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Orbitdyne @orbitdyne.bsky.social · 24d

Do not look directly at the Kaiju! Neon Nightmare Hedorah, now available:

www.etsy.com/listing/4371...

A toy of the godzilla foe Hedorah, a living pile of pollution. I painted it with a rainbow of flourexcent paints, and it is pictured glowing under a black light.

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Orbitdyne @orbitdyne.bsky.social · 1h

I have that paint (or something very similar)! It is indeed a stunner.

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Orbitdyne @orbitdyne.bsky.social · 2h

THREE CHARBONETT RUNS?!

Orbitdyne @orbitdyne.bsky.social · 2h

Sure, why not.

Orbitdyne @orbitdyne.bsky.social · 2h

You think Seattle's defense is mad that the offense gave up?

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · 5h

Happy #Stunday! Another photo from our amazing tour of Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah with @navajotoursusa.com. Truly the most surreal place I've been.

#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography
#ArtYear

An alien-like hoodoo with holes in it rises above weird rock formations under a dramatic stormy sky

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Orbitdyne @orbitdyne.bsky.social · 2h

Buddyhaus

A white and tabby cat named Buddy. Lounging in his heated, covered house. We're having some difficulty adapting home to being a 100% inside cat.

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Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · 7h

I'm in the Sunday blogging chair over at @defector.com today. First up, a quick summation of playoff baseball torturing its fans. defector.com/the-season-o...

The Season Of The Prayer Face Is Upon Us | Defector

October is the time when baseball becomes a test of fan endurance. It’s easy to spend a lazy July afternoon at your team’s ballpark with all of your worst drinking buddies. That’s entry-level baseball...

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Nordlicht @physiognom.bsky.social · 15h

'Himmelstürmer' #FotoVorschlag

Eine Schwarz-Weiß-Aufnahme der begehbaren Achterbahn-ähnlichen Skulptur "Tiger and Turtle – Magic Mountain" in Duisburg.
Die Metallkonstruktion mit Treppen windet sich in großen Bögen in die Höhe und bildet eine mittlere, nicht begehbare Schleife. Die Skulptur steht auf einer bewachsenen Anhöhe. Im Vordergrund sind Parkbänke und Grasflächen zu sehen. Der Himmel ist hell mit dramatischen Wolken.

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Orbitdyne @orbitdyne.bsky.social · 6h

Alt text: an Australian flying fox in a rehab center enjoying some fruit:

Lubee Bat Conservancy @lubeebatcon.bsky.social · May 13

Happy #TongueOutTuesday from Variable Flying Fox, Starlight Fox! What’s your snack of choice this afternoon? 🦇❤️🍈

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ian.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 6h

Dark Crystal is the film that got me into professional modelmaking. this documentary is gold!

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 8h

"The World of the Dark Crystal" documentary (1983, 1 hour) is available for free on Youtube.
>> www.catsuka.com/breves/2025-...

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 6h

Canadian Thanksgiving here, eh? Got you guys a turkey.

A Bricklin SV-1 with three DeLoreans (all doors up, of course)

An orange Bricklin SV-1 framed by the door of a DeLorean DMC-12

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🎃CK DexterHaven🎃 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · 6h

How we started, and how we are ending. (She’s off to cattery tomorrow)

Teeny tiny grey tabby on a sock sweater next to a cat plushie

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

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JunkboxJim @junkboxjim.bsky.social · 18h

Buckeye was at the other side of the pond. There's never nothing going on 🙂

$I'll let iNaturalist describe this butterfly: "The common buckeye is a medium-sized butterfly, typically brown, with a wingspan of $1.5$ to $2.75$ inches, known for its striking eyespots on its wings that can deter predators. Its upper forewings have two orange bars and a band with an ivory-bordered eyespot, while the hindwings have two large eyespots with an orange border. The underside is typically mottled brown." It was resting on a weathered, wooden fence rail.$

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JunkboxJim @junkboxjim.bsky.social · 18h

Felt serendipitous to have found them today as I had only briefly entertained the idea of going to the preserve bc it was almost 40 miles from where I was at. Then I got a call to get some freight from Indy tomorrow and that brought me right past it on the way. Had to go at that point, right?

Three Wilson's snipe probing around in the shallow water of a pond at the preserve. They are plump and mostly brown with white streaks and a white belly and have a long black bill they use to probe around in the muck for invertebrates.

Wider view showing all five snipe in the same frame. A fellow I met on his way out told me he thought he'd seen a snipe but he wasn't sure and that it had disappeared into to marsh grass. He showed me a photo he too of it from head on and I told him it looked snipey to me but it was hard to see the bill and white streaking and stuff.
I went down where he said he'd seen it and looked around for a while. I think I've seen them on probably less than ten occasions ever and they can be really hard to spot even when they're fairly close so I wasn't surprised not to see one.
So I walked over to the other side of the pond--which turned out to be further than I thought--and ended up doubling back from about half way. And it was on the return trip that they appeared on a mud flat where I was looking before. So, the timing worked out perfect. Serendipity.

The pond where the snipe and everybody else I saw today were today. There's a red arrow pointing to the mud flat where the snipe were. It wasn't close but turned out to be just close enough for an acceptable level of sharpness. Other folks there were mute swans, greater and lesser yellowlegs, a belted kingfisher, Canada geese, gadwalls, wigeons, mallards, and several red-eared slider turtles. Very nice pond.
FWIW: I think those tallest trees behind and to the left of the arrow are about where I got to before deciding to turn around. There wasn't much back there today. Looked like great prairie habitat though. Just not much going on today.

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JunkboxJim @junkboxjim.bsky.social · 1d

Five snipes a snipin' --and a killdeer friend.
Fernald Preserve, Ohio

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Brian Michael Bendis @brianmbendis.bsky.social · 20h

Took the kids to @powells.bsky.social and was reminded how awesome Powells is. Thank you for highlighting our new crime comic MASTERPIECE! if you loved us on Daredevil... @alexmaleev.bsky.social @darkhorse.com @danielchabon.bsky.social

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Rain's Cats @catssurname.bsky.social · 20h

Groucho was named after a comedian, but his name works on two levels now that he’s old. #CatsOfBluesky

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skinskin @skinskintainan.bsky.social · 20h

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 20h

A new life on the off-world colonies sounds pretty sweet right about now.

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William Bruce West @williambwest.bsky.social · 21h

Favorite Comic Covers of the Week Part II

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Adam16bit @adam16bit.bsky.social · 21h

It appears Hasbro Pulse found more of Comic Edition Grimlock. I finally ordered one just now. www.hasbropulse.com/product/tran...

Transformers Generations Comic Edition Grimlock - Hasbro Pulse

Transformers Generations Comic Edition Grimlock

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Peter Clines @peterclines.bsky.social · 22h

Watching the original TRON for no real reason and it's so wonderfully charming, this movie made when 83% of the population just had no real clue how computers worked. They keep throwing around random "computer" terminology. And I've always loved the idea of programs looking like their programmers.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 1d

Spring peepers battling! Teeny tiny froglets! A great froggie soundtrack! Because frogs seem to be having a moment here in the US.

#herps 🌿 #frogs

My Favorite Frog and Toad Encounters

YouTube video by Get To Know Nature

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Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 1d

relaxed saturday evening reading through "women designers of book plates (1902)" and flipped past a couple of beautiful professional designs only to see this perfect plate by a young Miss Page

an open book with a hand-drawn bookplate on the right side. the top of the plate has "A. Helen Page" written in tentative cursive. below that is a child's drawing of a girl with wavy hair and a triangle skirt. at the bottom, in tentative print "HER BOOK 1899"

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