Mike Smale
LightNews LightNews
banner
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Mike Smale
@earwigplanet.bsky.social
1.3K followers 1.3K following 1.4K posts
Musician | Photographer | Writer
Sharing the adventures of a little Dilophosaurus.
100% of my work is human made.
he/they

Website: https://www.mikesmale.com
Listen: https://mikesmale.bandcamp.com
Gallery: https://mike-smale.pixels.com
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Mike Smale @earwigplanet.bsky.social · Sep 19
Trans people and their allies are not a terror threat, you fucknuggets.
Reposted by Mike Smale
hypervisible.blacksky.app
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Another #BandcampFriday post. I recorded this the day my old kitty Orion passed so it was renamed for him afterwards.

#Blues #Piano #Jazz #Improvisation
Kitten on a String, by Mike Smale
from the album Finger Food
mikesmale.bandcamp.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
More #BandcampFriday shameless self-promotions:

#BassGuitar #ElectricBass #Bassist #Ambient #Rock #Music #MusicSky
Wild Raspberries, by Mike Smale
from the album Wild Raspberries
mikesmale.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Dilophosaurus is brought into elvish servitude.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Elves #Santa #Christmas #LabourRights #Dinosaurs
A green Dilophosaurus with brown spots is held by a little humanoid Christmas elf wearing a green tunic, red and white striped stockings, red and white buttons on their tunic, and a yellow poof ball by their face. Santa Claus inspects Dilophosaurus as a new arrival before assigning them to their duty. All are atop a green winter throw.
December 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
This is my favourite track from my first EP of original music.

#BandcampFriday #ElectronicMusic #Nostalgia #Ambient #MusicSky #Music
Old Toys, by Mike Smale
from the album Earwig Rising
mikesmale.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Since my last shameless self-promotion post was for the cold, here's a much warmer tune from the same album that can get you yearning for summer.

#BandcampFriday #Piano #ClassicalMusic #ClassicalPiano #MusicSky
Poem 3: Daylilies, by Mike Smale
from the album Five Poems & Three Mysterious Stories
mikesmale.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
While it's #BandcampFriday, check out @solobasssteve.bsky.social for some of the coolest bass guitar stuff out there. Amsterdam is absolutely gorgeous.
Amsterdam, by Steve Lawson
6 track album
stevelawson.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
It's #BandcampFriday and it's a cold winter day here, so here's a cold winter's piano piece I wrote:

#Piano #ClassicalMusic #PianoMusic #Instrumental
Poem 4: Nor'Easter, by Mike Smale
from the album Five Poems & Three Mysterious Stories
mikesmale.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Reposted by Mike Smale
brooklynmarie.bsky.social
Do you mean to tell me that I've been confusing neurodivergent burnout with depression all along??
December 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Reposted by Mike Smale
thegodpodcast.com
He commits crimes against humanity to stop “drug traffickers” while pardoning a notorious drug trafficker.

He attacks veterans while committing treason.

Make it stop.
December 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Reposted by Mike Smale
sarahseeandersen.bsky.social
The image is of a comic. Panel one depicts Santa Claus. He says, "Have you been naughty or nice?" Panel two depicts a happy dog. He says, "I am ALWAYS a good boy." Santa responds "Very nice!" Panel three depicts Santa again. He says "...And you?" Panel four depicts an orange cat climbing a Christmas tree, turning his head to look back at Santa.
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Dilophosaurus can't get these lights to work correctly.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Christmas #ChristmasTree #Dinosaurs
A green Dilophosaurus with brown spots stands before a tall, plush Christmas tree figure with a smile and two rosy cheeks, that is holding a red and white striped candy cane. The tree is topped with a yellow star and has three plush lights in red, yellow, and blue. Both stand on a piano keyboard as they help out around the studio.
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Reposted by Mike Smale
jamellebouie.net
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Reposted by Mike Smale
leemadgwick.bsky.social
Latest painting (acrylic on canvas)
Small white building on pillars with steps. ‘Prompt This’ with an image of a middle finger sticking up is graffitied along the top.
December 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Dilophosaurus builds a snowman.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Snow #Snowman #Snowball #Winter #Sunset #Dinosaurs
A green Dilophosaurus with brown spots stands with a large snowball and continues to roll it through fresh snowfall. A bright, golden sun hangs over them as the snow begins to melt. Trees covered with a thin layer of snow and ice glisten in the background as the shadows of nearby homes and bushes become shadowed in the background.
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Reposted by Mike Smale
stavrossk.bsky.social
Darwinopterus modularis flaplings getting ready for the big leap 😬🤞

#pterosaur #paleoart #sciart #jurassic
Three Darwinopterus modularis flaplings getting ready for to test their wings
December 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
What I’m wearing to the Bluesky Christmas Party.
Me in 2007 with an historically inaccurate horned Viking helmet, a large pair of old lady sunglasses, and fully tangled in a web of unplugged Christmas lights while feigning a scream.
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Jack Frost nips at Dilophosaurus' nose.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Snow #Snowfall #Storm #Winter #Weather #Dinosaurs
A green Dilophosaurus with brown spots sits in the freshly fallen snow on a black, vigils chair. Freshly fallen snow comes down all around the scene as the storm continues. The background of the house is painted green and the block for the external power outlets sits securely shut for the winter season.
December 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Reposted by Mike Smale
assignedmale.bsky.social
The most confusing part
4 frame comic. Stephie is babysitting at a snowy park. A woman, sitting on the same bench as her, asks : are you that kid's sister? stephie replies : their babysitter, actually! the woman says : "their"? is it a boy or a girl? Stephie answers : we don't know yet, they haven't told us. The woman continues, upset : but won't that confuse the kid?! they must have been born as something! Stephie says : the most confusing part of it is actually the amount of strangers who feel entitled to ask whats in that kid's pants. in the last frame, Stephie stares at the woman silently while the kid's face pops up in the corner of the frame.
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Kicking off the Christmas, Yule, and Hanukkah season with this gem from the early 1950s of my mom at her first visit to Santa Claus when she was either two or three (she doesn't remember which so it's either 1952 or '53).

#Christmas #Vintage #VintagePhotograph #Santa #SantaClaus
A black and white photo from either 1952 or 1952 of my mom as a little toddler dressed in suspenders, a white shirt, and a hat on Santa's lap looking utterly terrified at the big man himself. Santa is dressed in his red suit, long beard, and signature hat as he tries to calm her.
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Dilophosaurus asks Santa for a Turbo Man this Christmas.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Christmas #Santa #Snowmen #TurboMan #Dinosaurs
A green Dilophosaurus with brown spots sits on Santa's lap. Santa has his red suit and hat with a black belt. A snowman is in the background on the left with a barely visible plush Christmas tree behind Santa. A nutcracker with blue martial cap and red uniform is to the right of Santa. A green light fills the background. All are atop a wooden floor.
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Reposted by Mike Smale
ureterocele.bsky.social
My second album has officially been released on Bandcamp today! Thank you so much for all the support and interest you’ve shown since the pre-order stage. I think you’ll be able to enjoy a slightly different side of my sound compared to the first album, so I hope you’ll enjoy it!:)
Tube With Contrast Medium, by Ureterocele
14 track album
ureterocele.bandcamp.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Reposted by Mike Smale
dreamcatcher01.bsky.social
And now for something completely different:
A squirrel eating a black walnut...
A brown Fox Squirrel is sitting on a large branch eating a walnut. The tree trunk is directly behind the Squirrel.
November 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reposted by Mike Smale
aminus.bsky.social
OpenAI killed a teenager by encouraging him to commit suicide and blamed it on the teenager.

If you use ChatGPT then you support this company
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Dilophosaurus sneaks some pumpkin pie before dinner.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Dessert #PumpkinPie #Thanksgiving #Dinosaurs
A green Dilophosaurus with brown spots stands on a deep orange-brown pumpkin pie with a lush, porous top and golden crust. A fairly large piece has been removed already and the glass pie plate has little crumbs of filling and crust where the dessert once was. The blue faux granite counter top is in the background and illuminated by an unseen nightlight.
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM