Dusty Mantle
@dustymantle.bsky.social
I like public furniture, chicken rituals, paltry attempts, and intricacy. He/him.
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My dog was about to eat this "injured" kestrel so I had to pick it up & while deciding what to do with it it just flew off out of my hand. It was just playing dead 'cause my dog surprised it.
I will not be posting this on Twitter.
I will not be posting this on Twitter.
December 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
My dog was about to eat this "injured" kestrel so I had to pick it up & while deciding what to do with it it just flew off out of my hand. It was just playing dead 'cause my dog surprised it.
I will not be posting this on Twitter.
I will not be posting this on Twitter.
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Roses are red
Let's not be quibblers
Let's not be quibblers
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Roses are red
Let's not be quibblers
Let's not be quibblers
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All Big Ducks are Beautiful (also small and medium sized ducks, and coots/moorhens, etc.)
Look at THIS absolute unit @themerl.bsky.social ... And I haven't even exaggerated his size to help sell stud rights!
November 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
All Big Ducks are Beautiful (also small and medium sized ducks, and coots/moorhens, etc.)
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Really eye-opening piece on Makaton
I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
Signed Away | Sara Nović
The hearing world continues to pillage and caricature the deaf community—most recently with the proprietary, sign-based system Makaton.
thebaffler.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Really eye-opening piece on Makaton
The ponies were piled into a mountain of salad, and the kittens feasted upon them. Meanwhile, the blanket was cajoled to play a ukulele but declined. The electric toothbrushes quaffed the tepid water again and again until the cup was spirited away. A kitten hurt his paw, and went in the pan to heal.
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The ponies were piled into a mountain of salad, and the kittens feasted upon them. Meanwhile, the blanket was cajoled to play a ukulele but declined. The electric toothbrushes quaffed the tepid water again and again until the cup was spirited away. A kitten hurt his paw, and went in the pan to heal.
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We have encouraged the three year old to anthropomorphise inanimate objects, but the tables were turned today when after her begrudging consumption of ten (10) chickpeas her fork and spoon suddenly started talking to each other. Swiftly they chose to leave the table and go to bed (in a bowl).
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
We have encouraged the three year old to anthropomorphise inanimate objects, but the tables were turned today when after her begrudging consumption of ten (10) chickpeas her fork and spoon suddenly started talking to each other. Swiftly they chose to leave the table and go to bed (in a bowl).
Oulton is particularly bad.
calamitous broads in your area
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Oulton is particularly bad.
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Shortly after Myrtle left this mortal coil Mathilde started sleeping in one of the nestboxes. Recently, due to the cold, Linder has started sleeping in the other one, instead of roosting as has been her lifelong habit. It's strange to think of them out there in the dark side by side, defecating.
October 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Shortly after Myrtle left this mortal coil Mathilde started sleeping in one of the nestboxes. Recently, due to the cold, Linder has started sleeping in the other one, instead of roosting as has been her lifelong habit. It's strange to think of them out there in the dark side by side, defecating.
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Poster for the Australian band Birthday Party, 1980.
Victoria University of Wellington.
Victoria University of Wellington.
October 29, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Poster for the Australian band Birthday Party, 1980.
Victoria University of Wellington.
Victoria University of Wellington.
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
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We had similar the other day, with a Nadiya cooking programme that had subtitles from the Scottish wildlife programme Landward.
October 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We had similar the other day, with a Nadiya cooking programme that had subtitles from the Scottish wildlife programme Landward.
The three year old has a pony named Night. This pony apparently knows everything about the Night. She wakes up when the stars come out.
October 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The three year old has a pony named Night. This pony apparently knows everything about the Night. She wakes up when the stars come out.
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I'm sorry, but for budget reasons, your chariot to the afterlife is scheduled to be pulled by a chicken.
October 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'm sorry, but for budget reasons, your chariot to the afterlife is scheduled to be pulled by a chicken.
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SOMETHING HAIRY AND HORRIBLE
October 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
SOMETHING HAIRY AND HORRIBLE
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While doing research on ancient languages for a novel I'm working on I discovered Dr. Martin Worthington at Cambridge University. After years of study, he's come up with an approximation of Akkadian. You can listen to The Epic of Gilgamesh here:
www.openculture.com/2010/10/the_...
www.openculture.com/2010/10/the_...
Hear The Epic of Gilgamesh Read in the Original Akkadian and Enjoy the Sounds of Mesopotamia
This clip gives you a taste of what Gilgamesh, one of the earliest known works of literature, sounds like in its mother tongue, Akkadian.
www.openculture.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
While doing research on ancient languages for a novel I'm working on I discovered Dr. Martin Worthington at Cambridge University. After years of study, he's come up with an approximation of Akkadian. You can listen to The Epic of Gilgamesh here:
www.openculture.com/2010/10/the_...
www.openculture.com/2010/10/the_...
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oh to be perfect and normal in an unexplained black void
October 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
oh to be perfect and normal in an unexplained black void
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Animated skeleton just hanging out with his similarly dead friends and their favorite stuff in this bizarre memento mori by Carstiaen Luycks. It's his day.
September 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Animated skeleton just hanging out with his similarly dead friends and their favorite stuff in this bizarre memento mori by Carstiaen Luycks. It's his day.
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Someone was trying to take a portrait of their two fave Chickens, and this happened.
September 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Someone was trying to take a portrait of their two fave Chickens, and this happened.
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New ship of Theseus just dropped, but now it has conscious thought
September 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
New ship of Theseus just dropped, but now it has conscious thought