Raine
@symbioticspiritist.bsky.social
It's been a while since I used conte. Charcoal stuff always makes me want to create worlds. Overwhelmed by feelings and words aren't working so art 📒✍️ #sketchbook
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It's been a while since I used conte. Charcoal stuff always makes me want to create worlds. Overwhelmed by feelings and words aren't working so art 📒✍️ #sketchbook
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Why don't we stop funding private schools and pay teachers more than politicians?
Schools desperate for solutions as teacher shortage nears 'crisis point'
As staff shortages "near crisis point", these Queensland schools are going to extraordinary lengths to put teachers in classrooms — and keep them there.
www.abc.net.au
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Why don't we stop funding private schools and pay teachers more than politicians?
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If many of us are quiet about politics online nowadays, it isn't that we don't care and we're not mobilized offline.
We talked about this for years. We warned them. So many who are upset now did not listen! They thought they knew better than we did.
So much of this suffering was preventable.
We talked about this for years. We warned them. So many who are upset now did not listen! They thought they knew better than we did.
So much of this suffering was preventable.
December 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If many of us are quiet about politics online nowadays, it isn't that we don't care and we're not mobilized offline.
We talked about this for years. We warned them. So many who are upset now did not listen! They thought they knew better than we did.
So much of this suffering was preventable.
We talked about this for years. We warned them. So many who are upset now did not listen! They thought they knew better than we did.
So much of this suffering was preventable.
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Climate injustice:
“…in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve compared with their pre-disaster state…”
“…in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve compared with their pre-disaster state…”
Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery - Nature
Higher-income neighbourhoods rebuild and improve after disasters while lower-income areas do not return to pre-disaster conditions.
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Climate injustice:
“…in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve compared with their pre-disaster state…”
“…in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve compared with their pre-disaster state…”
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The autistic tendency to stay up late because:
- nighttime is when the world finally slows down (quieter, fewer demands, less sensory input)
- you’ve been randomly hyperfocusing
- “do not perceive me”
- SPECIAL INTERESTS! ❤️
- transitioning to bedtime can be hard
- your circadian rhythm is chaos 🫠
- nighttime is when the world finally slows down (quieter, fewer demands, less sensory input)
- you’ve been randomly hyperfocusing
- “do not perceive me”
- SPECIAL INTERESTS! ❤️
- transitioning to bedtime can be hard
- your circadian rhythm is chaos 🫠
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The autistic tendency to stay up late because:
- nighttime is when the world finally slows down (quieter, fewer demands, less sensory input)
- you’ve been randomly hyperfocusing
- “do not perceive me”
- SPECIAL INTERESTS! ❤️
- transitioning to bedtime can be hard
- your circadian rhythm is chaos 🫠
- nighttime is when the world finally slows down (quieter, fewer demands, less sensory input)
- you’ve been randomly hyperfocusing
- “do not perceive me”
- SPECIAL INTERESTS! ❤️
- transitioning to bedtime can be hard
- your circadian rhythm is chaos 🫠
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I love the sound of the rain. Oh to be cozy in my little van, immersed in it. No people. No talking. Nobody to appease or tiptoe around. Nobody vying for my attention. No roomies or neighbours or parents. Just me and my dog and the rain pinging against the roof, washing it all away.
December 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I love the sound of the rain. Oh to be cozy in my little van, immersed in it. No people. No talking. Nobody to appease or tiptoe around. Nobody vying for my attention. No roomies or neighbours or parents. Just me and my dog and the rain pinging against the roof, washing it all away.
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A group of cup lichens on a decaying log in the Oregon Coast Range.
#MacroMonday #lichens #forest #MacroPhotography #nature
#MacroMonday #lichens #forest #MacroPhotography #nature
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A group of cup lichens on a decaying log in the Oregon Coast Range.
#MacroMonday #lichens #forest #MacroPhotography #nature
#MacroMonday #lichens #forest #MacroPhotography #nature
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A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function. www.idiv.de/majority-of-... #biodiversity
Majority of local insect biomass decline linked to species loss
A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function.
www.idiv.de
December 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A new study shows that over 90% of insect biomass declines are driven by shrinking species numbers, posing a risk to ecosystem function. www.idiv.de/majority-of-... #biodiversity
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There are few soil animals as adorable as the 'podgy' springtails!
This Platunurida sp. is a cousin of the famous 'giant' springtails in New Zealand. Instead of colourful spines, it has a flattened body, enabling it to squeeze into cracks in decaying logs where it lives.
#TheWorldBeneathOurFeet 🧪📸
This Platunurida sp. is a cousin of the famous 'giant' springtails in New Zealand. Instead of colourful spines, it has a flattened body, enabling it to squeeze into cracks in decaying logs where it lives.
#TheWorldBeneathOurFeet 🧪📸
December 8, 2025 at 2:15 AM
There are few soil animals as adorable as the 'podgy' springtails!
This Platunurida sp. is a cousin of the famous 'giant' springtails in New Zealand. Instead of colourful spines, it has a flattened body, enabling it to squeeze into cracks in decaying logs where it lives.
#TheWorldBeneathOurFeet 🧪📸
This Platunurida sp. is a cousin of the famous 'giant' springtails in New Zealand. Instead of colourful spines, it has a flattened body, enabling it to squeeze into cracks in decaying logs where it lives.
#TheWorldBeneathOurFeet 🧪📸
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Millions of toxic plastic beads from Southern Water have washed up on Camber Sands beach, threatening dolphins, seals, seabirds, and our beaches. Sign the petition to make sure water companies pay for the cleanup of spills like this, not their customers:
38d.gs/water_mess_e...
38d.gs/water_mess_e...
Sign the petition: Water companies should pay to clean up the pollution they cause
Millions of toxic plastic beads from Southern Water have washed up on Camber Sands beach, threatening dolphins, seals, seabirds, and our beaches. Sign the petition to make sure water companies pay for...
38d.gs
December 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Millions of toxic plastic beads from Southern Water have washed up on Camber Sands beach, threatening dolphins, seals, seabirds, and our beaches. Sign the petition to make sure water companies pay for the cleanup of spills like this, not their customers:
38d.gs/water_mess_e...
38d.gs/water_mess_e...
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🐋 Cornwall's waters have been alive with fin whales recently! 🎉
Sightings of the ocean giants have been increasing over the last decade, with whales arriving in the area earlier & staying longer, according to local tour guide companies
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sightings of the ocean giants have been increasing over the last decade, with whales arriving in the area earlier & staying longer, according to local tour guide companies
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cornwall's coast becomes a whale-watching hotspot
A Falmouth-based wildlife cruise company says it has seen 20 fin whales since July.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
🐋 Cornwall's waters have been alive with fin whales recently! 🎉
Sightings of the ocean giants have been increasing over the last decade, with whales arriving in the area earlier & staying longer, according to local tour guide companies
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sightings of the ocean giants have been increasing over the last decade, with whales arriving in the area earlier & staying longer, according to local tour guide companies
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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In a world where you humans have decided that your species alone is allowed to own land, us other co-inhabitants of what are & in fact have always been, multi-species landscapes, will be viewed as intruders, as surplus, as problems & hence with disdain.
We are #OneBillionScreams
We are #OneBillionScreams
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
In a world where you humans have decided that your species alone is allowed to own land, us other co-inhabitants of what are & in fact have always been, multi-species landscapes, will be viewed as intruders, as surplus, as problems & hence with disdain.
We are #OneBillionScreams
We are #OneBillionScreams
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I'm considering forming an anti-leaf blower committee that wanders the neighborhood offering to hand rake everyone's leaves.
December 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'm considering forming an anti-leaf blower committee that wanders the neighborhood offering to hand rake everyone's leaves.
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"welfare state" is such a bullshit term. Oh no the government is doing the one thing they're supposed to do, looking after people in their country
December 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
"welfare state" is such a bullshit term. Oh no the government is doing the one thing they're supposed to do, looking after people in their country
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Super excited to be at the Biodiversity and Health symposium at University of Copenhagen. Starting out with sage words from @carstenrahbek.bsky.social: >30% of new human diseases are driven by our consumption and land use. Our health is tied directly to the health of the Earth's ecosystems!
December 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Super excited to be at the Biodiversity and Health symposium at University of Copenhagen. Starting out with sage words from @carstenrahbek.bsky.social: >30% of new human diseases are driven by our consumption and land use. Our health is tied directly to the health of the Earth's ecosystems!
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In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/bios...
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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All film and TV should be accessible in any way possible. Not through monthly or yearly paywalls.
December 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
All film and TV should be accessible in any way possible. Not through monthly or yearly paywalls.
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New evidence from a submarine canyon off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, shows that endangered northern bottlenose whales in this canyon are growing in number after decades of decline. Commercial fishing and vessel traffic are down in the area.
@mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/a-ra...
@mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/a-ra...
A rare bright spot for whales: Decades of conservation pay off for endangered population in Canada
Populations of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus), playful animals that resemble large dolphins, stretch across the Atlantic Ocean, with each group of whales living year-round in a par...
news.mongabay.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
New evidence from a submarine canyon off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, shows that endangered northern bottlenose whales in this canyon are growing in number after decades of decline. Commercial fishing and vessel traffic are down in the area.
@mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/a-ra...
@mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/a-ra...
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We need a 4-day, 32-hour work week with livable wages.
There is no reason that people need to be working this much.
People need time off to rest and spend with family and friends.
There is no reason that people need to be working this much.
People need time off to rest and spend with family and friends.
December 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We need a 4-day, 32-hour work week with livable wages.
There is no reason that people need to be working this much.
People need time off to rest and spend with family and friends.
There is no reason that people need to be working this much.
People need time off to rest and spend with family and friends.
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📽️ WATCH: Photographer @annie-flanagan.bsky.social went to Clairton, PA, where residents live in the shadow of the country’s largest coke plant. Coke is a product used to manufacture steel.
This is what Annie saw — and inhaled — while on assignment in Clairton.
Link to our story below ⤵️
This is what Annie saw — and inhaled — while on assignment in Clairton.
Link to our story below ⤵️
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
📽️ WATCH: Photographer @annie-flanagan.bsky.social went to Clairton, PA, where residents live in the shadow of the country’s largest coke plant. Coke is a product used to manufacture steel.
This is what Annie saw — and inhaled — while on assignment in Clairton.
Link to our story below ⤵️
This is what Annie saw — and inhaled — while on assignment in Clairton.
Link to our story below ⤵️
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Dragonflies fun facts
- Just one dragonfly can consume over 100 mosquitos in a day
- Dragonflies can fly backwards
- They have nearly 360° vision
- Their wings inhibit bacterial growth due to their natural structures
- They're actually beautiful
- Just one dragonfly can consume over 100 mosquitos in a day
- Dragonflies can fly backwards
- They have nearly 360° vision
- Their wings inhibit bacterial growth due to their natural structures
- They're actually beautiful
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Dragonflies fun facts
- Just one dragonfly can consume over 100 mosquitos in a day
- Dragonflies can fly backwards
- They have nearly 360° vision
- Their wings inhibit bacterial growth due to their natural structures
- They're actually beautiful
- Just one dragonfly can consume over 100 mosquitos in a day
- Dragonflies can fly backwards
- They have nearly 360° vision
- Their wings inhibit bacterial growth due to their natural structures
- They're actually beautiful
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Climate chaos is costing us. Seasons of flooding and drought is hiking water rates. San Diego will see a 30% rise. '24 heatwaves in Ghana and Ivory Coast drove cocoa prices up 300%. Early blossoming led to a 40% loss in hazelnut yields in Turkey and a 30% price hike.
prospect.org/2025/12/04/c...
prospect.org/2025/12/04/c...
The Cost of Climate - The American Prospect
Extreme weather and changes in seasonal patterns are fundamentally altering the landscape, in cities and in farming communities. You’re going to pay for it.
prospect.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Climate chaos is costing us. Seasons of flooding and drought is hiking water rates. San Diego will see a 30% rise. '24 heatwaves in Ghana and Ivory Coast drove cocoa prices up 300%. Early blossoming led to a 40% loss in hazelnut yields in Turkey and a 30% price hike.
prospect.org/2025/12/04/c...
prospect.org/2025/12/04/c...
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Keep physical media.
Download movies.
Share them.
Because they could be erased by the powers that be.
Download movies.
Share them.
Because they could be erased by the powers that be.
December 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Keep physical media.
Download movies.
Share them.
Because they could be erased by the powers that be.
Download movies.
Share them.
Because they could be erased by the powers that be.
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Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.