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This thread is so good!
delafina777.bsky.social Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · Aug 14
funny story, I signed up for personal training at a local gym and was assigned a former NFL linebacker as a trainer

giant man, covered in tattoos, big muscles, loud voice

I am someone who just… doesn’t have a particularly well-assembled body
delafina777.bsky.social Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · Aug 14
“men can’t express their feelings because they get taught as boys to toughen up if they cry”

*stares in Was In Ballet For Her Entire Childhood*
August 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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i know
i know
its serious
sitaart.bsky.social 🌱Sita Art🌱 Comms open @sitaart.bsky.social · Nov 22
Hamster with a Blunderbuss
Illustration: a little hamster with a Big ol blunderbuss. Their cheeks are filled with rations and they are ready for violence.
November 22, 2024 at 4:22 AM
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Tonight! Sign up by 4 pm ET to join!
Author @cathylinhche.bsky.social joins our virtual writing room for her workshop "A Conversation with What Haunts You," a session in which we will invite what is haunting us into conversation with us on the page.
https://bit.ly/cbaw-strathmore
November 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM
dmichaelray.bsky.social
Cooper's Hawk at my feeder! If you see this, post a hawk.
#birds
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk at bird feeder Juvenile Cooper's Hawk at the bird feeder
November 17, 2024 at 6:17 AM
dmichaelray.bsky.social
A peninsula silhouetted by the setting sun. Palm trees on the right
November 17, 2024 at 6:06 AM
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KETTLE: [screaming] YOU WANT A NICE, CALMING CUP OF TEA? YEAH??? YOU WANNA FUCKING RELAX?
July 10, 2023 at 9:17 PM
dmichaelray.bsky.social

My first self developed roll of color film! Definitely some minor issues, but I think more related to me underexposing on my Minox 35.
Kodak Gold 200 developed with the Film Photography Project new color negative development kit
#believeinfilm
#filmphotography
#filmisnotdead
A sweet brown and white dog hanging his head out the window of a car A view of several buildings with stairs in the foreground that lead to a passageway between them. A small child in a red shirt leans against the one on the left A photo of an intersection taken from a car, the sun is shining on the left side with a lens flare. There are palm trees in the middle distance A weird little alley with a chain link gate. One side of the gate is covered by a dark tarp, the other by a yellow tarp. The eaves of a nearby roof are a faded red
November 6, 2024 at 2:29 AM
dmichaelray.bsky.social
I mean, this seems pretty important too
ginbrogueshats.bsky.social Samuel Pinney @ginbrogueshats.bsky.social · Nov 5
I've got a really important presentation on Monday and a story to write, so I built a cardboard theatre for my cat.
A tiny tabby kitten (half Bengal) with blue eyes sits on a cardboard stage. In front of him you can see cardboard seats, cardboard curtains and little cardboard comedy and tragedy masks. Behind the kitten is a tiny set featuring a castle wall, suggesting the opening scene from Hamlet.
November 6, 2024 at 2:14 AM
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November 2, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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Nasunin the eggplant ninja is a mascot from Kazo City in Saitama, Japan.
A ninja mascot with a blue head stands in a muddy field.
October 28, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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Unpopular motivation hack for drawing:

Start drawing immediately, even if it feels impossible.

After 15 minutes, your brain will recognize the difficult task and create dopamine to help you keep going.

Agonizing endlessly before the drawing doesn't help your creative process.
October 26, 2024 at 12:56 PM
dmichaelray.bsky.social
This super cute little cat was up for adoption in a PetSmart in San Diego.

Minox 35 GL on HP5+, developed in D-76. Exposed at iso 320

#believeinfilm
#filmphotography
#filmisnotdead
#cats
October 26, 2024 at 5:20 PM
dmichaelray.bsky.social
Here's some pictures from a test roll of HP5+ shot on a Minox 35 G, exposed at 320, D-76. Not sure how I feel about them, but the GT is more fun than the GL, mostly because the film advance is less cranky, and I do love a self timer.

