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Mexican Black Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula nigrita), family Colubridae, Arizona, USA

This is a subspecies of the Common Kingsnake.

photograph by Oscar Leonardo Chavez Torres

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Paradise Riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseus), a female marvels at the magnificent display of an absolutely glorious male, family Paradisaeidae, order Passeriformes, New Guinea

photograph by Jan Wegener

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🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨

WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people.

We're in an all-hands-on-deck moment here.

We've learned the hard way that talking to each other on social media about these problems, while very important, is insufficient to get CORRECT information to a critical mass of people.

That's why, if you ask me, it's time to hit the street.

4 artists & 3 scientists collaborated on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic.

Where should you put these posters?

Community Bulletin Boards

Classrooms

Your street-facing window

Wooden street poles

ETC

Here's who worked on this project:

Science Funding Saves Lives

Poster by Amy Schwartz

Article by @mikefeigin.bsky.social

Biology is Bigger than Binaries

Poster by@franzanth.bsky.social

Article by@jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social

Protecting Wildlife Starts with YOU

Poster by@zillahsmith.bsky.social

Article by me

Will our Oceans Thrive or Nosedive?

Poster by@invertebabe.bsky.social

Article by me

Alright now go buy some posters and put them in the public space. I'd give them to you for free but uhhhh I'm broke and can't afford to. We're making them as cheap as we can.

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Stop saying “there are plenty of fish in the sea”. I’ve got my eye on one specific, emotionally distant salmon with commitment issues

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Saya Yakovleva, an Indigenous Sakha Artist from the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Siberia, Russia

A lot of her work is based on or inspired by native Siberian folk masks and decorations. In the first and fourth picture the design is based on the traditional Sakha/Yakut bridal mask known as an Annakh (Аннах):

"Annakh is a [a traditional face covering or head covering] from the wedding attire of a Yakut bride in archaic times (before the 17th-18th centuries). The material from which the annakh was sewn depended on the wealth of the bride's parents. In the richest family, ankhs were sewn from sable skin, in a poor one - from lynx, in a poorer one - from beaver, in the poorest one - from mare's rags. There were bedspreads made of rovduga (suede from deer or elk skin) and hair net. The rich had decoratively decorated bedspreads, even the slits were trimmed with beads. Annakh is a kind of amulet of the bride [protecting her from harm] and the evil eye of people from a opposing family. It is also the main attribute in other wedding ceremonies (for example, when meeting the groom's parents, the daughter-in-law's face must be covered with an annakh)." - Saya Yakovleva

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I made this in December but forgot to take any pictures. Badger for my grandma

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Tooth Trinkets

Amulet for protection against dental body horrors.

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My friend and I often take our respective kids out to do stuff together like parents do, and we are routinely mistaken for lesbians and our kids for siblings. Neither of us have ever bothered to correct anyone because a) who cares, it’s not like we talk to these people on the daily and b) it’s funny :)))

Growing up queer, I always assumed that at some point I would experience the whole "everyone assumes my partner and I are just roommates/friends" thing, but apparently my blue hair and pronouns are simply so powerful that I keep having the opposite problem instead. THREE times now, my friend and I have gone on vacation together (bc we like travelling, and it helps to split costs) and everyone automatically assumes we're dating. We're given double beds even after asking for twins. Photographers and tour guides ask us to "scooch closer together, there we go, put your arm around her shoulder!!" One guy even asked how long we'd been together and after we replied "LOL no, we're just friends," was like "Oh, ho-ho, riiight ;) We've all been there ;)". Same guy even heard my friend mention their partner later on, looked briefly confused, and then started telling us about how he once lived in a polyamorous compound, so I can only assume he jumped straight to thinking we're actually a throuple. I cannot stress enough that we have NO interest in actually dating, and in each instance were simply Standing Next To Each Other, but apparently our combined queer vibes are so off the charts that everyone is convinced we must be secretly making out. I feel like I've been cast in a fanfic against my will

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go my isopods!!

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New! I’ve added 2 felt Nepenthes brooches to my Etsy shop!

フェルトネペンテスブローチをEtsyショップに2個追加しました！引き続き作る予定です。

https://hine.etsy.com

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Evening Dress

c. 1938

by Madeleine Vionnet

Musée des Arts Décoratifs

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1876-1880 Evening ensemble by Charles Frederick Worth

velvet, lace, beads, silk damask, linen

(FIDM Museum & Library)

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It was nice meeting @bogleech and @revretch at work the other day! I got so distracted talking about shitty animal legislation I forgot to make my obligatory conservation pitch, but it’s always fun to talk about birds with people 😊

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Blue Jewel-Babbler (Ptilorrhoa caerulescens), family Cinclosomatidae, order Passeriformes, New Guinea

photographs by Dustin Chen

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Green Heron (Butorides virescens) family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Myakka River State Park, FL, USA

Photograph by Steve Nelson

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Today’s bird is this pair of New Zealand Southern Pied Oystercatchers (Tōrea)!