MSmith
@suredontknow.bsky.social
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"The Trump EPA approved the highly persistent pesticide isocycloseram, a “forever chemical,” for golf courses, lawns & food crops such as oranges, tomatoes, almonds, peas, & oats. The administration plans to approve 3 more PFAS pesticides in the coming year." biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Trump EPA Approves Its Second ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide in Two Weeks
The Environmental Protection Agency today approved the highly persistent pesticide isocycloseram for golf courses, lawns and food crops such as oranges, tomatoes, almonds, peas, and oats. The pesticid...
biologicaldiversity.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"The Trump EPA approved the highly persistent pesticide isocycloseram, a “forever chemical,” for golf courses, lawns & food crops such as oranges, tomatoes, almonds, peas, & oats. The administration plans to approve 3 more PFAS pesticides in the coming year." biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
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Woodland Prayer, 1915
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25771
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25771
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Woodland Prayer, 1915
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25771
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/25771
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Finally!
My neighborhood Ocelot is a sneaky one and I haven't been able to get a photo of it until tonight. At @casabentbill.bsky.social
#cats #ocelot #nature #costarica
My neighborhood Ocelot is a sneaky one and I haven't been able to get a photo of it until tonight. At @casabentbill.bsky.social
#cats #ocelot #nature #costarica
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Finally!
My neighborhood Ocelot is a sneaky one and I haven't been able to get a photo of it until tonight. At @casabentbill.bsky.social
#cats #ocelot #nature #costarica
My neighborhood Ocelot is a sneaky one and I haven't been able to get a photo of it until tonight. At @casabentbill.bsky.social
#cats #ocelot #nature #costarica
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Dog Barking-at the Moon https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/dog-barking-at-the-moon
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Dog Barking-at the Moon https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/dog-barking-at-the-moon
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I know some of you are fans of pelicans spashing in the water in 5 minutes before Sunset and the water giving off an orange hue. May I present to you: a humpback whale surfacing 5 minutes before sunset 😇
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I know some of you are fans of pelicans spashing in the water in 5 minutes before Sunset and the water giving off an orange hue. May I present to you: a humpback whale surfacing 5 minutes before sunset 😇
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The Sculpture House (1962) by Jacques Couëlle
fredericmagazine.com/2024/04/jacq...
fredericmagazine.com/2024/04/jacq...
November 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Sculpture House (1962) by Jacques Couëlle
fredericmagazine.com/2024/04/jacq...
fredericmagazine.com/2024/04/jacq...
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Woman Encircled by the Flight of a Bird https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/woman-encircled-by-the-flight-of-a-bird
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Woman Encircled by the Flight of a Bird https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/woman-encircled-by-the-flight-of-a-bird
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❌ No automatic protections for newly listed animal and plant species.
❌ Narrower “critical habitat” definition, ignoring historic areas vital for recovery.
❌ Easier approval for agencies to fast-track harmful projects like logging or drilling.
❌ Allowing economic interests to outweigh science.
❌ Narrower “critical habitat” definition, ignoring historic areas vital for recovery.
❌ Easier approval for agencies to fast-track harmful projects like logging or drilling.
❌ Allowing economic interests to outweigh science.
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
❌ No automatic protections for newly listed animal and plant species.
❌ Narrower “critical habitat” definition, ignoring historic areas vital for recovery.
❌ Easier approval for agencies to fast-track harmful projects like logging or drilling.
❌ Allowing economic interests to outweigh science.
❌ Narrower “critical habitat” definition, ignoring historic areas vital for recovery.
❌ Easier approval for agencies to fast-track harmful projects like logging or drilling.
❌ Allowing economic interests to outweigh science.
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One thing that's been heavily proven to me is Bluesky is not all politics. The music, record, cd, movie, books, horror and lots more scenes are heavily alive and well here with almost zero negativity. Better engagement here than Facebook has been in years.
November 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
One thing that's been heavily proven to me is Bluesky is not all politics. The music, record, cd, movie, books, horror and lots more scenes are heavily alive and well here with almost zero negativity. Better engagement here than Facebook has been in years.
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🦕🦖GINKGO🌿🍂
“The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed.
After the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the ginkgo was the first tree that came up. It’s amazing.”
-Nakanishi Kōji (中西香爾 1925-2019).
#ginkgo #イチョウ #銀杏
“The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed.
After the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the ginkgo was the first tree that came up. It’s amazing.”
