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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer

@shingworks.com

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Award-winning science-fantasy & edu comic creator 🌱 www.shingworks.com Dorstenia enthusiast | Managing editor at Vault Comics | Dangerous Nights Crew

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · Jun 29

[lurks]

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 7h

a glowing sign against the night sky that reads "bi tires"

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 1d

I PUT THE top half of the PAPASAN COUCH I STRESS-BOUGHT INTO MY ROOM to make my cat love me but it didnt WORK

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 1d

THIS IS AN OUTRAGE

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 1d

my husband got me DRUNK

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 3d

DORS

Linnea Sterte @decassette.bsky.social · 3d

didn't get to the beach (too hot, turned back halfway there ha ha) but the woods here have some cool stuff in them

photo of wild orchids, in habitat. their flowers are white & very small

weird little flower of the dorstenia. like some sort of space antenna

Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 3d

Uerm… need more stick

Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 3d

Okay… WIP and looks like hot shit, but also unironically going according to keikaku.

A messy pile of shit (chicken wire and weed fabric)

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 3d

About to make the wisest possible investment of time and materials I’ve attempted yet. I’ll update with a pic if successful.

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Mr. Tyler Crook @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 3d

Comic books are (and this isn’t hyperbole) the greatest story telling medium that has ever existed. The combination of text and images rendered with a human hand is the most direct path from one mind to another. All other medium pale in comparison.

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 6d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 7d

I don't talk about dayjob stuff much anymore, but I'll make an exception here cuz I'm happy with how our new campaign for Dungeon Crawler Carl came together. And proud of the creators and everyone who worked on this thing!! (except @adamccahoon.bsky.social)

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/v...

The Dungeon Crawler Carl: CROCODILE graphic novel

Hello, Crawlers! We're so pleased to invite you to CROCODILE, Dungeon Crawler Carl's first official graphic novel expansion. Now get out there and kill, kill, ki--er, pledge!

www.backerkit.com

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 10d

SIGH

Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 10d

Tomorrow I'm going out to the passiflora fence and I'm petting all these mfs

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 10d

Between them and the danger woims I've had it about up to here with scary-looking but ultimately harmless creachers scaring me, half to death, specifically

Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 10d

I've been having a taxing year and lately have been spending most of my free time outside, plus trying to undo some of the harm in the world by being considerate and gentle with my enemies. This weekend that meant learning how to high jump around about 10000 spiders in the rocks I had to move.

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 10d

Though I just saw that wiki image says [citation needed] so maybe they're dangerous after all. At this point I kind of wish they were to justify all the protracted woim tweezering and delicate maneuvers.

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 10d

EXTREMELY betrayed to find out that all the Gulf Fritillary caterpillars I've been herding from my chewed up seedlings to an adult plant for the last 2 months are not in fact harboring dangerous spines, but are just spiny for show to fool predators!! I thought we were FRIENDS. I've been had.

screencap of wikipedia showing a spiny black and orange caterpillar. The text reads, "Despite being covered in spikes, gulf fritillary larvae are not a stinging caterpillar.[10] The spikes are soft to the touch and serve the purpose of scaring predators"

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Pedro Iniguez @pedroiniguez.bsky.social · 15d

Happy to announce that my poem "Perish and Live Forever," which first appeared in MEXICANS ON THE MOON, has just won the @sfpoetry.bsky.social 's Dwarf Star Award for poetry. This award is for best micro poem of 10 lines or less. Many thanks to members who voted. It is a big honor. Much love!

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 16d

I've had this on my computer for 2 decades. it's still funny tho so whatever, happy autumn

An old Onion Magazine meme (macro??) post of a nice orange tree and the text "Autumn: Could It Kill Us All?"

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Zen Faulkes @doctorzen.net · 18d

How ghost crabs 👻🦀 run so fast 🏃:

At top speed, they push with their trailing legs (L if crab running R) like a vaulter's pole, leaping into the air!

Their leading legs (R if crab running R) don't "step". They use those legs like skis 🎿, bouncing off the sand!

doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Crab running to right. Tips of left and right third legs dipped in paint. The left third leg leaves a distinct dot, while the right third leg, leaves a long smear, showing it is being used like a ski.

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 18d

Thank you to everyone who at-ted me on this. You are correct, this truly is me.

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 19d

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 22d

You are the coolest person in the entire universe. Those leaves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are these growing on the ground or mostly between rocks?

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 22d

I am filled with JOY. JOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Linnea Sterte @decassette.bsky.social · 22d

arifolia, probably? going by the shape of the inflorescence. sorry @shingworks.com I am a human border collie w regards to doing things

Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 23d

I've been stalking the D. ramosa by the hiking trails on Jesus mt and I think they're often found on the vertical limestone where water is trickling? but also saw some photos on the floor. D. brasiliensis will be smaller and underfoot. Others will look more like D. contrajerva bushes w large leaves.

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 23d

Depends, but most are pretty obvious based on shape or color, if you know what you're looking for. If you go to iNaturalist and sort by where you are and season, you will very likely be able to figure out what you're looking at. They live in somewhat specific spots tho from what I understand.

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer @shingworks.com · 23d

you're living my dream rn lol. D. brasiliensis, D. ramosa, D. cayapia, D. urceolata, etc. Give em a kiss if you see any

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