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The sweeping is inspired.
annaghughes.bsky.social Anna Hughes @annaghughes.bsky.social · 20d
A few months ago I got the story of a duck who aspires to curling greatness stuck in my brain and simply couldn't get it out until I did this
Drawing of a duck looking at a flier for curling lessons duck pulling a curling stone A duck pushing a curling broom That same duck on a podium winning first prize with a medal and crown
January 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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punkrockscience.bsky.social
I choose to take this as a positive omen.

(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
A heraldic-style portrait of the Year of the Curious Squid. The squid looks somewhat startled, and has a green body with blue tentacles and a blue stripe along its mantle
December 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
shieldtoad.bsky.social
The fact that, while a person (Jason Seiler) is credited with the “painting”, this cover is clearly AI generated is disturbingly… appropriate?
thorbenson.bsky.social Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · Dec 12
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
Time person of the year cover for 2025
December 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
shieldtoad.bsky.social
Is soup just wet salad?
October 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
shieldtoad.bsky.social
The green one with its beak pushed in is really a mood all by itself.
anjalikdayal.bsky.social Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · Oct 3
Can’t decide whether these Statue of Liberty rubber chickens that say “squeeze me to hear me scream” are a little too on-the-nose for these times or if they’re perfect
A yellow cardboard carton on a CVS shelf with brightly colored letters that say “squeeze me to hear me scream” and “statue of liberty chicken.” Inside the carton are hot pink, teal, and royal blue rubber chickens with googly eyes rendered like the Statue of Liberty, with their faces distressed and frozen in a shriek. They have tags around their necks that say “squeeze me to hear me scream”
October 3, 2025 at 3:12 AM
shieldtoad.bsky.social
Bridge!
Top down view of suspension bridge - converging thick white lines over a river with forested land beyond. There’s a cute chonky boat on the water to the left of the bridge.
September 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
shieldtoad.bsky.social
Very impressed that bakery person remembered my preferred milk from yesterday morning.
August 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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benkahncomics.bsky.social
Please enjoy this turtle being given the gift of speed, and immediately using it to chase a kitty
July 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
shieldtoad.bsky.social
This entire thread is great. I’m surprised that @kbspangler.com has yet to sound the big boat stuck klaxon.
dreadships.bsky.social Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · May 22
Imagine being an American just waking up now, and THIS is how you discover Europe still receives shipments of containers?

