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Maks Ksenjak
@caliwinter.bsky.social
Just a cat with camera & ❤️ for photography
Lviv 🇺🇦 to 🇺🇸 Pasadena. Library troubleshooter
Father, husband, cat herder. Fantasy/sci-fi/gamer
https://www.flickr.com/caliwinter
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Altadena 💔

Aftermath of Eaton Canyon fire. Altadena, CA. January 8, 2025

Photos taken by me
Been kind of crazy stressful past few weeks without the silly little guy.

Did find his collar (with AirTag) on the side of the road around the corner from where we live, but no other traces. Collar was of this variety that would open to avoid choking the animal.
February 12, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Mr Buddy disappeared last week sadly :(
www.pawboost.com/p/72537979
HELP! Buddy is MISSING!
Short-haired tabby with black spots on back, multicolored nose with white stripe
www.pawboost.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:50 AM
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Greetings! Several hundred protesters are currently at Pershing Square. They are protesting against recent fatal shootings in the US by ICE officers.
January 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Started my 2026 reading year strong: with Octavia E Butler’s “Parable of the Sower”. Excellent book. Too real.
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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November 6, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Learned earlier today that my old school mate from Lviv had perished in action …
January 6, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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December 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Dec 31st - While the scientists working on it had a new years eve party, the in-production law enforcement cyborg "Robocop" woke up.

📽️📅 RoboCop (1987)
December 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Some Japanese and French John Varley book cover art ([couldn't identify], [couldn't identify], David B Mattingly and Jeam Tag):
August 9, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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Here's some interior magazine art from the 1970s for John Varley stories (1st by Gregg Davidson, rest by Stephen Fabian). 1st for "A Choice of Enemies"; 3rd for "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank":
August 9, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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John Varley sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/varley... was born on this day, so here are some of his book and magazine covers (Artist: Paul Lehr, Peter Jones, Tim White and Ron Walotsky):
August 9, 2024 at 7:15 PM
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We mourn the passing of SF great John Varley with a look back at his impressive body of work, from the Eight Worlds series to his brilliant short stories. What was the first Varley story you ever read? Which books are your favorites?
Looking Back at the Work of John Varley, 1947-2025 - Reactor
Where to start reading — or rereading — Varley's many series and stories.
reactormag.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Really sad stuff. Discovered his works just earlier this year and enjoyed them a ton
Saddened to learn of the recent death of John Varley, a brilliantly talented writer.
December 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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In Icelandic folklore Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat, comes to eat those who do not wear their new clothes for Christmas. In this image, you can see somebody did not put on their new Christmas sweater. Or perhaps even more unfortunately, no one got them one!

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December 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Serious Xmas week question post: how would Xenomorph wear the Santa hat:

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December 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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A new documentary reveals how Ukraine became the only country to rescue all its women and children from Islamic State (ISIS) camps in Syria through a five-year covert intelligence operation.

www.kyivpost.com/post/66260
Ukraine Reveals Covert Operation to Rescue Women, Children From Syrian ISIS Camps
A new documentary reveals how Ukraine became the only country to rescue all its women and children from Islamic State (ISIS) camps in Syria through a five-year covert intelligence operation.
www.kyivpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Holy shit. Not Rob Reiner please.
BREAKING: 2 elderly people found dead at Los Angeles home of film director Rob Reiner. Identities not yet confirmed. Detectives investigating - NBCLA
December 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
🛑 Delta 88
December 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Chalk up to “things I didn’t know I needed” - Ukrainian folk/drum & bass mix of Ukrainian Christmas carols

youtu.be/EzKqoc1uAaE?...
Різдвяні Колядки. Christmas Carols. Ukrainian Folk Drum & Bass Mix
YouTube video by DrymBass
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
That's some downright ghoulish shit. Prey on people's grief and loss to pretty much sell AI/algorithm subscription.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Cyberpunk 2077 was released 5 years ago today.
A sequel, "Project Orion", is in production.

Crystal Palace, art by Maciej Rebisz:
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Excellent and grim damn essay youtu.be/n6czzarv3tM
Science fiction's most terrifying prediction
YouTube video by Science Fiction with Damien Walter
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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santa’s in a giving mood 😉 buy both volumes of texas textures and i’ll tuck a FREE copy of way out west—my west texas zine—into your order. treat yourself (or someone else)! www.katswansey.com/shop/books
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Дружина вчора порадувала 😋
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM