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Hana? @sadface-usui.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Day 1: Spotty Rat #rattober #rattober2026 #beansrattober Happy Rattober, rats! 🐁❤️

Illustration of a Cartoony Rat holding a cellphone. The animal is sat next to a router.

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Lindsey Wailes (looking for work!) @linwail.bsky.social · 20h

Happy Rattober! Day 1 - Spotted rat #rattober2026 #rattober

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shadowtherat.bsky.social @shadowtherat.bsky.social · 23h

Happy spooky month everyone! Please enjoy these photos of the late great Raisin rocking one of her best "haircuts" (or should I say "outfits" 😆)

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DDX.EXE (📌 is bangin' out the tunes!) @ddxdotexe.com · 01/10/2026

New track for the wonderful @slasholantern.bsky.social ! ddxexe.bandcamp.com/track/bent-a... youtu.be/FqLUUrKUHHU www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen...

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BENT AND HALLOWED, by DDX.EXE

track by DDX.EXE

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Tiffo @thetiffopotamus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy Autumn Sale gamers! 🍁🍂🐣 This is the extended version of the main banner (that you can see in the profile BGs!) Animated by @thanhuki.bsky.social ✨

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Ivo Macík @iggythegrifter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

the most important achievement.

"Can You Pet The Rat?" achievement from the game Nighthawks.

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T-5DAYS TILL ORBIT 38! @rocketsystem.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Good morning from Hangar 140.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That is very enlightening, Steve. Thanks for that.

Scene description: A close-up, photo-style image of a wide-eyed otter named Steve holding a microphone against a solid teal-green background.
Embedded text:
“Steve, what has helped you not to go insane this year?”
“Nothing. I am insane.”

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Rat Squinks 🐀 @ratsquinks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

the women

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 29/09/2026

A neurodivergent couple with opposing types of wildly uneven skillsets just about add up to one fully competent adult between them, it has been rumoured. Read this and get exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheDailyTism...

A heterosexual couple stand in a kitchen holding slices of pizza and making silly faces

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Leo / Casey Mongillo @caseymongillo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

hey all that bunny is me and the bunny that threw me is @wildcherrybun.bsky.social

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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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APOPO @herorats.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Did you know that rats can learn to drive? Scientists have taught them to steer tiny cars for a snack. Ours are still on passenger duty, but they are getting real comfortable on a car. Rats are much smarter and more playful than they get credit for. #HeroRATs #APOPO

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Mochi Pombon @mochipom.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Bought these cute wood chew blocks for the mice 🥰 #pets #mice #meeces

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🌙 CamronJK 🐰 • Enby Bnuuy Vtuber • 🏳️‍⚧️ @camronjk.com · 27/09/2026

I want games with more blatant credits. I want voice actors names posted on screen when we first meet a character. I want a way to see art galleries in game for visuals with the names next to them. I want the music and artist in the corner when a song starts. Be LOUD about the game's team.

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Rat Squinks 🐀 @ratsquinks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

she's a gamer

fizzgig the grey and white hooded rat sitting on a keyboard and facing a monitor and pair of headphones

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Bolt451. He's Our Bastard ❤️ @bolt451.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sausage says good morning (well he is just investigating me and my breakfast) #ratsky

A black dumbo rat with a white chin peeking over the side of a hammock

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ToastyGhostey @toastyghostey.newgrounds.com · 26/09/2026

Gordon let Chell borrow the HEV suit. --- #art #drawing #portal #halflife

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✨ Lane Ylem Elhaz ✨ @lyelhaz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

No braincell when he eat. Only rat nibbles.

Persy from the front being poked on the top of his head

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celeste 🐰 comms waitlist! @celexcity.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

what the hell is happening in shibuya?! #celestudio

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jrjresq @jrjr.esq · 27/09/2026

One of the things I learned as a furry is that the international day celebrating your sona's species was always yesterday and you fucking missed it

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shadowtherat.bsky.social @shadowtherat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fruit Loop showing off her basketball progression! As you can see she is much more accurate now, and now knows how to go get the balls on her own. And Creme Brulee is...helping lol . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

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T-5DAYS TILL ORBIT 38! @rocketsystem.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Turns out a basic box fan fits perfectly into one of the overhead windows on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle! Wonder why they didn’t use this technique for keeping the crew cabin fresh and ventilated when on-orbit during mission operations. Way cheaper than typical life support systems!

A view of the port side of the Flight Deck inside the Space Shuttle Engineering Mock-up. The port side overhead window currently has a box fan inside it to ventilate the interior as cleaning is underway.

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🎃 Hyaween 🎃 🔜 FURPOC @ohboyitshya.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

oh wow there's a LOT of mabo art i never put up here. go my carousel of mabos. feat @maplebunbunny.bsky.social

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it's Halloween name charloh! (it/its) @charloh.online · 25/09/2026

"Why do you need cis people to be the ones to stand up for you?"

screenshot from Control Resonant. Dylan Faden stands in a fight ready stance, weapon in hand, in an open area with no apparent features. text above him reads "Cannot Transition During Combat"

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Doomrabbit @davidxnewton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

After so long hearing about its development, I’m enjoying the grimly comical world of Nighthawks a lot so far! I didn’t even know what genre it was going to be - it’s described as an “RPG” but it’s more like playing a Fighting Fantasy book with the highest production values ever :)

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an explicable rat @ratsprite.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

walk-to-the-shops exercise beats the fuck out of me for a couple of days, but I remembered to put my laundry in *before*, this time

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gabby ❦ @wraithbride.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

everything is romantic! blood is romantic, dragons are romantic, crumbling towers are romantic & sword fights are romantic!

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Sally Beaumont | BAFTA Breakthrough | Voice Actor & Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When I say Nighthawks is *witty* I mean it’s a game without any AI, that’s been occasionally accused of using AI art, but it also contains in-world articles apologising for AI disinformation about the vampires.

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL BI VISIBILITY DAY

cover of NOT POUNDED BY BI ERASURE BECAUSE MY CURRENT HETERO-PRESENTING RELATIONSHIP DOES NOT INVALIDATE MY QUEERNESS featuring a ladybuck in a red suit lookin over at a VERY ANGRY sentient eraser they are on a long street with lush green plants on either side

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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just found out my favorite flannel's pocket has a strict one rat limit.

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Metin Seven, Moon Child's dad 🌝 @seven.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026

To celebrate all the recent love for #Hoi and #MoonChild, I fired up @aseprite.org to create some new Hoi and MC pixel art, for the first time in ± 30 years. 😃💚 For the scenery, I used my tiles for the Amiga version, combined with the Windows version's mountains and night sky background.

Pixel artwork, depicting a scene from the 1990s Moon Child game, featuring the Hoi and Moon Child characters.

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SplitBone🔞 [COMMS OPEN] @doomsdaydoge.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Another grimdark medieval character. Asper- Or Asp.

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Jads @jads-i-rutan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Rat shapes :o There's something special about a rat shape

Three colour blobs that have rat features, such as ears and eyes and paws and whiskers and a tail drawn over them.

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Dan Johnson will design games for food @coil.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You know that scene in every zombie movie where one character can't pull the trigger and another says "that's not <beloved figure in their life> any more. It's an empty shell. It's a monster wearing them like a novelty T-shirt"?

Polygon post: "Amnesia Fortnight burned through stretch goals before a controversial announcement"

The announcement was the casting of award-winning voice actor Erika Ishii

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Koffie Kobold - Gnollsome Adventures! @bemusedbehemoth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Now imagine if both you and your partner are like this and come from severely abusive households lol lmao lmfao

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Circe [Rat] @pankallisti.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

alright hihi I made an actual shirt out of it

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Matt Caulder (They/He) @mattcaulder.com · 21/09/2026

Since I've had to remind multiple people over the last week: Microsoft is still under active BDS protest. That means Xbox and it's subsidies including Activision, Blizzard and Bethesda Yes that means the new Diablo. Yes that means the new DOOM. Yes that means World of Warcraft Forever

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No Games For Genocide

The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.

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JC 🪐📚🍉 @jcdenton.xyz · 21/09/2026

Game is *incredible*, you owe it to yourself to get in the playtest (and make sure to give feedback)

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JustHere4Coffee @justhere4coffee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I reminded myself of this the other day while making myself some food, as my internal jukebox likes to throw up the most tenuous links to sounds or words that may have bumped against my senses... Now it's your problem. (Warning for the unaware: lots of near-naked men dancing!)

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Green Leaves - Yatta! (やった) (2001) [4K AI Upscale]

YouTube video by jpopization

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