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@myceliummiscellany.bsky.social

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Flâneur, dilettante, naturist, and aesthete. Lover of the three Fs: Fauna, Flora, Funga, plus history, maps, food, and erotica. Origami crane enthusiast, occasional chess player, and newly ordained ULC priest.

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Rev'd Νικόλαος 🪻🌷☦️ 🌌 @myceliummiscellany.bsky.social · Jul 23

"Bananas and tomatoes". I popped into a local art gallery whilst on my lunch today and was immediately struck my this piece. I can't imagine what this combo would taste like....

#stilllife #art
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Rev'd Νικόλαος 🪻🌷☦️ 🌌 @myceliummiscellany.bsky.social · 3h

Two things - 1) I adore black and white photography - B&W has a certain 'je ne sais quois' that colour lacks, and 2) I quite like the hint of pubic hair which is partial masked by the model's right arm.

Rev'd Νικόλαος 🪻🌷☦️ 🌌 @myceliummiscellany.bsky.social · 11h

I potted this clump of what looks like Clavaria growing on the front lawn. 🍁🍄
#fungi #autumn

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Portland Bird Observatory @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social · 16h

Death's-head Hawk from the Obs moth-traps this morning

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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 1d

This is a detail of a braided pattern decoration in a Christian Arabic codex from the 9th/10th century CE (Sinai Ar. 461, f. 25br). I only recently noticed that the scribe used five differently coloured inks for this. It's just stunning how vibrant they still are after more than a millennium.

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Being Creative @beingcreative70.bsky.social · 1d

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

Prince Andrew stripped of titles because of his participation in Epstein's sex trafficking

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Prince Andrew to stop using titles and honors, including the Duke of York.

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Ciapamia @ciapamia.bsky.social · 1d

Richard Alan by Douglas of Detroit

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Being Creative @beingcreative70.bsky.social · 13h

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 1d

Ivan Shishkin (1832-1898)
Bridge in the Forest.
Oil on Canvas. 1895.

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Rev'd Νικόλαος 🪻🌷☦️ 🌌 @myceliummiscellany.bsky.social · 13h

Daft question - is it about paleontology? or is the title ironic / humorous?

Rev'd Νικόλαος 🪻🌷☦️ 🌌 @myceliummiscellany.bsky.social · 13h

Human ejaculation reaches its peak speed of 28 mph (45 km/h) almost instantly. The entire expulsion lasts about 0.2–0.5 s, with acceleration from 0 to peak occurring in roughly 0.05–0.1 s—a very brief, rapid burst driven by pelvic muscle contractions. #ejeculation #science

Naked guys swimming @skinny-dipping.bsky.social · 1d

Sex(y) on the Beach

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Ciapamia @ciapamia.bsky.social · 1d

YMCA gym / 1960s

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Rev'd Νικόλαος 🪻🌷☦️ 🌌 @myceliummiscellany.bsky.social · 15h

I assume this position was advocated to prevent unnecessary semen leakage from the vagina, thereby ensuring that the majority of it was retained within the orifice.

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Jon Knowles @howsexgotscrewedup.bsky.social · 1d

DYK 13thC #ThomasAquinas & the Vatican decreed that the only allowed sex was the missionary position for #coitus in marriage? A man had to lie, face-to-face, on top of his wife—& only when pregnancy was possible.
Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt.

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Rev'd Νικόλαος 🪻🌷☦️ 🌌 @myceliummiscellany.bsky.social · 16h

I won't say what the intended purpose of the stray sock was.... @jeffsnaturistart.bsky.social

Rev'd Νικόλαος 🪻🌷☦️ 🌌 @myceliummiscellany.bsky.social · 17h

Morning. Another day of thick grey clouds. Looks like it has rained in the night. Best officially start the day and get up (although it looks like I'm ahead of myself there), and have breakfast.

#morning #morningwood #naked #naturism #nudist #nude #erection #erectionsarenormal

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Ciapamia @ciapamia.bsky.social · 1d

JOEL-PETER WITKIN, 1982.
CANOVA'S VENUS

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Rev'd Νικόλαος 🪻🌷☦️ 🌌 @myceliummiscellany.bsky.social · 2d

J'aurais retourné l'appareil photo...

Rev'd Νικόλαος 🪻🌷☦️ 🌌 @myceliummiscellany.bsky.social · 2d

It's 0630...time to get up and start the day.

#naturism #naked #sleepinginthenude #nude #morning

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Left Of Center Orange Hater @henshinhal.bsky.social · 4d

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 5d

It's mushroom season in the Northern Hemisphere 🍄

Here's a look at the chemistry of arguably the most iconic mushroom, fly agaric, and what makes them so brightly coloured and hallucinogenic: www.compoundchem.com/2024/11/11/f...

#ChemSky 🧪

Infographic on fly agaric mushrooms, with an image of the mushrooms in the middle (red with white spots). The chemical structures of the mushroom's pigments are shown, including muscarufin, the primary pigment responsible for their red colour. The compounds behind the mushrooms' psychoactive properties, ibotenic acid and muscimol, are also shown. These compounds imitate neurotransmitters in the brain to exert their effects.

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Rev'd Νικόλαος 🪻🌷☦️ 🌌 @myceliummiscellany.bsky.social · 5d

A snail has somehow found its way into the downstairs loo....and has crapped on the sink. Bastard.

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Jon Knowles @howsexgotscrewedup.bsky.social · 5d

DYK Carol Cassell says this #HistSex, HOW SEX GOT SCREWED UP, is “…a masterpiece about “…why we feel and act the way we do about sex” from the #StoneAge to #MeToo? HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GayMarriage #QueerHistory #QueerSex #SexWork #TrumpKKKristian #WmnHist #Zoophilia

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Jon Knowles @howsexgotscrewedup.bsky.social · 5d

DYK #ChristopherColumbus began killing Taino, within three years of landing in the "New World", to force people as young as 14 to dig for gold to pay him tribute? Full genocide quickly followed.
HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

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Jon Knowles @howsexgotscrewedup.bsky.social · 5d

DYK #MarquisDeSade disagreed w/#Diderot, #Montesquieu, #Rousseau & #Voltaire that #QueerSex was degenerate? It gave most pleasure in life. “Wastage of semen was in accordance with nature” & “there was no need to link sexuality to propagation.” HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

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