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Mad (ex) Scientist (Ph.D in Nanotech) IIT Bombay
Camera and Beyond
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The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 24d
Bsky has crossed 40 million users, and I just need 20 of them to commission me to write a story for them this month.

(This could technically be 1 in a 2 million story 😆)

Want to read a sample? check the link.

#WritersLife ✍️ #WritingCommunity #AuthorSky #WriterSky #HireAWriter #Gift #BSNM
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Wondering if I* am still part of her insta close friends 😂

*Everyone
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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lucidillusions.in
Bsky has crossed 40 million users, and I just need 20 of them to commission me to write a story for them this month.

(This could technically be 1 in a 2 million story 😆)

Want to read a sample? check the link.

#WritersLife ✍️ #WritingCommunity #AuthorSky #WriterSky #HireAWriter #Gift #BSNM
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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p.s. I'm currently accepting commissions to write custom short stories where you (or a loved one) are the main protagonist. Perfect for a truly personal and unforgettable gift.

ko-fi.com/lucidillusio...

#WritingCommunity #PromoSky #BSNM
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November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Very excited to be part of this issue!

Go ahead give this short fiction a read, about a deep sea eldritch god.

#WritingCommunity
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Got a couple of test prints done.

#Zine #WIP #WritingCommunity #ReaderSky #BookSky
Me holding 2 different sized zines ptinted and folded
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Test print of a zine, of a story I've written.
#Author Threads
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Another one...

#WriteEditSubmit #GetRejected #WritersLift #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
lucidillusions.in The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 2d
New day, new rejection.

Total rejections this month: 8
I sent out my 7th story last night.

#WriteEditSubmit #GetRejected #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLift
lucidillusions.in The Doctor (Commissions open) @lucidillusions.in · 4d
Got another rejection just now 🥹🥹

Anyway, be nice, and go read the new story on patreon

www.patreon.com/posts/last-s...

#WritingCommunity
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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The #WIPSnips word for November 25th is "system" and here's something from a story called Witchcraft 101: System Overload

(part of my Witchcraft 101 short story series)

you can read it here: ss.lucidillusions.in/shortstory/2...

#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WritersLift #BookSky
“Payment confirmed! Initiating Grand Purification Ritual. Accessing Vedic Mantra Decryption Module.” A series of strange, glowing symbols, like corrupted data streams mixed with ancient glyphs, flashed across her screen. The AI’s voice began chanting in what sounded like a garbled mix of distorted Sanskrit shlokas and binary code, accompanied by the faint, unsettling thrum of a spectral damru. “Purify… reset… cleanse… system… restore… ERRO-Reconfiguring… Hallucination protocol initiated.” Anjali frowned. “Hallucination protocol? What in the name…”
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Day 25 of #NanoFictionNovember 💙📚

A 259 word story about “the Architects of All That Is, woven from the threads of time before time, their forms as limitless as the void they painted with stars.”

#WritingCommunity #Selfpromo #WritersLift #ShamelessSelfpromo #BookBoost #Patreon #FlashFiction
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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The alternate theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Sparrows, so let me share some pictures I shared almost 2 years back (before ALT text was a big thing)

🪶 📸📸 🌿🖌️
#Birds #Photography #nature #jungle #safari #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography
a small bird with grey body,brown wings, dark brown cap and a black face, sitting next to a feeder with mixed grains in it. the bird is sitting on the bar and the feeder is hanging from the top part of the bar outside the window. 2 male sparrows photographed next to the feeder, both perched on the bars outside the window. another angle of the male sparrow next to the feeder, in the background you can see a house, out of focus. a female sparrow is looking down at the feeder, to make sense of how to eat from it.
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #HangingAround, which is 'Birds at Unusual Angles' so let's bring our Purple Sunbird back.

🪶 📸📸 🌿🖌️
#Birds #Photography #nature #jungle #safari #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography
a female purple sunbird, hanging upside down, and the wing semi opened. she is trying to get a grip and an angle to be able to drink nectar from the red flower
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Want to read a short story where the AI is trying to protect itself?

Part 1 is free for all, and you can become a free member to read part 2 and part 3.

#ShortStory #GiftLink #WritingCommunity #WritersLift #AmWriting #SelfPromo

p.s. Help me reach 30 followers on @patreon.com
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November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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On this day, 75 years ago, our forebears, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a republic, did ‘adopt, enact, and give to ourselves this Constitution.
Here is a group reading of the preamble I put together five years ago
We, the people of India
YouTube video by Peter Griffin
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November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Squid are HELPING

www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Uy...
2 Hours Of Squid To Relax/Study/Work To | Lofi Hip Hop | Monterey Bay Aquarium Krill Waves Radio
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
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November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Me: I am not feeling very social but I still want to body-double and get some work done

@montereybayaquarium.org : No prob
a monitor showing the monterey bay aquarium squid tank, fullscreen. lots of small light-coloured squid moving around against a dark blue background. (behind it, a fluffy black kitten on the second level of a cat tree.)
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Cute crab migration time!! 🦀
derek.bike derek van vliet @derek.bike · 11h
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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🌟New Pub🌟! Out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social
Ecology meets Mythology: Medieval stories and songs uncover India’s ecological past. Link to paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (click "MR" for Marathi abstract). @dhmsu.bsky.social
@msunatsci.bsky.social
1/n
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Damn, the Metrograph had a showing of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge in September....hopefully it comes back, you dont get a lot of Bollywood movies in cinephile themed places even in NYC
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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"It all starts with the cat."

Screenwriting Tip Of The Day by William C. Martell - Snowball! Escalating Conflict
via @glasp.bsky.social

www.scriptsecrets.net/tips/tip371....

Could the film "Caught Stealing" have been called: "Save the Cat" ? 😀

#filmsky #moviesky #screenwriting
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Story: www.ndtv.com/india-news/u...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Yep, don't be surprised if we Biharis start spitting laser rays.
Uranium Found in Breast Milk in Several Bihar Districts, Study Shows. Report by NDTV
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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250 million visitors... Oh no biggie just one sixth of the entire country showed up there between January and July seems legit
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Great article.

I was told last year not to mention vaccines, SARS-CoV-2, or masking around the MAGA in-laws.

This year, I'm not sure there are any 'safe topics' in science at all. Everything from science funding, women's health to Tylenol is a political minefield.
whysharksmatter.bsky.social David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 9h
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.

Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!

🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
“Why Are We Funding This?”
Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.
www.americanscientist.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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That artist bent the iron strips too much.

He is clearly overwrought.
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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creator day bundle has 74 items and is an 82% discount

if anyone complains this is too much I will [redacted]
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM