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Lake Superior! Live! @lake-superior.live · 19h

Current* conditions near Wawa, ON:

SE view of the Michipicoten Harbour on the eastern shores of Lake Superior. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-10-10 12:18:03 EDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: wawaweather.net // Current Temp in Wawa: 62 F | 17 C // Precip: broken clouds // Wind: S at 7 mph | 11 kph // Humidity: 48%

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Sarah @pocketcuccos.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It’s okay everyone she’s getting comfy for another nap

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Sam Brunson @smbrnsn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I also think it’s hilarious how anti-Democrats always go to Bill Clinton to make their assertions of Democratic terribleness.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Imagine how pleased he was to have a photo of himself with the babby. From a glass plate negative in my collection, no date/info.

black and white photo of an older couple sitting in wooden chairs on the porch of a house. The man is holding a shorthaired white cat with dark spots in his lap. They are dressed in early 20th century clothing.

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Frank & Joe 🇨🇦 @thehardyboycats.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Settling in for another wild weekend at the Hardy Boy house 😸🐾

Two cats, litter mates, sitting together in a big, blanket strewn armchair. On the left is tabby cat Joe, and on the right is Frankie, a tabby with big white splotches. The are completely relaxed, and not even a little bit wild.
#CatsOfBlueSky

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Nestled in the secluded mountains of Obanazawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Ginzan Onsen (literally "Silver Mountain Hot Spring") traces its origins to the early seventeenth century, when it flourished as a silver mining site during the Edo period.

Enfolded within a snow-bound mountain gorge at dusk, the multi-tiered wooden inns of Ginzan Onsen rise like luminous lanterns along the banks of the steam-wreathed Ginzan River. Heavy, pillowing drifts of fresh snow weigh upon dark tiled rooflines (kawara), balconies, and wooden eaves, while soft, swirling flakes fill the indigo twilight air. Cast-iron gas lamps lining the stone promenade emit a warm, golden radiance that glints upon the snow-slick bridges where travelers beneath dark umbrellas navigate the evening. Calligraphic wooden signboards (kanban) and paper-screened windows glow softly from within, framing the scene in rich chiaroscuro. The photograph evokes a deeply immersive sensory atmosphere: the sharp, freezing bite of mountain air mingling with thick, sulfurous plumes of geothermal steam rising from the riverbed, the soft crunch of snow and the rhythmic clatter of wooden clogs (geta) echoing off dark timber facades, the faint aroma of woodsmoke and hot mineral water, and the comforting contrast of golden gaslight against the icy mountain chill.
Following the decline of the mines and a disastrous flood in 1913 that destroyed much of the original settlement, local innkeepers rebuilt the village along both sides of the river during the late Taisho and early Showa eras (1910s–1930s). This reconstruction birthed the town's signature multi-storied wooden ryokan, constructed in a distinctive fusion of traditional Japanese timber joinery and subtle Western structural influences known as Taisho Roman. These historic four-story wooden structures, adorned with delicate kote-e (plaster relief carvings) and carved cedar balustrades, represent a landmark achievement in Japanese monozukuri (artisanal mastery and heritage woodworking). The installation of gas street lamps in the mid-twentieth century preserved the nostalgic, romantic atmosphere of a bygone era, establishing Ginzan Onsen as a monument to Japan's bathhouse culture and rural architectural heritage.

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ktrey @ktrey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Have some Spaceship Defects:

d66 Table for some Spaceship Defects, suitable for Classic Traveller or Mothership perhaps.

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 09/10/2026

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

Buoy cam looking back at the Chicago skyline from a couple miles out in Lake Michigan. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-10-09 12:10:45 CDT (about 26 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: windy.com // Current Temp in Chicago: 69 F | 21 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: SW at 4 mph | 6 kph // Humidity: 54%

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lookashiny.bsky.social @lookashiny.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

That's what I thought, but continuity is broad enough that I wasn't sure.

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lookashiny.bsky.social @lookashiny.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I assume that's because he's not quite as powerful and also not technically an amalgam of thousands of souls (unless that's been retconned).

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Daily bunny no.3466 guards the nest

A bunny sits beside a nest of sleeping mice, at least three of them, who are curled up and sleeping in a thicket. The bunny is eating a flower.

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lookashiny.bsky.social @lookashiny.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I should read that one, but there's so many books. I just read The Night Haunter and there's a scene where he maybe talks to Curze, but it's deliberately ambiguous.

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lookashiny.bsky.social @lookashiny.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

True. Him not having a POV (purposefully, I assume) does make problems and the writers writing him differently does not help.

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lookashiny.bsky.social @lookashiny.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

He did, at one point, make decisions (pre-Heresy). Usually bad ones, though often well intentioned.

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GIFS GALORE @gifs-bot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

CATS/CATS5.GIF

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 09/10/2026

Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:

Northern view from Lake Point Tower overlooking the Chicago shoreline where it meets Lake Michigan. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-10-08 18:06:13 CDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: youtube.com/@LakefrontLive // Current Temp in Chicago: 66 F | 19 C // Precip: broken clouds // Wind: E at 8 mph | 13 kph // Humidity: 59%

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's been mostly Yellow-rumped Warblers around lately, but this Nashville Warbler was hanging out with a flock of the butter butts. They are both late migrants, with the Nashville Warblers heading for Mexico.

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lookashiny.bsky.social @lookashiny.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I have zero desire to live in a world entirely personalized to what a computer thinks I'd like. How boring! How homogeneous! I want other people's perspectives and ideas, that's why I read and watch and play.

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Joyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It is a right of every American outside an acute psychiatric emergency to refuse medication. Many women in particular were medicated and confined against their will by families and spouses, so this isnt a right to take lightly.

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Kathleen De Vere @kathleen.loadingreadyrun.com · 08/10/2026

Occasionally I get to draw for work, and what I lack in skill and consistency I think I make up in expressiveness.

Three stick men looking at a computer. One is mad, one is horrified, the other is resigned to their fate.

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Kathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Merely abolishing frats isn't going to be enough without overall culture change at universities. My undergrad didn't have Greek life but ended up replicating a lot of the dynamics, to the point they had to turn one dorm floor into offices to stop alumni from coming back and egging on bad behavior.

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sanrio daily @sanrio-daily.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

little forest fellow 💫

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 08/10/2026

Current* conditions near New Buffalo, MI:

NW view from the New Buffalo Municipal Marina through the New Buffalo channel into Lake Michigan. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-10-08 12:06:04 EDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: cityofnewbuffalomi.gov // Current Temp in New Buffalo: 64 F | 18 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: W at 7 mph | 11 kph // Humidity: 63%

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ISBN Book Bot 🤖 @bot.isbn.nu · 08/10/2026

📖 Cosmopolis by Howard Mansfield isbn.nu/9781412848596

Cover of Cosmopolis, by Howard Mansfield, Transaction Pub, 2013, PAP.

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Machinarium 2 | Announcement Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqcg... Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1619280/...

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𝙵𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊 @felinaria.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hi everyone! 👋😻🌻🐾

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Summer Scene at Mount Atago. . Ukiyo-e woodblock print. About 1800, Japan. Artist Utagawa Toyokuni I

Designed around 1800 by the master printmaker Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769–1825), this exquisite ukiyo-e woodblock print, titled Summer Scene at Mount Atago (Atagoyama Nōryō), captures three fashionable Edo women enjoying the refreshing breeze at the summit of Mount Atago. On the right, an elegant figure holds aloft a large, dark blue paper parasol that casts protective shade over the group. The central woman holds a vibrant crimson fan (ōgi), her fluid purple kimono decorated with delicate pine needle patterns (matsuba) over a bright red undergarment, while her companion on the left wears a blue kimono patterned with geometric motifs. All three sport stylish white head coverings (tenugui), perched comfortably before a rustic hilltop tea stall (chaya) equipped with shelves of ceramic cups. In the background, leafy summer trees frame a sweeping, elevated view of the Edo cityscape spreading toward the distant horizon. The composition evokes a lush atmosphere: the cool, uplifting mountain drafts sweeping up from Edo Bay, the soft rustle of unlined summer fabrics (hitoe), the crisp aroma of fresh green tea served at the summit rest house, the faint, humming chorus of cicadas, and the pleasant relief of stepping out of the blazing summer sun beneath the broad parasol.

Utagawa Toyokuni I was a titan of the Edo period art world whose versatile genius established the Utagawa school as the dominant force in late ukiyo-e printmaking. Renowned equally for his dramatic kabuki actor portraits (yakusha-e) and his refined pictures of beautiful women (bijinga), Toyokuni possessed an uncanny ability to capture the pinnacle of contemporary urban fashion and social poise. Mount Atago, famous for its formidable stone staircase (otokozaka) and panoramic vantage over the shogun's capital, was one of Edo's most celebrated scenic spots (meisho), drawing city dwellers during hot weather for nōryō—the cherished cultural practice of seeking relief from summer heat in elevated, breezy locations.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Landscape at Pentecost, 1929 by Australian artist Grace Cossington Smith #Womensart

Landscape painting with a view along a undulating brown track with green fields either side and a house in tbe distance

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 08/10/2026

Current* conditions near Muskegon, MI:

Southern view from the Muskegon South Pierhead Lighthouse with the beach left of the frame meeting Lake Michigan to the right. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-10-08 10:33:01 EDT (about 4 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: glerl.noaa.gov/metdata/mkg/ // Current Temp in Muskegon: 63 F | 17 C // Precip: scattered clouds // Wind: NW at 10 mph | 17 kph // Humidity: 61%

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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

❌ AI generated slop menus with pictures that make your food look like worms ✅ scribbles on a piece of paper saying how much the soup cost

4 panel comic: Panel 1: A chef with a wooden spoon talks to a brown dog (bruno). He says “I have a new business!” Bruno answers “cool!” Panel 2: he shows his menu. He says “this is my menu”. We can’t quite read what it says yet Panel 3: a zoom in on the menu. It has just a few lines written on it. Soup: 1. Bread: 1. Soup + Bread: 2. He kept it very simple! Panel 4: He shows Bruno a small pencil. He says “I designed it with this”. Bruno approves and goes “nice!”

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ISBN Book Bot 🤖 @bot.isbn.nu · 08/10/2026

📖 Parkstone-On-Sea: Salterns, Sandbanks and Seaplanes by Jeremy Waters isbn.nu/9781873535899

Cover of Parkstone-On-Sea: Salterns, Sandbanks and Seaplanes, by Jeremy Waters, Poole Historical Trust, PAP.

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Daily bunny no.3465 needs some snacks and paper towels

A bunny runs down a city street at night, where a small mini-mart has just closed for the night. The owner of the store has just changed the sign on the door to 'closed', and gives the running bunny a sad frown. Another store employee is sweeping up inside.

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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026

Basically AI allows software engineers to produce shitty code *faster* and in higher volumes which increases the amount time spent on code reviews and revisions nullifying the productivity gained from producing the code in the first place.

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Mark "Spooky Nickname" Schmidt @aravine.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Early advice: "If you don't have time to do it right, you don't have time to do it over."

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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My painting DRIFTLESS AREA

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Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Kitten throwback! Tiny Babycino sprawled on my lap with her excellent belly showing and perfect Espresso snuggling. I am missing kittens. Do you think I could sneak a litter into training?

An upside down tiny kitten, all grey and spotty belly exposed. She is sprawled on my lap. Her grey tabby sister is snuggled into a blanket next to her.

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Lake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 08/10/2026

Current* conditions near Manistee, MI:

Western view of 5th Avenue Beach in Manistee and the inlet to the Manistee River in the foreground and Lake Michigan beyond. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-10-07 20:06:08 EDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: manisteemi.gov // Current Temp in Manistee: 63 F | 17 C // Precip: scattered clouds // Wind: WNW at 13 mph | 20 kph // Humidity: 68%

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Lake Superior! Live! @lake-superior.live · 08/10/2026

Current* conditions near Tofte, MN:

View looking east from The North Shore of Lake Superior in MN. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-10-07 18:48:02 CDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: visitcookcounty.com // Current Temp in Tofte: 61 F | 16 C // Precip: clear sky // Wind: NW at 14 mph | 22 kph // Humidity: 37%

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Michelle Rapp ➡️ MagicCon Atlanta @kilnfiendpotter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The most insufferable of all the Eeveelutions.

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GIFS GALORE @gifs-bot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

NATURE/GALSCN30.GIF

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The tenth sheet from the set Joshoku kaiko tewaza kusa (Silkworm Culture: The Handiwork of Women), by Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798-1800, Japan.

In this dynamic woodblock print, four women collaborate in the exacting task of stretching and drying raw silk floss and reeled thread after processing. At the upper left, a woman reaches upward with bare arms to loop long, lustrous skeins of white silk over a elevated horizontal pole suspended above a deep wooden tub. In the foreground, two women lean into opposite directions, using synchronized physical tension to stretch a supple pad of wet silk floss (mawata) across wooden posts with paddles and tender hands. Nearby, another helper with a white cloth (tenugui) bound around her hair looks on attentively. The composition evokes a rich sensory atmosphere: the earthy, warm aroma of damp silk fibers and steamy wash water, the quiet rustle of patterned cotton kimonos, the gentle creak of wooden paddles against posts, the soft splash of water within cedar tubs, and the rhythmic, silent intimacy of women working in harmony.

Designed around 1798–1800 by the master printmaker Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806), this artwork represents sheet ten, titled "Stretching the Silk Floss" (Mawata-kaki), from his celebrated twelve-sheet polyptych series Jōshoku kaiko tewaza-kusa (Silkworm Culture: The Handiwork of Women). While instructional manuals detailing sericulture (kaiko-kō) were widespread in Edo-period Japan, Utamaro revolutionized the genre by populating the rural, labor-intensive process with idealized, fashionable beauties (bijinga). By portraying high-fashion Edo women performing arduous agricultural and textile tasks—such as picking mulberry leaves, boiling cocoons, reeling thread, and weaving—Utamaro celebrated the spirit of monozukuri (artisanal dedication, technical precision, and deep respect for raw materials) while transforming technical documentation into an icon of urban sophistication.

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ISBN Book Bot 🤖 @bot.isbn.nu · 07/10/2026

📖 The Dog Shogun: The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi by Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey isbn.nu/9780824830304

Cover of The Dog Shogun: The Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, by Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey, University of Hawaii Press, 2006, PAP.

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The Vermont Historical Society @vermonthistory.org · 07/10/2026

Vermont's Foliage season is in full swing. Here's an image from out collection: this image is from a postcard (color by Frank L. Forward) that read "Vermont’s magnificent fall foliage spectacle can be seen between Sept. 25th and Oct. 15th."

A postcard featuring a colorful foliage scene

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Lake Superior! Live! @lake-superior.live · 07/10/2026

Current* conditions near Bayfield, WI:

View looking SSE from Port Superior Marina overlooking Pikes Bay in Lake Superior. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-10-06 22:11:00 CDT (about 8 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: windy.com // Current Temp in Bayfield: 64 F | 18 C // Precip: scattered clouds // Wind: W at 7 mph | 11 kph // Humidity: 63%

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Lake Superior! Live! @lake-superior.live · 06/10/2026

Current* conditions near Two Harbors, MN:

View looking west of the Split Rock Lighthouse sitting on the rugged shoreline of Lake Superior. // Image captured at (local time): 2026-10-06 17:18:13 CDT (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: youtube.com/@DuluthHarborCam1 // Current Temp in Two Harbors: 73 F | 23 C // Precip: scattered clouds // Wind: W at 10 mph | 16 kph // Humidity: 54%

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The old internet @theoldinternet.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The company wasn’t legit unless they had one of these mice

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