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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

ope, it’s an excuse to post my favorite image of all time

goose from Untitled Goose Game holding a knife in its beak and standing in a garden. overlaid over the image is text from Mary Oliver’s Wild Geese: “you do not have to be good you do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting you only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves”

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nothing but respect for MY Digger

Digger-of-Unnecessarily-Convoluted-Tunnels, or Digger for short, a somewhat anthropomorphized wombat and the titular character of Ursula Vernon’s comic (you guessed it) “Digger.” She is wearing a vest and standing on her hind legs, holding a torch above her head in one of her front paws while the other paw is held up towards her chest. She looks concerned and uncertain about the tunnel she is in.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

going live on WTBU to call the Badgers women’s hockey game with @viperx83.bsky.social! fun fact, we didn’t plan the hats, we just have that much swag 😎

Two white guys in flat caps and radio headsets smile at the camera. Behind them is LaBahn Arena, home of the UW women’s hockey team

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I clicked and unclicked things until it finally worked! This is all i was getting, after selecting the shipping address.

Screenshot of Amazon app that says “sorry, something went wrong on our end” and shows a cute brown and white husky named Kylo

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Johnny Knoxville waving the fuck out of a Progress Pride flag from a shopping cart-shaped float in the West Hollywood parade absolutely healed me.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Today we went to Pheasant Branch and saw a new to me animal, the thirteen-lined ground squirrel! (Hilariously i kept taking screen shots but never actually got a photo with my app 😂)

Screenshot of the Seek app identifying a thirteen-lined ground squirrel in short grass

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Nikola just climbed into the window chair with the biggest of sighs and same, girl

A brown and grey dog sits in an overstuffed chair with her head resting on the arm, looking exhausted

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

one bonus of this weather is my hair is hella curly. (also new t shirt alert!)

selfie of a white genderqueer person with a very curly brown wolf cut and a t shirt that reads “Mercury & Gemini & Apollo & Artemis”

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

i prefer to think of them as whale wishes, myself. (but seriously, the sky whales are truly magical.)

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Does anyone know why the #Artemis crew all appear to be wearing multiple watches? I assume that at least half of them are fitbit-type monitoring things, but curious if anyone has more info.

Screenshot of a video showing the four Artemis II astronauts in the Orion capsule. Each of them appears to have a wristwatch on one wrist as well as a similar device on the other.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

*chuckles* i’m in danger

screenshot of Katie Marovitch from Dimension 20: On A Bus.
Subtitles: You’re going to roll your dice
caption: brennan: denial. matt: bargaining. jasmine: anger. aabria: depression and acceptance

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

More pictures besides my ridiculous face. I’m leaving out group shots, but you can see those on @spryfox.bsky.social’s posts. Cannot stress enough how much i love this game and how gorgeous it is.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

This game has been an amazing antidote to The Horrors. If you’re looking for a cozy game with community, Spirit Crossing is lovely and you should join us! (Come to tell me how much i look like my dad, lmao, stay for the amazing Ghibli vibes)

Screenshot from a video game of a white character wearing a slate blue sleeveless shirt with a stylized dark blue flower on their chest and a dark blue bandanna knitted around their neck. They have messy dark hair and a mustache and are also wearing a backpack and safety glasses. Behind them is a sunset-limned mountain and clouds, as well as a blue glowing beacon.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

HIIIIIIIIIII I MISS YOUR FACE AND I OWE YOU A TEXT AND I LOOOOOOOOVE YOUUUUUUUUU

A white genderqueer person holding a small tree they dug out of the fucking ground.

A brown and grey dog pouts under a table on a deck in the sunshine.

A black cat, turning orange where the sun touches him, naps on the back of a couch

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

tell me you’re ADHD without telling me you’re ADHD

a picture of a glass of cider, a glass of coke and a glass of water—one for flavor, one for caffeine, one for hydration of course

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

we all sang her happy birthday (also peep that sick neon green bass, it lights up so well under everything but the red lights, obvs)

A band on stage with the house lights up; they and the audience are singing to the woman in the chair from before

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Somebody’s sixty-something parents are at this show and it’s the cutest fucking thing, y’all

View from behind of a man and woman in their sixties sitting in chairs at a standing room punk show in the back of a bar. The chairs are lit red by the lights, and the rest of the room is bathed in green lights and black shadows.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Only using food, where are you from?

A fried pork tenderloin sandwich that is literally bigger than the platter it’s served on. Atop it is a bun, so absurdly dwarfed by the tenderloin that it looks like a cute lil hat.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

A lot is going on in the world, but this little bean is fifteen years old today, and still one of the best things to ever happen to me. Happy birthday, Franklin Rottenbutt. <3

A black cat lying on a grey couch, allowing his belly to be rubbed.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

First time i haven’t had an undercut (or weird mohawk mullet) in a decade. I was ready for a change.

A white genderqueer person with a short curly wolf cut, viewed straight on

A white genderqueer person with a short curly wolf cut, viewed from the side

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

that’s what they call me

A bag of Kingsford charcoal labelled “sweet and fruity” in big letters

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

“but uncle k8,” you may ask, “why was the bread in the microwave?” first of all, it wasn’t just bread. second of all, let me remind you of the time my dog unwrapped sixteen individually wrapped croissants and ate them. or this bag of flour she murdered this week.

A box with the outer bag and then sixteen empty chocolate croissant wrappers.

A bag of flour ripped open on a grey kitchen floor

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

*cranks U2’s “Beautiful Day”

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

duo’s really been into body horror lately

duo, a green cartoon bird, making a shocked face as his brain shoots out of his head. his brain also somehow has the same facial expression.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

overtired and overdue for a haircut, and wondering if there isn’t some sort of 50s James Dean/Brandoesque hairstyle trying to claw its way out. (i feel due for a change…) (there is an easter egg in this image for @strangetree.emilydare.net… answer in alt text)

a white genderqueer person in a blue undershirt taking a picture of themself in a bathroom mirror. their hair is a tousled, overgrown undercut. their toothbrush hangs out of their mouth in an imitation of a tough guy’s cigarette, matched by the dubious imitation of a tough guy’s skeptical look on their face. they are holding a fabulous rainbow-on-outer-space phone case in their hand, taking the picture. barely visible behind them is a ridiculous stuffed animal elephant named Dean Famularo, although only a couple of people will understand that. suffice to say it is a ridiculous creature.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

all my best photos are taken in hospital parking lots

The lunar eclipse at totality. The red moon, with just a bare rim of white, hovers over the corner of a white building.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

When your wife is asleep on you and you suddenly feel like you’re being watched:

A black cat perched on the arm of a chair facing the bed. Behind him are an orrery on an end table and a handful of art prints and embroidery on the wall. His eyes aren’t visible, but one white whisker is.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

It’s organ time, baybeeeeeeee

An organ console, a chair, a music stand and a microphone on an otherwise empty stage. Above and behind the stage are the organ pipes, arranged in two overlapping sine curves to great effect. There are modern balconies to either side.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

get a rescue, they said. it’ll be fun, they said. they never mentioned the fact that she’d be motivated enough to unwrap sixteen individual chocolate croissants… (she’s fine. might have some tummy upset coming, but at least it wasn’t a lethal amount of chocolate.)

a cardboard box with the remains of sixteen individual plastic wrappers and a torn open larger bag that once held that many chocolate croissants

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

agreed, but may i also propose snuggly old man cats

Frank, a black cat, looks at the camera like he can’t believe this shit

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Shout out to past me for saving this bar of soap from my fancy soap splurge, because they knew i would need this in February

A box of soap that reads “HUDSON MADE NEW YORK MORNING SHIFT
BODY BAR. AN ENERGIZING AND UPLIFTING INFUSION OF ROSEMARY, PEPPERMINT AND EUCALYPTUS.”

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Skating: still the best, although ponds are hard (especially with how much wind we’ve had this year). Also, i’ve gotta start moving more. It took about three seconds for my body to remind me how tight and angry all of my joints are rn.

A frozen pond under a blue, perfectly cloudless, sunny sky. Several skaters are silhouetted against the sunlight.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

When you didn’t get timpani for Christmas:

Two textbooks in the place of timpani, side by side on a couch. Behind them is the second timpani part for Berlioz’s Symphony Fantastique, and next to them a pair of timpani mallets.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Frank is incapable of looking anything other than highly sus when there’s a camera around. I read it’s because they see the lens as an eye staring at them, which, yeah. The only times i manage to get him looking cute are when he’s asleep.

A black cat looks suspiciously at the camera

A black cat in low light, so he looks almost orange, sleeping in a circle on a blue blanket on my legs

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Someone is upset that i’m about to go walk the dog.

A black cat with orange undertones looks disgruntled at the camera. He is lying on a grey couch next to a dark blue fuzzy blanket.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Facebook’s really leaning into the “always listening” allegations, huh.

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Uncle k8 @unclek8.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Yep! There’s a reason this hangs on the wall of my living room. I was going to mention it to @andykarlson.bsky.social earlier, actually, when he posted about the only thing he wanted to RETVRN to was interurbans. (Caption in alt text, but it’s worth looking at the different city and town names.)

A graphic showing Indianapolis at the center of a wheel with multiple spokes leading to multiple cities, including Chicago, Louisville and Cincinnati, as well as many small Indiana towns like Portland, Winchester, Bloomfield and Monon. The caption reads “Map showing Indianapolis as a Steam Railroad and Interuban Center. At this date 43 Independent Lines enter Our City, 18 Steam and 25 Interurban. 495 passenger trains enter our Union Stations daily. A Belt Railroad surrounds the city, expediting shipments and furnishing factory sites. One-fourth of the population of the United States is within a radius of three hundred miles of Indianapolis.” If i remember right this graphic is from the 1930s.

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