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thecurly1.bsky.social
the curly one
@thecurly1.bsky.social
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*looking directly at my plants to get grounded* hello, you can call me curly ๑ I like old music and nature curiosities 🌿
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mikemelton.bsky.social
The special little Chestnut-belted Gnateater in the dark forests of Amazonas. #Brazil

#birds #nature
Close-up of a small bird with a black face and throat, a white eyebrow stripe, and a warm orange-brown chest, perched on a branch against a blurred forest background.
January 27, 2026 at 3:03 AM
thecurly1.bsky.social
hoje aprendi a gerar relatórios de testes com o playwright! também usei o DRY pra revisar meu script de teste e limpar um pouco das partes desnecessárias que eu tinha escrito. usar o gemini pra estudar QA é muito bom, tá me desbloqueando muito da intimidação com código
January 25, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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estudei um pouco sobre minhas plantas aqui e aceitei que por mais que elas estivessem bonitas na estante perto dos vinis, elas não estavam recebendo muita luz do sol 😞 aqui tem umas fotos de antes e depois de mudar elas de lugar! agora elas devem ficar mais felizes ☀️
January 25, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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relatos de uma mãe de plantas que tá cultivando uma urban jungle 🌿

- ganhei um antúrio em 2025 e chamei ele de tonico
- ele tinha várias "flores"
- eu o coloquei num vaso grande com muita terra e sem buracos no fundo (grande erro)

(continua na thread)
January 25, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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rabihalameddine.bsky.social
Charley Harper, "Darwin's Finches", from "The Giant Golden Book of Biology", 1961
January 20, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
Group of well dressed people admiring a cat. Photo from my collection, sadly no date/info. Would love to know the story here!
Black-and-white photo of a couple dozen light skinned people all wearing dressed up outdoor clothing. They are all standing outside in a scrubby field as of about to pose for a group portrait, but they’re all looking down at a small tabby cat that sits right in front of the group and looks calmly back at them.
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 AM
thecurly1.bsky.social
I found out about those fake leather cover notebooks that have a "folk-ish" vibe and I'm DEEPLY looking forward to get one too soon 😭 they're so beautiful!!!! and the pages can be replaced after I fill the notebook, I think that's so cool..
January 22, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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concretebotany.bsky.social
Pennsylvania Pellitory (Parietaria pensylvanica) popping out of a South Philly stoop, shot in April of 2020.
#crackplants #wallplants #urbanweeds
January 22, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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hughraine.bsky.social
Foggy morning. 📷 Lumix TZ55 #DigiCam #DigiCamPhotography
January 18, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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oh yeah also I ran my first automated test on playwright yesterday after a few years without progressing in my automation studies! I used cypress in 2023 but then grew intimidated about coding.. now it's flowing well, I'm excited to do more coding
January 22, 2026 at 11:21 PM
thecurly1.bsky.social
life upgrade after hitting the 30's: we've been drinking more natural juice🥤🍊 it's more expensive, but so worth it
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
thecurly1.bsky.social
some days ago I mentioned commodore games at a company event. me and my colleagues were in a small circle talking about retro gaming and I was like.. "what's something they don't know of that I can tell them about?" but actually I don't know much about commodore games.. and they didn't care anyway
January 22, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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falseknees.bsky.social
Coo coo
We see two house sparrows drinking out of a puddle. The male says to the female: "Good puddle!" to which she replies "I love you but you have low standards". Pigeons arrive in the background, the female says "Ope! Here comes the herd" There is a long horizontal frame of the two sparrows in the midst of a bunch of pigeons cooing around them. The male then says "gentle giants" the female agrees "mhm" and then says "coo" and the male responds "haha. coo!"
January 21, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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saskajanet.bsky.social
A little flashback to a June 22 on this frigid January 22 #birds #invertebrates #mammales 🌿
A path through lush green grass extends to a flat horizon under cloudy skies. Handsome grey bird with white belly perched in profile on a wire fence. Eastern Kingbird. Four little ground squirrels standing among green grass and yellow flowers around the opening to their burrow. Dark brown butterfly with orange patches and embedded brown spots at the edges of its wings. It is perched on a blade of grass. This is a Common Alpine.
January 22, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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concretebotany.bsky.social
Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) shot on May 31, 2020.
January 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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toadfacts.bsky.social
Our friend the San Lorenzo Harlequin Toad is rather dull compared to many other Harlequin Toads, which tend to have bright colors! They live in several small areas in high-altitude mountain forests of Colombia! (photo by Alejandro Lopez)
A slender, dark brown toad with a lighter brown stripe running down the side of their back! They have long, skinny legs and a pointed nose! The bottoms of their feet are slightly orange-colored!
January 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
While only 200 rolled off the assembly line, the technologies learned by this extreme all-in-one were put to use in Sharp's MSX series.
The Sharp Rateca Puter. Up top, left to right: a collapsable TV/radio antenna, brightness and contrast dials, a giant speaker, a smaller speaker, and input for the tapedeck, with the play counters that were more common on the day. Face, left to right: A 4.5 inch CRT (behind a plastic guard), VHF/UHF and radio dials, channel and band selectors (TV/COMP, FM, Shortwave, and Middlewave), the "RATECA PUTER' logo on the battery gauge, AFC switch, mode selector, tape deck controls, audio controls for balance, bass, treble, and volume, and a mollyguard to prevent dials and switches from being mashed (the mollyguard being a signature of Sharp's boomboxes of the time). Face, low: the collapsable carrying handle that doubles as a stand; computer power button; slide-out chiclet keyboard based on Sharp calculators of the day, with number pad; an LED clock, clock controls, alarm controls. Right side: mic jacks, earphone jacks in two different sizes, beat cut switch, fan exhaust, DC and AC power plugs, and a printer port (!). Help I'm trapped in an alt text factory
January 9, 2026 at 6:05 PM
thecurly1.bsky.social
a couple of festive photos 🎄
December 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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I can finally wear my hair in a pony tail! I haven't cut my hair since february o:
December 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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toadfacts.bsky.social
Our friend the Colombian Giant Toad is one of the largest toads in the world, growing to nearly ten inches long! They are also known as Blomberg's Toad, named after Swedish Explorer Rolf Blomberg who collected the type specimen in 1951! (photo by Julia Moning)
A large toad, light brown on their back and dark brown on their sides, with a distinct separation between the two colors! Their belly fades to a creamy color! They have very large parotoid glands!
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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concretebotany.bsky.social
A pavementplant Marigold (Tagetes patula) shot on August 8th of this year.
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
One thing I really like about MSX Fan magazine are these extremely thorough overviews of the the programs in the back of the magazine, describing the purpose for each line and variable in the program in plain Japanese. (Source.)
A magazine article about the MSX game Temimu. Top left, a screenshot showing a knockout; top header, the name 'Temimu' by Hirota Yusuke, for the MSX and the MSX 2/2+ with 8K RAM. First column, the meaning of each variable; the first group are for the physics and status of each Temimu, the second group are for controlling which attack is in motion. The next three columns give descriptions for each subroutine within the BASIC program. The inset box, "A Word from the programmer", describes how he feels over the hill for only having started programming in BASIC when he was in highschool and seeing kids programming in assembly at age 12. A few non-implemented moves are drawn in, like the Sleeper Whole Cobra Twist, the Romero Shooter, the Bear Hug, and one I can't even begin to read, although they all look like birds being pushed up against each other.
December 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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bouncing-canard.bsky.social
Holga lens on my Nikon D5300. McCulloch park in Muncie.

#photography #lofi
September 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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raypurvis.bsky.social
Beech tree on the Trail. Beside the north ditch of Hadrian's Wall in mile 25. #hadrianswall #followtheacorn #thicktrunktuesday
Beech tree and wooden ladder A stile on the Trail. Beside the north ditch of Hadrian's Wall in mile 25.
October 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
Coming through! Important ptarmigan stuff to do!
#birds 🌿
A white willow ptarmigan with reddish-brown mottling on the back and head walks with purpose over the rocky ground, it's long, fluffy legs eating up the distance with each stride.
November 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM