Today I've learned a little of the history of Sakhalin island, and also about the four species of avocets (Recurvirostra), Yongcheon Cave, and the Canadian folk musician Stan Rogers.

Writing to a German friend who asked about jobs I had before tech housecleaner, grocery bagger, cashier (x2), landscaper, pressure washer, restaurant hostess (x2), accounts payable, barista, produce delivery driver, FOH manager, church secretary, conference services intern, caterer, personal chef

all y'all and a possum... i like it 💙 real good folks here get your own at https://wolfgang.raios.xyz/interactions

Explain your ideology in a single photo

Just wrote a letter to my friend the Assistant Superintendent of Posts in Kerala, India. I'm sending him some lovely vintage first-day covers and an assortment of stamps. He's sending me back (hopefully!) a bird postcard and some beautiful bird stamps. I am always looking for भारत के मूल पक्षी !

Explain your ideology in a single photo

Hit them up often. Participation is not just voting. America is a group project.

Today I've learned about Belarusian gobelin weaving, the hydrangea season in Japan, and how to say "my garden is teeming with insects" from a native speaker. ✨ It's "In meinen Gerten wimmelt es vor Inseklen", if you're curious. ☺️ I also received this gorgeous card from one of my penpals in Tokyo.

Behold! Passiflora incarnata, better known as passionflower, and to some, maypop or even wild apricot! Today, while working under the floppy canopy, I'd hoped I'd found every hungry ant who found her way on to me... unfortunately, hours later at my desk, I'm finding that it was not quite the case...

Starting your week off with another southeastern US native plant: Yucca filamentosa! Common names: common yucca, bear-grass, needle-palm. Used by the Cherokee. Fun fact: this yucca is pronounced the same, but is distinct from, the root you may know as yuca, cassava or manioc (Manihot esculenta).

Observe the beautiful Safflower, one of humanity's oldest crops! This one was born from seed scattered by wild birds at the feeders. I used to pull up the emerging plants mercilessly, until I learned that they produce beautiful thistle-like golden flowers! Now I'm excited to see the rest bloom.

So I need to buy a new Macbook pro with my own money and I am currently self-employed. I'm looking to go the refurbished route. I need Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere pro to run real well on it, and I need it to last. What do you recommend of the certified refurb options these days? 🙏

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So I need to buy a new Macbook pro with my own money and I am currently self-employed. I'm looking to go the refurbished route. I need Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere pro to run real well on it, and I need it to last. What do you recommend of the certified refurb options these days? 🙏

Rose. Classic. Beautiful. Will hurt you if you aren’t careful. Symbol of love and romance. Great house ornament. ☺️

I missed you! I got off for a bit too. Then I came cautiously, ambivalently back. It's been quieter and less gleeful here but there's also good sciency stuff happening.

Hey @adriennefriend.bsky.social haven’t seen you on my TL in a min! Good to see you! Hope you are doing well!

Listening now! Thank you @knilirabaj.bsky.social . You're a great podcast host.

I've been off for two weeks. How's it been, friends? 💙 I'd love to hear your updates. Some treasures from the garden for you.

I love rap because it's where black men openly talk about love, betrayal, losing, self-doubt, demons and other vulnerabilities. In 90s rap they talk about it being therapy. Dudes could cry in grief on a track. Ironic the amount of freedom in a tiny recording booth.

Some good thoughts on how to increase ALT text usage. I love the idea of being able to add it later if I forget. And also a prompt that comes up before hitting post on an image without it. I'd love to see everyone on the Science list really try to focus on ALT text!

I've been off for two weeks. How's it been, friends? 💙 I'd love to hear your updates. Some treasures from the garden for you.

@adriennefriend.bsky.social I didn't notice how much you made this platform for me... Something has been missing.... It's you.

Respectfully, think about it though. "So that people have a chance to wrap their heads around it first"? That's prioritizing giving bad actors a little more time to think about what their bad action may or may not look like. That's not something to optimize for.

Welp looks like it’s time to pack it up. Imagine treating the user that got y’all this bussin and poppin this way. I’d say it’s new but…

leadership had a golden opportunity with Alice's death threat against Aveta to take a stand against misogynoir, a serious fucking problem with very little nuance to it. They chose to punt.

Bluesky was happy to use Aveta to enrich their network with incredible people. She worked day and night to bring people in for the culture, doing intros, onboarding. She actively led through multiple issues of harassment. But when it came time to LISTEN to her, to show up for her, this is it? 💔

I don't think we'll stop seeing this pattern repeat itself until VCs hand money to a group of Black women to create an app and given the demographics of the VC crowd, that's unlikely

Deep-sea ecologists, gardeners, NASA engineers, musicians, line cooks, academics, TV writers on strike, animators, lawyers, journalists, designers, YouTubers are all coming together against this decision. My heart is broken for the precious person who worked so hard to make this a welcoming place. 💔

The replies to Jay's posts are instructive. Pay attention to who is saying "great work!". I know I am.

I came on here to post some wildlife photos and wish everyone a peaceful weekend after being offline for a day but now I'm feeling literally sick to my stomach at what I'm seeing 💔

all the devil’s advocate ppl talking about whether it constitutes a death threat as if in any cultural context it is acceptable to joke about pushing someone off a high place, esp a Black femme who is most at danger of violent misogynoir attacks all over the world. white supremacy is GLOBAL ok?

You telling me a place to gather feedback is suddenly not when antiblackness is rearing it’s ugly head? Now it’s so and so? Disappointed in people who are not realizing Black peoples pain. Especially mine.

The best apology is changed behaviour.

I came on here to post some wildlife photos and wish everyone a peaceful weekend after being offline for a day but now I'm feeling literally sick to my stomach at what I'm seeing 💔

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Did HBO, Max or whatever layoff their accessibility people and send them to hell? Because their new human verification is jaw dropping inaccessible. I know they were showcasing their improved audio descriptions but what good is that if you can't even get into the app?

I hope people notice uptick in horrible accounts in same timeframe of someone who actively made death threats and wasn’t removed. There’s people problems and not tech problems and I am ashamed to be an Engineer to see what Tech does to point where death threats are debatable. I’m so ashamed.

Northern Flicker - very unusual among woodpeckers in that they spend a lot of time foraging on the ground. Often seen thrashing around in the leaf litter like this guy I saw today. His little black mustache (or malar stripe) is how you know he's a male.

Books on my list are the one thing that never end. Would love most of these partially for research and partially for interest. https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/VS4TR79PDY7J/?ref_=list_c_wl_lol_ovle

I know there's a lot of folks trying to rally mutual aid on bsky, and I'd like to talk about why I'm still pushing hard for my friend even after raising around $2k this week. If you haven't been to our fundraiser page I'd request you take a look: tinyurl.com/Halaylah

I've spent something like 25 hours this week drawing more than 100 silly doodles to try and bring attention to this family's struggles. I'm happy to do it, but I need help, y'all. Thanks so much for reading, and for all your support and encouragement. Back to the cartoons.

I love being open to hearing, learning, and doing better. I use a lot of gendered terms of phrases cause Black, queer, and club life yet I’m smart and well read so I can and will update my lexicon to change that. This is why diversity and openness matter when you’re redirected. Be accountable.

No new birbs today, here are two european starlings feeling something from 2 months ago.

As if we needed cars to find yet another way: ultrabright headlights are making the roads less safe. I literally cannot see the road anymore when some of these new cars are coming