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David Goldfarb

@davidgoldfarb.bsky.social
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SFF fan, player of board games and bridge and chess, comic book reader for over half a century. He/him.

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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
$25 for all of Astro City is an absolute steal. (Astro City is my favorite superhero comic book, bar none. Yes, more than that one. And that one too.)
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign
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Mark Trushkowsky @marktrushkowsky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Even more amazing quilts from the Minnesota State Fair. 3/3
A patchwork quilt with hidden details arranged into a landscape of a bright yellow sun rising over red, orange and green rolling hills, with a blue river.A close-up art quilt with a green tree frog with red feet, large orange eyes, and black Buddy Holly glasses with colored circles, against a light yellow background.A geometric triangular pattern in muted shades of olive green, mustard yellow, gray, and cream.
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Mark Trushkowsky @marktrushkowsky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
More beautiful quilts from the Minnesota State Fair. 2/3
A rainbow quilt with an optical illusion design of a curving tunnel, using geometric patchwork blocks fading into a bright yellow center against a dark frame.A multi-colored quilt featuring a grid of bright rectangular blocks.A quilt made of repeating star, triangle, and square patterns, created with rainbow-colored fabrics framed by bright white fabric.A rainbow quilt featuring a central black flower with colorful fabric ribbons spiralling out against a textured gray background.
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Mark Trushkowsky @marktrushkowsky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Beautiful quilts from this year’s Minnesota State Fair 1/3
A dark quilt with a vibrant diamond pattern with sharp contrasting, bright yellow, orange, red, and blue patterned fabrics.A colorful modern quilt made of mismatched fabric rectangles in a vibrant grid pattern. A blue award ribbon hangs in the upper right.A quilt with a diamond pattern made of blue and off-white fabric triangles that convey a sense of movement.A brilliant geometric quilt made of light aqua, dark teal, navy blue, and white fabrics in a repeating diamond design.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Lots of pictures today of leaf-lights with a crescent eclipsed sun. So I thought I'd post this one I took three years ago, in the annular phase of an annular eclipse. Interestingly similar yet different.
The shadow of a tree falls on a stretch of concrete path. Visible within the shadow are hundreds of small overlapping circles of light, images of an eclipsed sun in annular phase.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I have acclimated enough to Houston summer that I can go outside when it's 90° out (32° in real money) and have a long walk thinking "It's nice for it not to be brutally hot out".
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twistopherrobin.bsky.social @twistopherrobin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
#Art #StreetArt #MyDogSighs #Lancashire #England
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Man! Just had a look at the Brooks Falls bear cam and there were a good two dozen all gathered together there. Never seen so many before.
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I laughed
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I thought I was struggling today, but I guess everyone else was too. Anthropeum.com · Jul 22 2026 🟩🟥🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟩🟩🟦 74,644 · top 6% of players today!
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Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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Jacy Eberlein @jacy.ca · 19/07/2026
Okay, this may be the coolest photo I've ever taken. Lightning last night in Edmonton. This struck downtown, grounding on what I think is the large construction crane. Above the Walterdale bridge at left, the shock wave of the thunder displaces the rain. #photography #yeg
Photo of a lightning strike hitting downtown Edmonton during a heavy rainstorm on July 18th. The shock wave of the thunder is visible displacing the rain to the left of the lightning bolt over the arch of the Walterdale Bridge.

