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Tineke D'H
@tinebeest.bsky.social
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drawing - writing- knitting - running - cooking - baking - creating

Still open for requests related to Chinese (medieval) history
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tinebeest.bsky.social
Once upon a time, this would have been perfect to keep me awake for multiple nights. Now I have the privilege of shrugging it off, for me. (I’m “back where I came from”, in Belgium). But I worry about friends and former colleagues. My college would not have been able to pay up.
#H1B

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Trump unveils $100K yearly fee on H-1B visas in clampdown on legal immigration
The Trump administration also plans to launch a $1 million “gold card” visa for wealthy foreigners in a dramatic overhaul of the nation’s paths to legal immigration.
wapo.st
September 20, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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gregjenner.bsky.social
🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT!! ‼️

This week on BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME I’m joined by comedian Nish Kumar and historian Dr Jagjeet Lally to learn about 18th century India - we talk trade, regional empires, and early capitalism (before the Brits got there!)

Listen now on BBC SOUNDS in the UK
Photo of Nish Kumar, Dr Jagjeet Lally, and Greg Jenner accompanied by the You’re Dead To Me podcast artwork which is a funny play on the Bayeux Tapestry
August 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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tallfroguy.bsky.social
Equatorial Aunt Peta
#critterposting
Crude drawing of two birds. One holds a tiny hotdog. The other lunges for it, maw open.
July 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
Amazing.
July 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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dr-yang.bsky.social
YES!!!
jessicacalarco.com Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Jun 29
Teachers don't need more tech. They need smaller classes and more (paid) time for prep and instruction. But alas, the tech option means more profit for billionaires, while the latter would cost billionaires more in taxes. And so, in our current kleptocracy, tech is what teachers are going to get...
lutzfernandez.bsky.social Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · Jun 29
🧵 addressing the argument: "AI won’t replace teachers, but it will save them time and make them more effective.”

Adding edtech doesn't necessarily save teachers time. A recent study found that LMSs sold to schools over the past decade+ as time-savers aren’t delivering on making teaching easier.
June 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
Agami Heron looking for a nice stick at Agami Island this afternoon.

#birds #nature #herons #costarica
A colorful heron with a long neck stretched vertically, showing a striking mix of blue, maroon, and white, perched among green foliage in a dense forest.
June 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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archive.org
Welcome to the public domain, GODS’ MAN (1929) by Lynd Ward. 🖋️📖 A haunting, wordless story told through woodcuts, this early graphic novel follows an artist’s Faustian bargain.

Read it here ➡️ archive.org/details/gods...
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#PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #GraphicNovel #ArtLiterature
Title page of the graphic novel “Gods’ Man" framed by "Welcome to the Public Domain" text and graphic. Text reads: God's Man, A Novel In Woodcuts by Lynd Ward. Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, New York. A woodcut illustration from the graphic novel “Gods’ Man. The figure in black in the foreground as two men in the background have their backs to him. A woodcut illustration from the graphic novel “Gods’ Man. A man with a peg leg sits, hands spread apart as he looks up. A woodcut illustration from the graphic novel “Gods’ Man. Close on the hands of people holding up their hands with varying numbers of fingers extended.
June 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
Another shot from my upcoming photo book, "Agami Herons that extended their heads outside my shot."

#birds #herons #costarica
A tall, slender bird with rich blue plumage and a maroon patch on its back stands on a branch surrounded by green leaves. Its long neck features fine white streaks, and its head is turned upward, out of view.
June 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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carlbovisnature.bsky.social
Juvenile Long Tailed Tit hanging around.😍
Taken last week in my Somerset village. 😊🐦
#Birds 🪶
Juvenile Long Tailed Tit clinging to the stem of cow parsley
June 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
Agami Heron, rear view.

At Agami Island #CostaRica

#birds #nature
A bird with smooth, layered blue and teal plumage perches on a branch facing away. Its long, pale blue crest feathers drape down the back of its head, and its elegant tail feathers taper into a sharp point.
June 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
A very special froggy, the Tlalocohyla celeste, or the Tapir Valley Tree Frog. This species was only just documented in 2021 and is one of the rarest frogs in the world. It's found only in a small area of the lagoon at @tapirvalley.bsky.social

#frogs #amphibians #herping #costarica #nature
A small translucent green frog with faint red spots sits on a green leaf. Its vocal sac is inflated, suggesting it is calling. The frog has a rounded body, visible internal organs through its semi-clear skin, and large copper-colored eyes with horizontal pupils.
June 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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laurahelmuth.bsky.social
They paved paradise,
Put up a parking lot.
Paradise said: That hurt, but let me tell you about geologic time
Photo of a former parking lot with plants growing up through the asphalt
June 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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kjcharleswriter.com
I love living in a country where "just go sit in a 1000 year old church!" is actually a perfectly reasonable bit of advice.
oldenoughtosay.com madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com · Jun 20
okay and here is my ‘sounds like a shitpost but it’s genuine’ UK heatwave tip: if there is a Saxon or Norman church near you, and it’s open, go sit in it. not gothic, they have too many windows, get you some thick stone walls with some high up tiny windows. they stay cold. and you can just sit there
June 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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westonjk.bsky.social
Look what I found strolling around my yard! Hummingbird eggs are about the size of a jelly belly. Amazing treasure of the day!
June 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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machinedeath.bsky.social
My son has begun working with a florist. This is an arrangement he created yesterday.

#flowersofbluesky #flowers #art #photography
June 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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gailashton.bsky.social
Summer evenings don’t get much better than watching a Barn Owl hunting at sunset
💚💚💚
June 19, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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norwayjohn.bsky.social
Some of our summer flowers at our home here in Kjerringvik, Norway.
June 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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thrumstextiles.bsky.social
Changing things up: shawl 2 new colour, new pattern #weaving #weaversknot #handwoven #multi-shaftloomweaving
June 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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abookandadog.com
So pleased with this cherry twist snapdragon that I started from a seed in our greenhouse. 🩷💚🩷🌱

#gardening
June 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
More Agami Heron from today at Agami Island #CostaRica

#birds #nature
A bird with deep blue and maroon feathers clings to a thin branch, leaning forward with its long beak pointed downward and pale blue plumes fanned out from its neck. The background is a blurred mix of green and brown foliage.
June 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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isolinearchip.bsky.social
One time my mom spent like an hour trying to identify a birdcall and it turned out to be the neighbor's lawnmower that he couldn't start
June 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
I dare you to compete with that hairdo!

Agami Heron today at Agami Island Nature Reserve #CostaRica

#birds #nature #herons
A striking bird stands upright on a branch, facing forward with an elaborate crown of spiky, pale blue plumes radiating from its head. Its chest displays a bold pattern of white streaks and dark maroon feathers, framed by sleek blue wings.
June 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
It's hard to believe these birds are real, even when you have hundreds of them right in front of you.

Agami Heron from yesterday. #CostaRica

#birds #herons #nature
A slender bird with a long, sharp bill and sleek blue plumage stands alert on a leafy branch. Its chest is adorned with intricate pale feather patterns, and elegant neck plumes drape over its back.
June 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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suorblu.bsky.social
Sometimes I can’t believe this garden is real, it’s so beautiful. 🥹
June 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM