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Celeste Labedz

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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 1d

A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.

Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.

A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).

December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM

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Katherine Crossan

@kackington.bsky.social

inspired by the snoopy donut I got at krispy kreme the other day

December 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM

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Millie(let) says FREE PALESTINE

@gyro.bsky.social

I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit

Le gooner du jeunier @basalthrull.bsky.social · 1d

Texte: le calendrier de l’avent interdit

Image 1: un pied de biche

Image 2: un ensemble de casiers automatiques type « Amazon » situé en extérieur

December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM

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sarah margaret 🌲

@sarahmargs.bsky.social

This is the thread for my minicomic, Into the Bladelands! I will be posting updates of anywhere from 2-4 pages here, hopefully to be finished before the end of the year.

Sky disappears. Ari gets left behind. Five years later, the door to the Bladelands opens again.

Ari (vo): When I was sixteen, my best friend disappeared. We grew up together in the woods between our houses. Sky could have fun no matter what.
Sky: Pick up your sword and fith me like a man!
Ari: Wait for me!
Ari (vo): My favorite thing to do was just live in his world.
Bully: Whatcha drawin, faggots? The map to your honeymoon?
Sky punches him. Later, Ari tends to his wounds.
Sky: You probably think I'm really stupid.
Ari: I just think you're really brave.
They kiss.
Sky: We can't tell anyone about this, okay?
Ari: Yeah, of course.

A couple years pass. Sky and Ari are looking at the stars.
Sky: Y'know, I think about it all the time.
Ari: What we've been doing?
Sky: No, man, the Bladelands! We'd run shit over there. Be warriors or kings or whatever.
Ari: Heh, too bad it's not real.
Sky: well, it could be.
Ari: Dude.
Sky: I'm just saying! Maybe we were picking up a signal or something. Like a radio station from another state, but with dragons. It feels like that sometimes. Y'know, I turn 17 tomorrow. And I'm starting to freak out a little because, like, this is it? I thought I could be more than this.
Ari: Hey, you can be! When we're 18, we can get out of here. We'll move to the city. Together.
Sky: I guess... it still just all feels so small. At least in the Bladelands, there's magic. And prophecy, and swords, and danger. You can be an adventurer. You can at least be, like, an important person.
Ari: You're important, Sky. You're important to me.
Sky: Heh. Gayyy.
Ari: Shut up.
Ari (VO): That was the last night I ever saw him.
Ari walks away. Sky spots a mysterious portal behind a tree and reaches out to it.

Ari (Vo): The next day, he was gone.
We see a montage of Ari's lonely life. Sky's parents mourn and move away. Ari graduates. Gets a job working at a bookstore. The impromptu memorial for Sky rots.
Ari (VO): And the next. And the next. And the next. And the next. And the next. And then five years were gone.

November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM

maria 🍂

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Si tengo la ansiedad por las nubes por qué la noto en la barriga?? Pregunto

November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM

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Aprovechando el bf para comprar: un sobrecolchón

November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM

maria 🍂

@mariabakes.bsky.social

Cada vez que el profe de inglés pronuncia algo mal y me tengo que aguantar las ganas de corregirle para no ser la repipi de turno...

a close up of a white cat 's face with a black background

ALT: a close up of a white cat 's face with a black background

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November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM

maria 🍂

@mariabakes.bsky.social

Están los montes de alrededor nevados 🥶🥶🥶

November 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM

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En el aeropuerto desayunando y viendo como otra gente está tomando cerveza en vez de café... Hija las 8 de la mañana...

November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM

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Primera experiencia de concierto en Inglaterra y madre mía... Qué poca sangre 😭

November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM

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No sé para qué me he traído libras si prácticamente todos los sitios son cashless... Solo me sirve de excusa para gastar el efectivo 😅

November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM

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@mariabakes.bsky.social

Esta captura de pantalla sin contexto... ???

November 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM

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@mariabakes.bsky.social

Me siento un poco lisa simpson mirando la mesa de la cocina

November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM

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Anne Thériault

@annetheriault.bsky.social

This week in Art I Am Obsessed With: this self-portrait by Suzanne Valadon. It looks so incredibly contemporary (I would literally wear that exact outfit on hot summer day) but it’s from 1923. Anyway, love a queen with flowy pants and a dangling cigarette!