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apantesis
@apantesis.bsky.social
700 followers 2.7K following 1.7K posts

science witch
she/they genderfluid

minimalist in the streets, maximalist in the sheets.

current emotion: le tired
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nicolegrosjean.bsky.social
Two of my favorite ever pieces didn’t make it into IBA. Just so disappointed that my unicorn got rejected from every competition I entered it in. Oh well!
Unicorn artwork cut from silk, embroidered with goldwork embroidery, and embellished with vintage beads. Year of the Snake artwork with laser cut paper and wood, painted with watercolor and holographic vinyl.
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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hannahbluish.bsky.social
Born to wander the misty moors, forced to fight fascism (we can do both though, don’t worry)
Born to wander the misty moors, forced to fight fascism - little toad like creature looking concerned
February 11, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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ginkgogoes.bsky.social
Day 5 of #ArtAdventCalendar: an anhinga sunning its wings...mysteriously

#birds #digitalart #anhinga
A painting of an anhinga (also called snakebird), a long-necked water bird, sunning its wings after a swim on top of a branch. The bird is backlit with the big sun behind it creating a halo-like effect.
December 5, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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roryblank.bsky.social
death roll
a doodle of an alligator performing a death roll on a deer, thinking to itself "I spin around to kill my prey, to rip and tear into the flesh - I have to do it to eat, but I take no joy in that, my real passion is for the twirling itself. When I am spinning I feel free in the dance. What a tragedy it has to come with such violence."
February 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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yoshiyoshitani.bsky.social
Oracle of the Divine, even gayer than Tarot of the Divine
yoshiyoshitani.bsky.social Yoshi Yoshitani @ ECCC 23003 @yoshiyoshitani.bsky.social · 3d
For Valentines Day, let's celebrate with some of the couples in the Oracle of the Divine #art

Panji Semirang and Raden Inu Kertapati from Indonesia

Preorder Now! www.yoshiyoshitani.com/oracle-of-th...
Panji Semirang as the Fluidity card from the Oracle of the Divine and Around the Sun by Yoshi Yoshitani Inu Raden as the Crossroads card from the Oracle of the Divine and Around the Sun by Yoshi Yoshitani
February 9, 2026 at 12:57 AM
apantesis.bsky.social
click through this to see a delicious diversity of death
February 10, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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xkcd.com
Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

xkcd.com/3204/
Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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auntietiffa.bsky.social
Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold
February 10, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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tstld.bsky.social
Red vulture

Painting on a 5x7 masonite

#art #birds #nature #sciart
Painting of a vulture made with acrylic on masonite.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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anastasiawyatt.bsky.social
Grafaiai and Pidgeys
Digital painting of an underpass with a Grafaiai pokemon painting graffiti on a wall, with two pidgeys nearby.
February 10, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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pikaole.bsky.social
Bees 🐝
This art features 100 bees of various colors and shapes. These bees are designed in a cartoonish style, based on real species. The common name or species is written below the animals. Some bees are moving leaves, scraping plant hair, or sticking out their tongues. Some male bees have hairy faces and unusually shaped legs. There are also baby bees that have just hatched from their petal nests. Cute and colorful atmosphere. There are over 20,000 species of bees, so I only depicted a very small fraction of them!
February 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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royentsoc.bsky.social
🥈 Our 2nd place winner in the #InsectWeek Photography Competition is Dara Ojo (IG: explorewithdara) with a striking image captures a leafhopper overtaken by a green Metarhizium fungus, revealing the dramatic and often unseen interactions that shape tiny ecosystems.

Read more & view the galleries 🔽
Winning insect images revealed in RES Photography Competition 2025
View the Insect Week galleries
buff.ly
February 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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hectorealcala.bsky.social
So many makeshift markers for the people that have been disappeared by ICE. Now there are is graffiti to note where people were taken. Interesting to note that some property owners remove graffiti like this, while others don’t.
Graffiti on a brick wall that reads “a neighbor was taken here. Abolish ICE”
February 10, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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dreddieclark.bsky.social
MEEP
Piwakawaka. Shouting.
February 10, 2026 at 3:34 AM
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grays.art
Spined soldier bug nymph
(Podisus maculiventris)

feeding on a black firefly
(Lucidota atra)

West Ridge nature preserve 7-6-25
Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood

#twosDay #twoforTuesday #eastcoastkin #bugsky #insects #bugs #nature #macro #photography #macroPhotography #chicago #Coleoptera #art
On a stage of a green leaf, a gold, white and red ovoid beetle has pierced the red-spotted head of a black firefly in the foreground.
February 10, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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aubryjoi.bsky.social
Self-made 💙💖

[ #cuteart #illustration #trans ]
A digital illustration of my character Egg the Trans Raccoon (a trans flag colored raccoon) sitting peacefully, surrounded by scribbles and stars. It says “self-made” next to them.
February 10, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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dansheehan.bsky.social
Every business right now thinks its such an essential part of your life that you'd give them anything to keep using it and brother I am here to tell you I don't need a chat app that bad
February 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
This April we're doing environmental ed a little differently.

Join us for Biodiversitease: an Earth Day Cabaret!

We just don't see any reason why a bodacious bumblebee can't teach you about the critical role of pollinators, ya know?

This *will* sell out. Get tix now
Biodiversitease.eventbrite.com
a show poster for Biodiversitease earth day cabaret at starbolt 1936 front st doors 7 show 8, burlesque and drag performances and local vendors and educators performances by Jaeda, mx mossteria, victoria reno, and honeytree evileye. DJ hannibal lickher, Kitten: Pony Corbeau Benefitting: Skype a Scientist, with a bunch of hot babes among the flowers with a QR code to the event
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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theo.io
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!

bluesky-map.theo.io

I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
Maybe a good time for this as well with norovirus making headlines.

I made this for our bathroom and a few “lucky” friends also got one as a gift.

As I’ve said before, it’s astonishing that I even have any friends at all.
Cross stitch that says wash your hands. It has 3 pathogens on it: e.coli salmonella and cholera
February 8, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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grays.art
Is it Mothday, already?

Ithaca Clearwing Moth
(Carmenta ithacae)

on ornamental grass blade 7-9-25
in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood

Approximate wingspan: 5/8” (1.6cm)

#macroMonday #eastcoastkin #bugsky #macro #photography #macrophotography #moths #Lepidoptera #chicago #insects #bugs #art
Small, day-flying moth (5/8 to 11/16 inch) that mimics a wasp, featuring a slender, iridescent blue-black body, thin yellow collar, and transparent, scale-free wings.
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 AM
apantesis.bsky.social
This thread is beautiful, thank you for all the detailed explanations!
beckyhammer.bsky.social Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 3d
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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sculptedreef.com
🌊 Blue Ringed Octopus Sculpture 🐙✨

#ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #CoralReef #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife #FebruArty 🦑🐡
A vibrant yellow and blue ringed octopus sculpture, depicting the species Hapalochlaena lunulata.
February 9, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social
Super simple disclaimer that *all* authors really need to make sure make it to the beginning of their books. I'm at the point where I'm going to set a date that any book written after this date that *doesn't* have this I wont read.
February 8, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
Not all owls say "who".

The saw-whet owl may have gotten its name from the resemblance of its call to a saw being sharpened on a whet-stone.

Seems like a better name than "3rd-grade-recorder-practice owl."
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM