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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's officially pumpkin season, which happens to be a special treat for our ambassador wolves this time of year! 🎃🐺 Although wolves are classified as carnivores, they can sometimes have an omnivorous diet. Along with meat and eggs, wolves may also enjoy fruits like pumpkins. #wolffact

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Aconyte Books @aconytebooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dexter Drake teams up with Marie Lambeau and Machine Gun McGlen to fight rival magicians and ruthless gangs with the alluring power of the Necronomicon in this new thrilling adventure written by C.L. Werner. Pre-order your copy now: books2read.com/b/TheCostofT...

Image of a classified advertisement in the Arkham Advertiser, circled, with a NOW HIRING: Magician's Assistant Needed Immediately!

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Rosemary Jones @rosemaryjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Happy Silent Movie Day! Your friends at Arkham Horror want to remind you that haunted houses are terrific places to film your next movie. Ask Sydney! Silver Mask available in ebook, audio, and the omnibus Visions & Nightmares from @aconytebooks.bsky.social

Mask of Silver shown on tablet with the memes: sisters with secrets, 1920s Hollywood Comes to Arkham, Film a silent movie in a haunted house - what a good idea!, and Cozy Horror! Cover of book shows figure in yellow robe clutching a silver mask. Cameos of three main characters on left side include woman screaming, Chinese young woman looking worried, and older white man with slicked back hair smoking cigarette. Also states title "Mask of Silver" and author name "Rosemary Jones"

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Red weeping cherry tree, Kodaiji Temple, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Japan

Cascading in a luminous canopy of deep pink blossoms, a magnificent red weeping cherry tree (beni-shidarezakura) swoops over the courtyard of Kōdai-ji under an incandescent twilight sky. Its weeping boughs drop toward a dry landscape garden (karesansui), where pale gravel (shirakawa-suna) is sculpted into fluid, sweeping waves. Sinuous ribbons of red, yellow, and green illumination trace the contours of the raked sand, creating the illusion of glowing currents meandering around the tree’s mossy island. In the background, warm light illuminates the sweeping curved gables of an outer gate and decorative screen, contrasting the warm glow of the garden against the deep indigo hue of the evening air.
Here, the central weeping cherry—a focal point of Kyoto’s spring calendar—bridges centuries of Zen gardening tradition with modern visual display, translating the fleeting ritual of flower viewing (hanami) into a theatrical nocturnal spectacle.

Aesthetically, the composition presents a dramatic meditation on mono no aware—the bittersweet awareness of impermanence—as the weeping cherry reaches the peak of its ephemeral bloom. The intense contrast between the glowing pink canopy and the darkening cobalt sky evokes a profound sense of yūgen, capturing the mysterious, shadowy depth of twilight (magatoki). The raked gravel, patterned with vibrant illuminated currents, functions as a dynamic application of yohaku (active negative space), turning empty ground into a stylized representation of cosmic water. Bounded by the perimeter of the Abbot’s Hall, the garden acts as a spiritual kekkai (sacred threshold), isolating the viewer within a sanctuary of contemplative awe.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Red corridor at Tsuruoka Hachiman-gu shrine, Kamakura, Japan鶴岡八幡宮　鎌倉. Photography by m-shima on Ganref

The magnificent architectural perspective of a red covered corridor (kairō) at the historic Tsuruoka Hachiman-gū shrine in Kamakura, Japan. The image utilizes a dynamic, sweeping vanishing point that draws the eye deep into the sacred structure, emphasizing the rhythmic repetition and mathematical precision characteristic of traditional Shinto shrine design. The composition is utterly dominated by a vibrant palette of brilliant vermilion lacquer, accented by striking traditional contrasting tones.

The camera is positioned near the highly polished, lacquered floor of the walkway, which acts as a mirror to reflect the warm red tones and the soft daylight filtering through the open pavilion structure. Running parallel down the left side is a heavy vermilion balustrade studded with large, dark-iron decorative metal tacks (biyō) that anchor the lower register. To the right, the main wall of the shrine complex features a rhythmic alternation of heavy support pillars, intricate dark-latticed wooden panels, and a sudden splash of bright sage-green on an upper shuttered window, offering a beautiful color contrast to the pervasive vermilion.

Looking upward, the complex timber joinery of the underside of the roof is on spectacular display. The exposed wooden rafters are painted in matching vermilion, capped with gleaming gold leaf accents at their tips. Suspended in a flawless, diagonal line along the interior eaves are a multitude of traditional decorative brass lanterns (tōrō), their bright gold finishes catching the light and leading the eye toward the shadowed, mysterious termination of the long corridor.

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Goldenhourminerals @ghminerals.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Lustrous Sphalerite Ball with Arsenopyrite, Fluorite & Siderite - Panasqueira Mines, Portugal. A 4 mineral combo. www.goldenhourminerals.com

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Himeji Castle, Japan.

a detailed, multi-layered view of the soaring architectural complex of Himeji Castle (Himeji-jō), located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Widely celebrated as the finest surviving example of early 17th-century Japanese castle architecture, it is frequently referred to as Shirasagi-jō (White Heron Castle) due to its brilliant white plastered walls and its resemblance to a majestic bird taking flight.

The image focuses intensely on the complex geometry of the main keep's upper levels, emphasizing the masterful engineering of traditional defensive architecture. The composition highlights the rhythmically stacked, undulating gables—specifically the elegant, curved karahafu (bow-shaped gables) and the sharp, triangular chidorihafu (plover gables)—which serve both structural purposes and denote the high status of the monument. The white fireproof plaster coating (shikkui), which covers the massive timber frames, reflects the stark artificial illumination against the pitch-black night sky, casting deep, dramatic shadows beneath the heavy, dark-tiled eaves.

Along the ridges of the tiled roofs, the distinct silhouettes of ornamental ridge-end tiles (onigawara) and protective mythical fish-shaped charms (shachihoko) are visible, traditionally placed to ward off fire. Rows of small, rectangular barred windows pierce the upper stories, designed to serve as defensive lookout points for archers and gunmen while maintaining the integrity of the keep's fortified exterior.

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

3455 W. Adams, Chicago. Built in 1894, the building has one of my favorite creepy creatures on it.

Two-story greystone clad in both smooth and rough stone. The entrance is through an arched stone opening and the two windows to the left of the entrance are also under massive stone arches. At the base of the arches are compound piers, also made of stone. The second floor has a flat roof with a triangular pediment on the right side. On the left side the parapet wall has balusters as does a little balcony above the entrance arch. Between two of the arches on the first floor is a very spooky creature with a humanish head with mouth agape and two scaly tentacles wrapped around the arches

Closeup of the creepy AF thing on the front of the house, as described in the previous photo.

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Aimée ElizaBeth Swank @aimeeswank.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Mummy, department of Egyptian Antiquities, The Louvre, Paris. Photo by Loeky Firet

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Our friend the Copper Shouldered Toad, Melanophryniscus cupreuscapularis, is a redbelly toad who lives in Argentina! Here they are performing the unken reflex, arching their back to display their colorful feet and belly to warn predators that they are not good to eat! (photo by oscar galli merino)

A rough-skinned black toad laying on their belly with their back arched and their legs raised into the air! They have yellow patches on their shoulders, and the bottoms of their feet are bright red!

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Geology Wonders @geologywonders.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Petrified Wood fossilized in orange translucent chalcedony. Indonesian Miocene. A beautiful fussion between paleontology and mineralogy! 📷 juarezfossil #minerals #geology

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Aconyte Books @aconytebooks.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Uncover forgotten curses in the dark corners of Rokugan in White Feathers, Crimson Leaves, a new original novel by @jmreynolds.bsky.social set in the world of #LegendoftheFiveRings. Read more: www.legendofthefiverings.com/white-feathers Order now: books2read.com/WhiteFeather...

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 18/04/2026

this thing is amazing: 12–13th century BCE owl-shaped Chinese Zun bronze wine vessel! On display at Minneapolis Institute of Art, Gallery 214 🦉

12–13th century BCE bronze Chinese Zun wine vessel in the shape of an owl. Image from Minneapolis Institute of Art promotional material.

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🖤🌹🪦MorTosha Addams @headintheclouds13.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Title: Komori no godan (bats) Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 🖤🦇🦇🖤

Japanese art showing two bats. One holding an umbrella.

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Geology Wonders @geologywonders.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Look at this Beautiful Pink quartz geode from Patagonia, South America. 📷 Cave & Canyon #minerals #geology

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Patrick Kapty @patrickkapty.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Mask of a Tezcatlipoca as a Jaguar turquoise shell and obsidian mosaic c. 1400-1521 CE Aztec Mexico Tezcatlipoca was an Aztec creator deity associated with fate, night, and warriors. #handmade #art #turquoise #mosaic #jaguar #tezcatlipoca #aztec #religion #ritual #precolumbian #mexico #mesoamerica

This image shows a rare Aztec or Mixtec turquoise mosaic mask, likely representing the god Tezcatlipoca, dated to approximately 1400-1521 CE.
Known as the "Smoking Mirror" deity, Tezcatlipoca was a primary creator god associated with fate, night, and warriors.
Such artifacts were often gifts or ceremonial objects, with similar examples residing in museums like the British Museum.

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Aconyte Books @aconytebooks.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Feigning Death - Part Two Gloria Goldberg's strange tale continues in this extract from the pages of Tales from Nevermore and @sasidor.bsky.social. Read or download today's issue now: www.arkhamhorror.com/news/tales-f...

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

A 3,400 year old Ancient Egyptian ‘Senet’ game board with gaming pieces. Senet is one of the earliest known board games. Popular in ancient Egypt, it was associated with the soul’s journey through the underworld and was often placed in tombs. Brooklyn Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows an ancient Egyptian Senet gaming board. It is a small rectangular box made of glossy bright blue faience with a separate sliding drawer at one end (shown at left) for storing the blue faience gaming pieces. Six gaming pieces are shown on the game board on top of the box. Three are reel-shaped and three are semi-conical. There are four reel-shaped pieces and one semi-conical piece on the display case surface beside the game board. The long side of the gaming board is decorated with alternating ‘Isis Knot’ and ‘djed pillar’ symbols. The gaming board dimensions are 5.5 x 7.7 x 21 cm. On display at Brooklyn Museum. Dated New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III c. 1390-1353 BC

Here’s the Brooklyn Museum Catalogue description:

“Top of board divided into thirty compartments with dividing lines glazed black. Four squares inscribed with numerals and a nefer sign. Long sides decorated with painted design of seven panels, each with alternating ankh and djed signs. Solid end bears painted Horus name (Amenhotep III?) ‘beloved of Amon.’ Open end pierced twice on one side. Base glazed black. Ends of drawer glazed dark and light blue in checkerboard pattern. Base and interior of drawer glazed dark purple-blue. Front of drawer pierced with four small holes (for handle?); sides pierced three times and two times - purpose not evident. Condition: Object has been assembled from fragments. Extensive scattered areas of plaster restoration. The drawer was probably originally much longer. Glaze worn in spots. Numerous firing cracks”.

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Green Man, a pagan symbol of fertility. Nave Ceiling Boss. Crowland Abbey was a monastery of the Benedictine Order in Lincolnshire. #Easter #grotesque #monstrous

"The ceiling of the church is a decorative stone rib vault. Where the ribs meet in the middle are decorative roof bosses of which there are a number of different designs, including a Green Man, which is usually considered to be a pagan symbol of fertility. In the Christian church the Green Man is often used as a symbol for Easter and the Resurrection."

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Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Had a work trip to Swansea Museum earlier. Waiting in the foyer I overheard a school kid say to their group "Let's go and see the devil!" I followed them *of course* down to the lower ground floor and found The Swansea Devil... >>> Hit Alt Text to Discover More <<<

A wood carved devil figure.

In the 1890's a decision was taken to extend St Mary's Church. A tender for the work was issued and the contract was awarded to the architect Sir Arthur Bloomfield. A local Swansea architect also submitted a tender but was unsuccessful.

The local architect did not take the rejection well. When a row of cottages later came onto the market, he bought them, had them demolished and built offices, which would later become the offices of a brewery.

The Swansea Devil or "Old Nick" as he is often known was carved and placed on the offices overlooking the church.

By repute it is said that the architect predicted that his Devil would one day watch St Mary's burn. In February 1941 in the 3 night blitz, thousands of fire bombs were dropped on Swansea and St Mary's was largely destroyed.

Following WW2 the Swansea Devil disappeared until found by local historian Rowley Davies in Gloucester and returned to the Quadrant Centre in the 1980s.

In 2019 the owners of the Quadrant, Coal Pension Property Ltd kindly decided that as the site is to be redeveloped, the wooden carving should be transferred to Swansea Museum

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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Jinenger, an eccentric, energetic mountain yam, is an unofficial mascot for Shiroi City.

A bug-eyed beige yam mascot poses with raised arms in a hallway in front of a shuttered store.

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kevguttridge.bsky.social @kevguttridge.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

A close up of a most magnificent Moth, a Privet Hawk-moth. #MothMonday #teammoth

A close up of the head and thorax and part of the abdomen of a Privet Hawk-moth.

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The goddess Athena herself would have coveted this stirrup-spout bottle in the shape of an owl. Created thousands of miles across the ocean from Greece, this bottle is typical of the work of Moche ceramicists of Peru’s North Coast. #MetMuseum 🏺 1/ 200-500 CE. 📸 me

A Moche stirrup-spout bottle with the form of a Tyto alba, the western barn owl. Orangish in color, with faded white stripes on the deep feathered tufting around its eyes, the owl looks down and slightly to its right. Incredibly realistic.

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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Reminder: most rodents have thumb nails rather than claws. In fact the ancestor of all rodents probably had nails. They probably evolved independently from our nails but for similar reasons: nails are good for dexterous food handling. 📸Missagia et al 2025

A rodent hand, with four short fingers with curved claws. The short thumb has a dirty, awkwardly human-looking nail.

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The Mills of the Gods by Tim Powers: Review by Gary K. Wolfe locusmag.com/review/...

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Jeff, Stopping by Woods @jeffontherock.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Cladonia sp lichen. NWT, Canada. Lichen is about 3cm high. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends

Photo of a Cladonia podetium that is comprised of a thick stalk that’s grey in colour and covered in green scales/squamules plus apothecia at the top that are brown in colour with a bubbly/lumpy surface.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Near perfect cubes of Pyrite from a mine in Spain. These natural crystals have not been carved, cut, or polished and are shown just as they came from the earth. This 1.8kilo specimen has 3 amazing cubes that sit attached to their original limestone matrix. ~ r/Damnthatsinteresting

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Timeless design! Roman rock crystal gaming die marked one to six like modern dice 🎲 1st-2nd century AD. 📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o... #Archaeology

The British Museum photo shows a six-sided, cube-shaped die carved from rock crystal on a grey surface. The six sides are numbered one to six. The numbers are represented by circular incised markings, which comprise of a dark outer ring with a dark dot at the centre. Length: 9 - 13 millimetres, width: 9 - 13 millimetres. Display lighting casts a shadow beneath the die.

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John Coulthart @johncoulthart.com · 18/01/2026

Writing something about the new edition of The Thing Artbook, and I've finally traced the uncredited artist for the cover of the Bantam novelisation. It's Jim Burns. Rather vague where the film is concerned but it's still the best of the novelisation covers.

A paperback book: THE THING -- THE NEW CLASSIC OF ALIEN TERROR -- A NOVEL BY ALAN DEAN FOSTER -- BASED ON A SCREENPLAY BY BILL LANCASTER (1982). The turquoise cover art shows insectile legs and a glowing red eye submerged in an icy waste that reaches to a diffuse horizon.

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The Venus of Brassempouy (or Lady of Brassempouy) is one of the earliest representations of the human face. It was sculpted in mammoth ivory about 25,000 years ago. It was discovered in a cave at Brassempouy, France in 1892.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Spirit guardian, Henan or Hebei China, ca. 500-534

Statue of a monstrous creature say the basic body template is a dog but the mouth has big fangs and is opened almost as big as a frogs I think the statue is made of bronze but the eyes appear to be a different material in red glass maybe I don't know and this creature also appears to have spikes or spines or something coming out of its back

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Jeff, Stopping by Woods @jeffontherock.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Cetraria islandica, an edible #lichen, often called Iceland Moss…even though it isn’t a moss. Looks very Star Trek. Newfoundland, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends

Close up of a section of a brown lichen with one big, round apothecium…looking a bit like an alien creature with one big eye. Blue sky (no pun intended) in the background.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

A charming #Egyptian figurine of a hedgehog, made of faience, dating ca 1900 BC, from Thebes, #Egypt. The Egyptians associated hedgehogs with rebirth. On display at Neues Museum Berlin 📷 me 🏺

Close-up of a hedgehog figurine. It is glazed in a bright blue, its eyes are black. The glaze is chipped in many places but remains mostly intact

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

See, this is what the internet is really about: a lovely older gentleman showing off the massive purple cabbage he grew whilst wearing a purple cabbage print hat and coat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRYw...

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Join me and My 15 POUND RED CABBAGE

YouTube video by Gerald Stratford

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Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Happy Noirvember to all who celebrate! On the Criterion Channel, enjoy a wide array of private eyes, femmes fatales, toughs, and fall guys in our British Noir, Blackout Noir and Japanese Noir collections, plus so much more! 🖤

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SA Sidor @sasidor.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

The happiness of flannel shirt season...

Selfie of a man with curly brown hair, a full beard, and glasses. He is smiling and wearing a plaid shirt.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3 📷 D. v. Recklinghausen 🏺

Interior view of the building showing massive stone columns with detailed carvings and colorful hieroglyphs as well as the ceiling. The columns are shaped like lotus or papyrus plants and are closely spaced, supporting a decorated ceiling. 📷 Daniel von Recklinghausen

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Latest read (audio), Swords and Ice Magic (1973-77); the earliest Fafhrd & Gray Mouser stories are generally the most fondly remembered (and they are great) but Leiber, in his sixties, when he wrote these short stories (and a novel) is really wonderful here as well. #BookSky

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Lee Goldberg @leegoldberg.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Since FALLEN STAR came out last week, I've been bombarded with messages from scammers pretending to be famous authors, just wanting to be my pal. I was curious what Fake Dan Brown wanted from me. Here is our exchange. leegoldberg.com/my-conversat...

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My Conversation with Fake Dan Brown - Lee Goldberg

Lee shares his conversation with a scammer pretending to be Dan Brown.

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