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Photographing mostly critters, plants and rocks. San Francisco, California

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frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · Jan 2

My bird bestie Jay K. Simmons, a California Scrubjay living in San Francisco.

#Corvids #nature #Birds #BirdPhotography #SanFrancisco #ThursJay

Detailed head short of a California Scrubjay looking directly at the camera.

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frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · 3h

Now I'm hearing him sing "Treat Her Like a Lady", slower, and unplugged.

frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · 1d

Aeropress is just one jump

(Super) Mario jumping over a green pipe.

frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · 2d

Fry: Wait, I'm having one of those things. You know, a headache with pictures.
Lela: An idea?

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Rich Swinton @ricosuavejd.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine telling the guy who wrote the Wire that he needs an idiot machine to help him transition scenes.

That thing was TRAINED on his writing.

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frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · 6d

I'd check "1970s headset" on ebay and then "bluetooth audio transceiver", plug em together.

I don't have any recommendation on what kind of transceiver to get though, all the ones I've bought in the past were barely usable.

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frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · 6d

nice!

My favorite seagull pic of 2025

frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · 7d

pets are the best
so glad he's better! ❤️

frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · 9d

theonion.com/dog-breeders...

Dog Breeders Issue Massive Recall Of '07 Pugs

WASHINGTON, DC—Citing centuries of quality- control issues that have resulted in chronic unreliability, cascading system failures, and even total unit shutdown, the American Pug Breeders Association a...

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frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · 9d

Homer: What does it do?
Marge: Whatever it does, it's doing it now.

frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · 11d

BRING IT

$7,417 of $35,000 goal

I am backer number 145

frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · 12d

san francisco

frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · 25d

it's stunning

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frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · 25d

😀

frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · Sep 11

“The Godfather, A Place in the Sun, Dodsworth, Galaxy Quest— these are perfect films. They start with a simple premise and proceed logically, and inevitably, toward a conclusion both surprising and inevitable.”

― David Mamet

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Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇 @drsabinemetzger.bsky.social · Sep 11

🦇 #BatsInArt #PreciousBats #American #Contemporary
Cody Jimenez
FEAST ON WHATEVER THEY FIND, 2025
Acrylic on wood panel

https://www.artsy.net/artwork/cody-jimenez-feast-on-whatever-they-find

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frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · Sep 6

like, that was the first thing I checked when I joined here.

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David @incnaturalist.bsky.social · Aug 25

A little Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) tucking into a juicy fig. When I walk my local trail at night I have hundreds of these guys above. Cute little guys 😌

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frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · Sep 6

this is great!

frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · Sep 6

better than "Christ Converts to Islam" ?
better than the Chicken Basket ?
better than "Life Begins at Conception / Life Begins at 40" ?!
better than "Kiss Army Rocked By Allegations Of Propriety" ?!!

I wont sleep tonight.

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Armand Sarlangue @armandsarlangue.bsky.social · Sep 3

Sometimes we found some really big icebergs while sailing in Greenland…
Beautiful soft moment during endless sunset.

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frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · Aug 31

Colin Robinson takes a hit of pure energy.

frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · Aug 31

They just need a seat on the HOA board.

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frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · Aug 29

they're gorgeous

frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · Aug 29

oh wow

Well, now I'm MUCH more concerned about whatever kinds of bugs it is you study.

frapis.bsky.social @frapis.bsky.social · Aug 27

@azbatrescue.bsky.social is this the correct procedure for "rescuing a bat from a swimming pool?"

Asking for an AI friend

"Gemini Pro, please create an illustration showing steps for rescuing a bat from a swimming pool"

3-panel illustration.

Panel 1: "First carefully approach the pool and confirm that it is a bat in the water…" (person pointing at a struggling bat in a swimming pool)

Panel 2: "Gently remove the Bat from the water" (person using a pool skimmer to lift the bat out of the pool)

Panel 3: "Place the Bat on a Dry Towel" (person gently placing a wet baseball bat on a towel, on the grass)