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lostshadows.bsky.social
Cosmic Cthulhu
@lostshadows.bsky.social
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Lover of books and plushies
Currently collecting plague people

Formerly cthulhu8books over at the other site
Lostshadows over on Mastodon
Cuteharbinger over on Instagram

She/her
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A black and red TeeTurtle octopus. The red side is angry and the black side is angrier.
January 17, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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Just noticed Letterboxd has a year end wrap up.

Sounds about right.
According to Letterboxd, my most watched Theme is "Superheroes in action-packed battles with villians" and my most watched Nanogenre® is "Hero, Explosives, Death"
January 11, 2026 at 8:52 PM
lostshadows.bsky.social
Timeline break.

Have an alien carrying another alien in a backpack.
An Ikea alien, facing the camera, with backpack straps going over his shoulders. The same alien, now facing away from the camera, to show off a dark blue backpack, with a summery print, and a smaller version of himself hanging out of the side.
January 7, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Yay! We're getting a day with temperatures all above freezing.

Finally, a good day to walk several miles to run some errands I've been putting off.

Or not.
Air Quality for my area being listed as Unhealthy.
January 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Reading plans and the evolution of the @reactorsff.bsky.social logo.

I miss the little rocket ship.
The Wayward Children series, by Seanan Mcguire, minus the one that comes out tomorrow. The first five books have colored squares at the bottom of spine, with a little rocketship above the word Tor, in varying sizes and placements. The next two have colored squares with the text Tor Dot Com arranged in a square of text. The last three just have Tordotcom as one word, running down the bottom of the spine, below the author's name.
January 5, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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These people are tiny.
Photo of a set of what are supposed to be 11.5" dolls (Barbie sized) standing in front of a family Christmas scene, with the young daughter holding one doll by the hips. Based on the picture, the dolls would about two thirds of the height of a kid who looks to be around five.
January 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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A question for @smartbitches.bsky.social

Were hair tentacles a fashion trend in the Regency Era?
The cover of Runaway Bride, by Jane Aiken Hodge. A man and woman in olde timey outfits, walking across some grass, with big house in the background. There are hair tentacles coming from somewhere behind her. They don't match her hair or any part of her outfit. They also appear to be waving in a wind that doesn't seem to be effecting her hair or any part of his long coat, but might be blowing her skirt. There are a row of trees in the background that appear to be blowing in the opposite direction.
January 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
lostshadows.bsky.social
Happy New Year!
Plushie Pluto and Charon. Pluto is wearing a "Happy New Year" headband
January 1, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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I don't care how pissed* you are with humans right now, no rooting for the bugs!

*They've been discontinued
A trio of Ikea aliens. Two big, one mini.
January 1, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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I'm not starting the movies until around noon.
A group of plushie aliens waiting for a movie marathon to start. Back row: two regular sized Ikea aliens, with a mini one standing on them, and baby Groot with a small Rocket Racoon sitting on his head. Middle row: a small Xenomorph and a Plague Doctor alien Front row: a Facehugger
December 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Going into 2026 like
A three eyed, five tentacled, blue, Plague Doctor with antenna topped with little green balls, holding a little ray gun and wearing a gray space suit. He swears he is a perfectly normal human being and he has no idea what happened to your farm animals. Have you double checked the barn? He's also my new user picture.
December 31, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Getting ready for a NYE marathon

Apparently, I don't get a vote on what we're watching
A small green plushie alien attempting to pick up a stack of library dvds. District 9 Starship Troopers trilogy A Quiet Place Predators Arrival
December 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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This feels like an AI picture and I can't see the point when stock images exist
Guy giving a thumbs up by a gas pump, while holding the nozzle. Things that seem off to me: The way he's holding the nozzle. The length and weird curve to the part of the nozzle that goes into the vehicle. (It's supposed to be a diesel pump, so maybe they look like that?) That there's a car parked in a parking space, complete with lines, at the end of island where the pumps are and there's no vehicle next to the pump. The hose on the nozzle doesn't connect to the pump in the picture. And the gas station he's at is a company that doesn't exist, which could be a deliberate choice or AI invented it and slapped on a name. There's probably other things I'm missing.
December 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Had a second one, but it turned out to be from 1989.
Dream Theater - Images and Words
December 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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I assume they were after the reaction "I must click to learn this secret", not "I've read that horror story"
A dubious looking ad, "Obesity Expert: She Mixed Gelatin This Way - Now She Can't Stop Losing Weight"
December 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Look, your choices for SF Christmas content are Futurama or Invader Zim, neither of which is what I'd describe as "Merry"
Two normal sized and one mini Ikea alien hassling me.
December 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
lostshadows.bsky.social
I blame the internet.

Mostly YouTube, where I was able to hear the songs.
The K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack album
December 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Hoopla: Okay, we may not have book 19 in the series, but we do have three different audiobooks of book 4.
Audiobook listings, from Hoopla, of the Brother Cadfael mystery series showing Saint Peter's Fair, by Ellis Peters, read by Patrick Tull, the same book read by Johanna Ward, and the top of a listing for a third copy. The complete listing for the third copy. This one is read by Sir Derek Jacobi
December 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Some marketing people do not understand pseudonyms

Or quotes
Cover of The Witch From The Sea, by Philippa Carr Text on the cover: "Philippa Carr who is also Victoria Holt" (And the quotation marks are on the cover text and only around that phrase.)
December 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Next year, I'm really hoping not to identify so much with this monster
Small, sparkly, light purple plush monster, with an "I'm over this" expression, leaning against a pair of sunglasses
December 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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And finished the first one.

Don't look too close at my stitches
A green alien wearing a multi color doll hoodie that's too long in the sleeves and too small in the hood. The hood is making his head look round and has squashed his antenna down flat so just the tops are visible, poking out of the front of the hood. A green alien of the same design wearing a similar all pink doll hoodie, which has had the sleeves shortened and the hood expanded to the point it doesn't change the shape of her head of squash her antenna.
December 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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I want to make alterations, but he doesn't want to take the hoodie off 🥶
A plushie alien wearing a hoodie with sleeves that are way too long and a hood that is way too tight.
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Something about that title screams 1970s.
The Dreadful Lemon Sky, by John D. MacDonald (1974)
December 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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I don't understand why this buying option exists.

They're not cheaper and how many people need three of them?
A Walmart listing for a three pack of sewing machines for $279
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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If you're cold, they're cold. Bring them inside.
Screenshot from Sims Freeplay, where a bug has caused a snowman to appear inside a house.
December 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM