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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 1h

Hey Bluesky, could you help spread the word? My goal for the night is one new sale. Here's a lovely pic of some of the Jeremy Creatures currently available at my shop. Each one is designed and hand-sewed by me and takes many hours to create. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Here's a lovely pic of some of my hand-sewn, fabric art Jeremy Creatures. The ground is green fur and the background is a beautiful galaxy print fabric. One creature is a gray rock with two different sizes black eyes and a little frown. There's a tall ghost with about 35 black eyes of different sizes and a wide mouth full of sharp teeth. There's another spirit with many eyes, twirly head wisps, and an open mouth with sharp teeth. There's also a ghost with a tiny face, with two different sized eyes and a little frown. There's a black ghost with a gray moon face, their body covered with hand-embroidered stars and planets of various sizes and colors. There's a frowny white ghost featuring embroidered red flowers. There's a super tiny frowny white ghost, and a super tiny black ghost with four eyes and embroidered stars.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Some beautiful stuff in here about the human-bird connection. From Atwood’s late partner Graeme Gibson who had dementia: “I no longer know their names, but then, they don’t know my name either.” #birds

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Mary Gemignani @marygemignani.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

No birding this weekend as it has rained all weekend. 4" total so far. #BirdOfTheDay #CaptionThatPhoto Searched the archives. Here's a few that need captions. Sandhill and RWBB. Love-Hate relationship. RWBB trying to control a crane. Greenie and RWBB chatting. Dis is how you fish youngster!

Red-winged Blackbird harassing a Sandhill Crane.

Red-winged Blackbird harassing a Sandhill Crane and has landed on it's back.

Green Heron and Red-winged Blackbird having a chat at a pond.

Belted Kingfisher mother and child. The adult is teaching the youngster how to fish.

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I don't know to whom the credit goes for this! It appears sans ™ on another platform. Brilliant. Students of #ashwell26... This was the soil matrix drawing you deserved, not my poor dry erase board scribbles 😂 #archaeology #geology Please shout if you are the clever originator!

A soil matrix triangle showing percentages of sand, clay and silt, but with regions identified using punny song names like Clay Jude and Only the Loamy

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Rhonda Howard @1184outdoors.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tiny Calliope Hummingbird, just above a sparkling mountain stream providing the bokeh. #BokehBirds #BirdOfTheDay 🪶 #ECK

Small hummingbird with magenta stripes on his white chin & throat, and iridescent green on his crown and back. His wings are up and back as he rises up from a stream. In the distance, the blurring of the background + sparkling sunlight creates a layer of bokeh across the top of the frame.

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Back to mid July when I spent a few early mornings at a marsh with a Sora family. Dad had just caught a dragonfly nymph, sprinted back, and fed the babies. But two babies both grabbed the nymph and ran away with it together! Dad seems just as interested as I as to how this would turn out! #Birds 🪶

A Sora adult with its mottled brown feathers, black mask and candy corn bill, stands in a marsh with brown and green reeds. His back is to us and his head is turned as he watches two of his fluffy black chicks run away together, both holding tightly with their beaks to a big juicy dragonfly nymph that dad had just fed them.

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Mark Coupe Photography @mcoupephotography.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It seems some of our local residents aren't looking too pleased that fall came so quickly, but man those fall colours area beautiful. #birds #owls #fall

Great grey owl surrounded by yellow leaves.

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Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is pretty cool, Audobon picked one of my photos for their top 100 as part of their 2026 photography awards! It’s an incredible honor to be showcased alongside these phenomenal photos

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The 2026 Audubon Photography Awards: The Top 100

These jaw-dropping images and behind-the-scenes stories showcase the photographers’ artistry and the beauty of birdlife from Canada to Chile.

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

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Birds Canada @birdscanada.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Over the next five years, our work will be guided by three pillars – Uncover, Unite, Act. Together they form the foundation of how we deliver our mission: engaging people through science to protect the birds we love. Learn more: www.birdscanada.org/strategic-plan

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debmaluk.bsky.social @debmaluk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Squirrel is not a fan of sharing the peanuts with the Crow...absolutely fearless 🤣 #birds

A Crow flying away from a bird seed table. There is a Squirrel in the upper left perched on a bar that is part of the support of the table. The Squirrel is leaning forward and staring at the Crow.

The Squirrel is landing on the table with the front feet just touching down. The Squirrel is visible between the head and wing of the departing Crow and looks a little annoyed.

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chirping bird @chrpngbrd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

this is incredibly fascinating and the implications this has for treating neurological diseases like ALS is enormous. two minute read. amazing stuff. med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

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Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds

Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

😽😽😽…

A hand-drawn black cat with one eye wide open and the other narrowed raises a paw against a dark background with a dramatic orange glow. White text reads: “I’m wise enough to know better and cat enough to cause trouble anyway.”

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Marc Venema @marcvenema.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Target Acquired. A Merlin locks onto a dragonfly during a mid-air take-down. #birds #birdphotography #merlin #birdsofprey #dragonfly #wildlifephotography #nature 🪶

A Merlin locks onto a dragonfly mid-air with its talons up, ready to strike. The background is out of focus and green in colour.

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Maritime Tartan Co @maritimetartanns.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We just had our Wool Scarves and Wool Shawl's by Patrick King Woolen Co page ALL UPDATED!! Lots of beautiful lambswool scarves and shawls to choose from! www.maritimetartancompany.ca/wool-scarves... Remember FREE SHIPPING in CANADA is on! Maritime Tartan Co 28 Church St Amherst NS (902) 441-6721

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yes this is the news I want on my feed, thank you, I am but a simple woman who loves cats and scientific discoveries!

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Local honey producers weathering double sting of U.S. tariffs, winter losses #Canada #SupportLocal #Honey 🍯🐝 Here is a list of honey producers in Canada - support the local Canadian small businesses: buycanadianhoney.ca/browse/

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Buy Canadian honey direct | 358 beekeepers and honey farms

Browse 358 Canadian beekeepers and honey farms. Filter by province, honey type, or whether they mail orders out, and buy direct from the farm.

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Rufous-backed Dwarf Kingfisher One of my girls said it reminded her of a ripe red mango. If only they were as static as a piece of fruit. Instead these beauties zoom past, Technicolor darts through the forest. Bali, Indonesia, Aug 26 #birds #birding #birdphotography #kingfisher #birdseenin2026

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James W T Hogg @jwthogg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Bali Myna (Starling) Critically Endangered. Bali’s only endemic bird, a rare one too. Mostly around West Bali National Park, its habitat is limited. But that is not the main reason for its scarcity. Read on below… Bali, Indonesia, Aug 26 #birds #birding #birdphotography #conservation

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debmaluk.bsky.social @debmaluk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Loons and Red-necked Grebes for #BirdOfTheDay #Mamas&Papas

Loon parents watching their kid's dance recital. The young Loon is between the parents and is standing high on the water with the little wings raised.

Red-necked Grebe parents close together with 3 young Grebes nearby.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 13/09/2026

you don’t have to have the conversation on their terms and in fact you shouldn’t have the conversation on their terms more democrats should follow this playbook instead of existing in a constant defensive crouch

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Let's learn some surprising things about hummingbird tongues. First, as you can see, their tongues are forked & feathery, highly specialized for lapping up their liquid diet of nectar. But it gets weirder up close!

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debmaluk.bsky.social @debmaluk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ruby-throated Hummingbird on the other side of the feeder for #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsInAbstract

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird on the other side of the nectar feeder. There are many vertical black lines on either side of the bird with hints of green foliage and a white building with long windows on the right.

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Cri 🕊🐝🐜📝🎭⚽😷 @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay: #BirdsInAbstract Juvie Anna's #birds #becurious 🪶

$extreme close up of juvie male anna's hummingbird face showing a smattering of adult refractive feathers.$

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Papa Bushtit with one of his sons. #Bushtitoftheday #birds #nature

Two small fluffy gray birds perched closely together on a branch against a dark green background.

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daryl "crimetime after primetime" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...

reddit comment:

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply:

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.

Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

GDT:

The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…

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Xero Reynolds 41/100 on Patreon @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

portrait in low key. Japan. Photography by enzo farina

Emerging from an absolute, pitch-black void, two profiles lock in a tender gaze of mutual joy, illuminated only by a delicate sliver of rim light in this low-key photographic study by Enzo Farina. On the left, the soft, upturned features of an adult face radiate quiet warmth; on the right, a young child reaches an arm across the darkness, leaning forward with an expression of uninhibited wonder. Farina’s dramatic deployment of high-contrast black-and-white photography reduces the composition to pure contour, capturing the luminous highlights along their brows, noses, and lips, anchored by the vivid spark of catchlights gleaming in their eyes.

Farina’s mastery of low-key chiaroscuro directly echoes the aesthetic tenets articulated by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki in In Praise of Shadows (In'ei Raizan), wherein light gains its profoundest emotional resonance not through direct exposure, but through its emergence from surrounding obscurity. By stripping away all environmental context, domestic background, and extraneous texture, the photograph elevates a private moment of familial devotion into an archetype of human bonding. The pitch-black backdrop acts as an expansive field of yohaku (active negative space), shielding the figures from the noise of the external world and directing all kinetic energy into the invisible beam of affection connecting their eyes.

Aesthetically, the image relies on miegakure (the design principle of hide-and-reveal), where the shadowed concealment of their bodies intensifies the expressive power of the lit contours. The surrounding dark void functions as a protective kekkai (sacred boundary), sealing the parent and child within an unbroken sanctuary of seijaku (tranquil quietude).

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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Forget planting trees for a second. Let's talk about BOGS. Did you know that peatlands cover a tiny 3% of Earth’s land, but store MORE CARBON than all the world's forests combined?They are an ultimate MVP of our climate system and it’s time we start hyping them. Join me! 🧵 1/

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Akshay Khanna Wildlife Photography @akshaykhanna.com · 09/09/2026

A flash of flame in the Aravallis. Black-rumped Flameback. 📍Jhalana, Rajasthan. #lensonwildlife #birdoftheday #birdsseenin2026 #birds #photography #woodpeckerwednesday #ThePhotoHour

Black-rumped Flameback clinging to the trunk of a tree, calling with its beak open. Its bright red crest and golden-yellow plumage stand out against a soft green forest background at Jhalana, Rajasthan.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 09/09/2026

AI companies: This technology we’re developing is dangerous and might destroy humanity and we don’t know how to stop it Other people: So we should strictly regulate it, create legislative guard rails, and monitor its development? AI companies: lol no the opposite of all that & give us more money

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debmaluk.bsky.social @debmaluk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

that picture you get when you have a crappy tripod that isn't quite locked into postion🤨😂

a blurry picture of green aurora and trees. The tripod moved during a long exposure which captured vertical star trails.

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