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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#Morktober Day 8, WAIL So I drew me getting brained by a flail while listening to Brocas Helm’s Cry of the Banshee on repeat.

A like drawing of a bearded man, head back mouth wide the letters WAILIAW in his gaping mouth, a ball on a chain hitting the back of his head Dated 10/8 a x captioned #Morktober Day VIII

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m in San Antonio. I had fantastic vegan birriaqueso tacos and a bean, potato, scrambled eggs taco for dinner (all plant based), had drinks with my PJ friend and her pals. Presenting on Packing Light for HS journo kids in the morning.

A man in a branded hat takes a selfie in front of the Stargazer sculpture (a volcanic stone and marble statue of a stylized woman seated holding a star up for examination) on the San Antonio Riverwalk.

A statue of San Antonio holding the infant Christ amidst palms and other plants on a paved path.

A large, metallic blue skull with sparkled, gold eyes like lenses, a man in a large sombrero looks out of the left eye. "Can't deport us all " by Chino Chris Martinez

A photo of a crude drawing of a slice of TOAST! over an exposure triangle on a powerpoint slide.

“How Much,” “White , Wheat, Or Rye”, and “How Long” make up the three points of the triangle

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#Morktober Day 3, GLYPH Gazing at this glyph gives you a brief jolt of excitement- pleasure or nerves or a pinch of pain. Afterwards is a period of satisfaction followed by a sense memory indistinguishable from desire to gaze upon it again. You can get more pleasure copying the glyph onto your gear

A stark black glyph of three angled lines from top left to bottom right centered over a vertical stroke that ends in a circle. There are two thin strokes on etiher side and perpendicular to the vertical stroke. It might look like a face.

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happiness is floor to ceiling bookshelves. Wore my The Death Penalty Kills people shirt out today. Proponents of state sanctioned killing imagine removing contagion maybe, just desserts, or righteous punishment. I cannot but see the torment of people unable to resist a system that overpowers them.

A man takes a selfie with partially assembled shelves and he’s wearing a gray shirt that reads “The death penalty kills people.”

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I hate it. My sister's cat Ponce was their first family pet in CO. Chatter in the sibs thread is he's got date with destiny at 11 Mountain Time tomorrow morning. Been a fixture of all my visits out there. Rangy old man, makes me think of Cohen the Barbarian, or Grandpa from Mongrels.

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sunflowers and real mature pokeweed. Delta 400, Pen F.

Stark black and white diptych of a sunflower a fence and the sky in the background

Black and white photo of pokeweed in dappled sun, the berries shining.

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i did it, i developed two rolls of film, LIFO baby

two rolls of film, the far in focus, the near blurred, suspended in plastic sheeting

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My friend Zack posted his son’s drawing of a smiling face and an arrow pointing to a sad face - the boy is upset with him. Reminds me of Robert Hayden’s Poem

Poem by Robert Hayden

Sundays too my father got up early
and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold,
then with cracked hands that ached
from labor in the weekday weather made
banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him.

I'd wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking.
When the rooms were warm, he'd call,
and slowly I would rise and dress,
fearing the chronic angers of that house,

Speaking indifferently to him,
who had driven out the cold
and polished my good shoes as well.
What did I know, what did I know
of love's austere and lonely offices?

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Last year here I just missed The Dead Deads. Today I walked up on Stabbing Westward closing out their 30th anniv of Wither Blister Burn + Peel tour. Wouldacouldashoulda worn ear pro but good goddamn these fellas put on a show. Hell of a lucky break, and great to chill with @piperbomb.bsky.social

Blurry photo of a concert, two men streaked by motion on stage

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy Birthday to my mate, Derek. He got me into this career and into this artform. I moved to Indy because he lived here and joined OkCupid because he was using it. I joined a day after @pikkabird.bsky.social did so it’s kinda hard to overstate how much friendship with him has shaped my life.

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My uncle, my aunt, my dad, and their cousins. Pretty tight crop of the 4x5.

In a black and white photo, five women and two men, middle aged or elder, stand in a line together. Clearly there's some family resemblance.

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Reade, OM-1 Voigtlander 25mm f.95

A man in a hoodie with a hat on sits on a 2 door coupe, one leg crossed over a knee, phone in one hand, cigarette in the other.

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

sometimes you close the darkslide fast enough that you can still shoot that frame. Frankenstein 200 out of my beloved Rocinante custom 4x5

a sheet of film held before a light, the edge of the sheet is blackened, overexposed. the rest of the image is a group of people in front of a body of water, braced by trees

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Let’s do a favorite tweet. yeah? This one super helpful.

