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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Genuinely adding this screenshot to my reaction folder right alongside the following

Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Whoa TIL that Roman aqueducts (and presumably other ancient water infra) have, like, tree rings. (Separate article, I went and looked up more about them: eos.org/articles/anc... )

Article screenshot. Two photos of cross sections of accumulated minerals with light and dark colored layers.

Two samples of sinter from Roman aqueducts, showing distinct banded layers. These layers typically represent seasonal cycles. Credit: Cees Passchier.

In many of the darker-colored stripes, Sürmelihindi found a higher abundance of the heavy oxygen isotope, which meant that these dark stripes were formed during the colder parts of the year. In contrast, the lighter-colored stripes tended to have less of the heavy oxygen isotope, which told Sürmelihindi that these layers were deposited in a warmer environment.

However, other factors also may create the banding. “These distinct layers can mean many things, such as a drought period, very wet period, or even human activity like a cleaning process of the subject aqueduct,” Sürmelihindi said. Another factor adding to the dark color of these stripes could be the presence of biological material, she noted.

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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

long ago the four nations lived in harmony

part of an ad for a home fixer-upper service that says "fire, storm, water, mold" in dramatic fonts and thematic colors

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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

arch-prelates of the Frazerian Church of the Living Grain (Orthodox and Reformed respectively) (please see qp for who these actual people are, etc) bsky.app/profile/pars...

Emmys red carpet photo of an older white woman wearing a big robe / poncho / caftan kind of thing, black with elaborate gold decoration. Around her shoulders it is almost solidly encrusted with gold bits and it looks like ancient royal regalia. Below that, there is sparser gold decoration in vertical lines with some shapes that look like ears of wheat. It's elegant as hell.

Emmys red carpet photo of a young black man wearing normal-looking formal black trousers and white shirt. But over that he's got this spectacular black coat with a band collar and a flaring asymmetrical gold design that looks like ears of wheat surrounded by waving blades of grass. The design crosses both front panels of the jacket and has an extra little supplemental bit on one sleeve. It looks elegant in a snazzy modern way.

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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

so i had a cool ass weekend with botany class. also i got stitches for the first time teehee (I'm fine)

Selfie, standing against the red fibrous bark of a young Giant Sequoia, wearing an orange shirt that says "Out of Breath Hiking Club, Don't worry, I'll be there soon, Calaveras Big Trees State Park"

View of a pond and meadow with conifer forest. Behind/above that is a rocky ridge with remnant sedimentary rocks eroded into fun shapes, atop a mass of granite.

A pine tree fully growing in the middle of a solid granite landscape with almost no visible soil. The trunk is maybe 8" in diameter but it's all contorted and the top has broken off so the whole thing is only about 4 feet tall. It looks exhausted. And yet it persists.

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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

No concrete experience but, if you have the time, I bet it'd help to add a reinforcing strip over the crease, with the corrugation of the cardboard running the other way, like this (pretend I did blue lines all the way down, I'm on my phone)

Crude diagram of a large piece of corrugated cardboard with a fold in the middle, overlaid with a smaller piece with corrugation at 90 degrees to the first piece

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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

@tkingfisher.com and the World of the White Rat: "Horny for Institutional Kindness"

Tumblr post from dogweapon:

the author's barely disguised longing for a kinder world

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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

in observance of the occasion, please enjoy the "Stupid Horny" selection from my reaction images

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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

historical high five between these and medieval pilgrim pussy badges thepilgrimsguide.com/projects/the...

Reproduction of a little metal badge showing a vulva shape, wearing a crown, being carried on a litter by three dicks-and-balls with arms and legs.

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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

excellent i love my gentle cow snakes of the dirt

A brown and white striped millipede climbing on a terrarium plant. Its head end is curled around, so the whole body makes a kind of candy cane shape.

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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Here's me wearing it, with the more androgynous haircut I had at the time. I wore it EVERYWHERE for DAYS until it started HURTING. Then I started putting it on my belt, which I think is where it was when Little Kid happened.

Selfie of me in my jaunty androgynous look, showing off a slap bracelet that is a snake. It is yellow, green, and black, with a big red tongue sticking out.

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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

whenever looking into the history of any thing in the US

Inside a tram car, the light-up sign says "Next stop is RACE".

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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My new most crotchety old guy opinion: it should be illegal for transit vehicle wraps to put this mesh bullshit over the windows. It's ruining my view!!

The inside of a window on a light rail car. The glass is covered with a plastic mesh of 1mm circular holes, so you can theoretically still see outside, but it's much harder to not focus your eyes on the mesh itself.

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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Dear @tkingfisher.com @sofawolfone.bsky.social Ganesh shirt STAYS WINNING. For 10+ years I've worn the Digger shirt whenever I travel or start a big new thing. This morning I had a great 1st session of a class I wasn't sure about, but now I'm definitely excited for. Hail the Remover of Obstacles!

Selfie of me wearing a black T-shirt with white print of a detailed, texture-ful illustration of Digger the wombat emerging from the ground at the feet of the Statue of Ganesh. I'm trying to look smug but I don't think it worked lol.

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Kell Compost 😷 @compostwitch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I hear squeaking, squeaking in the air Think a little doggy's having playtime over there

A different small fluffy white dog than usual, lying on the carpet with a pink squeaky egg next to her mouth, giving side eye.

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