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Megan Panatier
@batdogwalker.bsky.social
1.1K followers 3K following 1.2K posts
Los Angeles
Future catcafe owner. SLP. #NasaSocial alum, dogs, cats, art, plants, rocks, books ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://lapubliclibraryjourney.com/
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i love this photo from the inauguration by the talented @gregpak.net
zohran mamdani and rama duwaji waving at the crowd while confetti falls
January 2, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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beccschampagne.bsky.social
delightful thing: the noises kids make trying imitate whistling because they cannot even remotely whistle
January 1, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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#AccidentalAbstractions, Times Square NYC, January 1, 2026, early morning
Wet confetti on Times Square sidewalk, seen up close Geometric patterns on Times Square sidewalk, confetti Confetti on Times Square sidewalk
January 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
a screenshot of text from a website. it reads: The History of the January 1 Birthday The tradition dates back to the early days of organized horse racing, long before electronic timing and online records. Race organizers needed a simple way to group horses by age since a horse’s age often determines what races they can enter. Instead of tracking every horse’s exact birth date (which would have been a logistical nightmare), they decided that all thoroughbreds would share one official birthday: January 1.
January 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
batdogwalker.bsky.social
Good morning 2026 🧶🐓
A cream and charcoal colored yarn crocheted chickens— in process brownish, goldish crochet chicken with crochet hook on wooden table
January 1, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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Happy New Year, Bluesky!
A fat happy pigeon is sitting and wearing a party hat, painted in acrylic over a reddish coral background
January 1, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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As the year draws to a close, I’m signing off 2025 with a magical find!

An ancient amber bear. Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø, Denmark, from a submerged Mesolithic settlement in the North Sea.

✨ Happy New Year all! ✨

National Museum of Denmark
📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows a small figurine of an amber bear carved some 10,000 years ago during the Danish Mesolithic period. The bear is seen in profile facing right. The legs are incomplete. The ears, muzzle, and mouth are defined. The figurine is displayed on a small metal stand. The display lighting shines on the bear’s head and neck enhancing the translucence of the orange amber. The neck of the bear has a polished groove indicating it was once suspended on a cord or string. Length 6.5cm. The Fanø bear was found in 1991 on a beach on the west coast of the Danish island of Fanø, located off the south-western coast of Jutland. In the Stone Age the Danish coastline was different from today. “Since then the coastline has been influenced by later changes to the sea level as well as the rising up of the land after the last Ice Age. This rising of the land is still going on today. North of a line on the map the land has risen up and south of the line the coast has become submerged because of the subsequent rise in sea level. Therefore a proportion of Stone Age settlements south of the “tilt line” now lie under water or at the edge of the beach. Thus objects can be washed out in the sea and later be found on the beach”. The Fanø bear is one of a small number of amber bear figurines from the Baltic Sea region which have been assigned to the Mesolithic period by means of a typo-chronological approach Amber has many amazing properties: it’s warm to the touch, it’s a glossy translucent colour when polished, it gives off a fragrant scent when burnt, and when rubbed against fur or hair it can produce static electricity which ‘magically’ emits green sparks in the dark and can make hair stand on end.
December 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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santiagomayer.com
Timezones are so weird. Australia is in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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batdogwalker.bsky.social
I’m remembering listening to KUSC on December 31 in 2019… and a guest that the station had flown in, got upset and left mid air of the show

I wish I could find a record recording of it
December 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
batdogwalker.bsky.social
Last day of 2025 energy (wearing an awesome sweatshirt given to me by a friend)
Ban the fascists, save the books (me in this awesome sweatshirt in front of the Christmas tree on the last day of 2025)
December 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
batdogwalker.bsky.social
Listening to this book makes me so sad for kids forced into social media channels so much… the house of my mother SHARI FRANKE
the house of my mother by SHARI FRANKE
December 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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I remain in awe of the collection of Lego dogs on display at the front desk at Ryan Veterinary. The texture on the poodle 🐩 = 🤌
A collection of Lego dogs including a Bassett hound, corgi, pug and poodle A collection of Lego dogs including a Bassett hound, corgi, pug and poodle A collection of Lego dogs including a Bassett hound, corgi, pug and poodle
December 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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It is Happening
jasondashbailey.com Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 2d
My twelve-year-old daughter's Christmas haul included a cassette Walkman and a Discman, and music to play on both.

Yes, part of it is STRANGER THINGS. But part of it is the seemingly inevitable swing towards throwback tech, coupled with the current longing to be LEFT ALONE TO LISTEN TO SHIT
gvaughnjoy.bsky.social Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 2d
I used to think that smartphones and streaming were a mistake because giving people the illusion of access to everything all of the time would break us irreparably, but this & returns to iPods, DVDs, records, etc prove that people just want to be people, not 24/7 consumers and marketing targets.
December 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
batdogwalker.bsky.social
I’m remembering listening to KUSC on December 31 in 2019… and a guest that the station had flown in, got upset and left mid air of the show

I wish I could find a record recording of it
December 31, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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A 2024 study found that ants best humans at tests of collective intelligence.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/42nMvQJ #ScienceMagArchives
December 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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batdogwalker.bsky.social
Chickens 🐓🧶🥰
Cream and brownish-orangey crocheted chickens 🧶🐓 Beginnings of a brownish-orangey crocheted chicken 🐓🧶
December 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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December 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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*gets last year’s resolutions out of the attic*
December 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Making up nearly-correct words is the shared heritage of humankind
bjulianna.bsky.social Julianna Bratt @bjulianna.bsky.social · 2d
Odd spellings often have interesting etymological reasons behind them. But sometimes, what I assume is just one weirdo's odd conception of a word gets immortalized & I like it so much. Like this spelling of 'transporting': "was strancesported" and then "so stransesported" in the line below.
Secretary handwriting, ink on paper. "the sayd Cornne was strancesported nor..." and the line below "Barle ther was so stransesported" TNA E/133/1/58
December 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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"The botched restoration became first an internet sensation and then a tourist attraction and the church began charging for admission. Ryanair laid on special flights to Zaragoza, the nearest airport, and today thousands of people continue to visit the village to see her work."

Fantastic
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d
Cecilia Giménez, famed for ‘Monkey Christ’ mural mishap, dies at 94
Cecilia Giménez, famed for ‘Monkey Christ’ mural mishap, dies at 94
Spanish woman’s attempted restoration of church artwork was widely mocked but became lucrative tourist attraction Cecilia Giménez, the woman who achieved unwanted international fame for her botched “Monkey Christ” restoration of a 19th-century mural in Borja, north-east Spain, has died aged 94. In 2012, Giménez, an amateur artist, decided to restore Ecce Homo, a mural by a local artist, Elías García Martínez, that hung in the Santuario de Misericordia church in Borja. However, her talent as an artist was not equal to her good intentions and she produced what was described as the worst restoration in history. Continue reading...
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December 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
batdogwalker.bsky.social
Chickens 🐓🧶🥰
Cream and brownish-orangey crocheted chickens 🧶🐓 Beginnings of a brownish-orangey crocheted chicken 🐓🧶
December 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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amutepiggy.bsky.social
in 2026 i resolve to get even sleepier
December 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
Something lovely for the weekend!

Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙

Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.

📷 National Museum of Denmark

#Archaeology
The image shows fourty-four annular (ring-shaped) translucent turquoise blue glass beads strung on a modern circular thread and displayed against a black background. The glass beads were found in 1885 when a farmer ploughed up a cremation urn at Kongehøj in Denmark. The urn broke and was found to contain burnt bones, the 44 blue glass beads and two gold spiral rings. Recent analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), indicating far-reaching trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago.
December 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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merriam-webster.com
The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little."

‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”

So a napkin is a little tablecloth.

10/10, no notes.
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM