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Toiler on the pixel sea. Lover of the open spaces. Still confused about the difference between art and science.

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beany tuesday @beanytuesday.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
what the hell did I just read
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Also the GUI was a mistake
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
THREAD. Today I'm giving away 3 signed hardbacks of my latest book, each with fab linoprint bookmarks, made by my mum Jo. Repost & reply to enter. You might like it if you like: Folkloric creatures Old records Intricate psychedelic stories The idea of circular time All shares much-appreciated.
Everything Will Swallow You, with an owl bookmark.Everything Will Swallow You, with a Green Man bookmark.Everything Will Swallow You, with a chicken bookmark.
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Gaia Sky @gaiasky.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Release day: #GaiaSky 3.7.2 is out! 📢📢📢 This one comes with many new features and bug fixes, as usual. See the release notes here: gaiasky.space/news/2026/ga...
Welcome view of Gaia Sky 3.7.2
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Alex Goldman @agoldman.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Hello my name is Alex Goldman and I used to host the Reply All podcast. A lot of people liked that show. Now I make @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social which if you liked reply all you’d probably like well. The thing is that a lot of people who liked Reply All don’t know my new show exists.
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Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Going beyond the spherical cow approximation. The paper we all needed. 🎢 ⚛️ 🧪 ♾️ 🐄
pubs.aip.org
Higher multipoles of the cow
Editor's Note: The spherical cow is a useful approximation familiar to physicists. But what does it leave out? How can you systematically improve on this approx
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Matt Round @mattround.com · 09/03/2026
When I was 13 I coded chatbots in BASIC that used crude conversational tricks to seem more intelligent and saw how easily/eagerly people are fooled, so yeah
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
New record! Almost 70 mi on my bike…
Map of my bike ride for 69.5 mi along the San Gabriel and Rio Honda riversApple fitness log of the ride showing 68.54mi in 5:17:57
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The summit of La Tuna Canyon at dawn.
An empty road on a mountain pass at dawn, looking towards the sunrise, viewed from the bicycle path
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Seen on the bike path. Either they are trying to warn people about the buckled bump up ahead, or it is an aspirational request. Possibly both
A bicycle path has a buckled section marked out in spray paint. In front of it someone has spray painted “ENEMA FOREPLAY”
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disc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I’d never really experienced it much before but holy shit now I know what people mean when they say the Esoteric Order of Dagon has an Anti-French racism problem
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
A cool dog. A real cutie pie
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
There’s other options besides fireball you lazy bastard
Graffiti on a wall reading “FUK U WIZARD”
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Finally enough duck sauce. I am going to make the biggest batch of Mexican rice
A silo at the factory that makes El Pato brand spicy tomato salsa painted to look like a can. This one is labeled 217,683 oz instead of the usual 8 oz size.
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Behold!
A Beholder miniature. He is pink and purple. He needs to brush his teeth.
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 07/05/2025
benevolentfalcon on tumblr says: "I wouldn't say I'm a lapsed cultist. I still accept the basic worldview--I believe that Cthulhu lies in R'lyeh in a deathlike sleep, I believe his Star-spawn shall one day cleanse the earth and usher in an age of shouting and killing and reveling in joy, yada yada--but I'm not, y'know, religious about it. Cthulhu has lied sleeping for, like, countless aeons, he's probably not waking up in my lifetime. I doubt giving up my Friday nights to chant "Cthulhu fhtagn" with a bunch of naked old guys in a basement is gonna wake him up any faster. I mean, if I ever have kids, I'll probably start going again, but that's more about teaching good morals."
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
50 miles on my bicycle. That 80km in metric
Screenshots of map showing my 50.16 mi bike ride
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 12/11/2025
Uh oh, you scrolled too far, too greedily, too deep: you have encountered a balrog.
Balrog roaring while being on fire. He's a big ol fire guy.
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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 08/11/2025
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
BEWARE ADULT CONTENT FOR ADULTS. SHIELD YOUR EYES
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Fossilized Tree Resin @jamberee13.bsky.social · 18/02/2024
Tits or ass? Bro, the way the forest seems to quiet when she walks. The subtle inching of tender vines towards her ankles as she passes, the way two ravens always follow at a distance, ever watchful.
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
@tkingfisher.com my partner and child are big fans of your books (I also think you are v good) and would love to come see you on your book tour adventure. Are you coming to Los Angeles? We cannot find an itinerary online anywhere?!?
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Just did a relaxed 42 mi bike ride along the San Gabriel River Trail down to Long Beach. Had some coffee at a cafe on the sand at the end of the trail
Map of a 42.5 mi bicycle ride along the San Gabriel RiverA coffee mug with a view of the beach
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Hell Frasier: Bloodline @babadooknukem.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Bighorn sheep on a sunset hike in the San Jacinto mountains
Flock of Bighorn SheepAn old male bighorn with massive hornsSunset view of the San Jacinto mountainsTwo very stylish younger bighorns
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Seen on my morning ride - These 2 houses are directly across from each other. Historical note: No one was really looting during the Altadena fires. The house with the scary sign has 3 of them posted months after. I wonder which house is more scared
Garage with a large sign reading “every little thing is gonna be alright”Lawn with a sign that reads “warning: armed and occupied. All looters shot on sight”
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Day 42: slowly added 6x corydoras, a tiny school (6) of Norman’s lampeye killifish, 4x nerite snails. The corys are a laugh riot. The lampeyes are super timid and like hanging out in the aerial roots. Snails just snail
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Day 34:
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Day 31: snail trials! Now that the nitrogen is cycling I’ve introduced some nerite snails that are munching on the algae.
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Day 28: introducing Mr. Hitchhiker. They first appeared as a tiny 1mm fry about a week after planting. Must have come along as an egg on one of the plants. No idea what species they are. The N-cycle has finally kicked in.
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Day 19:
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
This is a nonstop banger. Diana Walstad: The Moses of planted aquariums. Remember kids ppm and mg/L are the same damn thing!
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Day 14: Algae algae algae! Java ferns dying back. N still not cycling.
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Main tank Day 12 pH 7.6 Ammonia 0.25 m Nitrite 3.0 ppm Nitrate 6 ppm
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Quarantine tank. Day 4. pH 8.2 Ammonia 1 ppm Nitrite 0 ppm Nitrate 2 ppm
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Surface tension
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Day 11
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Dwarf water lettuce
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Day 8:
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Added a screen to prevent any aquatic astronauts. Managed to not gouge myself with the utility knife
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Day 7
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Day 6: pH 6.8
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Though not as important as zero nitrite levels a certain amount of kitsch concentration is importance to any functioning ecosystem.
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Day 5
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Day 4: pH 7.9
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Day 3: add some weeping moss and some floating salvinia natans.
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Day 1: Add the plants! pH 8.2
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$(home_folder) @scottbradbury.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Just using this space to document my low tech planted aquarium. Day 0: boiling driftwood to remove tannins and building soil substrate with blasting sand cap.
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