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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hitchhiker
Zoomed crop of the head, neck, and forelegs of a praying mantis against an orange backgroundA praying mantis on an orange machine surface A praying mantis close-up in black & white
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Roasted butternut squash and veggie soup is good
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Film you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF.
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Feels like 103
Big ole green and yellow American bullfrog resting on some forest litter
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
One of those days
The track and a broken hub from a compact skid steer on the ground next to the side of the machine
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Pyramid Point, Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A trail side set of signs reads, from tip to bottom, “Breathe | All We Have Is Now | Relax | UR OK”A yellow and black trail side sign reads “Infinite Clearance” below a large infinity symbol bracketed by up and down arrows where one might usually expect to see a caution or warning of some kind
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sleeping Bear never disappoints
Overlapping sand dunes lightly covered in wild grasses and shrubs under a slightly grey and cloudy sky Lake Michigan as seen from a sandy bluff spotted with small shrubs and a treeLake Michigan below Sleeping Bear Dunes
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
First Friday gallery walk: Amusing detail from the Homo Terminus installation. Plus a screenshot of today’s temp.
An illustration of Devonian transitional  fossil species Tiktaalik, which links fish to tetrapods. Across the top of the illustration it says: “This is all his fault. Don’t forget it”Screenshot of today’s mid-afternoon temperature: 99 degrees F, feels like 110.
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Post something random in hopes of a brilliant September
A nitrile-gloved hand holds a long hydraulic hose in front of the mini-excavator from which it has been extracted
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
More Wendell Berry
A Warning To My Readers
Do not think me gentle 
because I speak in praise 
of gentleness, or elegant 
because I honor the grace
that keeps this world. I am 
a man crude as any,
gross of speech, intolerant, 
stubborn, angry, full 
of fits and furies. That I 
may have spoken well 
at times, is not natural.
A wonder is what it is.
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
RIP Wendell Berry From “Economy and Pleasure” in _What Are People For_
The question that we finally come to is a practical one, though it is not one that is entirely answerable by empirical methods: Can a university, or a nation, afford this exclusive rule of competi-tion, this purely economic economy? The great fault of this approach to things is that it is so drastically reductive; it does not permit us to live and work as human beings, as the best of our inheritance defines us. Rats and roaches live by competition under the law of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy. It is impossible not to notice how little the proponents of the ideal of competition have to say about honesty, which is the fundamental economic virtue, and how very little they have to say about community, compassion, and mutual help.
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Post your getaway vehicle.
An illustration of an imaginary personal gyrocopter-jetpack
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Magnolia & Johnson Electric Co at the Bluebird Secretly Canadian 30th anniversary show
A band on a nightclub stage: bassist and drummer to the left, lap steel guitar center left, guitarists/vocalists on the right, Bluebird club logo on the wall in the centerMagnolia & Johnson Electric Co jamming on a nightclub stage lit redBand in black t-shirts lit by blue and green stage lights
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Early Day Miners with surprise guest Durand Jones Secretly Canadian 30th anniversary show, Bluebird
Band on a stage at a nightclub, bassist and drummer on the left, guitarists center, vocalist on the rightA trio of guitarists and a singer on stage lit in red, the Bluebird nightclub logo visible on the wall to the left
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Love me some 45-year-old RPG illustrations
The frontispiece illustration for TSR’s 1981 Second Edition of Top Secret: a man (in sunglasses and a tight-fitting suit with flared leg bottoms) and a woman (in a low-cut dress) strike a sexy spy pose holding pistols, the woman leaning on the the man’s shoulder and turning her knee into his leg.A man in a button-down shirt open at the collar raises his eyebrow, forearm resting on a briefcase in the foreground. Another man in the background peers over his shoulder.
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Not now with the inexorable and inevitable, dogwood
A snapshot of an American dogwood tree showing bright red berry clusters and leaves turning crimson
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I have electrolytes. It’s what Hackberry Emperors crave.
A small butterfly perches on my wrist. Blurry levers in the background.A small butterfly spreads its wings while perched between my thumb and index finger feeding on my sweat
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A gray and white tabby cat reclines on an antique writing desk making an odd face
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hadn’t checked Clearsky in months and wow, how does anyone look at my feed and decide I’m a Nazi or even fascist adjacent? LOL. As for the Vancouver urban planner, idk man, 2 days ago I posted some vegetarian dinners, a funny arborist vid, and some illustrations from an ‘80s rpg I used to play.
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Post a perfect album from the 2000s (2000-2009)
The cover of “Magnolia Electric Co” by Songs:Ohia: a white, bearded owl with a pair of tiny hands palms forward between its wings against a background of black and blue; lightning from a small cloud in the upper left corner and a magnolia blossom and leaves in the lower right complete the composition
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
My jam circa ‘83
Three examples of the signature graphic design element of a vintage RPG by TSR: a hand holds a pistol fitted with a suppresssor pointed straight up
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A couple recent dinners
A plate of spaghetti with pesto and veggies (chopped cherry and grape tomatoes, roasted zucchini and red pepper)A vegetarian bowl meal: pearl couscous, roasted sweet potato and black beans, sliced avocado, broccoli with toasted pine nuts, and a chile-lime sour cream.
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Dazed & Confused “cooler if you did” meme referencing the Bayh family’s relationship to Apollo Global Management and Marc Rowan
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
That’s all for now, Eagle Creek, see you again late this fall.
A natural surface trail switchbackA Ditch Witch brand compact skid steer and attachments loaded onto a trailer
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
A glass door on the inside of which have been taped numerous outward-facing prints, most prominently a sunflower paired with the word “Rise” and a rose with the word “Yes”The window of an artists’ collective space in which have been hung apx 20 prints of short phrases and quotes, such as “Ceasefire Forever,” “What Do You Love,” “Structural Tenderness,” and “Collaborate Now!”
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Clean sheets, natch #caturday
A cat stretches out for a nap on fresh blue sheets
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
As for work boots, I keep coming back to 6” Timberland Pros. Roughly $200 these days? On year 3 of this pair. Used to get a boot voucher back when I worked for a city bc subsidizing good boots is cheaper than injured workers.
Outstretched feet clad in brown work boots at bottom center; prairie grasses through which run a set of machine tracks fill most of the rest of the frame.
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Love the mice LOL
Frame from Existential Comics featuring Cinderall saying “Right…so here’s the thing. After the ball, when my coach turned into a pumpkin, I let an interesting man named Eugene Debs.”
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The Bovino/Save Heritage Indiana rally ended up under a tent in a muddy field while 10x their number marched in support of immigrants
Screenshot of thread on the Indiana subreddit about a white supremacist rally ending up in a muddy field
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Silhouettes of several mature trees against a backdrop of late evening sky: darkening blue alive with dissipating contrails and clouds reflecting sunset’s glow
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Post your last 2 brain cells
Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jude Law on a bed, appearing drugged out, connected via umbilical cords to an organic blob
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Dave Rawlings & Gillian Welch Granfalloon, Switchyard Park
A man in a white cowboy hat dressed all in denim plays guitar on the left as a woman on his right sings and plays guitar on a fogged stage lit purple; a banjo rests in its stand on the right.
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I’ve seen plenty of Eastern Tiger Swallowtails, but only just today met Papilio glaucus
A caterpillar with a brown head and yellow false eyes and a yellowish neckband rests on a stone coated in dried dirt
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Beanpole crewe parading for freedom since ‘96 #Hoosiersky
A man in a chartreuse jumpsuit wearing a vintage TV set as a helmet walks in a parade pushing a lawnmower on which is mounted a vertical sign featuring a logo of a stick figure with an arrow thru its head (known locally as the sign of Beanpole). Children and a couple of adults line the street.Rectangles of red and white peeling paint above a brick wall. Graffiti reading “Demilitarize Deindustrialize Decolonize” is written on a length of metal running across the middle of the frame.
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Glimpses from this month’s First Friday gallery walk
A view of the sky and a construction site from a parking garage stall. Lots of rectangles in relation.A utility box along a sidewalk which has been painted with a scene of two cats at the corner of a window with a red curtain pulled up and away to the left to reveal a blue-to-purple skySweet and sour Thai veggies and tofu and white rice on separate plates
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
First Friday gallery walk, featuring prints from a recent steamroller print event
4 knights fight a dragon in a black and white print fabric hung above the block from which it was printed on a white wall next to a wooden door framed in blackA large woodblock print on fabric; apx 2 dozen individual elements—such as a tiger’s head, a pair of hands, a knot, a pair of scissors—are printed in black on a field of brown that recalls antique photographs.Large black and white woodblock print on fabric spelling out “Bloomington”
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Sweltering out here
An eastern box turtle rests on the rotting trunk of a fallen maple tree, itself next to a larger fallen dead tulip tree. A creeping green vine and a few green leaves dot the scene.
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Waxahatchee at Granfalloon, Switchyard Park, Bloomington 20 June 2026 #waxahatchee #granfalloon
The band Waxahatchee on stage, two women in the foreground (one sitting and singing, the other playing guitar) , the summer and bass player in between and behind themThe band Waxahatchee on stage, two women in the foreground (one sitting and singing, the other playing guitar) , the summer and bass player in between and behind themWaxahatchee lead singer, wearing a white skirt and partially open white top revealing her pregnancy, standing and singing on a stage, the bass player standing behind her on the left.Waxahatchee lead singer, pregnant and dressed all in white, gestures to an audience out of frame, the bass player seated behind her in the background to the left.
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
#caturday
Two cats—an orange tabby and a classic short-haired tabby with white and brown patches—lounge together on red bedsheets
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Fuck bush honeysuckle all day long
The orange arm of a mini-excavator grabbing a pile of invasive shrubs in a forest
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
It’s a trap
A broken red plastic ball sits in a forest on a bed of leaf litter in a patch of sunlight highlighting the web of a funnel spider hiding inside of it
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
60” DBH tulip poplar! (For reference, the diameter of the largest one in the state is a full foot wider.)
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
There are some big trees out in Eagle Creek West! Not Big Tree Registry big, but still impressive, like this 56” DBH white oak (Kubota for scale).
A tape measure is wrapped around the trunk of a large treeAn orange mini-excavator is parked underneath a large white oak tree
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A white, gray, and black tabby cat resting on a human torso, itself resting on a couch, is captured mid-yawn
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Started/Going
A natural surface trail under construction ends at a large uprooted mapleA natural surface trail under construction passes through a gap where a section of a fallen maple has been cut out
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Hunker
An eastern box turtle hunkered down between the mossy buttress roots of a tree
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A fortune from a cookie which reads “Sell your ideas-they are totally acceptable.”
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switchbackasaurus.bsky.social @switchbackasaurus.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Dead man’s fingers
The fungus Xylaria polymorpha—which resembles ashen fingers—growing in the hollow of a dead tree.
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