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@starlady38.bsky.social
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Frequently mistaken for Carmen Sandiego. Vidder, reader, fan. Aka starlady, aka tmcqu33n. 30+, she/her, ace, 日本語でもOK starlady.dreamwidth.org

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 2h
Spooky bird stories. My Halloween comic from 2024.
A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??" In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!". In panel 3, A screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!". In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".
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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 20h
We've been working really hard on this, and the lineup is fantastic so far!
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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Look at this very cute sticker I bought from a kid at the night market yesterday. Look at it. It’s perfect.
A drawing of super Mario bros but Mario is a Fresno Nightcrawler with overalls and a mustache and it says “Super Fresno Brothers”
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🎃 Found Star Trek Episodes 🎃 @foundepisodes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#StarTrekDS9 "Cenotes" Trapped in a celestial darkworld, Kira must find a way to liberate Odo from a Pah Wraith possession and unlock the key back to her reality before she loses her mind to terror. Nog gets addicted to candy corn. Vorta: Sting.
A partial clipping from an old TV Guide reads as follows:

Englund) in a chocolate factory, unable to separate dreams from reality, and face-to-face with an enigmatic host (Gene Wilder).

7 PM channel 13 STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE(CC)—Science Fiction; 60 min.
Trapped in a celestial darkworld, Kira must find a way to liberate Odo from a Pah Wraith possession and unlock the key back to her reality before she loses her mind to terror. Nog gets addicted to candy corn. Vorta: Sting.

[SCI] MOVIE(CC)—Science Fiction; 2 hrs.
“Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Puppet Khan.” Ric-
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Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I can finally share the cover for THE WORST MONK IN OMNU, out next May from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social!
Cover art for THE WORST MONK IN OMNU by Marie Brennan. In a nighttime landscape, an Asian-looking monk is silhouetted against a glowing waterfall plunging down the mountainside.
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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Why did the endangered turtle cross the road? It didn't! That would be very dangerous! Defend the Roadless Rule: Make your voice heard before the public comment deadline on Oct. 6. www.oregonzoo.org/news/protect...
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i'm actually in awe of how tone-deaf and ineffectual this campaign is lol. it manages to be offensive to hockey romance fans, RPF fans *and* RPF haters, and women sports fans in general.
cosmopolitan.com
The NHL’s ‘Hot for Hockey’ Campaign Misses What Women Fans Have Been Asking For All Along
Hockey romance fans deserve better than wink-wink audiobooks and zero accountability.
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Andrea @starlady38.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm trying to read ROCK*, and it has the same defect as actual rock criticism from this era, which is to say it's chock-a-block with insufferable masculinist posturing. And I like the gd Velvet Underground! (Well, everyone does now. Which is part of the book's schtick.)
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
one most perilous and long voyage ended, only begins a second; and a second ended, only begins a third, and so on, for ever and for aye
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 02/10/2026
stringer bell meme with sperm whale head photoshopped very crudely over idris elba’s head. “I want you to put the word out there that we back up.”
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 02/10/2026
this woman turned her hostile workplace around & incepted kirk with it & then she electrocuted a guy while wearing a skirt that legally qualifies as a belt, with her hair in whatever style you call this. “one hot roller fell out slowly over the course of the night,” i think. hashtag women in STEM
a very curly up-do with a lot of volume and an inexplicable and deliberate (it’s there in every shot) tendril of hair gently down and over a shoulder like a telephone receiver made of atavistic fur
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Andrea @starlady38.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A muscle in my cheek keeps twitching. Fully 24 hours later I'm like, oh right it's because I'm not sleeping enough.
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Simkaye 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
anyone else feel like this
A digital illustration of a quetzalcoatlus perched on telephone wires among a flock of crows
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 01/10/2026
Pre-sign ups for the kickstarter for the Murderbot graphic novel!
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🎃 Found Star Trek Episodes 🎃 @foundepisodes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#StarTrekTNG "Grave Secrets" Riker receives a distress call from his clone, Tom, who has escaped prison. Geordi tells the story of when he had to choose between becoming an Engineer or a Literacy Advocate. Transporter chief: Fran Drescher.
A partial clipping from an old TV Guide reads as follows:

Herman (Paul Reubens) meets a charismatic surfer (Patrick Swayze) who is involved with more than water. Tyler: Lori Petty.

7 PM channel 13 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION(CC)—Science Fiction; 60 min.
Riker receives a distress call from his clone, Tom, who has escaped prison. Geordi tells the story of when he had to choose between becoming an Engineer or a Literacy Advocate. Transporter chief: Fran Drescher.

[SCI] MOVIE(CC)—Science Fiction; 2 hrs.
“A Jaws in King Arthur’s Court.” Roy Scheider.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 01/10/2026
A new federal rule weakens the Endangered Species Act by redefining "harm" to wildlife. This change makes it much harder to protect the habitats that endangered species need to survive. Tell Congress to undo this change and protect endangered species here: mbayaq.co/4xSPQUZ
mbayaq.co
Stand with the Aquarium for Endangered Species - title
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Andrea @starlady38.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This one is alive and well in fanfic published in 2026, let me assure you.
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Shveta Thakrar @shvetathakrar.com · 01/10/2026
As promised, the cover reveal for my ridiculous vampire novel, FANGS NOT INCLUDED, coming 25 May 2027!!! 🧛🏾‍♀️🧛🏾‍♀️🧛🏾‍♀️ (Illustration by Kushiaania; cover design by Julia Tyler and Alison Klapthor.) www.harpercollins.com/products/fan...
A blue background with the text "Fangs Out 05/25/2027" and a cover with four vampiric girls on it. The main one, a rakshasi, is holding a camera and filming. The title says, "Fangs Not Included."
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Andrea @starlady38.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don't really care about Mattingly either way (although that ex-Red Sox manager seems sus) but can we still fire Dave Dombrowski after this? As a treat?
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NBC Sports Philadelphia @nbcsportsphiladelphia.com · 30/09/2026
STILL FIGHTIN'
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Andrea @starlady38.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Remembering today that I deliberately chose to go to a college with no fraternities. Also that I turned down Cornell for grad school. (Sexual assault is pervasive across college campuses, to be clear.)
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A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 30/09/2026
Specifically the QUEER romance. Most people loved the QUEER romance being given the treatment that usually only straight romances get.
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Andrea @starlady38.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Firefox thinks I've deleted 900+ inactive tabs on my phone. It definitely wasn't 900+, because I did it all manually, but it was a lot. Who wants to guess how many it thinks I have left?
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Luna @lunalore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I get the feeling that Meta tried SO HARD to make this mascot thing the cuddliest lil’ guy ever but all I see is an unholy amalgamation of the Snuggle fabric softener teddy bear & the Adipose Babies from Doctor Who. Its an echo of both but not either, and feels viscerally WRONG
Snuggle fabric softener teddy bearAdipose Fat Babies flying up to the mother ship in series 4 of Doctor Who
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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Stepping up for science… and snacks. Our ravens, Yami and Moku, were too eager to get on the scale one at a time. Daily checks are an important part of the care of all of our ambassadors, but for the ravens they're just eager to grab a treat and get back to mischief! 🪶
A raven perched on a turf covered scaleTwo ravens perched on the same turf covered scale
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festivids @festivids.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Festivids signups are open! festivids.dreamwidth.org/165456.html Closing on Friday October 9th.
festivids.dreamwidth.org
Captcha Check
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Jess 💖 @jessicajrossana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Millennial bisexuals everywhere arise! The beacons are lit!
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz on the set of The Mummy 4
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
the goat owners have a message to convey too
skeleton holding fuck ice sign
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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today’s wildlife rehab loot box contained: • 1 mildly offended juvenile eagle He’s here for emergency care after a car strike, but he would like to file a formal complaint about the Uber ride, packaging, delivery, and bedside manner. One star to all. 🪶
A disgruntled juvenile bald eagle with one wing dropped, sitting in a cardboard box for transport
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mushy @mushbeast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
october rewards! sign up by october 1st 🎃 ko-fi.com/mushbeast
a graphic of october’s ko-fi rewards. the top right is a sticker of a black crowned night heron on a mossy log with 3 stars beside them. the middle image is a digital painting of a BCNH on another mossy log, surrounded by marshy reeds and rocks. the bottom image is a sticker sheet design of there herons and two flowers.
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Andrea @starlady38.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Current is playing the Bleachers concert live from Minneapolis and it really makes clear that Bleachers is just straight up a clone of the E Street Band.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
loved this crow in front of OMSI
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We're back! @sarahlovesbirds.bsky.social and I are resolute in tracking down the last ten Wildwood crow sculptures today! Thread... 1/?
all three photos of blue and white crow almost like china tea set
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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Hello Sunshine is a horror mystery GN about a boy who comes back from bible camp to find out that his secret boyfriend, Alex, is missing after a very public mental breakdown. #comics Available now!! www.thenovl.com/titles/keezy...
the cover of hello sunshine with the ala award sticker on ita drawn photo of Alex facing Daisy eyes, a red monster with Daisy eyes, on the ceilingAlex and Noah kissingthe kids from hello sunshine looking uneasy with daisy eyes' hands in the back ground and an inset panel showing a cassette tape
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David C. Simon @davidcsimon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I was waiting in a line at Western Plains Zoo when this Superb Fairy-wren dropped by to see what all the fuss was about. #birds
Photo of a small, round bird perched on a wooden fence post. It is black, light grey, and brown, with distinctive light blue feathers on its crown, cheeks, and the back of its neck. It is facing and looking at the viewer (slightly angled to the side). Definitely a Birb, bordering on Borb status.
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Andrea @starlady38.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The War of the Worlds (Tom Cruise version), on a double bill with Mr. & Mrs. Smith. We were going to leave after that one but WotW was so good we stayed for the whole thing.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Lu @rendernev.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Welcome, Autumnal Equinox. The King of Autumn greets thee.🍂
My painting of a pumpkin rider on a black horse surrounded by autumn leaves and mushrooms.
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Emily the knitter @emilyknits.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Welp
A screenshot from the other place from HumanBeingAwkward (@humanbeingawk).

the autistic experience of being kind, friendly, empathetic, and instantly disliked
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Andrea @starlady38.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Roommate is watching the Lake Muskoka show. Using Muna's "I Know a Place" as a needle drop for straight people should be classified as a hate crime.
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Andrea @starlady38.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Why has the parfait place not settled the transaction a week later.
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 25/09/2026
So I'm making pint glasses now... robsheridan.threadless.com/accessories/...
Photo of a pint glass I designed which says, in the appropriate font styling, "YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A BEER." Obviously, in this economy, of course you would.
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A thing to remember when you look at the NYT TV list: Actors and showrunners are kind of famous for saying they don’t actually watch a lot of TV. Some of the ballots suggest, for instance, not having watched much that’s recent. These things are always fun exercises, but: extra big grain of salt.
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
Okay EC and CT! Two down, eight to go!!
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Andrea @starlady38.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Okay, who wants to take bets on whether they deal with Korby onscreen in the last season of SNW? I was initially thinking they'd do it in this season.
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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 25/09/2026
OKAY NIGHT CROWD Here's the deal: We are 10 new members off from our goal of 200. I (@sesmith.lol) have taken over the Bluesky account and we are gonna bring this bad boy over the finish line by midnight, okay? $39. One year of feminist cultural criticism. LFG www.theflytrapmedia.com/no-slop
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Andrea @starlady38.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
With six episodes left on SNW, my favorite is still "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow", with "Those Old Scientists" and "The Serene Squall" co-runners up.
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Apple "detectives" wanted to identify a gnarly old tree growing on a remote plot of land in Maine. What they discovered was the key to a centuries-old apple mystery.
scientificamerican.com
How apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree—and rewrote the history of fruit
And how they might have helped save the future of American apples
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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 25/09/2026
33 years ago today, the Stranger stepped onto the dock of Myst Island for the first time. We can still hear the water splashing against the pilings.
The dock of Myst Island from the original version of the game. A wooden dock ends at a spiral staircase that leads up to giant gears on a hillside. A ship is sunk in the water on the right, and parts of buildings are visible on the left.
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Andrea @starlady38.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I wouldn't necessarily call Petrov tragic. He's the useful idiot and an apparent true believer, which maybe is tragic in the context of the larger Cold War, but somebody had to sell the deception and no one in on the scheme would have volunteered. Also, a political officer is not well-meaning.
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