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Washed up roleplayer, VR and science nerd 🐘 https://mastodon.social/@cragsand 👾 https://twitch.tv/cragsand 🔗 https://cragsand.carrd.co Twitch, TTRPG, DnD, VRChat roleplay, The Golden Gator, Neon Divide, Skeptic, Skepticism, Space, Sweden 🇸🇪

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Cragsand @cragsand.bsky.social · Oct 17

Howdy👋
Welcome to BlueSky~🦋 I hope you stay😊
A lil introduction for all new people!

I'm a washed up roleplayer nerd who do mildly interesting, educational things in VR, RP, DnD to escape reality from my engineering day job. I also post about urbanism, science, skepticism, space & content creation.

Screenshot of Cragsand's character Sten Berglund, a gunsmith from the wasteland. The setting is Neon Divide, a VRChat roleplay set in a cyberpunk fantasy world with magic and scifi technology.

Uh oh. A sand flea creature of the wasteland sneaks up from behind.
The world in the background was created by Sketchu and Qyr.

Group shot of wastelanders from Neon Divide RP. Kurohgane as Maxie, ItsBigHB as ???, CaseFace5 as Willie, Cragsand as Heisenberg?? (Sten) and AussieSophie as Maya

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K. Guillory @kgpaints.bsky.social · 1d

The portal park at the Museum of Immersivism is now live! Thank you to everyone who participated in the Gallery Jam. I'll call for an art show in the spring. This season was a success, thank you 💕 vrchat.com/home/launch?...

The Museum of Immersivism by kgpaints_

Immersivism is a fine art movement which expresses ideas about virtual spaces․ The Museum of Immersivism documents this movement and provides free art classes and talks․ Visit immersivism․com to learn...

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David Revoy @davidrevoy.com · 1d

Scary Cute Scarecrow

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

A comic strip in four panels:

Panel 1: In the middle of a field of dry wheat ready to harvest, not far away from a farm, stands a cute, young feminin scarecrow made of straw, sticks and old clothes. A crow lands on her, followed by a flock of crows in the distance. She looks worried.

Panel 2: The cute scarecrow is humiliated: the crows are not afraid of her; they mock her, make faces at her, take selfies with her and one even poops on her hat. Meanwhile, many of them are eating the precious seeds on the ground. She feels sad about it.

Panel 3: The cute scarecrow then has an idea and say something with a wink to the crows around her. All the crows interrupt their business and look at her in horror and shock.
> cute scarecrow: I like pineapple on pizza.

Panel 4: Happy ending, the flock of crows flies away and the cute scarecrow is happy: she has done her job correctly.

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Elementallis @elementallis.bsky.social · 3d

Who else is a fan of rain in games? 🌧️

Wishlist Elementallis on Steam! ✨ s.team/a/1304280

#indiegame #pixelart #zeldalike

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James Webb 🔴 Gallery @webb-telescope.bsky.social · 5d

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on Flickr (Aug 19, 2025)

NASA's Webb Telescope discovers a new moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the total number of moons to 29.

flic.kr/p/2rorxDv

An image of Uranus showcasing its newly discovered moon S 2025 U1, surrounded by 14 labeled moons and rings. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, M. El Moutamid (SwRI), M. Hedman (University of Idaho)

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Robert “The Bobby Yaga” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 5d

Neighbors already have the fog machine going and everything.

A house with lots of lights and over the top Halloween decorations is shrouded in fog.

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 7d

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

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Skywind @skywind.bsky.social · 6d

Ancient loot - now with 100% more lore! 📝 Sandus Ancestral Tomb, by Oisteri

Picture of the Sandus Ancestral Tomb interior, showing armed skeletons and braziers on an elevated platform in the middle of a large hall, highlighted by a skylight.

Picture of the Sandus Ancestral Tomb interior, featuring a dim lit corridor filled with braziers and urns of various sizes.

Picture of the Sandus Ancestral Tomb interior, showing a low staircase leading down a hazy corridor, rimmed with urns and tombstones, featuring a wall mural of an erupting volcano.

Picture of the Sandus Ancestral Tomb interior, showing an ash pit as the centrepiece of a large room, highlighted by a skylight. The room is lined with urns and blue lit braziers.

