Dallas Hicks
@drhicks76.bsky.social
Huge nerd (weather, hockey, sci-fi, RUSH, Transformers, RWBY, all kinds of music)! Jersey collector, synth musician, okay artist, fatigue manager, parrot wrangler. Just Say No To Fash. He/Him.
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Make shitty art.
This needs to be said more often.
Everything a person creates doesn’t have to be perfectly polished and beloved by the internet masses.
Even if you do it as a job.
Don’t forget to create JUST to create.
Shitty art is also fantastic.
This needs to be said more often.
Everything a person creates doesn’t have to be perfectly polished and beloved by the internet masses.
Even if you do it as a job.
Don’t forget to create JUST to create.
Shitty art is also fantastic.
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Make shitty art.
This needs to be said more often.
Everything a person creates doesn’t have to be perfectly polished and beloved by the internet masses.
Even if you do it as a job.
Don’t forget to create JUST to create.
Shitty art is also fantastic.
This needs to be said more often.
Everything a person creates doesn’t have to be perfectly polished and beloved by the internet masses.
Even if you do it as a job.
Don’t forget to create JUST to create.
Shitty art is also fantastic.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to (eclecticism challenge accepted):
Rush
Genesis
Roy Orbison
Gordon Lightfoot
David Bowie
Rush
Genesis
Roy Orbison
Gordon Lightfoot
David Bowie
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to (eclecticism challenge accepted)
ACDC
Santana
kd lang
Supertramp
Yanni
ACDC
Santana
kd lang
Supertramp
Yanni
Introduce yourself wirh 5 concerts you've been to (eclecticism challenge accepted)
Been to 3 of the same ones Rob has, so can't re-use those... let's see
PJ Harvey
Michael Nyman Band
Laurie Anderson (several times)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Victor Borge
Been to 3 of the same ones Rob has, so can't re-use those... let's see
PJ Harvey
Michael Nyman Band
Laurie Anderson (several times)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Victor Borge
January 20, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to (eclecticism challenge accepted):
Rush
Genesis
Roy Orbison
Gordon Lightfoot
David Bowie
Rush
Genesis
Roy Orbison
Gordon Lightfoot
David Bowie
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Got hooked by the quirky title of a short story -- "Demons in the Fridge" -- and read about ten pages before realizing it was "Demons on the Fringe".
Disappointing.
Also, now I must write a story about demonic appliance possession.
Working titles: "Eggcorcist"..."Devilled Eggs"..."Milkastopheles"
Disappointing.
Also, now I must write a story about demonic appliance possession.
Working titles: "Eggcorcist"..."Devilled Eggs"..."Milkastopheles"
January 17, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Got hooked by the quirky title of a short story -- "Demons in the Fridge" -- and read about ten pages before realizing it was "Demons on the Fringe".
Disappointing.
Also, now I must write a story about demonic appliance possession.
Working titles: "Eggcorcist"..."Devilled Eggs"..."Milkastopheles"
Disappointing.
Also, now I must write a story about demonic appliance possession.
Working titles: "Eggcorcist"..."Devilled Eggs"..."Milkastopheles"
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My wife and I are on a last minute trip to Thailand and we had a brief 5-hour stop in Tokyo. As the plane landed we got to see Mt. Fuji at sunset. The photo does not capture the majesty of the view, nor the beauty of the misty golden light behind the mountain.
January 16, 2026 at 6:56 AM
My wife and I are on a last minute trip to Thailand and we had a brief 5-hour stop in Tokyo. As the plane landed we got to see Mt. Fuji at sunset. The photo does not capture the majesty of the view, nor the beauty of the misty golden light behind the mountain.
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I remember someone making a good point a few weeks ago about how people view Bluesky as “boring” actually being a good thing
You’re not meant to be addicted to social media 12 hours a day, you’re supposed to see a few posts from people you follow and go about your day
You’re not meant to be addicted to social media 12 hours a day, you’re supposed to see a few posts from people you follow and go about your day
January 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I remember someone making a good point a few weeks ago about how people view Bluesky as “boring” actually being a good thing
You’re not meant to be addicted to social media 12 hours a day, you’re supposed to see a few posts from people you follow and go about your day
You’re not meant to be addicted to social media 12 hours a day, you’re supposed to see a few posts from people you follow and go about your day
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I bet he's just as servile when Trump comes for Greenland. And Canada.
January 4, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I bet he's just as servile when Trump comes for Greenland. And Canada.
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Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.
January 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.
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Rage Against the Machine Learning
December 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Rage Against the Machine Learning
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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Ending day 3 of #artAdventCalendar with 472 participants. A fair bit slower than last year where we had 625 on day 1 (!!)
but still good numbers and most importantly...great posts.
Be sure to let your artist friends on here know what a cool thing this is.
but still good numbers and most importantly...great posts.
Be sure to let your artist friends on here know what a cool thing this is.
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Ending day 3 of #artAdventCalendar with 472 participants. A fair bit slower than last year where we had 625 on day 1 (!!)
but still good numbers and most importantly...great posts.
Be sure to let your artist friends on here know what a cool thing this is.
but still good numbers and most importantly...great posts.
Be sure to let your artist friends on here know what a cool thing this is.
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BREAKING: Three original Bob Ross paintings just sold at auction for a combined $600,000 — all to support public TV stations struggling after Republican funding cuts. 🥹 Decades later, Bob Ross is still painting hope across America. 🎨
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
BREAKING: Three original Bob Ross paintings just sold at auction for a combined $600,000 — all to support public TV stations struggling after Republican funding cuts. 🥹 Decades later, Bob Ross is still painting hope across America. 🎨
This is not a Mini-Wheat. There is absolutely nothing "mini" about this. This is just a Wheat. Or maybe just some kind of Frankenwheat.
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This is not a Mini-Wheat. There is absolutely nothing "mini" about this. This is just a Wheat. Or maybe just some kind of Frankenwheat.
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Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
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Editorial cartoon: Don't bread on me. Enjoy :)
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Editorial cartoon: Don't bread on me. Enjoy :)
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The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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What a sh*t show:
National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches
The National Weather Service is struggling to maintain its weather forecasting operations due to significant staffing cuts under the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
What a sh*t show:
National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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For anyone cheering the potential fall of #CanadaPost, I just sent a package to an American friend of mine via FedEx and, like a good capitalist company who loves the free market on days like this, they charged me DOUBLE what they normally would because they could. Welcome to the future, folks. 🤬
September 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
For anyone cheering the potential fall of #CanadaPost, I just sent a package to an American friend of mine via FedEx and, like a good capitalist company who loves the free market on days like this, they charged me DOUBLE what they normally would because they could. Welcome to the future, folks. 🤬
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For those who need to hear it, never apologize for gushing about your hyperfixations and any comfort characters. All it matters is that they make you happy.
September 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
For those who need to hear it, never apologize for gushing about your hyperfixations and any comfort characters. All it matters is that they make you happy.
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Quick unfortunately necessary reminder time:
The unhoused aren’t your enemy.
The system that unhoused them is though.
The unhoused aren’t your enemy.
The system that unhoused them is though.
September 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Quick unfortunately necessary reminder time:
The unhoused aren’t your enemy.
The system that unhoused them is though.
The unhoused aren’t your enemy.
The system that unhoused them is though.
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No Cowntry for Old Men
September 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
No Cowntry for Old Men
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As an American living under the MAGA regime, the best advice I can give my Canadian neighbors is to take these fascists seriously. Once they get a little power, they'll grab more. They WILL do every crazy thing they say they're going to do. They're just waiting for the right moment.
September 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
As an American living under the MAGA regime, the best advice I can give my Canadian neighbors is to take these fascists seriously. Once they get a little power, they'll grab more. They WILL do every crazy thing they say they're going to do. They're just waiting for the right moment.