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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 21h

Beware if you find a crumbling castle in the woods.
#babayaugust2025 #babayaga #castle #queen #royalty #throne #crown #gold #jewels #heavy
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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 21h

The castle is massive and derelict. It's very easy to get lost in it. If you acknowledge her sovereignty and are on your best humble manners, you may be treated to an audience and maybe even a feast and a wish.
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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 21h

Baba Yaugust 28. Castle. This Queen Yaga flies on a three-ton golden throne and wields an enchanted crown. She permanently absorbs any mortal authority and bravado that comes near her. Her crown can be thrown to crush, impale, or imprison anyone and bring their body back to her walking castle.
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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 1d

It's said she to have made paintings that drive people insane just to look at them. #babayaugust2025 #babayaga #artist #painter #paint #cloaca #subject #portrait #landscape #studio
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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 1d

If you sit for her, you will be changed and you may not like the outcome. The house roams to find the most interesting landscapes and people. The house's cloaca continually produces the highest quality paint in an astounding array of colours.
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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 1d

Baba Yaugust 27. Art Studio. This Yaga flies on a painter's palette. She wields a paintbrush made from the hairs of her house, which is a small open-air studio. She is splattered with paint. Her paintings come true. Her portraits redefine her subjects.
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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 2d

A fire-breathing dragon puppet I got for my nephew back in 2022

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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 2d

Ha ha glorious.

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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 2d

It itself is the enshittifier. It's the culprit. Like a King Midas that enshittifies all it touches.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 3d

THE BLEAKNESS

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 5d

A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required

Too burned out to travel? This new app fakes your summer vacation photos for you | TechCrunch

A new iPhone app, Endless Summer, uses AI to create photorealistic vacation photos starring you — no travel required

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April Wolfe @aprilwolfe.bsky.social · 2d

You gotta imagine how weird it felt to drive that backhoe today just looking back at everybody going “you sure about this everybody’s sure about this?”

Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 3d

Behold: Republican permitting reform.

The White House photographed from the driveway between it and the Treasury building, with the facade of the East Wing gutted. I don’t think the caretakers of the property pulled all the proper permits before starting work!

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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 2d

She can kill you with paper cuts. In her hands, paper is deadly and beautiful. #babayaugust2025 #babayaga #paper #stationery #cut #origami #chain
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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 2d

She has a paper press inside her house that can press you flat and add you to her paper army if you're rude. She can create a paper doppleganger of you so that people won't notice you're missing.
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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 2d

Baba Yaugust 26. Stationery Store. For all your paper needs. This Yaga flies on an origami unicorn and wields her infinitely extensible army of paper dolls. Her house has origami legs and skirt of shredded important documents. She is dressed in a paper outfit and hat.
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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 4d

"Life, uh, finds a way." Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic Park.

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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 4d

I've seen 'lucky cat' figurines in many a business around Vancouver but this is like a mega Voltron uber beast mode final boss lucky cat. I love it!

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ESMirelle @esmirelle.bsky.social · 4d

I love whatever is wrong with them 🙂‍↕️

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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 6d

Ha ha yeah exactly.

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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 6d

Interesting take. I was like a dog watching a card trick with that movie. I just did not get it at all.

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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 6d

Memory of Princess Mumbi (2025)(Kenya/Switzerland)★★
Goodnight Mommy (2015)(Germany)★★★★½
The Black Cauldron (1985)★★★½
Breaking Away (1979)★★★½
Winter Kills (1979)★

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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 6d

New film reviews posted up on Letterboxd:

Christy (2025)★★★★½
Köln 75 (2025)(Germany)★★★★½
Tuner (2025)★★★★
How to Train Your Dragon (2025)★★★½
Father Mother Sister Brother (2025)★★★½
Better Man (2024)★★★
Lost in Starlight (2025)(Korea)(animated)★★★

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LEE GATLIN @neilaglet.bsky.social · 7d

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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 10d

TRON (1982): Less Tron Than You'd Expect
TRON Legacy (2010): Hardly Any Tron
TRON Ares (2025): No Tron At All

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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 10d

I think more bands need to do sock merchandise.

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Duncan Shields @byduncanshields.bsky.social · 12d

Listen to us talk about the spooky sentient car movie Christine on the Black Dog After Dark podcast! www.buzzsprout.com/1529882/epis...

Episode #131: John Carpenter's Christine - The Black Dog Video After Dark Podcast

Buckle up for a wild ride as Dylan, Duncan and Darren (3-D!) take you on a scary journey into the world of John Carpenter’s 1983, car that’s a jerk movie, Christine! Is she really Bad to the Bone? You...

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