Xian
LightNews LightNews
banner
thehoundkeeper.bsky.social
Xian
@thehoundkeeper.bsky.social
270 followers 490 following 920 posts
Queer, 40s, trained in psych & some of the arts. All art is Art. 18+ Eclectic interests such as anime, manga, traditional & digital art, dance, stories, sewing, historical dress, queer rights, neurodivergency, animals.
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Xian
ianpaulsieren.bsky.social
Wee garden
#lichens #moss #bryophytes #fungi
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Reposted by Xian
ianpaulsieren.bsky.social
Doug Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cone in a bed of Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) litter.
#Fall #fallenleaves #cones
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
thehoundkeeper.bsky.social
winter is rough because it’s like “remember how two of your closest friends, your grandfather, your emotional service cat & two ferrets died around now?” and also, “wow, the holidays, so many chances to disappoint family by being too ill” plus, “everything is more expensive” for bonus difficulty.
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Reposted by Xian
julieinstitches.bsky.social
Red velvet #1930s dress via New Canaan Museum & Historical Society.
December 10, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Reposted by Xian
julieinstitches.bsky.social
Elsa Schiaparelli evening dress, ‘Ligne de face’ collection, embroidery by Lesage, winter 1950-1. Photo my own.
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Reposted by Xian
paulseesequasis.bsky.social
‘Girl at bat.’ Photographed likely at a residential school in B.C., 1940s/50s. From the Ian Eisenhardt collection at Archives and Special Collections, Western University, London, Ontario. An NFB Photo, possibly commissioned by Indian Affairs.
Girl swinging a bat. Photographed during a baseball game, likely at a residential school in B.C., 1940s/50s.
December 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Reposted by Xian
julieinstitches.bsky.social
Paul Poiret and the robe-culotte, about 1911. Photos my own via current exhibition at MAD Paris.
December 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reposted by Xian
oregonthedm.bsky.social
One of the 4000-year-old well-preserved wagons unearthed in the Lchashen village in the vicinity of Lake Sevan. Made of oak, they are the oldest known wagons in the world.
Wagon made entirely of wood or wood skeleton
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Reposted by Xian
vickyhaddock.bsky.social
Day 4 of my Edwardian #AdventCalendar is this cream and black striped silk day dress, made by Jay's Ltd of London in c. 1910. The dress was worn by Mary Rosamond Anstruther to sit for a portrait by Sir James Jebusa Shannonon RA. Scotney Castle (National Trust) collection. #fashionhistory
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Reposted by Xian
petermorley.bsky.social
🚨🚨In 2026 Medicare pilot program WISeR (Wasteful & Inappropriate Service Reduction) TESTS in NJ, OH, OK, TX, AZ & WA. Adds 17 prior authorizations & uses AI for determinations. PAs DELAY & DENY care & TARGETS alternate methods for PAIN relief & INCHES Medicare towards PRIVATIZATION. PLEASE REPOST!🔥🔥
● Electrical Nerve Stimulators ● Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Urinary Incontinence ● Phrenic Nerve Stimulator ● Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor and Parkinson’s Disease ● Vagus Nerve Stimulation ● Induced Lesions of Nerve Tracts ● Epidural Steroid Injections for Pain Management excluding facet joint injections ● Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation (PVA) for Vertebral Compression Fracture ● Cervical Fusion ● Arthroscopic Lavage and Arthroscopic Debridement for the Osteoarthritic Knee ● Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation for Obstructive Sleep Apnea ● Incontinence Control Devices ● Diagnosis and Treatment of Impotence ● Percutaneous Image-Guided Lumbar Decompression for Spinal Stenosis ● Skin and Tissue Substitutes (LCDs below) – only applicable to MAC jurisdictions and states that have an active LCD in place ++ Application of Bioengineered Skin Substitutes to Lower Extremity Chronic Non-Healing Wounds ++ Wound Application of Cellular and/or Tissue Based Products (CTPs), Lower Extremities PLEASE REPOST EVERYWHERE!
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Reposted by Xian
metcostume.bsky.social
Pelerine
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/98445
Gift of Mrs. Agnes Kremer, 1938
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Reposted by Xian
gnarlyghost.bsky.social
Space Pirates
December 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by Xian
ianpaulsieren.bsky.social
Alstroemeria
#Fall #flowers #bloomscrolling
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Reposted by Xian
ianpaulsieren.bsky.social
Raindrops on Nasturtium leaf
#Fall #raindrops #foliage
December 4, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Reposted by Xian
bisepunk.bsky.social
JJK 2026 Calendar physical edition is ready for pre-order!✨

Since it’s a seasonal item it will only be available this month.

Remember that preorders help me a lot to manage stock for no leftovers!

🙂‍↕️💜

ko-fi.com/s/c5c066a2e2

bisepunk.etsy.com/listing/4416...

#jjk #jujutsukaisen
December 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Reposted by Xian
mahoukarp.com
Whales sharks 🦈🫧
#art #sharks
Illustration of some whale sharks. The colors used in this image are mainly blue gradients and pink. They are all smiling and swimming happily
December 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Reposted by Xian
gnarlyghost.bsky.social
QRP something with horns
December 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Reposted by Xian
josh-foreman.bsky.social
Tumblr user nocryptographer: I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation. A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written. AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence. Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same. There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that. I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it. If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene... then it's real.
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Reposted by Xian
lukelukeluke.bsky.social
Here is a nice mushroom
A short stemmed russula grows from beneath a deep blanket of snow, its cupped cap supported on aging tightly packed gills, all photos by me. Taken in 2024
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Reposted by Xian
sal.gay
They should do MyChart Wrapped
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Reposted by Xian
em913em.bsky.social
드래곤 스티커 도안
December 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reposted by Xian
gnarlyghost.bsky.social
Coastal Town
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Reposted by Xian
nekomori-art.bsky.social
Another year of wallpapers completed! I can't belive I've been making these for 3+ years already 🥹
Collage showing all 11 phone wallpapers I drew this year. January: a bunny enjoying a firework show. February: a tiny bunny reading in a nook left behind by a slice of cake. March: three fluffy sparrows sitting in the branches of a cherry blossom tree. April: a frog playing violin under a hydrangea bush in the rain. May: a bunny sitting happily among many houseplants. June: three tiny bunnies hanging onto a ripening tomato vine. July: a giant bunny sitting quietly among some hills overlooking the sea. September: three tiny bunnies hanging onto a pomegranate branch. October: three curious ghosts observing a calico cat sleeping in a graveyard. November: a tiny bunny reading in their little apple house as rain drizzles outside. December: a lone bunny trudging through a wintry landscape and looking at shooting stars.
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Reposted by Xian
coelasquid.bsky.social
Good news! In the time the Sickos Selection Bundle has been available I’ve gone to another life drawing session, so the sketchbook for the 40k stretch goal is three pages longer now than it was originally going to be! itch.io/b/3393/sicko...
December 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Reposted by Xian
stoneclub.bsky.social
Tregiffian Burial Chamber.
#TombTuesday
Tregiffian Burial Chamber by the roadside in West Penwith
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM