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David Gast
@davidgast.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Looking back at some pics I took in the Spring and I love the eyes of big cats
“I'd rather chase the sun than wait for it.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger
July 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“I'd rather chase the sun than wait for it.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger
“Every era puts invisible shackles on those who have lived through it, and I can only dance in my chains.”
― Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem
― Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem
July 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Every era puts invisible shackles on those who have lived through it, and I can only dance in my chains.”
― Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem
― Liu Cixin, The Three-Body Problem
-President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961 Farewell Address
"To all the peoples of the world, I once more give expression to America's prayerful and continuing inspiration:"
"To all the peoples of the world, I once more give expression to America's prayerful and continuing inspiration:"
June 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
-President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961 Farewell Address
"To all the peoples of the world, I once more give expression to America's prayerful and continuing inspiration:"
"To all the peoples of the world, I once more give expression to America's prayerful and continuing inspiration:"
This really is the darkest timeline
March 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This really is the darkest timeline
I cackled
February 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I cackled
"Will there be heinous fuckery, Pocket?"-Christopher Moore, Fool
February 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"Will there be heinous fuckery, Pocket?"-Christopher Moore, Fool
"We are all the sum of our tears. Too little and the ground is not fertile, and nothing can grow there. Too much, the best of us is washed away.” -B5
February 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"We are all the sum of our tears. Too little and the ground is not fertile, and nothing can grow there. Too much, the best of us is washed away.” -B5
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever."
George Orwell, 1984
George Orwell, 1984
January 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever."
George Orwell, 1984
George Orwell, 1984
A juvenile bald eagle flying over the Olentangy River
January 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A juvenile bald eagle flying over the Olentangy River
“Why do old men wake so early? Is it to have one longer day?”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
#ringbilledgull #clintonville #columbus #ohio #winter #birding #birds
― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
#ringbilledgull #clintonville #columbus #ohio #winter #birding #birds
January 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“Why do old men wake so early? Is it to have one longer day?”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
#ringbilledgull #clintonville #columbus #ohio #winter #birding #birds
― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea
#ringbilledgull #clintonville #columbus #ohio #winter #birding #birds
A house sparrow that clearly wanted their picture taken
January 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A house sparrow that clearly wanted their picture taken
Ring-billed gulls currently in central Ohio
January 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Ring-billed gulls currently in central Ohio
This.
Working on Primer updates atm.
Was in my thoughts & feels this week & felt like sharing:
Was in my thoughts & feels this week & felt like sharing:
November 23, 2024 at 3:30 AM
This.
“Oh, we are but soft and squishy bags of mortality rolling in a bin of sharp circumstance, leaking life until we collapse, flaccid, into our own despair.”
-@theauthorguy.bsky.social , Fool
#squirrel #redsquirrel #ohio #autumn #naturephotography
-@theauthorguy.bsky.social , Fool
#squirrel #redsquirrel #ohio #autumn #naturephotography
November 20, 2024 at 8:35 PM
“Oh, we are but soft and squishy bags of mortality rolling in a bin of sharp circumstance, leaking life until we collapse, flaccid, into our own despair.”
-@theauthorguy.bsky.social , Fool
#squirrel #redsquirrel #ohio #autumn #naturephotography
-@theauthorguy.bsky.social , Fool
#squirrel #redsquirrel #ohio #autumn #naturephotography
“Imagine a man who stands before a mirror; a stone strikes it, & it falls to ruin all in an instant. And the man learns that he is himself, & not the mirrored man he had believed himself to be.”
― Gene Wolfe, The Urth of the New Sun
#raccoon #trashpanda #mammal #naturephotography #ohio
― Gene Wolfe, The Urth of the New Sun
#raccoon #trashpanda #mammal #naturephotography #ohio
November 20, 2024 at 8:32 PM
“Imagine a man who stands before a mirror; a stone strikes it, & it falls to ruin all in an instant. And the man learns that he is himself, & not the mirrored man he had believed himself to be.”
― Gene Wolfe, The Urth of the New Sun
#raccoon #trashpanda #mammal #naturephotography #ohio
― Gene Wolfe, The Urth of the New Sun
#raccoon #trashpanda #mammal #naturephotography #ohio
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 1
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
Day 1
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
November 20, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 1
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
Day 1
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
Reposted by David Gast
Ahaha this is great
bluesky CEO admits defeat: calls it a 'skeet'
November 20, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Ahaha this is great
"If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?"
- Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men
- Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men
November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
"If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?"
- Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men
- Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men
November 19, 2024 at 4:24 PM
"God is in the rain"
November 19, 2024 at 4:23 PM
"God is in the rain"