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A. Fresnel
@fresnel.bsky.social
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An expert (? haven't actually worked in the field for a while but grad school never leaves you) in weird niche embedded GPS applications, currently teaching physics, always sipping coffee, riding bikes, wearing cardigan sweaters. (they/them)
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ITS FIVE-DROP FRIDAY!
Let's hear the crowd go wild for
📢📢📢
GARY!
Gray Merchant of Asphodel {3}{B}{B} Creature — Zombie When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.) 2/4 Illustrated by Robbie Trevino
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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I couldn't get a second order coastal lens to light my apartment, but I could get an upcycled runway light from an old airport.
The Fresnel lens, fixture, and stem of an old runway light mounted on a wood base and illuminated from inside the dome of the lens.
November 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Cecilia is taking up half the couch and farting while we play video games.
A brown boxer-hound mix dog absolutely chilling out on the couch with a grey blanket gently laid over one side of her head.
October 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Look at dog. Observe dog. Attention to dog.
Cecilia the boxer-hound mix sitting politely on the couch and looking up longing for attention briefly before resuming the zoomies.
October 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Sea's Claim {U} Enchantment — Aura Enchant land (Target a land as you cast this. This card enters attached to that land.) Enchanted land is an Island. “Who’s the crazy one now!?” —Torgle, mountaintop boatmaker Illustrated by Thomas Gianni
October 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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The dog has the weirdest terms for sharing the couch.
Selfie with me and Cecilia the brown hound-boxer mix dog trying to lounge on the couch and she's almost pushing me off with weird snuggles.
September 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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The dog still has absolutely no idea how to use the couch.
Cecilia the brown hound/boxer mix slowly receding into the gap between the back of the couch and the back cushion she was previously on top of.
September 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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DOGS
Cecilia the brown hound-boxer mix practicing her new trick where she stands on her hind legs briefly to gently take a treat. Her eyes are eager and her ears are really confused about what they should be doing.
September 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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The girls say hi.
Two budget guitars, a Squire Jazzmaster in candy apple red with a gold anodized scratch plate and a Sterling JP7 in mystic green, hanging from a wall.
September 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Everything feels terrible but I look good in this picture and the dog is being a weirdo.
A selfie photo of Fresnel wearing an unzipped light red hoodie over a blue T-shirt that says "tacos not terfs" while Cecilia the hound dog awkwardly tries to burrow between me and the couch cushion.
September 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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We built these titties on ESTROGEN
A black v-neck T-shirt that says "We built these titties on ESTROGEN" with crossed syringes and trans pride flag colored lightning bolts.
August 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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I've spent so much time unsuccessfully trying to make this a pauper bomb.
Wild Nacatl {G} Creature — Cat Warrior This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Mountain. This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Plains. “The Cloud Nacatl sit and think, a bunch of soft paws. We are the Claws of Marisi, stalking, pouncing, drawing blood.” 1/1 Illustrated by Wayne Reynolds
August 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Cecilia hopes it doesn't rain again today because she's tired from protecting the house from raindrops yesterday.
Cecilia the brown hound dog on the couch in bagel mode.
August 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Fun to put in a spells deck and watch Twister with.
Stormchaser Mage {U}{R} Creature — Human Wizard Flying, haste Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Roilmages’ tactics are as chaotic as the energies they channel. 1/3 Illustrated by Clint Cearley
August 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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I'm only here late to meet my quota for the year of jokes about getting a tattoo of a snowy egret captioned "NO EGRETS".
A five minute sketch of a snowy egret done by an absolute hack with a poorly sharpened drafting pencil on a lined steno pad inscribed with "NO EGRETS".
August 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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It's new roof day. Pray for us.
Cecilia the very nervous brown hound dog looking particularly nervous whilst sat on the floor next to a toy, an open satchel, and the laundry chair photographed at a Dutch angle.
August 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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I volunteer to generate any experimental data necessary should you make the self destructive choice to continue that discussion.
A Hemmi bamboo slide rule missing the little slider thingy sitting on a lined paper notebook open to a blank page.
August 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Boxer-hound cousins!
Cecilia the brown hound dog patiently waits under the counter for me to finish making a pour over coffee and move to the couch to give her snuggles.
August 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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I have what I call a boxahoula shepherd dog. She's 40% boxer, 30% Catahoula leopard dog, 20% miscellaneous, and 10% German shepherd according to her dog breed DNA test, but is honestly 100% goober.
Cecilia the brown dog half asleep on a couch after she added entropy to the pile of cushions to rest after a very long walk where she seemed convinced we were hot on the scent trail of something-or-another.
August 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Cecilia is team lopsided ears.
Cecilia the brown hound dog awkwardly sat on the back cushion of a couch with her left ear sticking up and her right ear mostly flopped over.
August 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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I was 100% convinced I was a cis man when this photo was taken. That's me in the middle, and I could not figure out why the girl who always asked skinny guys if she could touch their hip bones was never interested in me.
A photo of some queer-ass college students at the monthly goth club circa 2006. I'm in the middle wearing an A-line skirt and fishnets.
July 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Betje has one functional eyeball and infrequently gets clearance to use the braincell.
An orange cat sitting on her personal dining room chair atop a pile of cushions and crochet.
July 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Hewwo, I tooked your spot.
Cecilia the brown hound dog is curled up on an armchair with a blue throw blanket. She's looking concerned as if I may ask her to move so I can sit back down.
July 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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The Vampire: The Eternal Struggle TCG card: Blood Doll MASTER Put this card on a vampire you control. During their master phase, this vampire's controller can move 1 blood from this vampire to their pool or from their pool to this vampire. Illus: Lawrence Snelly
July 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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So my partner and I have recently taken up buying weird fun treasures from a local auction company. I got a plastic slide rule, which resulted in me wanting a bamboo slide rule. My partner just found me one with the manual!
A bamboo slide rule next to its slightly yellow manual titled "Brief Instruction for the use of the "hemi" bamboo slide rule No. 40 RK (with A, B, CI, C, D, K, S, L. & T. scales) No. 2640 (with l, A, B, CI, C. D. S. K. & T. scales)" SUN 1956 Hemmi bamboo slide rule mfg. co. ltd. Tokyo
July 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM