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Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · 6h

Today, a thread full of birds
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Robin (she/he-ella/él) @merryrobin.bsky.social · Jul 7

The Bowdler Sharpe sisters (Emily, Ada, Eva, Bertha, Dora, Lena, Daisy, Sylvia, Hilda & Aimee) were English colourists of ornithological illustrations.
Between 1885 and 1910, at least 7 of them worked as colourists, painting lithographs drawn by Claude Wyatt, J.G. Keulemans and Henrik Grønvold.

Dora Louise Sharpe was the colourist for Whitaker's Birds of Tunisia (1905)
This is a beautifully detailed ornithological illustration titled "The Birds of Tunisia," dating from 1905. It depicts two birds, identified as Ligurinus chloris aurantiventris, positioned on the branches of a pine tree. The bird in the foreground is vibrant, with bright yellow underparts and a greenish-yellow upper body, suggesting it is in its breeding plumage. Its companion, possibly a female or juvenile, exhibits more subdued coloring with gray and olive tones, hinting at sexual or age-related dimorphism.

A Monograph on Swallows was coloured by four of the Misses Sharpe while they were teenagers
Detailed illustration from 1894, depicting a Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis senegalensis) in flight. The bird is shown in a dynamic, soaring pose with its wings fully extended. The swallow has a dark, almost black body with a distinctive rufous or red patch on its lower back and rump, which stands out against its darker feathers. Its underparts are a lighter, creamy color, providing a stark contrast to the darker upper parts.

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Tiffany Sanerd @atypicaltiff.bsky.social · 6h

It is! This is my third year doing it, and the only downside is the hammock makes me sleepy. 😊 Want to recommend a horror novel? I finished the one in the picture tonight.

Tiffany Sanerd @atypicaltiff.bsky.social · 7h

I've been burning through books in the hammock this spooky reading season. Already lost the new reading light, so I'll be reading by the slightly-less-spooky light of my phone tonight, but it's still pretty spooky (and chilly, but that just means I get to curl up in a bigger blanket).

Copy of "Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke" by Eric LaRocca in the lap of a big, fuzzy blue and white blanket with a black and white hammock at the edges

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UMAW @umaw.bsky.social · 14h

Artists are clear on what we want: fair pay from streaming, no investment in war technology, protections against AI, an end to pro-rata deals, and transparency for artists across all aspects of streaming. Daniel Ek stepping down fulfills zero of those demands.

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John M Davis @jdsampo.bsky.social · 11h

That post storm kind of sunset tonight

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Tiffany Sanerd @atypicaltiff.bsky.social · 8h

When you want to lock down the friendship...Dog/horror movies are the diamonds of platonic relationships.

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Tiffany Sanerd @atypicaltiff.bsky.social · 11h

And *usually involves some level of critical thinking on both ends. But that's probably why they're trying to get rid of it, eh? 😉

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Tiffany Sanerd @atypicaltiff.bsky.social · 11h

A dog/horror movie accelerates things, I think. 😅

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Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 4d

BANNING BOOKS ONLY MAKES US SCARIER. T-shirts, tanks, and bags available to pre-order throughout October only. Get yours reserved here: ghoulish.rip/product-cate...

a graphic advertising t shirts tanks and tote bags with luke spooner's commissioned art for our BANNING BOOKS ONLY MAKES US SCARIER quote

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Evangeline “I’m Scared” Gallagher @egallagher.bsky.social · 20h

impulse control

An illustration of a girl looking at a black dog illuminated in a doorway. red string wraps around her body and eyes, leading back through the opening where the dog sits and stares.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 14h

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 14h

A few precious minutes today with the Hoverflies and Ivy bees in Cambridge. #WildWebsWednesday

Close-up photograph of a male Eristalis hoverfly on Ivy.

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Tiffany Sanerd @atypicaltiff.bsky.social · 14h

Wasting their lives watching other people wasting their lives. 🫠

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Trang ✦ MCM London @trangmn.bsky.social · 5d

voyage 🐟 #art

drawing of a cat sailing on a small leafy boat down a stream, admiring the view of various florals and greenery in the forest

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mike @staykinduniverse.swifties.social · 1d

made a thing.
all species like snacks.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 1d

Choose love.
Choose peace.
Choose kindness.
Choose to keep searching bookstores, crumbling castles, and dark parts of the forest for portals to other realms, where reading & sleeping are celebrated sports.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Claire Leach @claireleach.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning.

Black and white ink and brush drawing of a landcape.

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#Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 1d

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for October 8, 2025: #CRIMSON

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity

Digital painting of a bright crimson pompadour cotinga bird that is red all over except for some white along the edge of the wing and a few black patches. It is perched on a narrow branch against a creamy background..

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Tiffany Sanerd @atypicaltiff.bsky.social · 1d

Real apples are good, too! I eat one almost every day. 😉

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 1d

You all voted for spooky vibes this month, and we heard you loud and clear! 🎃🌒

Gather round the campfire, because October's flash fiction theme is FOLKLORE! You have until October 31st to submit!

www.patreon.com/posts/octobe...

a silhouette of a person riding a horse holding a pumpkin

Alt: black and white image of the headless horseman riding a black horse

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 1d

If you enjoy my art, I have shops at inprnt and threadless, including many images appropriate for the Halloween season!

and both are having BIG SALES right now!

inprnt (high quality art prints): 30% off

and threadless: cheap tees and up to 35% off other merch!

Links below & in bio!

Drawing in white against a black background of a beetle, drawn symmetrically with legs outstretched. Its back shell is filled with an abstract, doodled design that suggests human bones and sports a grinning human skull near the top.

Drawing of an angelic figure with large wings that take up most of the image and extend beyond the boundary of the drawing. The wings form layers of blue, pink, white, pink, blue to echo the design of the trans flag. The angel is a skeleton with a bird-like skull and one glowing pink eye and one glowing blue eye. They are holding a sword to their chest with the tip of the sword pointing toward the ground. Their feet are extended downward in such a way as to make it look as though they were floating. They are wearing a crown of pink and blue flowers on their head.

Black tshirt with an illustration of a white rabbit at top of image weeping blood tears and a red rabbit at bottom with skeleton exposed weeping blue tears. There is an anatomically correct heart with a pin stabbed through it in the middle of the image and the rabbits and their tears form a loose circle around the heart.

Black tshirt with illustration of a creature with tentacles for legs, luna moth wings and feelers, a bird skull-like head, antlers, hoofed hands, fur-covered body and glowing red eyes.

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Puck Arks @puckarks.bsky.social · Jun 10

This is a fuck ICE account
This is an ACAB account
This is a free Palestine account
This is a land back account
This is a Black lives matter account
This is a LGBTQ account
This is an end genocide account
This is a human rights account

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Tiffany Sanerd @atypicaltiff.bsky.social · 1d

Mumbug 😊

A single ladybug at the center of a cluster of dark pink mums

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