Harley
@fancyfrostedcat.bsky.social
25-30 | they/them | (beginner) weightlifting, knitting, crochet, writing, video games, whatever
I have no idea how Bluesky is supposed to work, my main social media these days is Tumblr and the behaviours are not the same
I have no idea how Bluesky is supposed to work, my main social media these days is Tumblr and the behaviours are not the same
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![Comic. [Earth next to a satellite with an orbit around the planet shaped like a dome.] [caption] All Keplerian orbits are conic sections. For example, this one uses the base of the cone.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicfaedn7sye4so3vwq7qwvvfxgxame2ph6gbxoooyqy6ayg7h5td4@jpeg)
January 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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The deepest confirmed fish observation occurred at ~8,300 m. I know the shape behind it is another fish’s tail, but my brain insists it looks like the foreground fish is wearing a party hat. #deepsea #marinelife
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
January 5, 2026 at 2:49 PM
The deepest confirmed fish observation occurred at ~8,300 m. I know the shape behind it is another fish’s tail, but my brain insists it looks like the foreground fish is wearing a party hat. #deepsea #marinelife
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
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These weren’t all huge hits, but here are my favorite mushrooms of 2025
December 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
These weren’t all huge hits, but here are my favorite mushrooms of 2025
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Yearly reminder that you CAN just become a different person, you're not as imprisoned in your life as you think. You can just be the one who dresses nice or exercises or reads a lot, or whatever. You can just start doing it, some people might make fun of you but they don't really care.
December 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Yearly reminder that you CAN just become a different person, you're not as imprisoned in your life as you think. You can just be the one who dresses nice or exercises or reads a lot, or whatever. You can just start doing it, some people might make fun of you but they don't really care.
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I'm not immune to the occasional bout of Poster's Madness but I try to live my online life in ways that present fewer potential portals to that outcome, because getting mad at strangers is one of the worst things you can do for your mental health and quality of life
December 31, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I'm not immune to the occasional bout of Poster's Madness but I try to live my online life in ways that present fewer potential portals to that outcome, because getting mad at strangers is one of the worst things you can do for your mental health and quality of life
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I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
asking the sommelier which wine pairs best with swedish fish
December 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
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![Comic. [Top panel: Long-necked dinosaur with red X over it.] [Bottom panel: two smaller dinosaurs the same shape except their neck isn’t long, while in the background there’s an extremely long neck criss-crossing the frame like a snake. Green check mark in center.] [caption] Thanks to modern paleontological reconstructions, we now know that most sauropods had short necks, and all those extra vertebrae belonged to the sauropod colony’s queen.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigjcepbb3hjlvpjzmj6msuydmem6gdakkl5svr4kh4q7qi3c4m2fu@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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One of my crotchety old lady beliefs is that earbuds should come with phones again so people are less likely to blast their TikTok feed while waiting in line at the post office
December 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
One of my crotchety old lady beliefs is that earbuds should come with phones again so people are less likely to blast their TikTok feed while waiting in line at the post office
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![Comic. [Person running on a giant round toward a pole vaulting crossbar; a long pole bent in an arch from the ground, over the crossbar, to the ground again, with person climbing it upside down over the crossbar; person runs to catch up with a long poll rolled into a circle and tied that is rolling toward the crossbar, jumps to catch it, hanging off as it spins, and then is flung over the crossbar when it approaches.] [caption] Fun fact: There are no limits on the length or diameter of the pole in pole vault.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigiodbgg6uit2nyaztgy2e3cfss2e4emtlwpawyjxlekqqnhhxlj4@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Our friend the Dusky Litter Toad is also known as the Sooty Toadfrog! They are currently only known from a single location in southwestern Thailand! They are a member of family Megophryidae, also known as Goose Frogs, known for their camouflage and large heads! (photo by waramis)
December 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Our friend the Dusky Litter Toad is also known as the Sooty Toadfrog! They are currently only known from a single location in southwestern Thailand! They are a member of family Megophryidae, also known as Goose Frogs, known for their camouflage and large heads! (photo by waramis)
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![Comic. [Equation [rjf = 2GM / (4.5 m/s)2] with small drawing showing a circle with the radius delineated. On top of the circle there is an arc showing a small frog jumping and landing with RIBBIT and PLOP sound effects.] [caption] More practically useful than the Schwarzschild radius, the *Jumping Frog Radius* is the radius at which an object’s gravitational pull is so strong that even a champion jumping frog can’t escape.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreie7ex2amt4r4e6xhwf2pvxfejdyi6mv56d3hdfha64wjmp3gkltti@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
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Like most tools, generative AI models can be misused—and when the misuse gets bad enough that a major dictionary notices, you know it has become a cultural phenomenon.
Merriam-Webster’s word of the year delivers a dismissive verdict on junk AI content
Dictionary codifies the term that took hold in 2024 for low-quality AI-generated content.
arstechnica.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Like most tools, generative AI models can be misused—and when the misuse gets bad enough that a major dictionary notices, you know it has become a cultural phenomenon.
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We are caffeinated and excited to make dice! If you have any requests for dice to be restocked, let us know in the comments. Next year is going to be our biggest and best yet!
December 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We are caffeinated and excited to make dice! If you have any requests for dice to be restocked, let us know in the comments. Next year is going to be our biggest and best yet!
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John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
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What's always missing from those grim dystopian stories where someone is the last surviving human is that, by default, such a person would be the inheritor of all hereditary titles and honours that have ever existed. Some consolation, surely?
December 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
What's always missing from those grim dystopian stories where someone is the last surviving human is that, by default, such a person would be the inheritor of all hereditary titles and honours that have ever existed. Some consolation, surely?
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I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
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Our friend the Helmeted Water Toad is the only living species in family Calyptocephalellidae which technically makes them not a "true toad", but they share many toady characteristics! They are known to eat nearly any animal that fits in their very large mouth! (photo by Benjamin Gallardo)
December 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Our friend the Helmeted Water Toad is the only living species in family Calyptocephalellidae which technically makes them not a "true toad", but they share many toady characteristics! They are known to eat nearly any animal that fits in their very large mouth! (photo by Benjamin Gallardo)
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Some of y'all asked if we're including dinosaurs in our upcoming bird book. Well, yesn't.
#ZoologistsPrimer
#ZoologistsPrimer
December 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Some of y'all asked if we're including dinosaurs in our upcoming bird book. Well, yesn't.
#ZoologistsPrimer
#ZoologistsPrimer
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Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
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Right. I hardly ever ask for anything, but this is the year I say 'what the hell' and go for it. On all the social platforms I have ever been on, I've never broken a few hundred followers and you know what? I think my artwork is as good as accounts with thousands. I'm wishing for 1k by xmas 😂
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Right. I hardly ever ask for anything, but this is the year I say 'what the hell' and go for it. On all the social platforms I have ever been on, I've never broken a few hundred followers and you know what? I think my artwork is as good as accounts with thousands. I'm wishing for 1k by xmas 😂
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![Comic. [Three chess games next to each other. There is a diagonal yellow grid highlight from the pawn in the top left corner of the third chessboard to the bottom of the middle chessboard where there’s a clear path. The player positioned near that bottom section has moved to look at the third chessboard.] [caption] It doesn’t happen often because it requires micrometer precision, but if two chess boards are *perfectly* aligned, it’s actually legal to move pieces between them.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreibsc2od6ic3qzpnfiyukzbflxuqltumikiofxptnhkojaob4uaui4@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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This was such a funny story thread by @neolithicsheep.bsky.social that I had to make it a comic.
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This was such a funny story thread by @neolithicsheep.bsky.social that I had to make it a comic.
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My owl bonafides have been questioned, so, here: the Ballad of Curly.
I promised animal stories, so: the Ballad of Curly, Best of Owls. CWs for thread: domestic abuse, animal-on-asshole violence.
December 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
My owl bonafides have been questioned, so, here: the Ballad of Curly.
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We are now open for registration until the end of the day on Saturday, December 13th (ET)!
(Pixel Cat's End is a virtual pet site where you collect and manage a village of cat-like creatures!)
(Pixel Cat's End is a virtual pet site where you collect and manage a village of cat-like creatures!)
December 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We are now open for registration until the end of the day on Saturday, December 13th (ET)!
(Pixel Cat's End is a virtual pet site where you collect and manage a village of cat-like creatures!)
(Pixel Cat's End is a virtual pet site where you collect and manage a village of cat-like creatures!)