Max
@paisleystars.bsky.social
Sometime wanderer. When not wandering, probably north of you. Wildlife photographer (they/them)
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Max
@paisleystars.bsky.social
· Jun 24
Shamelessly reposting some of mine because I have early morning anxiety and feel the need to prove my credentials when grumbling about somebody with a much larger audience 😂
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Finally working on my #CorsetRevivalProject piece. The plan is to cover it with #embroidery imagery of #ArcticWhaling - where the #whalebone used for support came from. First panel will be a map showing where the whaling took place in the #Arctic around Svalbard and Greenland.
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Finally working on my #CorsetRevivalProject piece. The plan is to cover it with #embroidery imagery of #ArcticWhaling - where the #whalebone used for support came from. First panel will be a map showing where the whaling took place in the #Arctic around Svalbard and Greenland.
Update from the north pole: Santa is in location and Christmas preparation is underway
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Update from the north pole: Santa is in location and Christmas preparation is underway
I'm not going to play the game because I'm a travelling wildlife photographer, which is cheating, but, if you are the kind of person who introduces themselves with "Hello, nice to meet you, here are 5 really cool animals I've seen," then *please please please* come say hi. We should hang out.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- Beluga whale
- kiwi
- whio
- eel
- kangaroo
- Beluga whale
- kiwi
- whio
- eel
- kangaroo
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- Cassowary
- Salt-water crocodile
- King brown snake
- Frilled-neck lizard
- Elk
- Cassowary
- Salt-water crocodile
- King brown snake
- Frilled-neck lizard
- Elk
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I'm not going to play the game because I'm a travelling wildlife photographer, which is cheating, but, if you are the kind of person who introduces themselves with "Hello, nice to meet you, here are 5 really cool animals I've seen," then *please please please* come say hi. We should hang out.
Fun fact about me is that I live on a desert island in the broadest possible sense of the term.
Also, I have only just realised this 😂
Also, I have only just realised this 😂
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Fun fact about me is that I live on a desert island in the broadest possible sense of the term.
Also, I have only just realised this 😂
Also, I have only just realised this 😂
An excellent social bonding experience as the majority of the millennial population of the island sat in the dark and sobbed in unison
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
An excellent social bonding experience as the majority of the millennial population of the island sat in the dark and sobbed in unison
Shh
Quiet pls
Wicked time
Thank you
Quiet pls
Wicked time
Thank you
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Shh
Quiet pls
Wicked time
Thank you
Quiet pls
Wicked time
Thank you
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Feel like tracking down sexy tusked marine mammals? www.wwf.org.uk/learn/walrus...
Become a detective and spot walrus from space
WWF and British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are working together to understand the impacts of climate change on walrus.
www.wwf.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Feel like tracking down sexy tusked marine mammals? www.wwf.org.uk/learn/walrus...
Skiable levels of snow in the valley at long last, so Boy Dog and I are going on an adventure.
(Going to teach him to skijor, please wish me an unbelievable amount of luck and patience, he is not bright 😂)
(Going to teach him to skijor, please wish me an unbelievable amount of luck and patience, he is not bright 😂)
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Skiable levels of snow in the valley at long last, so Boy Dog and I are going on an adventure.
(Going to teach him to skijor, please wish me an unbelievable amount of luck and patience, he is not bright 😂)
(Going to teach him to skijor, please wish me an unbelievable amount of luck and patience, he is not bright 😂)
Just to be clear, life up here is hard. The day/night cycle is broken, the water is toxic, the power supply is fractious, the snow is aggressive, the bears are huge, housing is at crisis point and the hospital is under equipped.
It's also fucking magical and I wouldn't change it for the world.
It's also fucking magical and I wouldn't change it for the world.
November 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Just to be clear, life up here is hard. The day/night cycle is broken, the water is toxic, the power supply is fractious, the snow is aggressive, the bears are huge, housing is at crisis point and the hospital is under equipped.
It's also fucking magical and I wouldn't change it for the world.
It's also fucking magical and I wouldn't change it for the world.
Acceptable sort of Friday 8am dog walk
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Acceptable sort of Friday 8am dog walk
Polar night progress report: 11.5 weeks until the sun rises on the island, and then another 3 weeks after that before it is visible in town over the mountains. It's been 4.5 weeks since it set.
(Don't ask how I'm coping with the dark because the answer is the sky looks like this and I am thriving)
(Don't ask how I'm coping with the dark because the answer is the sky looks like this and I am thriving)
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Polar night progress report: 11.5 weeks until the sun rises on the island, and then another 3 weeks after that before it is visible in town over the mountains. It's been 4.5 weeks since it set.
(Don't ask how I'm coping with the dark because the answer is the sky looks like this and I am thriving)
(Don't ask how I'm coping with the dark because the answer is the sky looks like this and I am thriving)
Wouldn't change it for the world but also my lunchtime stroll (pictured) was an experience today. It was warm* when I left, so I only put a fleece on and then the wind was a bastard.
*Extremely relative, -4°C. The body adapts to perpetual cold with surprising speed.
*Extremely relative, -4°C. The body adapts to perpetual cold with surprising speed.
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Wouldn't change it for the world but also my lunchtime stroll (pictured) was an experience today. It was warm* when I left, so I only put a fleece on and then the wind was a bastard.
*Extremely relative, -4°C. The body adapts to perpetual cold with surprising speed.
*Extremely relative, -4°C. The body adapts to perpetual cold with surprising speed.
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"Honk honk, motherfucker."
- The Northern Lights, probably
- The Northern Lights, probably
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Honk honk, motherfucker."
- The Northern Lights, probably
- The Northern Lights, probably
Got my first AI accusation of aurora season, which is much later than the last two years so congrats on the character growth I guess 😆
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Got my first AI accusation of aurora season, which is much later than the last two years so congrats on the character growth I guess 😆
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I want bsky to roll out a reply option that allows me to specifically limit who can reply to a skeet *and tell them* like yes this is open to all replies except for you, Brian
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I want bsky to roll out a reply option that allows me to specifically limit who can reply to a skeet *and tell them* like yes this is open to all replies except for you, Brian
My favourite thing about this photo is that nobody asked any of you what you could see in it but goddamn you're all determined to tell us 😂
(Said with nothing but love and respect, I'm having a great time reading through the insights into everybody else's mind)
(Said with nothing but love and respect, I'm having a great time reading through the insights into everybody else's mind)
November 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
My favourite thing about this photo is that nobody asked any of you what you could see in it but goddamn you're all determined to tell us 😂
(Said with nothing but love and respect, I'm having a great time reading through the insights into everybody else's mind)
(Said with nothing but love and respect, I'm having a great time reading through the insights into everybody else's mind)
White fringing in one and FAE's* in the other. Don't even bother speaking to me, I'm too busy being smug.
*Fragmented aurora-like emissions, the floating green spots in the middle that don't seem to be attached to anything
*Fragmented aurora-like emissions, the floating green spots in the middle that don't seem to be attached to anything
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
White fringing in one and FAE's* in the other. Don't even bother speaking to me, I'm too busy being smug.
*Fragmented aurora-like emissions, the floating green spots in the middle that don't seem to be attached to anything
*Fragmented aurora-like emissions, the floating green spots in the middle that don't seem to be attached to anything
Right. Erm. The sky is on fire.
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Right. Erm. The sky is on fire.
Do you know what I really appreciate about life up here? Socially, it's super safe. I can jog alone in the darkness with my headphones in, or walk home from the bar alone with my phone out, and never feel unsafe for a moment.
(The trade off for that is the bears, but that's a different problem)
(The trade off for that is the bears, but that's a different problem)
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Do you know what I really appreciate about life up here? Socially, it's super safe. I can jog alone in the darkness with my headphones in, or walk home from the bar alone with my phone out, and never feel unsafe for a moment.
(The trade off for that is the bears, but that's a different problem)
(The trade off for that is the bears, but that's a different problem)
Do you know what the most fun Norwegian word is to say?
Klovn
(See also: klovner, klovnen, klovnene)
Clown
(+ clowns, the clown, the clowns respectively)
Klovn
(See also: klovner, klovnen, klovnene)
Clown
(+ clowns, the clown, the clowns respectively)
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Do you know what the most fun Norwegian word is to say?
Klovn
(See also: klovner, klovnen, klovnene)
Clown
(+ clowns, the clown, the clowns respectively)
Klovn
(See also: klovner, klovnen, klovnene)
Clown
(+ clowns, the clown, the clowns respectively)
Somebody has *badly* colour-corrected one of my images and posted it as a reply to me and I'm not being weird, right? That is weird behaviour?
November 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Somebody has *badly* colour-corrected one of my images and posted it as a reply to me and I'm not being weird, right? That is weird behaviour?
Four minutes in one second from my happy place. Featuring some extremely delicate aurora.
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Four minutes in one second from my happy place. Featuring some extremely delicate aurora.