#catpics #catsofbluesky it is officially #caturday. Here’s to all the little four-legged Edward Scissorhands with impossibly soft fur and glittering green eyes:

#catpics #catsofbluesky it is officially #caturday. Here’s to all the little four-legged Edward Scissorhands with impossibly soft fur and glittering green eyes:

A fungus photo a day: A little family of waxcaps/hygrocybes I found yesterday. Scroll down for other views of them. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography

Late fall in the Southeastern Piedmont Forest. The structure, the bones of the land slowly become apparent as plants and leaves senesce, and slowly become dormant.

#caturday #catpics #catsofbluesky To misquote Little Feat: There’s a floof-cat On the sofa I hear him purr

I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥 There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️ They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬 Thread:🧵Plz RT

it is #Caturday! #catpics #catsky #catsofbluesky

A National Guardsman stands up to Trump

Gustav Klimt - Beech Grove I 1902 (Galerie Neue Meister)

A repost. It’s long, and Bluesky was wonky when I posted it. If you scroll down and get a prompt to “read one more reply,” just click and you’ll see the next set of posts. If you care about LA, or Altadena, or the fires, or disaster history, or where we’re all headed, I hope you’ll take a look.

Always a help at 1 am. Warm, soft, cuddly, and giving me goo-goo eyes. Love the goo-goo eyes; unconditional kitty love is the best. #Catsofbluesky #catsky #catpics

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I was recently invited to present my thoughts on the role of universities in the #climate crisis Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice. Long 🧵😊

#nativeplants #bloomscrolling #gardening Despite our horrific drought, this lovely shade loving Wavy leaf Aster, Symphyotrichum undulatum, is blooming valiantly in our open woodlands this fall.

#Caturday #catpics #catsky Cookie is suspicious of the giant wheel. I hope he and his brothers will learn to use it. Right now they’re weirded out by the big thing that moves when stepped upon. *Sigh.*

#caturday #catsky #catpics The beasties have taken over the doll house!

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

The armed conflict in Sudan seems to be one of the world's most forgotten civil wars. The reigning silence surrounding this conflict plunges the population into daily turmoil.

#nativeplants #butterflies Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor, nectaring on a Cirsium species. The blue flowers are Heart leaf Aster, Symphyotrichum cordifolium. Blue ridge North Carolina.

#fungifriends Blue ridge mushroom morning

Yummy fall fruits just waiting to be munched. Spicebush is all over my neighborhood, looking lovely and feeding the birds and bugs #NativePlants 🌿

#nativeplants Summer berries for birds & (people)! Delicious for both birds and people, Highbush Blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum, is always popular, and ripens in early summer. #greenthumbs #gardeninspiration #pollinatorgarden #foodforest #homesteadgarden #backyardorchard

If anyone is interested in biodiversity education, I have created several projects which are available for free. Over 100 pages, over 1100 images and videos, games, quizzes, discussion starters, reading lists and glossaries. dedide.info

#caturday #catsky #catpics Cookie cat

Fall & Winter berries for birds! Heart's-a-Busting, Euonymous americanus, a beautiful and bizarre fruit. The teensy flowers are pollinated by ants and small beetles. #nativeplants #greenthumbs #wildlifegarden #perennial #bloomscrolling #perennial #pollinatorgarden #birds

#caturday @ 2 am Mush. Total ginger mush.

#catsky #catpics #caturday Gingers for the morning, Curry and Sapelo.

#nativeplants One of the joys of having an organic nursery practice is that we have happy animals. Right now there are caterpillars everywhere! Here is a early instar of the Giant Swallowtail butterfly, Papilio cresphontes, on Ptelia trifoliata:

I really enjoyed this book, and it really hammers home just how similar the Appalachia and Japan are botanically hannahkirshner.com/book

Yeah—we're pretty great! "For those who live in North America who pine to see the best-practice streets of dozens of places in Europe or want to educate colleagues/friends what’s possible: just go to #Montreal. They really have it all." — @streetfilms.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmVm...

I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?

“At a time of growing concern about declines in insect populations, native plants are having a moment … ” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/11/i...

Closed Bottle Gentian opened by a bumblebee in my yard, Madison WI #nativeplants

I love my pollinator garden It isn't "perfect" and there are things I need to adjust next spring But my view of the world has opened up by using #nativeplants I've seen insects I'd never noticed before I've observed full life cycles up close I've found new favourite flowers It's been amazing

The only place in the world where Venus flytraps grow naturally is right here in the Carolinas! Habitat loss & poaching are making this carnivorous plant harder to find in the wild. Home of the Venus Flytrap specialty plate help protect native plants & restore healthy landscapes across NC 1/n

Seth Meyers addresses the Charlie Kirk killing and rising political violence www.youtube.com/watch?v=dael...

#nativeplants. This patch of Xyris, Yellow Eyed Grass, is growing along the edge of a small pool of water. I think it’s Xyris caroliniana, but I didn’t have time to key it out.

#nativeplants I asked the ranger’s permission to remove this large stand of Perilla frutescens from one of the naturally occurring “dish gardens” this park with cedar glades. This is an aggressive plant, and considered invasive in the SE. It seeds prolifically,

💮 lanceleaf frogfruit 🌿 Phyla lanceolata aka fogfruit. but like. if you could choose. why would you go with fog instead of frog 🤷🏼‍♀️ idk why some flowers are white+yellow and others are light+dark purple either #nativeplants #flowerreport #bloomscrolling #bloomsky

#Caturday #catsky #catpics #catsofbluesky Good morning! Show me your Existential Void: when you stare into the void, and the void stares back.

to help migrating birds reach their destinations keep lights out 11pm to 6am, keep cats inside & apply bird collision tape or dots to windows to prevent day strikes. Chicago Bird Collision monitors urgently need help! Peak fall bird migration is now! birdmonitors.net

#nativeplants Solidago gracillima, an early blooming Goldenrod, at Arabia Mountain. Gulf fritillary, Dione vanillae,nectaring.

#fungifriends Velvet oyster at Arabia mountain

Happy Aloha Friday and Big Mahalo to today's stellar stewards! Today started with a tour of the site for new volunteers along with native seed gathering. Invasive grass and shrubs removed along the hillside and native plant seeds sown- now bring the rain! Stone weavers did stair repairs...

Rough Blazing Star and its many suitors 🐝 #nativeplants #ditchyourlawn #pollinators #invertfest #insects

some places i been to lately

#ferns #nativeplants New fern babies germinating in the grow room. We sowed spores two weeks ago. This is Lorinseria areolata, Netted Chain Fern.