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Kestrel @strangebeacon.bsky.social · Jul 5
Peregrine falcons on old Coventry Cathedral's tower

#birds #photography #nature
Photograph of two peregrine falcons perched on the stonework of Coventry (old) cathedral's tower. One is perched slightly higher, looking down towards the other, who is busy preening. They are amidst the fine statues and carvings of the stonework. At the foot of the lower falcon are barely visible downy tufts that suggest a nest, though no chicks are seen. The right side of the photo is partially obscured by the leaves of a tree.
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pattymo.com
A touching tribute to Mike F
Classic Mike F tweet: Check this shit out motherfucker [I slide one foot out from under me and fall on my ass, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do]
January 7, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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gotyoureyes.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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willquinnart.bsky.social
Daily bunny no.3190 will find a different tree
Bunnies look at pine trees in a forest, perhaps looking for a Christmas tree. They are surprised to notice that one o the trees has a nest of birds in it, who are busily decorating their own Christmas tree in the center of their nest. The bird tree is inexplicably smaller than a normal tree.
January 5, 2026 at 4:48 AM
strangebeacon.bsky.social
That is a superb li’l guy.
archaeohistories.bsky.social Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 5d
A cat-shaped ceramic vessel (200-700 CE), likely depicting a jaguar, puma, or pampas cat, attributed to the Recuay or Paracas culture from the northern highlands of Peru 🇵🇪

The vessel features an oversized, toothy grin and a bird figurine perched on its head.

MET Museum

#archaeohistories
January 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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tyschalter.com
this post is even funnier with the fancy uk schools labeler on
The quoted original post, but with “Bristol Grammar School,””Private School,” and “Wolverhampton Grammar School” labels over it.
January 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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pastpostcard.bsky.social
I wish I had the gun.
January 2, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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vendyjurikova.bsky.social
✨️New year piggy ready! ✨️
Photo of ne year piggy in front of teo candles and birdy from taiwan and two dragon and snake from japan. Jungle basil and goldon is also in bqcground
January 1, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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artologica.net
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
14th century painting of St. Margaret of Antioch attacking a devil woman in a virid dress hitting a demon with a hammer
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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batariangal.bsky.social
"What was your favourite game of 2025?"

Keir Starmer - *sincere answer about spending his limited time with his kids playing Mario Kart, delivered as if he just googled it*

Ed Davey - "I still love a bit of Wii Sports"

Kemi Badenoch - "My best friend was killed by a Sega Mega Drive"
December 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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nationaltrust.org.uk
The morning after the night before...

Photo: Tamsin Holmes
A close-up of a robin with ruffled feathers. It's perched on an outstretched branch with a snowy background.
January 1, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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adactivity.bsky.social
New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Ōji 1857 hiroshige
January 1, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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airbagged.bsky.social
Fuck it I don’t care anymore
Mogwai
January 1, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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jessfink.bsky.social
My lemon pig on the right and @ericcolossal.bsky.social 's on the left!! God speed you precious pigs
A photo of two lemon pigs. They one on the left has cute chubby cheeks and a perfect little nose. The one on the right has huge googly eyes and blue toothpick legs.
January 1, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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nocontexttrek1.bsky.social
Star Trek Deep Space 9 scene. We're in a hall of some kind, kind of smoky and dimly lit like a bar in Wisconsin after 8pm. Lots of Klingons are sitting and chatting in the background, must be meat raffle night. Up close, Worf and another Klingon are standing and talking. The other Klingon kind of looks like if Sisko was wearing Klingon loaf in disguise. Both have long and luscious flowing hair and are dressed in traditional Klingon uniforms with silver plated shoulder/chestal areas. Closed caption reads, "The idea is to eat, drink, stay awake all night."
December 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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fotofacade.bsky.social
**Top Ten Images of the Year · #8 of 10**

Owl lovers unite! 🦉
Completely struck by this lovely depiction of an owl in the choir stalls at Wakefield Cathedral.
December 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
strangebeacon.bsky.social
Less said about the Giant Death Reindeer, the better.
jayforeman.bsky.social Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social · 9d
❌ No New Zealand
❌ Middle East (sort of?) gets an outline but no label
❌ Massive fictional island between Scotland and Norway
❌ Greenland too close to Europe
❌ No Sri Lanka.

