Win 11 Pro Users need to also be aware it happened to me ... it was total PITA to get my brand NEW system back make sure you have your recovery key saved somewhere OFF the computer also a win11Pro recovery flash drive .... just in case (trust me) www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/05/m...

You just cant make this shit up...

Owl pellet 🪶

It's appropriate that our 2025 opener is having its Netflix debut on Halloween. We can think of few things scarier than climate inaction. THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT explores the dramatic origins of the climate crisis and how a battle in the 1st Bush administration changed the course of history.

Just a little over a month left to get your submissions in for DCEFF 2026! Send us your films on climate, conservation, enviro justice or any issue affecting the natural world! Learn more and submit here: filmfreeway.com/EnvironmentalFilmFestivalInTheNationsCapital

Bari Weiss vs. climate change heated.world/p/bari-weiss...

Okay, conferring with my colleagues, it does look like you should be able to book ON A SEPARATE AIRLINE, IN A SEPARATE RECORD, WITH NO OVERLAP. My EXTREME recommendation is that if you MUST fly, use a travel agent, so that you have someone at your back for changes, cancellations, and rebookings

If you looked at the night sky in fall 2024, you may have seen comet C/2023 A3. Our newest #BackScatter is a photo of the comet taken by Binyu Wang and his teacher Li Shen, which won first place in the Natural category of the 2025 @aapthq.bsky.social#BackScatterHigh School Physics Photo Contest. #ITeachPhysics

Hoppy #kidlitartpostcard Day! Hope you are having a bunderful day today!

I cannot stress that the work that people have been doing for years in the southeast is paying off and needs to be celebrated.

Okay, @indianaclimate.bsky.social , we have to play this on repeat all day long today!😆

THE MAYOR-ELECT HAS OPENED A PORTAL

Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York City and the movements that organized to make this moment possible.

Not all gyros wear capes.

Via @dworkin.bsky.social - AOC's Blistering Rebuke Of Fascism, Houlahan Interrupts Mike Johnson’s Lies, and Democrats Show What Real Leadership Looks Like In A Week Full of Wins www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/aocs-blist...

We are very excited for this upcoming webinar with @sylvialiu.bsky.social on unblocking & unlocking creativity! Open to non-members too! app.inkedvoices.com/event/webina... #Writingcommunity

ANNOUNCEMENT! We've been working hard behind the scenes this year to revamp our approach to our scholarship program. It's now ready and applications for our 2026 scholarship program are LIVE! forms.gle/Pe2qKyaGMH67...

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I write and illustrate board books, picture books, readers, and comics. I love quirky characters and projects that let me show a range of emotions. Rep’d by Jamie Weiss Chilton, Andrea Brown Literary Agency. #kidlitillustration @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

They are so good at this.

1. JD Vance dismissed Tuesday's election as “a couple of elections in blue states.” But there were significant contests around the country, including in purple and red states. From coast to coast, voters rejected the MAGA agenda. Let's review. 🧵 popular.info/p/six-electi...

youtu.be/tC15GjhzAJY?... Powerful & True ad

I don’t need a whole lot in life, but I NEED this 😄 #StarTrek

Supermoon 🌕 #KidLitArtPostcard Day Portfolio: nicole-wong.com Rep’d by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social @bookendsliterary.bsky.social #kidlitpostcard #Kidlitartpostcardday #childrenillustration #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #picturebooks #postcard #moon #supermoon🌕

#kidlitartpostcard day again! This is from a NF MG manuscript that I plan to convert to a #GraphicNovel after it was orphaned when my editor left for another publisher. #kidlit

Pure evil

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Apparently many people are concerned about Palantir and have already been working on ways to fight them. I'm just catching up, as we all should. This is one that must be stopped. Section 5 updated with new info: open.substack.com/pub/psychope...

Hi! Let me tell you what I’ve been doing at BOOM! 💁🏾‍♀️ I’m the Special Projects Editor—an awesome new role that works on all creative for our special editions, merch, and anything related to direct-to-consumer campaigns. The first kickstarter I’ve worked on is live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/boo...

"Don't get too excited, because-" Nah, how about you shut the fuck up. All the way up. Let people have a crumb of joy, you miserable fucks, my GOD. I promise, you can go back to posting "We're so fucked" and then not doing anything to stop it thrice daily tomorrow.

This person took this when they called the race

Getting new details on this now: As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.

Thanks to your support for Taínofuturism, @stelliform.press is publishing TWO standalone sequels to SORDIDEZ in 2026! 📕The first is called CACIQUES. Set in Borikén, our heroes learn how to live without the Empires that have long defined them. Can they vanquish the lingering ghosts of coloniality? 9/

How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health In #Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Oh how cute is this fabric of mine as a tote?! #SurfacePatternDesigner Also, totally unrelated, hooray for 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 😍

How one author turned a Netflix documentary into a kidlit book! Read my Q&A with @katievenit.bsky.social here: lydialukidis.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/a... #kidlit #amreading #amwriting #writingcommunity #BlissfullyBookish #LLInspire #LLInterviews #books

Took me a minute to figure out what that funny feeling I woke up with was…

A highlight of last night I'm not seeing much today: Spanberger, Shirrell, and Mamdani all won clear majorities of young male voters last night.

EAB Update: The Kansas Forest Service has confirmed #EmeraldAshBorer in Marshall County, the 19th county in Kansas to detect the pest and the fourth confirmed in 2025. Learn more here: www.ksre.k-state.edu/news-and-pub... #InvasiveSpecies #Entomology 🧪 🌍 🍁

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:

One new species was identified in the cockroach family Blattella - see its description here: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Blattodea #entomology #newspecies

Connectivity between parts of the human brain can explain the function of each region [via Ohio St. U] 🧪🥼🧠🗺️💼 NOT left-right-brain, but regions. "evidence suggesting that #connectivity is a fundamental organizational principle governing #brain #function" news.osu.edu/a-birds-eye-... #neuron #map

Glassy-winged sharpshooter. Mississippi. #bugskye #entomology #insects #photography #nature #macro

Mamdani: My message to I.C.E. Agents and to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate the law, you must be held accountable.

Zohran Mamdani announces all-female transition team as he prepares for New York mayoralty

The Trump shutdown is now officially the longest government shutdown in American history, with no end in sight. If you have Republican representatives in Congress, let them know you're not impressed with the self-imposed vacation they're taking as Americans suffer. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

I call this "Hungry Bobcat" because the bobcat is licking its lips. I suspect the bobcat actually just finished a meal. I want to make it clear that I did NOT bait this bobcat. I was just lucky to see it on the trail ahead of me. laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/hun... #wildlife #nature 📷