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Samuel Benjamin

@samuelxl5.bsky.social

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Author & photographer, former USAF F-15E maintainer, space historian, sci-fi buff. Native of Detroit, currently based in Oklahoma City. Prints at https://samuelxl5.darkroom.com & merch at https://samuelxl5.printify.me

NO AI/NFT. If you use AI, fuck off.

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SkyBlueBrad1

@skybluebrad1.bsky.social

An artistic lesson in strength and beauty.✍️All inspired by
@kittybitgames.bsky.social
of course. #art #painting #portrait

November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM

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Shirley Jackson

@lioninthetrees.bsky.social

Jackalope Totem 🐇✨🦌✨

This piece was an experiment to try out not just a new flower motif (Prairie Fire), but a new way of playing with colour!
I also wanted an excuse to sculpt a big jackalope as well 😛

SOLD

#art #pottery

A large ceramic black sgraffito jackalope sculpture featuring a beautiful green and red plant that is the Prairie Fire—a plant that resembles a fire-y red paintbrush.

November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM

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SAHASA 🐙

@sculptedreef.com

🐙 2017 - 2025 🐙 the Octopus Tea Cup series is retiring! 🥹

🥳 Celebrating good endings & making space for a new series, we're having a 20% OFF "Goodbye" Sale!!

sculptedreef.com/collections/...

#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #ArtSale #BSNM #Invertebrates 🦑🐡

A hand sculpted octopus depicting the species Hapalochlaena lunulata, also known as the blue ringed octopus.

November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM

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David Blanchard

@davidblanchard.bsky.social

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) on Sunday evening.

Nikon D850, 180mm, f/4, ISO 200, 120 seconds; single image.

Second image is a black+white negative which shows more structure in the tail.

#astrophotography 📷 #comet #nikonusa

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) on Sunday evening.

Nikon D850, 180mm, f/4, ISO 200, 120 seconds; single image.

Image is a black+white negative which shows more detail in the tail.

November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM

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Mandy Daniels

@mandydaniels.bsky.social

The 62% #waning, #gibbous #Moon, 2025 11 11, 00:58:38 UTC at an altitude of 32° 39' and a distance of 373 355 km.

Nikon D800
Skywatcher 200P

Exposure: f/5.9, 1/80s, ISO-200
Focal Length: 1200 mm

#astronomy #astrophotography #craters

November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM

Samuel Benjamin

@samuelxl5.bsky.social

"Magnificent Desolation"

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#photography #art #SciArt #geology #filmphotography

November 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM

Samuel Benjamin

@samuelxl5.bsky.social

#aviation #fashion #BSNM

Chrome Women's Bomber Jacket (AOP) - $110.99 - SamuelXL5

Buy this product for only $110.99

samuelxl5.printify.me

November 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM

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Gergios Bero

@geober.bsky.social

Lessons in love

Photo 5/17

#urbex #photography #germany

November 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM

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Chica

@chicaartmodel.bsky.social

©Halide @silverhalide.bsky.social
#nude #artnude #photography #art #nudeart #model #dancer #portrait #boudoir #fineart #photoshoot #photo #chicartmodel #artmodel

November 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM

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Andrew D Thaler

@drandrewthaler.bsky.social

In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.

The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.

The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.

Why?

It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM

Samuel Benjamin

@samuelxl5.bsky.social

#space

Could this film become the 1st western movie to send a filmmaker into space?

Ex-astronaut Scott Kelly climbs aboard this pioneering project as an official advisor.

www.space.com

November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM

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Lyla 🔞 “Afterparty”

@stlyla.bsky.social

I am enjoying looking back at the lovely pictures @samuelxl5.bsky.social captured in August.

I will be sharing some of my favorites the next few days and wishing it was still warm outside ❤️

Lyla, wearing a floral dress and laughing while holding sunflowers over their breasts.

November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM

Samuel Benjamin

@samuelxl5.bsky.social

"Uriah Heep #8"

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#photography #art #music #portraiture #metal #UriahHeep

Uriah Heep at the King's Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland

November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM

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The Aviationist

@theaviationist.com

B-52 Spotted for the Second Time Carrying Air Force’s Next-Gen Stealth Nuclear Cruise Missile

New images show a USAF B-52H flying a low-level route with one external pylon loaded with the new AGM-181 Long Range Stand Off (LRSO) missile on Nov. 5.

Story: theaviationist.com/2025/11/10/n...

B-52 Spotted for the Second Time Carrying Air Force’s Next-Gen Stealth Nuclear Cruise Missile

New images captured by aviation photographer Ryan Watamura show a U.S. Air Force B-52H flying a low-level route over California with one external pylon

theaviationist.com

November 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM

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C Hunter Art

@chunterart.bsky.social

Most of my art friends got tagged already so instead of following the rules im gonna post 4 drawings by the people who tagged me. Also if youre my art friend and you didnt get tagged yet sorry