So many we're just leaving then in people's gardens, apparently.
Photo showing just how much the ship dwarfs the house. All joking aside, this has been a very fortunate escape.
May 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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tkingfisher.com
Kid’s not wrong.
seantcollins.com Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · May 14
14yo: Birds are all named either "Red-bearded Black-Bellied Finch," "Stupid Cocksucker," or "Wilson's Little Guy."
May 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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marchek.bsky.social
My coworker found these while doing research in the Vogue archives, and they must be shared with the world.
2 page magazine spread with C3PO centeres and flanked by 2 female models leaning on him wearing long brown fur coats. Fashion spread titled, "The Force of the Fur". Quote in upper left corner reads, "On occassion, I have been called upon to perform unexpected functions in unexpected circumstances that would have appalled my designers." See Threepio, Star Wars's lovable, flappable robot 2 page magazine spread with 2 female models wearing long grey fur coats on the left with Darth Vader on the right side pointing at them. The text near Vader reads, "Don't play games with me..." Darth Vader, Stars Wars's baddest bad guy
May 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
shieldtoad.bsky.social
Cursed, but not wrong.
scarygorgon.bsky.social Scary Gorgon @scarygorgon.bsky.social · Apr 25
Been on my mind all afternoon.
April 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
shieldtoad.bsky.social
No lies here. I love living somewhere I can hear both peeping and peenting across the street.
rosemarymosco.com Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · Apr 11
Signs of spring, ranked.
A six-panel comic called Signs of Spring, Ranked. In panel 1, #10 is Robin - not always a useful sign since robins are quietly present in winter in many areas. In panel 2, there's #9: Daffodil - nice, mundane, #8: Skunk Cabbage - unusual, cool, and #7: Dutchman's Breeches - lol. In panel 3, there's #6: Turkey vulture migrating - gloriously ominous, a humbling reminder of life's transience, and #5: very very small bunny - wow, the little ears. In panel 4 there's #4: Snake sunbathing, with a gartersnake warming itself - underappreciated, looks cozy, and #3: Woodcock going peent - the perfect sound. In panel 5 there's #2: small frogs yelling as loud as they can, with a wood frog floating in a pool inflating itself to make a loud quack - they crave love, or at least they crave the external fertilization of 1500 gelatinous eggs. In panel 6, there's #1, Even smaller frogs yelling, with a spring peeper sitting on the ground making loud calls - yes, YES.
April 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
shieldtoad.bsky.social
Just saw an advertisement saying “We put the AI in IPA”. It’s like they’re trying to make me dislike their product even more.
April 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
shieldtoad.bsky.social
If I’m earwormed by this now, everyone who follows me deserves to be as well.
brainmage.bsky.social 'i will strangle a horse' on itch.io @brainmage.bsky.social · Apr 3
🎵I've got a cocally bunch of lovelanuts
April 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
shieldtoad.bsky.social
🐷🏗️ I built a tower 🔺13.47m high!
Rating: 🐽🐽🐽🐽➖
vole.wtf/styscraper/
Styscraper 🐷🏗️ porcine physics game
Build a tower of junk and rise high above the muck!
vole.wtf
February 26, 2025 at 2:05 AM
shieldtoad.bsky.social
I’m only a very casual fiber artist, north of Bostonian, and not yet free on Friday afternoons, but can hopefully slightly improve reach.
peaseblossom101.bsky.social sea witch @peaseblossom101.bsky.social · Feb 21
Hey all, I’m in my 2nd week of trying to get a fiber arts drop-in group started at my local library (Egleston Square branch of the BPL). The group runs Fridays 2-4 pm, and I’d really appreciate a share if you’re a fiber artist and/or Bostonian so I can reach people who might be interested. Thanks!
A green and yellow knitting project (which will eventually be a shawl) on a table in front of a sign that’s kind of blurred out, but which reads: Egleston Square Branch Fiber Arts Drop-In Fridays 2-4 pm
February 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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unfortunatalie.bsky.social
Just imagine him bounding along after you, barping
stori3dpast.bsky.social Stori3d Past @stori3dpast.bsky.social · Nov 18
Just thought you should know.

Norse and Danish mead-horns sometimes had feet.
British Museum image of decorated mead-horn, 15th C. Description: Drinking horn, mounted in copper gilt. The expanding mouth bears an inscription with leaves between the words. A band engraved with foliage passes round the middle of the horn, and from it proceed two bird's claws forming the feet of the vessel, the third being a quatrefoil-shaped projection. The end of the mount is curved inwards and terminates in a hexagonal rosette.
January 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
shieldtoad.bsky.social
I want there to be an ad for fiber at this time of year with the slogan “New Year, new poo!”
December 29, 2024 at 2:35 PM
shieldtoad.bsky.social
Coire is the happiest cat now that it is ladder season.
A tortoiseshell Maine Coon looks at the camera, her body bridging the top steps of a ladder, with copious belly floof dangling in the middle. An undecorated Christmas tree is in the background, waiting for such time as the cat will allow the humans of the household to use the ladder for the purpose for which it was brought upstairs.
December 7, 2024 at 8:21 PM
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smolrobots.bsky.social
Not often you see a house where the fish-shaped swimming pool is the most understated thing about it.
November 22, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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volgotha.bsky.social
summoning circle, hope this works

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A cure
🕯 For being clums- 🔥

🕯 Ah shit 🔥

Ah no 🔥 🔥
🔥 🔥 🔥 Oh no oh no
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October 29, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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adamcsharp.bsky.social
Today is World Wombat Day so I must again say that my favourite ever blessing is an Indigenous Australian one and it goes "may the wombat of happiness snuffle through your underbrush"
October 22, 2024 at 10:21 AM
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slendersherbet.bsky.social
Please take fifty-eight seconds out of your day to marvel at the elegance, agility and effortless natural grace of the panda.
October 14, 2024 at 10:16 PM
shieldtoad.bsky.social
My entire music collection on shuffle is always an interesting and varied experience, but Journey of the Sorcerer followed by Space Oddity was genius.
September 11, 2024 at 11:44 AM