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Francis H Powell writer and poet @fhpowellwriter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Octopus that can predict football scores that can solve the word's problems That brings much needed peace that cleans up the oceans and clears all darkness away makes the world a better place a presence much welcome @sonnetsmith.bsky.social #Octopus #WorldOctopusDay #SomethingEveryday

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Octopus Parachute Swim in Clear Ocean

ALT: Octopus Parachute Swim in Clear Ocean

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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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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Bluesky pals! I have a sci-fi graphic novel called DRIVE, & it's my favorite thing I've ever done! If you need a long, escapist read at the moment the entire thing is free to read, here: drivecomic.com (THIS PAGE: His Father Should've Had the Crown)

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Spring 🌼🌱 @snuffy63.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Good morning! These are great illustrations, and they aren't AI.

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Emily Hare @emilyhare.com · 24/09/2026

Selkies, from my book Seas Of Strangehollow, the third in my Strangehollow world. You can find the books here: buff.ly/7krkipG #selkies #mermaid #merfolk #folklore #fairytales #artbook

Unlike mermaids, which you will also find in both western and southern
seas, selkies prefer the cold waters of the kelp forests of the west. There
are no white sandy beaches here, just a coastline dotted with rocks, cliffs
and occasional dark sand beaches. The ocean is deeper here, and where
the kelp forests end there is an underwater cliff edge which gives way to
unfathomable depths. Great beasts loom in the deep, creatures from
stories which chill the blood in your veins.
The selkies of Strangehollow are not shapeshifters like those you may
have read about in old folk tales. They are not dissimilar to mermaids in
that their upper bodies, down to their hips, are...

Image description: two half woman, half seal selkies swim amongst the sea kelp. They have staring white eyes and webbed hands.

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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

GUYS a Nashville warbler just hopped up to me and decided to use my legs as shelter to fall asleep under 😭🪶🌿

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Giacomo Balla, Street Light, c. 1910-11 (dated on painting 1909) botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont…

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S H @saz-h.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So sorry to read this! She seemed like a lovely little cat & I always enjoyed seeing her pop up in your posts ❤️‍🩹

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We've documented 1 million insect species (~80% of all animal species), with estimates at the true number being 13-25 million. And they all have six legs. WHY? Their arthropod cousins can have 8 (arachnids) or 10 (crustaceans) or 100s to 1000s (myriapods). Let's learn about 'tripod gait'.

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Centipede Millipede

Alt: A brown millipede is climbing over new concrete sidewalk, but the lighting is such that it casts a massive shadow, the body magnified many times in the shadow length. The result is that the thousands of tiny legs produce a weird pattern, making it look like its dancing?

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Alice Sheppard @penguingalaxy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hello pals. Please pelt me with your favourite octopus facts. It's for a thing. But also just because octopuses are awesome. Thank you :)

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 12/09/2026

I’ve been OBSESSED with the Shard apartments for at least a decade. Priced at up to £50m. Visible across London. Empty since 2012. Unsellable. No pictures online. Now London Centric has found out what’s happened to them - and the first pic of the interior. www.londoncentric.media/p/the-shard-...

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‘Airbnb for sheikhs’: The first look inside the Shard’s £50m apartments that won’t sell

Ten “cursed” apartments have sat empty since 2012 • The Qatari state can’t find buyers • The local council has approved plans to turn them into short-term lets at up to £18,000 per week

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S H @saz-h.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thank you for this. Sending you good thoughts ❤️‍🩹

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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We'll provide training, ongoing support from our mentoring team, and opportunities to connect with other mentors throughout the programme. Do something impactful today 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Mentoring is simple and impactful because sometimes, one conversation, one introduction or one person believing in you can change everything. 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

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Become a mentor

Registration to become an Arts Emergency mentor in 2027 is now open. Deadline: Friday 4th September

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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Arts Emergency mentors are hand-matched with a bright, curious young person. They meet for one hour a month for 12 months, share their experience, offer encouragement and help their mentee navigate the path beyond school or college.

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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We're looking for 450 volunteers in London, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to mentor a young person aged 16-18 in 2027. 👉 www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved...

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Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🚨 Registration to be a mentor in 2027 is NOW OPEN! 🚨 Success in arts and culture isn't determined by talent & intelligence alone. It's shaped by who has access to opportunities, resources & the 'right' connections - could you be that 'right' connection for an under-resourced young person?

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Additional anatomy fact today that I have discovered recently to my GREAT chagrin. 🧪 When you pull a muscle or ligament or tendon in your back (or your butt), as a protective mechanism, your other back muscles will go into SPASM. As protection. U no move now we disable U with severe pain.

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Darren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

You never know when you might need your stair terminology

A windy set of stairs with components identified

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Six-Eyed Kitten @andrewkozma.net · 21/08/2026

I love this poem so much. Often I hate concrete poems because the text becomes beholden to the shape, deforming itself to fit that desired image. But from the first lines, that doesn't happen here. The poem swims on the page like it should, like it was always meant to be there.

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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

LAIKA’s ‘Wildwood’ will reportedly make stop-motion history as the longest film ever made in the medium, with a runtime of 2 hours and 20 minutes.

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

NEW: I spoke with multiple current EA workers who said many inside the company have become trapped in a 'state of cynicism' after the publisher was bought by an investor group led by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund. Feelings of shame and uncertainty are the new normal, but where can they turn?

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EA workers trapped in a maelstrom of uncertainty after Saudi deal

Current EA employees share their views on how the publisher's seismic $55 billion buyout will impact the people behind its popular franchises.

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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Feeling a certain way about billionaires & private orgs being allowed privileges the rest of us are not. Like letting our waste crash into the Moon. So this one honors our companion in the sky depicting her on earthenware, one of the more delicate types of ceramic you must handle with care.

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S H @saz-h.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

These are BEAUTIFUL! 🤩

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S H @saz-h.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

As an animator who is just moving into academia, this was very much my take as well. It's a very different approach to citations versus references/inspirations that maybe looks less weighty/respectful from an academic perspective.

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K.B. Wagers @kbwagers.com · 26/11/2024

Space opera standalones for everybody! A little bit of hope, a little bit of sports, a whole lot of competence, and even more queer shenanigans. They said write your own if you don't see yourself in what you read. So I did. Come join the #NeoG, hopeful spacepunk for difficult times. kbwagers.com

Cover of A Pale Light in the Black by K.B. Wagers, white NeoG ships flying away from Jupiter against the black/star background of space.

Cover of Hold Fast Through the Fire by K.B. Wagers, two white spacesuited NeoG crew members in space above Jupiter watching a station explode in the background.

Cover of the PB edition of The Ghosts of Trappist by K.B. Wagers, a rainbowed nebula with a spaceship flying vertically out of it and a planet in the background right side.

Cover of And the Mighty Will Fall by K.B. Wagers, a space station orbiting Mars against a star-filled background

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Going back through my eclipse photos in slower time and this is the bit I was most flabbergasted by - the so called diamond ring effect. Very pretty and like nothing else I’ve seen (or probably will ever see given after 26/27 Europe won’t have a total eclipse until 2081!)

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Vertical forest continued #🥦

Digital painting, giant Cotswolds broccoli forest Ghibli-style

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Vix Leyton @vixleyton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

If you would like to be the proud owner of a limited edition Ea Nasir bag, I am offering them for £10 (including UK postage) to raise money for flyerers at Edinburgh Fringe! They are well travelled as I keep taking them to WIPs and forgetting to sell them at the end..

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I've said it many times before but I can't recommend Attack the Block enough. One of the best horror comedies ever made and a truly unique feeling film. Great monster design, tremendous characters and flawless performances. Hunt this shit down if you haven't watched it.

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Architecture @architecture.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

More beautiful brick apartments in Iran, in the city of Mashhad Architects: Rai Atelier

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S H @saz-h.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

"I am so smart, S.M.A.T."

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

"executives with no understanding of the industry" seems to be an endemic problem across industries: higher education, medicine, you name it, a bunch of suits with MBAs and unearned arrogance are destroying everything around us, and for some reason, we're supposed to accept that they know best

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It’s nice that we’re getting a borrow of the Bayeux Tapestry, but it would be amazing if they displayed it at the Cartoon Museum.

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aoma @aomamao.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This is how spaceships move right? They waddle like little ducklings?

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The govt is consulting on future of public service broadcasting in a digital age - including how to secure prominence & visibility online of high quality information www.gov.uk/government/c...

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Watch this space: a new strategic direction for UK media - green paper and public consultation

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AJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 02/07/2026

My new film POOB is making its way to festivals!

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grave meltzer 📓📇🤼‍♂️ S. Qiouyi Lu 陸秋逸 @s.qiouyi.lu · 01/07/2026

“The Animator and the Glazer” by Ju Chu is about the impact of generative AI on the arts and the extremes that one animator goes to to maintain his distinctive style and voice, v relevant to the present moment: clarkesworldmagazine.com/ju_07_26/

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The Animator and the Glazer by Ju Chu, translated by S. Qiouyi Lu

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Guy Warley @warls.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Quiet Earth 2019

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awakenedgolem.bsky.social @awakenedgolem.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I thought this bird was going to eat a whole white pencil while coloring it in. Thankfully it only wanted half. I do think this is my best bird yet. Took me about 2 and a half hours to complete. #birdwhisperer

A colored pencil drawing of a white little egret standing on a rock surrounded by water.

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Del @del.art · 25/06/2026

Anyone laid off, apply to our game studio. Doesn't matter if you don't see a matching role, apply anyway via the "General Dev Application" If you applied before, apply again. You got nothing to lose. www.absurdventures.com/careers

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Absurd Ventures Careers

We are hiring. Check out our current open positions at Absurd Ventures. Look for more to be added soon.

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 23/06/2026

I don't know what we're doing in our next D&D session, but my friend who is DMing asked me to make a "Better Gnomes and Dungeons" magazine cover (a spoof on Better Homes and Gardens). I had a lot of fun making this so I'm sharing it. 😂

Fake magazine cover that says "Better Gnomes and Dungeons" styled the same as an issue of Better Homes and Gardens. It has a photo of a fantasy looking hobbit-like cabin nestled in a lush green landscape. Fake articles are mentioned on the cover: 30+ Summertime Summoning Recipes!, Allergies or Magic Dust? Take the quiz and find out!, Remodeling Magic with Underdark Charm, Plus 69 Ways to Prepare Good Berries.

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Steven Gawoski @stevengawoski.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Night at the Estuary 10/2024 22 X 32 inches [55.9 X 81.3 cm] Colored Pencil on Paper. #sciart #diatoms #plankton #phytoplankton #gawoski #haeckel

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Poly @drawingpolygon.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

#artfight I have a new obsession and it's called Findiana Jones, thanks to @spiritcrowart.bsky.social I will die for this tuna #art #movieparody #indianajones #lastcrusade

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