what separates
a weed from a flower
is acceptance.

#photography #poetry #justart

Storm at sea 🌊
#sea

💖 She's living her best life
🌿💚💚💖💖💚💖💖💚💚🌿

Personalized CRISPR therapies could soon reach thousands — here’s how A fresh approach to trialling treatments for rare genetic diseases could make their production an economically viable prospect at last.

We have the science, the technology, the medical need — and now the regulatory momentum — to deliver on the global promise of gene editing on demand

go.nature.com/4mKVDb9

close up of a blooming redbud tree.

*whispers* redbud
#BloomScrolling

I Confess - Allison Luterman I stalked her in the grocery store: her crown of snowy braids held in place by a great silver clip, her erect bearing, radiating tenderness, watching the way she placed yogurt and avocados in her basket, beaming peace like the North Star. I wanted to ask, "What aisle did you find your serenity in, do you know how to be married for fifty years or how to live alone, excuse me for interrupting, but you seem to possess some knowledge that makes the earth turn and burn on its axis-" But we don't request such things from strangers nowadays. So I said, "I love your hair."

#nationalpoetrymonth #poem #writingcommunity #poetry
#smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social

A little girl with black wavy hair & a t-shirt that says, “BIRTH PLACE: EARTH RACE: HUMAN POLITICS: FREEDOM RELIGION: LOVE”

Dear Humanity,

This #NativeAmerican believes we are one. I’ve made mistakes, & I’m sorry, ask for your forgiveness & grace. I don’t know anything, but I thank you for trusting me in knowing my #investiture is in making this a safe space.🕊️

Love you,
Aspen🪶

#BraveWrite #vss365
#WeAreOne #Poetry

bugleweed, azalea, dogwood, and my hidden forest goblin house down the path

Life imitating art.

#watercolorpainting #portrait #stars

"You will burn and you will burn out; but you will be healed and come back again."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Spring at Veneux-Nadon
🎨 Alfred Sisley (1882)

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

early lilacs—
grief caught
without its coat
#haiku #poetry

🤩American Kestrel deep dive. Toronto, Canada, April 17th 2026. Sony A1 I| 300GM 1/4000s, F/5.6 ISO 1600

12–13th century BCE bronze Chinese Zun wine vessel in the shape of an owl. Image from Minneapolis Institute of Art promotional material.

this thing is amazing: 12–13th century BCE owl-shaped Chinese Zun bronze wine vessel! On display at Minneapolis Institute of Art, Gallery 214 🦉

#Caturday

adulthood is just a series of reminders to replace various filters

I put this little monster 🐾 in a purrito time-out because he wants to 'help' with the linens.

Happy #Caturday !

#cats #RT #purrito

Zac Naoum on Instagram: "Zombie Audition - World Heritage Posts #dnd #fantasy #funny" 4,014 likes, 11 comments - zacspeaksgiant on April 14, 2026: "Zombie Audition - World Heritage Posts #dnd #fantasy #funny".

@zacspeaksgiant.bsky.social
Obviously the necromancer is hangin with the wrong kind of paladin. 😁

#dnd #humor #comedy #ttrpg #zombie #minion

www.instagram.com/zacspeaksgia...

Witness breathtaking drone footage capturing the fiery heart of a volcanic eruption. A new era of vulcanology is here, revealing nature's power like never before.

Fox with crow on its back surrounded by little blue flowers with yellow centres and bluebells and daffodils, a moth on a pale green background, painting.

🖼️ Kelly Louise Judd

Flowers from my garden

Bluesky, I got you some flowers from my garden, to cheer you up.

You're welcome 🦋💙

A male zebra finch on a perch, leaning towards and looking at the camera.

Beep is checking in to make sure you aren’t doom scrolling 🐥🫵

"Your sensitivity is a gift, but it needs boundaries like a garden needs a fence—not to keep everything out, but to let things grow in their own space"

Kent R. Wallis (1945)

Picking Flowers

White teeny tiny flowers called Alyssum, shaped flowers with yellow centers - petite “Cosmos”

This little miniature cosmos had me at hello. 🌸🌱

Huzzah!

the "Nerd in front of a computer" meme with the caption: we sill stop our attack once you unverify jerry

I'm being told this is authentic - it's by the people behind this DDOS attack on @bsky.app

Printed neurons communicate with living brain cells Northwestern University engineers printed artificial neurons that don't just imitate the brain—they talk to it. In a new study, the Northwestern team developed flexible, low-cost devices that generate electrical signals realistic enough to activate living brain cells.

Artificial neurons printed with flexible materials have demonstrated the ability to activate living brain cells, advancing potential applications in neuroprosthetics and energy-efficient computing.

'MitoCatch' delivers healthy mitochondria to diseased cells Scientists led by Botond Roska at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) have developed MitoCatch, a system that enables targeted delivery of healthy mitochondria to specific cell types affected by disease.

MitoCatch enables efficient, targeted delivery of healthy mitochondria to specific diseased cell types, offering a new approach for precision mitochondrial therapy across multiple conditions.

Mitochondria keep key immune cells battle-ready by sustaining electron flow, study reveals Researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) show that active mitochondria maintain dendritic cells, the immune system's sentinels, in a "ready-to-respond" state, linking cellular metabolism to gene regulation and T-cell activation.

Active mitochondria sustain electron flow in dendritic cells, maintaining their readiness to activate T cells and linking cellular metabolism to immune regulation and potential therapeutic strategies. doi.org/hbw9xm