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A nice ground cover @horseherb.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

First time I saw this, I said "that's wrong ... wait, that's *right*!". One rule of drawing Earth's Moon is that the horns are always 180° apart. That fits the two small moons but not the large. Then I realized that it's Titan, with light refracting around in its atmosphere!

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🇨🇦 I believe that with each other, we are stronger than we know 🍁 @nimelennar.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

This is just to say I have massacred The troops Who were charging Up the hill And who You were probably Intending To capture it Forgive me There was so much artillery And your plan Was so bad

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Seven Machina Rasmussen @toomanyspectra.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

here you go!!

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Swords | The Webcomic @swordscomic.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

100 retweets and I'll draw a new Quest Sprout episode today

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A nice ground cover @horseherb.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

(I'm sorry, but the only full poem that comes to mind is) One night from the crypt of Saint Giles Came a scream that resounded for miles Said a monk to another "It seems that our brother "Forgot that the abbot has piles." (Next I remembered "i lik the bred" but I don't remember all of it.)

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A nice ground cover @horseherb.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

@heatherrosejones.bsky.social 's latest publication, Skin-Singer, just arrived. I got a physical copy because it would be harder for someone to yoink it.

Heather Rose Jones's latest publication, Skin-Singer

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 23/09/2025

not all who meander are lost.

a wide lush green floodplain of a meandering stream.

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Revan @revan.eurosky.social · 08/09/2025

Whenever I’m deciding what to do, I say “What would Fëanor do?” and then I do the exact opposite

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Advice for life: - be kind - tip well - read banned books - let moss into your life - grow antlers if it suits you - become the haunted thing timid townsfolk whisper about in the dark

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 16/06/2025

the jar of water on the left was sewage just 24 hours ago. the jar on the right is tap water. the man in the middle is shift manager Chad.

a man in a hard hat and sunglasses stands outside holding a water-filled jar in each hand. the jar in his right hand is effluent treated at our sewage treatment plant. the jar in his left hand is tap water. while the effluent is not potable (fully treated and safe for human consumption), they both look exactly the same, clean and clear.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!

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A nice ground cover @horseherb.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

"BlueSky is dead!" Meanwhile, on BlueSky... (sorry, too long to upload, I think) www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_My...

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Malhari Full Video Song | Bajirao Mastani | Ranveer Singh

YouTube video by Eros Now Music

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iko @fe2o3al.com · 07/06/2025

Also:

A twitter post from 2019-03-06 by @WAForeskins.

The Libertarian Party verified account asked, "In your words, what do Libertarians believe?", to which @WAForeskins quote-responded, "My girlfriend shouldn't have to sit in a car seat."

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Karen Baskins 🇨🇦 @karen1.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

A 15-year-old who read Rocket Ship Galileo when it was released is now 92 years old.

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𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 ℙ𝕠𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕤𝕥 @thoc.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Fear not, Five-Claw, for even a trek so arduous as your is not wasted. Orakhajit listens to the flow of the spirits... Orakhajit hears... many things.... Such knowledge can also be the Five-Claw's... Orakhajit has many answers to your questions... if you have coin to pay...

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Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Some say this house will end in fire Some say wisteria From what I've cut off the exterior I hold with those who say wisteria But if it had to perish twice I think I know enough of plants To say that, for destruction, fire Is pretty much the only chance

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Sure, this is just a double sunrise due to the way the eclipse geometery worked out, but it may in fact actually be a DEMON SUNRISE. Fans of Quatermass and the Pit might recognize what it really *truly* is, too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTkb... h/t APOD

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A Double Sunrise from a Partial Eclipse

YouTube video by APOD Videos

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Sands of Forvie - sol 2979 - From Thomas Appéré (thomasappere.bsky.social) - flic.kr/p/2kjGGsS

Mosaic of 9 individual pictures taken with NavCam Right on sol 2979 (23 December 2020) at 1:15 pm martian local time.
Curiosity rover has arrived to Sands of Forvie dunefield.
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Mosaïque de 9 photos acquises par la caméra NavCam Droite au sol 2979 (23 décembre 2020) à 13h15 heure locale martienne.
Le rover Curiosity a rejoint le champ de dunes Sands of Forvie.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Sometimes, the most amazing photos from space are of objects close to home. Or even *of* our home. This is a lunar eclipse as seen from the Moon. That black disk? That's Earth. And the ring around it? Why, that's the magic. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/incredible... 🔭 🧪

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INCREDIBLE SPACE PHOTO: The lunar eclipse seen from the Moon!

Also, come see me at GalaxyCon in Richmond, Virginia, March 27-29!

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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Being an astronaut isn't all it's cracked up to be.

A cat inside a clear plastic dome with breathing holes.

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Ansela Corsino @anselacorsino.com · 16/02/2025

This is the year I’m bullying all my author friends to also sell their books direct and DRM-free, apart from the usual online marketplaces like Kobo or Amazon. If Gumroad isn’t to your taste, there’s ko-fi, Patreon, itch.io, payhip #indiePub

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Download the latest indie games

itch.io is a simple way to find, download and distribute indie games online. Whether you're a developer looking to upload your game or just someone looking for something new to play itch.io has you co...

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Heather Rose Jones @heatherrosejones.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Roses are red (pink, white, yellow, orange, purple, and more), Violets are...well, if they aren't violet then I don't even know what we're doing here, Sugar has been overused in western cuisine since the Renaissance, But in my contrarian, over-analytical way, I love you my dear.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Roses are red, But that's not quite true, They absorb every wavelength of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, *Except* for that hue.

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Daichonaishikyo Zo, an elephant doctor with an endoscope trunk, appears in pamphlets explaining colonscopies in Japanese hospitals.

An elephant doctor with an endoscope trunk holds up a picture of a colon.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I need it to clean plates not explain the rise and fall of the goddamn roman empire to me

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

If “Jingle Bells” has ever annoyed you, well, it probably just means you don’t like secessionists Meanwhile, Longfellow voices some very familiar sentiments in a carol born of the bloody year of 1863 angrystaffofficer.com/2023/12/18/a...

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A Tale of Two Christmas Carols

Ever wondered about the history of your Christmas carols? Well, sit tight because this is a wild ride! Famous Christmas carol “Jingle Bells” has a complex backstory involving Bostonian …

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BigXThaHug @iamgoog.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

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Jeff Stormer @jeffstormer.gobirds.online · 13/11/2024

Hello all: It is with a heavy heart that I remove my Starter Pack of "Trustworthy Mesopotamian Copper Ingot Merchants Within the City-State of Ur." I have been informed about some pretty unfortunate oversights on my part and ultimately platformed some creators who should not have been platformed.

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Unvirtuous Abbey @unvirtuousabbey.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

You have been blessed by Bishop Sean Squirrel!

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Hello everyone. Post your favorite skeets on this website for all the new people.

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Mukaron (mascot of Mukawa town, Hokkaido) has a calm personality that makes her not notice that a plesiosaur is biting her head, which is a melon.

A mascot with a melon for a head and a white shirt has a blue marine reptile biting its head.

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em dash dual wielder @juicyb3rry.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Ah yes, the Torment Nexus

X screenshot from Alex Blechman that reads:

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale

Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

There is a special curse for SF writers. Not ‘interesting times’ but ‘may you live to see the future you wrote about.’

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Gregory Crosby @monostich.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Reader, I laughed out loud.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 03/11/2024

Discworld QOTD, from Wintersmith

Tiffany got up early and lit the fires. When her mother came down, she was scrubbing the kitchen floor, very hard.

“Er…aren’t you supposed to do that sort of thing by magic, dear?” said her mother, who’d never really got the hang of what witchcraft was all about.

“No, Mum, I’m supposed not to,” said Tiffany, still scrubbing.

“But can’t you just wave your hand and make all the dirt fly away, then?”

“The trouble is getting the magic to understand what dirt is,” said Tiffany, scrubbing hard at a stain. “I heard of a witch over in Escrow who got it wrong and ended up losing the entire floor and her sandals and nearly a toe.”

Mrs. Aching backed away. “I thought you just had to wave your hands about,” she mumbled nervously.

“That works,” said Tiffany, “but only if you wave them about on the floor with a scrubbing brush.

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Jen Golbeck @jengolbeck.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

🧵Next week, you will see people using something called Benford's Law to try to prove election fraud. ⛔️These people are wrong⛔️ I am a scientist who has published on Benford's Law. Let me tell you what it is and why what they are doing is mathematically incorrect. 1/

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Berensreverie @berensreverie.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

Recent Commissions! Weird round dinosaurs inspired by cattle painting :3

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Kari Dru @karidru.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

But I grew up in a house that was haunted anyway... And then we had a carbon monoxide leak. You see BAD SHIT as the smallest person in a house with a carbon monoxide leak. And then nobody listens to you because kids just see things. If your kid starts seeing demons, CHECK YOUR FURNACE.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/10/2024

Your next tattoo

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 27/10/2024

Worried about the election and the state of the world and wanna do something positive about it all? I got some starter packs for you! First, here are a bunch of folks sharing good info about the election and practical things everyday people can do to help. go.bsky.app/JLpiBtE

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E. T. 🎗️ @eeetee.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

You can change the default search engine to 'Google Web' and bypass it. There are instructions at tenbluelinks.org

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How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default

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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 12/10/2024

Cartoon: Scooby's Brain. I like to make myself laugh :)

cartoon of Daphne and Velma as Morg, Freddie and Shaggy are wearing Federation uniforms and devices of pain and delight. Scooby gazes on blankly with his brain having been removed earlier
Daphne: Scoob and Scoob! What is Scoob?!

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Jim Henley Music @jimhenleymusic.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

Tolkien thought the elves needed to check their privilege and I am absolutely gonna hang onto this for…occasions

Screenshot of a JRRT letter: “But the Elves are not wholly good or in the right. Not so much because they had flirted with Sauron; as because with or without his assistance they were 'embalm-ers'. They wanted to have their cake and eat it: to live in the mortal historical Middle-earth because they had become fond of it (and perhaps because they there had the advantages of a superior caste), and so tried to stop its change and history, stop its growth, keep it as a pleasaunce, even largely a desert, where they could be 'artists' - and they were overburdened with sadness and nostalgic re-gret.”

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Kengo @rockheadkengo.bsky.social · 29/09/2024

PayPal is updating their ToS to let themselves give your data to merchants starting in November and they're certainly banking on people not knowing to opt out, SO to opt out before they start: go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off

Screenshot of PayPal's Terms of Service update, outlining their "personalized shopping" feature where they allow themselves the right to give info about you to other companies

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Jonathan Dresner @jondresner.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

She seized the memes of projection

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