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Mike Smale
@earwigplanet.bsky.social
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Musician | Photographer | Writer
Sharing the adventures of a little Dilophosaurus.
100% of my work is human made.
he/they

Website: https://www.mikesmale.com
Listen: https://mikesmale.bandcamp.com
Gallery: https://mike-smale.pixels.com
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Mike Smale @earwigplanet.bsky.social · Sep 19
Trans people and their allies are not a terror threat, you fucknuggets.
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Dilophosaurus hangs their old toy trains on the tree.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Christmas #ChristmasTree #ToyTrains #Dinosaurs
A green Dilophosaurus with brown spots hangs from their tail on a faux Christmas tree to hang a little red and green train ornament with gold coloured wheels and cowcatcher. The year 1991 is written on the locomotive's side. A blue light shines in the mid to upper left. A Santa Claus ornament dressed in red and holding a small pine tree hangs in the background in the lower left.
December 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Dilophosaurus trims the tree.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Christmas #ChristmasTree #Dinosaurs
A green Dilophosaurus with brown spots stands in the green branches of an artificial Christmas tree holding a small pair of scissors with brown handles. Green and red lights are around them in the tree.
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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onlyveesaz.bsky.social
Screaming into the void… 🪶
Gambel’s Quail watches over the covey
December 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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levihastings.bsky.social
A cluster of juvenile Pachycephalosaurs shelter from an early spring downpour as the adult members of the clan stand watch against roaming predators. A pair of small pterosaurs attempt to stay dry beneath a fallen log nearby. #fossilfriday #paleoart
A paleoart illustration by Levi Hastings depictinga a cluster of juvenile Pachycephalosaur dinosaurs shelter from an early Spring downpour as the adults of the clan stand watch against roaming predators. A pair of small pterosaurs attempt to stay dry beneath a fallen log.
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Some summer thorns for #SilentSunday.

Shop: mike-smale.pixels.com/featured/bri...

#Photography #Art #Artwork #HumanMade #Thorns #Roses #Briers #Gardens #Autumn #Fall #NewEngland #Massachusetts
Sharp thorns protrude from the branches, creating a complex and detailed pattern against a softly blurred green background. The branches seem to reach towards the viewer like a 3D effect reaching from off of the canvas.
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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photoblair.bsky.social
Here Comes The Night.

#Toronto #NightBus #Photography
A Yonge Night bus arrives to pick up passengers at King Street in Toronto before the Yonge subway opens for business
December 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
The artist and the art.

#Caturday #Cats #Cat
An orange and white tomcat slightly hunched on a hardwood floor, shy of getting his picture taken. A red and white floral patterned area rug is just barely visible in the background. A shredded red, strawberry patterned toy mouse with white stuffing oozing out of it is held in my left hand. A white oven with four burners is in the background. A tiny bit of my blue sweatshirt is seen in the lower left.
December 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Dilophosaurus wanders a winter wonderland.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Winter #Snow #Ice #WinterGarden #Dinosaurs
A green Dilophosaurus with brown spots stands on a flower box covered in snow and ice at sunset. They are bathed in a golden light as the rest of the backyard moves into a blue shadow. A snow topped gazebo is in the back right, while the branches of a rhododendron bush are before it. An above ground pool is in the back left. The rest of the gardens and lawn are covered in snow, ice, and shadows.
December 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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hypervisible.blacksky.app
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Another #BandcampFriday post. I recorded this the day my old kitty Orion passed so it was renamed for him afterwards.

#Blues #Piano #Jazz #Improvisation
Kitten on a String, by Mike Smale
from the album Finger Food
mikesmale.bandcamp.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
More #BandcampFriday shameless self-promotions:

#BassGuitar #ElectricBass #Bassist #Ambient #Rock #Music #MusicSky
Wild Raspberries, by Mike Smale
from the album Wild Raspberries
mikesmale.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Dilophosaurus is brought into elvish servitude.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Elves #Santa #Christmas #LabourRights #Dinosaurs
A green Dilophosaurus with brown spots is held by a little humanoid Christmas elf wearing a green tunic, red and white striped stockings, red and white buttons on their tunic, and a yellow poof ball by their face. Santa Claus inspects Dilophosaurus as a new arrival before assigning them to their duty. All are atop a green winter throw.
December 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
This is my favourite track from my first EP of original music.

#BandcampFriday #ElectronicMusic #Nostalgia #Ambient #MusicSky #Music
Old Toys, by Mike Smale
from the album Earwig Rising
mikesmale.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Since my last shameless self-promotion post was for the cold, here's a much warmer tune from the same album that can get you yearning for summer.

#BandcampFriday #Piano #ClassicalMusic #ClassicalPiano #MusicSky
Poem 3: Daylilies, by Mike Smale
from the album Five Poems & Three Mysterious Stories
mikesmale.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
While it's #BandcampFriday, check out @solobasssteve.bsky.social for some of the coolest bass guitar stuff out there. Amsterdam is absolutely gorgeous.
Amsterdam, by Steve Lawson
6 track album
stevelawson.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
It's #BandcampFriday and it's a cold winter day here, so here's a cold winter's piano piece I wrote:

#Piano #ClassicalMusic #PianoMusic #Instrumental
Poem 4: Nor'Easter, by Mike Smale
from the album Five Poems & Three Mysterious Stories
mikesmale.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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brooklynmarie.bsky.social
Do you mean to tell me that I've been confusing neurodivergent burnout with depression all along??
December 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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thegodpodcast.com
He commits crimes against humanity to stop “drug traffickers” while pardoning a notorious drug trafficker.

He attacks veterans while committing treason.

Make it stop.
December 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Reposted by Mike Smale
sarahseeandersen.bsky.social
The image is of a comic. Panel one depicts Santa Claus. He says, "Have you been naughty or nice?" Panel two depicts a happy dog. He says, "I am ALWAYS a good boy." Santa responds "Very nice!" Panel three depicts Santa again. He says "...And you?" Panel four depicts an orange cat climbing a Christmas tree, turning his head to look back at Santa.
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Dilophosaurus can't get these lights to work correctly.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Christmas #ChristmasTree #Dinosaurs
A green Dilophosaurus with brown spots stands before a tall, plush Christmas tree figure with a smile and two rosy cheeks, that is holding a red and white striped candy cane. The tree is topped with a yellow star and has three plush lights in red, yellow, and blue. Both stand on a piano keyboard as they help out around the studio.
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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jamellebouie.net
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Reposted by Mike Smale
leemadgwick.bsky.social
Latest painting (acrylic on canvas)
Small white building on pillars with steps. ‘Prompt This’ with an image of a middle finger sticking up is graffitied along the top.
December 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
Dilophosaurus builds a snowman.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Snow #Snowman #Snowball #Winter #Sunset #Dinosaurs
A green Dilophosaurus with brown spots stands with a large snowball and continues to roll it through fresh snowfall. A bright, golden sun hangs over them as the snow begins to melt. Trees covered with a thin layer of snow and ice glisten in the background as the shadows of nearby homes and bushes become shadowed in the background.
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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stavrossk.bsky.social
Darwinopterus modularis flaplings getting ready for the big leap 😬🤞

#pterosaur #paleoart #sciart #jurassic
Three Darwinopterus modularis flaplings getting ready for to test their wings
December 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
earwigplanet.bsky.social
What I’m wearing to the Bluesky Christmas Party.
Me in 2007 with an historically inaccurate horned Viking helmet, a large pair of old lady sunglasses, and fully tangled in a web of unplugged Christmas lights while feigning a scream.
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM