Lesley M
@lesleymath.bsky.social
Fascinated by games, puppets, nature, crafting & random oddities
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❄️Near the end of America’s Great Depression an ad-writer created a Christmas classic that has been cherished by millions, as well as this big kid.🧵
December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
❄️Near the end of America’s Great Depression an ad-writer created a Christmas classic that has been cherished by millions, as well as this big kid.🧵
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'Warmth is for Sorry! This is not a hug. This is a chess clock in a stranger’s living room telling you your parents are getting divorced. The invitation is “Are you smart enough to sit at this table?”'
As a childhood fan of this game, this is pure gold.
As a childhood fan of this game, this is pure gold.
"If you put a kid on the cover, you’re telling buyers it’s a kid game. If you put adults on the cover, you’re telling kids it’s a gateway to adulthood. This is basic aspirational psychology. They’ll feel like tiny professors. Or tiny villains. Both sell."
The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
- - -INVICTA GAMES, LTD. Packaging Team — Official Minutes Project: Mastermind / New Cover Presentation MARTIN SMITH (Marketing Senior Vice Presi...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
'Warmth is for Sorry! This is not a hug. This is a chess clock in a stranger’s living room telling you your parents are getting divorced. The invitation is “Are you smart enough to sit at this table?”'
As a childhood fan of this game, this is pure gold.
As a childhood fan of this game, this is pure gold.
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jaysus... now insta appears to generate titles/ headlines via AI for stuff I post... to create click bait for google wtf do not like
December 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
jaysus... now insta appears to generate titles/ headlines via AI for stuff I post... to create click bait for google wtf do not like
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Meet Shirleen, a 900-pound #leatherback turtle and an epic traveler.
Thanks to satellite tracking by the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, we now know more about where she goes.
Leatherbacks are endangered – they need our help but, meanwhile, #GoShirleen!
Learn more ➡️ marinelife.mapotic.com
Thanks to satellite tracking by the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, we now know more about where she goes.
Leatherbacks are endangered – they need our help but, meanwhile, #GoShirleen!
Learn more ➡️ marinelife.mapotic.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Meet Shirleen, a 900-pound #leatherback turtle and an epic traveler.
Thanks to satellite tracking by the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, we now know more about where she goes.
Leatherbacks are endangered – they need our help but, meanwhile, #GoShirleen!
Learn more ➡️ marinelife.mapotic.com
Thanks to satellite tracking by the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, we now know more about where she goes.
Leatherbacks are endangered – they need our help but, meanwhile, #GoShirleen!
Learn more ➡️ marinelife.mapotic.com
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Small Biz Saturday! 25% off all my silk science scarves and ties through December 1st, no code required
when you could have this? www.etsy.com/shop/artolog... #sciart
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Small Biz Saturday! 25% off all my silk science scarves and ties through December 1st, no code required
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You may be familiar with Georges Seurat's colorful paintings, but have you ever seen his darker work with Conté crayon?
In Woman Strolling (Une élégante), a veiled lady dressed in the latest fashions seems to nearly walk off the page. (🧵 1/2)
In Woman Strolling (Une élégante), a veiled lady dressed in the latest fashions seems to nearly walk off the page. (🧵 1/2)
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You may be familiar with Georges Seurat's colorful paintings, but have you ever seen his darker work with Conté crayon?
In Woman Strolling (Une élégante), a veiled lady dressed in the latest fashions seems to nearly walk off the page. (🧵 1/2)
In Woman Strolling (Une élégante), a veiled lady dressed in the latest fashions seems to nearly walk off the page. (🧵 1/2)
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Fun news for puzzle fans! The golden hare from the 1979 armchair treasure hunt book Masquerade by Kit Williams will be auctioned at Sotheby's, estimated at a value of £15,000 to £20,000 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... (Who wants to crowdfund with me? 👀)
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Fun news for puzzle fans! The golden hare from the 1979 armchair treasure hunt book Masquerade by Kit Williams will be auctioned at Sotheby's, estimated at a value of £15,000 to £20,000 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... (Who wants to crowdfund with me? 👀)
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
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Brendan Cummings, our Conservation Director, was quoted by @latimes.com about a fire in #JoshuaTreeNationalPark that started near a campground during the #shutdown.
It's estimated that more than a thousand trees were burned ➡️ lat.ms/4pBCWXH
It's estimated that more than a thousand trees were burned ➡️ lat.ms/4pBCWXH
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Brendan Cummings, our Conservation Director, was quoted by @latimes.com about a fire in #JoshuaTreeNationalPark that started near a campground during the #shutdown.
It's estimated that more than a thousand trees were burned ➡️ lat.ms/4pBCWXH
It's estimated that more than a thousand trees were burned ➡️ lat.ms/4pBCWXH
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The overlap between these two maps is fascinating. Almost as if... dare I say it... Clean energy = cheap energy?
Here's the average carbon intensity for the US over the past 12 months. There aren't too many clear correlations, but these stand out:
1. Missouri, what the heck is up with you?
2. Renewables in CA and TX aren't causing price increases.
3. TVA seems unbothered.
(See alt text for more context)
1. Missouri, what the heck is up with you?
2. Renewables in CA and TX aren't causing price increases.
3. TVA seems unbothered.
(See alt text for more context)
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The overlap between these two maps is fascinating. Almost as if... dare I say it... Clean energy = cheap energy?
I'm so excited about finally getting my crafting table set up. It's an IKEA Norden folding table, and attached are workbench casters. The casters can be raised and lowered so the table either moves or stands firmly and doesn't interfere with the extra fold out legs. And drawers for supplies!
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I'm so excited about finally getting my crafting table set up. It's an IKEA Norden folding table, and attached are workbench casters. The casters can be raised and lowered so the table either moves or stands firmly and doesn't interfere with the extra fold out legs. And drawers for supplies!
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"A roadmap to the halting of deforestation was dropped from the final deal, a bitter disappointment for nature advocates at this 'Rainforest COP'":
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"A roadmap to the halting of deforestation was dropped from the final deal, a bitter disappointment for nature advocates at this 'Rainforest COP'":
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UPDATE: Got a good pelican shot.
November 17, 2024 at 1:47 AM
UPDATE: Got a good pelican shot.
🧵
Guillermo del Toro: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of frankenstein
del Toro: but
del Toro: this frankenstein is a little different
Bram Stoker: yes we know, guillermo, this frankenstein is hot
del Toro:
del Toro: oh
del Toro: i've mentioned this before?
del Toro: but
del Toro: this frankenstein is a little different
Bram Stoker: yes we know, guillermo, this frankenstein is hot
del Toro:
del Toro: oh
del Toro: i've mentioned this before?
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan wins Orleans clerk of court race - Verite News New Orleans
Duncan, a political newcomer and former prisoner, defeated incumbent Darren Lombard by a wide margin in Saturday's runoff.
veritenews.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
a big runoff last night, in New Orleans:
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet.
So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.
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Wow the valley’s night sky is filled with a vivid array of colors!
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Wow the valley’s night sky is filled with a vivid array of colors!
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this is the best possible explanation for this photo
the kids are truly alright
the kids are truly alright
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
this is the best possible explanation for this photo
the kids are truly alright
the kids are truly alright
Went to see @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein tonight. It was so fantastic, not to mention visually stunning! I can tell I'm going to keep thinking about it for days.
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Went to see @realgdt.bsky.social's Frankenstein tonight. It was so fantastic, not to mention visually stunning! I can tell I'm going to keep thinking about it for days.
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I haven't done this before! A breakdown of some sounds I made for Hyper Light Breaker. #sounddesign #gameaudio
youtube.com/watch?v=4SFv...
youtube.com/watch?v=4SFv...
Sound Design Tutorial - Hyper Light Breaker Player Abilities
YouTube video by Alex Johnson
youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I haven't done this before! A breakdown of some sounds I made for Hyper Light Breaker. #sounddesign #gameaudio
youtube.com/watch?v=4SFv...
youtube.com/watch?v=4SFv...
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Isabella Tree's TED talk is out! 🗣️🍃
We may think of rewilding as something huge - restoring nature and wildlife in vast landscapes - but anyone who has a garden, backyard or window box can do it.
Isabella tells us how. Watch the talk ⬇️
www.ted.com/talks/isabel...
We may think of rewilding as something huge - restoring nature and wildlife in vast landscapes - but anyone who has a garden, backyard or window box can do it.
Isabella tells us how. Watch the talk ⬇️
www.ted.com/talks/isabel...
November 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Isabella Tree's TED talk is out! 🗣️🍃
We may think of rewilding as something huge - restoring nature and wildlife in vast landscapes - but anyone who has a garden, backyard or window box can do it.
Isabella tells us how. Watch the talk ⬇️
www.ted.com/talks/isabel...
We may think of rewilding as something huge - restoring nature and wildlife in vast landscapes - but anyone who has a garden, backyard or window box can do it.
Isabella tells us how. Watch the talk ⬇️
www.ted.com/talks/isabel...
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Republicans want to turn the American West into a discount feedlot for special interests.
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
New Trump Proposals, Unveiled During a Government Shutdown, Benefit Narrow Commercial Beef Interests at the Expense of Western Public Lands - Western Watersheds Project
For immediate release: October 24, 2025 Media contacts: Josh Osher, Western Watersheds Project (406) 220-2883; [email protected] Chandra Rosenthal, PEER (303) 898-0798; [email protected] Li...
westernwatersheds.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Republicans want to turn the American West into a discount feedlot for special interests.
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
Bluesky has turned on a whole bunch of moderation settings by default, it's worth checking and seeing if it's actually what you want filtered from your feed.
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Bluesky has turned on a whole bunch of moderation settings by default, it's worth checking and seeing if it's actually what you want filtered from your feed.