TheClassCalico
@theclasscalico.bsky.social
She/them. Adult. I'm mostly here to look at pretty art and cool science. Be aware that I do occasionally post about politics. These will be tagged with #Politics
Banner by Artem Saranin. Avatar by Stxrgem on Toyhouse.
Banner by Artem Saranin. Avatar by Stxrgem on Toyhouse.
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I use this social media page to add cool trash to my trash pile and scream into the void. Sometimes, people scream back.
Maybe you will find creative self-made trash here sometimes.
Maybe you will find creative self-made trash here sometimes.
I fucking *despise* #Amazon and encourage people to opt for a different eReader if they can. (I personally use #Kobo) HOWEVER, I do think that Amazon's recent move to offer EPUBS is a step in the right direction.
#AmazonKindle #Kindle
#AmazonKindle #Kindle
December 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I fucking *despise* #Amazon and encourage people to opt for a different eReader if they can. (I personally use #Kobo) HOWEVER, I do think that Amazon's recent move to offer EPUBS is a step in the right direction.
#AmazonKindle #Kindle
#AmazonKindle #Kindle
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The "European woodland animal has some kind of species related issue resolved by love just in time for a marketable Christmas" trilogy of Ads.
AD THREE: Intermarché Christmas ad (2025) Just like the other two this ad is a combination of hand made elements and CGi elements. Another common element.
AD THREE: Intermarché Christmas ad (2025) Just like the other two this ad is a combination of hand made elements and CGi elements. Another common element.
December 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The "European woodland animal has some kind of species related issue resolved by love just in time for a marketable Christmas" trilogy of Ads.
AD THREE: Intermarché Christmas ad (2025) Just like the other two this ad is a combination of hand made elements and CGi elements. Another common element.
AD THREE: Intermarché Christmas ad (2025) Just like the other two this ad is a combination of hand made elements and CGi elements. Another common element.
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The "European woodland animal has some kind of species related issue resolved by love just in time for a marketable Christmas" trilogy of Ads.
AD TWO: What would Christmas be without Love? (2018) Erste Bank holiday ad made with combination stop-motion and CGI To get a felted doll look.
AD TWO: What would Christmas be without Love? (2018) Erste Bank holiday ad made with combination stop-motion and CGI To get a felted doll look.
December 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The "European woodland animal has some kind of species related issue resolved by love just in time for a marketable Christmas" trilogy of Ads.
AD TWO: What would Christmas be without Love? (2018) Erste Bank holiday ad made with combination stop-motion and CGI To get a felted doll look.
AD TWO: What would Christmas be without Love? (2018) Erste Bank holiday ad made with combination stop-motion and CGI To get a felted doll look.
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The "European woodland animal has some kind of species related issue resolved by love just in time for a marketable Christmas" trilogy of Ads.
AD ONE: The Bear and the Hare (2013) the one that started the tradition. Handrawn characters on physical hand-crafted sets.
youtu.be/G5TRcyJBnJQ?...
AD ONE: The Bear and the Hare (2013) the one that started the tradition. Handrawn characters on physical hand-crafted sets.
youtu.be/G5TRcyJBnJQ?...
John Lewis - The Bear and the Hare (2013, UK)
YouTube video by The Hall of Advertising
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The "European woodland animal has some kind of species related issue resolved by love just in time for a marketable Christmas" trilogy of Ads.
AD ONE: The Bear and the Hare (2013) the one that started the tradition. Handrawn characters on physical hand-crafted sets.
youtu.be/G5TRcyJBnJQ?...
AD ONE: The Bear and the Hare (2013) the one that started the tradition. Handrawn characters on physical hand-crafted sets.
youtu.be/G5TRcyJBnJQ?...
ALSO! Wow, Alastor was insufferable this season, but especially during *one* scene in particular. It was already evident that he was a horrible, horrible person, but there's murder, and then there's being a massive dick on a personal level.
I finished watching the second season of #HazbinHotel. Vox's death was hilarious! Quite possibly the second funniest death in the series.
Gotta love that rivals who paralleled in life both suffered dumb deaths.
Gotta love that rivals who paralleled in life both suffered dumb deaths.
December 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
ALSO! Wow, Alastor was insufferable this season, but especially during *one* scene in particular. It was already evident that he was a horrible, horrible person, but there's murder, and then there's being a massive dick on a personal level.
I finished watching the second season of #HazbinHotel. Vox's death was hilarious! Quite possibly the second funniest death in the series.
Gotta love that rivals who paralleled in life both suffered dumb deaths.
Gotta love that rivals who paralleled in life both suffered dumb deaths.
December 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I finished watching the second season of #HazbinHotel. Vox's death was hilarious! Quite possibly the second funniest death in the series.
Gotta love that rivals who paralleled in life both suffered dumb deaths.
Gotta love that rivals who paralleled in life both suffered dumb deaths.
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Over a third of animals lost in test deep sea mining - scientists
Over a third of animals lost in test deep sea mining - scientists
The findings contribute to a controversial debate that pits green technology against the environment.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Over a third of animals lost in test deep sea mining - scientists
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Not a wobbegong, not even a shark, but a goosefish! They will lay the most amazing egg veils.
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Not a wobbegong, not even a shark, but a goosefish! They will lay the most amazing egg veils.
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✨ 2k Follower Raffle ✨
Winner will receive a custom scratchboard style piece like the examples below 💀
To enter:
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Ends December 31st ❄️
#art #raffle #artraffle #darkart #horrorart #horror #creepy
Winner will receive a custom scratchboard style piece like the examples below 💀
To enter:
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- Comment/Tag a friend (Optional!)
Ends December 31st ❄️
#art #raffle #artraffle #darkart #horrorart #horror #creepy
December 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
✨ 2k Follower Raffle ✨
Winner will receive a custom scratchboard style piece like the examples below 💀
To enter:
- Like
- Repost
- Follow
- Comment/Tag a friend (Optional!)
Ends December 31st ❄️
#art #raffle #artraffle #darkart #horrorart #horror #creepy
Winner will receive a custom scratchboard style piece like the examples below 💀
To enter:
- Like
- Repost
- Follow
- Comment/Tag a friend (Optional!)
Ends December 31st ❄️
#art #raffle #artraffle #darkart #horrorart #horror #creepy
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A lot of misinfo here.
That picture is of a goosefish, not a wobbegong. They're classed under ray-finned fish, or Actinopterygii. They live in deep water and aren't a threat to humans
The wobbegong is a species of carpet shark. They prey in shallows and are potentially dangerous to divers.
That picture is of a goosefish, not a wobbegong. They're classed under ray-finned fish, or Actinopterygii. They live in deep water and aren't a threat to humans
The wobbegong is a species of carpet shark. They prey in shallows and are potentially dangerous to divers.
December 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A lot of misinfo here.
That picture is of a goosefish, not a wobbegong. They're classed under ray-finned fish, or Actinopterygii. They live in deep water and aren't a threat to humans
The wobbegong is a species of carpet shark. They prey in shallows and are potentially dangerous to divers.
That picture is of a goosefish, not a wobbegong. They're classed under ray-finned fish, or Actinopterygii. They live in deep water and aren't a threat to humans
The wobbegong is a species of carpet shark. They prey in shallows and are potentially dangerous to divers.
What makes this extra funny is that I used to have a reputation for never cursing, and being "pure". Today, neither of those statements are true.
It turns out that I do a lot of shitting.
@theclasscalico.bsky.social has swears! They've used 69 profanities in their last 464 posts.
🥇 "shit" (15 times)
🥈 "fuck" (9 times)
🥉 "damn" (8 times)
🥇 "shit" (15 times)
🥈 "fuck" (9 times)
🥉 "damn" (8 times)
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
What makes this extra funny is that I used to have a reputation for never cursing, and being "pure". Today, neither of those statements are true.
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The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
Long-COVID research just got a big funding boost: will it find new treatments?
The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes.
go.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
go.nature.com/48qFiTA
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calico: [profanity bleeping sound]
December 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
calico: [profanity bleeping sound]
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I love how bats come in 4 flavors:
🦇 mouse with wings
🦇 fox with wings
🦇 cathedral gargoyle
🦇 eldritch nightmare abomination
🦇 mouse with wings
🦇 fox with wings
🦇 cathedral gargoyle
🦇 eldritch nightmare abomination
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I love how bats come in 4 flavors:
🦇 mouse with wings
🦇 fox with wings
🦇 cathedral gargoyle
🦇 eldritch nightmare abomination
🦇 mouse with wings
🦇 fox with wings
🦇 cathedral gargoyle
🦇 eldritch nightmare abomination
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"Birth of the Homunculus"
A sorceress astounded by her creation.
This painting has been floating around in my head for months now, and I only found the right time to bring it to fruition yesterday!
(see thread for details + process shot-by-shot)
A sorceress astounded by her creation.
This painting has been floating around in my head for months now, and I only found the right time to bring it to fruition yesterday!
(see thread for details + process shot-by-shot)
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Birth of the Homunculus"
A sorceress astounded by her creation.
This painting has been floating around in my head for months now, and I only found the right time to bring it to fruition yesterday!
(see thread for details + process shot-by-shot)
A sorceress astounded by her creation.
This painting has been floating around in my head for months now, and I only found the right time to bring it to fruition yesterday!
(see thread for details + process shot-by-shot)
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"Let me in, let me in!"
Mari Lwyd for this year's holiday card~✨
Mari Lwyd for this year's holiday card~✨
December 11, 2024 at 8:18 PM
"Let me in, let me in!"
Mari Lwyd for this year's holiday card~✨
Mari Lwyd for this year's holiday card~✨
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you better watch out
you betTER WATCH OUT
YOU BETTER WATCH OUT
Happy Krampusnacht!
you betTER WATCH OUT
YOU BETTER WATCH OUT
Happy Krampusnacht!
December 5, 2023 at 11:42 PM
you better watch out
you betTER WATCH OUT
YOU BETTER WATCH OUT
Happy Krampusnacht!
you betTER WATCH OUT
YOU BETTER WATCH OUT
Happy Krampusnacht!
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Cambridge University’s women-only Newnham College will continue admitting trans women despite recent backlash and a U.K. Supreme Court ruling.
Read more: https://bit.ly/48p0c5z
#cambridgeuniversity #newnhamcollege #uk #unitedkingdom #transwomen #transrights #transgenderrights #europe #Transnews
Read more: https://bit.ly/48p0c5z
#cambridgeuniversity #newnhamcollege #uk #unitedkingdom #transwomen #transrights #transgenderrights #europe #Transnews
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Cambridge University’s women-only Newnham College will continue admitting trans women despite recent backlash and a U.K. Supreme Court ruling.
Read more: https://bit.ly/48p0c5z
#cambridgeuniversity #newnhamcollege #uk #unitedkingdom #transwomen #transrights #transgenderrights #europe #Transnews
Read more: https://bit.ly/48p0c5z
#cambridgeuniversity #newnhamcollege #uk #unitedkingdom #transwomen #transrights #transgenderrights #europe #Transnews
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If you have minute, please consider signing this. UK Girl Guides has decided, after the High Court's pathetic bending of the knee to transphobes, to ban transgender women and girls from being Guides. This is a discriminatory, harmful decision that they should reverse.
#TransRights #GirlGuides
#TransRights #GirlGuides
Sign the Petition
Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
c.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
If you have minute, please consider signing this. UK Girl Guides has decided, after the High Court's pathetic bending of the knee to transphobes, to ban transgender women and girls from being Guides. This is a discriminatory, harmful decision that they should reverse.
#TransRights #GirlGuides
#TransRights #GirlGuides
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Unfortunately, #Trans rights and acceptance just keep doing downhill here in Terf Land.
Please do speak up and donate to trans and trans-inclusive LGBTQA+ charities.
#LGBT
#LGBT+
#LGBTQA+
#TransRights
#HumanRights
#UK
#UKPolitics
#Politics
Unfortunately, #Trans rights and acceptance just keep doing downhill here in Terf Land.
Please do speak up and donate to trans and trans-inclusive LGBTQA+ charities.
#LGBT
#LGBT+
#LGBTQA+
#TransRights
#HumanRights
#UK
#UKPolitics
#Politics
Women's Institute to stop offering trans women membership
The National Federation of Women's Institutes said it made the decision with “sincere regret”.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Unfortunately, #Trans rights and acceptance just keep doing downhill here in Terf Land.
Please do speak up and donate to trans and trans-inclusive LGBTQA+ charities.
#LGBT
#LGBT+
#LGBTQA+
#TransRights
#HumanRights
#UK
#UKPolitics
#Politics
Unfortunately, #Trans rights and acceptance just keep doing downhill here in Terf Land.
Please do speak up and donate to trans and trans-inclusive LGBTQA+ charities.
#LGBT
#LGBT+
#LGBTQA+
#TransRights
#HumanRights
#UK
#UKPolitics
#Politics
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An exquisite fossil of a 240-million-year-old marine reptile reveals it had partially webbed fingers and toes.
The exceptional preservation also hinted at underlying limb muscles that suggest it swam like seal.
#Paleontology #MonteSanGiorgio
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The exceptional preservation also hinted at underlying limb muscles that suggest it swam like seal.
#Paleontology #MonteSanGiorgio
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An ancient reptile’s fossilized skin reveals how it swam like a seal
A reptile fossil is the first of its kind with skin and partially webbed feet, possibly showing how later species like plesiosaurs adapted to water.
www.sciencenews.org
September 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
An exquisite fossil of a 240-million-year-old marine reptile reveals it had partially webbed fingers and toes.
The exceptional preservation also hinted at underlying limb muscles that suggest it swam like seal.
#Paleontology #MonteSanGiorgio
🧪🏺
New for @sciencenews.bsky.social
The exceptional preservation also hinted at underlying limb muscles that suggest it swam like seal.
#Paleontology #MonteSanGiorgio
🧪🏺
New for @sciencenews.bsky.social
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"Keskitalven kokko" (Midwinter bonfire)
Finnhorse under a winter sun, burning like flames in the cold.
#art #traditionalart #finnhorse
Finnhorse under a winter sun, burning like flames in the cold.
#art #traditionalart #finnhorse
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Keskitalven kokko" (Midwinter bonfire)
Finnhorse under a winter sun, burning like flames in the cold.
#art #traditionalart #finnhorse
Finnhorse under a winter sun, burning like flames in the cold.
#art #traditionalart #finnhorse
It turns out that I do a lot of shitting.
@theclasscalico.bsky.social has swears! They've used 69 profanities in their last 464 posts.
🥇 "shit" (15 times)
🥈 "fuck" (9 times)
🥉 "damn" (8 times)
🥇 "shit" (15 times)
🥈 "fuck" (9 times)
🥉 "damn" (8 times)
December 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It turns out that I do a lot of shitting.