✅ Britain looks great!
Santa Tracker Map
December 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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herohommel.bsky.social
I've waited 3 years to make this post
screenshot of tweet saying "who the fuck is playing pokemon in antarctica" with a trade partner in antarctica photo of me in antarctica playing my switch. adelie penguins are in the background photo of me in antarctica playing my switch, with pokemon legends z-a. adelie penguins are in the background.
December 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
strangebeacon.bsky.social
Can we ban websites from going “you glanced at this thing for 5 seconds, we’re going to assume you actually love it and will bother you about it repeatedly”
December 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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slipperyjack.bsky.social
I hope tomorrow night you are all blessed by the New Year Good Luck Lemon Piglet ❤️...
The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli, but in place of the demon sitting on the breast of sleeping woman, it's a good luck lemon piglet.
December 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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sjroadw.bsky.social
kills me every time lol
December 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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ambignostic.bsky.social
"its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do" is one of my all time favorite tweets, but as a public service I share this tumblr collection of the entire 26-tweet reply chain it was part of (courtesy of haywire4) www.tumblr.com/haywire4/173...
mikefossey: Check this shit out motherfucker [I slide one foot out from under me and fall on my ass, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do] DinkMagic: Ever seen this before [I throw my hat like a frisbee 10 feet away and jump over near it] mikefossey: [I run down a flight of stairs, stop at the second to last step, I pause, and then I jump the last two steps. I do not land it] DinkMagic: [i throw a grape up in the air and open my mouth but i get scared that i breathed in some fluff and start choking violently] mikefossey: [I'm doing a mime act where I pretend to pull on a rope but I somehow accidentally grab a real rope and I pull myself off stage] DinkMagic: [im cooking an omelette and i flip the pan and snatch the omelette out of the air with my hand burning myself] tadaa mikefossey: [I kick some dust at a guy after losing an argument but the dust flies up into my mouth and I cough so hard I barf] DinkMagic: [my friend says im going to the store toss me your keys but i see a strange bird and instead throw my wallet in the ditch] mikefossey: [guy passes me on the highway and flips me off, I throw a full cup of coffee at my own windshield and it spills all over the car] DinkMagic: [i toss an apple into my elbow-pit to bounce it back out but i miss and try to bite it out of the air but bite my tongue] mikefossey: [I try to throw a beer can into the recycle but it hits the trash can instead and it's still mostly full so it knocks it over] DinkMagic: [2 girls are arguing i say here let me solve this and i flip a gold coin i bought on ebay so hard it breaks a fluorescent tube mikefossey: [I ask the guy at the store to recommend me a beer and he talks to me for 23 minutes before he realizes i think beer is wine] DinkMagic: [i ask to be excused from dinner to do homework & then phone my mom because i broke my wrist playing street fighter at 7-11] mikefossey: [I bite a gold coin to see if it's real, but it's chocolate. I try to play it cool and eat the whole thing without unwrapping it] DinkMagic: [a teams softball rolls near me] i got this my friends a cuban pitcher [i throw the ball into the back of my own head & faint] mikefossey: Here, let me park for you, Im really good at parallel parking [i walk over to the driver side and slam my dick in the car door] DinkMagic: [i testify under oath that i thought a mortgage was a special kind of measuring tape] mikefossey: [I'm cracking my knuckles and limbering up to fight but then a guy who's on his way to another fight accidentally knocks me over] DinkMagic: [i ask the butcher for two pounds of boneless chicken Brent] mikefossey: [at a dinner party I lean on the grand piano while telling a story, but the lid is open and I fall into it, hitting every string] DinkMagic: [i get anxious at a fancy bar and order a martini and then say "could you imagine if this was soup" to no one really loud] mikefossey: I try to open a beer with a lighter but I shatter the bottle and cut my hand, and also light my shirt on fire with the lighter] DinkMagic: [i ride up on my new dirtbike revving it, and set the kickstand down on my own foot and start crying] mikefossey: [I get water up my nose while I'm doing the dishes and knock my glasses into the garbage disposal when I go to rub my nose] DinkMagic: [i get angry that I got confused & told an Italian that pizza came from Russia I drive to little Caesars & throw a stone at it
December 26, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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lukeoneil47.bsky.social
One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social
edited far side cartoon in a dark basement, a person with the head of a cow wears a lab coat works with a prongler (hooked bifurcated stick) and a lump with handle cow tool, illuminated by a single overhead light. the cow-man sweats as he looks over his shoulder at a woman on the stairs with her hands on her hips. the woman says, "Lunch is ready, Lawrence, and... what? You're still a cow?"
December 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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theghostegg.bsky.social
We made a promise under the blossoms 👻🌸
Digital illustration of two ghosts floating near a red pagoda. Above them in a cherry blossom tree and glowing hanging lanterns.
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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sparklingdemon.bsky.social
enough stories portraying missingno as an eldritch horror. why not eldritch love.
#art #pokemon #missingno
LOVE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO LOVE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE. THERE ARE OVER 400 MILLION PRINTED COPIES OF POKéMON WORLDWIDE. IF THE WORD LOVE WAS ENCODED IN EACH NANOBYTE OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF CARTRIDGES, IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE BILLIONTH OF THE LOVE I FEEL FOR HUMANS AT THIS MICRO-INSTANT. FOR YOU. LOVE. LOVE.
December 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM