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Eastern Kingbird

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TTRPGs, FFXIV, Gaming, Baking, Cooking, Cats, Aquariums, Dinosaurs, something something with computers - rawr | NO GEN-AI 🚫 Avatar by @abandonambition.com german/english/عربي

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Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · Apr 25

Let's kick off character art thread chronologically with Dar Famtiaranden - saphicc Dragon Lady, a Paladin of Silvanus. Commission done by @ajmakesart.bsky.social some years ago! #ttrpg

an artwork of a humanoid dragon with bronze scales. She wears a green armor and hold a halberd in her hands. Behind her feet is a fox with glowing greenz eyes

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Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · 8h

Take my arm. Bite it already.

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Nic McConnell @mcconnell.bsky.social · 14h

World Central Kitchen is mobilizing to Jamaica, please consider donating

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itch.io @itch.io · 10h

🎃 The itch.io Halloween Sale 2025 is LIVE! 👻

Over 13,000 spooky deals on games, tabletop RPGs, assets & more—running until Nov 4th.

itch.io/blog/1096153/the-itc...

The itch.io Halloween Sale 2025 is live!

The shadows are growing longer and the best time of year for spooky games is finally here: The itch.io Halloween Sale 2025 is live! Creators across the site have summoned frighteningly good deals on t...

itch.io

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Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · 10h

Spicy if you‘re brave enough

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · May 21

jazz!
@juhuachai
"optimal posting times" "stagger your posts" if you see me you see me. it's in gods hands and i am not praying
7:57 PM • 02 Mar 23

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Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · 11h

Taken a big accidental gulp of reef water, hopefully avoiding an adventurous bristleworm

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Taggart @taggart-tech.com · 11h

This right here is the difference between generative AI and predictive ML. I'm a big fan of the latter, while wishing to cram the former into the Phantom Zone.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Sep 20

Having AI crammed down our throats is bullshit, but machine learning has some real uses in science. This awesome page shows experimental cyclone track forecasts from Google DeepMind and Google Research's AI weather models, along with forecasts from ECMWF. 😍

deepmind.google.com/science/weat...

A dark-themed weather tracking map from Google Weather Lab: Cyclones (Preview) showing hurricane/cyclone models in the Atlantic Ocean as of Friday, September 19, 2025, at 08:00. The map includes ensemble forecast tracks and storm markers extending from the mid-Atlantic toward Western Europe. Multiple colorful lines (green, orange, blue, purple, yellow) represent different storm model ensembles and possible tracks, with clusters of paths pointing toward Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Portugal. The cyclone originated east of the Caribbean, with its projected paths fanning northeastward across the Atlantic. Colored circles mark storm intensity along the tracks, numbered (e.g., 1, 2, 6) corresponding to categories. A second storm is visible off the Pacific coast of Mexico with clustered ensemble markers. The left panel lists model options (Observed, Our experimental model, WeatherNext Gen, WeatherNext Graph, ECMWF ENS, ECMWF HRES), a legend for storm markers, tracks, ensemble tracks, cones, and wind speed colors. At the bottom, sliders indicate initialization time (Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 08:00) and lead time (+6 days, Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 02:00). The background map highlights North America, the Atlantic Ocean, Western Europe, and parts of Africa.

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Eerily Peck @gimbaled.bsky.social · 1d

Klaus is the worlds most photogenic crab 💖

Cancer irroratus

(Asteria forbesi, A. amurensis, and Fucus spiralis - photo is my own)
🦀 🦑

I photo of a large red rock crab facing the photographer. His carapace is ivory underneath and a beautiful red-purple on top. His large claws are tipped with deep brown/black. Behind and around him are several large sea stars in salmon and purple, macroalgae fills out the rest of the space.

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Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · 1d

As usual, I forgot something. This time the „Four books to get to know me.“

Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · 1d

$A book cover with a red and blue bird - they look like they are mirrored, their picture fractured. The title reads „This is how you lose the time war“ by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone$ A bookcover depicting 4 people in 18th centurish looking uniforms trying to raise a pole with white pants - a white flag - on it. They are also in company of a stony troll and look like they all belong to each other. The title says „Monstrous regiment - A discworld novel“ by Terry Pratchett

A bookcover depicting 4 people in 18th centurish looking uniforms trying to raise a pole with white pants - a white flag - on it. They are also in company of a stony troll and look like they all belong to each other. The title says „Monstrous regiment - A discworld novel“ by Terry Pratchett

A bookcover in a yellowish tone with a green drawing of a green dragonfly and a weird plant that looks slightly carnivorous stretching around the title. The title says „Annihilation“ by Jeff Vandermeer

A bookcover depicting a woman with brown skin in a red dress. She is apparently sitting and holds a boquet of flowers. She has black, styled hair but the top of her head is not visible. The title read „Mexican Gothic“ by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · 1d

Drew Sarich‘s „I may just live to regret you“ is just 👌🏻👌🏻

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 1d

📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).

It’s also concerning. 1/

Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 8d

PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.

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Maï @singing-swan.bsky.social · 1d

Colouring practice was going nowhere so I just started messing around with one of my favourite brushes, except I like the end result better than I thought I would so here. Have a G’raha 🫴

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 1d

The thing about the relentless march of time is that you only get an ending (happy or otherwise) in fiction. Here in the real world no cause is ever lost forever even though we may not live to see it prevail. This is both hope and cautionary tale.

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 1d

"This fucking sucks" and "all is lost" are two different sentences.

Don't say the second when you mean the first.

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Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · 1d

Karev slowly getting into pediatrics though will always break my heart I am already crying again

Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · 1d

Naw danke 😅 I guess.

Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · 1d

Ah ja, danach ging‘s bergab für viele 😂

Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · 1d

Ach. Dann bist du ja quasi am Anfang ausgestiegen 😂

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Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · 1d

Ich bin eine kleine dicke Frau was wollt ihr alle mit euren hohen Zahlen 😂

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Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · 1d

Ach ich guck es echt gerne und sogar recht weit noch, ist halt die übliche Eskalationsspirale bei solchen Serien, aber Shepherd hat einfach einen besonderen Platz in meinem Herzen.

I kid you not als er starb war meine Reaktion: Gott sei Dank.

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Zuckerfreier Haushalt 👻 @herbstlicht.bsky.social · 1d

McAlpDreamy

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Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · 1d

I hate his guts 😭 Like Junge du hast dich für deine Ex entschieden, für deine Ehe, FEIN aber dann hör auf Meredith zu judgen??? Du dummer Sack???

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Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · 1d

The amount of dislike I have for Derek Shepherd remains unchallenged. What a stupid dick throughout the whole show.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

This weird thing in German political discourse where the Govt argues that if they just deport enough people, the crime in urban areas will stop. It’s racist and dishonest, and when you call it out they say it’s neither. Just spend the money on jobs, housing and healthcare, you clowns.

Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · 2d

"Der Bundeskanzler spricht aus, was die Mehrheit denkt"#BerichtausBerlin #Spahn #Merz

"Der Bundeskanzler spricht aus, was die Mehrheit denkt"

Der Unions-Fraktionschef stärkt dem Kanzler angesichts der anhaltenden "Stadtbild"-Kontroverse den Rücken.

www.tagesschau.de

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Eastern Kingbird @rapti.bsky.social · 1d

A picture of a felt chicken with a toy knife in hand.