Val 🌋
@valvolcano.bsky.social
Kama'āina working in the Midwest and plotting his escape. Here for joyful things, nature too! Best stat: resiliency ⚔️ Worst stat: blathering ☠️
👣 Remove shoes at entrance
🤙🏼 Be Pono
👣 Remove shoes at entrance
🤙🏼 Be Pono
Pinned
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GoodLight and don't we all love it when that happens. Here's a pic of an I'iwi on 'ohia from a day of softly lit clouds in Hosmer Grove. Also the source of my profile pic. :) Best viewed large.🦉🌿📷
January 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GoodLight and don't we all love it when that happens. Here's a pic of an I'iwi on 'ohia from a day of softly lit clouds in Hosmer Grove. Also the source of my profile pic. :) Best viewed large.🦉🌿📷
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If 2025 didn't stop you nothing will
January 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM
If 2025 didn't stop you nothing will
Two double yolks on New Year's morning. I've decided 1) to become superstitious and 2) that this grants me unseen powers 🍳🍳
January 1, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Two double yolks on New Year's morning. I've decided 1) to become superstitious and 2) that this grants me unseen powers 🍳🍳
Early morning snoot invasion
January 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Early morning snoot invasion
Inventing a pill that makes you peacefully sleep in on non workdays. At last I'll be rested and rich
January 1, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Inventing a pill that makes you peacefully sleep in on non workdays. At last I'll be rested and rich
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Why don't you want to see this ad?
□ Sensitive topic
□ Not relevant to my interests
✅️ I don't want every second of my life to be monetized by blood sucking parasites
□ Sensitive topic
□ Not relevant to my interests
✅️ I don't want every second of my life to be monetized by blood sucking parasites
October 26, 2024 at 3:51 AM
Why don't you want to see this ad?
□ Sensitive topic
□ Not relevant to my interests
✅️ I don't want every second of my life to be monetized by blood sucking parasites
□ Sensitive topic
□ Not relevant to my interests
✅️ I don't want every second of my life to be monetized by blood sucking parasites
[Getting up and brushing off leaves and other debris]
Whew! 2025 felt like rolling down a rocky embankment. Glad to see it go. It's up and forward from here, so happy New Year!
Whew! 2025 felt like rolling down a rocky embankment. Glad to see it go. It's up and forward from here, so happy New Year!
January 1, 2026 at 12:09 PM
[Getting up and brushing off leaves and other debris]
Whew! 2025 felt like rolling down a rocky embankment. Glad to see it go. It's up and forward from here, so happy New Year!
Whew! 2025 felt like rolling down a rocky embankment. Glad to see it go. It's up and forward from here, so happy New Year!
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A beast jumped on the bed, stole 90% of my leg room and demanded belly rubs as it rested. I had to comply 🐺
December 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A beast jumped on the bed, stole 90% of my leg room and demanded belly rubs as it rested. I had to comply 🐺
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Landscape near Chatou https://www.wikiart.org/en/andre-derain/landscape-near-chatou-1904-1
December 29, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Landscape near Chatou https://www.wikiart.org/en/andre-derain/landscape-near-chatou-1904-1
Part of my natural defense against AI slop is being into things that are 1) too dull to be worth faking and/or 2) are several years old because that's how long it takes me to find something "new" 🐢🐢🐢
December 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Part of my natural defense against AI slop is being into things that are 1) too dull to be worth faking and/or 2) are several years old because that's how long it takes me to find something "new" 🐢🐢🐢
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How To Make at Least One Person Extremely Uncomfortable in One Lazy Step -- A DIY Guide by Nightmare World Press
December 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
How To Make at Least One Person Extremely Uncomfortable in One Lazy Step -- A DIY Guide by Nightmare World Press
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A mistake in three acts
December 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A mistake in three acts
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the only "2fa" i wanna deal with is 2 fuckin' 'amburgers
December 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
the only "2fa" i wanna deal with is 2 fuckin' 'amburgers
Egg aficionados only: a #lucky double yolk frying atop smoked Portuguese sausage drippings. The only way this could be sexier is atop an off-grid butane camp stove in Hawai'i 🍳
December 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Egg aficionados only: a #lucky double yolk frying atop smoked Portuguese sausage drippings. The only way this could be sexier is atop an off-grid butane camp stove in Hawai'i 🍳
Winter whoosh (sound up)!
I probably won't miss this kind of weather all that much, but it's not super common even up here and awesome in its own way ❄️
I probably won't miss this kind of weather all that much, but it's not super common even up here and awesome in its own way ❄️
December 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Winter whoosh (sound up)!
I probably won't miss this kind of weather all that much, but it's not super common even up here and awesome in its own way ❄️
I probably won't miss this kind of weather all that much, but it's not super common even up here and awesome in its own way ❄️
[Slams the brakes on hard]
No, Mr. Cross. Where I actually stuck between the moon and New York City, the very LAST thing I would be concerned with is falling in love
No, Mr. Cross. Where I actually stuck between the moon and New York City, the very LAST thing I would be concerned with is falling in love
December 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
[Slams the brakes on hard]
No, Mr. Cross. Where I actually stuck between the moon and New York City, the very LAST thing I would be concerned with is falling in love
No, Mr. Cross. Where I actually stuck between the moon and New York City, the very LAST thing I would be concerned with is falling in love
A beast jumped on the bed, stole 90% of my leg room and demanded belly rubs as it rested. I had to comply 🐺
December 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A beast jumped on the bed, stole 90% of my leg room and demanded belly rubs as it rested. I had to comply 🐺
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The Sea at the Log, Paul Cézanne 1876
December 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Sea at the Log, Paul Cézanne 1876
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guess i’m done wrapping presents
December 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
guess i’m done wrapping presents
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"Have a holly jolly Christmas" You can't tell me how to live my life
December 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"Have a holly jolly Christmas" You can't tell me how to live my life
My Master's thesis was on why red delicious apples are actually pure ass. It gets cited a lot, but grant money's been another story altogether
December 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
My Master's thesis was on why red delicious apples are actually pure ass. It gets cited a lot, but grant money's been another story altogether