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This is Vi. She likes treats and sleeping on shoes.
This is Gizmo. He likes attention and sleeping in silly poses.
Image with text: "Jason, you're joining 128 donors making an impact. You donated $25" A large black cat curled up on top of a pair of shoes A white and calico cat curled up and looking at the camera
September 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Cats
A black cat laying on her back on a tan carpet. Her head is angled and eyes are wide, making her look just a little crazy A mostly white (from this angle) cat circled up and sleeping in a fabric bowl chair. Don't ask about how much white fur has become attached to said chair.
September 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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And then they do one of these and we're all *awwwwww*
A white cat with tabby spots, adorably curled up into a ball in a black chair.
August 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Cat.
A chonky black cat laying on her back looking off to the side
June 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Cats
A white cat with a brown part on his face, taking a snooze. His collar has a red bow, and a little teef is sticking out of his mouth. A black cat, laying on her back on the carpet, legs stretched out and paws bent. She's looking up, but is upside down.
May 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Largely for @hoojiwana.bsky.social - finally got around to finishing up the tracked part of my tracked impulsor. I ended up going into FreeCad and modeling my own wheels that were less fiddly to place, and using a set of track files I had.

It works remarkably well for something designed to hover!
Underside view of a Warhammer 40k impulsor hovertank modified to be a tracked tank. The Deimos-style tracks are quite obvious here, and help it fit in with the rest of the army this is being built for. The front view of a Warhammer 40k impulsor tank, modified to have tracks. The proportions and styling work remarkably well for something that's supposed to be designed as a hovertank. Side profile view of a Warhammer 40k Impulsor tank. The plastic kit is designed to be an open-topped hover tank, but it has been modified with 3d printed wheels, tracks, and enclosed compartment.
May 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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I also got some pictures of an Eastern Towhee - second time I've managed it. And got a real gem of a picture.
An eastern towhee - A mostly black bird with orange under it's wings and a white belly, sits on a branch among leaf buds. It is facing right, with the head turned slightly towards the camera. The same towhee, head pointed more towards the camera. The same towhee, looking down at the camera with beak open as it was singing. A closeup on the towhee's head. It's looking down at the camera, mouth open, looking very shocked.
April 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Actually went out and did Bird Things yesterday. Despite the gloomy weather, I managed to add two more birds to my life list, bringing me up to 115: The Brown Thrasher, and the much less easily pronounced Prothonotary Warbler.
A brown bird, white belly with brown spots, sits on a branch of budding leaves. It has a long-ish beak for its head, and the beak is slightly open as it was just starting to sing. The same brown bird in the previous photo, except it's head is turned to the left and it's eye is directly at the camera, as though it is judging. A small, fluffy yellow bird sitting on a branch in the space between leaves. While it has black wings, it looks very much like someone dyed a cotton ball yellow and stuck on black eyes and a black beak. The same yellow cottonball bird, looking almost straight at the camera. Birds at this angle always look weird
April 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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I made @tastinghistory.bsky.social's historic beef stroganoff. It was very good.

The mustard I got ended up strongarming the other flavors a bit, so next time I'll dial that back a bit, but otherwise? Very good. A little too salty on the fries, but that's a fry problem, not a stroganoff problem.
A blue plate on a faux-stone countertop. There is a stainless steel little bowl serving as a ramekin, filled with slices of cucumber at the top of the plate. To the left lie some chonky fries, and at the bottom/right is chunks of beef in a brown sauce. It's not the most visually appealing sauce, but the flavor more than made up for it.
February 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Hello darkness my old friend
A mostly white tabby cat with the name of Gizmo lays on a shelf, his face and eyes looking as though he has never known love even though he was being pet approximately twelve seconds before he decided to go lay here.
December 5, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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There were plenty of cormorants waiting for us near the docks, including these two, sitting on a log sticking out of the water.
Two cormorants, large black birds with orange faces and whiteish-grey chests, sit on a log. The one on the left is standing on one leg, facing the camera with their head turned. The one on the right is preening, and facing away from the camera.
November 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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On the boat back, the same gentleman pointed up - There was a Northern Harrier soaring overhead. I got some neat pictures of it in the clouds.
The silhouette of a bird of prey against white clouds on blue sky. The blue sky isn't fully visible, being covered by whisps of cloud from either side. Much like the other picture - The silhouette of a bird of prey against white clouds on blue sky. There's even less blue sky to see in this one.
November 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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One of the guys - An older gentleman with two very, very good bird eyes (He spotted so many things), spotted some ibises way far away. This was where I really was sad my lens wasn't up to that range, because these pictures are really crypid pictures.
A shoreline that is covered in tall grasses, with some black blobs in the water. Supposedly they're birds, and they look like birds until you zoom in, when all detail vanishes and they're just blobs of pixels. Essentially the same as the other picture, except you can see that the cryptid-birds have changed position and stance a little.
November 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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Across one of the bits of water, we saw a racoon making their way along the beach.
A shoreline, with ducks in the water and trees and tall plants in the background. Along the beach, a racoon walks.
November 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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A personal one I took a bunch of pictures of was this song sparrow taking a bath. A happy little borb.

Someone also reported a swamp sparrow among the other sparrows, but sadly I didn't manage to get a picture of it.
A small, round brown bird sits in a small puddle of water, surrounded by sticks and the remains of summer plants. The same small brown bird, with the front of their face fully immersed in the water. The same small brown bird, with their head lifted up and beak open, almost like they're smiling in delight. Their feathers are puffed up slightly. The same small bird, but feathers puffed up significantly and wings spread a bit. They are the definition of a fluffy borb.
November 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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Another highlight was a late warbler - An Orange-Crowned Warbler. Everyone quickly abandoned all of the waterbird watching for this little friend.
A small greyish-yellowish-greenish bird sits perched on some branches. In this plumage, it could easily be mistaken for a leaf. A small greyish-backed yellowish-bodied bird sits on a small branch in front of a tree trunk, looking at the camera over it's shoulder.
November 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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We watched a pair of peregrine falcons harassing a bunch of American avocets. That was fun. It was far enough away I couldn't get good good pictures, but I got some.
A bunch of black and white birds are flying just above the water, with a larger bird of prey following them closely. In the background, other waterbirds sit, largely unbothered. A bunch of black and white waterbirds are flying just above the water, in a bit of a confused way. In their midst is a bird of prey. The same white waterbirds as the other picture sit in the background, still unbothered.
November 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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These are some birb pictures from the trip. It'll be a thread! Roughly in order of how I took them.

Pictures are my favorite pictures. There's a lot that were just. IDable maybe-cryptids, and those aren't fun.
A double-crested cormorant in flight. It's a large, black waterbird with an orange face and beak and a white chest. A golden-crowned kinglet looking directly at the camera, looking like it's judging. It's a small grey bird with a white face, a black cap, and a golden crown in the center of that black cap. A bald eagle sitting on some mud sticking out of the water. There are droplets of water falling from it's beak and a splash in the water, from where it had just taken a drink. An immature white-crowned sparrow sitting in a bush full of berries. It's a small, brownish-grey and mostly round bird.
November 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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Round cat.
November 6, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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I got my cats Vi (Black) and Gizmo (White/Tabby) almost two years ago. Vi was a surrender and Gizmo a former feral.

Vi now loves shoes (And will sleep on them), and Gizmo loves attention but is terrified of new people.
The white/tabby cat Gizmo in a shelter cubicle, looking very concerned (As always) The black cat Vi in a shelter cubicle, looking over her shoulder, a little concerned. Gizmo, laying on a blanket on a window shelf, soaking up the sunbeams. Vi, laying on her back on a rainbow blanket, looking at the camera as if asking "Where's my belly rubs?" (She loves belly rubs, it's not a trap)
November 3, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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And if you got this far, here's bonus bonus content: Captain Trash Wheel!
Captain Trash Wheel: a water-powered trash conveyor that scoops up trash before it flows into the bay. It has a pair of reclaimed satellite dishes painted as brown googly eyes, above the 'mouth' of the trash scoop.
October 19, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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Bonus content: A buckeye butterfly and a bush full of monarchs. There are at least twelve that I counted!
A buckeye butterfly in the grass. I find the markings pretty fascinating. There are at least a dozen Monarch Butterflies in this bush, and those are only the ones I could easily see and identify. A closeup of a pair of monarch butterflies on the bush.
October 19, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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We have a Yellow-Rumped Warbler and some pictures of a Yellow-Crowned Night Heron juvenile. I was told where this bird was, and in turn I was able to show where it was to another person. It was great.
A yellow-rumped warbler sitting on some barbed wire. They've done time on the inside. A juvenile Yellow-Crowned Night Heron, standing on a branch at a distance. The same juvenile Yellow-Crowned Night Heron, but from a different angle. Since I knew where to look, I was able to get pictures through the trees. My favorite picture of the day of the Yellow-Crowned Night Heron, basically a bust picture framed by blurry branches.
October 19, 2024 at 4:31 PM
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Next we have one of a multitude of Eastern Mockingbirds, a Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (My first sapsucker!), the butt end of a bald eagle that flew overhead, and a Great Blue Heron.

There were many mockingbirds around, and I'm pretty sure one was imitating a bald eagle. Sounded close, but off.
A mockingbird sitting on a branch. Head is turned to the photo's right, but they are still watching. A yellow-bellied sapsucker, sitting on a branch, looking pretty pleased. The tail end of a bald eagle. There's two big eagle nests at the place I went to, and I presume this one lives in one of them. A blue heron flying overhead. These ones always look a little weird to me, since their feet stretch out way further than their tail feathers.
October 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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Late, but some of the pictures from last week! (A thread)

First up, a ruby-crowned kinglet that was helpfully IDed by others, a judgemental Yellow-rumped warbler, a white-throated sparrow, and a double-crested cormorant.
A small bird between some branches, that has been IDed as a ruby-crowned kinglet. Sadly, the top of the head is not visible so the titular ruby crown isn't visible. A yellow rumped warbler in a pose that makes it look like it is judging the viewer. A white-throated sparrow sitting on some branches, looking straight at the camera. A double-crested cormorant in flight. The picture would have been much better if there wasn't a blurry branch blocking a bunch of the bird.
October 19, 2024 at 4:23 PM