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A Lurker

@justalurkerlurking.bsky.social

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Non-native English speaker; selkie appreciator; plushie enthusiast; lover of all animals fluffy, slimy and/or crawly

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A Lurker @justalurkerlurking.bsky.social · Nov 17

Just a lurker lurking. Don't expect too many posts from me. Anyway, here's a cat!

Blurry, close-up shot of a grey and white cat with dilated pupils looking out of a blue shopping bag

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Gemma Wiseman @gemma77.bsky.social · 11h

my good intentions
#hover hopefully over
procrastination

#vss365 #haiku

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 12h

Your reminder that just because I share a news story about someone doesn’t mean that I’m endorsing everything they’ve ever said and done or will do etc

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 17h

the night slips
its silver skin-
we begin
#haiku #poetry

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Danni @dannilinne.bsky.social · 13h

Beholder of my Soul…..

#selkie #folklore #celticfolklore

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Karen Turner @karenjturner.bsky.social · 23h

19th October, daily stitching marking the passage of time
#intuitivedailystitching #textileart #embroidery #stitchjournal

alternating columns of dark brown herringbone stitch and cream straight stitch on white vintage linen

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geneva / LBX 534 @gdbee.bsky.social · 13h

I think this is done?

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Jack @jackalopeart.bsky.social · 17h

New zine! Satyr: the greene-wood is
an illustrated essay on the subject of folklore, the environment and biodiversity

#folklore #zine #collage #illustration #satyr #selkies #wolves #treelore

The front cover of a zine illustrated with collage of satyrs and fauns. the text reads Satyr the greene-wood - an illustrated essay on the subject of folklore, the environment and biodiversity - a right villainous zine

the back cover of a zine illustrated with collage of a wolf with a human face. the blurb reads Satyr: the greene-wood is an essay using folkloric stories, figures and themes to explore biodiversity loss, environmental damage and destruction, and our relationship with the natural world both now and in the past.

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Kelly Jarvis @kellyjarviswriter.bsky.social · 19h

Selkie Sunday 💙🦭🌕

kellyjarviswriter.com/selkie-moon

📸 by Karl Ramsdell

#SelkieMoon #selkiesunday #selkies #fairytale #folklore #debutnovella #seal #sealife #oceanphotography

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Michael Le Page @mjflepage.bsky.social · 18h

mRNA 🧬 vaccines - but not other kinds - trigger an innate response that can allow the immune system to 'see' and attack tumours, animal studies suggest 🧪

If true, the covid vaccines should do this - and now we have the first evidence this is so

www.newscientist.com/article/2500...

mRNA covid vaccines spark immune response that may aid cancer survival

An analysis of patient records suggests that mRNA covid-19 vaccines boost the immune response to cancerous tumours when given soon after people start a type of immunotherapy, extending their lives

www.newscientist.com

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@Pianoartfaithb @artfaithb.bsky.social · 1d

the song of branches and leaves

🧡 💛 💚

Illustration of three trees in bright colours; a gold triangle centred tree and two accompanying green trees, one either side, on a black background

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Adrian C. Jackson @adriancjax.blacksky.app · 1d

I haven’t been sick in any capacity (cold, flu, Covid, etc.) in over 5 years, going on 6.

No coughs.
No sniffles.
No sore throats.
No fevers.
Nuthin’.

I am NEVER returning to a maskless lifestyle.

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Queer Deer @ayaladeer.bsky.social · 1d

#Ectoberhaunt25 Day 16: Selkie

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WolfhideWinter @wolfhidewinter.bsky.social · 1d

Went on a four hour round trip with @romulus-ac.bsky.social yesterday and saw a Selkie Post worker having a break!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

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Sheep Daily 🐑 @sheepdaily.bsky.social · 1d

🐑ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁

A white sheep with droopy ears asleep on green grass, possibly in a meadow. It's facing the left.

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anselmdubois.bsky.social @anselmdubois.bsky.social · 1d

just because i'm right doesn't mean you're a dumbass.

the knife always cuts both ways. 🤪🤣😜😙

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 1d

Just because I’m a dumbass doesn’t mean you’re right

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

Dorothea Lange,
Girl with an umbrella,
Louisiana, 1937
#WomensArt

Monochrome photograph featuring a young Black women in an outside space, upper half, holding an umbrella, wearing a checked shirt and apron as well as a small round hat, she looks down to her hands

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Mags 🛸 @novakiart.bsky.social · 1d

some vampire/selkie yuri for the gals

- #oc #art #biteclub #vampires #selkie

Various sketchy scenes of Mari and Catriona. There's an ongoing thread of conversation between them:

Mari: You want me to kill your husband.
Catriona: Yes.
Mari: I'm a psychologist, darling.
Catriona: You're a vampire.
Mari: And why should I kill him?
Catriona: Trust me.
Mari: ... No.

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Helene Illustration @helenedraws.bsky.social · 1d

Nicnevin, Queen of the Faeries
#scottishfolklore #art #watercolor #illustration #folklore

pictured is an illustration of the scottish Hekate, queen of the faeries Nicnevin, interpreted as a black woman. It's a watercolor work with a black woman with stars in her hair, fairies around her and wondrous creatures in the darkness of the night. unicorns, wildcats, a selkie, maybe a banshee. This illustration belongs to the poetry collection Wain, written by Rachel Plummer.

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Ellissa @ellissa.bsky.social · 1d

#BlueskyArtShow #vertical #autumn #fallcolors #aspens #7syllablesentence (end)

Each end - a new beginning

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UkuleleCLE @ukulelecle.bsky.social · 1d

Some are offended
By my oil puns which are crude
But I'll refine them

#emoetry #haiku

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Maida ☠️ @emmaidama.bsky.social · 1d

Some Good News!! 🤩💖
Exciting results from blood test for more than 50 cancers could help speed up diagnosis…
#CancerAwareness #Pinks 🌸

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Galleri test: Exciting results from blood test for 50 cancers

The Galleri test looks for fragments of DNA that have broken off a tumour and are circulating in the blood.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dena Hyena @denahyena.bsky.social · 1d

And a sense of a future that doesn’t involve grinding poverty and desperation.

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