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Artifacter @artifacterneo.bsky.social · 4h

Nobody is sure where Infernal came from. One day, the sky was red for a brief moment, a respite from the
constant hazy darkness, and then Infernal walked out from the Dusk.

#TTRPG #NOVA #NOVARPG

#Mechatober Day 16 - Abyssal

A black-and-gold mech resembling a fusion of Egyptian gods and demons, with a pair of demonic wings formed from energy extending from its back.

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Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 2h

Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
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Investigation of:
LOSS OF THE SUBMARINE TITAN
IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ON JUNE 18, 2023
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Accident No.:
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Interview of:
Co-designer/Pilot
Deepsea Challenger
DCA23FM036
via Microsoft Teams
Friday,
July 26, 2024

INTERVIEW OF
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BY LCDR
11 Q. So how did you get yourself started into submersible
12 operations?
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A.
Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic.
When I
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set down the path to make that film, the first thing that I did
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was arrange to be introduced to the head of the submersible
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program at the P.P. Shirshov Institute in Moscow, a guy named
17|
Professor
I. I did that through a mutual friend
18
of ours, a guy named
, who is one of the preeminent
underwater cinematographers in the world. And had been on a
20
submersible expedition out to Titanic the previous year with the
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Russians. And that was organized by a Canadian company that was
22 doing an IMAX film which was released under the title Titanica.

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Dawn 🏳️‍⚧️ @dawnellenhodgson.bsky.social · 1h

Getting there, added the freshly printed base, a large Gatling gun from a Gunpla options kit (the guns from the STL files were piddly, needed more dakka). Still have the right arm and weapons to paint and then further shading and details

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Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 9h

Tiny knight paperback collection is complete! Martis and Seure’s copies will be available pretty soon.

The mass market paperback versions of Rien Gray’s Out of True series against a green pillow.

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secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.com · 19h

I love these two so much.

Art of the main characters Emma and Warrick of the webcomic Namesake flying around on a broomstick while flaming skulls and Halloween colored glitter swirls around them.

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unstable.books @unstablebooks.bsky.social · 9h

‼️ COVER REVEAL DAY ‼️

This werewolf anthology benefits the Lakota Wolf Preserve. It includes my debut piece of fiction, which blends my moms stories about growing up in Texas and a dash of @sgj.bsky.social Mongrels

It also includes a special surprise story from @claymcleod.bsky.social 🐺

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Butser Ancient Farm @butserancientfarm.co.uk · 7h

Ha ha! But who won???

School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 11h

📸 friendly but mildly competitive cordage making @butserancientfarm.co.uk yesterday as tutors
@rschulting.bsky.social, @chirikure.bsky.social & Rachel Wood (@oxradiocarbon.bsky.social) & our MSc Archaeological Science students sought to impress the quality control judge: Pawfessor Kenta 🐾#studyhere

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Big Dyke Energy (GFM in pinned) @azurebitch.bsky.social · 9h

People keep saying "let's go, lesbians" but we need to also remember: let's rest, lesbians

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brendon bigley @bb.wavelengths.online · 1d

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Miranda Mundt - BUY MUTED VOLUME 2 @mirandamundt.bsky.social · 2d

Today is the day!!!
Muted volume 1 and 2 are now both out! 🤗💖💖

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/17T/m...

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Miles, knitting screaming agony werewolf @queermedieval.bsky.social · 7h

I'm so sick of technology. I want my devices to do their basic functions such as "text/make phone calls" or "access the internet" or "have word processing software and decent storage capability." I do not want one billion gigabytes of AI bloatware that spies on me and fucks with my work!!!!

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Dumb Robot Stuff @dumbrobotstuff.bsky.social · 8h

Quick step by step for how I did this:
-paint patches and lines of a black-brown
-highlight the edges of those patches and go over them with a very thinned down brown for subtle rust
-edge highlight inconsistently and also add smaller scratches with the same brighter paints

(now with pictures)

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ripcinema @ripcinema.bsky.social · 1d

nothing chatgpt has done is as impressive as akinator, the mind-reading internet genie from 2007

Akinator, the mind reading genie

Akinator can read your mind and tell you what character you are thinking of, as if by magic. Think of a real or fictional character, answer few questions, and Akinator will try to guess who it is. Wil...

en.akinator.com

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Emerson Tung @emersontung.bsky.social · 8h

#PortfolioDay
Some of my recent personal work. From a series of giant space robots fighting kaijus in space.

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Tim Popelier, Tankhead Text Typer @tim-popelier.com · 10h

Yes, that's working!

Photo of unpainted container train card miniatures.

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🏳️‍🌈 Jessica the Bestica 🎨 Taking some R&R ☕ @anireal.bsky.social · 15h

⚔️Cover for Shield Maiden Book 5⚔️

Last hours to support the book!🎉 Thanks for letting me paint her!

Writer: @asawheatley.bsky.social
Illustrators: @coddledtamago.bsky.social & @artofcolmgriffin.bsky.social
Letterer: Ken Reynolds
Editor: @illusclaire.bsky.social

www.kickstarter.com/projects/asa...

Shield Maiden character yelling and crying in anger against a blue forest background

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16h

Please read my column today in conjunction with Aditya's. The government pretends to be delivering housing to those who need it, but is in fact just appeasing the big corporations. Then it blames nature protections, and rips those down at their behest as well.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty

Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 1d

Good evening. My cat is apparently very interested in The Invention Of Women by Oyèrónké Oyěwùmi.

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Sky Burkson @skyburkson.bsky.social · 1d

gathering a selection of close-ups from the past to be an IG shill for a minute —

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Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social · 3d

Great question, I uploaded an answer to that to my Patreon subscribers, but I opened it up b/c I think they've had exclusivity for a few months and this may be of interest to a wider audience:

tobiasbuckell.com/how-i-used-t...

and:

tobiasbuckell.com/creating-a-c...

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 1d

*downs a glass of non-alcoholic fruit drink*

alright, let's fucking go

Bernie Sanders meme, with text as follows: I am once again updating my mega post about how awful the Cass Review is.

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beornwulf.bsky.social @beornwulf.bsky.social · 1d

Took some glamour shots of my recently painted Drycha Hamadreth. Crystal on the base resin-cast by my partner.

#miniaturepainting
#sylvaneth

a miniature of Drycha Hamadreth, from Age of Sigmar. She is a pale blue spirit, whose torso and head is visible within a larger body made of wood with honeycomb-like segments.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

This is a very interesting initiative from @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social. Not wholly free of difficulty - what is? - but a very novel approach to the UK's profound backsliding on trans rights.

Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 2d

We have jointly applied to the Council of Europe formally to seek re-opening of enforcement of the case of Goodwin v UK under rule 9 of the Rules for the supervision of the execution of judgments and of the terms of friendly settlements, in the European Court of Human Rights. T

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with Zack. I can't imagine what it's like trying to have a difficult, nuanced, grown up conversation about an incredibly serious issue and while being constantly shouted at in that way. It's a nightmare just watching.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Legalise *and* regulate drugs.

This morning on @jeremyvine.bsky.social:

youtu.be/kBjqQAFdBRQ?...

Should we legalise all drugs? feat. Zack Polanski & Carole Malone | Jeremy Vine

YouTube video by Jeremy, Storm & Vanessa On 5

youtu.be

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mae'n ddrwg 'da fi @hollowdev.bsky.social · 1d

Someone actually willing to fight back, never thought I'd see the day in British politics

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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