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ladymephistopheles.bsky.social
Zuzu (she/they)
@ladymephistopheles.bsky.social
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Geek. cat person. theatrologist. translator. book enjoyer. part-time crafter. full-time sleeper. Almost, at times, the Fool.
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dtmooreeditor.bsky.social
As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson.

Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa!

[BIG ASS THREAD]
a man reading a book to a young boy
Alt: a man reading a book to a young boy
media.tenor.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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bundgaardf.bsky.social
I am living for the sumo wrestlers having fun playing tourists while preparing for the sumo tournament in London
Sumo wrestlers enjoying Stonehenge Sumo wrestlers having fun posing with Stonehenge Sumo wrestlers having fun posing with Stonehenge Sumo wrestlers posing like The Beatles on Abbey Road
October 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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thelongestjohns.bsky.social
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who came Into the Deep with us. You have been a wonderful audience, and it's been a tremendous pleasure to join voices with yourselves, @homefreeguys.bsky.social, and Sean Dagher! ❤️

#TheLongestJohns #HomeFree #IntoTheDeep #LiveMusic #FolkMusic #Shanty
A picture from the Home Free and Longest Johns show in Ohio, where both bands PLUS the majestic Sean Dagher are on stage in the middle of performing the song Santiana. The lighting for this particular song is a warm orange. Everyone is sort of haphazardly arranged around the stage because it's a very mobile performance, and but a single image doesn't really convey the mobility. A thoroughly purple shot from the closing performance of Northwest Passage, where the full ensemble (again including Sean Dagher, still majestic) is arranged across the front of the stage in a line. Lots of hands clasped in front or behind, and a sombre reverence for the song. And then there's iRobbie (an iPad on top of a mannequin in t-shirt and board shorts), with his arms up as if announcing a touchdown, but also with his eyes shut in respect. A closing shot from the show, where all members are lined up with arms round each other having just taken a synchronised bow to close out the show. Apart from iRobbie who is still in the 'touchdown' pose.
October 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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darleysam.bsky.social
'Tower of Babel' is short for 'Tower of Babybel'
August 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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beawiitch.bsky.social
various images of crows with text that reads: “this is a crow appreciation post. crows are beautiful, intelligent, sassy, amazing. look at them!! a group of crows is a "murder" how badass does that sound? very. i just love crows.”
August 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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lartist.bsky.social
Cartoon: JaNear! JaFar! :)
cartoon of Grover dressed as the evil wizard Jafar from Aladdin. He's close up on the left and in the background on the right. JANEAR JAFAR
August 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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shayasanya.bsky.social
I'm in a music video! :D Just for a short moment, but i'm there x)

That concert at the Cutty Sark was amazng, btw. definitely worth flying over to the UK.

youtu.be/m6jCXn-o2g8?...
Pull Down Below | The Longest Johns
YouTube video by The Longest Johns
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August 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing
keithwilson.eu Dr Keith Wilson 💭 @keithwilson.eu · May 6
Bizarrely framed article about the people (all women) who ‘refuse to use AI’. And a #philosophy professor who says “The moment to opt out of #AI has already passed”. Oh well. That’s that then. 🤷‍♂️ #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...
The people refusing to use AI
Worried about the environment and the loss of skills, some people are resisting the rise of AI.
www.bbc.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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thelongestjohns.bsky.social
Stream.
Starting in an hour.
See you there, if you like?
youtube.com/live/vsxQpu7...

#TheLongestJohns #Livestream #LiveMusic #FolkMusic #Shanty
Sing Sing Stream Stream | The Longest Johns Singing Stream
March Madness!! Welcome back to our monthly stream where we'll be singing our hearts out and telling you the tales of our recent adventures . There's lots of...
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March 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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foxes-in-love.bsky.social
A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue and Green are sitting side-by-side, watching something ahead of them with keen interest. Green: As a kid I thought that banana seeds were in the peel. That if you left the peel somewhere warm and sunny, it would grow into a tree. Blue: Any guesses on what is currently growing from our trash can? The view pans out, revealing what the foxes have been looking at: A curious plant almost twice as tall as the foxes, growing out of a trash can. Its branches curl like vines, and instead of leaves, it appears to have eyeballs, most of which are studying the foxes with an equal curiosity. Green: Nope.
January 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...
ALT text copied and pasted from the linked website: An infographic titled “How To Write Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”
April 19, 2024 at 8:18 PM
ladymephistopheles.bsky.social
Good ol' Lord Nevermore continues to be relevant
dingemansemark.bsky.social Mark Dingemanse @dingemansemark.bsky.social · Dec 5
It’s easy to forget amidst a rising tide of synthetic text, but language is not actually about strings of words, and language scientists would do well not to chain themselves to models that presume so

Malinowski (1922) on Large Language Models ideophone.org/malinowski-1...
In other words, there is a series of phenomena of great importance which cannot possibly be recorded by questioning or computing documents, but have to be observed in their full actuality. Let us call them the inponderabilia of actual life.
December 6, 2024 at 10:39 AM
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hankgreen.bsky.social
BOOOO NOOOO BLOCK BLOCK BLOCK!!! This image is fake. Let’s not let fake science accounts thrive on Bluesky!!!
shiningscience.com Shining Science @shiningscience.com · Nov 21
The Helix Nebula captured by NASA'S Hubble space telescope
The Helix Nebula captured by NASA'S Hubble space telescope
November 22, 2024 at 7:38 AM
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darleysam.bsky.social
Your reminder that it's now No-vember, so don't!
November 1, 2024 at 12:14 PM
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xkcd.com
Temperature Scales xkcd.com/3001
October 22, 2024 at 12:17 AM
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lindsayellis.bsky.social
According to Hans Zimmer his original idea for the wildebeest stampede was an orchestra of Zulu warriors, but he went normie Western since Zulu traditionally only use their bodies, feet and shields as accompaniment with no other instruments, but Hansi I would pay 💰💰💰to hear that original concept
October 21, 2024 at 4:43 AM
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thelongestjohns.bsky.social
The Voyage Tour Part 2 has begun! Come and get y'all's tickets!
www.thelongestjohns.com/live

#TheLongestJohns #Colorado #LiveMusic #Gigs #FolkMusic #SeaShanty
September 21, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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tomkimmerer.bsky.social
Fall colors are not just pretty. They are an evolved series of metabolic actions to conserve nitrogen and other nutrients. Breaking down chlorophyll to export N exposes the living leaf cells to sun damage. Red and yellow pigments serve to protect the leaf cells from bleaching by the sun.
Red-leaved sumac trees in front of orange-leaved oak in the evening sun. Copyright Tom Kimmerer
September 16, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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foxes-in-love.bsky.social
A comic of multicolour foxes, one of which is Blue, the other is Green. In this one, Green is hanging out with a group of other, even greener foxes, making him look blue in contrast. Narration: Sometimes who you are depends on your company. You might be the most blue of all your friends... Green turns away, waving goodbye to his friends. Green: I think I'm heading home now - it was nice to see you! Friend: Text us when you get home! Green is on his way home. Narration: And then you go home to somebody you love At home, Green kisses Blue. Narration: ...And you're the greenest guy they know.
August 21, 2024 at 10:51 AM
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digitaltolkien.com
Appropriate on this 70th anniversary of the publication of Fellowship of the Ring to be giving my first talk on the Digital Tolkien Project at a non-Tolkien conference.
July 29, 2024 at 9:39 AM
ladymephistopheles.bsky.social
Hate having to be a responsible adult. Why can't I be irresponsible for once?
July 16, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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morteraphan.bsky.social
Closeup because you should see space in these eyes. 🐍✨
July 11, 2024 at 11:59 PM