#believeinfilm
#filmphotography
#filmisnotdead
#minox35
A black and white picture of a path that flows from the bottom left to the center of the picture. There are fallen leaves on the lawn, and a window and porch light are in the right foreground. Above, leafy branches A black and white night scene of San Diego harbor and downtown in the background with a couple streetlights and trees in middle. The bottom third of the picture is an out of focus view of the cement bench the camera is sitting on
October 24, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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Everyone needs to stop what they're doing and watch this video with sound on
slendersherbet.bsky.social Paul Bronks @slendersherbet.bsky.social · Oct 21
If you've never heard a penguin being tickled, here's a penguin being tickled.🔊🆙
October 22, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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This adorable bandit making off with the fountain from our birdbath. I'm sure she was thinking, "I'll be able to wash my hands anywhere!" Until she pulled it out of the water and it stopped working.
October 19, 2024 at 3:43 AM
dmichaelray.bsky.social
I haven't participated in this workshop, but the last one I did was awesome. @lethalityjane.bsky.social Have you seen CBAW's stuff before? I'm not really plugged into the military/veterans scene on Bluesky like I was on twitter
missionbelonging.bsky.social Mission Belonging @missionbelonging.bsky.social · Oct 21
"Thank you, Ben. You helped art shine light into my darkness today." -Participant

Open to all. No experience needed. Join us.

Learn more/signup: https://cbaw.org/event/creative-writing-workshop-with-ben-weakley-in-partnership-with-steven-a-cohen-military-family-clinic-at-easterseals/2024-10-22/
October 21, 2024 at 7:47 PM
dmichaelray.bsky.social
I found a couple cool mushrooms around the house
#fungifriends
A flat orange and yellow mushroom growing in layers on a hardwood stump, next to a green and purple-ish succulent What looks like a morel mushroom that I found growing in some mulch under where our trash cans live!
October 19, 2024 at 1:44 AM
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This movie is so heartfelt and sweet, and absolutely got me into birding. And my wife too, a few years later. Everyone we've introduced it to really enjoyed it as well. Perfect Sunday afternoon movie, and even better if you like birds!
skwinnicki.bsky.social SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · Oct 15
Apparently it’s the 13th anniversary of the film The Big Year— a box office bomb that critics hated and I unapologetically adore

It helps I got to see it at the theater with Greg Miller (inspiration for Jack Black’s character and the birding consultant on the film)

youtu.be/JCBAP2wId5M?...
The Big Year (2011) Movie Trailer HD
YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Trailers
youtu.be
October 15, 2024 at 4:26 AM
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Silhouette of two turkeys grazing in the early morning while a hawk scans the area for prey.

#birds 📷
Two turkeys are silhouettes against a white background. The silhouette of a hawk is perched on a tree branch behind them.
October 12, 2024 at 2:54 PM
dmichaelray.bsky.social
I took these pictures through a fence with my Canon Multi-Tele in half frame mode.

Happy Fence Friday! Half Frame Friday??

Ilford HP5+, D-76
#HFF
#believeinfilm
#filmphotography
#filmisnotdead
The first frame shows real birds (Black Crowned Night Herons), the second, a fake coyote not scaring the birds. Both are framed by square cutouts in the fence
October 11, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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Every time with the moon, every time!
marygillis.bsky.social Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · May 11
NORTHERN LIGHTS: Take my picture! Please! I don't look great now but the photos will be spectacular, bursts of green and pink! Take as many photos as you can!
THE MOON: Do not take my photo, if you little apes dare to photograph me I will be so tiny, I swear to god I will make myself so goddamn tiny
October 11, 2024 at 3:42 AM
dmichaelray.bsky.social
A2- my current favorite lens is the Olympus m.zuiko 70-300 F4.8-6.7. It's comparatively light, and with the m43 it ends up being 600mm equivalent, so I can really reach out and catch birds that I wouldn't otherwise. It's not great in low light, but it's not terrible with my Em10 either

#photochat
October 10, 2024 at 6:16 PM
dmichaelray.bsky.social
A1- my favorite, and only digital camera, besides my pixel 6, is an Olympus Em10ii. I use it mostly for bird photography and the occasional landscape. I find it a little frustrating to use-- the menu system is just not intuitive. But, it's super light and portable!

#photochat
October 10, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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This would be fantastic! Gillian Anderson is awesome, and I'd love to see her as the cynical, paranormal obsessed agent instead of straight laced and by-the-book
charliejane.bsky.social Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · Oct 9
The LA Times asked Gillian Anderson which classic TV character she'd want to play and she answered "Mulder."

Honestly this is the X-Files reboot I want.
Gillian Anderson What TV character would Anderson want to play? "What if I say 'The X-Files,' playing [Fox] Mulder? He was the coolest character, even with the sunflower seeds and his basement office. He was so suave and cool and nerdy, but hot and knew all the answers to everything. And he looked good in a red Speedo."
October 9, 2024 at 7:57 PM