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fredmakes.bsky.social
fred
@fredmakes.bsky.social
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I wander and make stuff, sometimes; I'm trying to make stuff more often, despite the best efforts of my inner critic. Behold, many shiddy first drafts, and some iffy second drafts too. How do I work this thing.
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wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 5d
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 9d
He fled a murder, clearly.
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 9d
I once randomly stopped into a shoe repair shop run by this ancient anarchist guy, who explained why my shoes were making my feet hurt, fixed the soles for me, and it was amazing how much difference it made. (Also, got to keep those shoes for another 10 years!)
fredmakes.bsky.social
fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 9d
@charamath.bsky.social ! also, did those papers help and/or do you need more?
fossilforager.bsky.social Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 9d
Whale Fall pin 🦀🐋🦑
A photo of a large gold-plated enamel pin photographed on top of a lichen-covered rock. The enamel pin features a whale skeleton covered with various deep sea creatures, such as octopuses, hagfish, a giant isopod, a crab, and chimaeras.
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 9d
You have a whale fall tattoo?? 😮
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 10d
Trillium! Pitcher plants! May apple!
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 12d
I mean.... weren't a bunch of these creatures, to most people, technically cryptids? Creatures rumored to exist, that may or may not actually exist, some whose existence is just a rumor and others supported by the most dubious of evidence?
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 13d
Aaaah Ophelia's is worth it! Plus they have shop kitties.
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 14d
Also also, reading comprehension update: update my Ophelia's suggestion (which is clearly too late to help with a past gift) as a general plug for Ophelia's because they are a really cool bookstore
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 14d
Just checked and it looks like they are still open 📚💜💚
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 14d
I bought basically all my Patricia McKillip books because the covers were ~~~sooooo preeeeetyy~~~~ (but also I enjoy the stories) - but also, did you try Ophelia's? (Assuming they haven't been crushed by the gentrification pressure?)
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 14d
It's hard to explain how much I love this 😆
mrjeffu.bsky.social Jeffrey J. Hall @mrjeffu.bsky.social · Sep 19
Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 15d
Oh, OK! Sorry, I didn't understand that.
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 15d
Hello! What does a Happy Mail look like? Is it one sticker sheet or a pack of things?
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 16d
@marlenacannon.bsky.social 🧡
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 17d
You may want to do a little teaser preview post that non-paying people can see to tempt them into signing up - otherwise, they can only see blurry blobs on your link.
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 17d
@marlenacannon.bsky.social Did you get a calendar for next year yet?
maxinevee.bsky.social Maxine Vee @maxinevee.bsky.social · 17d
You can now pre-order the 2026 calendar 🥰! #art
Maxinevee.com 🌼
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 19d
Slurm was real 😬
a cartoon drawing of a large brown monster with a top hat
Alt: GIF from Futurama showing the slurm queen drinking her own sugar soda-concentrate excretion wow when you have to write it out it's uh... hmmm
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 19d
I think actually one of the little free seed libraries I saw was yours 😂 in my over-enthusiasm, I forgot I was preaching at the choir
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 20d
Oh yeah, I've seen those too - little free seed libraries
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 20d
anyway, I'm saying there's a slippery slope to becoming a crazy native plant person and foisting seedlings, seeds, and plants on all your friends and neighbors until you saturate their yards and have to expands and--
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 20d
The good news is asters are super easy to grow yourself and there are even seed banks around where you can get native asters, maybe even a map of said seed banks? @hugbox.bsky.social
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 20d
Sure, I could write something! Dust off my skills from a previous life.
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 20d
Can't believe I didn't hear about SciArtSeptember until just now! Dang! Love your poster though :)
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fred @fredmakes.bsky.social · 20d
💯 A bug-free future may sound convenient or nice, but it will NOT be good.
minouette.bsky.social Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 21d
Day 28 #SciArtSeptember prompt harvest. 🧪🐡 Echoing my print of insects for Manufactured Ecosystems about the future of pollination this print is intended to drive home how much we are dependent on insect pollinators. These are many of the food crops we grow here in Ontario which benefit from 🧵
As described this is my 16” x 20” linocut print illustrating food crops grown in Ontario which benefit from insects. In a circle in the centre is text carved to appear hand lettered, printed in black. Arcing upwards reads “OUR FATE”. Horizontally across the middle reads “IS TIED”. Arcing downwards in smaller text reads “TO THAT OF THE”. Arcing downwards in larger text on the second line reads “INSECTS.” Scattered around the words are fruits, berries and life sized vegetables. Clockwise from top: cranberry, eggplant, green bean, apricot, field cucumber, blueberries (both low and high bush), gooseberry, plum, raspberry, pole bean, haskap, pumpkin, peach, watermelon, sour cherry, cantaloupe, currents, kidney bean, zucchini, apple, snap bean, acorn squash, blackberry, pear and in the centre: tomato, yellow pepper and strawberry.
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