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m57lyra.bsky.social
it’s ttoiיָעֵל (Yaelliott)
@m57lyra.bsky.social
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Writer and illustrator, lover of juicy infographics and editorial illustrations based in the beautiful, hyper-green PNW! Degree in physics, decades in engineering. I ❤️ science! Working on my first book…
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So how’s your day going?
A picture of the back of a kitchen cabinet and the wall behind it cut out to access pipes, which my insurance company says is a “yearly maintenance issue.” Picture of a section of copper pipe inside kitchen wall that split on the bottom, causing the wall to fill up and leak through siding.
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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We may have clouds around the Sound, but we can still see the aurora!
Pink aurora with clouds. Pink aurora with clouds and a yellowed maple.
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Yummy day. Next time I need to double the cranberry & vinegar portion of the pine needle shrub, and let the pine needle tea steep way longer! They should be ready to drink by the end of the week, just in time for my mouth to be pretty much healed from gum grafts.
Four 16oz bottles of shrub, 2 each Blood Orange Ginger & Old Bay (in clear bottles), and Cranberry & Pine Needle (in brown bottles). One Cranberry bottle is only 1/2 full, so I’ll need to adjust for better yield next time.
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Mr. Lightest Grey Emerald Crab just hanging out in the comfy cradle of Mr. Sinularia soft coral, who doesn’t seem to mind his touch.
Avery small emerald crab, about an inch across, hanging out in the “palm” of a finger leather coral.
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Marvin the Paranoid Backseat Console.
Backseat console that looks like Marvin the Paranoid Android from the BBC series’s head.
October 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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@whysharksmatter.bsky.social here are your medium-sized duckies, courtesy my kiddo
Medium-sized duckies under their heat lamp Medium-sized duckies under their heat lamp Medium-sized duckies under their heat lamp
October 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Everybody now! Da-da-da dat dah…
We’ll be back (You know the tune!) We say The price of your love's not a price that we’re willing to pay You cry To your ICE, which you hurl at the crowds when you see us go by Why so sad? Remember, you have the House and the Senate and Judiciary Now, you're making us mad Remember, despite your stable genius, you’ve tanked the economy We’ll be back, soon, you'll see You'll remember that you work for us We’ll be back, time will tell We’ll remember that you served yourself Oceans rise, empires fall Your name’s still in the Epstein files And when push comes to shove It’s the Constitution that makes the Rule of Law Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya Your popularity is waning, and you can't go on You're constantly complainin' even after you won And no, don't change the subject We’re have rights like Amendment 1 We’re a free, empowered people Not loyal, royal subjects Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever We’ll be back like before We will keep our rights and laugh at you more When you rant, to get your way You run to SCOTUS like a whiny babe When you're gone, we'll go mad You can’t imagine the parties that we’ll have 'Cause when push comes to shove You’re a tyrant and we’ll rise above Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da Da-da, dat- everybody! Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da Da-da, dat, dat, da-ya-da Da-da-da, dat-da, dat, da-da-da, da-ya-da Da-da-da, dat, da-ya-da-ah
October 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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I had MetaAI rewrite a post of mine to see what would happen. Here is the result. WTF. I have whiplash.
MetaAI rewrote my original text (“What if OpenAI went belly-up? I would party like it’s 19freaking99.”) as “What if OpenAl reached new heights? I would celebrate like it's an incredible new beginning.”
October 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Your moment of zen: about 30s of an emerald crab snacky-snacking.
October 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Love my neighborhood.
Yard sign saying, “Presidents are temporary/ Wu-Tang is forever.”
October 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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I added tiny dinos to my terrarium. Because I am an adult and can make these choices, and because my tiny gnome and his flamingo needed company.
A red long-necked dino peeking out from under a variegated leaf, with a gnome and a flamingo in the background. A triceratops (?!) and a brontosaurus (?!) forage in my terrarium.
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Last dahlias of the year
One vase of semi-cactus peach and yellow dahlias and regular pink dahlias, and a small deep magenta dahlia with white tips in a bud vase
September 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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None but this feed placement does seem :chef’s kiss:
This is the stupidest timeline.
September 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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When there’s a will, there’s a way!
Scalziiiiiiiiiii!
September 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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I made it to @thewebsters.bsky.social !!! 🥰
An intershot shot of the glorious PNW fiber arts haven that is The Websters in Ashland, OR My small haul (no yarn - my stash spilleth over) which includes a fancy awesome new gauge, a row count chain, and glorious stickers for next year’s planner and an updated laptop: a Websters sticker, an Oregon Trail-like sticker that says “You have died from lack of yarn,” a sticker with a cartoon black cat standing on a pentagram with flames behind it next to a black candle and a cup of coffee with the caption “Drink coffee. Do spells*. Fuck the system.” (*I think Do spills would have been funnier, because cat.), a sticker with a ball of yarn with wooden knitting needles captioned “Knit Happens,” a sticker with a sheep wearing red glasses and holding wooden knitting needles in its mouth with the caption “Knitting Nerds,” a sticker with a crow wearing a hat and flowers because I love crows, and finally a sticker with a sparkly background showing an octopus holding skeins of yarn, knitting needles, and a crochet hook under a banner that says “Get kracken.”
September 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Keyword salad! Words have meaning and that word does not mean what he wants it to mean.
MW dictionary definition 3 of “Occupation” 3 a : the act or process of taking possession of a place or area : SEIZURE Spain's occupation of the island b : the holding and control of an area by a foreign military force the Roman occupation of Britain c : the military force occupying a country or the policies carried out by it The occupation addressed the concerns of the local population.
September 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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6 mo scan today was clear! It’s really nice to get that info the same day so one doesn’t sit for 10 business days wondering. I treated myself to a trip into the city to visit the Mochi Things (Korean stationery) store down near Pike Place. Gorgeous day!
Walking street by the Public Market Center sign. Old Public Market sign.
September 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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You know what? In this timeline, why not?
Battery brand: “Bursto”
August 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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The one time I want to watch something on TV…
Fluffy dog sits on his mom’s head, demonstrating he makes a better door than a window.
August 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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backatcha
Sleepy puppy
August 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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I did an experiment this year to see how many I could pack in if I used large cages as supports. The answer was two to a cage and 8 cages, although the most sunward ones (both the only 2 of the same variety) are laggards. The rest are insane. It’s an 8’x4’ space.
14 mutant summer squash and two normies.
August 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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teefs here too
snaggletooth puppy
August 15, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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I am groot.
An anthropomorphized feminine hygiene product dispenser
August 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Tonight’s dinner: Stuffed&breaded chicken&zucchini. Zukes are from the garden. Chicken is stuffed with yellow squash and pink chard from the garden, plus 2 cheeses & the zukes are stuffed with pink chard & pearl onions from the garden, plus two cheeses.

This is a lot of food; it’s for three people.
A sheet pan holding two zukes sliced lengthwise, and two breaded and overstuffed chicken breasts.
July 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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My garden wishes everyone the Happy Friday it is having. This was taken last night. It’s been really dry here. Today we are getting surprise rain.
Part of my garden, framed so that the tomatoes, some onions, the cucumbers, Swiss chard, rhubarb, squash, beans, asparagus, and some strawberries are visible.
July 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM