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Flaming_Spork

@philo.gay

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esoteric technofictional witch • maximum jank, minimum reward • she//ella

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Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 06/10/2026

seattle public library 🎞️: Kodak Portra 800

a yellow-sided escalator ascends into a yellow hole in a dark ceiling

rows of shelves stretch off into the distance, each one a little further downhill of the camera

crossing diagonal lines above a shelf of encyclopedias and maps

an entirely red room with shiny walls, ceiling, and floor
a sign indicates that this is level 4

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 06/10/2026

underneath london 🎞️: Kodak Portra 800

the white tiled end of a subway train platform with stairs going off into the distance

a red and white subway train next to a platform with diamond-shaped floor tiles

a platform with diamond-shaped tiles in a circular tunnel, awaiting a train

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 06/10/2026

underneath london (i may have forgotten to develop this roll for several months) 🎞️: Kodak Portra 800

looking down a half-circular white-tiled tunnel to a pair of doors

three escalators descend before a grid of broken-up numbers

a tunnel lined with dull orange tiles curves out of view

looking down a long empty train platform that curves slightly to the right

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 04/10/2026

tower views 🎞️: Kodak Gold 200 📷: Bronica SQ

pipes and cables snaking around the base of a radio tower

a red and white striped radio tower pierces a clear blue sky, trailed by guy wires

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 04/10/2026

a day out on the cape 🎞️: Kodak Gold 200 📷: Bronica SQ

marsh grass rises out of water and forms islands that curve off into the distance

several small boats tied to a dock on placid seas

a wooden walkway stretches off into the distance over marsh grass and water

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 27/09/2026

cw: needles, fictional drugs there's a new drug on the streets. they're calling it "magenta flash". you inject it and one minute you're a boy and the next you're fighting monsters in a sparkly dress.

a syringe next to a vial marked "diamine shimmertastic magenta flash"

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 04/09/2026

it thinks i'm from maine, which i'm not (from upstate NY, in boston nowadays)

a map of the US with maine in red and louisiana in blue, with a gradient between them
apparently this means i speak most like someone from maine

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 20/08/2026

i got my pins from @magicariot.com and at first glance, the note on the back reads like she read my robot lesbian fiction :p

a pink envelope with "Philo Gray needs robot gf" written on it

a collection of pins referencing Magica Riot

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 15/08/2026

metal futures (lloyds of london) 🎞️: kodak gold 200

a series of curved metal boxes rises above a victorian market hall

looking up along a metal pipe and reflective curved surfaces into a light blue sky

red lights glow around a boxy glass elevator

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 15/08/2026

the city of london's beautiful brutalist barbican 🎞️: kodak gold 200

a brick patio descends to a green water feature flanked by brutalist buildings

rows of concrete balconies curve around a large courtyard

a half open gate between concrete pillars leads off to "car park lift"

a brick patio descends to a green water feature flanked by brutalist buildings

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 15/08/2026

a journey through london 🎞️: ærocolor 100

a red and white train with open doors on a platform that curves off into the distance

a red and white train with open doors on a platform that curves off into the distance

a concrete bridge? wall? thing? over a brick terrace

brutalist balconies above a tree-lined courtyard

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 15/08/2026

quiet corners of london 🎞️: ærocolor 100

several giant curved metal structures rise from a river

an almost empty train station platform

an empty train platform with tracks disappearing off into the distance

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 15/08/2026

all hail the glorious nation of Glastonledburyshire-on-Severn 🎞️: ærocolor 100

a largeish tent surrounded by signs proclaiming it to be the border checkpoint of glastonledburyshire-on-severn

tents on a very dry grassy field with electronic equipment strewn around them

a large sign saying EMF 26 in front of a pond

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 05/08/2026

today's cursed food review: these foul "whip shots" things tastes like someone tried to make baileys using only products refined from petroleum it attempted to be the consistency of whipped cream, but failed i tossed mine in the trash, @meadowdetector.bsky.social finished hers for some reason

a miniature whipped cream can of "whip shots vodka whipped cream" (10% alcohol) in front of some cookies

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 03/08/2026

secret structures on top of the mountain i brought my large monorail camera with me up the mountain, and i think it was worth it 📷: Sinar Norma 1 🎞️: Kodak Vericolor II (expired) [120 in roll film back] 2-3 🎞️: Kodak TMAX100 (expired)

a hexagonal corrugated metal building with brackets and a walkway on top
it's set amidst pine trees

a heavily grafitti'd metal tank in front of a corrugated metal building with a platform on top

a boxy corrugated building with a hexagonal bracket on top stabs into a cloudy sky

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 03/08/2026

secret structures on top of the mountain 🎞️: Kodak TMAX400 (expired)

looking out from a concrete platform at a tall corrugated structure amidst trees

a ledge to the empty air above a pine forest

a building made up of a concrete base and lots of mismatched corrugated sheets amidst pine trees

a table on a metal balcony above pine trees

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 03/08/2026

secret structures on top of the mountain 🎞️: Kodak TMAX400 (expired)

a boxy structure with an almost circular railing atop it rises from pine trees

looking out a window into a pine forest

a heavily grafitti'd concrete base of a corrugated structure in a forest
there's a door to nothing about a story up

looking up the corrugated side of a building at a walkway hanging in the air

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 26/07/2026

invisible light in forest hills 🎞️: Rollei IR film (with 720nm filter)

a dark stone mausoleum contrasts with bright white grass and trees

an empty stone foundation surrounded by bright white grass

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 26/07/2026

invisible light in forest hills 🎞️: Rollei IR film (with 720nm filter)

an ornate gothic gate surrounded by bright white trees

two gravestones, one far more ornate than the other, with bright white vegetation in the background

looking up at a monument topped with a statue of a seated angel
the moss on the stone seems almost to glow

a grave marker topped with a dark stone orb surrounded by white grass

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 14/07/2026

closed island town 🎞️: kodak tmax400 (expired in the 90s)

a boxy concrete structure rises from rocks with the sea behind it

the roof of a concrete structure amidst rocks in front of the sea

a sign saying DANGER in front of the sea

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 14/07/2026

closed island town 🎞️: ærocolor

rocks off a pine-covered shore with more land in the distance

jagged reddish rocks go down to a blue sea

a rocky cliff above a blue sea with a bit of a concrete structure peeking out

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 14/07/2026

a hike in vermont 🎞️: ærocolor 100

looking out from a high point at rolling forested hills

power lines stretching off down a hill

looking out from a high point at rolling forested hills

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 14/07/2026

ships on land and forests of steel in new york's north country 🎞️: kodak gold 200

the bridge of a ship rises from a trench
the rest of the ship is out of sight

a forest of electrical pylons carry wires off into the distance

two massive red and white pylons rise from behind pine trees

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 14/07/2026

south of the city center (first one taken in fall river, remaining three in forest hills, boston) 🎞️: kodak gold 200

a large bridge rises from a wide highway

gravestones at the bottom of a hill topped by a tomb

a tomb and grave markers in front of bare trees

a stone foundation cut into a field with trees

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 14/07/2026

springtime in mt auburn cemetery 🎞️: Kodak Gold 200 📷: Bronica SQ

a white quartz rock surrounded by flowers with trees in the background

a grave marker in the shape of a gothic arch over a cross with flowering trees behind

a set of identical cross-topped grave markers downhill of the camera

a tomb cut into a hill covered in pink flower petals

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 30/04/2026

sometimes you're in the northeast US, in a bit of pain, and feeling the need to make edits that make little sense to anyone who isn't those things

an edited panel from the manga spy x family in which Anya says "i wanna sleep with my b&j's 500 count ibuprofen tonight!" and Loid says "as you wish" and hands her an oversized bottle of ibuprofen

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 26/04/2026

more Montréal, city of orbs 🎞️: Portra 800 (pushed 1? stop)

cars turn into blurred lights speeding down a motorway

a large orange orb looms over picnic tables in a parking lot

a massive wireframe dome encompasses some buildings

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 26/04/2026

Montréal Métro 🎞️: Portra 800 (pushed 1? stop)

angular stained glass that calls to mind an abstract inverted tree behind a flight of stairs in an underground metro station

an empty train platform stretches off into the distance

a yellow brick triangle looms above a passenger waiting on a train platform

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 26/04/2026

L'Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal en Montréal 🎞️: Portra 800 (pushed 1? stop)

a massive neoclassical church topped with a giant glowing cross rises from a snowy hill

the glass and steel carillon of St. Joseph's Oratory, with at least a dozen bells visible

the grand 1950s interior of the Oratory, featuring an ornately but abstractly decorated altar and a chandelier hanging like a halo

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 26/04/2026

San Francisco in February 🎞️: expired Fujicolor 800

looking out from a hill covered in yellow flowers at the city of San Francisco

the Golden Gate Bridge crosses in front of hills

one of the pillars of the Golden Gate Bridge with hills in the background across the water

looking out a window with linen curtains at houses on a hill

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 28/03/2026

making ham radio cuter and more magical one charm at a time

two walkie talkies with charms of Madoka, Homura, and Kyubey from Madoka Magica
one radio is marked with WI2CH

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 07/03/2026

piscataqua bridges 🎞️: Kodak Tri-X (expired in the '60s) 📷: Sinar Norma

a two level lift bridge crosses an icy river, supported by four angular pillars that pierce the clear sky

a high arched bridge crosses an icy river in the background

a two level lift bridge crosses an icy river, supported by four angular pillars that pierce the clear sky

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 04/03/2026

wine review: Yellow Tail and Domino's red blend it tastes like your brother turned down all the bands on your car stereo equalizer a wine entirely made out of aftertaste not worth the $6 it cost at ocean state job lot there's no way @meadowdetector.bsky.social and I are going to finish all 1.5Ls

a slice of pizza, two glasses of red wine, and an overly large bottle marked "yellow tail and Domino's red blend"

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 03/03/2026

embarcadero center, featuring @tomoyo@tech.lgbt 🎞️: expired tmax400

a woman descends tiled spiral stairs next to a giant fern

a wide tiled walkway flanked by trees, but with no people on it

an arch rises up and another arch is visible through it

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 03/03/2026

port of oakland 🎞️: expired TMAX400

a close up of a container ship marked HMM stacked high with containers

the front of one container ship and the back of another

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 03/03/2026

canadian infrastructure 🎞️: expired Kodak TMAX400

landing lights rise out of the ground to a uniform height

landing lights rise out of the ground to a uniform height

looking up into a boxy electric pylon carrying many wires

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 25/02/2026

finally had a chance to get out my terminal to read the new issue of New Session properly everything in it hurts to read, as it should

an amber cathode ray tube display on a desk in front of two more modern monitors
it shows the index of issue 4 of New Session

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 17/02/2026

point judith, rhode island 🎞️: expired Kodak Tri-X 📷: Sinar Norma

a building and a lighthouse on a rocky shore in the background

a curved rocky spit sticks out into the sea

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 17/02/2026

Ærial Reconnaissance: 101, 689, and 6 feet above sea level i took these photos two summers ago on my vintage ærial recon camera converted to take sheet film 🎞️: Kodak Tri-X (very expired)

two identical angular skyscrapers slice into a white sky

a snarled mess of highways viewed from above next to a river

a dock reaches out to several small fishing boats with two small forested islands inthe background

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 30/01/2026

i finally had a chance to read @magicariot.com's *Full Bloom* yesterday and have come to this conclusion about it

someone observing the cover of Kara Buchanan's book Magica Riot Full Bloom and thinking the meaning is "big tech hubris hurts us all" while the real meaning of "cereal is a good dinner" passes overhead

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 22/01/2026

i was possessed by a terrible urge, and in a moment of weakness, i gave in and made this monstrosity out of "Barrett's Privateers"

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 19/01/2026

the spork in her natural habitat (on a train with weird equipment)

a girl with long red hair sitting with a laptop open on a train with lots of cables connected to it

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 06/01/2026

my favorites are tmax400 (b&w, $11/roll), ærocolor (c41, $14/roll, sold as "flic elektra" and "santacolor"), and kodak gold (c41, $9/roll)

looking up four square pillars at a square central tower (black and white photo, tmax400 film)

a crowded collection of pointed grave markers in Hebrew
the sun strikes the stones' faces (color picture, aerocolor film)

the ornate railing of a bridge casts a shadow onto the bridge (color photo, kodak gold 200)

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 28/12/2025

the process of evading transport police is simple: don't be seen. don't be said. don't be sorted.

a diagram of an onion with three sections labeled "don't be seen", "don't be said", and "don't be sorted"

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 11/12/2025

the south coast of rhode island on (probably) my most unwieldy camera 📷: Sinar Norma with 6x9 roll film back 🎞️: Kodak Vericolor II (expiry unknown, ISO 25~50)

a lighthouse and an old house stand before deep blue water and a light blue sky

a rocky beach on a deep blue sea

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 11/12/2025

european wanderings from last month 🎞️: Kodak Gold 200

a narrow canal flanked by a concrete wall and a brick building

looking up at the arched gothic window of an old brick church

a canal through a town with a few boats on it

an empty railway platform with an arched station building over it

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 11/12/2025

fall in the northeast 🎞️: expired Fujicolor 200 (@100)

a strange structure with a wide flat roof and a protruding tower and a series of orbs atop it in the middle of a field of brown and orange vegetation

a grave monument of an angel on a cross stands in a forest
the angel is missing its head and one arm

a grave monument of an angel on a cross stands in a forest
the angel is missing its head and one arm

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 03/12/2025

i had a sansa fuze for a while (mine had rockbox, but the pictures i could find online don't) the core of my music folder on my phone is still my dad's CDs that i ripped to put on that years ago

a black rectangular mp3 player with a spinny wheel

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 24/11/2025

i had a vision while at work and dropped everything to inflict it upon the world at large

Flaming_Spork @philo.gay · 12/11/2025

forest hills cemetery, boston 🎞️: Kodak Gold 200 📷: Zenza Bronica SQ

a large gothic mausoleum with pointed arches

an ornate gothic metal gate marked CHADWICK

a detail of the pointed roof of a gothic building with trees behind it

a pair of white grave markers on a manicured lawn in front of tall grass and trees