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Brigitte Pagola
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I'm like a collection of paradoxes.
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La Lune à un mètre (The Astronomer's Dream, 1898, dir. Georges Méliès) 🎥

A melancholy, effectively creepy three minutes in which the moon eats people.
In a astronomer's lab a giant telescope points out of a stone arch window at the moon. There's is a blackboard and a large globe, and in a high back chair sits the astronomer, dressed like a wizard including a pointed hat. A puff of smoke is disappearing and a figure in black with a horned black mask can also be seen, looking at the astronomer. The astronomer is moving frantically around in his lab, his chair to the right of frame. From a balcony window, we can see the moon with a face, including a wide open mouth, hanging in the darkness. The moon appears somewhat unnerving. The same setting only now the moon is inside the room, hovering. It has large eyes and arched eyebrows, and a mouth open in a bloody sort of grin. In front of it, on the floor, is part of the remains of the astronomer it has just eaten and spat out. Back to the organisation lab set up, where everything looks normal again and the moon is back to hovering in the night sky, no face, far away. The astronomer is resting on their desk and appears to be sleeping.
December 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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ghosterina.bsky.social
it's crazy how annoying ur favorite songs become the second ur in a bad mood. like omg shut up
December 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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chriswoodyard.bsky.social
For #MementoMoriMonday and #OwlishMonday,
Allegory with an Owl, woodcut by Hans Wechtlin [c. 1480-1526]
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What is the second word of the top line of the inscription? Ich ??Den Tag.
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
An owl perched on a swollen skull, placed on a tomb, looking upwards towards some trees. The sun sinks behind a mountain in the background.
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
A halloween books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Image: The library of an ancient castle. A full moon shines through a gothic window. A vampire creeps up behing a carpenter. Caption: "It had not been easy, but the Count was glad that he had resisted drinking the carpenter's blood until his beautiful new bookshelves were complete."
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
A cartoon about autumn....
Title: The leaves Image 1: Two leaves hang from branches. "Would you like to hear my new poem?" Says one "Is it another one about the inevitability of death?" replies a smaller leaf. Image 2: "It's autumn! What else am i going to write about?" says the poet leaf. "Well, we've all turned this lovely reddish colour." says the small leaf. Image 3: "Actually, that could make a very nice poem. Thanks!" says the poet. Image 4. The small leaf begins to reply but is blown away by a gust of wind. Image 5: Later. The solitary poet leaf recites a poem: "The year dies. I cling hopelessly. In the end all things fall."
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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owldaily.bsky.social
Those eyes? They’ve seen galaxies. Straight from a fantasy tale, this owl's stare pierces right through your soul. Photo by: 📸 luke_brady_johnson
#Nature #Owl
A short-eared owl perched on a mossy wooden stump, staring directly at the camera with piercing yellow eyes. Warm sunlight glows on the side of its face
June 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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This stunning mountain bluebird….
Nature blesses us with such beauty… 🥰
🐦
July 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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mcoupephotography.bsky.social
Who needs a photo of a sleepy juvenile great horned owl this morning?

#owls #birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #birding #nikon #greathornedowl #mcoupephotography
close up portrait of a juvenile great horned owl sleeping
June 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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bebeneuwirth.bsky.social
A peaceful moment of breath, especially for anyone who finds this day challenging. For whatever reason.
Closeup photo of a light pink blossom on a rose bush. The blossom looks like it has a double center. The photo is very soft and gentle.
May 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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astronomy.bsky.social
The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
May 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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owldaily.bsky.social
You just locked eyes with the silent ruler of the sky. No sound. No warning. Just grace and power in motion. Photo© turnipian
A short-eared owl gracefully soaring through the sky with wings fully extended, staring directly at the camera with bright yellow eyes
May 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Looking for Alaska was published 20 years ago today.

What a journey that little book has been on.
March 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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thisone0verhere.bsky.social
When I wake up in the morning and start to remember things
An animal looking disillusioned
February 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
MY YEAR-END READING STATISTICS #wrapped
(originally for @theguardian.com)
Title: MY YEAR-END READING STATISTICS Image: Five colourful diagrams. 1. Most considered authors: Joyce. Proust. Tolstoy Considered reading (all ticked) Actually read (none ticked) 2. Non-fiction Titles consumed (19 blocks) Information retained (2 of the 19 shaded) 3. Unread book pile A bar chart. Last year (high) This year (higer still) 17% increase 4. Loans Books lent vs books returned. The difference between the two is labelled "friendships under review" 5.Audiobook listening A pie chart with 4 sections Concentrating: 42% Passively absorbing: 26% Completely distracted: 19% Asleep: 13%
December 5, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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darkacademiah.bsky.social
Surrounded by books
December 5, 2024 at 3:12 PM
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cyberciti.biz
My relationship with Kubernetes is like my dating life: complicated, confusing, and full of disappointment. 😓🤣
November 20, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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hankgreen.bsky.social
I wish I could tell trees that the universe exists...
November 19, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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darkacademiah.bsky.social
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
November 18, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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danielpunkass.punkitup.com
The greatest problem in computer science is estimating software installation time. I just watched my new MacBook Pro go from 3 hours, to 2 hours and 45 minutes, to 2 hours and 43 minutes, to 56 minutes, to “about a minute” in the course of an hour. And that’s where I've been for several minutes.
November 18, 2024 at 5:08 AM
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blakeybeans.bsky.social
Me on Bluesky
November 17, 2024 at 7:14 AM
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cursedkief.bsky.social
I’ve officially started subconsciously opening blue sky instead of Twitter
November 17, 2024 at 1:03 PM