Frank LeRenard
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Frank LeRenard
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Furry writer, some-the-times artist, and professional astronomer. He/him, ace/aro but also kinda gay, I guess.
Maybe check out my short light-fantasy novel, "The Way to the Lonely Valley": https://www.fenrispublishing.com/product.php?id=873
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Dear science communicators,

This image doesn't show a void: earthsky.org/upl/2021/11/...

It's a dust cloud. In astronomical terms, practically the opposite of a void. So please stop showing it when talking about voids as a cosmological environment.

Thanks.
Image of a Bok globule, a region of very high dust extinction, with a very dense star field. It's a dark smear in the center of the image in which stars seem to be absent, but it's just so dusty starlight doesn't make it through.
October 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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One weird thing about more recent live-action remakes of animated films is this bizarre need to create uncanny hyper-realistic versions of existing cartoon characters instead of redesigning them for the new format. Thinking of the seven dwarfs, and now Toothless.

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Still from the How To Drain Your Dragon live-action remake showing generically handsome flop-haired protagonist man sitting next to a weird big veiny-eyed leathery monstrous version of the dragon Toothless, looking like those paintings people have done of Mario if he existed in real life.
July 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Maybe I'll try one of these. Let's see how far this goes.
(Wrote the list again as alt text.)
1 like = 1 video game answer 1-Very first video game 2-Your favorite character 3-A game that is underrated 4-Your guilty pleasure game 5-Game character you feel you are most like (or wish you were) 6-Most annoying character 7-Favorite game couple 8-Best soundtrack 9-Saddest game scene 10-Best gameplay 11-Gaming system of choice 12-A game everyone should play 13-A game you've played more than five times 14-Current (or most recent gaming wallpaper) 15-Post a screenshot from the game you're playing right now 16-Game with the best cut scenes 17-Favorite antagonist 18-Favorite protagonist 19-Picture of a game setting you wish you lived in 20-Favorite genre 21-Game with the best story 22-A game sequel which disappointed you 23-Game you think had the best graphics or art style 24-Favorite classic game 25-A game you plan on playing 26-Best voice acting 27-Most epic scene ever 28-Favorite game developer 29-A game you thought you wouldn't like, but ended up loving 30-Your favorite game of all time
May 31, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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Workin' on a thing...
Sketch of four anthro characters posing within a circle: a ringtail, coyote, horned lizard, and turkey vulture.
March 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Why did we stop doing what? What the fuck am I even looking at right now? And why does YouTube want me to watch this?
A YouTube video thumbnail in which the thumbnail picture is a gray mass of weird textures in vague humanoid form, with a title reading "Why Did We Stop Doing This?"
March 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Completed icon. This was fun to slap together.
Rust-colored robot with a one-eyed plague-doctor face and skeletal body, with a big gem in its chest and some runes in select places. Wearing a black undertaker kind of hat and a ratty red scarf flowing in the wind.
January 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Working on a quick drawing of a fancy robot, for TTRPG reasons.

(Yes I do art sometimes, too.)
Sketch of a one-eyed robot with a two horn-like antennae, a plague-doctor-mask face, with a body that's skeletal in structure, and wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a ratty scarf flowing in the wind.
January 16, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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A short light-fantasy novel about a lizard and a cricket who go on an adventure to find a place seen in a recurring dream.

www.fenrispublishing.com/product.php?...
Book cover featuring a racerunner lizard and a cricket holding a journal. Both look up into the sky while pages fly out of the journal. Imposing mountains surround them in the background.
November 27, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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Post a pic YOU took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.

Added alt text.
Moorlands in northwest Scotland in Autumn, hills in the distance skirted by fog, blue sky with a bit of cirrus.
November 14, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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Picky eater trend
(because it sounded fun)

Certain kinds of seafood and also black or green teas tend to make me feel queasy if I have too much (though I like the flavors of each). Never had escargot, but would try it. Basically, I am a dumpster.
October 11, 2024 at 3:53 PM