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Icon made by thedreammweaver. Read my stories on AO3. She/her, aro-ace, 40+, UK

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Ramen @ramenpanda.bsky.social · 10h
#hsienko art for the latest installment of my #darkstalkers posting
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Ramen @ramenpanda.bsky.social · 9h
I made #pokemon earrings and you can buy them on my site inedibleramen.com/products/pok...
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Ellipsus @ellipsus.com · 18h
Writing is an endless experiment. Take risks, write wild, and let yourself be a hot mess—it’s the only way to grow! 🌱🌱
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 17h
NOAA has issued a storm watch for Saturday night as several solar eruptions head toward Earth Northern lights could reach as far south as New York, Wisconsin and Washington state, peaking from 11pm to 2am ET
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Runs with scissors in the dark @tevistickles.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The blackbird of exasperation has replaced the bluebird of happiness until further notice.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 23h
New Caltech study finds the solar system as we know it will end sooner than scientists thought As the Sun dies, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will likely be knocked out of their orbits 🪐 Some planets could be flung into deep space
An artist's concept of a solar system featuring a large, glowing orange sun at the center. Several planets, including one with rings and one with stripes, follow chaotic, non-circular orbital paths through a dark, starry space.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Draconid meteor shower peaks tonight around 9pm ET ☄️ Best viewing is shortly after dark Expect 5 to 10 meteors per hour
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Riddlebird Week @riddlebirdweek.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Stick with what you know or try something different. That could mean playing with a new version of #riddlebird, experimenting with unused themes, or even testing a medium untried before. Don't be shy about championing your own favourites though. Your vision and take will always be unique and welcome
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Four astronauts return to Earth from the ISS
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Chris and his farmily of forever farm friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Alan our rescue Alpaca doing an Al and first exploring beyond his paddock with his friends
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NASA has released onboard video of Artemis II's reentry through Earth's atmosphere 🤩 Top speed: about 25,000 mph
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Insane cliffs on Mars seen just recently by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover 🤯
A wide landscape view of Mars featuring a rocky, dark foreground and a series of rugged, light-colored cliffs and mountains under a pale, hazy sky.
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Ramen @ramenpanda.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I FORGOT TO POST #lillithdarkstalkers HERE
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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Riddlebird Week @riddlebirdweek.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Telltale series reinvented the characters and gave them a new dynamic. This #riddlebird variation has Riddler being older and respected with a hot-head Oswald struggling to make a name for himself, despite his family history. Eddie's leadership position could let him guide Penguin on his journey
An edit of a scene from the Telltale series Batman game. Oswald is facing the viewer wearing a suit complete with yellow tie. Set behind him is Edward wearing his green jacket and domino mask. Oswald had a high tech monocle and mechanical gloves. Edward is holding his trademark question mark cane.
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Ramen @ramenpanda.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#Qbee art for my #darkstalkers posting times
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Draconid meteor shower peaks Thursday night ☄️ Best viewing is shortly after dark Expect 5 to 10 meteors per hour
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PUNKI (PERPETUALLY POST DEBUT) @pun-ki.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You should be asking why Rockstar gets to do this and doesn't run into any issues with payment processors, while the rest of anyone drawing or writing "explicit content" on any platform have so much trouble getting paid
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A Russian cosmonaut is now in command of the International Space Station NASA's Jessica Meir handed command to Pyotr Dubrov yesterday as she prepares to head back to the surface this week
Portrait of a woman with curly brown hair in a white NASA spacesuit with a backpack, US flag patch, and mission patches, resting a gloved hand on a white helmet with a gold visor on a black pedestal, with a US flag at left against a blue backdrop.The International Space Station orbits Earth, with its solar arrays extended against a backdrop of white clouds, blue oceans, and a star-filled black void of space.
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Dungeons 'n' Mangoes 🔞 @thatspicymango.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Fat people are not adult content. They don't need to be hidden with an NSFW label. They don't need a content warning. If seeing them makes you upset that's entirely a you problem. Fat people exist, deal with it.
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Riddlebird Week @riddlebirdweek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Prompt #1 - night Under cover of darkness what secrets lurk? It's the time for crimes and romance. Passion and peril. Both avenues typical for #riddlebird but it's also a time for peace. A cessation of the daily grind. Do they switch up or down a gear? Sleep or work? And who else lurks in the dark?
