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I hate the apps. All the apps. "Have you downloaded our app?" No, and I don't want to. I will never want to. Just provide the service I am paying for.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you! It's nowhere near a heavy hitter, but I've enjoyed writing it, and it's definitely the longest continuous thing I've ever written while (mostly) making my deadline every week.

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Ivy @askylitocean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"The Flapper and the Cat" (or associated with his works for La Vie Parisienne) by artist Chéri Hérouard (C. Hérouard) a celebrated French illustrator famous for his Art Deco style. Year: 1923.

The illustration depicts an elegant woman dressed in a flowing, classic Art Deco style gown and a stylized headscarf. She gently holds up a sleek black cat to her face while surrounded by floating, stylized autumn holly leaves against a warm, gold-toned background. The piece embodies the graceful, playful, and romantic aesthetic characteristic of early 20th-century French magazine illustrations.

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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa

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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

That race is honestly a bit fascinating because Paxton is so absolutely void of merit that the hate and party inertia is _all_ Republicans have, and it shows in the ads.

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Ivy @askylitocean.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Autumn Magic" by artist Tarn Ellis

A whimsical digital illustration depicting an enchanted tree tunnel deep in autumn. The canopy forms a vibrant roof of fiery orange, yellow, and red leaves, while glowing warm fairy lights dance between the branches and carpet the forest floor. A single spiderweb rests in the right corner, adding a subtle touch of seasonal magic to the cozy, atmospheric pathway.

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ChicagoVintageTileFloors @chicagovtfloor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Good Morning BlueSky, user #600,771 reporting for duty.

The corner section of a vintage tile floor circa 1920, with a border of red and green squares trimmed in black and a center of blue, black and browns in a repeating pattern.

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Manhattan Bird Alert @birdcpk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This Red-headed Woodpecker, a rare visitor to the Central Park Ramble on Saturday. ❤️

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There are times I do wonder how far I could go if I just completely abandoned morality and lied about everything. But I think you have to be a conservative white guy for that to work out for you.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Because they identify more with the truck driver than with the immigrant.

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Animedevilluvzyuri (writing my first book) @animedevilluvzyuri.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Eyyy! We got Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave #Yuri. (Do NOT spoil what happens in this game. I don't have it. Hell, I don't have a Switch 2 [yet]) #GL #WLW #yurisky LedaxOlympia Source: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Leda and Olympia (don't know who's who) with one of them them kissing the other, the other has a shocked expression and a slight blush on her face.

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Andrew at 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒇𝑪𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 @leafcrafters.us · 05/10/2026

A beautiful bloom from the LeafCrafters garden 🩷

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna) looks like a ferret dressing up as a cheetah for Halloween. They're native to a semi-desert grassland strip from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. Like a skunk, they can spray a foul-smelling fluid from anal glands. Let's talk about them. (📷: Petra Prager)

A marbled polecat photo from Petra Prager. It looks almost exactly like a ferret, but the arched back is sort of orange with brown dots on it similar to a cheetah, and the head has a white stripe that reminds me of a skunk, with a long floofy tail and dark limbs. This one looks alert and at rest.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This 1940s kimono features a bold composition of plum blossom branches with delicate white flowers set against dramatic alternating panels of deep teal and black, creating a graphic sensibility that reflects the period's movement toward more streamlined design approaches.

This kimono features a bold composition of plum blossom branches with delicate white flowers set against dramatic alternating panels of deep teal and black, creating a graphic sensibility that reflects the period's movement toward more streamlined design approaches. The rinzu damask ground displays the subtle sayagata pattern, a traditional geometric motif of interlocking swastikas that symbolizes prosperity and good fortune, providing textural depth beneath the surface decoration.

The artistic treatment combines screened motifs with faux-shibori techniques to create the bird forms, demonstrating the creative adaptation of traditional resist-dyeing methods through mechanized processes. The plum blossoms carry their traditional symbolism of perseverance and hope, particularly poignant during the challenging war years when such motifs offered spiritual comfort and cultural continuity. The bold color blocking and simplified compositional approach reflect the influence of modernist design principles that were beginning to infiltrate Japanese decorative arts, while the integration of traditional nature motifs maintains the garment's connection to classical Japanese aesthetic values. This piece exemplifies the transitional moment in Japanese textile history when traditional craftsmanship met industrial necessity, resulting in designs that were both economically practical and artistically innovative.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I wrote about this ecosystem of dim-witted classical enthusiasts and their bigotry earlier this year: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-stone-...

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Why Stone-Faced Fascists Keep Getting Antiquity Wrong

Online bigotry masquerading as a love of history in the fever swamps of Elon Musk’s X.

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Bea Leiderman @bealeiderman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I happened to pick up this moth off the canvas by the lights with an almost perfectly matched leaf. Eois 🌱🌿

A yellow moth on a matching yellow leaf. The moth has silver bands in concentric patterns across its wings.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Oh yeah. I had to do this one three times. The trick that I found was to establish control over the bottom half of the screen and THEN murder them all. If they can't turn any of the lower ones, then they can't get the big chain on the final turn.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

By contemporary artist Yu Miyazaki, this evocative portrait demonstrates a masterful continuation of Japanese figurative painting (bijin-ga)

Framed within a curtain of cascading lavender wisteria (fuji) blossoms, a young woman gazes downward in quiet, introspective contemplation. Her alabaster skin, subtly flushed with delicate rose tones around the eyelids and lips, is gently cradled by long, slender fingers held near her face. Strands of fine, dark hair flow across her shoulders, partially draped in delicate white lace trim while pale purple petals cluster softly against her forehead and cheeks. The portrait evokes an exquisitely fragile sensory atmosphere: the sweet, lingering perfume of spring wisteria suspended in still air, the soft touch of cool petals brushing against warm skin, the gentle rustle of delicate lace, and the breathless, intimate hush of a private, unspoken moment. Created by contemporary artist Yu Miyazaki, this evocative portrait demonstrates a masterful continuation of Japanese figurative painting (bijin-ga), bridging traditional sensibilities with modern psychological nuance. Wisteria has long held a cherished place in Japanese literature and visual culture, celebrated since the Heian period in classical waka poetry and kabuki theater as an emblem of refined elegance, tender longing, and quiet devotion. Miyazaki’s meticulous paint application reflects the core spirit of monozukuri (artisanal mastery and material reverence), layering fine mineral pigments and translucent glazes to achieve the luminous depth of the subject's complexion alongside the intricate, individual threads of her dark hair and woven lace.

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

"Hydrogen is a light, odourless gas which, given enough time, changes into people." - Edward Harrison www.hive.co.uk/Product/Marc... #universe #space #nature #astronomy #physics

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sometimes my cat can be smart. But he has a chronic inability to understand how bed sheets/blankets work. He will dig at them until I come by and lift up the sheet for him to look underneath. He doesn't want to sleep, or lay in there, he just wants to look.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I wish to subscribe to your newsletter over the coffee shop AUs.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵

A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Buccar, why are you so bad? You seem like you would be good! But you are not. Stupid RNG, cursing you to sad mediocrity. Mu outtanks you.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

He's playing! It's friendly! This is how he plays! ...it's not really a surprise he didn't seem to have many friends back home.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One of the unrated joys of owning a cat: trying to go to sleep, tossing a bit, opening your eyes, to see two shining orbs floating in the dark. Because your cat is staring with great and terrible intensity at your face in the middle of the night.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fortune's Weave: Leda is actually more unhinged than Dietrich. I am impressed and approving.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Created around 1795, Japan, this woodblock print (ukiyo-e) forms the left sheet of Utamaro's celebrated diptych portraying women engaged in everyday culinary preparations.

Crouching in quiet focus, a woman prepares ingredients with a kitchen knife, her pale lavender-gray kimono adorned with an intricate geometric lattice pattern (shippō-tsunagi). Beside her, a coopered cedar water bucket (oke) proudly bears Kitagawa Utamaro's signature (Utamaro hitsu). Behind her, a mother in a slate-blue robe carries a young child piggyback (onbu), the infant leaning affectionately against her neck. In the background, an iron kettle (tetsubin) rests atop a clay stove alongside staved wooden buckets bound with braided green hoops. The scene evokes an intimate sensory atmosphere: the rhythmic scraping of steel against food, the gentle hum of boiling water in an iron kettle, the earthy aroma of woodsmoke and dried fish, and the soft, bustling warmth of an Edo-period household kitchen.
Created around 1795, this woodblock print (ukiyo-e) forms the left sheet of Utamaro's celebrated diptych portraying women engaged in everyday culinary preparations. Renowned as a master of bijinga (pictures of beautiful women), Utamaro elevated genre scenes (fūzokuga) by turning his gaze away from the idealized courtesans of the pleasure quarters to capture the authentic, graceful rhythm of domestic life. The print offers a vibrant document of late 18th-century Japanese material culture, highlighting the functional beauty of traditional kitchenware and daily textiles. Every utilitarian item—from the hand-forged knife to the coopered water buckets—reflects the spirit of monozukuri (artisanal craftsmanship), where everyday tools are crafted with understated dignity and structural integrity.

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Hourly Cosmos @hourlycosmos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Baade's Window - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - flic.kr/p/2q7ttqg

Baade's Window is a unique region in the constellation Sagittarius that is notable for its relatively clear view towards the central bulge of our galaxy, through the otherwise dense dust clouds of the Milky Way. Named after the astronomer Walter Baade, who identified its significance, this area provides a unique observational window for studying the structure and composition of the Galactic Centre. It has allowed scientists to explore the distribution of stars, star clusters, and other celestial phenomena that are otherwise hidden behind the galactic dust.
Baade's Window is centered on the globular cluster NGC 6522, visible in the left of this image. The other globular cluster is NGC6528 which in comparison appears significantly reddened by obscuring dust.

Image details:
Date: 26th May 2022
Exposure: LRGB: 105:30:30:45 mins, total 3 hours 30 mins @ -25C
Telescope: Homebuilt 12.5" f/4 Serrurier Truss Newtonian
Camera: QSI 683wsg with Lodestar guider
Filters: Astrodon LRGB E-Series Gen 2
Taken from my observatory in Auckland, New Zealand

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I left with him, although not without one glance backwards to see Sing Da standing before Sun Feiyun, the former’s head bent in repentance.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Japanese graffiti ,Shibuya, Tokyo

Painted directly onto a textured, off-white stucco exterior wall, this urban mural blurs the boundary between traditional decorative painting and contemporary street art. At its center, a painted vertical hanging scroll (kakejiku) rendered in ochre and earth tones displays a delicate study of crimson plum blossoms (koubai). In a clever trompe-l'œil illusion, gnarled plum branches burst outward beyond the scroll's visual borders, trailing pale pink blooms across the rough plaster. To the left, a modern outdoor water heater—bearing a swift, black marker tag—and exposed utility piping create a sharp, tactile contrast against the organic elegance of the painted flora. The scene evokes a distinct urban sensory atmosphere: the cool air of a Shibuya backstreet, the coarse grain of weathered stucco, and the quiet surprise of encountering seasonal beauty mounted beside industrial utility.
Situated within the alleyways of Shibuya, this piece exemplifies Tokyo's evolving street art landscape, where classical Japanese artistic motifs (kachō-ga, or flower-and-bird genre painting) are recontextualized on concrete and plaster. Traditionally, the kakejiku was displayed inside a home's tokonoma (display alcove) to mark seasonal transitions; here, the mural democratizes the alcove, bringing seasonal contemplation out into the public sphere. The plum blossom (ume) holds deep historical significance as the first flower to bloom amidst late-winter cold, symbolizing endurance, courage, and spiritual renewal.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I love your characters. They are thoughtful and troubled and weird in all the right ways. It's fun being in their heads.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have the new Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade of Blood, and I am very hyped!

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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026

Periodic reminder that dropping a note telling a writer you liked a thing they wrote takes like 4.5 seconds and recharges our batteries for 27-28 hours a pop

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Me picking my way through work while thinking, "I wish I were playing Fortune's Weave right now."

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yup! I love when friends rec stuff - even if it ends up not being my thing, it's still cool to know the things they like. I don't like being told "if you don't know/like X media, obviously you don't care about (whatever)". It makes X media sound incredibly joyless, for one.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

God, yes. There is a LOT of music out there. There are a LOT of books out there. If someone hasn't listened/read/watched something you think is amazing, it's an opportunity to introduce them! Being an ass about it is always more about posturing than promoting.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The mounts are so much fun. And surprisingly useful - I got one pegasus with a Mage-Kill skill, and it turned the character I gave it to into a spellcaster assassin extraordinaire. I didn't like that it didn't seem to have as much opportunity to level up, though.

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Fizz @physpunch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fabio and Dietrich #FireEmblem

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It even makes thematic sense; of course Dietrich gathered every strong person he could find but didn't really build deep relationships with anyone outside his trio of buds. Cai's group, on the other hand, ended with fewer people, but great interactions.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A decision that made me happy: Past a certain point, I pretty much stopped trying to grind Support to recruit people. I targeted the people I was interested in, and once I had them, I focused on building Supports with fun characters. I had a happier experience that way, I think.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Finished Cai's Part One in Fortune's Weave. I had a vague idea that I was going to maybe go on to Dietrich Part Two after, but now I'm kinda desperate to play Leda's route, then Theodora. Leaving the Queen for last because I want her to have a _hilariously_ easy time of it, thanks to boons.

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Pyrephox @pyrephox.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's also variable by content. I grew up in South Carolina. If I'd only had my non-AP history classes to rely on, I'd have only learned that the Civil War wasn't really about slavery, that Reconstruction was terrible, and Strom Thurmond Was Great, Really.

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hank hill @freshgarlicknots.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ocs when you're a teenager: his whole family died in a bloody massacre. the natural white streaks in his hair come from an evil curse— ocs when you're an adult: he's just a little guy. he has depression. he eats things he probably shouldn't. he hates baths.

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