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Loren Crain @bluehexagons.com · 03/10/2026

My games are on sale on Steam

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Gray @grays.art · 02/10/2026

It’s FlyDay. We made it! Slosson's sharp-tailed bee (Coelioxys slossoni) Male cuckoo bee wakes up early on dry & thorny twig CREW pen flint strand lake trails Bonita Springs, Florida 9-30-26 #FlyDay #eck #macro #nature #art #macroPhotography #native #bees #bugsky #cleptoparasites #threewordgenre

Macro of a male cuckoo bee captured in a head-on portrait as it grips a slender brown twig. Facing directly forward, the insect fills the frame, showcasing its massive, vertically elongated compound eyes with a fine, grid-like pattern. Its face is heavily covered in fine, pale silvery-yellow hairs, while its black thorax displays a densely dimpled, pitted texture. A single dark antenna extends forward and out to its stage-left,while the other, largely extended directly at us, is obscured. The background is a smooth, neutral gray bokeh blur.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:

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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hello sunshine! 🌞. Hydrozoa medusa from the genus Obelia looking stunning under polarised light. #marineplankton 🔬🦑

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Farrukh Abdur @farrukh3d.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Made some Mooncakes! ✨️

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Brian Peterson @drbrianpet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdStare Any bird looking at you staring you down trying to intimidate you to back off and retreat like this Osprey in Monterey

Also looking down its nose with disdain and contempt

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I know these layoffs are done with zero care or consideration but they going to see how bad of a culture they are preparing for themselves as a organisation. Who chould work well or care much about the job with outcomes like that being a risk. You provide zero security you’re not an employer.

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Gray @grays.art · 21/09/2026

Female Brown-winged striped sweat bee (Agapostemon splendens) on beggar tick wildflower (Bidens alba) Emerald gleam licks gold stream. CREW pen flint strand lake trails Bonita Springs, Florida 9-15-26 #ColorADay #macroMonday #eck #macro #nature #green #art #macroPhotography #native #bees #bugsky

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DrRelling @drrelling.dev · 18/09/2026

Tiny knives, along with the knife used to carve them! If you have some long, thin wood and can avoid snapping them, these are a really fun five-minute whittle. Dunno what to do with them now though. Maybe I'll just give them out for free at craft fairs.

Three tiny wooden knives below a large whittling knife

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Gray @grays.art · 19/09/2026

Tersa Sphinx caterpillar (Xylophanes tersa) on a slender twig Vibrant defensive eye-spots stare-down the morning. CREW pen flint strand lake trails Bonita Springs, Florida 9-15-26 #ColorADay #greenSat #eck #macro #nature #green #threeWordGenre #art #macroPhotography #native #lepidoptera #bugsky

Macro of a caterpillar captured in a striking head-on portrait that forms a defensive snake mimicry posture. The swollen green thorax features a smooth, lime-green coloration divided by a fine vertical line down the center. Two massive, round false eyespots dominate the sides, displaying a black center rimmed by a thin brown band and encircled by a thick white border to simulate the eyes of a serpent. Faint, pale yellow stripes sweep downward beneath the markings toward its hidden head. The background is completely dark and smoothly out of focus, heavily isolating the graphic features of the illusion.

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Dean @dean-dev.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

store.steampowered.com/app/4331110

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Adam Chalmers @adamchalmers.com · 14/09/2026

how tf did they make this without parametric CAD

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Barbican Centre, London EC2Y Beech Gardens. Pond, concrete columns and glassed brick foot path #reference #materialreference #buildingreference

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Gray @grays.art · 14/09/2026

Sand wasp eye-to-eye (Bembix species) Dewy, sunrise, head-on portrait on an aging wildflower, amid the especially wet, marshy strand. CREW pen flint strand lakes & trails Bonita Springs, Florida 9-12-26 #MacroMonday #eck #macro #nature #threeWordGenre #art #macroPhotography #native #wasps #bugsky

A tight, frontal macro portrait focusing entirely on the face and head of a sand wasp. The insect fills the frame, showcasing its striking, massive compound eyes, which display a brilliant pale greenish-teal hue with subtle marbled patterning. The black thorax and face are densely covered in fine, pale silvery hairs that catch the morning light. Its distinctive elongated, triangular mouthparts point straight down, while two thick, dark antennae arch upward from between its eyes. The background is a soft, completely dissolved bokeh of warm, sunlit marsh greens and deep shadows.

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Brian Peterson @drbrianpet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Masked agents illegally lead contractors onto Tohono O'odham land to mark saguaros and ocotillos for removal for #borderwall construction These are protected species under Arizona's Native Plant Law #MAGA #Trump #ICE #CBP tucson.com/news/local/s...

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Saguaros marked for removal on Tohono O'odham Nation as tribe fights wall

Learn about the ongoing conflict surrounding the construction of border walls on the Tohono O'odham Nation, impacting tribal sovereignty and sacred lands.

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Gray @grays.art · 02/09/2026

Wasp-mimicking thick-headed fly (Conopinae) on dewy Bristly foxtail seed head (Setaria parviflora) CREW flint pen strand Bonita springs, Florida 8-16-26 Wave ‘em like you just don’t care 🎶 #colorADay #redWed #red #flyDay #eck #threeWordGenre #macro #nature #insectThursday #diptera #BugSky #art

Macro photo of a wasp-mimicking thick-headed fly, perched on a green, dew-covered plant stalk, with a slender, dark body, vibrant crimson-red bands wrapping around its curved abdomen, dark red legs, and prominent, dark compound eyes. The fuzzy plant stalk glistens with tiny water droplets that catch the light, against a warm-toned background bokeh.

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DrRelling @drrelling.dev · 31/08/2026

A friend requested a platypus carving, and after only a small (well medium) amount of wondering how the heck I was going to make that, this is what I came up with. I think it's a pretty cute lil thing!

A carving of a very chubby platypus resting on my head, side view.

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JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Bees have eye hairs that shield them from pollen. I took this image with my Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM macro lens and a Raynox DCR-250 (2.5x). #naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #eastcoastkin #bees #photography

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Emily Jane Foster @emilyjaneart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A seven spot ladybird lifecycle painted on beach pebbles 🖌️🐞 #Invertefest #invertebrate #art #insect #bugsky #sciart 🐡🪲

A photograph of a set of four painted pebbles on a rough wooden surface. Each pebble is painted with a stage in the life cycle of a seven spot ladybird. From left to right, eggs, larva, pupa and imago. Art by Emily Jane Foster.

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David Svez @daveranan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Making a game that feels like this

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DrRelling @drrelling.dev · 17/08/2026

#RepostAGhost I forgot I have ghosts to repost! The one on the left went to a new home a while back, the one on the right is still sitting on my shelf and has been lightly attacked by the cat at some point 😅

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Brian Peterson @drbrianpet.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Macro Monday! Yesterday I saw a praying mantis in the backyard and I took its picture Macro Photography

It was in amongst all the new greenery growing during monsoon season.

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Elizabeth Beston @elizabethbeston.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A bristle worm (polychaete) larva in a defensive pose, surrounded by crustacean nauplii. #marineplankton 🦑

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

If artists learn anything from the darkness that is genAI i hope it’s that it’s very easy to credit those that inspire you and not strip away information from what inspires you and celebrate it. Your better then a prompter after all.

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Brandon Diehl @iambrandondiehl.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

ACAB means what you think it means but it also means "all cats are babies."

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David Svez @daveranan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Used my weekend redesigning my website into a portfolio. Extremely happy with the results! IT'S SO COOL!! And music is a vibe.

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The National Theatre The Queen's Walk, London SE1 concrete walls cast with wood leaving grain texture, waffle ceiling and elevator doors #reference #materialreference #buildingreference

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Gray @grays.art · 12/08/2026

Carolina mantis 606 (Stagmomantis carolina) hunting on purple cone flower (Echinacea purpurea) Bloomingdale Trail, Logan Square yesterday in Chicago, Illinois 8-11-26 #colorADay #redWed #pink #eck #macro #macroPhotography #photography #mantis #insect #chicago #native #nature #art #threewordgenre

A close-up portrait of a bright green praying mantis facing forward against a solid black background. Its large, triangular head features prominent, bulbous light green compound eyes with distinct dark pseudopupils that look forward. Two thin, dark antennae extend upwards from between its eyes. Below its head, its elongated green thorax leads down to its folded raptorial forelegs, which show hint of sharp spines. A soft, out-of-focus green body is visible on the lower left, and a hint of pink echinacea petal appears in the blurry background on the lower right, contrasting with the dark setting.

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The National Theatre The Queen's Walk, London SE1 Concrete walls cast with wood leaving grain texture, waffle ceiling and floor to ceiling windows #reference #materialreference #buildingreference

Concrete walls cast with wood leaving grain texture, waffle ceiling and floor to ceiling windows

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JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

My Spiny Flower mantis and his newly formed wing buds. His next and final molt would produce fully developed adult wings. 🥰 #naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #prayingmantis #mantis #insects #eastcoastkin #photography

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Emily Jane Foster @emilyjaneart.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Day 12 of #RepostAGhost A proud lil ghost with a gold star for you 👻⭐ #AuGHOST #AuGHOST2026 #ghost #star #ACEO

A photograph of an ACEO sized illustration of a little ghost smiling holding a gold star. A Staedtler 0.05mm pigment liner and a Staedtler metallic pen are visible next to the picture on a wooden table. Art by Emily Jane Foster.

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Brian Peterson @drbrianpet.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The yellow-bellied bee assassin is a true bug It is not a poseur It did not just adopt the bug lifestyle as an affect Macro Photography

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Block Block Block - Demo on Steam @woodblocksgame.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Block Block Block is now available on Steam!♥️

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Lawrence @smoothstepped.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Back when I decided to make a fully playable piano as an interactive prop for my Unreal Engine 5 interior/apartment visualization. Everything from the piano model to the blueprints and UI elements were created from scratch. It was tedious, but satisfying 😌 (I had to play "Dearly Beloved" of course.)

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Loren Crain @bluehexagons.com · 31/07/2026

All of the materials in End of Blackjack were made using the awesome Material Maker software by @rodzlabs.bsky.social This was probably my favorite part of working on 3D art this time, which is ironic considering Antistatic has no textures at all

A screenshot of my "metallic fabric stuff" material, made using Material Maker

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Loren Crain @bluehexagons.com · 31/07/2026

I shipped an update for End of Blackjack (and the demo) to fix some bugs I found and polish the visuals a bit.

A current screenshot of End of Blackjack on max settings.

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Loren Crain @bluehexagons.com · 31/07/2026

Played a little Melee today to test a controller I fixed for someone. I love Yoshi

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Gray @grays.art · 29/07/2026

Florida Longhorn-Cuckoo bee (Triepeolus rufithorax) yesterday at Crew flint pen strand in Bonita Springs, Florida 7-28-26 Her male partner pictured in the comments below #ColorADay #RedWed #red #eck #florida #native #bees #macro #macroPhotography #photography #bugSky #nature #art #threeWordGenre

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Gray @grays.art · 28/07/2026

Blue-green Citrus Root Weevil (Pachnaeus litus) on winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum) CREW pen flint strand lakes & trails Bonita Springs, Florida 7-21-26 Weevil Knievel #colorADay #BlueTues #blue #eck #native #weevils #nature #macro #photography #art #bugSky #blueSkyMonday #macroPhotography