Drake Tungsten (turtleismytotem)
@draketungsten-1968.bsky.social
Writer/editor. I like reading scifi, horror and mysteries, as well as various kinds of nonfiction. Wrote a horror/retro-scifi novella about communicating with the afterlife.
Pinned
Neat little place. I'm assuming it's on the coast of British Columbia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0cs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0cs...
Secret Seaside Cabin Overnight
YouTube video by Steve Wallis
www.youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Neat little place. I'm assuming it's on the coast of British Columbia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0cs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0cs...
Unlikely but entertaining scenario:
Sean Connery sings "The Neutron Dance" by The Pointer Sisters.
Sean Connery sings "The Neutron Dance" by The Pointer Sisters.
January 2, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Unlikely but entertaining scenario:
Sean Connery sings "The Neutron Dance" by The Pointer Sisters.
Sean Connery sings "The Neutron Dance" by The Pointer Sisters.
Episode 44, VF Book Club (Uprooted):
@bonniegrrl.bsky.social: "To all budding authors, put more giant praying mantis in your stories."; @tommerritt.com: "Who would you cast as the giant praying mantis?"
@bonniegrrl.bsky.social: "To all budding authors, put more giant praying mantis in your stories."; @tommerritt.com: "Who would you cast as the giant praying mantis?"
December 29, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Episode 44, VF Book Club (Uprooted):
@bonniegrrl.bsky.social: "To all budding authors, put more giant praying mantis in your stories."; @tommerritt.com: "Who would you cast as the giant praying mantis?"
@bonniegrrl.bsky.social: "To all budding authors, put more giant praying mantis in your stories."; @tommerritt.com: "Who would you cast as the giant praying mantis?"
Episode 44, VF Book Club (Uprooted):
@bonniegrrl.bsky.social: "Apothecaries"; Kiala: "Pocket fairies"; @tommerritt.com: "Old-fashioned pocket fairies."
@bonniegrrl.bsky.social: "Apothecaries"; Kiala: "Pocket fairies"; @tommerritt.com: "Old-fashioned pocket fairies."
December 29, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Episode 44, VF Book Club (Uprooted):
@bonniegrrl.bsky.social: "Apothecaries"; Kiala: "Pocket fairies"; @tommerritt.com: "Old-fashioned pocket fairies."
@bonniegrrl.bsky.social: "Apothecaries"; Kiala: "Pocket fairies"; @tommerritt.com: "Old-fashioned pocket fairies."
From Episode 60 (The Falconer) of the VF Book Club:
@bonniegrrl.bsky.social: "There's no birds in this book"; @veronicabelmont.com: "You're right"; @felicia.day: "Zero birds."
@bonniegrrl.bsky.social: "There's no birds in this book"; @veronicabelmont.com: "You're right"; @felicia.day: "Zero birds."
December 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
From Episode 60 (The Falconer) of the VF Book Club:
@bonniegrrl.bsky.social: "There's no birds in this book"; @veronicabelmont.com: "You're right"; @felicia.day: "Zero birds."
@bonniegrrl.bsky.social: "There's no birds in this book"; @veronicabelmont.com: "You're right"; @felicia.day: "Zero birds."
I will never be able to go thru a wooded traffic circle again without wondering who might be in there. (LOL)
cc: @thesoniashow.bsky.social @cinebinge.bsky.social @veronicabelmont.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPDv...
cc: @thesoniashow.bsky.social @cinebinge.bsky.social @veronicabelmont.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPDv...
Stealth Camping In Roundabout
YouTube video by Steve Wallis
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December 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I will never be able to go thru a wooded traffic circle again without wondering who might be in there. (LOL)
cc: @thesoniashow.bsky.social @cinebinge.bsky.social @veronicabelmont.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPDv...
cc: @thesoniashow.bsky.social @cinebinge.bsky.social @veronicabelmont.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPDv...
This idea of hand signs being secondary language content in Mayan inscriptions is fascinating and could be used in the boat/Maya book I'm putting together...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Anthropologist claims hand positions on 1,300-year-old Maya altar have a deeper meaning
A well-known Maya stone carving known as Altar Q, located at the site of Copán in Honduras, may use hand signs to represent key dates in the Maya Long Count Calendar, a new study claims.
www.livescience.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This idea of hand signs being secondary language content in Mayan inscriptions is fascinating and could be used in the boat/Maya book I'm putting together...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Unlikely but entertaining scenario:
Opening theme to "2001" film (Also Sprach Zarathustra) meowed.
Opening theme to "2001" film (Also Sprach Zarathustra) meowed.
October 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Unlikely but entertaining scenario:
Opening theme to "2001" film (Also Sprach Zarathustra) meowed.
Opening theme to "2001" film (Also Sprach Zarathustra) meowed.
According to my Goodreads list, I've read 1,077 books and own 183 printed/physical ones. (I've also read/"own" 14 Kindle books.) These are books I've read over my entire lifetime, at least that I can remember.
October 12, 2025 at 6:51 AM
According to my Goodreads list, I've read 1,077 books and own 183 printed/physical ones. (I've also read/"own" 14 Kindle books.) These are books I've read over my entire lifetime, at least that I can remember.
What happens to an overflow pond when you get too much rain.
October 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM
What happens to an overflow pond when you get too much rain.
This scene reminded me of the Ansel Adams photo "Aspens, New Mexico". So I captured my own version. :)
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
This scene reminded me of the Ansel Adams photo "Aspens, New Mexico". So I captured my own version. :)
This is another favorite episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Darmok". Picard coming in at the end and speaking to the alien first officer in his own, metaphor-based language is awesome.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyQ8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyQ8...
Sokath his eyes uncovered!
YouTube video by Michael Hartman
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September 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This is another favorite episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Darmok". Picard coming in at the end and speaking to the alien first officer in his own, metaphor-based language is awesome.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyQ8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyQ8...
Glad that Margo P. (@shesnachomama.bsky.social) and Sonia (@thesoniashow.bsky.social) were able to host this book release party. Still processing the fact that Margo Donohue is no longer with us. :(
www.youtube.com/live/oq81il4...
www.youtube.com/live/oq81il4...
Virtual Book Launch for FEVER: The Complete History of Saturday Night Fever
YouTube video by ShesNachoMama
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August 31, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Glad that Margo P. (@shesnachomama.bsky.social) and Sonia (@thesoniashow.bsky.social) were able to host this book release party. Still processing the fact that Margo Donohue is no longer with us. :(
www.youtube.com/live/oq81il4...
www.youtube.com/live/oq81il4...
Unlikely but entertaining scenario:
Chappell Roan's "Pink Pony Club" is sung in a Bing Crosby/Dean Martin/lounge singer voice.
Chappell Roan's "Pink Pony Club" is sung in a Bing Crosby/Dean Martin/lounge singer voice.
August 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Unlikely but entertaining scenario:
Chappell Roan's "Pink Pony Club" is sung in a Bing Crosby/Dean Martin/lounge singer voice.
Chappell Roan's "Pink Pony Club" is sung in a Bing Crosby/Dean Martin/lounge singer voice.
Unlikely but entertaining scenario:
Kermit or Grover singing Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing".
Kermit or Grover singing Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing".
August 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Unlikely but entertaining scenario:
Kermit or Grover singing Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing".
Kermit or Grover singing Andy Gibb's "Shadow Dancing".
Came across another interesting video on UK canal boating. I was like, I hope these people don't get stranded. (LOL)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EZm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EZm...
Is this the worst canal in the UK? - 183
YouTube video by Boat Time
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August 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Came across another interesting video on UK canal boating. I was like, I hope these people don't get stranded. (LOL)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EZm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EZm...
@thesoniashow.bsky.social I was listening to the "Mannequin" episode of the podcast. It occurred to me that Margo probably has spoken with Meshach Taylor about his role as Hollywood Montrose. I am tempted to do a seance to see what she found out. :)
August 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
@thesoniashow.bsky.social I was listening to the "Mannequin" episode of the podcast. It occurred to me that Margo probably has spoken with Meshach Taylor about his role as Hollywood Montrose. I am tempted to do a seance to see what she found out. :)
@maryrobinettekowal.com Just read "Martian Contingency". Liked the story & character development in the second half of the book. Reading your author's note at the end, I appreciate what you endured to finish this book. Don't know if this is the last book in the series but wouldn't say no to another.
May 19, 2025 at 6:27 AM
@maryrobinettekowal.com Just read "Martian Contingency". Liked the story & character development in the second half of the book. Reading your author's note at the end, I appreciate what you endured to finish this book. Don't know if this is the last book in the series but wouldn't say no to another.
Came across this item about specially protected drones being used to trigger lightning and redirecting it. Could be the beginnings of weather modification technology.
group.ntt/en/newsrelea...
group.ntt/en/newsrelea...
World's First Successful Lightning Triggering and Guiding Using a Drone Protecting cities and infrastructure with a lightning drone—toward a society free from lightning damage | Press Release | NTT
News Highlights: ◆We have achieved the world's first successful lightn...
group.ntt
May 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Came across this item about specially protected drones being used to trigger lightning and redirecting it. Could be the beginnings of weather modification technology.
group.ntt/en/newsrelea...
group.ntt/en/newsrelea...
Unlikely but entertaining scenario:
Dracula/The Count sings Salt-n-Pepa's "Push It [Real Good]".
Dracula/The Count sings Salt-n-Pepa's "Push It [Real Good]".
May 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Unlikely but entertaining scenario:
Dracula/The Count sings Salt-n-Pepa's "Push It [Real Good]".
Dracula/The Count sings Salt-n-Pepa's "Push It [Real Good]".
April 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This company, Blue Dot, uses AI in a good way. The software spots patterns but human experts decide if the patterns are dangerous. This tandem approach was helpful with the spread of COVID. We can't depend exclusively on the tech.
www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/b...
www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/b...
How this Canadian start-up spotted coronavirus before everyone else knew about it
Thanks to artificial intelligence, the start-up BlueDot was able to predict the initial spread of coronavirus quicker than public health authorities. The technology, which incorporates natural languag...
www.cnbc.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This company, Blue Dot, uses AI in a good way. The software spots patterns but human experts decide if the patterns are dangerous. This tandem approach was helpful with the spread of COVID. We can't depend exclusively on the tech.
www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/b...
www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/b...
Best. Plot. Twist. Ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89iv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89iv...
Timeless - Lyatt Now and Forever (Episode Highlight)
YouTube video by Timeless
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March 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Best. Plot. Twist. Ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89iv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=89iv...
Judy Garland (SNL): "You ever get the feeling like your hands are made of sand?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vjM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vjM...
Vincent Price's Thanksgiving Special - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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March 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Judy Garland (SNL): "You ever get the feeling like your hands are made of sand?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vjM...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vjM...