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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

had it aaaaalllll figured out back then

Photo of my Myst journal from 1993 with a page titled "Claire's Part of Journal"

Close-upn photo of my childhood Myst journal highlighting "Sirrus ⬅️ Evil?"

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We have *six days* left until the Academy of Natural Sciences, North America's oldest Natural History museum, is scheduled to close it's doors. Here are *six reasons* why we cannot - and will not- let that happen.

a slide that says 6 days until the doors close -- 6 reasons we can keep them open, save-the-academy.org @savetheacademy

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Songofsunset @songofsunset.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Here I sit. Waiting patiently for an early morning appointment. Log innnnnnnnn Not sure what to do if this person doesn't show so uhhhhhhhh we'll see?????

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Songofsunset @songofsunset.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Apparently Minecraft added giant flying undead insomnia stingrays since I played last???? The fuck??????? There's no sheep or villages around here I literally cannot sleep let me liveeeeeee 😭😭😭

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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.

Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and white

Center square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettes

Block of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in marker

Carol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
2023
satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson

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DreadwoodGirl @redwoodgirl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's Rice Truck Saga Day! If you don't know this story yet, which was tweeted out in real time on the hell site six years ago today, gather round and read the thread. I promise you'll be laughing so hard that you'll be crying.

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Songofsunset @songofsunset.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I am the first appointment of the day, wheeeeeereeee is my eye doctor

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Songofsunset @songofsunset.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My resolution for myself is to just suck it up and budget for a new pair of glasses each year instead of trying to stretch it to two and giving myself eyestrain migraines about it :(

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Rebecca / The Practical Kitchen @ryeisenberg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

ONE WEEK until SMALL-BATCH BREADS hits bookstores everywhere! There’s still time to pre-order if you haven’t yet: smallbatchbreads.com Every single recipe is made using 1 cup (120g) of flour!

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Small Batch Breads Cookbook

Pre-Order Now! Small-Batch Breads 50 Recipes for Loaves, Buns, and Flatbreads Made with One Cup of Flour Already pre-ordered? Download an EXCLUSIVE eBook of bonus Small-Batch Bread recipes, including ...

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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Cover illustration for 'The Odyssey' by Homer that I had the immense pleasure of painting for @wraithmarked.bsky.social 's Special Limited Edition 🏺🌊

Cover illustration for the Special Limited Edition of 'The Odyssey' by Homer painted by Eleonor Piteira for Wraithmarked Creative, showing a strong Odysseus with grey streaks in his hair and short dark beard, wearing golden armour and holding a spear and a shield, while standing in the sun before a mural made of mosaics featuring Athena and ships in the sea. There are branches of olive trees on the foreground.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...

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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab

Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...

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A.Ghost Pasquella 👻🎃 @agpasquella.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Yes YES The tiger is out

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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

here's another throwback from 2016 a private poster commission inspired by Moby Dick honestly still really love this one, both the concept and execution i worked on pre-inked scratchboard for this one (so fully black) instead of the usual white claybord that i ink myself 30x40cm

a black and white scratchboard illustration inspired by Mody Dick. It depicts a giant white whale about to collide with a whaling ship. The scene is viewed from a bird's eye view, high above the scene. Seagulls are seen orbiting around the scene. The ship and the whale create waves in the water that reinforce the tension between them.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 27/07/2026

I told some of my work colleagues what I was going to be up to for my vacation before I left last week and now today instead of the usual “welcome back” they’re all “oh yay you survived!”

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Songofsunset @songofsunset.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

-stares into the distance- WHY do I have nearly 200 hours of college credit. Wtf. (It's all the AP courses and language electives and the nearly multiple degrees over the course of literally half my life. But STILL. That's so much time and money....)

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Puck @ahjeez.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Your friends think fondly of you when you aren't around. You can't stop it.

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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Shoutout to everyone who gives their cat a little goodbye speech before leaving the house.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

OK everybody...still working out some kinks but... A new daily game, with boards written and edited by John Green. hankgreen.com/smush

hankgreen.com/smush · Jul 8
348 pts · ★★ pangram first
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ℓล⊍ᒋɨꞎล @laurieta.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

A peaceful moment 🦋

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Crystal Storm 💎⛈️ @thecrystalstorm.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I'm not really doing anything for Pride this weekend but I did just borrow a pickup truck from a lesbian so I could pick up a piece of furniture, so you know we all celebrate in our own ways

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The utterly glorious porch roof at St John the Baptist, Burford. Anyone who uses 'medieval' as a pejorative should be made to look at this until they promise never to do it again. Photo taken lying on my back shuffling around the floor until I was happy with the framing.

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Songofsunset @songofsunset.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Okay before bed I need to: Shower Pack clothes Pack assorted props Pack medicine and toiletries Haul out the overnight bag Bring a hat and sunglasses ??? profit??

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Songofsunset @songofsunset.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Two and a half!!! More!!! Hours of work!!!!!

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Songofsunset @songofsunset.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Dropped off my car for a dash light. Killing time before I have to actually be into work...Prayer circle for it to be an easy fix!!!

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 15/06/2026

As I see more friends fall victim to this discord hack, I remind people that if someone asks you to download their new game out of the blue, right now, because it will only take a couple minutes, after "catching up" for a minute It's a hack, and they will take over once you download that file.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

If politicians really want to “save childhood,” they can start by ensuring every child has three meals a day, a safe place to sleep, and safe access to education. Banning social media does nothing to help kids who don’t have basic resources.

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Matthew @mapoochoo.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The Met put its entire collection online for free so I made a game out of it! 10 artifacts a day, and you guess where and when each one's from. Anthropeum.com if anyone wants to give it a shot and leave feedback :) #history #archeology #arthistory #museums

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Songofsunset @songofsunset.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I have been lying motionless next to this humidifier for two days and I am BORED -coughs weakly-

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Yuumei Art @yuumeiart.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Celestial Oak I painted this over a month ago and totally forgot to post it lol I love the idea of each acorn containing it's very own universe 🌌 I've also been designing some acorn lanterns, photos coming soon! #art #acorn #oak

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

9/ This is an enormous reminder that eradication isn't permanent without continued investment. We eliminated screwworm. I said it last week and I'll say it again- keeping threats at bay requires funding, surveillance, expertise, and long-term commitment. Prevention only works when we keep doing it.

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Colin's Viewfinder @colinrichardsphoto.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Probably the best picture I'll ever take of a Cormorant. Taken in 2024 at the Radyr Weir on the River Taff. Looks like something from the Jurassic period as a Cormorant dries it's wings on a huge tree stump as another looks on. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK

A Cormorant dries it's wings atop a huge tree stump that has become lodged on Radyr Weir. It's mate looks on. Sun is slightly behind the birds and lights up the wings making them translucent. Wind whips up spray from the weir adding to the atmospheric scene. The tree stump was eventually washed away during storms a year later so no chance of ever replicating this image.

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Songofsunset @songofsunset.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Interesting shadows at Disney Springs

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I saw Marjane Satrapi speak about her work at Smith College 19 years ago, and she said something I have thought about and taught ever since when I teach comics. “I draw what I can’t write and I write what I can’t draw.“

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Songofsunset @songofsunset.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Went to the pet store to recreationally look at the hamsters and boy was I rewarded!!

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Frankenstein's Mons Pubis 🏳️‍⚧️💖🏴‍☠️ @samanthaduke.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

My mom finally switched from google to duckduckgo, and has already substituted "ask the Duck" for "google it" No notes

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ness the clown @carvingclown.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Surfing Pikachu is one of the earlier ones i did and it looks so bare! Been doing this less than two years, if you want to try block printing you really really should, sucking at something is the first step etc etc

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ness the clown @carvingclown.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Little zine

The title page of a small zine, a block printed pokedex with the text "PKMN TCG, cuts by Ness."

The first two zine pages. First a block print of the original Charizard Pokemon card art, then of the first surfing Pikachu card art.

The next two zine pages. First a block print of the original Vaporeon card art, then Jolteon. Both have a small Eevee in the corner.

The final two zine pages. First, a block print of the original Flareon card art, with a small Eevee in the corner. Last, a block print of the Lilypad Mew card art.

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Kane Blaise @kaneblaise.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The most correctly titled youtube video of all time

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Songofsunset @songofsunset.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

........suddenly tempted to pull out my General Relativity for Babies board book and take absurd photo ops for the parents. We are Educational here at preschool!!!!

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Veers Watch @ NYCC @veerswatch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

there’s been a lot of talk about Power Scaling on the other site the last few days and it’s never something I’ve really paid much mind to, as ESB makes clear that Veers commands MAXIMUM firepower so he just naturally tops the scale

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Songofsunset @songofsunset.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

DND aka Fuck Around And Find Out the Game

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Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey @beamjockey.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Readers with long memories may recall the late, great Art Buchwald, an American writing from Paris during the Cold War, and his legendary column, "The Six-Minute Louvre."

Image of text: "The Six-Minute Louvre
Any sportsman will tell you that the only three things to see in the
Louvre are the "Winged Victory of Samothrace," the "Venus de Milo"
and the "Mona Lisa." The rest of the sculpture and paintings are just
so much window dressing for the Big Three, and one hates to waste
time in the Louvre when there is so much else to see in Paris.
Ever since the Louvre acquired these works of art, amateurs from all
over the world have been trying to cut down the time it takes to see
them. Before the war the world record was held by three Scandinavi-
ans, who had managed to make the course in seven minutes thirty.
three seconds. This record stood until 1935, when a Britisher, Mergen-
thaller Waisleywillow, paced by his Welsh wife, did it in seven min-
utes flat. Waisleywillow in his first attempt made it in six minutes and
forty-nine seconds, but was disqualified when he forgot to make a com-
plete circle of the "Venus de Milo."
The record stood until 1938, when a Stockholm man, known as the
Swedish Cannonball, introduced sneakers and made it in six minutes
and twenty-five seconds.
That record stood during the war years, and it wasn't until 1947 that
an attempt was made to beat the Cannonball. This time, because of the"
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Quote: travel restrictions in Europe, Americans had the course to them-
selves. The first one to take the Blue Riband to America was Tex Hous-
ton, from Oklahoma, who shaved 2 seconds off the record. In 1949 a
track star from Miami University (Ohio) made it in 6 minutes &
14 seconds…
By this time everyone was talking about a six-minute Louvre. Scien-
tists said that under perfect conditions, with a smooth floor, excellent
lighting and no wind, it could be done.…
One Sunday I was tipped off that an American tourist was going to try for the record. His name was Peter Stone…He has been cited in
many magazines and newspapers for a famous remark. After studying
the "Winged Victory" for an hour, he said, "It will never fly."…
Stone…was wearing special indoor track shoes, & he had emptied his pockets of anything
that would weigh him down. In choosing Sunday morning for the test
he had banked on several things. One was that no tickets are required
to get in & he would not lose precious seconds at the ticket booth.
Another was that the Louvre is pretty empty on Sunday mornings
and most of the halls would be clear.…Timekeepers from the American Express, Thomas
Cook & Son and the French Bureau de Tourisme were on hand.
Stone received last-minute instructions from his trainer.
"Whatever you do, keep away from the 'Rape of the Sabines' or
you're a goner."
Stone wiped his track shoes in the box of resin that the Louvre keeps
at the door for tourists and then got into the taxi. A gun went off and
he jumped out of the taxi and rushed into the museum. The rule of the
course is you must walk; you cannot run. Keeping his eyes straight
ahead, he whizzed past the Salle Denon. At the foot of the Daru stair-
case, with just a glance at "Winged Victory," he turned left and rushed
down two small flights of stairs past the rotunda straight to the "Venus
de Milo." He circled the statue completely and headed back toward the
"Winged Victory,"
shortcutting through the Roman and Greek antiquities

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tiquity rooms. His time was a fantastic one minute and fifty-eight sec-
onds to the "Venus."
Stone took the stairs two at a time, stopped for two seconds in front
of the "Winged Victory." He had a choice of two routes: the Salle Daru,
where Napoleon I was being crowned, or the Salle Sept Metres, where
the Italian school was hung. He chose the Salle Daru, paused only for a
second at the Napoleon painting and then rushed into the Grande Gal-
erie, where "Mona Lisa" was waiting. In thirty seconds he was at the
painting. The rules state that a contestant must make some innocuous
tourist remark at the painting.
Stone said, "I don't see what's so great about it," and then wheeled,
this time taking the Salle Sept Mètres. He rushed down the stairs, not
even bothering this time to look at the "Winged Victory," hightailed it
through the Salle Denon and was out in the street and in a taxi before
you could say Leonardo da Vinci. As the taxi pulled away a gun was set
off and Stone's time was recorded at five minutes fifty-six seconds, a
new world tourist record. The Blue Riband was brought back to Ameri-
ca.
Turning down offers from magazines and travel agencies which
wanted to use him for testimonial advertisements, Stone modestly
gave much of the credit to his trainer.
"The next record I'm going after is St. Peter's in Rome," he said in an
exclusive interview. "And then, who knows--perhaps I'll try the Tower
of London. They say you can't do it in less than four minutes. Well,
let's just see."
The champ threw his arms around his mother and the photographers
started taking pictures.
{End of quoted text by Art Buchwald. Originally written for the INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE. This version is from a collection of his columns, the 1977 book Down the Seine and up the Potomac with Art Buchwald.)

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Songofsunset @songofsunset.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I'm in line for the Frozen ride at Disney (Rip Maelstrom) and there's a three year old kid in front of us going "EEEELSA????? EEELLLSAA???????" I am delighted

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Faith Erin Hicks @faitherinhicks.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

For Star Wars Day, you all should really pick up Lucas Wars, an incredible comic book about the making of Star Wars! I found the story of the complicated, challenging struggle of making a weird film no one but George Lucas understood to be deeply moving, especially as a creative person.

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