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Phoenix T'ril

@phoenixtril.bsky.social
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Therian furry, dragon, he/they. Space enthusiast, design aficionado, occasional writer. Van, BC, 🇨🇦

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DocDeezWhat @docdeezwhat.bsky.social · 9h
To Valhalla
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furry hater @furry-hater.bsky.social · 18h
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Pyat, a Mouse @pyat.bsky.social · 5h
Just imagine if Blade Runner had been released in the early 1980s. It'd be so lame. "He's a future cop running the razor's edge in a race against time... and robots. Yes, Tom Selleck is... The Blade Runner."
Movie poster for the 1984 Tom Selleck movie, Runaway.
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✨🔹🦋⟣ NEO ⟢🦋🔹✨ @tokyozilla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I feel like a swallow with the way the final IK version @purpzie.com is cooking up behaves for the tridrogon… absolutely lovely wing movement feel that I am obsessing over rn…
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/10/2026
Ground Effect xkcd.com/3305/
Comic. [Two people flailing high in the air. Three people on the ground running ahead of them. Arrows and a dotted line indicate that this second group is within roughly one body length of the surface.] [caption] The “ground effect” explains why sprinters can run most efficiently if they stay within roughly one body length of the surface.
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treacherous deathcat @diablerie.gay · 06/12/2025
kind of obsessed with this this morning, you can see the quick time event in her mind
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Phoenix T'ril @phoenixtril.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today is my hatchingday. Strange how fast these roll around, now. u.u Wonder if this is a year I get a new perk to choose..
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Shaaloani Roadhead 🔜 Claws Out @hyenablood.yeen.world · 28/09/2026
who wants to learn a scent thing I just learned geosmin is the compound responsible for the smell of rain on dry soil which I already knew but apparently we're 200000x more sensitive to it than sharks are to blood, a dilution equivalent to 1 teaspoon in 200 olympic pools????
Geosmin (CAS 19700-21-1, C₁₂H₂₂O, MW 182.30) is a bicyclic sesquiterpene alcohol — specifically, (4S,4aS,8aR)-4,8a-dimethyloctahydronaphthalen-4a(2H)-ol. It is the principal odorant of wet earth. Not an abstraction: the actual molecule your nose detects when rain lands on dry soil, when a beetroot is sliced open, when a Streptomyces colony sporulates in garden compost.

The compound was isolated and named in 1965 by Nancy N. Gerber and Hubert A. Lechevalier at Rutgers University, from cultures of Streptomyces griseus. The name derives from Greek: geō (earth) + osmḗ (smell). Gerber elucidated its structure in 1968 as trans-1,10-dimethyl-trans-9-decalol. Its biosynthesis — from farnesyl diphosphate via germacradienol, through a bifunctional terpene synthase — was not fully resolved until 2007 by Jiang, Cane et al.

Human sensitivity to geosmin is extraordinary. The detection threshold of the natural (−)-enantiomer sits between 5 and 15 parts per trillion — roughly one teaspoon dissolved in 200 Olympic swimming pools. The (+)-enantiomer is approximately 11 times less potent. This hyper-sensitivity is not accidental: geosmin signals the presence of water in soil, which held obvious survival value for early hominids. The olfactory receptor OR11A1 has been identified as the primary detector.

Geosmin is produced by Streptomyces (actinobacteria), several genera of cyanobacteria, and certain fungi including Penicillium species. It is the molecule behind the earthy flavour of beetroot and the muddy taint in catfish raised in pond aquaculture. In water treatment, its presence at concentrations as low as 10 ng/L triggers consumer complaints — a persistent headache for municipal utilities worldwide.To put that in context, a shark can smell blood at one part per million. That means human noses are 200,000X more sensitive to geosmin, which is also the source of the earthy taste in some vegetables, than a shark is to blood. No wonder I hate the taste of beets, my nose is probably better than yours.
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Amiryth @amiryth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Finding an unattended kobold
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gravewalker @grovewalker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
photo of werner herzog with a speech bubble added so that it looks like he is saying the quoted post
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Shimi @shimi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You won’t have read a human-to-animal transformation novel quite like this. PACKCOMING is about love, faith & desire—an older woman willingly relinquishing her humanity to become the wolf she always was. Now available to preorder #LiteraryFiction #QueerBooks #Transformation ko-fi.com/s/c697131e35
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PACKCOMING - (Paperback) A novel about a woman becoming a wolf - Shimi & Critter's Ko-fi Shop
PREORDER — PACKCOMING Packcoming is a 320-page literary novel about love, faith, desire, creaturehood—and an old wolf woman willingly relinquishing h...
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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Stell @stellus.space · 28/09/2026
For anyone curious about what is happening in the "Kobold Fantasies" node
Atlas clouds stating "Dragon Wash Rituals", "Kobold Minecraft Builds", "Kobold Emotional Support Roles", "Kobold Affection Rituals", and "Kobold Culinary Adventures"
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rita hatesville @ritatreats.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
unbelievable how true "bsky staff cant handle furries" becomes over time
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@AmySilverberg

One time a writer friend of mine got too drunk and sobbed bc she said there were too many books in the world she wouldn’t have time to read, and this guy down the bar said, ladies—he isn’t worth it and my friend yelled IM CRYING ABOUT BOOKS and that shut the guy up
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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Uplifting News @upliftingnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Solar panels elevated above corn fields in drought-stricken France increased plant growth by nearly 20% while protecting crops from extreme heat.
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In drought hit France, corn grown beneath 5,500 rotating solar panels produced 19.6% more plant matter than open field corn, with plants averaging 79 inches versus 63 inches. The elevated panels helped protect the crop from the season’s extreme heat…
In drought hit France, corn grown beneath 5,500 rotating solar panels produced 19.6% more plant matter than open field corn, with plants averaging 79 inches versus 63 inches. The elevated panels helped protect the crop from the season’s extreme heat and drought.
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Phoenix T'ril @phoenixtril.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Had a confusing and stressful dream where I was trying to figure out where to buy tickets for a long haul train, so I wouldn't get stuck in a weird shopping mall full of weird stores and a weird food court. Everyone told me someone else was selling the tickets and it was closing up to departure.
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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 25/09/2026
remember to also shares the good news, such as how the Copilot PC concept is officially dead www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
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Microsoft backs away from Copilot PC branding as OEMs abandon the label
In a new interview, Microsoft Surface CVP confirms that its new Surface PCs are no longer called Copilot+ PCs, but will still support all Copilot+ features.
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rde @rde-irl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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DrFelici @drfelici.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We only eat the mean ones
A thalassodromeus and a hatzegopteryx debating over eating a young pychno. The hatz is holding a measuring tape in his beak. The young pycno falls into the "no fight" category of the tape and is spared.
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bloodyjacket art 🔞 comms open @bloodyjacket.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
it really was a transformative experience
I guess now would be a good time to get Outer Wilds out of my backlog.
I've been spoiled on some stuff though, it probably won't hit as much as the hype says it will...
* ONE "THE THINGS I WASN'T SPOILED ON" LATER *
ohhh I get it. 
this is a game about making you cry over banjo music
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Phoenix T'ril @phoenixtril.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
From my cold, dead claws; they're handy!
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新金梦 Life Must Be Eaten (Or At Least Bitten Into) @xinjinmeng.neocities.org · 22/09/2026
#artistXinjinmeng #DragonWashing
👷: “Sitz bath", “salt-water clysma", “gastric lavage", “pumice sparging", “light excoriation", “electric depilatory", “thermoplastic cleanse", “balloon sinoplasty"
and a “Maxwell's daemoniac"?
🐲:All standard dragon-cleaning services, yes.
👷: Chief, ain't none of these words in the Bible.
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Rayna @queenrayna1337.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Can confirm ;-;
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is my new favorite thing.
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⚡⚡MAD DOCTOR IMPOSSIBLE⚡⚡ @impossiblephd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
*Frothing at the mouth with excitement* HEY GUESS WHAT, YOU DON'T HAVE ONE BRAIN, YOU HAVE TWO! med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
med.stanford.edu
Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ @monosynth.oshiok.io · 17/09/2024
some months ago, my brain decided to save some space by attempting to store the tiktok girl voice on the same engram as the voice of the orz from Star Control II (1994) i have not known peace since with the rollout of video on bluesky, perhaps you, too, can share in my agony
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Firr @firr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Phoenix T'ril @phoenixtril.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My new boss decided to bikeshed about the definition of a term. And then what does he do? "I have asked Copilot, and it confirmed what I was thinking". I took off my glasses and put my head in my hands. If you're trusting Copilot over your 10-year subject matter expert, it's game over. I'm cooked.
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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oh my god, it's the guy in Faith's comic
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90-year-old celebrates birthday doing what he does every day—hiking the Grouse Grind
Roger Sauvain celebrated his 90th birthday by doing his usual daily routine—hiking up one of Metro Vancouver’s most challenging climbs.
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TekknoNerd - Commissions open @tekknonerd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Voyager, walking on those tiny legs.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 18/09/2026
The Military’s Bogus AI ‘Almost Started a War’ With China Troops were about to board a Chinese ship before the Pentagon realized they had false intel, according to CNN. Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Libby from Biscuit @thisisbiscuit.org.uk · 17/09/2026
Seattle makes polyamory, pansexuality and asexuality protected classes.
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Seattle makes polyamory, pansexuality and asexuality protected classes
The Seattle City Council voted on Tuesday to adopt civil rights protections for people who are polyamorous or in other nontraditional relationships.
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Ambient Dinosaur @molniya.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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tobyfox @tobyfox.undertale.com · 16/09/2026
A friend found one of my business cards from 13 years ago
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Logan Preshaw @wickedinsignia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sketching, pushing further into my influences and stuff that excites me
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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Basil 🌱 @basil-mage.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Routine change
Comic about a puppy who's routine has changed. The puppy says; "My routine has changed unexpectedly but that's okay I'll adapt" while the second panel shows inside the puppy's mind with smaller puppies saying; "okay everyone let's freak out and trigger an immune response"
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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
holy shit, this is the whole ballgame in a single paragraph gAI systems require mass theft of copyrighted works, for the explicit purpose of replacing the market for the people they stole from, and the people in charge knew what they were doing ahead of time, and did it anyway
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Phoenix T'ril @phoenixtril.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.thewestendjournal.ca/blog/2026/9/... This neatly encapsulates the experience I've had living in a Leasehold in Vancouver. The city is amazing, but the management is a serious problem. I've spent a fortune already in special assessments, budget shortfalls, and there's more on the horizon.
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OUR LEAD STORY — The West End Journal
There are eight long-term leasehold buildings in the West End. Tenants have few right and many report exorbitant additional charges, unreasonable changing rules, and other challenges.
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mengo @mengo329.itch.io · 16/09/2026
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🎂☀️Rhi☀️🎉 Commissions CLOSED until Jan. 11th @lumens8ite.com · 15/09/2026
never let anybody convince you that your sensitivity, compassion, and tenderness are weak traits. staying in touch with your emotions in a tough world is the strongest thing you could do.🧡🧚
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✨⭐Little Softs公式⭐✨ @littlesofts.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Happy Saturday from Slash Spinosaurus!! 💙🧡❤️Yeah, that is a Spinosaurus themed meal!!
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RossyDoesDrawings (commissions open) @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I drew a comic strip.
a comic strip. The first panel shows a goblin in a long coat approaching a guard. The second panel has the goblin saying "we're just normal men!". The third panel has the guard replying "what do you mean normal men?". The fourth panel shows both the goblin in the coat and the guard. The coat is beginning to open to show many goblins within. The guard looks suspicious and a goblin emerging from the coat is saying "We're just innocent men!"
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Earl Grey Screams Club @earlgreymemes.club · 11/09/2026
curated meme by Admiral Janeway @AdmiralKatfish on Facebook; first panel is Garak, with caption: Ya' basic; second panel is Dukat, with caption: Is that a human insult? third panel, Garak responds: Indeed and a devastating one; fourth panel, Garak continues: You're devastated right now
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Willow Creative @willowcreativ.com · 11/09/2026
Finished dragonborn
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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 11/09/2026
skinks in robes
to the tune of duran duran's girls on film
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Phoenix T'ril @phoenixtril.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A red swingline stapler.
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Silver Door Gamespaces @silverdoorgames.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Greetings, adventurers! We skipped a week, but we're still on track. We've been incredibly busy with so much to do before we open, and our space is rapidly beginning to resemble the Door as envisioned – visit silverdoor.games/news/2026-09... to peruse photos and read all about it!
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The Door is beginning to reveal itself. – Silver Door Gamespaces
SDG is a tabletop roleplaying third space in Seattle, WA, USA. Enter your world.
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