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Alex Samaras (he/him)
@bioalex.bsky.social
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It’s not enough to be not; be anti-. Anti-fascist. Anti-racist. Anti-sexist. Anti-bigot. Anti-capitalist. #CapitalismPoisonsEverything

Expect a whole sort of general mishmash of my interests & passions, w/ a lot of #Splatoon3 stuff.
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bioalex.bsky.social
It’s been a hot minute since I bothered to get 9s in Splatoon 3 Salmon Run, but a golden rotation makes it all too easy! 😎👍🏼 Thank you to this particular group of freelancers who were my team when I hit 999.🥰

And of course, 3x scales.

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3x ZERO is how many gold scales I got.😭
#Splatoon #Splatoon3
Screenshot from Splatoon 3 showing the results of clearing a Salmon Run shift in which I got promoted to the rank Eggsecutive VP 999. Screenshot from the end of a Splatoon 3 Salmon Run shift showing my teammates when I achieved rank EVP 999. They were Nooora, Link, me (BioAlex), and moffy.
November 30, 2025 at 6:48 AM
bioalex.bsky.social
Remember when getting titles and banners as rewards in Splatoon 3 was exciting? Good times! 😅

#SplatoonClips
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
Custom ugly sweater designs? In MY Animal Crossing New Horizons?? It’s more likely than you think! 🤩
#ACNH
Screenshot from Nintendo Switch online news for Animal Crossing New Horizons advertising that custom ugly sweater designs are available. The text reads: Custom Designs for Ugly Sweaters Now Available EVERYONE Animal CrOSsing Ensiom Designs for Ugly Sweaters Now Available The Custom Designs Portal on Nintendo's official island, Ninten Island, has original custom designs available! The festive Jingle Sweater, Bells Sweater, and Wreath Sweater custom designs were created to help you dress up in the perfect Toy Day attire for celebrating the holiday season on your island. You can visit Ninten Island by giving its Dream Address, found below, to Luna when you're in your bed on your island. [Dream Address: DA-6382-1459-4417]
November 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
bioalex.bsky.social
This morning, in the Mojave just a bit north of Searchlight, NV, and just before sunrise, there was a fragment of rainbow hovering in the sky due to sunlight that had cleared the horizon & passed well over my head to cause it. Never seen anything like that before, & within moments it was gone.🌈🌵
Photograph of a Joshua tree in the foreground on the right on a desert plain of creosote bushes with mountains in the background. In the peach-ish grey of the predawn sky, a fragment of rainbow hangs in the middle left.
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
Also, bows can do this (as well you know). Many times I’m on the receiving end of stuff like this. Sometimes, like this time, I get to be the one dishing it out. 😁💪🏼

So yeah, on the whole, e-liters are usually less frustrating to deal with (though obviously a good liter is terrifying 😉).
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
bioalex.bsky.social
So I was just in Goodsprings, Nevada, and one of these fine folks handed me this chip and told me to deliver it to a Mr. House.

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Anyone know what’s up with that?🤔

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#Fallout #FalloutNewVegas #FONV
Selfie with a group of Fallout New Vegas cosplayers in front of the Pioneer Saloon in Goodsprings, Nevada Photograph of a replica of the poker chip from Fallour New Vegas in my fingerless gloved hand
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
So, I seem to have a #spider of some sort living in the front fork of my #bicycle. I’m worried about it. Not because of any fear on my part, but because I think I may have picked this hitchhiker up as far back as Yosemite & I’m now in the Mojave near Vegas. It may die of dehydration. 😢
Photograph of where the front fork meets the body of a green bicycle showing a bunch of spider web around the fork and front fender over the front tire
November 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
While I’ll most certainly repost this on @intoaheadwind.bsky.social in due time, thought I’d go ahead & drop it here now…

I like to think I’m making Linda Ronstadt proud. The fact that my #Bicycle is a Surly Long Haul Trucker is rather fitting. 😎🚵🏼‍♂️

🎶“And I’ll be willin’ to be moving”🎶
#BikeSky
Selfie of me on my bicycle wearing a lime green bicycle helmet, a forest green buff, a lime green windbreaker, and a backpack in front of a sign that reads Historic Downtown Tehachapi. Selfie of me on my bicycle wearing a lime green bicycle helmet, a forest green buff, a lime green windbreaker, and a backpack, making a peace sign with my hand in front of a sign that reads Welcome to Tonopah.
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
Heh. The Play Activity section of the #Nintendo Store app has also documented the precise moment I became addicted to #Splatoon. Sure I was late to the party compared to those of you who played the first two, but this world premiere changed my gaming life. #Splatoon3 is my favorite multiplayer game.
Screenshot from the Play Activity section of the Nintendo Store mobile app showing that I played the Splatoon 3 Splatfest World Premiere from August 25 to 27, 2022, with a total play time of just over 6 and a half hours.
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
bioalex.bsky.social
While becoming a bicycling nomad again has certainly reduced my #Splatoon3 gameplay recently, one might still argue that I have played Splatoon 3 too much.

I disagree and will play more when and as I can. 😜 #Splatoon #Nintendo
Screenshot from the Play Activity section of the Nintendo Store mobile app showing that I first played Splatoon 3 on its release date of September 9, 2022 and most recently played on October 30, 2025. I have played a total of over 4200 hours on a total of 1023 days.
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
bioalex.bsky.social
I don’t have a reference beyond this Picrew because I haven’t yet taken the time to learn how to draw😅, but Artemis tends to wear her “hair” as VeronIKA style braid & hanging long tentacles with the remaining pulled back in a ponytail.

Some day I will draw her with her trusty TriStringer which…
Picrew illustration of an inkling girl winking. She has a VeronIKA style braid and long tentacle, with her remaining tentacles pulled back into a ponytail. She has grey eyes, and her hair color is turquoise fading to cobalt. She is wearing w teal Grizzco mesh cap and holding a Salmonid golden egg.
November 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
Look, this will get posted in due time on my @intoaheadwind.bsky.social account for #BicycleTravel when I get caught up there, but for the moment, I just want to say how thrilled I am to be #cycling through the desert & camping on BLM land again! 🚵🏼‍♂️👍🏼
#BikeSky
Photograph of a tent and bicycle in the Mojave Desert among the creosote bushes and burro bushes, and broomsage, with mountains lit be the setting sun on the horizon under a clear blue sky
November 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
bioalex.bsky.social
*sigh* nothing like seeing fascist propaganda when searching the forest service website for info on a national forest campground. 🙄🖕🏼
Screenshot from the US Forest Service website showing a notification which reads “The Radical Left Democrats shut down the government. This government website will be updated periodically during the funding lapse for mission critical functions. President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people. For information on recreation site status on National Forest System lands, please visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/visit”
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
Here’s a beautiful tree.

