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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

September feels like Arthur Rackham art to me. - 'The Serpentine is a lovely lake...' - Peter Pan - Arthur Rackham - Heinemann 1906.

'The Serpentine is a lovely lake...' - Peter Pan - Arthur Rackham - Heinemann 1906. "Illustration of fairies flying in front of a dimly lit lake. "

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

23.Some Some without faces flicker and fade; after-images, a trick of the light, echoes and shadowmen, just out of sight. Gleamings in the black that leave wavering traces #poems #poetry #poetsky #writerscommunity

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

19.Through a Shroud watching things happen in dreams is like violence seen through the mist; dream figures who scream nonsense, desperate to be understood, like the dead seen through a shroud #poetry #poems #poetsky

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

attended my first Beltane Festival! Some really cool people there, a nice way to spend the day outside with positive people welcoming spring🌼

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

cold milky tea, hot boba pearls✧ (っ˘ڡ˘ς)🧋

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

#CapeCod #Poetry #Painting #Spring It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

we are all already in the mouth of the wolf

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Desert Lily Artistry @desertlilyartistry.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Regular reminder to support and shop small and local ✊! Amazon doesn't need another cold billion, but your friends, family, and neighbors can use all the sales and support they/we can get! Pweez 🥺👉👈. P.S. repost for good karma 😜🙌. #smallbusiness #localbusiness #community #localeconomy #signalboost

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

this is the only poem of mine i really care to show people lately. Unfortunately, it resonates more now than when i wrote it back in 2020 #writing #writers #poetry #poems #writersky #unpublished

.Lyrebird

There’s a feast for jackals, sharks, and all
that waits for you to start
On the wretched meat that's rotten
where once was a beating heart
Choke it down; his speech, his offal,
‘cause it starts and stops in stages
He says,
“Bring me all your neighbors and I’ll blacken all the pages”
In the mirror overhead
are your faces bloody red?
Desperate forms beneath glass tabletops
all doing what he said?
Inside you shake and shiver
‘til your stitches pop and break
Watching as you fall to pieces,
“this was all a big mistake”

Can the lyrebird tell? Liar-lyrebird tell?
with their liars lips and liars tongues
all crying constantly?
Can you shut them up, and silence them
and throw away the key?

In a heart that fell apart
that is gaping wide and open
the apologies spill out
and the honesty’s unfrozen;
for whats broken into pieces
is a road-map pointed to which is
what happens when a heart becomes
all scar tissue and stitches.

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I was overcome with desperation for these gorgeous illustrated hardcover books in my local indie bookstore- I started paging through the one on 'Witchcraft'. It is everything. Even the cover is by my favorite painter Waterhouse! ... but $40 each.... (；′⌒`) #witchcraft #books #witchsky

a photo of 5 hardcover books with white leather-style embossed spines called 'The Library of Esoterica'. Each book covers a separate topic including 'Tarot' , 'Astrology' , "Witchcraft' , 'Sacred Sites' , and 'Plant Magick'.

A snapshot from the 'Taschen' website showing their hardcover illustrated book called 'Witchcraft. The library of Esoterica' by Jessica Hundley and Pam Grossman'. The front cover is illustrated with J.W. Waterhouse's painting of 'Circe Invidiosa'

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

i haven't been posting much again because i'm overwhelmed by everything and don't have the energy to be especially social. stay safe, be happy, try to find joy

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⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

stay strong divas 🫶 🎨: Lily Seika Jones / rivuletpaper

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Yeet Kune Do @yeetkunedo.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

re: generative AI I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used. And now, you can use it, too.

Generative Al is being marketed as a tool designed to reduce or eliminate the need for developed, cognitive skillsets. It uses the work of others to simulate human output, except that it lacks grasp of nuance, contains grievous errors, and ultimately serves the goal of human beings being neurologically weaker due to the promise of the machine being better equipped than the humans using it would ever exert the effort to be.

The people that use generative Al for art have no interest in being an artist; they simply want product to consume and forget about when the next piece of product goes by their eyes. The people that use generative Al to make music have no interest in being a musician; they simply want a machine to make them something to listen to until they get bored and want the machine to make some other disposable slop for them to pass the time with.

The people that use generative Al to write things for them have no interest in writing. The people that use generative Al to find factoids have no interest in actual facts. The people that use generative Al to socialize have no interest in actual socialization.

In every case, they've handed over the cognitive load of developing a necessary, creative human skillset to a machine that promises to ease the sweat equity cost of struggle. Using generative Al is like asking a machine to lift weights on your behalf and then calling yourself a bodybuilder when it's done with the reps. You build nothing in terms of muscle, you are not stronger, you are not faster, you are not in better shape.

You're just deluding yourself while experiencing a slow decline due to self-inflicted atrophy.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

If you write ‘unalive’ in prose or character dialogue, in your NOVEL - which I have seen TWICE NOW - I will immediately wince and full body cringe. The TikTokification of words has to stop. Your character almost DIED or was KILLED in your novel. They were not almost ‘unalived’.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

This is your occasional reminder that Rose O'Neill, creator of the Kewpies, first published female cartoonist in the United States, and among the first cartoonists to build a merchandising empire on their work, turned out some absolutely baller, romantic-feeling size-difference monster art.

A Rose O'Neill pen and ink drawing, featuring a giant humanoid embracing a smaller one. It is captioned "Man and the Earth."

A Rose O'Neill pen and ink drawing, featuring a giant female satyr embracing a small human male. She appears to be nuzzling him.

A Rose O'Neill pen and ink drawing, featuring a giant female humanoid nuzzling a tiny male humanoid. It is titled "Besieging the lips of the Earth."

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parker parrella @parkparr.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Six of Us Here + Watcher in the Field

A square painting of a tall grassy field with a red background. In the distance, six stars on a line cross just above the grass in front of distant trees.

A square painting of a tall grassy field with a red background. A large glowing orb with a halo floats just above the grass in front of distant trees.

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Liliya Franchuk 🩵💛 @ukrainiandolls.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

“…She is a born witch, who does not drown in water with pebbles, and steals rain from the sky, and casts spells on people by force.” “The Konotop Witch” by Grigory Kvitka - Osnovyanenko

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Rowdy Rebel @rowdyrebel.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Ikr? 🤷‍♀️🙄💥

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

it's giving 'Good Faeries/Bad Faeries' by Brian Froud 😍

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

thinking about this poem again

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

My library had a copy of 'Sigil Witchery'! I like it so far and am trying Zakroff's suggestions in designing a sigil for protecting my new apartment- will report back. also- it was in the YA section, lol. This library knows what teen girls are into (¬‿¬) #witchsky #sigils #witches #reading

The book cover for 'Sigil Witchery' a witch's guide to crafting magick symbols by Laura Tempest Zakroff. The cover is decorated with several sigils and symbols, including crescent moons and five-point stars.

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

it's quickly turned into a very poor week. Forced to stay at temporary lodgings, I found a songbird tangled, in distress, nearby. Texted a local number who could only euthanize the poor thing. I'm devastated I didn't find it help in time. I feel a pall cast over me. Once home i'll burn a candle...

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

i got a great goodwill haul today! 2 of these dark metal twiggy tea candle holders and a broomstick designed iron trivot! my new place is looking witchier every day! #witchsky #witches #witchdecor

a tea candle holder shaped from thin strands of dark metal, twiglike, bent below and vertically above a small lit tea candle.

A cast iron trivot designed with curling plants and broomsticks

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

i've always wanted a tiny herb garden, now i have mints, lavenders, sages, rosemary, lemon balm and verbena <3 (plus a gifted cherry tomato!) i'm experimenting with some from-seed including chamomile (fingers crossed!) #witchgarden #teagarden #herbgarden

In the foreground sit 2 fresh square cedar planters and several scattered herbs in terracotta pots set in mulch. The background is a scattered cloudy day over grass, trees, a small pond, and distant blue hills.

