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Grail Seeker

@grailseeker.bsky.social

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Recumbent tri(c)k(st)er. Interests: myth, legend, folklore, symbolism, spirit of place, hauntology, psychogeography, environmental art, ecospirituality, apophenia, weirdness, forteana, metaphysics, mythopoeia, neurodivergence.

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Grail Seeker

@grailseeker.bsky.social

Fractal frames and recursive rectilinearity.

November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM

Grail Seeker

@grailseeker.bsky.social

A word that combines a sense of both 'tinted' and 'tainted'.

November 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM

Grail Seeker

@grailseeker.bsky.social

Not any more. bsky.app/profile/dail...

Daily Grail @dailygrail.com · 5d

Take the blue pill:

phys.org/news/2025-10...

Mathematical proof debunks the idea that the universe is a computer simulation

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced civilization's supercomputer. But new research from UBC Okanagan has mathematically pr...

phys.org

November 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM

Grail Seeker

@grailseeker.bsky.social

Hi Anthony, curious to know if you've ever recorded palindromes and played them backwards to see which ones come out best/uncanniest/worst.

November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM

Grail Seeker

@grailseeker.bsky.social

Only learned of this snippet of green knight lore today (thanks to @ghostmonk.bsky.social), a few miles from my childhood home: bsky.app/profile/theg...

The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 7d

The phantom of a knight in green armour has been seen at Pitchford Hall, #Shropshire, perhaps the remnant of a forgotten #legend. The sad #ghost of a servant who drowned himself in a pond has also been reported and a strange but happier one: the aroma of pipe tobacco associated with a former owner.