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J. Stryker | Memento Vivere 🌿🌲🇨🇦

@easterncoyote.bsky.social

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Wildlife, ecology/conservation/biodiversity, fungi, plants, trees, corvids, coffee, cats. Alter-ego: @horrorculturist.bsky.social.

Trains are cool.

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Caracabe's avatar Caracabe @caracabe.bsky.social
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I don’t recall who said it or the exact wording, but one of the best pieces of writing advice I’ve seen: “Instead of a surprise ending, why not make all of it interesting?”

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Julia Lundman 👩‍🎨🎀💕's avatar Julia Lundman 👩‍🎨🎀💕 @paintkatt.bsky.social
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“Flaco”, watercolor and colored pencil 13 x 13 will be on the @everydayorig website on Tuesday April 30th. This piece is a tribute to the escaped Eagle-Owl from the zoo, who made his way over to Central Park, NYC.

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Carlos Scheidegger's avatar Carlos Scheidegger @cscheid.net
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Here's another owl picture from last night. We stood not 10 feet from it and watch it sleep, wake up, look around for a good half hour. Amazing:

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I'm familiar with that dynamic and I sympathize. Since visibility here is now algorithm-driven, I'm expecting the cliquish bullshit to solidify. Disappearing entirely is tempting.

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Am I flirting with furry again? Sigh. The real question: Is furry flirting back? (Night In The Woods fan art by Kenket.)

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Whether you've been having a bad day or a good day, you deserve this baby crow. (Not my photo, sadly!)

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Scott Santens's avatar Scott Santens @scottsantens.com
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Why do we celebrate entrepreneurs for chasing passive income but condemn the idea of universal basic passive income as making people lazy? Both strategies aim for financial security without daily work. Let's normalize a financial floor for everyone, not just the investment-savvy with enough capital.

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Uriél Danā's avatar Uriél Danā @uridev.urieldana.com
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3.Art is everywhere and in many forms. A taste of what I love about San Francisco. Here are some shots of the Fairy Gates Hiking Trail..part of the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve. #fairies #gnomehunters

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Just when I thought I couldn't possibly hate humanity any more than I already do ... our species is terrible.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 's avatar Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social
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Now, an old stone wall is just bare rock. But with sheep gone, wild native trees are sprouting all around. As they close in, raising humidity levels, a great diversity of mosses, ferns, etc, will race to colonise. Nothing beats witnessing a rainforest ecosystem form. 🌎

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Thank you for saying this. I'm trying to be that person. It's hard when you're alone, or lacking support/external validation that what you're doing is valuable.

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ستایشگر خیبر شکن 🚀🔻's avatar ستایشگر خیبر شکن 🚀🔻 @pastures.bsky.social
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A lot of people see a need or think of something nobody else realized was the linchpin...and then they do nothing with it. This is not an era to withhold your capacity to improve the world. It's really time to stop thinking about the thing you can change, and to just materially fuckin change it.

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One of my favorite definitions of leadership is "stepping forward to do the thing that needs doing which nobody else seems willing or able to do." It's really simple but incredibly effective. Is there something that would help people around you but nobody is doing it? Can you do it? Are you?

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Is he . . . ahem . . . a pureBREAD BOWLfrog? (I cannot claim to have invented that pun, sadly.) How did he taste?

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What are your thoughts on rewilding? Have you heard the term before? (I highly recommend following the amazing @irishrainforest.bsky.social for info + visuals/nature porn.)

Feel like 'rewilding' your front lawn?

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The Narcissist's Prayer: That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad. And if it was, that's not a big deal. And if it is, that's not my fault. And if it was, I didn't mean it. And if I did, you deserved it.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle's avatar Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social
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Others' experiences are not yours. Others' resources are not yours. Others' trajectories are not yours. Do not get up in your head about what "they" were able to do in whatever period of time. We're almost never hearing "their" whole story anyway. You stay focused on you.

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Catbus 's avatar Catbus @catbus.bsky.social
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oh to be a Mossy Frog, happily crouching invisible amongst forest leaves and debris

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle's avatar Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social
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You are not "ungrateful" for acknowledging the pain of the past. You are not "negative" for acknowledging your everyday challenges now. You are not "dramatic" for calling coercion, abuse, neglect, or gaslighting what they are.

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Hello to the several hundred new folks I followed tonight. At 3 AM, no less. (I'm naturally nocturnal.) The lists I mentioned below are finally materializing. Over 70 people on "Naturalists". Hundreds more I'm thinking of inviting. Perhaps we can create our own Discord server?

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Want to join my upcoming Naturalists feed? 'Like' this post. Please share! The more people this invitation reaches, the better.

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Do wolves attack people? Nope. They understand how dangerous humans are.

"My experience is they're pretty terrified of people," Cassidy says. "Or they are very wary to the point where most people won’t see one."

Top 4 Myths About Wolves, Busted by Experts www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

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Do wolves attack people? Nope. They understand how dangerous humans are.

"My experience is they're pretty terrified of people," Cassidy says. "Or they are very wary to the point where most people won’t see one."

Top 4 Myths About Wolves, Busted by Experts www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

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I'd say that over 80 contributers already is a decent start. I have tens of thousands of people to invite. Where are you getting this? Why does it matter if the content is similar?

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Here's your wildlife photo of the day.

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Fair warning: I don't respond well to unsolicited corrections or unsolicited advice. Public shaming often leads to contempt and blood feuds. Just don't. Contact me privately instead. I don't do cliques, scandals, rumours, mobbing, or harassment. If that's you, block me and no one gets hurt. Deal?

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Fair warning: I don't respond well to unsolicited corrections or unsolicited advice. Public shaming often leads to contempt and blood feuds. Just don't. Contact me privately instead. I don't do cliques, scandals, rumours, mobbing, or harassment. If that's you, block me and no one gets hurt. Deal?

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