-Nakanishi Kōji (中西香爾 1925-2019).
#ginkgo #イチョウ #銀杏
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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When there is nothing left, there will still be songs like this. Thank god for that, and thank god for Jerry Jeff Walker and Todd Snider. youtu.be/5QdWpab_kFg?...
Todd Snider w/ Jerry Jeff Walker, Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires - "Mr. Bojangles"
YouTube video by schoenular
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
When there is nothing left, there will still be songs like this. Thank god for that, and thank god for Jerry Jeff Walker and Todd Snider. youtu.be/5QdWpab_kFg?...
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Punk Song-A-Day #270: Todd Snider - Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Male. R.I.P. Todd. What a tragedy. youtu.be/F5hlil50vi4?... #punk
Todd Snider - Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Male
YouTube video by Farm Aid
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Punk Song-A-Day #270: Todd Snider - Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Male. R.I.P. Todd. What a tragedy. youtu.be/F5hlil50vi4?... #punk
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I am very excited about getting my first footage of a cougar. This is a rare sight in Manitoba.
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I am very excited about getting my first footage of a cougar. This is a rare sight in Manitoba.
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Ohara Koson, Japanese (1877-1945), Ring Sparrows at Wisteria, c. 1939s, woodblock print, vertical dai oban, 44.3 x 28.6 cm
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Ohara Koson, Japanese (1877-1945), Ring Sparrows at Wisteria, c. 1939s, woodblock print, vertical dai oban, 44.3 x 28.6 cm
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An engineer wanted to make a quiet high-speed train. “The question then occurred to me — is there some living thing that manages sudden changes in air resistance as a part of daily life?” The answer: the kingfisher. See my story today for more tales of bioinspiration. Gift link: nyti.ms/4otNQyl
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
An engineer wanted to make a quiet high-speed train. “The question then occurred to me — is there some living thing that manages sudden changes in air resistance as a part of daily life?” The answer: the kingfisher. See my story today for more tales of bioinspiration. Gift link: nyti.ms/4otNQyl
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November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Night Sky 16
Gathie Falk
1979
Gathie Falk
1979
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Night Sky 16
Gathie Falk
1979
Gathie Falk
1979
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I found these milkweed pods while I was moving around the twin maples to see them from all sides.
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I found these milkweed pods while I was moving around the twin maples to see them from all sides.
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Incredible- Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day."
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Incredible- Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day."
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Corporations want to remove protections for old-growth forests, some of the world's tallest and largest, perfectly healthy old trees, for profit.
Contact your representatives: geni.us/2AVAD
Northwest Forest Plan Amendment: geni.us/MOrda
Executive order to log National Forests: geni.us/TxWFz
Contact your representatives: geni.us/2AVAD
Northwest Forest Plan Amendment: geni.us/MOrda
Executive order to log National Forests: geni.us/TxWFz
USFS restarts effort to change Pacific Northwest forest policy
The Northwest Forest Plan has long protected vulnerable species like spotted owls in federal forests along the West Coast.
missoulacurrent.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Corporations want to remove protections for old-growth forests, some of the world's tallest and largest, perfectly healthy old trees, for profit.
Contact your representatives: geni.us/2AVAD
Northwest Forest Plan Amendment: geni.us/MOrda
Executive order to log National Forests: geni.us/TxWFz
Contact your representatives: geni.us/2AVAD
Northwest Forest Plan Amendment: geni.us/MOrda
Executive order to log National Forests: geni.us/TxWFz
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Raven Sunset
Roy Henry Vickers ~ Haida, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian
2021
Roy Henry Vickers ~ Haida, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian
2021
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Raven Sunset
Roy Henry Vickers ~ Haida, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian
2021
Roy Henry Vickers ~ Haida, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian
2021
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As an old man, I have come around to this being the primary, and maybe only, rule of electoral politics:
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November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
As an old man, I have come around to this being the primary, and maybe only, rule of electoral politics:
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media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...
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A few of my favorites
November 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A few of my favorites
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Forever will love this Alabama girl and what she brought to The Dead ❤️ thank you Donna Jean
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Grateful Dead Singer Donna Jean Godchaux Dead at 78
Donna Jean Godchaux, who spent the Seventies singing with the Grateful Dead and provided vocals on an Elvis Presley hit, has died at the age of 78.
www.rollingstone.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Forever will love this Alabama girl and what she brought to The Dead ❤️ thank you Donna Jean
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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