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@moudhy.bsky.social

May as well dive right in.

Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?

According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”

Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...

A round, light brown tablet made of clay with three lines of cuneiform scripts. Two rulings, or traced straight lines, enclose the writing. The photo also shows the sides of the tablet, including a few damaged parts.

November 13, 2024 at 11:20 AM

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False Knees

@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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Daniel Benneworth-Gray

@danielgray.com

COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS

Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows

Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees

www.theguardian.com

January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM

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Winnie the Pooh (Official)

@indianawalsh.bsky.social

Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale

Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools

Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 13d

COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS

Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows

Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees

www.theguardian.com

January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM

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weeder

@weeder.bsky.social

People don't want to hear this but too much baby talk can hinder your cat's language development

January 18, 2026 at 8:27 PM

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Hank Green

@hankgreen.bsky.social

The crazy thing is, after two and a half years of researching the biology of cancer, I still can't tell you if Hazel Grace Lancaster might still be alive.

January 14, 2026 at 10:12 PM

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Out of Context Simpsons Couch Gags

@ooccouchgags.bsky.social

January 14, 2026 at 7:58 PM

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Brandy Schillace

@bschillace.brandyschillace.com

I present the #cat semi colon
(Cc @bcdreyer.social)

Two black cats asleep on a white comforter. The top most is in a tight ball and the one below in a curly comma shape

January 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM

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Spike R. Monster

@spikermonster.bsky.social

some stuff i drew in 2025 that's not my typical cartoony beetlejuice stuff just so people know i can do other things too!!

digital painting of Carl Anderson as Judas Iscariot in Jesus Christ Superstar (1973). he's sitting atop of a hill in the desert and looking over his shoulder at the camera with resentment, inspired by the depiction of Lucifer by Alexandre Cabanel in his 1847 painting "The Fallen Angel"

a digital painting of The Creature from Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025) holding a stick of dynamite in his hand in the middle of a snow storm. the sky looks green. the wick is lit up and it glows red, the trail of smoke is also red. The Creature's face is barely visible, he's covered up and wearing a large fur cloak. his left eye (our right) shines as he stares down at the explosive.

three sketches of my attempt at the Frieren challenge, a hard to draw angle of the face looking up. the original drawing on the top left.

an in memoriam tribute to Ozzy Osbourne. he stands with his arms crossed over his chest and his hands splayed showing off his rings and the "OZZY" tattoo on knuckles. he's wearing a large cross necklace and round sunglasses that obscure his eyes. his grin is lit up. he has two huge bat wings coming out of his back spreading across the image and a purple halo behind his head.

January 2, 2026 at 3:05 AM

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Spike R. Monster

@spikermonster.bsky.social

one of my patron suggestions this month: toonverse miss argentina aka miss scargentina 👠

scargentina is the neitherworld equivalent of argentina. this miss didn’t have her “little accident”, rather she was born in the neitherworld much like beetlejuice (who owns a signed photo of her)

Miss Argentina from Beetlejuice redesigned in the style of the animated series. she has an hourglass figure, a triangular face with prominent cheek bones, teal skin, yellow eyes, dark blue dark circles around her eyes and purple lips. her sash reads MISS SCARGENTINA. she wears a sheer pink glittery cape with flamelike shapes at the edges, a long red slit dress, red choker, red high heels with ankle straps, and red beaded bracelets on both hands. a gold crown sits atop of her pink hair, her updo curls upwards like flames.

December 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM

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Mark Chilcott

@markchilcott.bsky.social

Clin-Ton!
#art #thesimpsons #xfiles #artwork

December 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM

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Tokyo Toni Morrison

@sillygenius.bsky.social

🙋🏾‍♂️ have paint. will paint weird shit on your van.

November 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM

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Ollie

@olliemnjones.bsky.social

Hi, looking for some illustration work at the moment, send me a message if you'd like some art for your project. You can also email me at olliemnjones@gmail.com
Thanks!