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SZ Estavillo @szestavilloauthor.com · 16/05/2025

Was engaging with fellow writers on Threads—commenting, liking, just being myself. Someone appreciated it so much they bought The Serpent’s Bridge (99¢!) even on a tight budget. Made my day. Be kind. Be real. Be you. Never know who might discover your book and buy it. 💙 #BookSky #AuthorSky

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SiltiCrafts creatrix Kristine B. @silticrafts.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

You've probably heard of the Kitchen Witch (hanging witch doll kept in the kitchen as a household charm). Have you met a Car Witch? A few little ones have landed in my Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/SiltiCr... #magicalbazaar #witchsky #witch #carcharm #travelbuddy

A small witch on broom doll made as a car charm to hang from the rearview mirror. This one has cloud-white hair, yellow shirt and brown pants with blue ornaments.

A small witch with broom doll made as a car charm to hang from the rearview mirror. A kind and sunny travel buddy for a witchy soul dressed in gold, red and black, with long, white braids, kindness in her face and a big broom in her hands.

A small witch with broom doll made as a car charm to hang from the rearview mirror. She is dressed in colors of autumn brown, black, orange, a bit of green and red. If that's your favorite season, she will gladly weave a spell together with you while on the road.

A small witch with broom doll made as a car charm to hang from the rearview mirror. This lady dressed in pink with black hat and white hair will love to chat on the way. She's a curious soul and a good listener.

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I wonder if it's occurred to some professional users of social media (the ones who scold us for making it a liberal echo chamber) that some of us aren't here as a job and aren't posting for money, and just want to chat with people we like.

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 07/03/2025

When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations. When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Look at my new view from the door! Moving work is mostly done, now i can sit outside, light some incense and finally breathe! o(*￣︶￣*)o #witchsky #druidsky #hedgewitch #witches

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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 07/04/2025

My favourite library quote is from newsman Walter Cronkite: ‘Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation’

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

i have to move again and I'm deep in existential dread ...( ＿＿)ノ｜ hopefully i'll be posting and making art again soon

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

What have you been reading? I'm still working through my library's collection. While not a druid, I'm liking this book on hedge druidry. I really click with the author's views on 'deity'. plus, It's got a bibliography and an ogham alphabet in the back! (major bonus!) #books #witchsky #druidry

a copy of 'The Book of Hedge Druidry (A complete guide for the solitary seeker) by Joana Van der Hoeven'

an image of text, "As a hedge druid, I can make up my own mind about what constitutes deity and what does not, based on both research and experience. For me, deity can be several things. It can be a collective energy of a place in nature. It can also be a collective energy of human nature, such a love, anger, compassion, or time. i prefer to work with a less anthropocentric view toward deity, but when viewing concepts such as love or anger as deity, it can be very illuminating. Deity can also be the collective energy of ancestral stories, where we find named gods in the old tales, such as Brighid or Lugh, Taranis, or Nemetona."

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

"Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” - Kurt Vonnegut #inspiration #art #writing #quotes

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

it's time to turn the lights down and dance like wednesday addams to Burn Your Village by Kiki Rockwell

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Selena Fox @selenafoxnews.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Celebrate #SpringEquinox #Ostara with imagery, altars, chants, Nature walks, festivals. Some ways in my free online guide: www.circlesanctuary.org/teachings/Sp... #PaganSky #VernalEquinox #WelcomeSpringFestival

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

"It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren’t doing it." -Terry Pratchett #quotes #quote #writingquotes #GNUTerryPratchett

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Helaena Weatherwax @helaenaweatherwax.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I'll even buy the coffee. Any takers?

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POsinIVY @posinivy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

✨️🩶✨️ Good morning 😊 ☕️ #witchsky 🫶

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lofibop @lofibop.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

“He was a Frenchman, a melancholy-looking man. He had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in life’s gas-pipe with a lighted candle.” ― P.G. Wodehouse one of my favorite authors, if you need a break, his clever writing is like an escape in a bubble of silly sunshine #books #quotes

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