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Today I learned that even the most robust online pdf converters will still crash if I try running a 68,000 page document through it.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 18h

It's a bit weird that I've had 2 horror movies about land surveyors pop up in my recommended list recently.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I dreamt I stopped a gang war between Spanish samurais by having them meet at my dead grandmother's house that I arrived at on my WWI scooter. I was offered a role in one of the gangs after being given a small pastel switchblade in the shape of a star. The dream was mostly colored in blue and yellow

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Babe, wake up! New oracle deck just dropped!

The box for a deck of cards solely focused on the Trout of North America

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Operation Octarine @operationoctarine.org · 19/09/2026

Chapel Perilous: a collaborative ritual to establish the future of chaos magic as open, creative, and mutually supportive This temple will be assembled with our collective wills, charged, and released in a group ritual at O∴O∴!

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's always the starting of a project that's the worst for me. Once I actually motivate myself to start the thing, I can spend hours and hours wrapped up in creation. Case in point: I've been procrastinating on making signs for the festival campgrounds. Couldn't be happier with the first result.

A woodburned sign with the words "CRYPTID SHRINE" with an image of menacing eyes in the center

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We bought this giant power bank a couple years ago and lost the charging cable before camping season last year. I didn't find the original cable, but TELL ME HOW A GIANT BUCKET OF RANDOM ELECTRONICS IS USELESS AGAIN. I DARE YOU.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I CANNOT CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT!

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Operation Octarine @operationoctarine.org · 08/09/2026

Want discounted or even FREE entry to our inaugural eclectic magic festival?! Join us as a general or safety barter! 💪 We have positions available for Security, First Aid, Hospitality, and Maintenance! Sign up here: operationoctarine.org/barter #chaosky #operationoctarine #witchsky #occultsky

On a pastel yellow background, there is a graphic of an anime girl wearing a magical girl outfit pointing at the viewer with the text ‘WE WANT YOU!’

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I dreamt I was turned into a vampire in NYC who could fly for 10 minutes each time I heard a Fallout Boy song to completion. I kept flying into power lines, but this wouldn't let me die, so I was forced to call into work and tell my boss that I had COVID.

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Operation Octarine @operationoctarine.org · 05/09/2026

Shane has FOUR incredible workshops on the docket for O∴O∴! If you’re looking to enhance your craft with emotional intelligence and thoughtful pathworking, Shane’s your man! #operationoctarine #chaosky #occultsky #witchsky

On drippy, opalescent multicolored background, white translucent text boxes with black text read the following text introducing one of our presenters, Shane Shadoweater:

‘SHANE SHADOWEATER
Presenter, he/him

Shane is a sci-fi writer turned chaote who enjoys sober living, spirit contact, and intense breathwork. Will talk about feelings.

Shane, the absolute madlad, is preparing not one, not two, but four incredible workshops for Operation Octarine! Keep an eye out for our finalized schedule where you’ll find Shane’s offerings of I-Ching Divination and Pathworking, Pagans in Recovery, and a whole lot more!

You can connect with Shane and his work at the following links:
Discord: discord.gg./bAvNT5sj6t
Website: orderofbookbuilders.com

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I dreamt I was driving down to the Operation Octarine Festival but knew I was forgetting something. Before I left the city, I stopped by a Sikh shop as they were closing in order to buy a green cotton twill turban.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

In February, we adopted Iihši when he showed up at our house. The people who found them abandoned kept his brother, but eventually couldn't take care of him. Our friend offered to adopt. After 6 months, Iihši was reunited with his brother.

Two dogs, one wearing a harness, happily walking around a yard.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I just woke up from a nap. Dreamt I joined a new military program where you had to stitch your own blue and green thigh-high socks and arm-length gloves that someone else had to put on you. I kept getting yelled at for being fidgety.

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Operation Octarine @operationoctarine.org · 14/08/2026

Lara has been providing graphics and illustrations for Operation Octarine and is the voice talking to you right now through your screen! (Hello! 👋😋) They’ll be presenting on an approach to pop culture magic inspired by magical girl animanga! #operationoctarine #chaosky #occultsky #witchsky

On an opalescent multicolored background, white translucent text boxes with black text read the following text introducing one of our organizers, Lara D.:

‘LARA D.
Organizer and Presenter, they/them

Also known as Lachan (לחן) in certain online and occult circles, Lara is a multi-disciplinary visual artist, community organizer, and seasoned ritualist hailing from New England. Their magical practice is eclectic—drawing inspiration and technique from chaos and ceremonial magic, popular culture, and various folk traditions—and is inextricably linked to their identity as a queer anti-Zionist Jew. Lara has over a decade of experience leading chaos magic workshops and group rituals with their partner and co-organizer, Nia Ain, and they are passionate about projects that utilize consent-based governance and distributed authority to foster diverse magical practices and individual agency.’

You can connect with Lara and their work at the following links:
Bluesky: @majokkid.bsky.social
Tumblr: @majokkid

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It has been raining almost constantly for nearly a week. I'm in the Midwest, but my backyard is starting to look like a rainforest. Here's Iihši standing right outside of our backdoor.

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Operation Octarine @operationoctarine.org · 13/08/2026

When Kennedy’s not working on his podcast, Chaos Magick News, he has been instrumental in making sure our message is getting out there! He’ll be challenging the notion of chaos magic as ‘result based’ magic during his talk, Pragmatic Magic! #operationoctarine #chaosky #occultsky #witchsky

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Operation Octarine @operationoctarine.org · 13/08/2026

Next up is Skella! If you’re into things like seances and Victorian parlor games, you’ll definitely dig his Glossolalia Oracle! 🔊 #operationoctarine #chaosky #occultsky #witchsky

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Operation Octarine @operationoctarine.org · 09/08/2026

Meet Pythia! 🌱 Not only has she been working hard leading our Planning and Logistics Circle, she’ll be sharing three wonderful workshops with us at O∴O∴! #operationoctarine #chaosky #witchsky #occultsky

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I dreamt I was in a college town and ordered a pizza before eating 15g of mushrooms. A car showed up that was made of pizza with the hood being all of my toppings. I got inside the car. There was no driver. Just the disembodied voice of a college girl whose eyes caught mine 4 hours before.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Last week, my laser engraver diode etched its last. When replacing it, I had misread the label, so the one that I ended up getting is over 1200% more powerful. It's like the laser I've always wanted. And it looks like I won't have to engrave tiles by hand anymore.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

There is no more pleasant evening activity than spending a few hours burning a 10' high pile of mulberry.

A chair next to a small table with kerosene, a propane torch, and a glass of tea next to a 10' pile of garbage tree.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Managed to score 2 pairs of baggy 100% linen pants for $3 each recently. My only issue is that they're pure white. I've spent the evening mixing green and brown at different ratios. Here are the results with the 2 I'm leaning toward circled. Still debating though.

17 scraps of fabric dyed with varying ratios of green and brown

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

One of these is dye waste water. The other is tea. I almost fucked up.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Is there anything that you incorporate in your practice now that you didn't like when you were younger? For me, it's the ability to embrace familiar routines. I don't need to practice everything. Not everything needs to be novel or grandiose. I'm allowed to slow down. #chaosky #witchsky #occultsky

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I learned today that the subject of this portrait that traumatized two generations of children by being hung at the end of a dark hallway and the victim of one of the most sensationalized murders in 1903 was not a distant relative but was actually my great great grandfather.

A large portrait of a man in early 20th century formal attire

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I just installed 2 Japanese beetle traps near our garden. The lure actually smelled *really* good. Guys... am I part beetle?

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I can't possibly express enough gratitude to my friend for helping me fell this giant mulberry tree today.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I dreamt I was called into an HR meeting for offering my coworkers shrimp-flavored Twizzlers.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Out of context statement for today: "I could be convinced that Jimmy Buffett was the second coming of Christ."

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Just got home from Chicago after seeing a 25th anniversary screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Absolutely marvelous time. Plus, I managed to grab some sweet merch.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch 25th anniversary t-shirt, hand fan, and enamel pin

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Because I apparently needed a reason to hate mulberry even more. Happy Independence Day, wherein my giant mulberry tree liberated itself from this mortal coil in an attempt to provide mutually assured destruction. Luckily for me, mulberry is a fucking idiot and only dented my gutter. Fuck mulberry.

A stupid white mulberry that has split in half, presumably under the weight of its shame for existing as a mulberry tree.

The successful attempt of a white mulberry tree in continuing to provide nothing but annoyance, disappointment, and failure as a fitting testament to its pursuit in life.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This is going to bother me. I went on Google street view to see some places from my past. One of these places was an abandoned schoolhouse. I wanted to see if it was visible from the road. Google blurred it. I need to know why.

An image from Google street view in which a section of a wooded area is blurred.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Drunkenly grabbing a jar of dried corn kernels to show someone who's never seen divination how to read them after throwing them on the floor.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Two broken trees dealt with. Now I'm all itchy and cut to hell. But at least Niihka got to lose his mind by playing on the ritual logs in the woodshed.

A pile of broken branches and logs from apple and red cedar.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I think I'm gonna pick up some wood after work and make my neighbors a sign. They have chickens and sell the eggs, but the sign they have is cardboard and isn't in the best shape. Even though we don't really speak, we're still community. They have a need that I can alleviate.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Of course I've decided to hyperfocus on Dune right now. I gave my brother-in-law my copies of the first 6 books for his birthday years ago, so I only have a physical copy of the first one now. Someone please give me a reason to not go out and buy 22 more books.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I dreamt I was picking up a friend to take to an occult gathering after we had stopped to see old friends who wanted to reconcile differences by coloring on their walls with Crayola markers. I picked my friend up in a box truck. At a stop, the entire truck tilted forward to crush us. Before we died,

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I just took a nap. I dreamt that I took a nap and woke up with a hex key in my left tear duct. Every time I tried to pull it out, it embedded itself deeper into my skull.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

My spouse has determined that German curry ketchup is the only acceptable form of ketchup.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I'm at my local Germanfest. The live band is currently playing a polka version of All-Star. I hate it so much.

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Dr. Alexis Turner @surliertexan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Oh my god, I would already be rich if I had a nickel for every time a beekeeper encouraged people to plant invasive species that honeybees like. WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU. There are so many exceptional choices available that are not invasive and that will not destroy everything else around them!!!

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

*Ad for the new Toy Story movie plays before the opening credits of the movie I selected to watch* *Sees the A24 logo that I wasn't expecting* Me: Oh, it's an A24 movie. Spouse (not looking up from her book): Toy Story? Me: No, but I would watch the *shit* out of that.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Fact I just learned: Old Irish (spoken c. 600-900) conjugated prepositions based on person and number. Verbs also were conjugated and affixed based on person and number (or emphasis) so that a single spoken verb could act as a standalone sentence.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A jar. If only as an excuse to use more jars.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Today's gift from our genius loci.

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Yaramarud @yaramarud.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

It's only 9:30 and I'm already wanting to go out behind my house, sit beneath the shade of the silver poplar, and be slowly consumed by the earth. It's a good day for it.

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Chaos Magick News @cmnpod.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

WE GOT STUFF ON THREADLESS, our meager following is even smaller here on blusky buuuut if you're a woo woo and wear clothes might we humbly offer some of these designs guaranteed to grant instant enlightenment (note from Legal team: please remove this)

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Ryan Smith @rysmith.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

If there was any doubt that this regime intends to eliminate anything they deem as non-Christian, here's additional confirmation of their willingness to act on that. Military Pagans should reach out to their chaplains & communities for support sooner rather than later. #HeathenSky #PaganSky

military.com

DOD Officially Drops 180 Faiths From Military's Recognized Religion List

Defense Secretary Hegseth previously announced the change due to an "impractical" system.

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