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"Lacerta" by Margaret Whitehurst. “This constellation made me think of a #soundwave from space and the symbol of the #constellation. I was intrigued by sound coming from #space and it sounded like static. That is why I painted it.” 'Shared Sky Exhibition': #Indigenous #Australian & #SouthAfrican #artists explore ancestral & modern understandings of the sky above their traditional homelands, the location of the world’s largest #RadioTelescope, the Square Kilometre Array (#SKA).–Aboriginal Skies.

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I feel like sci-fi writers have a lot to answer for in enshrining Musk as part of popular culture. For years now, there have been stories which make casual references to him. Stories which include inconsequential mentions of little pieces of worldbuilding like "the Elon Musk space station" may not sound like much, but they all work to plant seeds in people's minds and strengthen connections.

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Self-censorship is when fear of consequences stops you from speaking.
When concern or respect for others stops you from speaking, we just call that being a decent human.

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Meet the Pulgas Vestidas, or dressed fleas! These were once a popular tourist trinket for sale in markets in Mexico City. These fleas were created by nuns over 100 yrs ago and collected by American anthropologist Zelda M. M. Nuttall.

Image alt text: There is a dancing flea in a hat, a celebratory flea with cymbals, a little flea man with his flea wife on their wedding day, & the last image shows the whole flea gang together

#archive #library #fleas #Taxidermy #art #Entomology #mexico

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The forced installation of prepayment meters is pushing people into fuel poverty and must be stopped.

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sexual implications. the one good tweet from my old private twitter 

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Most of the West have chosen to do virtually nothing about high levels of death & chronic illness, & are locking high risk & vulnerable people out of society.

There’s another way: Layers. Masks PLUS indoor air cleaning PLUS vaccines TOGETHER produce the most equitable outcomes.

#COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth

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Western leaders want to gaslight you into believing otherwise, but infinite lockdowns and doing virtually nothing about high levels of death and chronic illness are not the only #COVID policy choices available.

#COVID19 #PublicHealth

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Moths, with images. #MothingMonday #3 

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My nine year old thought these were excellent answers. I had to agree!

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The atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements that feed the iconic Keeling's Curve have stopped because of the Mauna Loa volcano. Reporting by @brady_dennis@twitter.com: bit.ly/3ip86E5

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Because someone was curious: My take on a thematically appropriate gingerbread house this season (specifically the prompt was "A peppermint kaiju in a gingerbread city").

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I love it in here. There's currently a hashtag named #thicktrunktuesday that is basically pics of massive, beautiful trees.
I humbly submit El Tule, an incredible ahuehuete from the state I was born, Oaxaca. It's over 2000 years old. "Tule" means "Tree of Enlightment" #Oaxaca #Mexico #ElTule It has the thickest trunk in the world.

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You asked to see some Ghibli-ish photos, so here we go :blobartist:

They were taken around my hometown, near the city that inspired Howl's Moving Castle. I edited them with #Lightroom.

I can share some tips to achieve this "anime vibes". Just let me know if you're interested!

🇨🇵 Des fans de #Ghibli par ici ? J'ai édité ces photos pour ressembler à des frames d'anime. J'espère que ça fait à peu près illusion (au moins de loin :blobcatpeek:) !

#photography #photographie #anime #mastoart #alsace

@genderoftheday is the unicorn also foreboding? Enquiring minds need to know

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So for those out there keeping score, those of us who said clearly from the very beginning that Elon Musk’s #BoringCompany, “Tunnels for Teslas” and #Hyperloop were all “dumb distractions” from the well-understood solutions that would actually improve cities and urban mobility, were right of course.

#cities #transportation #urbanism #publictransit #walking #biking #mobility #urbanplanning #teslas #ElonMusk
wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-bor

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Close up of a Monarch wing.

I managed to get this photo just after a Monarch had freed itself from its chrysalises while its wings were still drying.

It was a shot with the 105mm 2.8 Sigma macro lens.

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Repost of a photo while I was #bikepacking in Scotland this year when a Loch Ness duck drank some of my coffee out of my mug! I'd given them some Bombay mix which was quite spicy so I think he needed something to take the edge off. 🌶🦆🌶

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I kinda love when non-bird people only use the male coloration of birds in their designs and unknowingly give us decorations featuring gay birds.

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