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Michael
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Old-Growth Forest in Washington's Olympic National Park.

Photograph taken sometime in the 1970s by an unknown photographer who worked for the EPA.
Old red tinted photograph. A landscape of dense forest of old growth conifers trees. The base of the closest trees are cloaked in deep shadow. In the distance, thick fog drifts amongst the tree tops. The colour of the photograph combined with the sublimity of its contents create a sense of the unearthly mystery.
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Movie poster for Bad Boy Bubby: "the most electrifying and exciting movie experience you will survive this year!". An image of the titular character, a man sitting on the floor grinning. He's been in his room for 35 years--it's time to let him out! Rated R.
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Learning about history by watching "Hercules and the Captive Women" (1961) via @cultpix.bsky.social. 👏
View of a bronzed Roman warrior from behind. He is wearing sandals and red skirt typical of the period. Between his legs we can see a captive blonde woman, wearing skimpy blue clothes that barely cover her unrealistic proportions.
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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And here it is. The answer we've all been waiting for.
White roadside sign reading YOU ARE IN THE.
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Cows!
Photograph of a vast green field and hills rising to mountains in the distance. Dozens of black cows are grazing in the field, so tiny against the landscape and the sky.
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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War anywhere causes bleeding everywhere.
Photograph from a distance of a modest, sincere, war memorial. Red flowers form a curved border around the statue of a soldier. White trees stripped of their leaves stand between them. A single figure wearing dark clothes sits on a bench looking into the distance.
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Trees consuming the house-shaped corpses of their ancestors.

(I'm pretty happy with that sentence.)
A small abandoned wooden building, collapsed sideways, disappearing into the leaves of a large nearby shrub.
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Perhaps the goats are giddy because of all the caffeine? The Giddy Goat Café has 5 stars on Google from nearly 500 reviews.

If there's not at least one piece of goat-related paraphernalia inside I'd be disappointed. So I'm just going to imagine there is.
Black sign above red patio umbrellas. The sign is for the Giddy Goat Café in green letters that look like chalk.
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Fire risk was low when this photo was taken (August 2024).
White fire risk sign showing a dial showing green, yellow, orange and red, each indicating a greater risk of fire danger for that day. The arrow is in the green section.
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Okay, let's do this. Heading north into Yarck along the Maroondah Highway.
Two-lane road. On the right it is lined by native gums and dry grass. On the left there is a three-pronged electricity pole and an empty green expanse.
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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This is my favourite. A place already familiar to many of us: Cope Street.
A leaning street sign reads "Cope St." against a backdrop of green leaves and grass and a narrow grey road.
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Turtles! A giant catfish!
Local swimming pool exterior decorated with a mural that features turtles, an alarmingly large catfish and other lil fish, along with elements of Australian indigenous art.
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Is this sign mildly threatening, or is it just me?
Green sign with stylised "adventure style" font that reads BONALBO. Beneath it, the words: "We've got it all -- EXCEPT YOU!"
November 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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DON'T ROCKS..? Rocks will fling up from other cars, and shatter your windscreen in this area. Fittingly, it looks like rocks have flung up and knocked the sign over.
Yellow road sign warning about loose rocks on the road with a basic diagram of cars, rocks and a shattered windscreen.
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Unlike many Australian towns, you can readily buy beer in Bonalbo.
Red brick wall featuring signs displaying beer prices and the grey exteriors of air-conditioning units.
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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The post office has a big stamp on it.
A sign shaped like a postage stamp. The image is a stylised artwork depicting the local environment, people on bikes (?), cows and native birds. The stamp costs $1.10. I assume the sign costs a great deal more.
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Didn't I say I wasn't here for pretty?

Amanda's hot pink realty sign is hard to miss.
Hot pink real-estate sign hanging on the fence of a rural property.
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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It's pretty!
Hills covered in long native grasses roll off into the distance, punctuated by clusters of young gum trees. In the distance the low dark rise of a taller hill can be seen, against a picturesque blue sky. Hills covered in long native grasses roll off into the distance, punctuated by clusters of young gum trees. In the distance the low dark rise of a taller hill can be seen, against a picturesque blue sky.
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Virtually cruisin' into Bonalbo along Clarence Way.
A yellow diagonal roadsign warns of the upcoming turns in the single-lane bitumen road, which is lined by gum trees and green grass.
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Georgie sitting on my lap this morning. 😻
A fluffy black cat is looking up, eyes glinting with reflected light. He has lopsided whiskers and two vampire-like fangs. He is sitting on the lap of a homie who is wearing an olive-green Chicago Bulls hoodie.
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Ring Mountain Reserve and Mt Tamalpais in Marin County, California.

Photo: E bailey
Photo of a vast desert landscape of low brown hills. Stones, cracked and discolored by age, dot the dirt-brown earth. Dry grass lingers like thin whispers of hair against some ancient skull. In the distance, against a chromium-tinted horizon of bronze to grey-blue, is a mountain.
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Tonight I'm watching "Taxi Driver" (1976).
Movie poster for Taxi Driver. A dark NYC street. A yellow cab. A man in a jacket, jeans and collared shirt is standing pensively. The words TAXI DRIVER appear in red stencilled font against a yellow background.
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Tonight I'm Watching "The Man from Earth" (2007).
Movie poster. Silhouette of a figure standing on the rim of a planet. They are lit from behind by brilliant light bursting out from a star-studded sky.
November 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Tonight I am watching "Tower of Screaming Virgins" (1968), via @cultpix.bsky.social 😱👀
Movie poster. A busty red-haired woman in blue period dress is sitting. Over her left shoulder, a nearly-naked blonde woman covers herself in green cloth. Behind them: a table laid out as though for a feast and two men dueling in the distance--one shirtless, the other armed with a thin sword.
November 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM