Gracklefeet
@gracklefeet.bsky.social
Music theory, DAWs, birds, bugs, plants; Balloon Juice jackal
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The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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For #ArtAdventCalendar day 13, one from my 2018 Turbulent Skies Project.
I Can See It…With My Imagination
44x60 112×152cm
Oil on Canvas
2018
I Can See It…With My Imagination
44x60 112×152cm
Oil on Canvas
2018
December 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
For #ArtAdventCalendar day 13, one from my 2018 Turbulent Skies Project.
I Can See It…With My Imagination
44x60 112×152cm
Oil on Canvas
2018
I Can See It…With My Imagination
44x60 112×152cm
Oil on Canvas
2018
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If you're wondering why I'm spamming Bluesky with backyard feeder bird photos it's because I spent 1.5 hours with the porch door open (driving the heating bill through the roof I'm sure, windchill was -5F/-20C) to get better photos of the leucistic American Goldfinch in the yard.
#birds
#birds
December 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
If you're wondering why I'm spamming Bluesky with backyard feeder bird photos it's because I spent 1.5 hours with the porch door open (driving the heating bill through the roof I'm sure, windchill was -5F/-20C) to get better photos of the leucistic American Goldfinch in the yard.
#birds
#birds
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this came across my tumblr dash and I am trying to take it to heart. I bring it to you in case it can also bring you peace
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this came across my tumblr dash and I am trying to take it to heart. I bring it to you in case it can also bring you peace
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Breaking: Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to announce on Monday that California has hired two former CDC leaders who accused the Trump administration of abandoning scientific standards.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
California Hires Former C.D.C. Officials Who Criticized Trump Administration
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Breaking: Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to announce on Monday that California has hired two former CDC leaders who accused the Trump administration of abandoning scientific standards.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
I don't have anybody to share this with. None of my normie friends would get the jokes. My daughter is only up to Act 1 so I can't show this to her, either!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2azf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2azf...
Clair Obscur Expedition 33 THE MOVIE (The Zack Snyder Cut)
YouTube video by CarbotAnimations
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I don't have anybody to share this with. None of my normie friends would get the jokes. My daughter is only up to Act 1 so I can't show this to her, either!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2azf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2azf...
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The kind of pseudo-3D dinosaur art I've been doing lately is vaguely inspired by the pole pole wooden animals by T-lab. I finally found their name again!
December 14, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The kind of pseudo-3D dinosaur art I've been doing lately is vaguely inspired by the pole pole wooden animals by T-lab. I finally found their name again!
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New frog has dropped. Prepare accordingly.
New Species of Tiny Pumpkin Toadlet Discovered in Brazil's Cloud Forests
Deep in the mountains of southern Brazil, a bright orange frog, just over a centimeter long, hops into the spotlight.
www.sciencealert.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
New frog has dropped. Prepare accordingly.
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Love those days where I’m out of touch with the news and when I finally check back in the stories are, “Wow, this was a bad day for Trump.”
December 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Love those days where I’m out of touch with the news and when I finally check back in the stories are, “Wow, this was a bad day for Trump.”
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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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For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 13
Forward Under Shared Skies
60×98″ 152x250cm
Mixed media (oil paint, canvas, birch panel, collage)
2019
A collaboration w Cree-Metis artist Dawn Marie Marchand focusing on the sharing of artistic space and ideas between a non-Indigenous and Indigenous artist
Forward Under Shared Skies
60×98″ 152x250cm
Mixed media (oil paint, canvas, birch panel, collage)
2019
A collaboration w Cree-Metis artist Dawn Marie Marchand focusing on the sharing of artistic space and ideas between a non-Indigenous and Indigenous artist
December 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 13
Forward Under Shared Skies
60×98″ 152x250cm
Mixed media (oil paint, canvas, birch panel, collage)
2019
A collaboration w Cree-Metis artist Dawn Marie Marchand focusing on the sharing of artistic space and ideas between a non-Indigenous and Indigenous artist
Forward Under Shared Skies
60×98″ 152x250cm
Mixed media (oil paint, canvas, birch panel, collage)
2019
A collaboration w Cree-Metis artist Dawn Marie Marchand focusing on the sharing of artistic space and ideas between a non-Indigenous and Indigenous artist
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Let people be their true selves, as they know and understand them. Let children explore their identities. Celebrate difference and variety and the incredible spectrum of humanity. The only alternative denies an opportunity to celebrate the joy of human flourishing and is ultimately unspeakably cruel
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Let people be their true selves, as they know and understand them. Let children explore their identities. Celebrate difference and variety and the incredible spectrum of humanity. The only alternative denies an opportunity to celebrate the joy of human flourishing and is ultimately unspeakably cruel
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I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
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Good morning to #NOLAsky and especially Rev. Jane Mauldin of the Universal Unitarian Church, who has been spending her secular time following ICE around New Orleans and monitoring their activity ☀️
71-Year-Old Pastor Follows ICE in New Orleans and Reports Activity in Real Time: 'I Can't Sit at Home'
When she is not ministering, a 71-year-old pastor and grandmother spends her time in her car following and monitoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in New Orleans to inform the co...
people.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Good morning to #NOLAsky and especially Rev. Jane Mauldin of the Universal Unitarian Church, who has been spending her secular time following ICE around New Orleans and monitoring their activity ☀️
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Anyways the Trump administration is slowly killing whatever prosperity still existed in small town America and by the end of his 4 years rural America will be even more hollowed out so congratulations I guess.
Your pastoral fantasy is ruined by the people you put in power.
Your pastoral fantasy is ruined by the people you put in power.
December 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Anyways the Trump administration is slowly killing whatever prosperity still existed in small town America and by the end of his 4 years rural America will be even more hollowed out so congratulations I guess.
Your pastoral fantasy is ruined by the people you put in power.
Your pastoral fantasy is ruined by the people you put in power.
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How many deaths will ultimately be traceable to the one rally where Trump tried to take credit for the Covid vaccine and people booed?
December 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
How many deaths will ultimately be traceable to the one rally where Trump tried to take credit for the Covid vaccine and people booed?
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ICE trying to ORDER a church to REMOVE A NATIVITY SCENE is one of the most astonishing First Amendment violations I've seen in ever
ICE’s acting director ordered a Boston Catholic parish to tear down its Advent Nativity scene—stripped of baby Jesus and branded with the message “ICE WAS HERE.” The parish priest is refusing, citing he pope’s call to stand with migrants. It's another chapter in Kristi Noem's war on Christians.
“ICE Was Here”: Pope Leo-Inspired Nativity Scene Sparks MAGA Outrage
A Nativity scene missing Jesus — and marked with an “ICE was here” sign — has triggered cries of “politicizing Christmas.” The parish priest says he’s answering Pope Leo's call to welcome stranger.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
ICE trying to ORDER a church to REMOVE A NATIVITY SCENE is one of the most astonishing First Amendment violations I've seen in ever
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It’s striking how many of the most mundane features of American democracy, built centuries ago to protect against remembered tyrants from centuries prior, are still the bulwark against Trumpian fascism, while all the newfangled modern institutions simply collapsed on first contact with him
JUST IN: Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Snell just confirmed, at the prodding of U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling, that this motion for dismissal followed a "no bill" from a grand jury.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
U.S. prosecutors in Chicago are dropping another case tied to Operation Midway Blitz, "without prejudice."
It's USA v. Nathan Griffin. Below is the motion, followed by excerpts from the complaint.
The feds don't say why they're dropping it, but they had until today to secure an indictment.
It's USA v. Nathan Griffin. Below is the motion, followed by excerpts from the complaint.
The feds don't say why they're dropping it, but they had until today to secure an indictment.
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It’s striking how many of the most mundane features of American democracy, built centuries ago to protect against remembered tyrants from centuries prior, are still the bulwark against Trumpian fascism, while all the newfangled modern institutions simply collapsed on first contact with him
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Funny you should mention that arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/w...
Scientists once hoarded pre-nuclear steel; now we’re hoarding pre-AI content
Newly announced catalog collects pre-2022 sources untouched by ChatGPT and AI contamination.
arstechnica.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Funny you should mention that arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/w...
I'm sort of a gamer at a distance. I will never play Clair Obscur, but I watched Dan Floyd's playthrough, and Darryl Talks Games' analysis. And here's Sebbywebz, commenting on a cartoon version of Expedition 33 by Carbot.
I love his reaction to the music 🤘
youtu.be/vMcvc8lilDE?...
I love his reaction to the music 🤘
youtu.be/vMcvc8lilDE?...
Why Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is ABSOLUTE CINEMA (Carbot Reaction)
YouTube video by Sebbywebz
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I'm sort of a gamer at a distance. I will never play Clair Obscur, but I watched Dan Floyd's playthrough, and Darryl Talks Games' analysis. And here's Sebbywebz, commenting on a cartoon version of Expedition 33 by Carbot.
I love his reaction to the music 🤘
youtu.be/vMcvc8lilDE?...
I love his reaction to the music 🤘
youtu.be/vMcvc8lilDE?...
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In case someone's interested in learning about Unity shaders, this our best-selling Bundle✨ jettelly.com/bundles/unit...
It covers vertex-fragment shader, procedural shapes using shaders, and compute shaders, all explained step by step.
#indiedev #gamedev #unity3d
It covers vertex-fragment shader, procedural shapes using shaders, and compute shaders, all explained step by step.
#indiedev #gamedev #unity3d
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In case someone's interested in learning about Unity shaders, this our best-selling Bundle✨ jettelly.com/bundles/unit...
It covers vertex-fragment shader, procedural shapes using shaders, and compute shaders, all explained step by step.
#indiedev #gamedev #unity3d
It covers vertex-fragment shader, procedural shapes using shaders, and compute shaders, all explained step by step.
#indiedev #gamedev #unity3d
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this is equal parts charming, earnest, and corny and it almost brought a tear to my eye
we have so many good candidates with different personal approaches we just need the Rahm Machine and those like him to fuck off and get out of the way
we have so many good candidates with different personal approaches we just need the Rahm Machine and those like him to fuck off and get out of the way
I’m running for Congress because we need leaders who will fight, not fold. I recognize this moment, and I’m ready to meet it. #FightDontFold #LanderForNYC #LanderForCongress
December 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
this is equal parts charming, earnest, and corny and it almost brought a tear to my eye
we have so many good candidates with different personal approaches we just need the Rahm Machine and those like him to fuck off and get out of the way
we have so many good candidates with different personal approaches we just need the Rahm Machine and those like him to fuck off and get out of the way