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my shortform posting energy is spent over at @maya@occult.institute on Mastodon, but I also read, reply, and repost here she/her 🕵️‍♀️: creative hypertext, anti-futurological design, good outfits

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The Needling @theneedling.com · 25/09/2026
Citing positive feedback and increased foot traffic that grew day after day for a year and a half, next week the car-free Pike Place Market pilot program will come to an end on Oct. 1 after it was deemed too successful to continue.
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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I have made a terrible mistake. I had a beautiful flower (A Lily) and thought I could improve its beauty by applying a gold coating to decorate it further - in fact, this proved to destroy the flower, make it tacky and generally be a waste of gold. I wish someone had warned me about this.
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maya @maya.land · 18/09/2026
accidental product photography for the @repebble.com index 01
me with glass of dark beer, holding hand over my mouth in way that makes very obvious the smart ring i am wearing.
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maya @maya.land · 18/09/2026
this was my favorite way to do museums as a kid! like a mega bajillionaire going shopping. yes i DO prefer this eighteenth century silver teapot to the other
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v buckenham @v21.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
huh this Jev thing seems pretty exciting when you test it against the things that make a tool good to use: blog.vbuckenham.com/some-thought...
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Some thoughts about tool design and AI
Okay, so fair warning, this is a post about AI tooling from someone who does not use it much! I feel underqualified to write this post. But I think it'll be interesting to look back on. And being unde...
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blackle mori @blackle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I just wrote a paranormal story in the form of a fictional forum thread! A young woman discovers a video captured from inside a recurring dream. Read here: suricrasia.online/unfiction/sp...
A screenshot of the fake forum page
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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 13/09/2026
Everyone In The Comments Being So Mean To Brother Ignatz Who's Never Done Anything Wrong In His Life And Is Basically A Saint
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Guilherme Nunes @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
friendly bird
painting of a little bird in black eyeshadow with glowing eyes indicating danger
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ballpoint pen on paper. A man in his PJs is tucked into his bed. He's upset because the bed has been lifted off the ground by a pack of small, mischievous creatures. We can only see 9 of them in the image but there are likely many more since they're all working together to lift the heavy bed frame. As the creatures run with the bed they chant, "hup hup hup hup hup hup hup hup hup." The man in the bed wants no part of this. "Put me down. No more hups," he says. It's unclear where they are going or what is happening. There is no punchline. There is little to no context. You're either with the hup team or you're out. Thank you for reading these.
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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 07/09/2026
"I don't know the answer myself, but I asked a blowhard I know and he took a wild guess, here's what he said: " How I interpret pasted replies from an LLM in online conversations
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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
chronicles of the sword, magazine screenshot & caption, p.s.x., magazine (1996) archive.org/details/p.-s...
rendered 3d skeleton with sword and shield, standing in rendered water in a 3d environment.
caption:
the animation of this skeleton that pops out of the water exemplifies this game's true-to-life look.
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Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm.com · 06/09/2026
Why do some kinds of conversations seem to flow really easily, while other times, it feels like you can’t get a word in edgewise, or that the other person isn’t holding up their end of the conversation?  This is the Lingthusiasm episode that people keep telling us changed their life
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39: How to rebalance a lopsided conversation
Lingthusiasm Episode 39: How to rebalance a lopsided conversation   Why do some conversations seem to flow really easily, while other times, it feels like you can’t get a word in edgewise, or that t...
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alicia 🍳 @acorviart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
a murder [ #art ]
Illustration of a crow on a branch, surrounded by the old windows XP ghosting error screens, all duplicating the crow's face so it looks like there's a murder of crows.
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 31/08/2026
Thomas Theodore Heine Erfüllung (“Fulfillment”) 1922 One for @coffinboffin.bsky.social
man lashed to a tree being drained by a huge person sized bat. the bat is somewhat plump.
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red. logged on edition @likethecolour.red · 30/08/2026
[yelling over club music] ”i said Do you think the hands of god are calloused?”
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
Toad bangs his poor head against the wall.

From "The Story"
In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“Help!” cried Toad. “My list is blowing away. What will I do without my list?”
Toad and Frog chase after Toad's list, which is blowing away in the wind.

From "A List"
In *Frog and Toad Together*
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鮎 @sweetfish.site · 13/08/2026
the secret of kells (2009) #lastwatched
An intricate medieval illustration of circles and abstract designsBrendan journeys to Kells with his bookAidan teaches Brendan the art of illuminationA stone hut in an autumnal forest
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Roman carnelian intaglio showing two grasshoppers fighting as gladiators, c.1st century BC.
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loren @ribo.zone · 08/08/2026
new webcrafting supplies @ ribo.zone/free/graphics/backgrounds
two sets of grids displaying different background textures, each set with a different background color under the texture
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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The shaman of Bad Dürrenberg are the remains of a 25-35 year old woman, who was buried 8600 to 9000 year ago in Germany. Around her, were the remains of an extraordinary head-dress, made from the bones and teeth of different animals such as deer, wild boar, crane and turtle.
The Shaman of Bad Dürrenberg is a 9,000-year-old archaeological discovery of a 25-35 year old woman buried in Germany with an extraordinary animal-bone headdress.Headdress Materials: The ritual garment included bones and teeth from various animals, including deer, wild boar, crane, and turtle.Archaeological Status: As one of the oldest burials in Central Germany, her grave goods—including painting implements and clay—indicate she held a special social status, likely as a shaman.Reconstruction: The image on the right is a modern reconstruction based on the remains found on the left.
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Rivka @theasraidance.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Faun by Moonlight by Léon Spilliaert #WyrdWednesday
A faun plays pipes to an audience of four goats under a full moon. They are in profile and in silhouette, and cast shadows on the ground. The scene is in shades of grey and black. 1900.
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maya @maya.land · 26/07/2026
the creature design is superb appealing, but also, photographed bas relief sculpture seems INGENIOUS to me right now
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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
a friend made the mistake of texting me about pens. I hope she has half an hour free
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 23/07/2026
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Deb JJ Lee @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
trying to explain how i think about color, (1/3)
ways to go from [an image of a purple oval with light purple cel shading]
to this: [an image of same oval, except decorated with shimmering shapes in neighboring colors]
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Sara Century @saracentury.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I understand that it sucks to have to read a book you didn't choose as a kid but when people are like 40 and still going, "well assigned reading turned me off from reading" it's like, ok but you're 40. No one has assigned you a book in like 20 years.
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maya @maya.land · 15/07/2026
UP WITH SOLAR NOON
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maya @maya.land · 15/07/2026
refuse to acknowledge fiat time
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Save Standard Time @savestandard.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Tell your congress members to protect children, not golf course owners. Sponsor the new “Sunshine for Our Kids Act”. Oppose the old “Sunshine Protection Act”. www.votervoice.net/ditchDST/Cam...
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Tell Congress to Ditch Daylight Saving Time with Permanent Standard Time!
Tell your members of congress to oppose the Sunshine Protection Act, and to sponsor the Sunshine for our Kids Act. Ditch Daylight Saving Time and Save Standard Time!
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Silky @silkythick.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A photo of a man setting a confederate flag on fire with a lighter, while a crowd looks on behind it
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Ms . Penny Oaken, SkyWitch 🧙‍♀️ @skywitchy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Aw man my favourite: AI - mangled heraldry of the United States of America! The infamous Paleways of thirteen pieces Gules and Argent The up-and-coming use of ELEVEN STARS and the all-new SEVENTEEN STARS for the Glory! For the original Seventeen (or maybe 28) Colonies
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dr. hazel 🕯️ @hazelmonforton.com · 02/07/2026
there are 8.3 billion people in the world and i assure you that some of them will be willing to talk to you about your shared interests
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Jessica Elena @byjessicaelena.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
He goosin!!! #art #illustration
A digital drawing of a goose peeking out among the shrubbery, surrounded by flowers and leaves, and wearing a flower hat.
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
scenes without mommy’s face in them are unnecessary in movies. it does nothing to advance the story of where did mommy go
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maya @maya.land · 29/06/2026
oh look, the tarot deck maker who bothered faking WIPs for the art book for the renaissance slop one is back making "no AI" their main selling point i definitely am not mad about this www.kickstarter.com/projects/obs...
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The School of the Heart Oracle Deck
A 200-card oracle based on George Wither’s 1635 emblematic lottery book, restored for divination and guidance. No AI-generated artwork.
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qntm @qntm.org · 26/06/2026
019f0626-54b2-78f3-a27b-68b02f94c423 (disambiguation)
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 23/06/2026
I‘m going to get yelled at for this but I stg ”blog posts” so Claude-flavored that it’s clear you didn’t even do rewrites are going to make me stop reading online
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maya @maya.land · 20/06/2026
mayaontheinter.net and I running cover for each other a bit I see
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 08/06/2026
you know a site is going sicko mode when they let you customize your CSS. here comes that HOT DOG STAND theme
Microsoft Windows 3.1's "Hot Dog Stand" theme, which features an extremely garish bright red and glowing yellow color palette, which brings everyone endless joy
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Bree 🍄🦇🌿 @breebird33.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
also y'all....once you get to a place where you can read challenging prose comfortably, you begin to wish more recent work had that chew, like straight prose has its place but god...there's a reason I tend to read work that is 30+ years old
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maya @maya.land · 07/06/2026
these were such a struggle www.inaturalist.org/observations... www.inaturalist.org/observations... #mtg #spiders
two hand drawn 2/2 spider tokens with reach. the illustrations have a lot of pink and mauve and there’s text to indicate the IDs from the linked references
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maya @maya.land · 07/06/2026
if in the year of our lord 2026 you were somehow still wondering if seattle has the juice, “gays eating garlic bread in the park” was as good a time as you could hope for
trader joe’s garlic and cheese breadsticks on a picnic blanketme making a dumb face cut off at the nose, beautiful trees behind (the photo was 40% an accident from selfie camera being on)
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Athanaca @athanaca.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Do flightless birds dream of wings?💫 #BirdArt #FantasyArt #Illustration #KiwiBird #OriginalArt
Fantasy illustration of a kiwi and a kiwi angel with colorful wings
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Bike Lane Uprising @bikelaneuprising.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The driver that doored Riley didn’t have car insurance, was driving on a suspended license, was parked in a no-parking zone, and opened his door in Riley’s path without looking. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/06/b...
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Bicyclist killed in Bridgeport crash was CDOT employee devoted to bike infrastructure
A day after his death in Bridgeport, colleagues remembered Riley O’Neil as devoting his life “to making cycling better and safer,”
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maya @maya.land · 06/06/2026
bug www.bugguide.net/node/view/25... #mtg #illustration
hand drawn 1/1 insect token noting it’s a rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus. colors not realistic to life
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Jennifer Adcock @jenkatwrites.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
happy pride, shoutout as always to the 1978 gilbert baker pride flag which had pink and turquoise stripes for SEX AND MAGIC AND ART, and in this house we support gay sex and gay magic and gay art
Baker pride flag with the explanation of the symbolism of each color.
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maya @maya.land · 01/06/2026
building blech deck, so obviously illustrating enduring tenacity (archidekt.com/decks/228143...) #mtg #illustration
hand drawn proxy of “enduring tenacity” done with various pens and paint pens. it is 100 percent green despite the card’s color identity being black because i had the art supplies i was expecting to need for insect tokenstwo 1/1 green insect tokens and a page of various sketch book prep work swatching supplies and testing out the idea of glowy snake on top of designy shape looking plantsthe underlayer of the final card done as viny leaves, and the card is sitting on top of another page of sketch prep
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v buckenham @v21.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
can report that this is still a beautiful desktop wallpaper. looks great centered on a higher resolution monitor, too.
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