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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Maybe you should find a way to get Professor Robert Langdon to come to Pittsburgh to investigate your situation with regards to the Pope? And has the Fibonacci sequence ever played a major in you life?🥴 I see some potential for another Dan Brown novel!

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

One almost gets the impression that Jonathan’s a wee bit exhausted about having to report all the ineptitude, reversals, double-speak, end-arounds, and complete fabrications surrounding this presidency. He’s right though. IG: JonathanPieNews

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David Solecki @so-lets-kilab70.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Hey y’all 👋 repost magic appreciated. The Solecki lab is recruiting multiple postdocs at St. Jude for a chromatin imaging project at the edge of live-cell imaging, neuronal cell biology, chromatin regulation, and quantitative image analysis. Ever dreamed of touring chromatin like this? We CAN 🔥

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I can’t wait to hear who will receive the FIFA prize for medicine! Maybe RFK jr?

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

At the state of the union every dem should wear a Ukraine armband. Sky blue and wheat field yellow.

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Marit Cooper @maritcooper.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Second page of my new (very expensive gift) sketchbook. I’m not sure about the introduction of the red, what do you think? #sketchbook #studiolife #insects #watercolor #experiments

Sketchbook page with drawings of insects and plants.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

My 6th gouache work. This time a small (4”x6”) spring landscape inspired by a hodgepodge of photos. It’s just ok. I am unaccustomed to painting small. And I am seeking more abstraction and failing at it. At some point I will move to gouache portraiture.

A small gouache spring landscape painting.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Reading this informative post suggests the very precarious position of BSKY. Any unscrupulous oligarch could easily (I think but hope not) buy and bury it or litigate it out of existence using 0.01% of their present wealth.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

And here I thought no one uses Conte crayons anymore more. Very lovely portrait!

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

My 5th gouache painting. This time a Great Blue Heron as seen on the Allegheny River outside of Franklin, PA, months ago. I have to force myself to paint abstractly and loosely because my dense brain seems to want realism.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Continuing my goal to learn how to paint with gouache as part of an effort to move from watercolors to a combination of both mediums. This is my 4th attempt: A portrait of Marina Callas from a photo. I am not happy about it. Too many stupid mistakes. On a more + note, I am a bigger fan of Callas!

Portrait of Marina Callas using gouache on 300 lb watercolor paper

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

She is one of my favorite sci fi authors and wrote one of my favorite sci fi novels: “The Lathe of Heaven.” In my book she is up there with Asimov, Clarke, Wells, and so on. Nice gouache portrait, too, from Victoria.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Well he easily conned Christians and Jews; so, why should Muslims be any different?

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

It’s a big deal that this comes from Bloomberg.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Right, winning is not enough for the craven supporters of rapist Trump. This reminds me of what Gore Vidal’s said: “It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.” Trump and his kind are both extremely poor winners and extremely poor losers.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Don’t forget to remind Liberal Weather Control Committee to get it right on Election Day: Perfect weather in the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and other urban areas and cold, rainy in Pennsyltucky. I intend to vote 17 times again and I really need nice weather.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 12/10/2024

My artistic contribution to the fall weather using gouache and colored pencils. This is my 3rd composition using gouache and it’s so much more “forgiving” compared to watercolor painting. I make lots of mistakes and need lots of forgiveness!

Painting of acorns using gouache and colored pencils.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Just for kicks, everyone should read Isaac Asimov’s argument that the earth and moon are unique in our solar system and really constitute a double-planet system (1975, “Just Mooning Around,” Asimov on Astronomy, Anchor Press/Doubleday New York)

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

We are west of Pittsburgh and pretty close to Ohio. This one most likely escaped the horrors of the Buckeye state.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

An interesting picture of downtown Pittsburgh under menacing-looking clouds last evening.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 12/08/2024

Sure, here is a not-so-recent portrait using Conte crayons and a white-colored pencil of my granddaughter.

Portrait of Cathryn using Conte crayons on pastel paper.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 02/06/2024

I think you are off to a very good start with your relatively new water coloring hobby! Unlike other painting mediums it can be very unforgiving but very rewarding once you master it.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 13/05/2024

When this dumb controversy comes up it’s usually about a woman with a PhD (e.g., Fox News ranting about Dr. Jill Biden). It’s never about men because, well, they are men who magically and always deserve the title (e.g., Dr. Henry Kissinger, Dr. Sebastian Gorka).

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 11/05/2024

I don’t post a lot, but occasionally I get a picture (double rainbow) like this that needs to be seen by a few others. It was taken by my son, Andrew, on Neville Island on the Ohio River earlier this evening right after a brief rain.

Picture of a double rainbow on Neville Island, Pennsylvania.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 12/04/2024

Also, in YouTube search for “gimp background removal” I found a few useful videos there. (I think)

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 12/04/2024

I assume in GIMP the Background is a Layer. If so, then add another Layer and use that in place of the current Layer. Or just make the current Background Layer white. Is this feasible? Disclaimer: I am not a GIMP expert, but I am familiar with many desktop CAD and Graphics apps and most use Layers.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

Keep it up and keep improving and at some point we will start calling you Saskya Audubon.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 08/04/2024

Thanks; you are too kind. After a little more practice I will draw a few animals and then back on people portraits in color Conte. By the way, I like all your watercolor works. I do that, too, but that’s a different story.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 08/04/2024

Tonight I decided to copy your very nice bird watercolor using colored Conte crayons. I have been drawing with classic tri-color Conte for many decades - mostly monotone portraits. This is the first time I tried colored Conte after I “discovered” them on Amazon and was inspired by your work.

Bird (a copy exercise) drawn using color Conte on pastel sand paper (800 grid)

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 30/03/2024

It must be spring in Pittsburgh because it’s cold and raining!

The Beast (her name has real meaning) looks at the pink blooms in the rain.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

It’s never too late for pieeeeeee because pi goes on forever 3.1415926……………….. . . . . . .

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 13/03/2024

The Allegheny River this evening just a few miles downstream from Franklin, Pennsylvania. I need to find out if the Walleye are running.

The Allegheny River just downstream from Franklin, PA

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

I need to keep reminding myself that social media is one big complaint engine. Any excuse to complain and indulge in immature name calling, no matter how slight, is seized upon.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

To the extent that they still make Arches watercolor paper you can get quality paper, albeit expensive stuff.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

And 2 Bald Eagles arrived to enhance the view of the Allegheny River.

2 Bald Eagles high above the Allegheny River in Forest County.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 26/02/2024

Allegheny River this morning in Forest County, PA. (Where the 5 Forks was for local folks)

View this very moment of the Allegheny River near Tionesta. PA.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 25/02/2024

Being more tolerant of Nazis views is indeed a serious societal problem. Really? That’s right up there with being more tolerant of the feelings of peeping Toms. Gee wiz, PH, was that tongue in cheek? I hope so.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 24/02/2024

That is a hell-la-va amazing photograph!

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

I decided to follow you for 4 reasons. 1) You speak Pittsburghese, 2) your posts are random eclectic, 3) I like the name Eleanor, 4) I am the Vice President of the Western PA William McKinley Fan Club. (We meet every other Tuesday evening at the Neill Log House in Squirrel Hill.)

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

I do care that Congress might read my BlueSky posts. That why I NEVER mention that I voted 17 times in the 2020 election: 16 times for Biden and 1 for Trump. The vote for Trump was made out of respect for a deceased relative who might have voted for the narcissistic creep. Am I in trouble now?🥴

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

At least you are not stereotyping all of us boomers! Obviously we were all raised in upper middle class suburbia, and now we are into pickle ball. Give me a f**in break.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

Interesting. This one almost looks like it was made via a Mandelbrot fractal.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

You are not required to post cat pictures, although at times the pressure to do so is overwhelming, and no one knows why that is.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

Gangs, rumbles, and the suburbs? Didn’t I see you on TV as a member of that notorious street gang in “The Wonder Years?”

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

That might be the ugliest color combined with the ugliest pattern that has resulted in the ugliest sweater/sweatshirt made. It’s ugly cubed. You will no doubt win every ugliest sweater/ contest you choose to enter. Way to go, man!

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 04/02/2024

I wonder what would happen if we trained a neural net with Topsell’s creations? We might get some interesting and highly unusual results. It’s also possible that some AI bots might become very confused and might even exhibit delusional behavior. Oh, nevermind, too late, that’s already happening.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

Interesting and nerdy (in a good way) that you bought watercolor bookmarks. There is something special about watercolors. I came to see it that way when I saw De Reyna’s book (“Magic Realistic Watercolor Painting”) a long time ago. I did that for awhile. Then work and life in general got in the way.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

Very nice. Watercolor or not? I assume watercolors.

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Joe S Solecki @joessolecki.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

With a simple pen? That’s pretty darn cool.

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