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David MacKinnon - 🇨🇦Photographer
@dkmackinnon.bsky.social
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Fine-art #photographer in #ottawa who occasionally does #costuming (mostly #leather or #chainmaille) and body art (mostly acrylic and metallic #tape).
Website: www.dkmackinnon.ca
Instagram/Facebook: @d.k.mackinnon
Mastodon/Cara: @dkmackinnon
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David MacKinnon - 🇨🇦Photographer @dkmackinnon.bsky.social · Nov 28
I created a fine-art nude and travelling model starter pack. Feel free to suggest people to add to it.

#starterpack #photography #modelphotography #fineartphotography

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catalyst-artworks.bsky.social
Portrait in oil paint on canvas #artadventcalandar I have some plans for next year's portraits that I'll post about after christmas.

#oilpainting #portrait
Portrait painting of a white person with short brown curly hair wearing black rimmed glasses and a black patterned shirt. They are sitting on a green high backed chair looking seriously into the distance over there.
December 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
dkmackinnon.bsky.social
Day 4 of #ArtAdventCalendar. #nature #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Bees #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin
A close-up of a bumblebee covered in pollen, centered on a bright yellow sunflower with long petals and a dark brown center.
December 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 3. #nature #Flowers #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin
Close-up photograph of a partially dried orange marigold flower with delicate, thin petals; the right side is dominated by a dark, blurred background and the flower's faded center, and the lower-right corner is signed "D.K. MacKinnon" with a website.
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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catalyst-artworks.bsky.social
I'm in a pile of pain today so you are getting a morbid piece for #artadventcalendar The skull's name is Eggy.

Oil paint on canvas

#stilllife #painting #naturemort
Painting of the top half of a human skull surrounded by cut golden chanterelles on dark blue table against a dark background. Morbid and edible.
December 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
dkmackinnon.bsky.social
On the second day of #ArtAdventCalendar we have the play of light, shadow, and colour. #nature #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin
A dark, shallow hollow in a rotting log filled with colourful fallen leaves, framed by blurred green foliage.
December 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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catalyst-artworks.bsky.social
Water soluble encaustic paint on black primed canvas board.

#artadventcalendar #bloomsky #botanicalart
Painting of a stem of white orchids with pink markings and some green buds.
December 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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weavinglinks.bsky.social
This tutorial is finished!! There are multiple ways of putting this wonderful dragon together, and each option is laid out for you so you can choose your own adventure.

#chainmail #chainmaille #motherofdragons #dragons #fantasy #instructions #originaldesign #weavinglinks
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
dkmackinnon.bsky.social
My spouse reminded me that December has an #ArtAdventCalendar challenge. Good excuse for me to post my #nature art images. #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Bees #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #MacroMonday
Black and blue striped bee, feeding on the nectar of a bright purple flower.
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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jayispainting.earthskyart.ca
Are You Ready???

#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar Guidelines Art can be almost anything. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography, digital. If you think it's art and it beautifies the timeline then post it. No NFTs or Al art please PLEASE USE ALT TEXT It does not matter if you "posted it last year". You don't need to be a "professional" artist. If you make art at any experience level and want to show it off and make others happy, this is the event Art must be original and it must be yours or from a family member with permission. Please don’t post works from other artists, old masters etc Art does NOT have to be seasonal. It can be pretty much any subject, but please keep it family friendly-ish Please don't cross post with just links to other platforms. Most links to other social media sites don't show with images at all and if they do they are usually thumbnails Please do not post prices or use BUY NOW kinds of posts. We are bombarded with hard sell at this time of year and that's not what this is about. This is not meant to be a sales pitch. You can post links to your website if you like Please share posts and follow participating artists. This is both an exercise to build a following of art lovers and to build a supportive community of fellow artists. If you like someone else's work, let them know! As "organizer" I do my best to share all art during the month but if I miss a post, please don't take it as an insult or commentary on your work. There are a lot of posts and I will miss a few. Note that I won't share posts that contain prices or buy now content Post daily or as much as you can with the hashtag #ArtAdvent Calendar There is no specified time to post. It's a worldwide event so time you post isn't that important Don't worry if you miss a day or two. Post even if you only have 1 thing to show off that makes the timeline brighter While the event dates are the 1st to the 24th, feel free to continue to post until the end of the month if you like
November 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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catalyst-artworks.bsky.social
Oil paint on board
Castilene and water soluble encaustic paint on wood

#artadventcalendar #painting #wax #sculpture #botanicalart
Oil painting of a saint-like man with a halo that is the nerves in the retina of an eye. His hand rests on a wooden board and mycelium grows from him into the wood. The golden frame is decorated with eyes and a variety of mushrooms grow from the bottom of the frame.
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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dewline.bsky.social
If you've got a stake in the fight against #dementia in its various forms, and you live in the #Ottawa region, you might consider asking for help from and/or giving support to this organization:

dementiahelp.ca
Support from Dementia Society of Ottawa | The Dementia Society
The Dementia Society of Ottawa provides support, coaching, education and activities for everyone impacted by dementia.
dementiahelp.ca
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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dannyve.bsky.social
The future is fungal

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
‘Nature’s original engineers’: scientists explore the amazing potential of fungi
Unique properties of fungi have led to groundbreaking innovations in recent years, from nappies to electronics
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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spudislander45.bsky.social
#Canada introduces new colour-coded system for #weather #alerts. #cdnpoli
Canada introduces new colour-coded system for weather alerts
Environment and Climate Change Canada is introducing a new colour-coded, tiered weather alert system, the department said in a press release.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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🚀 Maritime Launch Services and Partners.

Lift Off
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
dkmackinnon.bsky.social
I've been busy setting up my website using Wordpress so haven't been posting much. Here is a shot of hoarfrost in our garden, taken this morning. #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography #WinterMorning #Frost #Hoarfrost
Close-up photograph of brown, dried thistle heads covered in white frost crystals against a blurred, dark gray background. The frost forms delicate, spiky patterns around the thistle heads, which are in soft focus. In the lower right corner, the signature "D.K. MacKinnon" and the website address "www.dkmackinnon.ca" are visible.
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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sfwa.org
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨

Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
N. K. Jemisin: SFWA's 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award recipient.
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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catalyst-artworks.bsky.social
This chicken-of-the-woods mushroom painting is for sale now at Cline House Gallery in Cornwall, Ontario.

#botanicalart #fungi #painting
A painting of a cluster of chicken of the woods mushrooms. They are overlapping, shelf shaped, polypores with deep orang moving to yellow at the scalloped edges.
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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stevenjrobbins.bsky.social
Metagenomics colleagues!

I'm looking for studies where both Illumina and ONT sequencing were performed on the same samples from soil, human, ruminent, and other sample types for comparison. Bonus if those studies include PacBio data.

Please help and share!
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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catalyst-artworks.bsky.social
Whohoo, online sales are finally up! This pitcher plant painting is for sale at Cline House Gallery until Dec 20th.

Sales link: clinehousegallery.com/product/c-r-...

#botanicalart #bloomsky #painting
Water soluble encaustic painting of a cluster of pitcher plant leaves and flowers in different stages of life.
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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spudislander45.bsky.social
#Canada’s first free #foodbank #grocery store started in Saskatoon SK. Here people can shop and choose what they want/need.

No food banks receive any government funding. #FeedCanada #FoodInsecurity
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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These are at the Cline House Gallery in Cornwall, Ontario, from November 6th to December 20th. Vernissage November 6th at 7pm.

#botanicalart #mushrooms #fungi #flowers #bloomsky
Five square paintings of fungi and flowers on black backgrounds. Pitcher plants, chocken of the woods, jack o'lantern mushrooms, ghost pipes, and orchids.
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Testing a plugin to automatically post to Bluesky from my Wordpress account.
Bluesky autopost test
This is a test of automatically posting to Bluesky from my WordPress account.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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nature.com
The molecular basis for signalling between epithelial and mesenchymal cells in pancreatic cancer has now been revealed

go.nature.com/3Jlu490
Pancreatic cancer relies on opposing signalling pathways to drive its cellular diversity
Communication between epithelial and mesenchymal cells in pancreatic cancer leads to a poor prognosis. The molecular basis for this signalling has now been revealed.
go.nature.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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We can't wait to read your work!

variantlit.com/submit/
Text on blue background: "we're open for submissions" and "submit your poetry, flash prose, and fiction to Variant Literature between October 21 and December 4"
October 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM