Steve Ricketts
@stevericketts.bsky.social
refugee from Xitter. meteorologist. photographer. youth soccer coach. recovering poligeek. trying to be positive and to stay above the fray
this cartoon makes me nauseous. or is it nauseated?
December 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this cartoon makes me nauseous. or is it nauseated?
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In which the Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights” reconfirms its role as shill for petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre.
If ever elected PM, d’ya think the piffleswipe might owe them a few favours?
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If ever elected PM, d’ya think the piffleswipe might owe them a few favours?
🤔🧐🙄
December 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In which the Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights” reconfirms its role as shill for petulant piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre.
If ever elected PM, d’ya think the piffleswipe might owe them a few favours?
🤔🧐🙄
If ever elected PM, d’ya think the piffleswipe might owe them a few favours?
🤔🧐🙄
Reposted by Steve Ricketts
On Dec. 26, 1883 in Harbour Grace in Newfoundland, hundreds of Protestants and Catholics began to fight each other in the street.
Four people were killed and the incident led to the fall of the island's government.
This is the story of the Harbour Grace Affray.
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Four people were killed and the incident led to the fall of the island's government.
This is the story of the Harbour Grace Affray.
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December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
On Dec. 26, 1883 in Harbour Grace in Newfoundland, hundreds of Protestants and Catholics began to fight each other in the street.
Four people were killed and the incident led to the fall of the island's government.
This is the story of the Harbour Grace Affray.
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Four people were killed and the incident led to the fall of the island's government.
This is the story of the Harbour Grace Affray.
🧵 1/8
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Give yourself a present & scroll through the over 8500 posted in #ArtAdventCalendar this month.
The largest media event on Bluesky (probably)
(And if you're a new artist just joining, there's 660 artists you can get to know)
The largest media event on Bluesky (probably)
(And if you're a new artist just joining, there's 660 artists you can get to know)
You can see over 8000 human made images (97% of them with AltText) posted by over 600 #ArtAdventCalendar participants just by clicking or long pressing on the hashtag and selecting See Posts.
I guarantee you it's better for your mental health than whatever else you're looking at on here.
I guarantee you it's better for your mental health than whatever else you're looking at on here.
I mean...just look at this. It goes on and on and on.
#ArtAdventCalendar is amazing and you really should check it out.
#ArtAdventCalendar is amazing and you really should check it out.
December 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Give yourself a present & scroll through the over 8500 posted in #ArtAdventCalendar this month.
The largest media event on Bluesky (probably)
(And if you're a new artist just joining, there's 660 artists you can get to know)
The largest media event on Bluesky (probably)
(And if you're a new artist just joining, there's 660 artists you can get to know)
Reposted by Steve Ricketts
Our beauty never leaves. We just need to see it
December 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Our beauty never leaves. We just need to see it
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Another year, another social media platform with which to share this story about how I almost died with my family on Christmas 9 years ago.
If I may ‘dad’ you all with a life story / lesson…
If I may ‘dad’ you all with a life story / lesson…
December 25, 2023 at 9:45 PM
Another year, another social media platform with which to share this story about how I almost died with my family on Christmas 9 years ago.
If I may ‘dad’ you all with a life story / lesson…
If I may ‘dad’ you all with a life story / lesson…
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there's being out of touch, and then there's this...
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
there's being out of touch, and then there's this...
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Day #ArtAdventCalendar
“Canadian Journey” 48x48”
I painted all of our Canada license plates, with each airport code of their capital city. I wish everyone a wonderful artsy New Year!
Thanks to all the creative souls & my dear friend Jay @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca you always make my Dec. special
“Canadian Journey” 48x48”
I painted all of our Canada license plates, with each airport code of their capital city. I wish everyone a wonderful artsy New Year!
Thanks to all the creative souls & my dear friend Jay @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca you always make my Dec. special
December 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Day #ArtAdventCalendar
“Canadian Journey” 48x48”
I painted all of our Canada license plates, with each airport code of their capital city. I wish everyone a wonderful artsy New Year!
Thanks to all the creative souls & my dear friend Jay @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca you always make my Dec. special
“Canadian Journey” 48x48”
I painted all of our Canada license plates, with each airport code of their capital city. I wish everyone a wonderful artsy New Year!
Thanks to all the creative souls & my dear friend Jay @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca you always make my Dec. special
last post! thanks, @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca, for another fun time
"Railway to Heaven" from 2024 was my attempt at emulating the Inception effect: using a drone and taking shots at ever-increasing heights, then blending/bending the images in post
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
"Railway to Heaven" from 2024 was my attempt at emulating the Inception effect: using a drone and taking shots at ever-increasing heights, then blending/bending the images in post
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
December 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
last post! thanks, @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca, for another fun time
"Railway to Heaven" from 2024 was my attempt at emulating the Inception effect: using a drone and taking shots at ever-increasing heights, then blending/bending the images in post
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
"Railway to Heaven" from 2024 was my attempt at emulating the Inception effect: using a drone and taking shots at ever-increasing heights, then blending/bending the images in post
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
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The final #ArtAdventCalendar post: My most involved artwork of 2025:
3D Lissajous Figures, constructed exactly from their 2D projections. Watercolor pencils on canvas.
#SciArt #MathArt
See the evolution of this painting step-by-step on my blog:
elkement.art/2025/09/17/l...
Happy Holidays!
3D Lissajous Figures, constructed exactly from their 2D projections. Watercolor pencils on canvas.
#SciArt #MathArt
See the evolution of this painting step-by-step on my blog:
elkement.art/2025/09/17/l...
Happy Holidays!
December 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The final #ArtAdventCalendar post: My most involved artwork of 2025:
3D Lissajous Figures, constructed exactly from their 2D projections. Watercolor pencils on canvas.
#SciArt #MathArt
See the evolution of this painting step-by-step on my blog:
elkement.art/2025/09/17/l...
Happy Holidays!
3D Lissajous Figures, constructed exactly from their 2D projections. Watercolor pencils on canvas.
#SciArt #MathArt
See the evolution of this painting step-by-step on my blog:
elkement.art/2025/09/17/l...
Happy Holidays!
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Day 24
Copper inclusions and kiln carving using ceramic fibre and papers in this under the sea fusing experiment.
Bubbles courtesy of the kiln firing process add to the sparkle!
#ArtAdventCalendar
#StainedGlass
#FusedGlass
Copper inclusions and kiln carving using ceramic fibre and papers in this under the sea fusing experiment.
Bubbles courtesy of the kiln firing process add to the sparkle!
#ArtAdventCalendar
#StainedGlass
#FusedGlass
December 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Day 24
Copper inclusions and kiln carving using ceramic fibre and papers in this under the sea fusing experiment.
Bubbles courtesy of the kiln firing process add to the sparkle!
#ArtAdventCalendar
#StainedGlass
#FusedGlass
Copper inclusions and kiln carving using ceramic fibre and papers in this under the sea fusing experiment.
Bubbles courtesy of the kiln firing process add to the sparkle!
#ArtAdventCalendar
#StainedGlass
#FusedGlass
Reposted by Steve Ricketts
I don't have any way to verify this but I'm pretty sure that #ArtAdventCalendar is the biggest media event of the year on Bluesky. We'll be close to 9000 posts by the end of tomorrow.
One thing I am positive of is that it is the most accessible event with a 97% AltText usage rate.
One thing I am positive of is that it is the most accessible event with a 97% AltText usage rate.
You can see over 8000 human made images (97% of them with AltText) posted by over 600 #ArtAdventCalendar participants just by clicking or long pressing on the hashtag and selecting See Posts.
I guarantee you it's better for your mental health than whatever else you're looking at on here.
I guarantee you it's better for your mental health than whatever else you're looking at on here.
I mean...just look at this. It goes on and on and on.
#ArtAdventCalendar is amazing and you really should check it out.
#ArtAdventCalendar is amazing and you really should check it out.
December 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I don't have any way to verify this but I'm pretty sure that #ArtAdventCalendar is the biggest media event of the year on Bluesky. We'll be close to 9000 posts by the end of tomorrow.
One thing I am positive of is that it is the most accessible event with a 97% AltText usage rate.
One thing I am positive of is that it is the most accessible event with a 97% AltText usage rate.
i love Bob Stauffer, esp his insights, but watching him on TV makes me think of the puppets on the old British show "Spitting Image"
December 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
i love Bob Stauffer, esp his insights, but watching him on TV makes me think of the puppets on the old British show "Spitting Image"
taken today near Tofield, AB. snowdrift patterns created by the wind. Mother Nature is an artist
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
December 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
taken today near Tofield, AB. snowdrift patterns created by the wind. Mother Nature is an artist
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar www.stevericketts.ca
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The DOJ is not even trying to hide that it functions as Trump's personal law firm
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The DOJ is not even trying to hide that it functions as Trump's personal law firm
Reposted by Steve Ricketts
Reposted by Steve Ricketts
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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As we get close to the end of the year I thought I'd repost some of my favorites.
These aren't in any particular order, but how could I not start with my absolute favorite of the Kingbird riding on the osprey while carrying a fish?
#photography #birds
These aren't in any particular order, but how could I not start with my absolute favorite of the Kingbird riding on the osprey while carrying a fish?
#photography #birds
December 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
As we get close to the end of the year I thought I'd repost some of my favorites.
These aren't in any particular order, but how could I not start with my absolute favorite of the Kingbird riding on the osprey while carrying a fish?
#photography #birds
These aren't in any particular order, but how could I not start with my absolute favorite of the Kingbird riding on the osprey while carrying a fish?
#photography #birds
Reposted by Steve Ricketts
Other things found to cause radar interference include the judiciary, Black people, impossible burgers, NPR, immigrants, people who are rude to me in restaurants, being banned from seeing my grandchildren, Black people again, free and fair elections, and people who refuse to follow me on Twitter.
Burgum: "Today we're sending notifications to the 5 large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns ... the Dept of War has come back conclusively that these large offshore wind programs create radar interference"
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Other things found to cause radar interference include the judiciary, Black people, impossible burgers, NPR, immigrants, people who are rude to me in restaurants, being banned from seeing my grandchildren, Black people again, free and fair elections, and people who refuse to follow me on Twitter.
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Finalizing the Headline of the Year nominees throughout the day, will likely launch tomorrow.
Any submissions below will also be considered.
Any submissions below will also be considered.
December 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Finalizing the Headline of the Year nominees throughout the day, will likely launch tomorrow.
Any submissions below will also be considered.
Any submissions below will also be considered.
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machinery! photography! I often combine these interests as you may have seen in previous AAC entries... This was a couple of photos from the quite wonderful Scottish Maritime Museum at Irvine. An exemplary industrial museum!
@scotmaritimemuseum.bsky.social
for #ArtAdventCalendar day22
@scotmaritimemuseum.bsky.social
for #ArtAdventCalendar day22
December 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
machinery! photography! I often combine these interests as you may have seen in previous AAC entries... This was a couple of photos from the quite wonderful Scottish Maritime Museum at Irvine. An exemplary industrial museum!
@scotmaritimemuseum.bsky.social
for #ArtAdventCalendar day22
@scotmaritimemuseum.bsky.social
for #ArtAdventCalendar day22