Saladin Ahmed V @saladinahmed
as someone with a brain that hates its owner I found this useful
surprisedentistry
•..
i've started replacing "i want to die" with "i feel overwhelmed" in my internal monologue, which is usually more accurate and more productive
8:52 AM • Mar 4, 2021 • Twitter for iPhone
416 Retweets
17 Quote Tweets
1,489 Likes
①

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

nabbed this it Walmart for under a dollar. Got the cinnamon & clove sweetness to it, and plenty of heat. No capsaicin extract, just ghost pepper and habanero mash. Tasty, in small servings.

A little 4 ounce bottle of Melinda’s Ghost Pepper Ketchup without HFCS

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My bestie @behindthebluemotel.com in the most lookingest like a tired man operating a camera pose ever.

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A better editor would choose between but I do like both. OM-1, Voigtlander 25mm .95. Anyway, see @behindthebluemotel.com practicing his craft

Color photo, in a bent wooden structure a man points a TLR camera at a figure shrouded in chiffon.

Black and white photo, in a bent wooden structure a man points a TLR camera at a figure shrouded in chiffon.

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I enjoyed having @behindthebluemotel.com up in my garage doing weird, haunted pictures.

Black and white photo dominated by a glowing parabolic modifier pointing at a chiffon draped figure holding a small battery powered fan. Standing opposite, a man holding a big TLR camera and adjusting some of it.

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My man lookin like this for a while as I tried to be useful.

In an unfinished building a bearded man curls his lip and focuses a tlr camera with a prism finder

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Pulled pork from my spam folder…

A cartoon ham steak and pig outline in a circle

Important Legal Notice: Pork Price-Fixing Class Action
Settlements May Affect Your Rights
Pork Consumers Settlement
www.OverChargedForPork.com
Court-Approved Notice. This is not a solicitation from

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Was I fuckin lying? I feel like my conversational accent is Hoosier-fried.

that dialect map which makes a red to blue heat map from West coast to East with MS and LA gulf having the least-like or coldest entry.

Redder areas talk more like you; bluer areas least.
You talk most like someone from Nevada - about 50% of your answers match a typical resident.
MYDIALECT - EXTENDED

Cities most & least like you
Interpolated from the nearest survey responses.
MOST SIMILAR
1. San Francisco, CA
(49%)
2. Los Angeles, CA
(49%)
3. Portland, OR (49%)
LEAST SIMILAR
1. New Orleans, LA
(43%)
2. Boston, MA (44%)
3. Portland, ME (44%)

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Far as I can tell channelate's website isn't maintained but ryankhudson is on patreon. Anyway, the right answer to "why?"

A comic in three panels, text above "channelate" and "patreon.com/ryankhudson"

Two figures, one playing a flute.
Fool: What the hell are you doing?
Flautist: I'm learning the flute.
Fool: HAHA! Why?!
Flautist: Oh no...
Flautist: You're not familiar with doing whatever the fuck you want?

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

oh I got to hear Old 45s and that was delightful and Chromeo’s stage presence is the greaser in jeans and the bearded bandana leather daddy in flowy print pants and i love it

lofi pic of an angled stage screen showing a guitarist in a leather jacket and a guy in a bandana behind a keyboard atop on illuminated, femme legs

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Pixies shirt was in the wash so my darling Italian goths it is. Skipped the Boy Crazy ball cap but did spring for a Kesha tote.

A grimacing man in a Lacuna Coil Comalies XX shirt taking a selfie in the back lot of Ruoff Music Center

Holding up a tote with a grainy screen print of Kesha in sunglasses with a leopard print coat open to show her chest

A selfie of a woman with sunglasses on her forehead smiling her arm around a man cheesing - they’re seated amidst a bunch of open stadium seats

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

at @nuclearbob.net ‘s birthday dinner I said I’d take the doorprize that would lead to playing Steve Jackson’s Car Wars and it was fun learning to play. Hear me out, Car Wars Legacy…

A map. a dude measuring out cars’ battle paths on a track mat

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Went to the Indiana State Fair, saw the circus, took some photos. Motorcycle act was cool.

Indiana State Fair has three large white letter FA R so a human can stand in for the I but in this picture a guy stands after the R making a T so it says FA RT

Indiana State Fair has three large white letter FA R so a human can stand in for the I but in this picture a guy stands in for the I and a woman stands after the R making a Y so it reads FAIRY

Black and white photo inside a circus big top, a man is riding a motorcycle, popping a wheelie on a raised metal platform.

Black and white photo inside a circus big top, a woman holds onto a climbing apparatus while swinging on one end of a gantry over a raised platform

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

After he says USA twice and changes pronunciation, BJ apologizes for his bad Polish.

a screenshot from Machinegames Wolfenstein The New Order, Anya Oliwa in nurse’s outfit driving, B.J. Blazkowicz in the back seat, apologizing. Subtitle reads “I'm sorry, my Polish isn't very good.”

