This fancy fellow showed up in our neighborhood not long after I read the short story "Marginalia," which I think is by @maryrobinettekowal.com.
Fiddler Meg
@fiddlermeg.bsky.social
Irish fiddler, classical cellist. Theatre professor with a chemistry degree. IATSE Local 13. Staunch defender of the Boundary Waters.
After undergrad, I moved to a new city, and getting my library card was one of the first things I did.
Beverly@grammylovesyou.bsky.social · 2d ago
This is gorgeous! Also out of my budget - someone needs to buy it and protect my bank account.
Mother Frog Slut // Steward of Giant Reptiles@toadcialism.bsky.social · 5d agoThen to veer the opposite direction, check out this beautiful bib necklace named after an aquatic Australian monitor lizard, and fit for a sea siren! www.varanidparadise.com/shop/p/w7l08...
Using "gifted" instead of given or gave. "She was gifted a pony" "She gifted me a . . ." My teeth are gritting just typing this.
Sanjay Srivastava@sanjaysrivastava.com · 7d agoWhat is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?
"These are among the best moments in science: seeing something new, unexpected."
ESO@eso.org · last wk.The potential detection of Betelgeuse B will prompt astronomers to investigate how the companion could affect Betelgeuse's anticipated supernova explosion. Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2611/ 🔭 🧪 4/4
This meteor shower is really fun - you can reliably see a shooting star per minute at the peak.
Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli@banditelli.org · 2w agoI was gonna shit talk this because every year COULD BE, but this website posts here so I'll give it some slack. Conditions will be solid this year but I know many of my favorite sky seekers on here constantly suffer from 100% cloud cover syndrome 😢
(1/3) For Anishinabek Nation citizens with children under the age of 18 who require emergency assistance, we urge you to call the Jordan's Principle emergency hotline: 1-855-572-4453.
The world may have moved on from Minneapolis but its immigrant community continues to struggle. We spoke to single mothers who hid from ICE for months, ran through their savings, and now can’t pay to renew their DACA applications. At least dozens are in this situation. 19thnews.org/2026/07/ice-...
Single mothers lost months of income hiding from ICE — and now can’t afford to renew immigration papers
They survived ICE's takeover in Minneapolis. But now their DACA protections are set to expire, leaving dozens scrambling to afford hundreds of dollars in fees to maintain their legal status.
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Can they really be this dumb? Or do they think their constituents can be? Can I switch timelines now, please?
Truthout@truthout.org · 3w agoRepublican members of Congress are introducing legislation to impose sanctions on Canada over the fact that the smoke from wildfires has spread to the U.S. — an absurd effort to blame Canadian officials without acknowledging the role of the climate crisis in supercharging the fires.
(1/3) The Anishinabek Nation stands in solidarity with Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, which has experienced devastation from the recent wildfires. We are accepting donations on their behalf to help them navigate this crisis. If you can, please donate via e-transfer to: an7gc@anishinabek.ca
"After boarding a handful of boats — stuffed to the brim with people and pets — community members drove across the lake as their entire First Nation burned to the ground behind them. " www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'It's a miracle': First Nation members escape northwestern Ontario wildfire as community burns to the ground | CBC News
Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins First Nation, has been destroyed by a wildfire that spans over 350,000 hectares in northwestern Ontario. Community leaders spoke to CBC News about...
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Johnnie Jae@johnniejae.bsky.social · 3w agoI want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.
Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeans
Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soyb...
Two Minnesota solar farms planted 66 native species under their panels. Five years of counting revealed a staggering result that nobody had written into the engineering plan.
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This thread. Just as a point of interest, that school district is advertising for an elementary school teacher with a salary range of $49,000 to $89,000. They could hire an actual human teacher for what they paid for the robot.
Julie Carpenter, PhD@jgcarpenter.com · 3w agoThis fall, Salamanca City Central School District in rural Western New York is putting a humanoid robot named "Sally" in the classroom. Not a metaphor. A silicone-skinned, seated robot plus an AI avatar, purchased for $57,590. 2/*
Aarrgghhh. The 4th was a week and a half ago,the air is already full of forest fire smoke, and some idiot is setting off firecrackers.
