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ShinonArt | Maagiset Messut 1.11. @shinonart.bsky.social · 7h

There are also a lot of little creatures dwelling in the lands of Pangaea, such as this pinecone!

Done for the Dawn of Pangaea board game

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Pronto @notengoprisa.bsky.social · 7h

No adivinaríais que tipo de dispositivo conectado vende esta empresa.

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Sharon of the Strange Times @sharonahill.bsky.social · 13h

Guest hosting this week’s episode. skeptoid.com/episodes/1011

The Not-Deer and Weird Appalachian Lore - Skeptoid

When ordinary deer turn grotesque, Appalachia’s forests whisper of the Not-Deer — unnatural predators lurking somewhere between folklore and nightmare.

skeptoid.com

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Cuentos del bosque oscuro @cuentosbo.bsky.social · 6h

Hoy la gran Ursula K. Le Guin habría cumplido 96 años. Para recordar a esta increíble autora y pensadora, os proponemos dos de las historias que hemos versionado en nuestro podcast.
En primer lugar, una curiosa historia:

”La dirección de la carretera”, de Ursula K. Le Guin
go.ivoox.com/rf/126020911

La dirección de la carretera - Úrsula K. Le Guin - Cuentos del bosque oscuro - Podcast en iVoox

Escucha este episodio de Cuentos del bosque oscuro gratis en iVoox. «La dirección de la carretera» («Direction of the Road») es un hermoso cuento fantástico de Úrsula K. Le Guin, escrito en 1973 y pub...

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Loli @lolime1972.bsky.social · 6h

Lo habéis visto en televisión y protestásteis cuando lo quitaron y pusieron Orzowei.

Os lo descargásteis con eMule (o similar).

Lo habéis visto hecho meme digital.

Y ahora, aquí lo tenéis como #MemesAMano

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Pozik🔻 @pozik.org · 6h

Martes de #MemesAMano

OcaSooo....

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Patrick @watchinthesky.bsky.social · 6h

Hornworm update

Either it is growing fast or I under estimated the size earlier. Clearly it is bigger than my index finger and still hungry! Chomp chomp What a unit! #invertes

Rustic Sphinx moth

A large green caterpillar is hanging upside down from a thin branch of its host plant. It is as big around and longer than my index finger. It has seven diagonal white stripes on its sides.

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Spidermax @spidermax3000.bsky.social · 6h

#arachtober #spooktober
Spotter #orbweaver - Neoscona sp.
(Shot in my old back yard 8-23-23) 🕷️🕸️ #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #urbanwildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #arachnid #spider #spidersky

A spotted orbweaver (Neoscona sp.) on their web at night. The spider is an incredible set of brown, red, and yellowish. They are sitting in the center of their web with head positioned down to await prey. The lighting brings out the hairs throughout their body.

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Gisela Baños @gisbanos.bsky.social · 10h

Imagina que te dicen que tal vez tengas una enfermedad grave y te dan dos opciones:

1) Que te vea el especialista en la pública en un año (que a lo mejor no tienes).

2) Que te vea el especialista en menos de un mes en la privada.

No, no es una elección, es un chantaje. Bienvenidos a Madrid.

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DTL of the Damned @dtl.bsky.social · 6h

Apparently it’s #WorldReptileDay! Here’s a side-blotch lizard from Arizona to celebrate.

#herps

A stars looking brown lizard sunning on concrete. If there’s a blotch in the side, it’s unremarkable
©️DTL 2025

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Mike Henry @onlyveesaz.bsky.social · 10h

Mr. Pyrrhuloxia is ready for his closeup ☀️🪶🌵

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c0rvid0 @c0rvid0.eu · 6h

Si Darth Vader le oyese se cagaba en sus muelas.

No se puede manosear así la figura de Vader pq siendo el villano más carismático de los últimos tiempos nadie jamas intento disimular su vileza. Ni el mismo.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump: "We have Darth Vader. You know Darth Vader, right? Darth Vader is a man who is sitting -- is that Darth? Stand up please. Does everybody know -- they call him Darth Vader, I call him a fine man. But he's cutting Democrat priorities and they're never gonna get them back."

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Goblin mode @orcascream.bsky.social · Aug 20

Una IA jamás va a superar la animación artesanal donde una serpiente está enroscada de tal manera que tiene los brazos cruzados simulando enfado.

Es que lo flipo. Qué cerebro de galaxia.

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Un sanísimo trozo de Aitor I. Eraña @aitorierana.bsky.social · 6h

Ahí está. Esto es creatividad, ingenio, intención, un reto artístico. Cosas que una IA no maneja. Una IA solo es una tragaperras de dibujos recombinados en la que no te quedas con lo que quieres, te quedas con lo que más se aproxima a lo que quieres.

Goblin mode @orcascream.bsky.social · Aug 20

Una IA jamás va a superar la animación artesanal donde una serpiente está enroscada de tal manera que tiene los brazos cruzados simulando enfado.

Es que lo flipo. Qué cerebro de galaxia.

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DTL of the Damned @dtl.bsky.social · 10h

Cormorant drying out in the sun

Brown diving bird with wings spread. Perched on a branch over a pond
©️DTL 2025

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 8d

Some ducks photobombed my great blue heron capture.

Full-resolution preview (and prints) here: laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/gre...

#MallardMonday #birds #wildlife #nature 📷

A vertical photo of a great blue heron standing in shallow water, with trees in the background and three mallard ducks in the foreground.

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Kat La Ronde @katlaronde.bsky.social · 23h

If you see an otter steal a surfboard, no you didn’t.

Sea Otters Are Stealing Surfboards in California. Again.

www.nytimes.com

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Nature Art by Gibson @azgibsonz.bsky.social · 12h

🤘😶‍🌫️ I like to stuff my timeline chock full of eye candy, and not much else, so #TalonTuesday is no exception! 🦅🌿

🫠 I'm also manifesting a little since Puff the Regular Kestrel has been buzzing the house recently and I'd like another look...🤞

📸 American Kestrel 🪶

#Raptors
#BirdsOfPrey
#Photography

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Fran @Madrillano @madrillano.com · 7h

El Supremo rechaza que se pueda denegar el subsidio de desempleo por contabilizar la pensión de alimentos impagada

Su ex no le paga la pensión, y no le dan subsidio porque con los ingresos de la pensión se pasa. Y que si no se la paga, que reclamé. Ha tenido que llegar hasta el Supremo

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Sue @cameratrapsue.bsky.social · Jan 14

Left photo: "That bug I just ate was this big!"
Middle photo: "OK, it *might* have been this big".
Right photo: "You calling me a liar?".

#mammals

The first photo in a series of three. It shows a raccoon in the center of the frame, looking just to the left of the camera. It has its front paws up with a few inches gap between them. It looks like he could be showing how long something was. His black mask, whiskers and small, roundish ears are visible. There are shrubs to the left, right and behind him and small landscaping rocks on the ground.

The second photo in a series of three. It shows the same raccoon in the center of the frame, looking at the camera. It has its front paws up with a smaller gap between them than the first photo. It looks like he could be showing how long something was. His black mask, whiskers and small, roundish ears are visible. His mouth is slightly open revealing some of his small, lower jaw teeth. There are shrubs to the left, right and behind him and small landscaping rocks on the ground.

The last photo in a series of three. It shows the same raccoon in the center of the frame, looking to the left. It has its front paws up still with a small gap between them. His black mask, whiskers and small, roundish ears are visible. He looks like he is scowling in this photo with his face slightly scrunched up. There are shrubs to the left, right and behind him and small landscaping rocks on the ground.

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✮ adri ⒷⒻⒷ ✮ @adribfb.bsky.social · 8h

Madrid bloquea las ecografías en centros de salud del sur por falta de radiólogos

Muchos pacientes que aguardan una prueba no engrosan las estadísticas oficiales de listas de espera porque las agendas están cerradas y se pasan meses sin cita

Madrid bloquea las ecografías en centros de salud del sur por falta de radiólogos

Muchos pacientes que aguardan una prueba no engrosan las estadísticas oficiales de listas de espera porque las agendas están cerradas y se pasan meses sin cita

elpais.com

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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 1d

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Peter Nguyen @dptbirder.bsky.social · 9h

In California we have resident Red-tailed Hawks, but also in the fall and winter we get migrants!

Our hawk population effectively doubles in some areas and young hawks like this one start butting up against established areas of resident hawks 🥰

📷🌿🪶

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Pan: The Reverist @ok2panic.bsky.social · 2d

😂 I think maybe 5 is the most I’ve ever seen together. This was the prettiest of that bunch and also when I would lay on the ground to take a pic! 😂

And indigo bunting in the grass. He is shining like a blue diamond.

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Pan: The Reverist @ok2panic.bsky.social · 2d

So I heard these coo gurgle noises and thought it was the Red Bellied Woodpeckers that hang out here year round but... it was this male Northern Flicker doing a display for a female (upper left. ) First time I've seen that. Probably should have videoed it but I was busy watching it! 😂 #birds

Two Northern Flickers. A male lower right does a side to side rocks, like he's disco dancing. The female, barely visible in the upper left, look on!

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