I want to do my hair in French braid pigtails for work but I don't have 7½ hours in the morning to do that
metasilk
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Compassion, cuss words, color, coffee. I wear many hats in a small museum, do web sites, & teach a bit of environmental science. I draw some, don't paint enough, and talk back to birds.
Tons of great answers make it worth scrolling through this thread. I'll just add one: the existence of Bald Eagles was tenuous in the lower 48 states. Now I see them in my suburban backyard.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · yesterdayFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
Tina Valentinetti received her first camera, a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye, in 1951, and has been snapping pictures ever since. This is just a portion of the entire image. Visit the museum to see the whole photo. Find more of her work at www.tinavalentinetti.com #WingsWatersWays #FeaturedPhotographer
We're kicking off our (somewhat overdue) #FeaturedArtist series for the #WingsWatersWays 2026 community art show with painter and teacher Annette Goyne. Annette is a birder, gardener, and student of nature’s flora and fauna. Look for her cards, bookmarks, and more in the museum's gift shop.
Fae: “Tell us your true name.” Me: “…Just my name? No birthdate, no SSN, no fingerprint scan, no address, no mother’s maiden name? Are you sure you’ve even got the right Olivia Waite? There’s like six.” Fae: “What the hell kind of bargains have you been making?” Me: “They call it health insurance.”
Another #mermaid card design up in my shops (#Etsy, my own shop and #Faire-for-wholesale)! studiometasilk.etsy.com/listing/4548... Productive day, so far (not just this card; also errands etc.). Ready for lunch!
Mermaid Swimmer Mini Card, pack of four A mermaid looks at you.
Mermaid Swimmer Mini Card, pack of four
A mermaid looks at you.
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Maybe it's a little late in the evening, but here's the mini note cards of the day, finally added to my #etsy shop. This was the first #mermaid stamp I carved. studiometasilk.etsy.com/listing/4548...
Update #1 Sponsored Results 7 garbage bags of trash picked up Pulled Invasive thorn bushes and weeds for a wildflower park for bee Next week is chopping vegetables for Burrito Brigade to feed homeless And sorting/packing a freezer for Food for Lane County (food bank) 6 hours still available
Oregon 🕎🎲@oregonthedm.bsky.social · 4w agoI don't like saying this But if ya willing to help out OregontheDM on Pal and Ven GingerbreadGolem on Cash Phrasing to avoid bots lol
Watching aeaon 4 of The Legend of Vox Machina with my elderKid (no longer a kid) and OMG holy shit. It's not spoilers if I say it blew my socks off, right? Ow. (Highly recommended.)
Mermaid Diver Mini Card, pack of four A mermaid dives deep to (perhaps) look at you.
Mermaid Diver Mini Card, pack of four
A mermaid dives deep to (perhaps) look at you.
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Holiday Chicken Mini Cards, set of 4 A chicken in a santa hat might bring you a holiday gift.
Holiday Chicken Mini Cards, set of 4
A chicken in a santa hat might bring you a holiday gift.
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A simple rule for any journalist who cares about this country: "The lie never gets the headline or the lead sentence—the truth does, every time."
Truth Melt: Stop Leading With the Lie in Headlines
When the headline is all most people read, leading with a lie spreads it. The Truth Melt: lead with the truth, name the lie only to correct it.
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Any of you using the ios version of Patreon to support me, switch to the browser version instead, cuz the apple fees have actually taken over 3000 usd from me in the course of a year
doc@docseuss.bsky.social · 6mo agoI'm begging you not to use apple products. This shit is devastating to creators like me
Making progress updating what's available in my shops. Apparently adding 1, perhaps 2, things per day is helpful to me? In the morning, with my coffee. Today's addition is Great Blue Heron tiny cards: studiometasilk.etsy.com/listing/8632...
Great Blue Heron - Set of 4 Mini Note Cards - Etsy
This Blank Greeting Cards item is sold by StudioMetasilk. Ships from Huntington, VT. Listed on Jul 31, 2026
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Do I know any infectious disease doctors near Yale? I have a family member out there who is really sick with an infection they got in India four months ago and they’ve been waiting at the ER for 6 hrs, oof. Multiple antibiotics have not helped and we are worried about sepsis. This seems … scary?
I find I very much dislike the phrase "self-taught". How do you respond to it? What does the phrase mean / include / imply to you? #selfTaught #learnSharing
Our Silent Auction is almost over! Just two more days to bid, or rebid on something you love! Quilts, books, gifts, art, experiences, an Adirondack chair, wood carvings, and So Much More! What's you favorite item? www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Adding some mini cards to my #etsy shop! Apparently I hadn't done this yet? Check out the Downy #Woodpecker and others! studiometasilk.etsy.com/listing/4545... More soon!
Try a one-day carving class! Carve and paint an American #Woodcock with us on Saturday, August 1. Details & sign up at birdsofvermont.org/event/americ... Beginners welcome. #woodcarving #vermontbirds
No orders to fills today, so I worked on project B (logo/branding); project S (poem illustration); experiments (CMYK printing/export of cards); another sample sent out; cleaned up and posted zine 6 (Mouse Friends, for patrons first). Plus some errands, chores, and watching cardinals build a nest.
One of the ironclad maxims of game design is "Players are amazing at knowing that something is wrong and terrible at knowing what is wrong and how to fix it", and that applies to any opaque and complex system - like the economy. People are reacting to *something*, the trick is finding what.
Kasey Kagawa@punkey.org · last wk.When I try to think of what lay people mean when they're mad about graphs about wage growth and purchasing power and affordability, housing costs outpacing wages is always a strong contender for what people are really reacting to
A question: does anyone know about communities or groups for scientists who are committed to writing without the use of LLMs / genAI?
After wildfire smoke turned Toronto's air into the world's worst, I reached out to climate change reporter Marco Chown Oved about his approach to covering forest fires and smoke, his training with forest fire rangers, and his practical advice to other journalists: emergencymode.news/one-climate-...
One Climate Change Reporter's Practical Guide to Covering Fire And Smoke · Emergency Mode for News
Karen K. Ho interviews Marco Chown Oved about the practical considerations when covering wildfires and smoke | guides for gear
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I am delighted to see this data from @mattomildenberger.bsky.social & crew at UCSB which shows that leaning into climate solutions—not avoiding the issue—is a vote winner. It confirms everything we have been saying based on our polls. @mason4c.bsky.social @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social
Politicians Shouldn’t Hide From Climate — The 2035 Initiative
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Like super serious about doing this and documenting it Just got hired to volunteer for the burrito brigade to assemble food that feeds the homeless for next week
Oregon 🕎🎲@oregonthedm.bsky.social · last wk.Tossing this concept out If you want to hire me to do an hour or more of volunteer work of your choice if it exists locally I will literally trade my labor for financial aide and putting it back into supporting the community , and I'll document it