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@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:30 PM

Some directions are meant to get you somewhere. Others are meant to make you wonder what might be out there.

A little Neverland for a quiet Sunday.

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Raise Good Ruckus Quote of the Day graphic on a dark forest-green background. A cream rectangle with muted terracotta accents contains the quote, “Second to the right, and straight on till morning.” The attribution below reads, “J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan.” The Raise Good Ruckus wordmark appears near the bottom.
@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 11:30 PM

Seven volunteers spent two soggy hours in a Nor’easter documenting 61 species with iNaturalist and eBird.

Curiosity, apparently, is waterproof.

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Raise Good Ruckus story card on a muted sage-green background. A man in a blue pullover crouches among gray shoreline rocks while using a smartphone to photograph or document a small specimen. Large text reads, “THE WEATHER SAID NO. THEY COUNTED 61 SPECIES ANYWAY.” Subtext explains that seven volunteers braved a Nor’easter for a two-hour BioBlitz and kept documenting. Source: University of New England. Raise Good Ruckus logo appears at bottom right.
@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:30 PM

These roses were originally pink.

Time changed Vincent van Gogh’s colors, but not the sense of renewal in this 1890 painting.

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Vincent van Gogh’s 1890 oil painting “Roses.” A large bouquet of pale white roses and deep green leaves fills a rounded tan vase against a turquoise-green background. Thick, energetic brushstrokes swirl through the flowers, foliage, tabletop, and background. The National Gallery of Art notes that the roses were originally pink, but the pigment faded over time.
@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 6:00 PM

5,000+ recreational divers have trained in coral restoration in the Florida Keys.

Tourism can become stewardship.

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Raise Good Ruckus story card on a muted sage-green background. An underwater photograph shows a smiling scuba diver in dark diving gear suspended in clear blue water, holding equipment and making a shaka hand gesture. Large text asks, “WHAT IF YOUR DIVE HELPED REBUILD A REEF?” Subtext explains that thousands of recreational divers are learning hands-on coral restoration in the Florida Keys. Source: NOAA Fisheries. Raise Good Ruckus logo appears at bottom right.
@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:30 PM

World Mental Health Day is centering lived experience—and asking that people with lived experience help shape the policies, services, and decisions that affect them.

Listening matters most when it leads somewhere.

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Raise Good Ruckus story card on a muted sage-green background. Several hands of different sizes are gently gathered together around a bright green awareness ribbon against a pale green backdrop. Large text reads, “LISTENING SHOULD LEAD TO CHANGE.” Subtext says World Mental Health Day is centering lived experience and asking that real voices help shape real decisions. Source: World Health Organization. Raise Good Ruckus logo appears at bottom right.
@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 1:30 PM

Fred Rogers had a gift for making hard things feel speakable.

On World Mental Health Day, this is a good reminder that naming what we feel can make it a little easier to carry.

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Raise Good Ruckus Quote of the Day graphic on a dark forest-green background. A cream rectangle with muted terracotta accents contains the quote, “Anything that's human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.” The source line reads Fred Rogers Institute, with the Raise Good Ruckus wordmark near the bottom.
@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:01 PM

A rain garden in Illinois is glowing with pumpkins, art, native plants, and lessons in sustainability.

Stormwater management, but make it a neighborhood celebration.

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Raise Good Ruckus story card on a muted sage-green background. A nighttime group photo shows seven people gathered outdoors beneath trees, several holding glowing carved pumpkins. The person in the center wears large monarch-butterfly wings. Large text asks, “WHAT IF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT LOOKED LIKE A PARTY?” Subtext explains that a community rain garden is glowing with pumpkins, art, native plants, and sustainability lessons. Source: University of Illinois Extension. Raise Good Ruckus logo appears at bottom right.
@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 10:00 PM

October art with a pulse.

Patric Bates built this papier-mâché skeleton by hand, complete with guitar, bright color, and a whole lot of personality.

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@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:01 PM

Mary Cassatt made the everyday act of sealing a letter feel intimate and important.

“The Letter” turns correspondence into a quiet study of attention, ritual, and connection.

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Color print by Mary Cassatt titled “The Letter,” created in 1890–91. A seated woman in a richly patterned blue robe leans over a small table while sealing or preparing an envelope. Floral wallpaper fills the background, and a pale sheet of paper rests on the blue tabletop. The scene feels quiet and absorbed in the ordinary ritual of correspondence.
@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:38 PM

Find enough mushrooms in the forest and eventually one of them starts looking like a portal to another world.

Yuumei’s glowing porcini turns an ordinary foraging obsession into something wonderfully enormous and magical.

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@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 5:03 PM

USPS Operation Santa is back for its 114th year, letting people adopt verified letters and help fulfill holiday wishes.

Sometimes a letter finds the right stranger.

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Raise Good Ruckus story card on a muted sage-green background. A holiday display shows a large envelope addressed to Santa at the North Pole beside a red-and-white Santa decoration, surrounded by festive tinsel and warm lights. Large text reads, “SOME LETTERS FIND THEIR WAY TO STRANGERS WHO CARE.” Subtext explains that USPS Operation Santa is back for its 114th year of turning holiday letters into acts of kindness. Source: U.S. Postal Service. Raise Good Ruckus logo appears at bottom right.
@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 2:01 PM

World Post Day celebrates the people and networks that keep letters, parcels, medicine, documents, and everyday life moving across distances.

Connection still matters.

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Raise Good Ruckus story card on a muted sage-green background. A colorful overhead photograph shows dozens of decorated envelopes, handwritten addresses, stamps, stickers, and stationery spread across a table. Large text reads, “THE WORLD STILL RUNS ON CONNECTION.” Subtext explains that World Post Day celebrates the people and places that keep mail and much more moving. Source: Universal Postal Union. Raise Good Ruckus logo appears at bottom right.
@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:15 PM

On World Post Day, Jane Austen’s line still lands: good correspondence should sound like the person speaking.

Different century, same goal—say what you mean, and mean it kindly.

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Raise Good Ruckus Quote of the Day graphic on a dark forest-green background. A cream rectangle with muted terracotta accents contains the quote: “The true art of letter-writing…is to express on paper exactly what one would say to the same person by word of mouth.” Jane Austen’s name appears below, with the Raise Good Ruckus wordmark near the bottom.
@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:30 AM

A good reminder for World Sight Day: seeing is more than looking.

Thoreau’s line asks us to pay closer attention—to people, places, and what we might otherwise overlook.

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Raise Good Ruckus Quote of the Day graphic on a dark forest-green background. A cream rectangle with muted terracotta accents contains the quote, “The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” Henry David Thoreau’s name appears below. Raise Good Ruckus wordmark appears near the bottom.
@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:45 PM

Birds use ants against parasites. Herons use insects as bait. Frogs borrow toxins from bugs.

Nature’s relationships are far stranger—and more interconnected—than they first appear.

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Raise Good Ruckus story card on a muted sage-green background. A black woodpecker-like bird with a bright red crown sits in grass beside a lichen-covered tree trunk. Large text reads, “NATURE HAS SOME VERY STRANGE PARTNERSHIPS.” Subtext explains that birds use ants against parasites, herons use insects as bait, and that these are only some of the unusual relationships between vertebrates and insects. Source: UConn Today. Raise Good Ruckus logo appears at bottom right.
@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 9:55 PM

Maria Mitchell understood that discovery isn’t powered by calculation alone.

Science also needs curiosity, imagination, beauty—and room to wonder.

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Raise Good Ruckus Quote of the Day graphic on a dark forest-green background. A cream rectangle with muted terracotta accents contains Maria Mitchell’s quote: “We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.” Her name appears below, with the Raise Good Ruckus wordmark near the bottom.
@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 8:30 PM

Odilon Redon turned vision into something strange, dreamlike, and almost alive.

His 1883 lithograph blurs the line between eye, flower, and imagination.

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Black-and-white lithograph by Odilon Redon titled “There Was Perhaps a First Vision Attempted in the Flower,” created in 1883. A large, luminous human-like eye rises from a dark, organic form resembling a flower or strange creature. Fine radiating lines surround the eye, while dense, textured marks fill the shadowy background. The surreal image feels both botanical and dreamlike.
@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 8:05 PM

Well, I guess this finally settles the old question.

The Fabergé chick came first.

A tiny hardstone bird from the era when Fabergé was making exquisitely detailed animal miniatures with precious stone, gold and an unreasonable amount of charm.

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@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 7:57 PM

I already liked John C. McGinley!

Today I learned how deeply his son Max shaped his life.

He changed career choices so he could be present for him, became a longtime Down syndrome advocate, and has spent years pushing for dignity, inclusion and better language around disability.

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@raisegoodruckus.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 7:38 PM

At first it reads like a soft geometric wall graphic.

Then you learn the gradient is built from scaled bands of translucent ink on recycled PET acoustic panels designed to absorb sound.

That’s a very satisfying marriage of form and function!

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