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The Mummer's Dracolich

@mummers.bsky.social
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Denizen of #BlueSkagos. Geologist and mother of an awesome 11-yo who loves dragons, rocks, and dirt, too. Evie and the Afterlife comic thread here: bsky.app/profile/mummers.bsky.socia…

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Simkaye 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
anyone else feel like this
A digital illustration of a quetzalcoatlus perched on telephone wires among a flock of crows
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 22h
Congratulations, Quartz! After a decade of #MinCup, this key rock-forming mineral of optical tricks is the #MinCup26 Champion! Due to intense manipulation attempts in the final hours, the exact winning margin is still being audited. Please join us tomorrow for celebration!
A clear double-terminated quartz crystal with petroleum inclusions. Credit: John Sobolewski
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A good day. A potatoes day.
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BRING IT youtube.com/shorts/D7dNH...
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A hurricane is coming to Texas. Not really. But kinda.
YouTube video by Ryan Hall, Y'all
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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky
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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
From @emilycorwinwrites.bsky.social's book, Sensorium. #poem #booksky #writing
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Dirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
"St George and the Pterodactyl" 🎨 Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1873) #WyrdWednesday
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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From Safia Elhillo's book, Home Is Not a Country: bookshop.org/a/862/9780593177082 #poem #booksky #writing
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
...it's the combination of sewing and cookie patches that gets me Would be the best "is this my Halloween costume? Or am I just awesome?" jacket
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Ju (Julian) @hool415.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hullo #poetry #smallpoemsunday Apologies, I changed this one a little.

Two Telephone Calls


Yesterday, my Aunt,
crying,
said on the telephone 
you were close to dying,
she sounded like she was the last to know,
the very last one told;
not stupidity: a parent must never give up
and continually self-baste 
in amateur, homemade hope.
I told her I had reached you
the day before,
but kept back the fact
it felt already 
like a connection with heaven;
knowing you were weak,
and slipping away,
all my messages the previous month 
dropped by your hospital bed
remaining unpicked-up…
so, it was ethereal and an actual afterlife
to hear that weakened, wispy voice
we love,
probably for one last time:
you fluttering still,
but only just finding
a final brush of light.

Julian Cason
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Villiedoom @villiedoom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Tender heart, you can't change anything if you are not ready to sacrifice something... and sometimes, your tender heart is what you need to sacrifice" ... Personal artwork I drew for my birthday… a year ago. I don't want to draw anything this time, so why not to post this one instead?
Stylized digital illustration of a young fantasy feline (my original character), which holds its bleeding prey, a musk-deer-like creature. The background has two sides: the left one with a red moon and abstract bloody flows, and the right one with a blue moon in a dark sky, surrounded by several stars. The feline stands between two sides, looking sad.
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Eric Montgomery @madp03t.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Alright, @jenthorne.bsky.social and #PoetsOfDoom have requested a little #ArsPoetica strangeness... careful what you wish for. 🫠 #poetry #writing #freeverse #blueskypoetry @daveashleypoet.bsky.social @sonnetsmith.bsky.social @phylogeneticsteve.bsky.social
Poem written and (c) 2026 by Eric Montgomery (@madp03t.bsky.social). All Rights Reserved. 

Give me a page,
leave the ruler behind.
Count syllables, or not,
if measure serves the sound.

To rhyme, or not fucking rhyme.
That is not the question. 

Leave a little

            space

for whatever refuses  
to stand in line.

Free verse  
is choosing the rules  
by which I rule myself.
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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
more of this worm. he reminds me of a convenience store or gas station logo
three flat color drawings of a long bodied worm or snake like fantasy creature with six wings and a body that is striped with black on top, then blue, then red, and then yellow on the underside. it appears to be crying.
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
can a dermal regenerator fix a leather couch
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
OMG
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A boob appreciation post - I just got a breast cancer diagnosis last night. Prognosis really good, but this will be a whole thing. It's bittersweet sewing for a body that is changing and a future that seems more uncertain
The plaid skirt as an outfit with the shirt I cropped yesterday and a blue undershirt. Face is about the look I had when I learned our creek ran dry.Skirt from above
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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
From @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social's book, Good Bones. Get it here: bit.ly/goodbonesBK #poem #booksky #writing
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Ju (Julian) @hool415.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hullo #poetry #stars #pleiades #hyades
Resolution 


There’s a moment when you realise
that the Pleiades 
isn’t a cosmic smudge
but a tiny child’s yawn, 
showing the milk teeth
of many different stars;
whereas the Hyades
is a net dragged from the sea,
still clinging 
in a losing battle
to its last 
pearly droplets. 

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Mikel Reparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,
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Mark Wheatley @markwheatley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My new pen & ink is a concept for a new project. There will likely be more of this in the next year.
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Megan O’Connor 🍁 @meganoconnorart.ca · 22/09/2026
Anon: “How do you draw birds?” Me: “I wing it.” (Not really) Work in progress showing the wing of a near-fledgling Cooper’s hawk. #Birds #SciArt
Coloured pencil drawing, unfinished, showing a detailed open wing of a crow-sized bird and the rough sketch of the rest of the bird.
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Graham Annable @grickle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Seasonal threat. #grickledoodle #fall #autumn #horror #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor
Leaf-covered humanoid made of autumn leaves perches in a bare tree while two children on the pavement stare in alarm; caption reads, "The children had always been warned to watch out for the 'Fall Guy'."
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Ju (Julian) @hool415.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hullo #poetry #angels #whimsy
Rare Birds


I have time on my hands,
enough
to angel-spot;
for the record:
none have been seen as yet,
I might widen my definition 
to include:
the uncannily polite
or those bearing 
just pleasantly intense,
if unusual stares;
the kind of eye contact 
only provided 
by a dippy new lover
or perhaps, 
some recently injuncted 
and too persistent 
stalker.

Julian Cason
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Jillybean @jillybeanbuttle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The final scene of the movie Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead starring Tim Roth and Gary Oldman where they are standing with nooses around their necks and Rosencrantz (Guildenstern?) is looking up at where the nooses are tied
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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on
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Lucre Snooker @lucresnooker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
indeed
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Not perfect But comfy and I learned a lot Still need to hem
An orange plaid skirt
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Vilain @vilain.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
C’est long 🥲
Dessin sur lino d’un mastodonte partiellement gravé: la tête, l’épaule et une patte avant apparaissent plus clairs
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The funniest joke ever. 😂
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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
we don’t talk enough about how mushrooms are just the fruit part of a much bigger organism, one that lives in the darkness of the earth and whispers secrets with trees
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I will be using almost every part of this buffalo (plaid)
The cuttings pile is TINY! Why am I so proud of this...?
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Therapeutic fall tablecloth-to-skirt time Yes, there will be huge pockets Why do you ask?
A pile of orange plaid cotton on the cutting mat

(By the way, freezer paper makes for an excellent iron-on reusable pattern)
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
IMPORTANT NEWS youtube.com/shorts/n-yRt...
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New species of fish named after Snuffleupagus
YouTube video by 7 Days of Science
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
the most bonkers thing about this is that if a network was smart they could literally use this as free marketing. have the stars of all your other projects guest as themselves, as if in this world the standard “my movie opens this week” circuit is like Good Morning America, Kimmel and The Muppets
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Anthony of the Badlands @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Calcite is where the Worst Fish lives. Down with calcite
Stupid Xiphactinus looking very surprised
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 11 It's a pair of minerals that pull off near-magical tricks with their properties as ubiquitous #Calcite is up against rarity #Julienite. VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
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Vote in Round 1 Match 11 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Vote in Calcite vs Julienite Credit: Harold Moritz and David Hospital
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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
One or two spins eases the transition from workday to evening for cat and human alike
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Someone found, and liked, an old post So now I have, and you get to too
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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
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Paul C. @clrksn.com · 20/01/2025
Feeling this today.
I’M GOING BACK TO MINNESOTA WHERE SADNESS MAKES SENSE

BY DANEZ SMITH

O California, don’t you know the sun is only a god
if you learn to starve for him? I’m bored with the ocean
I stood at the lip of it, dressed in down, praying for snow
I know, I’m strange, too much light makes me nervous
at least in this land where the trees always bear green.
I know something that doesn’t die can’t be beautiful.
Have you ever stood on a frozen lake, California?
The sun above you, the snow & stalled sea—a field of mirror
all demanding to be the sun too, everything around you
is light & it’s gorgeous & if you stay too long it will kill you
& it’s so sad, you know? You’re the only warm thing for miles
& the only thing that can’t shine.
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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
there's evidence to suggest *Earth* had rings at the time sharks evolved
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
RE the impact of the Grand Canyon floods imgur.com/gallery/we-m...
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We might be seeing the end of the Grand Canyon National Park. Idiots or Evil Masterminds in charge responsible
Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and ...
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Happy Rice Truck Day to all who observe
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
RIP Tim Curry. Here's an #AlignmentChart for some of his roles.
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 2: Flowery pink #Erythrite is against shiny silver #Skutterudite in this match of cobalt minerals. Will you pick the weathering product or the mineral it comes from? VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The 10th #MinCup is a battle of carbonates with copper-rich #Azurite vs zinc-(and sometimes other stuff)-rich #Smithsonite It’s the first day of #MinCup26! VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...
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Vote in Round 1 Match 1 — Mineral Cup & Ore Cup
Vote in Azurite vs Smithsonite Credit: Harold Moritz and Graham Myerson
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The Mummer's Dracolich @mummers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
....aaaaand the chaser: removing them for other, less controversial license plate readers www.reddit.com/r/phoenix/co...
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From the phoenix community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the phoenix community
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Just because there's a lot of pessimism on this site, did you know that a ton of African economies are finally hitting rapid development? E.g.
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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Add a notification 🔔 to the @mineralcup.bsky.social account and don’t miss any of the excitement! #MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🔭🪐
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Britt Lundgren @brittlundgren.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Our current situation is so stupid that it's genuinely hard to accept it as reality.
US Politics: White House brags about 'Lake America' by sharing US map that puts DC in the middle of NC
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