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Scientists say one of Saturn's moons could have the right conditions to support alien life Earth microbes survived in a lab recreation of Enceladus' underground ocean
A close-up view of the moon Enceladus against a black background. The moon's surface is pale with blue and white tones, featuring prominent ridges, cracks, and deep fissures stretching across its icy landscape.A black and white electron micrograph of a single microbe with a dark, textured cell body and numerous long, thin, hair-like flagella extending from one side.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
69 years ago today, humanity launched the world's first artificial satellite 🛰️ Sputnik 1
An artist's illustration of the Sputnik 1 satellite, a small polished metal sphere with four long antennas, orbiting Earth against a backdrop of a starry black void.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Saturn is at its closest to Earth all year this weekend 🪐 It's rings can be visible even with small telescopes
A blurry, close-up photograph of the planet Saturn, showing its pale yellowish body and prominent rings against a black background.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This week on Mars
A wide-angle view from a Mars rover, showing its robotic arm and instruments extended over a rocky, dusty orange landscape. Tire tracks are visible in the soil, and a distant horizon meets a pale sky.A wide landscape view of the Martian surface, featuring a dusty, rocky plain in the foreground and rolling hills under a hazy, pale yellow-green sky.A view from a Mars rover, showing a rocky, dusty landscape with a steep slope in the background under a hazy, yellowish-brown sky. Part of the rover's equipment and its shadow are visible in the foreground.A wide view of the rocky, reddish-brown Martian surface with tire tracks imprinted in the dust. Part of a rover's white and metallic equipment is visible on the left edge of the frame.
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Lætus @bajamothblast.vanadiel.network · 02/10/2024
now that it's october im legally allowed to post this
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Riddlebird Week @riddlebirdweek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Something new and different. We only recently got a look at Oswalda's canon Riddler. This #riddlebird pairing both have history with Thorne and host parties in clubs. Might they meet at work or play? We know Edward likes to flirt but could he handle Penguin? Forget canon and enjoy the possibilities
An edit of a scene from Batman Caped Crusader where Riddler is leaning out of a car and firing a tommy gun. Penguin is added, also leaning out of the car, and reaching as if to grab his arm. Riddler is wearing a typical green suit and hat, plus pick lensed glasses. Penguin has a form fitting purple waistcoat and white shirt under a black tuxedo jacket.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's officially a new year on Mars! Mars entered Year 39 yesterday 🥳
A full view of the planet Mars, showing its reddish-orange surface with dark greyish patches and a white polar ice cap at the bottom against a black background.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Four astronauts launch to the International Space Station today at 11:10am ET
Four astronauts wearing white SpaceX suits and helmets with open visors stand side-by-side in front of a white spacecraft section adorned with various mission patches.The International Space Station orbits Earth, showing its complex structure of modules and large solar arrays against the blackness of space and the blue, cloud-covered curve of the planet below.
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Ramen @ramenpanda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The full post is on my Patreon for free members! #darkstalkers #felicia #capcomfanart
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Moza @mozagrin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Since I have so many Halloween pics from 2020 to upload this month, I'll post this one early. 🐈‍⬛🎃👻
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW JWST image dropped! It shows gravity bending light from distant galaxies so much they appear 4 or more times 🫨
A dense field of galaxies showing bright orange arcs of gravitational lensing, numerous glowing yellowish clusters, and bright stars with diffraction spikes against a dark cosmic background.
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Riddlebird Week @riddlebirdweek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We shared the prompts early to give everyone an opportunity to contemplate their ideas and work on what to share. If you like a challenge you can make them per day over the week but the lead up can be useful preparation time. Enjoy thinking about #riddlebird and we look forward to what that inspires
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Europe's Jupiter probe skimmed past Earth yesterday, picking up a 7,800 mph speed boost Juice is now on course to reach Jupiter in 2031
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Riddlebird Week @riddlebirdweek.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The 1960s series introduced this riddlebird pair to a wide audience and set their characteristics for a generation. Penguin had his walk and laugh while Riddler showed his energy and word play. Both were in the United Underworld but imagine how close they were in private, whether others knew or not.
A still from the 1966 Batman movie showing Burgess Meredith's Penguin and Frank Gorshin's Riddler in cahoots. Both are wearing domino masks, black for Penguin and purple for Riddler. Penguin is dressed in a black tuxedo, with white furred gloves and shirt, and purple bowtie and top hat. Riddler is in a green catsuit with a large black question mark on the chest. He is holding a rack of test tubes while Penguin has a cigarette in a holder.
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Riddlebird Week @riddlebirdweek.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The time has come to unveil the prompts for the 2026 #riddlebirdweek event 12th - night 13th - terminal 14th - chess 15th - driving 16th - fix-it 17th - crown 18th - chocolate Use them how you want. Attempt all seven or just those that appeal most. Combine any or make your entries a coherent piece
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Daily Star Trek Quotes @strekquotes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Star Trek: Enterprise premiered on this date in 2001 with the episode Broken Bow. memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Tr... #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #Quote
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Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise, originally titled Enterprise until Season 3, is the sixth series set in the Star Trek universe. Created by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga, and based upon Gene Roddenberry's…
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Ramen @ramenpanda.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My annual #darkstalkers posting has begun! #morriganaensland
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
While Mario collects fictional gold coins in his games, Wario in Wario World collects the real-life "American Gold Eagle" official US gold bullion coins (91.67% gold).
Wario with coins as seen in Wario World
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"American Gold Eagle" official US gold bullion coin
Source: info: YouTube user @Geibuchan, screenshot taken by Supper Mario Broth
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WIRED @wired.com · 24/09/2026
One of the great mysteries in astronomy has been why Venus has no moon. Now a new theory provides a simple answer: It might have been eaten. www.wired.com/story/venus-...
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Venus May Have Devoured Its Moon
One of the great mysteries in astronomy has been why Venus has no moon. Now a new theory provides a simple answer: It might have been eaten.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Scientists have detected radio signals from an exoplanet for the first time ever The planet, Beta Pictoris b, sits 63 light-years away and has a magnetic field 2,500x stronger than Earth's
A row of large white satellite radio telescopes pointed toward a purple and pink starry night sky with the Milky Way visible behind dark clouds.An artist's concept of the exoplanet Beta Pictoris b, shown as a large, blue gas giant with swirling clouds, set against a dark star-filled space with a distant star and a small moon.
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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Open AI system didn't do a damn thing. The programmers did.
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In case you were curious how similar the Great Egret and Great Blue Heron are in size, these two lined up perfectly for comparison. Apparently it was a desirable fishing spot #birds 🌿
A large gray heron stands in shallow wetlands, looking down towards the water. A large white after stands behind it in almost the same pose they are very similar in size. The heron’s beak is bigger and chunkier.
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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Three years ago tonight, I was in the presence of the most remarkable supercell thunderstorm that I have ever had the privilege of witnessing. For over an hour, I watched it dance beneath the starts, spinning like a top. Mother nature will never cease to amaze, inspire, and humble me.
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Riddlebird Week @riddlebirdweek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The #riddlebird ship has so many variations to explore, whether staying within a franchise or mixing and matching. There's age ranges, gender swaps, and sexualities to play with. Some versions only show half the duo letting you imagine their counterpart. We're here for every possibility so go wild.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Northern lights could be visible from 12 U.S. states tonight
A globe showing a colorful red and green auroral oval over North America, extending into the northern US, against a green northern lights background with silhouetted trees. Text at the bottom reads 'Sept. 23, 2026 via NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center'.
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Rona Altana @ronaaltana.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Discord finally confirmed for real when they're rolling out age verification service-wide (tomorrow) and I've not seen a single person make a peep about it
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Safer for Teens, Same Discord for Adults
We’re launching a revamped, privacy-focused age assurance solution including methods that won’t require an ID or selfie. Here’s how it works.
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Ethan Kocak @ethankocak.com · 22/09/2026
I invite you all to do Skinktober with me this year. It started as a bit and now I refuse to let it die.
Line art drawing of a monkey tailed skink
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fall officially begins tonight at 8:05pm ET in the Northern Hemisphere 🍂
Illustration of Earth showing a yellow line labeled 'Equatorial Circumreference' and a large red arrow pointing towards northern Europe, set against a starry space background.A black twin-bell alarm clock showing 9:00 sits among blurred orange and brown autumn leaves.
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