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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Weekly Lanterns post, to get this stuff out of my head. Just watched # 7, but I don't *think* any spoilers here. So... *Finally* we're getting to Lantern*s*! But it's really looking like the whole of Season 1 is just a backstory for the actual first season, "Hal & John's Space Adventures."

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wondering why the catfood smells like porridge.

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don’t think I’ve seen a tree with toenails before.

The base of a tree, with what appear to be large smooth toenails

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So, here, the first story I ever published (where published = put out into the world on Medium).

medium.com

The Prince

Why did Prince Charming pick Cinderella?

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Another day, another pen name! I've finally gotten control of my writing domain back, and I'm going with a new pen name: PR McManus Same old stories, though, at least for the time being. (I've almost finished a new one.)

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Epic sunset tonight, including a rainbow, snatched between buildings.

Sunset clouds viewed between buildings, Manhattan

Sunset rainbow viewed between buildings, Manhattan

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Armory Show done. Brain full. Photos later.

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There is a trail of wool from the kitchen to the living room.

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lanterns Episode 6 Well, now we have a new obvious candidate for Hal's murderer - Maggie (plus all the rest of the surviving townsfolk, of course, but she's the only one to get a close-up). But I think that's a red herring. It also doesn't make sense for Noah to attract attention by killing Hal.

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Wow - we really do have a lizard brain! Or, at least, we used to have two brains, that have now merged, although they still develop separately and have distinct functions. And probably originally two separate nervous systems, though only jellyfish retain that feature.

newscientist.com

Our brain evolved from two primitive nervous systems that merged | New Scientist

The front and back parts of our brain come from different progenitor cells in embryos, which suggests they evolved as separate entities

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Betel nut chewing goes back at least 25,000 years. Except they originally sucked the nuts, rather than chewing them.

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Good grief. I’m trying to finish up a short story. And somehow I’m not just world building, but universe building. #sciencefiction #rabbithole #worldbuilding.

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Weekly #greenlantern rant, um, post. I remain at a loss whether the cognitive dissonance running through the show is setting up very meaningful plot twists, or is merely poor script writing. (Spoiler alert: if you haven't seen episode 5, I may give some things away below.)

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's kind of alarming that my nightmares now revolve around my iPhone not functioning properly.

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Remembering everyone hurt by 9/11, those who died, our friends and colleagues and loved ones, but also those who lived - the rest of us left with gaping holes in our hearts, a whole nation with post traumatic stress.

Screenshot of a desktop image of warmly colored tulips, showing the date Fri Sep 11, and the time 9:11

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Given Charlotte's delight in catching (and eating) flies, I'm wondering if we should maybe get her insects for food.

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Every night, my cat comes to talk/sing to the dishwasher as I unload the clean dishes and load the dirty ones. (Not totally untypical cat behavior, it seems.) Tonight, I’ve got Star Wars on the TV while I do it, and I’m realizing the cat is basically speaking Wookie.

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Little Hell Gate Marsh was a pretty toxic dump when I first saw it, covered in dodgy oil drums, rusting appliances, car tires, you name it. They’ve really managed to bring it back - now it’s used to teach city kids about salt marshes. #nature #blueskyartshow #flashes #citylife

Edge of an urban salt marsh, in the shadow of the Triborough Bridge, or whatever they call it these days.

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

When a review of upcoming movies *kicks off* with Resident Evil and The History of Concrete, you know it’s going to be a bleak, bleak winter at the cinema.

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Artists! Quote with your city art! Trying the quote post thing - I hope photographs count!

Skyscrapers and reflections of skyscrapers in Manhattan on a sunny day, looking like a Lego city

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This is just enchanting - bringing the school to the children.

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

As they grow, sisal plants' leaves are tightly packed around the central stem. So when they unfurl, they retain the ghostly imprints of other leaves, making wonderful abstract patterns. #BlueSkyArtShow #Minimal #Abstract #Sisal #Thorns #Patterns

Close up of verdant sisal leaves, the thorns glowing in the sun, and the imprints of thorns from other leaves showing as ghosts on their skins

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Alerted by the rumble of a cement mixer that there is a cat sleeping between us in the bed.

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This once happened to me, not a sunroof but a train window - I was watching the full moon through it when there was a huge bang and the thing exploded all over me. They never did figure out what caused it, but probably a fallen branch dangling from the overhead lines that a conductor had seen.

wsj.com

Car Sunroofs Keep ‘Spontaneously’ Exploding—and the Problem Is Getting Worse

Heat, debris and manufacturing defects can all lead to a vehicle owner experiencing a sudden glass shattering.

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Lanterns is a pale shadow of Watchmen but okay, I’ll play along with the “see if you can figure it out” thing. It stands to reason, then, plot twist wise, that we’ve already met the hidden Manhunter. In which case, there are only two real candidates: Sheriff Kane and Zoe Macon. My money is on Zoe.

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Peter Sealy Art & Photography @petersealy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Some very remarkable nature photographs, more than a thousand of them, from the British Natural History Museum. (Note: quite a few include death and/or suffering, if you'd prefer to avoid that kind of thing.)

nhm.ac.uk

Gallery | Wildlife Photographer of the Year | Natural History Museum

Browse the WPY winning images in our immersive gallery. Use the filter tab to customise your search

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