(don’t mind the human; I’m just there for scale. I’m 170cm tall, so my wingspan should also be in that neighborhood)
Photograph of me leaning against a humongous double-trunked redwood tree with my arms outstretched and maybe spanning 1/4 of the way across the base. The tree towers up to the forest canopy beyond which is a partly cloudy sky
October 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
Just decided to use Clearsky.app to take a look at what block lists I might have made it onto, and all I can say is I’ve never been more proud of being added to a block list! 😎👍🏼 #AIHater #AIHaters
Screenshot of Clearsky.app showing that I’m on a block list called AI Haters, the description of which reads, “Primarily people who subscribe to anti-Al blocklists. Subscribing to this list allows for filtering them out. This is likely to improve the experience of bluesky for some people. Best-effort basis but pretty comprehensive. Appeals should go to DMs for now.”
October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
Don’t have any great references but a recent PiCrew did a good job of the basics which is the VeronIKA braid & long tentacle with the remaining tentacles pulled into a ponytail. Someday I will teach myself to draw her with her TriStringer with a sticker that says “This machine splats fascists”.
PiCrew image of an inkling girl winking at the camera and holding a Salmonid golden egg. Her hair tentacles are pulled back into a ponytail aside from the two braided on the left side of her face and a long one on the right side of her face. Her tentacle color is turquoise fading towards cobalt blue. She is wearing a turquoise Grizzco mesh cap. Screenshot from Splatoon 3 of my inkling wearing a Snaxolotl hood aiming her charged TriStringer towards the camera
October 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
Ran into the venerable @vgceilingfan.bsky.social while freelancing the random rotation today. Good times! 😎👍🏼
#Splatoon #Splatoon3
Screenshot from the Splatoon 3 SplatNet app showing the results of a freelance Salmon Run shift in which one of my teammates was a player named CeilingFan Screenshot from Splatoon 3 showing my Inkling in Splatsville plaza standing next to a player named CeilingFan with a sign that they’ve reached player level 712.
October 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
bioalex.bsky.social
All in all, a pretty decent match. I died a little more than I’d have liked but their blasters were really good at pushing me into their sploosh. 😅 #Splatoon3
Screenshot from the Splatoon 3 SplatNet app showing the stats from my recent Tower Control match in which I got 19 splats, including 8 assists, and got splatted 5 times.
October 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
bioalex.bsky.social
I was also pretty happy with this shot. Their archer was pretty good at avoiding the chip damage from me the entire match. This was the only non-assist splat I got on them the whole match, I think. #Splatoon3
October 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
bioalex.bsky.social
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve been able to play any #Splatoon3 PvP, but I did have a moment to take my trusty TriStringer into some Open Tower Control on Wahoo World. Looks like I still know how to play. 😎💪🏼

(Not shown in the replay clip is me checking my map to see how the opponents approached)
October 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
bioalex.bsky.social
Look what’s growing near my campsite in Jedidiah Smith State Park! Yummy Chicken of the Woods! Too bad it’s crappy rainy weather and I’m not really set up to cook. #Fungus #Fungi #Foraging
Photograph of orange Chicken of the Woods fungi growing on a moss covered fallen tree trunk
September 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
Last few photos of #CraterLake before I lost ALL of that elevation I’d gained bombing down to Mazama village where I camped 2 nights at the hiker biker camp. Next goal? The redwood forests of California. 😎🚵🏼‍♂️💪🏼
6/6
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel #Cycling
Selfie of me on my bicycle in front of Crater Lake. I’m wearing a lime green helmet, clear cycling glasses, a forest green buff around my neck, a blue tank top, and a backpack. Zoomed in photo of Crater Lake showing the far rim reflected in the smooth water of the lake. There are pine trees in the foreground Photograph of Crater Lake showing the far rim almost perfectly mirrored in the still water of the lake Photograph of Crater Lake with alpine forest in the foreground
September 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
More shots around #CraterLake. The first one here I actually took before the ones above because I reached the rim before I reached the summit. But the summit made for a better story. 😉
5/6
#BikeSky #Cycling #BicycleTravel
First photo I took of Crater Lake on reaching the rim. The lake is surrounded by the crater rim , all under a clear blue sky Photograph of crater lake showing pine trees on the slope down to the lake and the mountains of the far rim mirrored on the lake’s smooth surface “Cockpit view” from my bicycle looking towards Crater Lake under a clear blue sky Photograph of Crater Lake showing the far rim and clear blue sky mirrored in its smooth cobalt blue water
September 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Yeah, that view was pretty spectacular! 🤩 Welcome to #CraterLake National Park! What an absolutely beautiful place!
4/6
#BikeSky #Cycling #BicycleTravel
Photograph of Crater Lake from the Watchman overlook at 2325m elevation Selfie of me on my bicycle overlooking Crater Lake. I’m wearing a lime green helmet, clear cycling glasses, a forest green buff on my neck, a blue tank top, and my backpack
September 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
AT LAST! I made it. And yeah, the view from the summit was pretty good, I guess.

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Oh, right! The view looking the other way… 3/6
#BikeSky #Cycling #BicycleTravel
Photograph of a Garmin Fenix 7 on my wrist showing the altimeter displaying an elevation of 2340m Photograph looking down from the top of a mountain showing alpine slopes down into patches of barren valley with more mountains in the distance under a clear blue sky Zoom compressed photo looking down a mountain showing a distant mountain peak under a clear blue sky
September 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM