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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 13h

Every once in a while a group of 10-15 tourists vanish without a trace in the Paris Catacombs and then afterward the Eiffel Tower is a few feet taller

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gryme @gryme.bsky.social · 10h

aria #counterweight

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Terrance @stickysweett.bsky.social · 12h

Zendaya was funny asf for this 😭

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Hedge @angiemckeown.bsky.social · 22h

Headed to Bristol today for some jollys. Why is it we do all the good things we meant to get around to right before we leave?

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 23h

"The rain was cold, pitiless & increasing. A damp, keen wind blew down the cross streets leading from the river. The fumes of the gas works seemed to fall with the rain. The roadway was muddy; the pavement greasy; the lamps burned dimly..." Happy #BookWormSat from Charlotte Riddell (1882)
🎨 Nkabuto

📚 'The Old House on Vauxhall Walk' is one of the short stories that form part of the collection of Charlotte Riddell's 56 published books, novels and story collections, all on the theme of the supernatural. Following the untimely death of her father, the young Carrickfergus born Charlotte moved to London with her mother where she became intimately acquainted with its topography 🎨 Nkabuto (Phuoc Quan)
is a Vietnamese digital artist who created this piece in 2011.

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Caz @timberwind.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hi! Nice to meet you, I'm the faceless technician who's job it is to explain what a nanorobot is to the audience in every movie with a magic nanotech liquid metal character. You might have already met my brother, the guy who explains that EMP stands for electromagnetic pulse.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 1d

When I was your age, searching for a phrase in quotes returned results for that exact phrase

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Justin McElroy @thoughtographic.bsky.social · 1d

The Great A’Tuin

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Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · 1d

give tron to the wachowskis.

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Andy Toone @lockfarm.bsky.social · 1d

OK BlueSky network, can we do the six degrees of Kevin Bacon thing? Does anyone know Ian Livingstone or someone in similar tech/tabletop gaming/boardgame area? I've got a tech demo that I'd love to take further, or at least show to people who might 'get it'.

Reposts appreciated.

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Hedge @angiemckeown.bsky.social · 1d

This was great.
"had first dibs on our love," rewired my brain a little.
Found family ftw 💕

Owen Blacker @owenblacker.bsky.social · 1d

A great reframing of Poppet >>

How to eat with others
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How to eat with others

This is the last painting I did at my old studio. I left it behind. You can support my shenanigans for a mere $2/mo. This week’s question comes to us from...

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 2d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 2d

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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Hedge @angiemckeown.bsky.social · 2d

Friend sending me incredible photos of sunny countryside 30 minutes walk from their door, and gosh, your whole outlook on life can change if you manage to put yourself in better surroundings. Amazing.

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Hedge @angiemckeown.bsky.social · 2d

Referring to myself as 'the worst thing in the cutlery drawer' from now on 🤣🤣🤣

The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 3d

Gardner said: “Some people have accused us of being unromantic. We’re plenty romantic – I just don’t want to be the worst thing in the cutlery drawer.”

Autistic couple keen to assert that neither of them is the big spoon

An autistic couple have issued a joint public statement clarifying that neither of them has ever been, currently are, or plan to be, the big spoon. Alix Gardner and Des Ackerman, both 29, held a…

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 3d

Many sea stars begin life as young fairy-like creature (called a brachiolaria) that float through the open ocean. Eventually, a small star forms within them (here in yellow). The fairy-like brachiolaria sinks under the star’s weight, and the star pops out!
🎥@the_story_of_a_biologist (on Insta)

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CarsonDrewIt @carsondrewit.bsky.social · 3d

Traian's Curios

#dailysketch Day 124
#art #illustration

Technically took us two days to make, but I think it paid off. Really happy with how this one turned out!

A digital sketch of a woman behind the counter of a magical curio shop. A cat sleeps on the counter next to her while a dog sits on a stool trying to get her attention. There's also a frog with a crown. on the shelves behind her are various additional artefacts.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 3d

I think that's not good, but I'm no expert. 🫠

Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 3d

My latest animation of the global surface temperature anomaly, 1851 - 2025 (current through September).

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Hedge @angiemckeown.bsky.social · 3d

I am so overwhelmed right now with the sheer amount of tasks.

And the sheer amount of terrible immigration middle-man excel 'forms' and 'send us your passport by email' nonsense I have to push back on.
I was designing better websites in 1998 than this stuff.

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Hedge @angiemckeown.bsky.social · 3d

Mood

Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 3d

if this place does saw off the tree limb it's sitting on, I will plummet to the depths spitefully happy that I never called them skeets

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Hedge @angiemckeown.bsky.social · 4d

I did not have 'speed meds making me tired all the time' on my bingo but here we are for another day!
加油 😅

a fluffy gray cat is sitting on a table and looking at the camera

Alt: Scraggly, dazed looking fluffy grey cat with the text Good Morning

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Justin McElroy @thoughtographic.bsky.social · 4d

Battle on Eagle Mountain

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Hedge @angiemckeown.bsky.social · 4d

On ep 3 of my first Beyond Evil rewatch.

Since I now have an idea what happens it's fascinating to see all the little details and character interactions I missed because I didn't understand what they meant first time round.

Really clever how it keeps you guessing 😎

a man in a black suit and black turtleneck is pointing his finger

Alt: Han Juwon making a shush motion with a finger to his lips

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 5d

Daily bunny no.3100 is just a branch away

A bunny sits on the branch of a tree at night, sipping tea and looking at the full moon. On the moon, another small bunny is visible, also drinking tea while looking back at the bunny on the tree branch

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 5d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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