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Mad (ex) Scientist (Ph.D in Nanotech) IIT Bombay Camera and Beyond Perversely Subversive and Absurd I love Books, Bowie and the Beatles 📍Bombay 🇮🇳 Check my 📸 Feed https://ko-fi.com/lucidillusions | lucidillusions.darkroom.com | patreon.com/lucidillusions

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 1d

As much as I hate asking, September's curse and projects getting cancelled/delayed is now here to bite me (with bills)

More than just #MutualAid, if you can pick up something from my store - #Photography #Writing #Art this month, it would be really helpful

All the links in reply

#Share 💕 💸

The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 12d

📍 Pinned post for October, and a ℕ𝕖𝕨 𝔹𝕝𝕠𝕘 ℙ𝕠𝕤𝕥

ss.lucidillusions.in/blog/2025-09...

September has been somewhat cray cray, and you can read all about it on the Blog

And while at it, check out the quoted post for some way to support my work

#WritingCommunity #IAmWriting #Photography 📚💙 💕 💸

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 37m

Shall we post screenshots of Bluesky's CEO's waffles and mourning of a nazi and leave this platform to walk into the blue sea instead to microblog our dying breaths into the waters.

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 38m

Look upon this screenshot of the evil platform I have left with great courage, that I am posting on this platform that ethnically cleanses Palestinian accounts made by genocide survivors as policy, to tell you to leave the other platform or be subject to my judgment that you are an Evil Supporter.

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Freyaa🍉❤️‍🔥🇵🇸 @freyaa.bsky.social · 36m

I had to watch this racist trashfire in a film class in INDIA too because my lefty teacher had some notions of being unbiased 🙄 It was awful even without most of the subtext.
P. Djèlí Clark's Ring Shout tackles this film's legacy in the most fun and effective way ever.
pdjeliclark.com/ring-shout/

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 34m

In her life, Marilyn Monroe was exploited and abused by so many men.
Studio executives, so many people.
After she died, men continued to exploit her for their pleasure: trying to get themselves buried near/above her.
What your writer did here is obscene, nonconsensual and makes me feel slightly ill

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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The Doctor is @status.lucidillusions.in · 23h

writing, editing, submitting.

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 4h

Oooh another #PortfolioDay is upon us, I'm a photographer, and I also Illustrate - I have my work on #Inprnt and #Darkroom.

use code: NLXD8GY for 15% on both stores.

Darkroom: lucidillusions.darkroom.com
Inprnt: www.inprnt.com/gallery/luci...

#Photography #TradArt 🪶🦊🦑🐡🐊 #Prints

A grid with tigers, birds, leopard and a crocodile.

screengrab from inprnt.com - a 3x3 grid -

Baronet butterfly (photo print)
Porpita porpita (blue button) - color pencil on paper
Storym night - black ink on paper
Blue Borb - water color on paper
The Beatles - digital art
The Gentle Labrador -- digital art
Cool bunny in shades - digital
Phainopeplas - pencil color
Golden oriole - watercolor.

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Shweta @thebluemango.in · 8h

Perks of waking up early - got to bake this beautiful #bread loaf.

Kitchen smells amazing! 🍞 🍜

A large, freshly baked loaf, with a domed shiny brown top, resting and cooling off on a silver wire rack.

Inside view of an oven with warm, golden light. A silver bread tin in which white bread is being baked. This photo has been taken just at the beginning. The top is beginning to dome and the edges have brown spots forming on it.

Inside view of an oven with warm, golden light. A silver bread tin in which white bread is being baked. This is towards the end of baking time - the loaf has risen evenly and beautifully, acquiring a deep golden brown colour during the process.

Side view of the silver tin and the shiny, golden brown top of the bread loaf that's about to come out of the oven.

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 5h

Day 14 of #31DaysOfSpooktober

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 "𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬".

www.patreon.com/posts/131225...

#WritingCommunity #Horror 💙📚 #IAmWriting #ReaderSky

(and a little too early for #WIPWednesday)

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 4h

#BirdOfTheDay theme today is Long Neck.

Here's some chaos for Tuesday - Greater Flamingo, Intermediate Egret and a Little Cormorant!

#Birds #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday

p.s. want this as a sticker? www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Ku...

in the background, an intermediate egret (white bird with long neck) looking towards the madness in front, where it looks like a flying little cormorant (black bird) has resulted in the greater fflamingo to lost track of what it was trying to do and its legs are moving randomly.

(the flamingo is a varying shade of black brown and white with very big beak)

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 1h

A clear #BlueSky for #ColorADay theme: #BlueTue

#Photography #Nature #Scape #mountains #RockingTuesday #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #SkySky

A photo of snow-capped mountains, blue sky with some misty clouds. there are green trees on the slope. at left bottom there's a green and yellow shed.

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 1h

@thebluemango.in is a genius ❣️

The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 1h

Depends on the journal, usually they mention the time frame for a reply, you could ask for a reason as well before requesting a withdrawal. From my experience sometimes they can't find reviewers, so it takes longer than anticipated.

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Swati Moitra @swatiatrest.bsky.social · 2h

I have a genuine question. Is it okay to withdraw a piece of it has been under review for an unreasonable timeframe, with no response from the journal? And what according to you is a reasonable timeframe for response?

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Scroll @scroll.in · 2h

"Daisy Rockwell’s novel is a compulsive read. The experience of breathlessness while reading it fits perfectly with the sombre yet curious atmosphere of the plot. It is haunting, rich, and funny," reviews Rahul Singh.

Read the full review here: scroll.in/article/1087...

#BookReview

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 1h

Every day I see articles here about gen Z and Alpha using chatgpt to write and now today I'm off to talk to a grade 12 creative writing class. I think they might let some younger grades watch.
This will probably be my most discerning audience and one of my most important.
Never write off the kids🖤

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 1h

Congratulations:)

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Pooja Saxena @matratype.bsky.social · 1h

Watch till the end to catch a glimpse of my contribution to @letterformarchive.org’s 10th anniversary celebration. It was such an honour to be invited to participate and be featured among stalwarts, past and present! 😇

Letterform Archive @letterformarchive.org · 12h

To celebrate our 10th anniversary, Letterform Archive partnered with the San Francisco office of COLLINS on 100 Tens — 50 “1”s from the Archive’s collection paired with 50 new works from a range of today’s leading designers.

#LetterformArchive #100Tens

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 1h

blessings on the "I am antifa" inflatable t-rex, undeterred from political voice despite both short arms and extinction

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 11h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 1h

Need to polish a bunch of stories and try sending them out by tomorrow - quite a few submission windows close tomorrow (15th Oct)

#WritingCommunity #IAmWriting

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Shweta @thebluemango.in · 1h

If you eat a v v smol madeleine, it becomes a Tadeleine.

Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · Jul 2

If you eat a madeleine while wearing a pretty coral blush, it becomes a Maybelline.

Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · Jul 2

If you eat a madeleine whilst performing a soliloquy and lose your place, it becomes a hadeleine.

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Amba Azaad @ambaazaad.bsky.social · 1h

What a gorgeous bird (and photo)! I had somehow not grocked that their wings were so Jaipuri a blue!

The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 1d

Today's #BirdOfTheTheme is #Wings, so here's a lesser adjutant stork showcasing his.

#Birds #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday

A lesser adjutant stork, sun bathing (noon time) with its wing spread out completely.

the wings are a varying shades of blue with a green hue, and moves from lighter to some dark black tips.

the photo is taken from behind, so part of the head and the neck is visible.

there is elephant grass all around.

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The Doctor of Spooktober Past @lucidillusions.in · 1h

Might be an individual one, I've seen ones which appear much darker and blacker as well + the high noon harsh light also worked for this one :D

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Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social · 6h

Good Morning All and Apologies for my absence yesterday, i wasn't feeling too good.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is all about 'Long Necks' and the Alternative are 'Finches'

I've gone with a Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Cormorant & Canada Goose captured at RSPB Leighton Moss

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin

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Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social · 2h

I'm going to leave you with some small birds as i get a bit more rest, so here's a Cheryl Coal Titi, Charlie Chaffinch, Bobby Blue Tit & Gabby Goldfinch from RSPB Leighton Moss last week.

i will catch up with BOTD Re-Posts later.

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #Ukbirding

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Krittika @krittikaa.bsky.social · 3h

Currently eating murukku at the airport, Mr Nichols is not getting any even if he asks.

Protik Islam-Jakobsson @protik.bsky.social · 17h

believe it or not, this is sex racism

Tom Nichols: Indian food is terrible and we pretend it isn't.

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