Baphijmm - For NM Governor
@baphijmm.bsky.social
It/Its. Astrophysicist, astronomer, optical engineer, author, genealogist, animator, game designer and developer, not necessarily in that order. Tibetan dragon otherkin and furry trash. Ran for US Congress that one time. PFP by @armaina.com
Speaking of that final though, here's my submission. (Unfortunately the classroom projector butchered the darker elements.)
Song is "Night Ambient (Chill Relax Lofi)" by FASSounds on Pixabay
Song is "Night Ambient (Chill Relax Lofi)" by FASSounds on Pixabay
December 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Speaking of that final though, here's my submission. (Unfortunately the classroom projector butchered the darker elements.)
Song is "Night Ambient (Chill Relax Lofi)" by FASSounds on Pixabay
Song is "Night Ambient (Chill Relax Lofi)" by FASSounds on Pixabay
And one more, hadn’t seen this little one in quite a while
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 AM
And one more, hadn’t seen this little one in quite a while
Some photos from around, various pets
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Some photos from around, various pets
Late night posting instead of sleeping like I need to do, especially considering current circumstances.
But no, instead I'm sharing a thing here because I wanna share, and also because only like two people will actually see it probably, and only one might know what it is
(repost, white background)
But no, instead I'm sharing a thing here because I wanna share, and also because only like two people will actually see it probably, and only one might know what it is
(repost, white background)
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Late night posting instead of sleeping like I need to do, especially considering current circumstances.
But no, instead I'm sharing a thing here because I wanna share, and also because only like two people will actually see it probably, and only one might know what it is
(repost, white background)
But no, instead I'm sharing a thing here because I wanna share, and also because only like two people will actually see it probably, and only one might know what it is
(repost, white background)
If you KNOW my characters? You’re allowed to be unhinged about them.
December 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If you KNOW my characters? You’re allowed to be unhinged about them.
I’d set up the two enclosures tonight, after leaving them sit for a few weeks while working on other stuff—didn’t want to stress out the spiders with a relocation so soon after they’d arrived. But, tonight I decided to try.
C. dyscolus hadn’t burrowed yet, so aside from clearing stuff, wasn’t hard.
C. dyscolus hadn’t burrowed yet, so aside from clearing stuff, wasn’t hard.
November 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I’d set up the two enclosures tonight, after leaving them sit for a few weeks while working on other stuff—didn’t want to stress out the spiders with a relocation so soon after they’d arrived. But, tonight I decided to try.
C. dyscolus hadn’t burrowed yet, so aside from clearing stuff, wasn’t hard.
C. dyscolus hadn’t burrowed yet, so aside from clearing stuff, wasn’t hard.
Got a bit of a workout tonight, unintentional.
My last order from Tarantula Cribs included a couple enclosures for the near future, including two fossorial enclosures for two spiders that were bigger than expected on arrival, Ornithoctoninae sp. ‘Vietnam Silver’ and Chilobrachys dyscolus.
My last order from Tarantula Cribs included a couple enclosures for the near future, including two fossorial enclosures for two spiders that were bigger than expected on arrival, Ornithoctoninae sp. ‘Vietnam Silver’ and Chilobrachys dyscolus.
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Got a bit of a workout tonight, unintentional.
My last order from Tarantula Cribs included a couple enclosures for the near future, including two fossorial enclosures for two spiders that were bigger than expected on arrival, Ornithoctoninae sp. ‘Vietnam Silver’ and Chilobrachys dyscolus.
My last order from Tarantula Cribs included a couple enclosures for the near future, including two fossorial enclosures for two spiders that were bigger than expected on arrival, Ornithoctoninae sp. ‘Vietnam Silver’ and Chilobrachys dyscolus.
Today was apparently a bumper day for T molts. Went in to feed everyone and discovered fresh molts from C. cyanopubescens and Psalmopoeus sp. ‘Tononegro’, and while I don’t see a molt, the P. victori MUST have molted because after a week holed up in its dirt-curtain burrow, it’s definitely bigger!
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Today was apparently a bumper day for T molts. Went in to feed everyone and discovered fresh molts from C. cyanopubescens and Psalmopoeus sp. ‘Tononegro’, and while I don’t see a molt, the P. victori MUST have molted because after a week holed up in its dirt-curtain burrow, it’s definitely bigger!
Haven’t shared it, but Ts got a bit of organization over the weekend.
Also N. incei got a new enclosure.
Couple others probably ought to be rehoused too, but for now it’s fine.
Also N. incei got a new enclosure.
Couple others probably ought to be rehoused too, but for now it’s fine.
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Haven’t shared it, but Ts got a bit of organization over the weekend.
Also N. incei got a new enclosure.
Couple others probably ought to be rehoused too, but for now it’s fine.
Also N. incei got a new enclosure.
Couple others probably ought to be rehoused too, but for now it’s fine.
Nun liebe Kinder, gebt fein Acht
Ich bin die Stimme aus dem Kissen
Ich hab' euch etwas mitgebracht
Hab' es aus meine Brust gerissen
Mit diesem Herz hab' ich die Macht
Die Augenlider zo erpressen
Ich singe, bis der Tag erwacht
Ein heller Schein am Firmament
Mein Herz brennt
Mein Herz brennt
Ich bin die Stimme aus dem Kissen
Ich hab' euch etwas mitgebracht
Hab' es aus meine Brust gerissen
Mit diesem Herz hab' ich die Macht
Die Augenlider zo erpressen
Ich singe, bis der Tag erwacht
Ein heller Schein am Firmament
Mein Herz brennt
Mein Herz brennt
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Nun liebe Kinder, gebt fein Acht
Ich bin die Stimme aus dem Kissen
Ich hab' euch etwas mitgebracht
Hab' es aus meine Brust gerissen
Mit diesem Herz hab' ich die Macht
Die Augenlider zo erpressen
Ich singe, bis der Tag erwacht
Ein heller Schein am Firmament
Mein Herz brennt
Mein Herz brennt
Ich bin die Stimme aus dem Kissen
Ich hab' euch etwas mitgebracht
Hab' es aus meine Brust gerissen
Mit diesem Herz hab' ich die Macht
Die Augenlider zo erpressen
Ich singe, bis der Tag erwacht
Ein heller Schein am Firmament
Mein Herz brennt
Mein Herz brennt
Just a small-town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere
A singer in a smoky room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on an
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere
A singer in a smoky room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on an
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Just a small-town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere
A singer in a smoky room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on an
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere
A singer in a smoky room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on an
In the meantime, have this little animation I did for 2D Compositing and FX.
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
In the meantime, have this little animation I did for 2D Compositing and FX.
Remaining enclosures arrived today, so remaining spiders got housed.
Chilobrachys dyscolus (Vietnam blue)
Magnacrus tongmianensis (Vietnamese stout-leg earth tiger)
Monocentropus balfouri (Socotra Island blue baboon… x5 colony)
Chilobrachys dyscolus (Vietnam blue)
Magnacrus tongmianensis (Vietnamese stout-leg earth tiger)
Monocentropus balfouri (Socotra Island blue baboon… x5 colony)
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Remaining enclosures arrived today, so remaining spiders got housed.
Chilobrachys dyscolus (Vietnam blue)
Magnacrus tongmianensis (Vietnamese stout-leg earth tiger)
Monocentropus balfouri (Socotra Island blue baboon… x5 colony)
Chilobrachys dyscolus (Vietnam blue)
Magnacrus tongmianensis (Vietnamese stout-leg earth tiger)
Monocentropus balfouri (Socotra Island blue baboon… x5 colony)
…and a couple that got housed tonight. Including my first ever Cyriopagopus species, a genus that includes a spider I will likely never try to own, C. lividus. Guess how it got that name.
And a dream species, Poecilotheria metallica.
And a dream species, Poecilotheria metallica.
November 14, 2025 at 6:57 AM
…and a couple that got housed tonight. Including my first ever Cyriopagopus species, a genus that includes a spider I will likely never try to own, C. lividus. Guess how it got that name.
And a dream species, Poecilotheria metallica.
And a dream species, Poecilotheria metallica.
Colombina got moved into her new enclosure, FINALLY, as of two nights ago; everything seems to be working, though I do need to finish hooking up some lights.
Also, some spoders that were out tonight…
Also, some spoders that were out tonight…
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Colombina got moved into her new enclosure, FINALLY, as of two nights ago; everything seems to be working, though I do need to finish hooking up some lights.
Also, some spoders that were out tonight…
Also, some spoders that were out tonight…
Homework from 2D Compositing and FX, just some fire
Was supposed to have smoke too, but, did not get that far
Was supposed to have smoke too, but, did not get that far
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Homework from 2D Compositing and FX, just some fire
Was supposed to have smoke too, but, did not get that far
Was supposed to have smoke too, but, did not get that far
Finally got a decent shot of this one, out and spread after feeding this afternoon.
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Finally got a decent shot of this one, out and spread after feeding this afternoon.
More spoder pics
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
More spoder pics
Taksinus bambus got moved into a slightly-more-permanent enclosure; since this was a “surprise” get, I hadn’t had the enclosure on-order, so it only arrived today.
And the Selenocosmiinae sp. ‘Bloody Red’ (or ‘North Luzon’, the naming is inconsistent) in its new fossorial enclosure.
And the Selenocosmiinae sp. ‘Bloody Red’ (or ‘North Luzon’, the naming is inconsistent) in its new fossorial enclosure.
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Taksinus bambus got moved into a slightly-more-permanent enclosure; since this was a “surprise” get, I hadn’t had the enclosure on-order, so it only arrived today.
And the Selenocosmiinae sp. ‘Bloody Red’ (or ‘North Luzon’, the naming is inconsistent) in its new fossorial enclosure.
And the Selenocosmiinae sp. ‘Bloody Red’ (or ‘North Luzon’, the naming is inconsistent) in its new fossorial enclosure.
The Pokey’s new exoskeleton is just about ready—and it’s stunning.
(Also the P. murinus again)
(Also the P. murinus again)
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The Pokey’s new exoskeleton is just about ready—and it’s stunning.
(Also the P. murinus again)
(Also the P. murinus again)
Some pics from tonight, including the P. victori, coming out fully where I could see it entirely for the first time in a while!
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Some pics from tonight, including the P. victori, coming out fully where I could see it entirely for the first time in a while!
More pictures from this afternoon.
Gecko still growing, still stunning.
P. rufilata moved out of the top corner, I suspect because it wanted to flee the mealworm I managed to get caught in its web.
And the P. murinus being cute, might become orange bitey thing later idk
Gecko still growing, still stunning.
P. rufilata moved out of the top corner, I suspect because it wanted to flee the mealworm I managed to get caught in its web.
And the P. murinus being cute, might become orange bitey thing later idk
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
More pictures from this afternoon.
Gecko still growing, still stunning.
P. rufilata moved out of the top corner, I suspect because it wanted to flee the mealworm I managed to get caught in its web.
And the P. murinus being cute, might become orange bitey thing later idk
Gecko still growing, still stunning.
P. rufilata moved out of the top corner, I suspect because it wanted to flee the mealworm I managed to get caught in its web.
And the P. murinus being cute, might become orange bitey thing later idk
Anyway.
Picked up the order of new Ts this afternoon. Slightly out of the way, but significantly less so than the Roswell depot FedEx insisted on. Repeatedly.
All housed, the T. bambus temporarily but that should be here Saturday. Good bamboo hide in the meantime.
Picked up the order of new Ts this afternoon. Slightly out of the way, but significantly less so than the Roswell depot FedEx insisted on. Repeatedly.
All housed, the T. bambus temporarily but that should be here Saturday. Good bamboo hide in the meantime.
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Anyway.
Picked up the order of new Ts this afternoon. Slightly out of the way, but significantly less so than the Roswell depot FedEx insisted on. Repeatedly.
All housed, the T. bambus temporarily but that should be here Saturday. Good bamboo hide in the meantime.
Picked up the order of new Ts this afternoon. Slightly out of the way, but significantly less so than the Roswell depot FedEx insisted on. Repeatedly.
All housed, the T. bambus temporarily but that should be here Saturday. Good bamboo hide in the meantime.