en fleurs pour la première et dernière fois de leur vie ⤵️
December 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🌴 Un spectacle botanique rarissime captive les habitants de Rio de Janeiro et les touristes: plusieurs palmiers talipot, plantés il y a plus de six décennies, sont en fleurs pour la première et dernière fois de leur vie ⤵️
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Take a moment to watch performance artist Guillaume Juncar. You won’t regret it.
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Take a moment to watch performance artist Guillaume Juncar. You won’t regret it.
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Naipoki’s new baby is a special milestone for us: He is the 80th known calf born to an orphan we rescued, raised, and reintegrated back into the wild. This new generation is helping to secure a future for Kenya's elephants - one baby at a time. Meet more tiny trunks: www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.o...
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Naipoki’s new baby is a special milestone for us: He is the 80th known calf born to an orphan we rescued, raised, and reintegrated back into the wild. This new generation is helping to secure a future for Kenya's elephants - one baby at a time. Meet more tiny trunks: www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.o...
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After a luxury building in East New York flopped, the city is taking advantage of a new program to fill it with formerly homeless families who have hard-to-use housing vouchers. via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/this-buildin...
This Building Was Supposed to be Luxury Apartments. Now It Will House 183 Families From Homeless Shelters - City Limits
After a luxury building in East New York flopped, the city is taking advantage of a new program to fill it with families who have hard-to-use city housing vouchers.
citylimits.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
After a luxury building in East New York flopped, the city is taking advantage of a new program to fill it with formerly homeless families who have hard-to-use housing vouchers. via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/this-buildin...
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Chinook salmon have returned to the Klamath River in Oregon after being absent for more than a century. The announcement came roughly a year after the last of four major hydroelectric dams on the river was demolished.
A River Restoration in Oregon Gets Fast Results: The Salmon Swam Right Back
The fish had been missing from the headwaters of the Klamath River for more than a century. Just a year after the removal of a final dam, they’ve returned.
nyti.ms
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Chinook salmon have returned to the Klamath River in Oregon after being absent for more than a century. The announcement came roughly a year after the last of four major hydroelectric dams on the river was demolished.
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Very cool:
The shallow recesses in these Roman wooden tablets were filled with wax, and a stylus was used to inscribe writing into the wax. Once the written information had been conveyed, they were reused.
www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/roma...
The shallow recesses in these Roman wooden tablets were filled with wax, and a stylus was used to inscribe writing into the wax. Once the written information had been conveyed, they were reused.
www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/roma...
Roman writing tablets discovered in ancient wells
Archaeologists from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) have discovered a rare collection of wooden writing tablets dating from the Roman period. - HeritageDaily - Ar...
www.heritagedaily.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Very cool:
The shallow recesses in these Roman wooden tablets were filled with wax, and a stylus was used to inscribe writing into the wax. Once the written information had been conveyed, they were reused.
www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/roma...
The shallow recesses in these Roman wooden tablets were filled with wax, and a stylus was used to inscribe writing into the wax. Once the written information had been conveyed, they were reused.
www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/roma...
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𝑀𝐸𝑅𝐼𝐿𝑉𝐸𝑅
Pandora, 5 months old discovering the sea for the first time
Pandora, 5 months old discovering the sea for the first time
September 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
𝑀𝐸𝑅𝐼𝐿𝑉𝐸𝑅
Pandora, 5 months old discovering the sea for the first time
Pandora, 5 months old discovering the sea for the first time
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News from Finland. A 9-year-old lost an especially good stick he’d had since he was 2. He hung up 20 posters. A few days later it was returned. It had been found by a 2-year-old, who wanted to keep it for herself, but her mother made her return it. She got toys, flowers and candy as a reward.
September 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
News from Finland. A 9-year-old lost an especially good stick he’d had since he was 2. He hung up 20 posters. A few days later it was returned. It had been found by a 2-year-old, who wanted to keep it for herself, but her mother made her return it. She got toys, flowers and candy as a reward.
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NEW: “Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
July 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
NEW: “Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
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This week, there were hundreds if not thousands of brown pelicans, cormorants and osprey feeding on bait fish in the Klamath River estuary and plume. This is another sign the river is healing in response to dam removal.
July 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This week, there were hundreds if not thousands of brown pelicans, cormorants and osprey feeding on bait fish in the Klamath River estuary and plume. This is another sign the river is healing in response to dam removal.
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sometimes I still do two spaces after a period, as a little treat
July 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
sometimes I still do two spaces after a period, as a little treat
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
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Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
May 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
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These quilts feel like a hug for people who lost everything.
'We are here; we see you': Making quilts for fire victims resonates far beyond L.A.
People from all over the country are donating and sewing quilts for victims of the Eaton fire in Altadena. The quilts feel like a hug.
buff.ly
March 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
These quilts feel like a hug for people who lost everything.
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Pisses me off that we’re stardust with the gift of conscious existence and having to spend our time on all this bullshit.
February 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Pisses me off that we’re stardust with the gift of conscious existence and having to spend our time on all this bullshit.
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Keep. Making. Art.
It may feel weird or somehow improper to talk about your art or your writing, but we need it. It can’t be wall-to-wall nightmare all the time. Art is both counterweight and context. It’s escape and enlightenment and a mirror of our own exasperation. We need it. We NEED it. Keep showing us.
February 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Keep. Making. Art.