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Toby

@dandrobium.bsky.social
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I grow orchids, love RPGs and try to be the best parent possible. he, il, lui, er, él

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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A walrus with Haste is just a Hippo. Truth.
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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A dig-site archive. 603 entries. Specimens, fragments, remains. Fossils, jokes, hidden paths, field notes. Start anywhere. jtierney.net
A white poster-style image for “WHERE TO FIND ME IN THE AFTERLIFE.” Large black serif text appears above a colorful fictional geological map labeled “The Incarnate Continents,” with grid lines, a legend, and black circular Roman-numeral markers across the map.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I love this idea.
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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️
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Diablo View Orchid Society @dvorchidsociety.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🌸 Peninsula Orchid Society Auction 🌸 📅 Oct. 24, 2026 📍 San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way ⏰ Plant check-in: 11 AM–12:30 PM #orchid #orchids #orchidlover #orchidphotography #flowerphotography #macrophoto #plantcommunity #bloomscrolling #nature
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orangepeelpanda.bsky.social @orangepeelpanda.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
hidden weapons such as hairpins, fans have been a popular thing in sinoculture for many reasons. Needle tossing became extremely popular with the iconic queer wuxia icon Dongfang Bubai. takes quite a bit of time to get your dexterity and strength to do it another one www.youtube.com/watch?v=--A9...
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95后小伙捡到一本葵花宝典,苦练”飞针“绝技,东方不败有传人了
YouTube video by 马小明美食
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
AhhahahhahahahhHahaha! So true!
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Dakota Curry - Looking for Work @dakotacurry.com · 29/08/2026
I've had more clients bail this month than any in recent memory, which leaves me about 5 commissions shy of rent next week. If you've a need of any #dnd or #rpg character art, or anything else under the sun, please reach out! And if you don't, if y'all could share, I'd really appreciate it. <3
A heavyset woman with tattoos wears a birch-wood mask and carries a harvesting scythe
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Mr. Blabalino 🇳🇴🇺🇸💙 @blabalino.com · 22/08/2026
Found this recording of Rita Moreno performing “Fever” on The Muppet Show from 1976. 14/10
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arielle!✨fantastic knickknackery @arielleishere.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
wood d12s!! each one has 12 pretties that i drew with my human brain and hands!! these take a really long time and LOTS of focus to engrave (i gotta make sure i keep all the sides in the right spots!!) and i'm REALLY PROUD of them!!!!! why not buy one or five? ariellemilstein.com/dice
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I have some amazingly strong childhood memories of Dulles. This is hilarious. I don’t want it trashed, but man, the way the politicians will be pissed if this happens.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
In the greenhouse, a Bulbophyllum lobbi (?). It’s pretty big, about 3” top to bottom with very mobile parts. I did not get in there and smell it, because, well, it’s a Bulbophyllum and try generally smell awful. #orchids #bloomscrolling
Big orange yellow flower with an upright synsepal and down curving petals and sepals.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Today in the greenhouse! Another tiny thing. No idea what it is. The flower is about 1/4 inch. #orchids #
A tiny pale yellow and fucsia flower below a also small plant against a black plastic netting.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
First concert: pet shop boys Last concert: Temptation (new order tribute band) Next concert: 🤷 Most seen: Dead can Dance Want to see: Liz Phair
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
RPPR has all of my favorite actual plays: Bryson Springs, the Borellus Connection, Fallen Flag, The Wives of March (shudder) and so many more.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Incredibly cool.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
In the greenhouse! A pluerothallid of some kind. Looks like some kind of insect. #orchids #bloomscrolling
A small yellow orchid flower with what appears to be a fly sitting on it, which is actually the lip and column structure. It is held by a white mans hand and displayed against a bunch of tiny leaves and stringy rhizome.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Paris Chicago Copenhagen Man, I’ve lived a lot of places, but I can’t think of any more favorites. All the places I like in California are too damn expensive and exclusive for me to favorite them.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This is an explanation, not an excuse or justification, but there are so many white-collar men who - whenever they're interacting with men who code as more grimily masculine - will accept social transgressions, comments, and general shittiness that would never fly otherwise.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
In the greenhouse! A dendrobium of some kind. New to me again. #orchids #bloomscrolling
A clump of pale yellow flowers with orange throats and white lips. Behind them are green leaves, Spanish moss and long paeudobulbs.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Another new find in the greenhouse. It smells like Big Red gum. Unlike the Lycaste aromatica which smells like cinnamon and Lysol. No idea what it it, but the daily 1 minute spray has made a huge difference. #orchids #bloomscrolling
Bright purple pink flowers against green leaves and dried moss and black nylon netting.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
In the greenhouse! I found this brilliantly orange Bulbophyllum today. #orchids #bloomscrolling
Brilliantly orange bulbophyllum flowers in a cluster. Each is long and slender with a complicated cap. Behind is the gravel floor, the plant with long dark green leaves and a nylon mesh that it’s hanging on.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
In the greenhouse today! I found this Dracula felix in the cool house. Look at all those flowers!!! #orchids #bloomscrolling
A black net pot surrounded by scores of triangular yellow red brown flowers, surrounded by green leaves. Behind is the plastic scrolling of the greenhouse.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
From the greenhouse! I’m not sure what this is, but we grow it warm humid and shady. No fragrance that I could tell. #bloomscrolling #orchids
Tiny orange flowers against long green leaves.
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California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
TRANSFER TAX DEAL JUST INTRODUCED: AB 736 would cap transfer taxes at 1.5% statewide with targeted exceptions It resolves many issues with poorly-designed local taxes that slowed housing production, while preserving cities' ability to fund schools, public safety, and fire protection.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Like twice a day now I read a headline that makes me remember that time I went to Versailles with my mom, and she looked around and went, “They had it coming.”
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Absolutely. It’s not just one giant map. It’s 5 giant maps linked together.
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Caleb Stokes @hebanongames.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
If you haven’t given God’s Teeth a read yet (or have and are just really cool), consider supporting the Gayming with Pride charity bundle: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... It’s a great deal on some fantastic books that are way less depressing than my bullshit :-)
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Outright International 2026 [BUNDLE] - DriveThruRPG | DriveThruRPG
This special bundle contains the following titles: Cthulhu Awakens: The AGE RPG of the Weird CenturyRegular price: $29.95Bundle price: $0.00Format: PDF Now Available! Brinkmanship: A Cold War Horro...
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
@somethingsamiss.bsky.social is an absolutely fabulous podcast. Ok, I’m only 2 1/2 episodes in, but it’s great. Finley is a joy to listen to. It’s going to go so bad….
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Flintlock. Why do all these nerds follow me? I'm not a nerd. @flintlock.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I have some advice for my fellow middle aged men who fear they are no longer down with the yoof. 1) Actually get to know some young people you aren't in a position of authority over. It'll do you a world of good. Doesn't have to be dramatic. Join a book club or a RPG club.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I do not understand houses that do not have books. Like lots of books. Are you incurious? Do you read, like, a book?
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Bridget O’Brien @bridgetemob.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I pray the tomb is shut forever. I pray the rock is never rolled away. I pray that which was buried remains buried, insensate, in perpetual rest with closed eye and stilled brain. I pray it lives, I pray it sleeps.
Photo of Beyoncé at the Met Gala wearing a jeweled skeleton dress and fur? feather? cape
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Happy Jacks RPG Network @happyjacksrpg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
You are a wanderer. You awaken from a statue with no memories, free to explore this endless labyrinth of ancient mysteries with friendly spirits to give you aide and dark forces that mean to do you harm. Listen to Ruins, a 3-episode Eternal Ruins #ttrpg #ActualPlay. happyjacks.org/categ...
An ad card for Eternal Ruins AP from the Happy Jacks RPG Network.
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Mackenzie @mackymoo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I dumped some feelings in a blog post about teaching DH right now. mackenziekbrooks.info/update/2026/...
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AI feelings
A few weeks ago, toward the end of the semester, I left my classroom, walked into sunshine and 80 degrees, and started crying. The weight of the semester was...
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This and the responses are parenting comedy gold!
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Caleb Stokes @hebanongames.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
These “I voted for him three times and I was lied to!” or “Guess I’m an idiot!” posts are pure SEO grift. Schadenfreude sells in the attention economy and stories generally. They want clicks from progressives and leftists: disenfranchised, scrolling, with very little hope on the horizon.
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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
image from inside Artemis II

