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J.M. DeMatteis @jmdematteis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If anyone in the history of comics deserves to be called a genius, it's Jack Kirby: artist, writer, visionary. We all stand on his shoulders. Happy Birthday, Jack—wherever in the cosmos you are!

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Samuel Agro @samuelagro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's Jack Kirby's birthday! He was largely responsible for creating the very language of superhero comics and no one ever did it better. His essence is still influential, even today. In his honour, here's a few sketches I've done of some of his greatest characters.

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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 22/08/2026

My family took me on a pizza train for my birthday. Pizza. Train.

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This is my favorite episode of the new Batman season so far. I love the references "A Christmas Carol".

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I had never seen this one, but it was on my DVR so I gave it a watch tonight. What a great episode! I was hooked from start to finish.

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I was watching the Cards-Cubs game when he hit #3. Right before, the announcer said no one has ever hit 3 homers in their debut.

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TrevorAMueller 🔜 Baltimore Comic Con - Booth 319 @trevoramueller.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

To my editor friends, I'm looking for paid writing work. Short term projects are fine. Single issue, backup stories, etc. But I'll also take longer form work, if available. Excited to connect with you. 😀

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Steve Hilberg @wxclisteve.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This clearly demonstrates that just one or two observers in an area are not enough. Help your neighbors, the community, and the National Weather Service by volunteering as a CoCoRaHS observer. It's easy, it's fun, and you are contributing to the climate history of your area.

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Aldo Leopold, writing about the extinction of passenger pigeons: "The gadgets of industry bring us more comforts than the pigeons did, but do they add as much to the glory of the spring?"

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J.M. DeMatteis @jmdematteis.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Without Siegel and Shuster there would be no comic book business—and popular culture—as we know it today. The debt we owe them in incalculable.

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This article includes two examples of people breaking free from conspiratorial thinking. For one woman, it was like facing death: "Yet, as so often happens in profound psychological transformations, this symbolic death became the beginning of a new life." jungchicago.org/dingir-cz-co...

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Dingir.cz | Conspiracism as a Private Religion: A Jungian View of the Longing for Hidden Truth - Interview with Vlado Šolc - C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago

This interview with Vladislav Šolc by Jitka Schlichtsová was originally published in Czech at dingir.cz. How does conspiracism appear from a Jungian perspective? Psychologically speaking, conspiracy t...

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EarthSky @earthskyscience.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Wow! EarthSky's Greg Diesel Walck captured this beautiful "space jellyfish" shining in the sky after a SpaceX Falcon 9 #rocket launched from Cape Canaveral this morning. And look at the #moon, visible at the upper right. Thank you, Greg! Visit Greg's website: buff.ly/k0P9TuW

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I wondered at first why this fireworks video was posted in the weather subreddit, but after 10 seconds it became clear. www.reddit.com/r/weather/co...

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From the weather community on Reddit: Oklahoma fireworks

Explore this post and more from the weather community

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 03/05/2026

I’ve spoken to a few course creators now, and we’re all seeing the same trend. Revenue down 50%+. Fewer people engaging with our content. People switching to LLMs, which slurp up all of our work and regurgitate it, without consent or compensation. It feels pretty bleak. 😅

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A big family of little ducks on tonight's walk.

About 13 (I think) ducklings in the water next to an adult duck.

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

On tonight's walk, I saw a sandhill crane!

A sandhill crane walking in front of weeds with a pond in the background.

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EarthSky @earthskyscience.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Joe Glade in Medford, Oregon, took this wonderful photo on June 21 and wrote: "Young #deer enjoying the summer #solstice at Rogue Valley Manor." Thank you, Joe! 🦌📸 buff.ly/Vnncuu2 See more great images and submit your own recent photos: buff.ly/4LBaB7K

Two animals with long ears and velvety antlers are looking at the camera. They are surrounded by green plants and pink flowers. The sun is shining brightly.

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The fascinating pyramid power pseudoscience craze of the 1970s and 80s. At least it gave us some cool artwork

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I'd forgotten all about this. I watched Jim Henson's "The Cube" years ago and it was so weird and good. Happy to see it's available in full at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg96...

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I saw a skunk on tonight's walk! Tons of bunnies, too, but I didn't keep count.

A skunk in the grass beside a road, looking away from the camera, unfortunately.

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I saw 17 rabbits on tonight's walk!

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Of all the articles I've read about Oklahoma baseball's magical run, this one stands head and shoulders above the rest. Well done!

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Incredible, unbelievable, and utterly improbable! No one, not even Sooner fans, expected this run. OU was unranked, with no momentum, and somehow goes on a postseason run to beat teams ranked #2 (twice), #3 (twice), #5 (twice), #7, and #15 (twice). Unreal! Boomer Sooner!

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

My extensive but far from complete 2001 A Space Odyssey collection

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

"Getting up too early is a vice habitual in horned owls, stars, geese, and freight trains." -- Aldo Leopold in "A Sand County Almanac"

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I completely forgot today is the summer solstice! In my area, it's cloudy, rainy, and 60 degrees. Feels nothing like summer. That's unusual, but very enjoyable.

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Google's AI overview thinks "Olivier" is a misspelling of "Major Donald Keyhoe". I assure you that no, it is not. 🤦

A Google search for "olivier nicap" (without the quotes). Google's AI overview says "It looks like you might have misspelled "Olivier". You are likely referring to Major Donald Keyhoe"

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I spotted 16 rabbits on my evening walk!

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

"The same logic that causes big rivers always to flow past big cities causes cheap farms sometimes to be marooned by spring floods." -- Aldo Leopold in "A Sand County Almanac"

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

TIL the 1919 World Series (infamously known as the Black Sox Scandal) was a best-of-nine series! Cincinnati won in 8 games. 1903, 1920, and 1921 also used the best-of-nine format.

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

It's the middle of June and I wore a jacket on my evening walk because it was only 60 degrees! I love it.

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Erica Lukes @ericalukes.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Here is a little gem from Dr. Richard Haines to Ann Druffel voicing his concerns about Close Encounters of the Third Kind. @expandingfrontiersresearch.org

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I learned last week that the snow data I've recorded and submitted to CoCoRaHS was used a new scientific publication, which will help create better snow forecasts! Very cool! randyl.posthaven.com/snow-study

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Snow Study

I've mentioned before on this blog how I joined the CoCoRaHS organization a number of years ago, which involves submitting daily precipitation reports. Measuring rainfall is quick and easy....

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Randy @starodyssey.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Also: the word month comes from moon.

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Jack Brewer @jackbrewer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

If anyone is oppressed, everyone is oppressed. They can't surgically invalidate the rights of one demographic without devaluing the rights of us all. Everyone is entitled to human rights, one and all. Everyone matters or no one matters.

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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 31/05/2026

France produced both Andre the Giant *and* Victor Wembanyama? What’s the deal? Like, that country just pumps out a bunch of normal sized people most of the time, and then every so often, they just pop out a real big dude, just for kicks? Weird country.

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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 25/05/2026

Still one of the greatest pieces of animation ever made

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