Photo taken July 2026 in Edmonton, Alberta. Taken on a Nikon D700 with a Nikkor 28mm f2.8 lens.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Anthropeum.com · Jul 18 2026 🟩🟦🟩🟦🟩🟨🟩🟩🟦🟩 79,358 · top 5% of players today!
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Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Folks have enjoyed these when I've posted them in the past. Enjoy this minute of baked goods (sound on) www.reddit.com/r/Satisfying...
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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I dreamt I saw Mitch McConnell, As real as you and me. "But Mitch," I cried, "they said you died!" "I never lived," said he.
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Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 05/07/2026
“here they serve coffee in cups and a good mood,” I post from my iPhone and a narrow sliver of the Venn diagram
A cafe called “Zeugma Mediterranean Cuisine,” Sai Kung, Hong Kong, February 2018. 
They did not in fact serve coffee, because the machine and the social contract were broken.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Anthropeum.com · Jul 5 2026 🟨🟦🟩🟨🟦🟦🟦🟩🟥🟦 75,324 · top 12% of players today! Way off on one of them, both in place and time, but not bad otherwise.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Anthropeum.com · Jul 4 2026 🟩🟨🟦🟦🟩🟦🟩🟦🟦🟦 84,075 · top 4% of players today! They're starting to get into some items that are recognizably repeats, boosting my score because I can then nail them exactly.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Anthropeum.com · Jul 3 2026 🟩🟦🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟦🟦 63,466 · top 56% of players today! Not a great day. Several where I was way off on the region of the world.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Not to keep repeating myself, but the problem with the Court is not merely that their decisions are bad, but that their entire self-conception of themselves as the Guardian Council of the USA, with sweeping and arbitrary power to maintain the mos maiorum, is utterly incompatible with a free society
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Not one of my better days. Anthropeum.com · Jun 27 2026 🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨🟦🟩 68,580 · top 34% of players today!
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Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Anthropeum.com · Jun 25 2026 🟦🟩🟦🟨🟩🟨🟦🟩🟨🟦 80,356 · top 5% of players today!
anthropeum.com
Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Struggled a bit today. Anthropeum.com · Jun 24 2026 🟩🟨🟨🟩🟦🟨🟩🟥🟦🟨 62,242 · top 30% of players today!
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Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
W00t! Anthropeum.com · Jun 23 2026 🟨🟦🟦🟩🟩🟩🟦🟦🟨🟨 80,222 · top 2% of players today!
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Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Not quite as good a result as my previous games. Anthropeum.com · Jun 22 2026 🟨🟩🟦🟨🟩🟦🟨🟩🟩🟨 68,402 · top 32% of players today!
anthropeum.com
Anthropeum
A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Just finished _Inkpot Gods_ by Seanan McGuire and it kicked my ass. Highly recommended. (Unfortunately it probably doesn't stand alone terribly well: you need to have read at least _Middlegame_, and ideally all three of the previous books.) (Also, fair warning, it ends on a cliffhanger.)
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
If you'd like, post one photo of a painting that you took with your very own hands.
A painting with a blue-green river at the bottom, perhaps the Mississippi. Across it runs a truss bridge on pilings. Behind the bridge is a glowing golden sky; in the upper half, in the sky, are floating winged figures in dark tones. They are labeled in cursive but the cursive isn't readable. In front of the painting are two women conversing: they are dwarfed by the huge painting.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Watched yesterday's _Jeopardy!_. It had a category about roommates, presented by Ernie and Bert. Ernie and Bert didn't sound like I remember them. I know intellectually that that shouldn't have bothered me. Unfortunately my head didn't have much say in the matter.
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Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This summary of different early medieval literature is still one of my favourite things on the internet. #medievalsky
Screenshot of Tumblr post by user sunshinemoonrx, reading:

‘Old Welsh lit: Dave punched Steve. This incurred a fine of twelve cattle and a nine-inch rod of silver and is known as one of the Three Mildly Annoying Blows of the Isle of Britain

Old Irish lit: Dave punched Steve so that the top of his skull came out of his chin, and gore flooded the house, and he drove his fists down the street performing his battle-feats so that the corpses were so numerous there was no room for them to fall down. It was like “the fox among the hens” and “the oncoming tide” and “that time Emily had eight drinks when we all know she should stop at six”

Old English lit: Dave, the hard man, the fierce man, the fist-man, gave Steve such a blow the like has not been seen since the feud between the Hylfings and the Wends. Thus it is rightly said that violence only begets more violence, unless of course it is particularly sicknasty. Amen.’
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
_Moonstorm_ and _Starstrike_ by Yoon Ha Lee.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Wordle 1,759 2/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 60/99 Luck 88/99 Eagle! Beat the bot by 1.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
catfishing.net #656 - 10/10 🎉 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈
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catfishing - the Wikipedia guessing game
Guess the Wikipedia article from its categories. 10 interesting people, places, and things to guess every day.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Anyone got an archive of early _Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine_ (or a better memory than me)? I'm remembering a limerick from an early issue: Gentle Reader, you may wonder why isn't SF the same as Sci-Fi? You see, there's a fine line between Robert Heinlein and _Son of the Two-Headed Fly_.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
People keep reposting this and it was driving me crazy because I couldn't figure out *where* it was. I think that's Africa, with the Mediterranean and the Strait of Gibraltar at lower left — viewed almost upside-down from the way you'd normally see it on a map.
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Frankenstein Iscariot @deaconblues1979.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
h/t @bullheadpsalms.bsky.social #TarotSky #OccultSky #WitchSky
Cherry Street
/ PITY THE FOOL!
Bo t
/ PITY THE MAGICIAN!
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by Tim Frayser
/ PITY THE
HIGH PRIESTESS!
MR. T PITIES THE WHOLE TAROT DECK
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
And the Girl Genius spread is at three and counting. By the look of things, Wednesday will be page fourth and last. (And with any luck this four-day sequence will help them build some buffer.)
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Another view of the St. Louis basilica cathedral interior mosaics. #SomethingBeautiful
At the top of the picture, a midnight blue dome spangled with gold stars, around a red seal. just below, in corner elements, saints of the New World on a shining gold background. Below, in an arch, a cross labeled CARITAS, with nuns ministering to the sick and children. Behind them, Joseph Cardinal Ritter delivering a religious liberty decree and a racial justice decree. Below all this, green and gold vines on a blue background with angels holding banners of the Beatitudes. Beneath that, archways with geometric decorations.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Stunning mosaic decorations in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. #SomethingBeautiful
Looking up towards the interior dome of the cathedral. Most surfaces are paneled in gold with mosaic images of scenes from the history of Catholicism in the New World. Further down are blue and green vines with angels carrying banners of the Beatitudes. The dome itself is in midnight blue with golden stars, and the seal of the archdiocese.
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Lobsterboy @lobsterbutt.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
do not forget onfim, who drew himself riding a horse slaying someone : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onfim
an 800~ year old drawing of a school child where he is riding majestically on a horse and stabbing someone with what looks to be a spear.  there is a bunch of practice with letters on this object as well.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Wordle 1,700 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 97/99 Luck 54/99 Birdie, beat the bot by *two*.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
@learnedlag.bsky.social In case you see this: seems like it's about time to get the private rundles going?
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/01/2026
Absolute banger of a comment on r/military: www.reddit.com/r/Military/c...
jaderemedy • 4h ago
And now comes the most nauseating part of this whole goddamn mess: the hypocrisy. The same loud-mouthed idiots who spent years screaming about tyranny are suddenly dead fucking silent, or worse, cheering, now that it's their side doing it. "ThEy'Re cOminG fOr OuR gUnS!" "GoVerNMenT oVerReAch!" "ShAll nOt bE inFrinGeD!" All that chest-thumping bullshit evaporated the second armed federal agents started terrorizing people they don't like.
Let me get this straight: a civilian gets shot dead by federal agents, and the only thing you brainless cunts can muster is
"well, DHS says he had a gun"? THAT'S your red line? Guns are sacred when they're strapped to your waist, but magically become a death sentence when they're used as a post-hoc excuse by the government? Either the Second Amendment applies to everyone, or you never believed in it at all. Fucking pick one and own it.
This is exactly what tyranny looks like, by the way. Not jackboots marching in formation, but armed agents roaming neighborhoods, stopping people, killing civilians, and then daring the public to question it. Tyranny is execution followed by a press release. Tyranny is labeling the dead a "threat" so the state doesn't have to explain why someone's life just ended in the street. Tyranny is demanding obedience while shredding due process and calling it order.
And all you so-called "freedom lovers" are fucking fine with it, as long as it's brown people, immigrants, protesters, or anyone you've already dehumanized. Turns out "don't tread on me" actually meant "tread on them." You weren't afraid of tyranny.
You were afraid of losing dominance. There's a difference, and this moment exposes it completely.
"Just comply" isn't a principle. It's cowardice dressed up as common sense. It's the language of people who have already accepted that the state gets to decide who deserves rights and who doesn't. And once you make that deal, don't act shocked when the line moves, because it always fuckin…
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Buffalo Bayou. (Do bayous count? I feel like they count.)
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betsy cooley @betsycooley.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
San Francisco skyline tonight after sun sets. Taken from Emeryville, California. #sunset #nature #eastcoastkin
Bright pink, red, orange with some blue sky reflected on SF Bay. San Francisco skyline in background, cars and shoreline in foreground, branches of pine tree to the left.
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Boo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 25/12/2025
Santa's little helpers are formally known as subordinate clauses.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I just updated my iPhone and iPad from iOS 18.5 to 26.2, and boy was that a marathon.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
catfishing.net 525 - 10/10 🎉 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈
catfishing.net
catfishing - the Wikipedia guessing game
Guess the Wikipedia article from its categories. 10 interesting people, places, and things to guess every day.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Wordle 1,613 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 WordleBot Skill 99/99 Luck 61/99 Eagle! Tied the bot, in fact got "Sensational! We are as one."
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
catfishing.net #506 - 10/10 🎉 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 My first ever 10/10! Looks like it was a relatively easy day, but still.
catfishing.net
catfishing - the Wikipedia guessing game
Guess the Wikipedia article from its categories. 10 interesting people, places, and things to guess every day.
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David Goldfarb @davidgoldfarb.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
@kierongillen.bsky.social — did you ever tell us what we should see on our bank statement for Script Club? I see a charge from a company I don't recognize, and think it's probably that, but it would be nice to be 100% sure. Thanks.
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