Xanthoria Elegans
@xanthoriaelegans.bsky.social
microtonal composer, ethnomusicologist, alchemical reenactor, conlanger. enamored with mars and minerals and windmills
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he prefers to keep the sock
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
he prefers to keep the sock
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repeatedly blowing an elk horn in my 300 square foot studio apartment and texting the building group chat anybody else hear something awesome
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
repeatedly blowing an elk horn in my 300 square foot studio apartment and texting the building group chat anybody else hear something awesome
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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open a bottle of saudade. green neverblossoms float up and evaporate, whiffs of pretemporal leaves spill out, lingergroves flow in long trails of absence-sillage
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
open a bottle of saudade. green neverblossoms float up and evaporate, whiffs of pretemporal leaves spill out, lingergroves flow in long trails of absence-sillage
We Induced Smells With Ultrasound (Chizhov, Yan-Huang, Ribeiro, Gupta, 2025): writetobrain.com/olfactory
We Induced Smells With Ultrasound
We decided to try to stimulate the olfactory bulb with focused ultrasound. As far as we know, no one seems to have done this kind of stimulation before - even in animals.
writetobrain.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We Induced Smells With Ultrasound (Chizhov, Yan-Huang, Ribeiro, Gupta, 2025): writetobrain.com/olfactory
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the moon wants you to breathe warmly across its terminator line, murmur mantras into its craters, and trace its maria with your fingertips
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
the moon wants you to breathe warmly across its terminator line, murmur mantras into its craters, and trace its maria with your fingertips
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holding up a sign that says "i'm being friendly right now" instead of making eye contact and smiling
November 20, 2025 at 6:38 AM
holding up a sign that says "i'm being friendly right now" instead of making eye contact and smiling
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Maturing Badhamia utricularis (hanging slime). Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Maturing Badhamia utricularis (hanging slime). Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
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would you perhaps like to run away to bahia together? my portuguese is rusty, but i do speak fluent llama: hmmrrk. it means 'the moonlight is butter' in llama
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 AM
would you perhaps like to run away to bahia together? my portuguese is rusty, but i do speak fluent llama: hmmrrk. it means 'the moonlight is butter' in llama
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Different stages in the life of Badhamia utricularis. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Different stages in the life of Badhamia utricularis. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
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i'm floating past the lagoon and the trifid nebulae on an interdimensional bardo trip between lifetimes, does anyone need anything
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
i'm floating past the lagoon and the trifid nebulae on an interdimensional bardo trip between lifetimes, does anyone need anything
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"why can't you just be normal?" why can't you just (series of elaborate pseudo kung fu moves) grok the freep
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
"why can't you just be normal?" why can't you just (series of elaborate pseudo kung fu moves) grok the freep
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i've been dabbling in electronic music in my free time for a few years, it turns out if you do that long enough you accidentally have enough tracks for an album qualiaflow.bandcamp.com/album/fricti...
Frictionless Leewardings, by Qualiaflow
11 track album
qualiaflow.bandcamp.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
i've been dabbling in electronic music in my free time for a few years, it turns out if you do that long enough you accidentally have enough tracks for an album qualiaflow.bandcamp.com/album/fricti...
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Sycamore leaves in a local wood
October 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Sycamore leaves in a local wood
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Daybreak with the Reddish Egret...
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
October 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Daybreak with the Reddish Egret...
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
#photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
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Hemitrichia decipiens and Fuligo septica. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
October 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Hemitrichia decipiens and Fuligo septica. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
#slimemoulds #slimemolds #śluzowce #Myxogastria #Eumycetozoa #Amoebozoa
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Hypholoma fasciculare (EN sulphur tuft, PL maślanka wiązkowa) on a dead birch. Koziegłowy, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#grzyby #fungi #fungifrienda #mycology
#grzyby #fungi #fungifrienda #mycology
October 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Hypholoma fasciculare (EN sulphur tuft, PL maślanka wiązkowa) on a dead birch. Koziegłowy, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#grzyby #fungi #fungifrienda #mycology
#grzyby #fungi #fungifrienda #mycology
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I was shooting straight up while a female Pileated Woodpecker headed to another tree.
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I was shooting straight up while a female Pileated Woodpecker headed to another tree.
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one day you're a somber, taciturn child with creepy eyes and the next day you're a somber, taciturn adult with creepy eyes
October 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
one day you're a somber, taciturn child with creepy eyes and the next day you're a somber, taciturn adult with creepy eyes
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my phone keeps automatically capitalizing "Blood" and "Dust" and "Darkness" which I'm sure is some kind of Omen
September 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
my phone keeps automatically capitalizing "Blood" and "Dust" and "Darkness" which I'm sure is some kind of Omen
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toynbee-style tiles saying "nirvana shockwave vacuum phase transition, 500 million days of heaven every year. tile the universe with qualia icecream sundaes"
September 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
toynbee-style tiles saying "nirvana shockwave vacuum phase transition, 500 million days of heaven every year. tile the universe with qualia icecream sundaes"
Felt smoldering this morning.
Think I hit the sweet spot of not sleeping or showering the right amounts
Think I hit the sweet spot of not sleeping or showering the right amounts
September 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Felt smoldering this morning.
Think I hit the sweet spot of not sleeping or showering the right amounts
Think I hit the sweet spot of not sleeping or showering the right amounts
Wow, you look... really quaquaversal today. Your orientations are, like, crazy dense in SO3. Did you do something non-periodic with your tiles?
September 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Wow, you look... really quaquaversal today. Your orientations are, like, crazy dense in SO3. Did you do something non-periodic with your tiles?
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her mind is sea-green churning into forest-green, but she's willing to meet you in a neutral qualia-space like turquoise or chartreuse
September 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
her mind is sea-green churning into forest-green, but she's willing to meet you in a neutral qualia-space like turquoise or chartreuse