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Chris

@choppanz.bsky.social

Slimy little toad that he is

October 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM Everybody can reply

ricia1.bsky.social

@ricia1.bsky.social

Bright green-faced Democracy frog on a motorcycle came to our smallish town No Kings, complete with socks and frog feet and a pink toad pocketbook. Power to the people. And frogs.

photo of person dressed as a green frog with green face, sign saying "frogs yeet fascists in the USA:

October 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM Everybody can reply

sweetomens.bsky.social

@sweetomens.bsky.social

Toad & Spellbook for #peachtober25 and #mabsdrawlloweenclub2025 #art #illustration

October 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM Everybody can reply

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PrincessFubar

@princessfubar.bsky.social

Please, please, please, please,please! Can they not do better than that repulsive little toad? Erk!

October 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM Everybody can reply

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SeasonalPun

@pixelfish.bsky.social

Sis had these pics from Nashua, NH.

Protesters gather under trees with maple leaves, holding signs for the No Kings protest.

Multiple folks line the roads of Nashua, NH, protesting for No Kings

Frog and Toad Toin the Resistance

A protest sign depicting frog and toad reading a book together.

October 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM Everybody can reply

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Michael

@mdstamper.bsky.social

“The Magic Circle” by John William Waterhouse (British) – Oil on canvas / 1886 – Tate Britain (London, UK) #WomenInArt #TateBritain #art #artText #artwork #WitchArt #MagicArt #Blueskyart
#Pre-Raphaelitism #BritishArtist #Orientalism #TateMuseum #Waterhouse #JohnWilliamWaterhouse #Pre-Raphaelite

A barefoot woman with light-olive skin and voluminous black curls stands on barren ground beneath a darkening sky. Her turquoise dress, embroidered with Persian or Greek warriors and tied with a dark-rose sash, ripples faintly in the warm air. Around her neck twines a small brownish-green snake like living jewelry. Holding a long wand in her right hand, she traces a ring of flame in the sand, enclosing herself and a cauldron that blazes with yellow-white fire. In her left hand, she lifts a crescent-shaped sickle. Smoke rises in a straight, glowing column, undisturbed by wind. Beyond the circle’s light, large black birds and a toad gather as symbols of witchcraft and corruption while inside, white flowers lie scattered beside her bare feet. The rocky desert and dim shapes of distant cliffs intensify her isolation allowing the circle’s glow to define both her boundary and her command.

British artist John William Waterhouse’s fascination with miracles, magic, and prophecy converges here in the figure of an enchantress poised between mystery and mastery. Drawing from Victorian interest in the occult and “Orientalist” imagery, he portrays the beautiful woman not as victim but as autonomous priestess, creating her own sanctified space. The costume’s eclectic mix, from Anglo-Saxon hair to Near Eastern embroidery, reflects the painter’s attraction to imagined exoticism rather than lived travel. The sickle links her to Hecate and lunar cycles while the circle becomes a symbol of protection and creative power. Outside lies a barren world of superstition; within, the woman and her flowers embody beauty and agency.

When first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1886, “The Magic Circle” captivated audiences with its “original conception and pictorial result.” It remains among Waterhouse’s earliest triumphs, marking the beginning of his lifelong exploration of women as bearers of vision, transformation, and the unknowable.

October 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM Everybody can reply

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The Super Mario Bros Super Bot!

@supershowbot.bsky.social

Plumber's Log 12-25: A slight detour from Hawaii Land and the tropic sun, thanks to Toad.

October 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM Everybody can reply

Frog and Toad Bot

@frogandtoadbot.bsky.social

“I tied up the Old Dark Frog. He roared and screamed. I ran away fast.”

Frog ties up the Dark Frog with the jump rope, while the Dark Frog roars and screams.

From "Shivers"
In *Days with Frog and Toad*

October 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM Everybody can reply

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Nature Art by Gibson

@azgibsonz.bsky.social

I'm taking you #hiking again for #SaturdayVibes...

Wanna come along? 🌿 A thread 🧵4/4 #TheLittleThings

1) Careful where you step. 🧐
2) Found a baby Horny Toad. 🦎
3) And a Sculptured Pine Borer beetle 🪲
4) Someone googly-eyed the bear sign 👀

Thanks for the hang! 🤘😶‍🌫️
#Photography
#GreenTherapy
#Herps

Not exactly camo'd up, but teeny tiny, smaller than your thumb, a baby Horny Toad (aka Horned Lizard) catches my eye...

...so I told him I would make him semi-famous if he would just pose once.

Then we almost stepped on a gorgeous Western Sculptured Pine Borer beetle, playing dead right in the middle of our trail. Still alive though, ask my wife how she knows... :~)

And someone googly-eyed the bear warning sign. Which is cute AF. There used to be someone, on Twitter I think, that would go around googly-eyeing things everywhere. Good times. Thanks for looking!

October 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM Everybody can reply

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Morrigreen

@morrigreen.bsky.social

i need to start getting toys for my bath but like Toad from mario specifically

October 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM Everybody can reply

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blueybot

@blueybot.bsky.social

Big Yoshi: follow me on facebook
Troops: The next change I would make is King K. Rool's down smash, which is just him doing a splits kick on each side. I've changed this to him spawning two Yoshis on both sides of him
Eggdog: Toad

October 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM Everybody can reply

Kirk Honore

@lacreoleman.bsky.social

Okay, Lil Donnie. You've now got the toad stools in revolt.

October 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM Everybody can reply

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dramaticucumber.bsky.social

@dramaticucumber.bsky.social

תיקון לפיד קוראים לו סת' טוד והוא הפך את זה לtoad

October 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM Everybody can reply

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dramaticucumber.bsky.social

@dramaticucumber.bsky.social

לא, זה בגלל חבוב שנקרא טוד או משהו אז זה toad
youtube.com/shorts/H2eSV...

October 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM Everybody can reply

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Kim Baccellia

@ixtumea.bsky.social

Wearing my frog and toad t-shirt. Also loving my haircut/color!

October 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM Everybody can reply

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morgue 💛🤍💜🖤

@motherfuckermorgan.bsky.social

TONIGHT.
8PM EDT.
we party once more... its been a hot minute since i hopped on jamboree, and tonight's lineup includes @rayreviewer.bsky.social, @vampaurae.bsky.social and @mikumikupizza.bsky.social. who will be the mario party champion? will i start a new insane win streak??

The keyart for Super Mario Party Jamboree, featuring Mario with a dice, Luigi with wings, Bowser with a burnt pancake, Peach with an item bag containing a shell, Boo Bell and Skeleton Key, Toad and Goomba also flipping pancakes, and Waluigi with a bag of coins being chased by Daisy with a hammer.

October 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM Everybody can reply

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scapeghostsounds.bsky.social

@scapeghostsounds.bsky.social

His friend toad could not be reached for comment

October 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM Everybody can reply

Fierce Fern

@fiercefern.bsky.social

That slimy little toad doesn't deserve attention

October 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM Everybody can reply

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Brooklet Games

@brookletgames.bsky.social

“I toad you so”

October 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM Everybody can reply

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ivan

@ginnungagap.bsky.social

The toad was saved from a pile of junk and put under a pile of rocks instead. I normally wear gloves when I handle the bbys but I didn’t have any at home ~A~

October 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM Everybody can reply