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Spoiler, off screen it’s assumed he does decapitate that Nazi in uniform. Anyway I’m replaying TNO.

B.J. Blazkowicz, a square jawed white guy with a high & tight cut, floats eyes closed, subtitle reads “Everything has gone to shit.”

Cockeyed view of B.J. Blazkowicz in bloody straight jacket starting a car, a woman in nurse collar with a bloody nose leans against passenger door.

B.J. Blazkowicz in bloody straight jacket and some goggles looks at someone in frame. Subtitles read,
“You are gonna answer that question in a way I find satisfactory, and if you do not…”

B.J. Blazkowicz in goggles yelling at a bloodied man in the foreground “will saw your head off with this here appliance, you hear me?”

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Double red down. No artsy planning meeting but good we got the heavy lifting done yesterday.

A left arm, needle in the vein, draw tube full of red and taped in place.

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Post your favourite Disney princess. Wrong answers only.

Joanne Whalley and Val Kilmer in a photo from Willow. She’s wearing mail armor and has her hand pressed against Kilmer’a open shirt.

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Taking embarrassingly too few photos of the office renovation.

A warehouse, on the right unfinished drywall with a panel folded out 90 degrees and protrudes into the frame and handwritten on it DOOR

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Out with the old sink, faucet, garbage disposal

Kitchen counter, sink missing, cabinets and plumbing visible within, a gaping, filthy hole

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Be as daring as Captain fuckin Morgan in a rum ad

Red background, wooden table scattered with coffee beans and chocolate, a layered frozen beverage in a clear cup with a straw, two coconuts and a bottle of rum shaped like a coconut dangle from a net bag and it's less scrotal and more a reference to the famous pasta sauce advertisement from Roland Barthes' Rhetoric of the Image.

red background, a net bag holds onions, tomatoes, a mushroom. Bagged pasta, bagged cheese, and a can of sauce all branded with PANZANI

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Got a free 3d printer from a pal who does translation work for the company. In pretty short order I downloaded a figure (Bubbles) from Oxygen Not Included and printed one. This took ... a computer and the ability to navigate an interface? I didn't /make/ this figure, I operated a plug n play

A bambu labs A1 mini 3d printer with a big spool of green filament mounted, sitting on a desk top, next to a closed macbook. There's stuff on a cornershelf and assorted pictures stuck on the cabinet door next to it.

a 3d printed clone from Oxygen Not Included, her name is Bubbles and she's got bug eyes a big smile and huge hairbuns. The printing medium is green, but still warm and yellowed at the base. Her arms are akimbo and she's got no feet. -just legs sticking to the disc that makes up the base of the figure.

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness. R&J are one character and so are R&D

Four men standing by a weight rack, two behind it and two to either side of it. Two guys are giving normie bro vibes and two are giving fitgay vibes

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Furthermore, time is an abstract concept created by carbon-based lifeforms to monitor their ongoing decay.

Thundercles, a giant killer robot, with meme text:

Time is an abstract concept
created by carbon-based lifeforms to monitor their ongoing decay.

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The real star of last night's event - Maci the therapy dog. Lee says she's gained a 'Firefly fifteen' as she daily makes her way between 5 staff offices...all with their own dog biscuits.

A white dog with a pink neckerchief rolling on marble tiles, goofiest grin on her face.

A white dog with a pink neckerchief rolling on marble tiles, happily getting chest rubs, satisfied grin on her face.

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Charmera Millennium photo from the other side of the table.

A skillet nearly overfull of melter cheese with corn and the tiniest sprinkle of sesame seeds in glorious low resolution and low dynamic range.

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Well I was awkward, and the CEO handed me a physical object that is way big and she went in for a hug. When my pal Lee went in for a hug I did tear up a little.

A clear acrylic triangle on a wooden base over a magazine.

FIREFLY
Children & Family Alliance
175 YEARS
HOPE
GLOWS
HERE

FIREFLY
Children & Family Alliance
2026
VOLUNTEER of the year award
NICK HENRY

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

This is what pro-capture is for. American Dipper feeding her bb. Not showing the full sequence bc pulling images from OI Share but she would fly in, stuff whatever she’d fished out of the creek, and fly back out in seconds. Mox and I disagree whether it’s like 2 or 10 but still super fast.

A blurry, adult American Dipper lighting on a rock, her juvenile waiting, beak open

An American Dipper, a smallish gray bird, placing a creature of some kind into the open beak of her juvenile

An American Dipper, beak inside her juvenile’s wide open beak. The juvenile’s eye is either closed, rolled back, or covered by a nictitating membrane

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Niiiick Howling @friction.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Another angle on the critter but not as good pic overall

A monarch butterfly clings to a flower with tubular petals

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