grannygoatfish
@grannygoatfish.bsky.social
I am at least one million internet years old. Lefty leftist. Art, math, preferably both at once. Always knitting, usually socks. Western Canadian in Ottawa. I don't know how everyone else sounds interesting in these things. She/they.
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Babies are right. Being tired fucking sucks and we should scream about it.
February 17, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Babies are right. Being tired fucking sucks and we should scream about it.
(delighted armwaving goes here)
Today is Champion Crab Races Day.
Here's a horseshoe racing crab bot I drew for March of Robots several years ago:
Here's a horseshoe racing crab bot I drew for March of Robots several years ago:
February 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
(delighted armwaving goes here)
I was on my trip when this was posted, and just finally spotted it now. Pertinent to many interests.
I started this project twelve years ago, and today I hold the result in my hand. It’s a book that combines bead weaving with math called, “Beading with Algorithms: Cellular Automata in Peyote Stitch.”
This book is the first of its kind, a recipe book of algorithms for making pixel art.
This book is the first of its kind, a recipe book of algorithms for making pixel art.
February 16, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I was on my trip when this was posted, and just finally spotted it now. Pertinent to many interests.
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Roses are redde
Violettes are blue
Sayinge that the adoption of a technologye ys inevitable
Ys a way to trick you
Violettes are blue
Sayinge that the adoption of a technologye ys inevitable
Ys a way to trick you
February 16, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Roses are redde
Violettes are blue
Sayinge that the adoption of a technologye ys inevitable
Ys a way to trick you
Violettes are blue
Sayinge that the adoption of a technologye ys inevitable
Ys a way to trick you
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Scurvy: for when life doesn’t give you lemons.
February 16, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Scurvy: for when life doesn’t give you lemons.
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I can never not repost this
February 14, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I can never not repost this
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
(armwaves) Just look at it. Damn.
February 11, 2026 at 2:07 AM
(armwaves) Just look at it. Damn.
There's been a long span of cold weather here, long enough that the general insulation of being in the middle of several floors of apartments isn't enough to keep the place warm, and all I can think about is making stews and casseroles and stews with dumplings full of casserole in them, and-
February 10, 2026 at 12:23 AM
There's been a long span of cold weather here, long enough that the general insulation of being in the middle of several floors of apartments isn't enough to keep the place warm, and all I can think about is making stews and casseroles and stews with dumplings full of casserole in them, and-
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IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS:
THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
February 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS:
THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
I'm off in the 'eclectic early adopters' sticks, and happy with that, really.
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 AM
I'm off in the 'eclectic early adopters' sticks, and happy with that, really.
Curling is already an excellent sport, but this would improve it immeasurably.
February 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Curling is already an excellent sport, but this would improve it immeasurably.
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leveled up with this explanation, cos as an autistic person i pride myself on reacting appropriately to animals, to signal harmlessness, so why wouldn't i want to do this for human animals?
never occurred to me to stop listening to the words and instead recognise the BEHAVIOUR.
never occurred to me to stop listening to the words and instead recognise the BEHAVIOUR.
February 8, 2026 at 1:22 AM
leveled up with this explanation, cos as an autistic person i pride myself on reacting appropriately to animals, to signal harmlessness, so why wouldn't i want to do this for human animals?
never occurred to me to stop listening to the words and instead recognise the BEHAVIOUR.
never occurred to me to stop listening to the words and instead recognise the BEHAVIOUR.
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When I say I create scientific art I mean I’m over here painting 1364 stars by hand as accurately as possible 😅
February 7, 2026 at 12:07 AM
When I say I create scientific art I mean I’m over here painting 1364 stars by hand as accurately as possible 😅
ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA.
Life-friendly molecules are leaking out of Jupiter's giant moon Europa, Galileo images hint
A new finding of ammonia on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa could have important implications for the search for extraterrestrial life.
www.livescience.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:28 PM
ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA.
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- a print of Escher's Relativity
- carbon-fibre sock needles
- a set of Vernier calipers
- saskatoon berries
- an ambidextrous trackball
- a print of Escher's Relativity
- carbon-fibre sock needles
- a set of Vernier calipers
- saskatoon berries
- an ambidextrous trackball
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
- Monster Ultra
- Raspberry Pi
- Small Refractor Telescope
- Antenna Textbook
- Old Computer (disassembled)
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
- Jackie O sunglasses
- fancy water bottle
- keycaps
- Makita battery
- masking tape
February 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Loot that drops after defeating me:
- a print of Escher's Relativity
- carbon-fibre sock needles
- a set of Vernier calipers
- saskatoon berries
- an ambidextrous trackball
- a print of Escher's Relativity
- carbon-fibre sock needles
- a set of Vernier calipers
- saskatoon berries
- an ambidextrous trackball
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Stuart Dunkel (American Artist, born 1952)
"Hero", 2020.
Oil on Panel, 4 × 5 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Hero", 2020.
Oil on Panel, 4 × 5 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 5, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Stuart Dunkel (American Artist, born 1952)
"Hero", 2020.
Oil on Panel, 4 × 5 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Hero", 2020.
Oil on Panel, 4 × 5 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
me (emboldened by steady lidocaine and aloe gel on my post-blister sunburned back): yeah, it's feeling pretty good, D., just use regular moisturizer this time
me (standing in cool shower five minutes later with very angry lines flying off my back, cartoon-style): AUGH MISTAKES WERE MADE
me (standing in cool shower five minutes later with very angry lines flying off my back, cartoon-style): AUGH MISTAKES WERE MADE
February 4, 2026 at 8:57 PM
me (emboldened by steady lidocaine and aloe gel on my post-blister sunburned back): yeah, it's feeling pretty good, D., just use regular moisturizer this time
me (standing in cool shower five minutes later with very angry lines flying off my back, cartoon-style): AUGH MISTAKES WERE MADE
me (standing in cool shower five minutes later with very angry lines flying off my back, cartoon-style): AUGH MISTAKES WERE MADE
'You know, at your latitude, the winter sun is never direct enough to produce Vitamin D,' someone said / I saw somewhere, before my trip, and I sorta gently rolled my eyes.
I'm not so sure now, because the gulf between pre-trip brain and post-trip brain is... unexpectedly large.
I'm not so sure now, because the gulf between pre-trip brain and post-trip brain is... unexpectedly large.
February 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
'You know, at your latitude, the winter sun is never direct enough to produce Vitamin D,' someone said / I saw somewhere, before my trip, and I sorta gently rolled my eyes.
I'm not so sure now, because the gulf between pre-trip brain and post-trip brain is... unexpectedly large.
I'm not so sure now, because the gulf between pre-trip brain and post-trip brain is... unexpectedly large.
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