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Arorea @arorea.bsky.social · 6d

NYCC Thursday was a success! I had a great time in my Fallout Lucy MacLean cosplay! #newyorkcomiccon

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nobody @granddad.bsky.social · 7d

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Cragsand @cragsand.bsky.social · Sep 20

Happy Friday! 🐊
#gators #friday #happyfriday #flatfuckfriday #meme

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Cragsand @cragsand.bsky.social · 6d

Here in Sweden any electric engine over 250W or with an assisted velocity over 25km/h counts as a moped. Then it's not allowed on bike paths unless specified and has to be registered.

I've never seen any actual checks or enforcement done though. :S
www.transportstyrelsen.se/sv/vagtrafik...

Cykel med elassistans eller moped? - Transportstyrelsen

En cykel med tramp- eller vevanordning och elassistans räknas som cykel om den är konstruerad på följande sätt: Elmotorn kopplas in när trycket på tr...

www.transportstyrelsen.se

Cragsand @cragsand.bsky.social · 7d

Titan! ❤️

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Jor Rilla @jorrilla.bsky.social · 7d

First

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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 8d

I have another video today! It's about old-school video projectors and how amazing they were.

Seriously, not only is it almost unbelievable that this even works, but it's doing full HD video with incredibly good image quality. It's also a royal PITA.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms8u...

Video projectors used to be ridiculously cool

YouTube video by Technology Connections

www.youtube.com

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Mirage - Formerly KelliSiren 💙 @miragevox.bsky.social · 8d

I was gifted some amazing art for my birthday~
Art by @/plushccubus.bsky.social

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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 9d

First images of comet #3I/ATLAS from Europe's Mars orbiters 😍

Observing the comet from 30 million km away, #ExoMars reveals the halo of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus.

Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
🔭🧪

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Cragsand @cragsand.bsky.social · 9d

ATProtocols version of "decentralization" remains pretty centralized in retrospect.

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 10d

So let me get this today’s drama right:

* Jay followed noted transphobe Jonathan Chait
* Blacksky user Link pointed that out that’s fucked up after the past week
* Link was banned on Blueskys appview presumably by Jay
* But Link is also hidden from Blacksky b/c it still uses said appview

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Gabriel @gm0stache.tigerente.dev · 9d

feel free to join this petition against #chatcontrol here:

weact.campact.de/petitions/ch...

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Cragsand @cragsand.bsky.social · 10d

mcc @dryad.technology · 10d

*Scratching head*

Alright. So I just want to put some thoughts (about Bluesky moderation events) in linear order— I cannot guarantee reading this thread will clarify anything.

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Cragsand @cragsand.bsky.social · 10d

Cragsand @cragsand.bsky.social · 12d

Part of me wanted to believe this but it's looking more and more like a "the mask is finally off" moment rather than any mistake. The continuous lapses in judgement regarding moderation, one after another has been a writing on the wall.

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Cragsand @cragsand.bsky.social · 11d

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 11d

They brought the post back lol. Finish the job. Ban Singal. Rescue your platform.

Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 11d

Bluesky deleted my post complaining about the CEO lol. I did not delete it myself! Full on Lowtaxing from Jay here.

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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.bsky.social · 12d

Incidentally, the very nice schematic of cryosphere changes over both ice sheets was drawn by @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social Tak! 🙏

New paper out today in @nature Geosciences:
The Greenlandification of Antarctica

Readcube pdf: rdcu.be/eJiqJ

The Greenlandification of Antarctica | Nature Geoscience

Climate and ice sheet processes in Antarctica increasingly reflect those observed earlier in Greenland. Applying process insights from Greenland can improve projections of future Antarctic ice and climate behaviour.

rdcu.be

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Adam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social · 11d

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randomravenart @randomravenart.bsky.social · 11d

It's done

#scp #scp_foundation #scpfoundation #scpart #drwondertainment #dr_wondertaiment #art #digitalart #animationmeme #scpanimation

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Kingdoms of the Dump @kingdomsofthedump.bsky.social · 12d

'The Witch of Feathertop'

Not much is known about the Witch of Feathertop, though she’s suspected to be a powerful Laundromancer. Baseless pillow talk if you ask me.

illustrated by D.Jeffrey

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