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is temporarily closed due to extreme weather and multiple wildfires burning in the Superior National Forest and BWCAW. Here's what you need to know. Thank you to everyone on the front lines!
Young people are discovering the need for their voices across the country. Let Houston rise as Minneapolis did. Video: buff.ly/GHRBL3s
He built a shed? Pfft. I build whole worlds (on stage). I've also earned a black belt in shotokan karate and drive a 25-ft box truck on occasion. Didn't realize that I was so "manly".
Jared Yates Sexton@jysexton.bsky.social · 3w agoI'm going to become the Joker
"The steam drill didn’t want John Henry’s job. Carey Dupont and the Velvet Sundown don’t want mine. They’re just machines. It’s the human beings behind these machines who don’t care about the livelihoods of working people, much less the unfathomable power of music to connect human beings."
John Lingan@johnlingan.bsky.social · 3w agoThis is an article that needed to be written and Owen Lyman-Schmidt took it all the way for @phillymag.com. Fascinating and angering.
Toxic sulfide mining threatens the BWCA but your gift can go twice as far. 💙 Thanks to the Johnson Ohana Foundation, donations are matched up to $2,500 through our partnership with Jack Johnson's 2026 Summer Tour. Double your impact: https://www.friends-bwca.org/donate-jack-johnson-match/
Don’t look away from Memphis. Don’t look away from Houston. Don’t look away at the nationwide ICE surge. The trump administration is counting on you losing interest and falling for its tweak in tactics. zeteo.com/p/trumps-vio...
🆘 Trump’s Violent Crackdowns on U.S. Cities Are Still Happening. Don't Look Away
Horror in Minneapolis caused a reset of attacks on immigrants and liberals but the administration remains fascistic and lethal. In Maine, meanwhile, Graham Platner confirmed he'll withdraw Monday.
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If a student comes out to me and not their parents/guardian, there is a reason. Not a NH teacher, but I hope I would have the guts to defy this law if I had to.
Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 4w ago@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Advocate Rep NH Gov. Kelly Ayotte signs legislation requiring schools to out transgender students to legal guardians. The new law effectively reverses a 2024 state Supreme Court decision that upheld students’ right to privacy. www.advocate.com/politics/sta...
You should read this amazing thread, and also read the books mentioned here - @sarahgailey.bsky.social's River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow. I gulped down River of Teeth in 1.5 hours, and I'm extremely grateful that both were available at the library, because that ending, whooo!
Nome@nome.bsky.social · last yr.If you want more, you should read @sarahgailey.bsky.social's American Hippo, for queer hippo-riding cowboys in the almost post-apocalyptic mississippi of 1890.
As someone who has worked in both the sciences and the arts, I hear again and again, "Math is too hard!" and "You have to have a special talent to draw well!" Baloney! The key to learning anything, anything at all, is PRACTICE.
Daniel Burke - 🍺Innkeep@innkeep.bsky.social · 4w agoLe Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.
Hey, everyone who stood up for us in Minneapolis/St Paul, Memphis needs help now.
shawn@mulchy.bsky.social · last mo.there's (rightfully) been a lot of attention paid to la, chicago, minneapolis, and dc, but the the joint federal-local task force in memphis is uniquely horrifying in ways not seen in other cities. this is at least the fourth person shot during the task force's monthslong occupation.
“‘There’s an opportunity for us to set a new standard, to show America that we can restore, as humans, a watershed that’s been degraded for the last 100-plus years.’ He’s proud that tribal nations are leading the effort.” Great @btoastie.bsky.social story on Tribes returning salmon to the Klamath.
The Klamath Tribes couldn’t get federal dollars for salmon. Then the Yurok stepped in - High Country News
For more than 100 years, salmon had been absent from the Klamath Tribe’s lands — a fact that cut them off from funding sources to fix that.
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