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Prof. N. - Whimsician
@nycteris.bsky.social
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“Rachel” or “Professor Nycteris” | certified free range oddity | mostly whimsical | wants to learn everything | gravity deficient | thinks you’re cool | #steampunk #sketchaday2025 | servant of Christ glimmerville.com
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Prof. N. - Whimsician @nycteris.bsky.social · Dec 24
Hi I’m Rachel (or “Nyc”). I am always trying new things. I don’t sell anything, so I don’t know where to go with this intro post. I just gather weird knowledge, and make whimsical doodles. ✨
A steampunk dragon made of polymer clay looks left, standing on a mission style table top with leaded glass inlay. A bunch of samples of ink made from crushed buckthorn berries and then altered by changing the ph to change the ink color. A page of watercolor swatches with naturalistic doodles on top. A rough pencil sketch of a baby scientist that seems to have tentacles. One is holding a test tube.
nycteris.bsky.social
Some kinda goblin. #sketchaday2025
A calendar page says 18 Saturday and there is a doodle of a disgusted looking goblin holding a fish skeleton.
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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jonchristian.net
toy company CEOs: "at long last, we have created the Sinister Talking Doll Factory from the acclaimed movie 'Don't Create the Sinister Talking Doll Factory'"

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AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
futurism.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
nycteris.bsky.social
Thinking about making coffee while drinking different coffee.
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
nycteris.bsky.social
You should be following this artist 💖
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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4484.cool
Now THAT'S a patch note!

The game is called Ostranauts, and I like it.
•Corpses should no longer become hotter than the sun and explode the ships/stations they are on.
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
nycteris.bsky.social
I have a microscope camera and just found a dead bee…
Close up of a bee wing - a black lattice on an amber membrane
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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lesliejanderson.bsky.social
You guys wanna see a dead body?
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
nycteris.bsky.social
I dreamed I was in @jakeparker.bsky.social ‘s secret art treehouse?! (Which does not exist… or does it…)
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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tccoyote.bsky.social
Morning bump
tccoyote.bsky.social TC Coyote / Not What I Was webcomic @tccoyote.bsky.social · 1d
My #cyberpunk -ish #dystopian #webcomic, "Not What I Was", has just updated at the sites linked in this account's pinned post!

#comic #furry #furryart #nwiw
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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jdrozd.com
There's a fish on the train in the latest installment of 🚂The Case of the Mummy Express🚂: jdrozd.com/comic/the-ca...

#DoctorBaer #Cute #Spooky
A cartoon drawing of anthropomorphic characters. Two cats and a teddy bear on a steam engine look apprehensive as a fish in a flying machine crashes into their train. The feeling is very energetic and exciting.
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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okiopossum.bsky.social
This is such a genuinely sweet animated short.
"Brush: A fox tale"

I need love like this...
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
nycteris.bsky.social
repost with an iconic fictional band
The Hong Kong Cavaliers band playing on a grungy stage
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
nycteris.bsky.social
I also remind myself of me:
nycteris.bsky.social Prof. N. - Whimsician @nycteris.bsky.social · 2d
Okay FINE:
The old chestnut.
Let my awesome followers tell me cool things about myself.
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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stinasdemons.com
See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy

(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
HEADLINE: CREATIVE WORKS CAN NO LONGER BE MINED BY AI WITHOUT CONSENT IN AUSTRALIA NEW REGULATIONS PROTECT ARTISTS' RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF AI
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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jonchristian.net
presented without comment

futurism.com/artificial-i...
ChatGPT Now Linked to Way More Deaths Than the Caffeinated Lemonade That Panera Pulled Off the Market in Disgrace
ChatGPT has been publicly linked to at least eight deaths. OpenAI has announced no plans to take it off the market.
futurism.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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pennmindcore.bsky.social
We are excited to host Philly's own doyenne of community science communication, Dr. Sarah McAnulty!

Friday, Nov 21, 1:30-3PM
Hands-On Science Zine Making Workshop

Registration for the workshop is limited by room size. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hands-on-s...

@sarahmackattack.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
nycteris.bsky.social
“I can’t answer the phone right now, I’m working on being sinister.”
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
nycteris.bsky.social
I am
Tired yet also
Kinda dumb.
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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nattosoup.bsky.social
I just got my Faire acceptance!

I would love some inspiration from other small makers on how to set up my shop, would you mind sharing your links?
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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papawoof.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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cryodraws.bsky.social
I got a sick day, time to draw my crime husbands
The comic strip features two male characters: a large man with blue skin named Big Al and a smaller, energetic guy Jack. They both wear orange aprons and rubber gloves. The smaller guy threatens a group of thugs, "You see big Al here? One word from me, and you'll see what he can do with those hands." He encourages Al, saying, "Show them what you got, Al!" Big Al looks confused but starts folding a paper unicorn instead of doing something intimidating, prompting the smaller man to correct him, "...Not that, you i—." Meanwhile, a group of tough-looking men watches, surprised by Al’s origami skills. One of them exclaims, "Woah bro, is that from Blade Runner?" Another nervously adds, "Bro cooked here... we better get outta here"
September 19, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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josephcox.bsky.social
Behold: you can now see all 23 years of BYTE magazine in all its glory, all at once. Every issue on a single zoomable interface

www.404media.co/byte-magazin...
Visualize All 23 Years of BYTE Magazine in All Its Glory, All at Once
Software engineer Hector Dearman built a zoomable map of every issue of BYTE magazine.
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
nycteris.bsky.social
Okay FINE:
The old chestnut.
Let my awesome followers tell me cool things about myself.
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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jonchristian.net
who says solarpunk is dead

futurism.com/science-ener...
Man Builds Huge Battery Bank From 500 Disposable Vapes to Power His Entire House
A YouTuber named Chris Doel cracked open hundreds of vapes to build an energy cell capable of powering his entire house.
futurism.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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tiffbaxter.bsky.social
🌹Fairytale Wedding🌹
I had the pleasure of drawing these illustrations for @araneaserket.bsky.social & @rfawks.bsky.social's wedding invites.
A fairytale-esque illustration of Callie & Rae in fantasy-medieval clothes. Rae, a butch lesbian on the left is in a red and mauve princely tunic and cape and bycocket hat. Callie on the left is in a pink gown with a blue starry belt and a red hennin -the veil of which whirls around the couple. Behind them is a blue sky & foliage, with various flowers in front. The border is a gold frame containing pink roses on spiralling vines on a blue background. A page showing a variety of spot illustrations: A corner piece of roses on twisting vines; a rapier with a banner of hearts wrapped around it; a blossom tree branch with a pair of doves, and three square initials entwined in floral vines: C, R and intertwined C & R.
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM