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Colin Urbina @lowmountain.bsky.social · 4d

I use hartney greymont in eastern mass and they only charge me if they need to trim the trees. It might be different for you since you have waaaaaay more tress than I do but it might be worth a shot.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Colin Urbina @lowmountain.bsky.social · 8d

I figured out how to cure shark skin using some dubious liquid! And used a drill in a way it was not meant to be used. Thankfully safety equipment was used.

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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 8d

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Colin Urbina @lowmountain.bsky.social · 8d

As a bookbinder of over a decade I can confirm most of this, including some inadvisable experiments I ran on the roof of my apartment when I was in bookbinding school.

Dr. Emily Friedman @friede.bsky.social · 8d

The History of the Book is a history of markets & piss buckets & animal skins & experiments with hay & men & women & metal & wood & palm & yak & how many sheep go into a single manuscript or using cutting edge tech to see inside a book burned into a single inoperable block.

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Colin Urbina @lowmountain.bsky.social · 19d

y'all ever have a vacation so bad you are forced to immediately go to sleep?

Colin Urbina @lowmountain.bsky.social · 22d

Although that white and gold could be the great white book edition of Nobilis.

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Colin Urbina @lowmountain.bsky.social · 22d

Damn both of these are super solid guesses.

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Colin Urbina @lowmountain.bsky.social · 22d

That’s going to be an all timer.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 25d

This is entirely true on so many levels I don't think I could possibly detail it exhaustively, but you really can't oppose trans people's human rights and still have freedom of expression and bodily autonomy, the idea that people are entitled to self determination goes right out the window....

Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 25d

Being nice to trans people really did turn out to be a load bearing part of liberal democracy ey

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Colin Urbina @lowmountain.bsky.social · 26d

First Mitch from the Huntington and now Linnea at the LoC! I love seeing @nbssboston.bsky.social bookbinding grads share their knowledge.

Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 26d

Welcome to the world of “inclusions,” an ecosystem known to archivists the world over in which they come across all sorts of things readers have purposefully or inadvertently left between a book’s pages. Recently at the Library, the objet du jour was... a snakeskin. 🐍 blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/09/...

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Colin Urbina @lowmountain.bsky.social · Sep 9

This looks super cool.

Kristen Haas Curtis @hellomizk.bsky.social · Sep 8

SO EXCITED TO SHARE THIS! Announcing the Newberry Medieval Minicomic Prize: two juried mini-grants of $250.00 each to support emerging artists l for the creation of a new minicomic that engages with medieval culture. More details available here:
www.newberry.org/calendar/new...

Newberry Medieval Minicomic Prize

Juried mini-grants for emerging comic artists interested in engaging with medieval culture.

www.newberry.org

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Sandy Pug Games @sandypuggames.bsky.social · Sep 3

I heard all the chuds are worried cause steve gave jay that one ancient dai-katana forged in the heart of primordial earth and she's gonna use it to cut the munchkins average play time down to a palatable 3 and a half Hours

jay Dragon is away from keyboard @jdragsky.bsky.social · Sep 3

heavens no, surely this cannot be

trans leftist is now lead game designer of steve jackson games! steve jackson games has hired a self-admitted pervert as their lead game designer

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MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social · Aug 30

Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over

The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.

www.kickstarter.com

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · Aug 29

Also works for an academic

phoenixmcarthur @mmcarthur.bsky.social · Aug 28

Pyramid
"Life of an artist"

95% of the bottom = Work
Very tip top 5% = Work you see

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Allie Alvis 🌷 @book-historia.bsky.social · Aug 26

I really like this jawbreaker-looking speckled edge

The top of a bunch of books on a shelf, one of them with red and blue speckled edges

The bottom of the book with speckled edges

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Colin Urbina @lowmountain.bsky.social · Aug 25

Do I need another copy of Quiet Year? No! Will I buy this anyway? Probably!

Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony @lackingceremony.bsky.social · Aug 25

Unboxing the new Quiet Year! This is a hand-stamped box that's the perfect size to hold the how to play booklet, cards, skull tokens, and little wooden dice.

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Colin Urbina @lowmountain.bsky.social · Aug 23

The public deserves to know if Zohran watches Game Changer.

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Art Martinez-Tebbel @amtebbel.bsky.social · Aug 22

Wow a whole season of Friends at the Table playing Realis for only $5. What a bargain

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Colin Urbina @lowmountain.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm really interested to see where this goes. Tribe 8 was a game that I really loved when I was younger and I'm looking forward to it getting a modern spin. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dp9...

Tribes in the Dark - Roleplaying Game

Tribes in the Dark is new edition of the Tribe 8 roleplaying game, powered by Forged in the Dark.

www.kickstarter.com

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Colin Urbina @lowmountain.bsky.social · Aug 19

Every @obsidianent.bsky.social announcement that isn't Pentiment 2 is a waste.

Colin Urbina @lowmountain.bsky.social · Aug 15

I taught high school students for the first time this week - one told me i looked like a guy who would be into model ships and they didn't want to leave at the end of the day. 10/10 no notes.

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jay Dragon is away from keyboard @jdragsky.bsky.social · Aug 4

my mom taught me there's two kinds of businesses: hot dog stands and art galleries

- hot dog stands protect territory and keep competition off their turf
- art galleries benefit from more adjacent art galleries, cluster together to amplify reach/support

youre an art gallery, not a hot dog stand

Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · Aug 4

Play and discuss as if you were friends trying to get to know each other better, rather than as if you were rival squawking merchants trying to sell competing goods in a marketplace. The world is full of friends and potential friends, and it's much lonelier and more frightening when it isn't.

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · Jul 15

;)

Person in a party hat giving a presentation and it says The greatest research skill you can have is being a nosy bitch who wants to find out

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UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · Jul 28

UCC Library is recruiting a Head of Special Collections & Archives.

Lead the development, digitisation, and promotion of our rare books, manuscripts & archives.

Apply by 12pm, 19 Aug: www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

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