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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 1h

*La la la driving until I am stopped by a construction queue* *look around* *double take at the giant hand rising out of the corn* Oh! It’s a tree covered in vines and not the emergence of an elder god! Whew

A tree covered in parasitic vines looks like a forearm and hand rising out of the corn

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 9h

I think I know how a cloud feels every morning I arrive here from somewhere else gather my thoughts from the four winds get my bearings feel around for where I am wonder at my lack of weight ask myself what is happening view the busy earth from far away #vss365 #cloud

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Hooverville Hexagon: Cabbages and Kings. Okay, no cabbages, but plenty of mushrooms. Also, architecture, technology, and a bunny who's not taking anything off those squirrels. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Hooverville Hexagon: Cabbages and Kings

Appreciating this and that. Again. Give Us Today Our Daily Fungus by Paigetheoracle I wandered lonely as a crowd...When all at once ...

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'Hey, Jake, why are your feet draggin'?' 'I don't wanna go to school, man. I've got a vocabulary test and I didn't study for it.' 'The test is tomorrow. You get a reprieve.' 'What's a reprieve?' 'Maybe you'd better study tonight.' #vss365 #reprieve

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Awkward I don't know how awkward it is for the nuthatch but it looked really weird to me.

A nuthatch on the trunk of a black walnut tree. The bird is sort of sticking straight out from the trunk, facing forward and staring right at the camera.

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Hooverville Hexagon: More Exotic Locales. Take a visit to exotic York, in England. Let Bluebottle tell you why these people are dressed like Regency ton. A parade of animal life is also here to entertain you. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Hooverville Hexagon: More Exotic Locales

(Not so) faraway places, for some. Nature Shot of the Day by Galaxy Beb A blast from the past (2021): this bee photobombed GB's butt...

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The press coverage of the Academy of Natural Sciences has gone from "Oh how sad" to sounding like a hostage negotiation. Which maybe sounds bad, but elected leaders, the press, the people online, all saying "You don't have to do this, man" is better than mourning. share.inquirer.com/YTQg0s

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Philadelphia shouldn’t give up on the Academy of Natural Sciences’ historic museum | Editorial

The Academy's 150-year-old building faces roughly $150 million in deferred maintenance costs. While that may seem daunting, it is not insurmountable.

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D.N. Schmidt, SF author🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 28/09/2026

Eriss has four arms and an extra brain, making her the only starship pilot who is her own copilot. She also has chronic anxiety. That's not as helpful. Her most recent worry? Her brain has been hacked. Preorder The Star Husks now! #spaceopera #booksky dnschmidt.com/news/star-hu...

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Coming October 3... The Star Husks! - D.N. Schmidt

Love space opera? The newest book in The Chained Space Series has something for everyone: laughs, action, romance, giant insects, pancakes, and more!

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Hooverville Hexagon: Appreciating Nature. Floral beauty. Guest engineering. A mystery. Special feature: red squirrels around the world. You will be entertained and edified. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Hooverville Hexagon: Appreciating Nature

Plant life, animal life, our lives. Floral Beauty of the Week by Tavaron da Quirm Amaranthus was Tavaron's guess. This is in Austria...

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TheDevilsTuna @thedevilstuna.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#vss365 Eye Vow I renounce the stone. Let the tower lose its footing in the river, let the heavy archway drown in rose-wash before evening arrives to take it back. What stays solid is a lie. Give me dissolution, the cold violet shadow eating the edge of what we once thought real. #renounce

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#vss365 #renounce they celebrate the saints who showed them better worlds by renouncing (so they think) the attractions of this one that's silly: they simply didn't want anything that was on offer what's to renounce?

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Hooverville Hexagon: Through the Looking-Glass and What Nighthoover Found There.A satirical look at modern life for this Sunday's adventure. Words from Douglas Adams & a perspicacious searchbot. Consumer update, plus sights & sounds of Hooverville. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Hooverville Hexagon: Through the Looking-Glass and What Nighthoover Found There

For those of you who don't know Hooverville, we've got some updated glimpses. Come on: it's Sunday afternoon. You need a break from real...

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Anybody who would decide to close this museum does not have Philadelphia’s best interests at heart.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As the executive director of a small nonprofit working my absolute ass off to bring science to this city, hearing that the people negotiating with Drexel and the academy might brush off funding that would provide the kids of our city with access to a science museum *for a year* is boiling my blood.

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

you hear the word loaded / and a sensory constellation / is lit The Thomas Lux poem I keep coming back to

THE VOICE YOU HEAR WHEN YOU READ SILENTLY

is not silent, it is a speaking-
out-loud voice in your head: it is spoken,
a voice is saying it
as you read. It's the writer's words,
of course, in a literary sense
his or her "voice" but the sound
of that voice is the sound of your voice.
Not the sound your friends know
or the sound of a tape played back
but your voice
caught in the dark cathedral
of your skull, your voice heard.
by an internal ear informed by internal abstracts
and what you know by feeling,
having felt. It is your voice.
saying, for example, the word "barn"
that the writer wrote
but the "barn" you say
is a barn you know or knew. The voice
in your head, speaking as you read,
never says anything neutrally--some people
hated the barn they knew,
some people love the barn they know
so you hear the word loaded
and a sensory constellation
is lit: horse-gnawed stalls,
hayloft, black heat tape wrapping
a water pipe, a slippery
spilled chirrr of oats from a split sack,
the bony, filthy haunches of cows...
And "barn" is only a noun--no verb
or subject has entered into the sentence yet!
The voice you hear when you read to yourself
is the clearest voice: you speak it
speaking to you.

--THOMAS LUX

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Autumn is filled with magical sights - trees glowing with colorful leaves, soft rain on cozy cafe windows, and Mothman swooping down upon you in the alley behind the kebab shoppe.

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Name a film you watched at a drive-in. The Ten Commandments. With Yul Brynner. About 1958 or so. From the back seat. The parting of the Red Sea was not convincing and my little-kid self thought that Charlton Heston guy didn't look anything like Moses.

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Hooverville Hexagon: Lifestyles and Monumental Stuff. Let's go with Paigetheoracle to Culloden Moor. (He got there on the bus.) Let's see if we can learn anything. Also: Galaxy Babe's pictures from Loch Ness, complete with monster. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Hooverville Hexagon: Lifestyles and Monumental Stuff

Paigetheoracle has been to Culloden Moor. He and the Editor bicker converse intelligently about whether people want to see the 'boring' l...

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#vss365 #reckon how do we know where we are when we cannot see sun or star we tend to use dead reckoning: that presupposes we're still on course but since our noses are constantly leading us quite far astray we'll end up in Antarctica that way.

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Hooverville Hexagon: Friday's Children. Bits and bobs. Tourism, spatial and temporal. Hot tips for time travellers and a few myths busted. As usual, we make fun of AI. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Hooverville Hexagon: Friday's Children

When you're with us, the past is not even past: it's just something we make up stories about. SuzyQ Tourism Friday: Big Castle, In...

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Hooverville Hexagon: Useful Thursday. People who know what they're doing when it comes to their jobs. We love work: we could watch it all day. Special feature: the expert volunteers of the Bembridge Lifeboat. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Hooverville Hexagon: Useful Thursday

This issue is dedicated to those hard-working professionals who contribute so much to our world just by doing their jobs. We see you, even...

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

As we #embark on AI-driven 'journeys' and uni provosts get caught 'writing' with ChatGPT, remember when you speed-dial your attorneys: in the old days, admins stole from 'Aphorisms A to Z'. #vss365

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Hooverville Hexagon: Gleanings. We've seen (and heard) things you people wouldn't believe. No, not the attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. Well, besides them… Mountains, architecture, music at hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Hooverville Hexagon: Gleanings

We've seen (and heard) things you people wouldn't believe. No, not the attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. Well, besides them...

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Hooverville Hexagon: Bulgarian Travelogues. An exotic dragonfly from South Africa, plus a LOT of sightseeing in very picturesque Bulgaria. Join FWR for some Balkan fun. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Hooverville Hexagon: Bulgarian Travelogues

FWR saw a lot while he was in Bulgaria. But first, a word from the insect world. Dragonfly Wonder by Willem Willem called this pret...

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So much of his work was just people running back and forth with their arms flailing. (One of the sillier claims is that he invented subtle film acting.) I highly recommend this as a typical Griffith of the period. (I like to imagine Daffy Duck whoops over it) www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTaT...

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The house with closed shutters (1910)

YouTube video by Cinema28

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I have not responded to the email that you sent me and which you probably spent awhile writing Forgive me it was so long and my executive functioning is completely shot

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D.N. Schmidt, SF author🪐📚 @dnschmidt.com · 20/09/2026

2/2 “Him? He’s just my advisor.” Dani frowned. “He’s got a hand up your backside!” “…A very close adviser.” She pointed her sword. “Face me, ventriloquist!” “We can’t fight him!” her sword said. “He’s too tough and scary!” Dani sighed. “Stop that!” The ventriloquist shrugged. “Worth a shot.”

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

they say there's no tale without #conflict I say there's none without growth well says the violence addict I really prefer if there's both I seriously think that you're lying you'd really much rather we show the fighting, gore, and dying with no change in the status quo #vss365

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Hooverville Hexagon: What We Remember. Septembers present and past: fun, friendship, beauty. Struggle, horror. We remember things (and you get to see some fancy flying). Join us in Memory Lane. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Hooverville Hexagon: What We Remember

'Try to remember the kind of September…' Remembering Septembers on a reflective Sunday. Thanks to our contributors. September with Luna ...

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

midnight peaceful side street by the tracks postwar couple hopeful much-needed sleep interrupted by the click of the opening front door reviving wartime vigilance burglar or Axis menace? no just a four-year-old who woke to the train whistle and ran to #marvel. #vss365

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Hooverville Hexagon: Saturday at the Movies. Some magnificent birds and an afternoon at the movies: a short subject, a serial, and a feature. Just like the old days. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Hooverville Hexagon: Saturday at the Movies

We'll get back to Bulgaria – but today, let's talk about moving pictures and what they tell us. But First, a Barn Owl by Paigetheoracl...

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Possible response to being banned from press briefings: Hold your own press briefings at an outdoor restaurant. Order lunch. Invite the opposition to explain what's going on. Have the moderator read out official press releases in a satirical voice. Run these on the news until access is restored.

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Hooverville Hexagon: Bulgarian Wonders. A natural salt lake. Ancient and medieval churches. A beautiful town, spectacular sunrises, and dancing fountains. Plus a bit of international bird-watching. hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Hooverville Hexagon: Bulgarian Wonders

FWR has been in Bulgaria. You won't believe what he's seen. He's enthusiastic about this holiday destination. . Bulgaria's Salt-Water La...

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Can you #sustain a note with your voice for over a minute? Farinelli could. He had awesome lung capacity. I think it proves that you can accomplish a lot if you're willing to sacrifice. He didn't leave any kids. But somewhere in the ether a note still lingers. #vss365

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Hooverville Hexagon: Nature Strikes Back - Nature has a word. Or three. Paigetheoracle's approach to mushrooms is imaginative, but can he name this one? Escooters in Southampton are adventurous. All this and a really cute caterpillar at hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Hooverville Hexagon: Nature Strikes Back

Still taking time to notice the little things but wondering if the little things might be noticing us back. Today's Quiz: Name This Mu...

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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

four years later and I still think this is the best nonfiction piece I've ever written. I talked about the racial climate in America (largely New Orleans) that led to a Black vet going to war against the NOPD. Research required: 6 books, a plethora of 60s and 70s reporting, and a documentary.

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The world, old and weary of its lies and deception, of its greed and its errors and sin, dies. Then awakes to the startling reception, 'Ah, now we commence to begin.' #vss365 #commence

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Dmitri Gheorgheni @dmitrigheorgheni.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Hooverville Hexagon: Nature Study is Good for the Soul. A feather quiz. Mushroom talk. A chatty mantis that probably speaks Bulgarian. Turtles, a butterfly, and some busy chickens. Join us at hoovervillehexagon.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...

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The Hooverville Hexagon: Nature Study is Good for the Soul

Taking time to notice the little things. Today's Quiz: Name That Bird Where did these beautiful, unusual feathers come from? Answe...

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