text: i need more men to understand that two men crying and hugging in space after one of them announced they were naming a moon crater after the other one's late wife is actually what peak masculinity looks like.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/04/2026
I made a little Instagram reel about this image because it’s just so frickin’ cool
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Back to orchid photos. This is an unusual (to me) cymbidium. The spike is very short, so the flower is right near the bulb. #bloomscrolling #orchids #cymbidium
A vivid lime green cymbidium flower displayed near the black pot. The lip is lemon yellow with a blood red edge.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I just finished listening to this. It’s all fantastic: narration, story, end commentary. Great story. pseudopod.org/2026/03/06/p...
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PseudoPod 1019: Superstition
The strangest gig I ever had was fetish destruction. In July of 1995 I answered an ad in a newspaper asking for a reliable messenger and administrative assistant. My interview took place in a…
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Show someone who absolutely rocks a hat (that isn't Indiana Jones)
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a person is standing in front of a building with lightning coming from it .
Alt: a person is standing in front of a building with lightning coming from it . From Big Trouble in Little China. I believe this is Lightning.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Masters degree $25 an hour, 32 hours a week, living wage is $50 an hour and 40 hours a week. No benefits. Thank god for ACA.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Two things: reading the Silmarillion and loving the language stuff and taking a History of the German Language course in college. “Wait. There are multiple Germanic languages spoken in Germany today?!”
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The sea air this morning actually smells like the poets say, fresh and slightly briny. It’s fantastic. Usually it smells like dead fish and seaweed. I guess this is why people like living by the sea.
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
It’s really great!
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Wow that’s a gorgeous picture!
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Terre-Strial @terre-strial.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
‘How the South Won the Civil War’ 💯🎯 @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Fantastic resource!
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Toby @dandrobium.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I can go on and on about orchids, but I’ve learned to limit my focus blast.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
2026 is your year to be whoever you want to be, don't worry about being cringe or what anybody will think of your hard work, and definitely don't ever think about "failure" - failure is far more likely to be found in never trying at all than in not reaching some arbitrary goal.
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