Doug Palmer
@mostlydoug.bsky.social
SF fan; dull & uninteresting.
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This Osprey is so majestic…. 🥰
And in the bird world this is considered a sick move….
And in the bird world this is considered a sick move….
July 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This Osprey is so majestic…. 🥰
And in the bird world this is considered a sick move….
And in the bird world this is considered a sick move….
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June 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Enormously proud to announce that Atsushi Kaneko's SEARCH AND DESTROY VOL 1 (based on Dororo by Osamu Tezuka) has been nominated for an Eisner Award in the manga category. We're proud to have worked with @fantagraphics.bsky.social to bring this title to North American fans.
May 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Enormously proud to announce that Atsushi Kaneko's SEARCH AND DESTROY VOL 1 (based on Dororo by Osamu Tezuka) has been nominated for an Eisner Award in the manga category. We're proud to have worked with @fantagraphics.bsky.social to bring this title to North American fans.
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Started writing chapter 1 of book 2 of my new series. Will be alternating with final polish of book 1 but feels so fabulous!
May 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Started writing chapter 1 of book 2 of my new series. Will be alternating with final polish of book 1 but feels so fabulous!
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We’ve looked at snails with one shell and slugs with no shells. Now let’s have a look at a snail with two shells, because Nature laughs at our puny attempts to pigeonhole.
In today’s #AtoZ – J is for Julia (Juliidae) (1/9)
Pic: © uwkwaj CC BY-NC
In today’s #AtoZ – J is for Julia (Juliidae) (1/9)
Pic: © uwkwaj CC BY-NC
March 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
We’ve looked at snails with one shell and slugs with no shells. Now let’s have a look at a snail with two shells, because Nature laughs at our puny attempts to pigeonhole.
In today’s #AtoZ – J is for Julia (Juliidae) (1/9)
Pic: © uwkwaj CC BY-NC
In today’s #AtoZ – J is for Julia (Juliidae) (1/9)
Pic: © uwkwaj CC BY-NC
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Wow 🤩 One of the reasons that I love microscopy is that we don't really need to tell people why it's cool and how cool it is exactly - just take a look and be amazed and no words needed. 🧪🔬
More Nikon NSPARC confocal testing at the @ncis-marseille.bsky.social: super-resolved live-cell imaging (1 frame every 10 seconds) of a COS-7 cell labeled for DNA (blue), endosomes (pink) and actin (gray) using probes from @spirochrome.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Wow 🤩 One of the reasons that I love microscopy is that we don't really need to tell people why it's cool and how cool it is exactly - just take a look and be amazed and no words needed. 🧪🔬
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‘“Nature has its way of taking out the weak and the not so well and the injured. The eagle likely thought it would be able to take it out quite easily,” Sequeira [the Ontario-based photographer] said. “But, it wasn’t.””
Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
‘“Nature has its way of taking out the weak and the not so well and the injured. The eagle likely thought it would be able to take it out quite easily,” Sequeira [the Ontario-based photographer] said. “But, it wasn’t.””
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Horror manga creator Junji Ito has been nominated for the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame this year!
Junji Ito Nominated for Eisner Hall of Fame
Late manga creator Shigeru Mizuki pre-selected to enter Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame this year
www.animenewsnetwork.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Horror manga creator Junji Ito has been nominated for the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame this year!
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Now with the complete thread about this wild illustration from an even wilder 16th century fanfic!
BOOK BURNING!
Challenge: you will NEVER guess what book this woodcut illustration of a book burning is from, *or* why it's there! 1/?
(A little thread for the countdown to the release of Inventing the Renaissance)
Challenge: you will NEVER guess what book this woodcut illustration of a book burning is from, *or* why it's there! 1/?
(A little thread for the countdown to the release of Inventing the Renaissance)
February 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Now with the complete thread about this wild illustration from an even wilder 16th century fanfic!
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This is a beautiful. I love lucky imaging in astronomy. It's the kind of approach that seems so simple and effective (in principle) that when you hear about it for the first time, you wonder why you hadn't already thought of it or already heard about it.
Jupiter rotation timelapse with lo (and shadow) transit! Taken Feb 8th from my backyard. Went out at 5 min intervals to capture a video. From each of these, the best 10% were stacked to produce a single frame (lucky imaging).
🔭C9.25, 📷 QHYII1585C
#jupiter #astrophotography #astronomy
🔭C9.25, 📷 QHYII1585C
#jupiter #astrophotography #astronomy
February 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
This is a beautiful. I love lucky imaging in astronomy. It's the kind of approach that seems so simple and effective (in principle) that when you hear about it for the first time, you wonder why you hadn't already thought of it or already heard about it.
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Questions: this is a solitary hydroid stalk; is the little guy at top a new top part that will become like last pic? If so, these things lose their tops & grow news ones?! Where does the one that falls of go? @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 788 #AntarcticClimateConnections #MarineLife
February 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Questions: this is a solitary hydroid stalk; is the little guy at top a new top part that will become like last pic? If so, these things lose their tops & grow news ones?! Where does the one that falls of go? @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 788 #AntarcticClimateConnections #MarineLife
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It’s time for the RENAISSANCE SPORK!
And the fascinating problems museums face when dealing with objects no one expects. 1/?
Sharing for my countdown to the release “Inventing the Renaissance” coming Feb UK/Mar US https://buff.ly/4j6qkoS #HistoryPix
And the fascinating problems museums face when dealing with objects no one expects. 1/?
Sharing for my countdown to the release “Inventing the Renaissance” coming Feb UK/Mar US https://buff.ly/4j6qkoS #HistoryPix
January 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It’s time for the RENAISSANCE SPORK!
And the fascinating problems museums face when dealing with objects no one expects. 1/?
Sharing for my countdown to the release “Inventing the Renaissance” coming Feb UK/Mar US https://buff.ly/4j6qkoS #HistoryPix
And the fascinating problems museums face when dealing with objects no one expects. 1/?
Sharing for my countdown to the release “Inventing the Renaissance” coming Feb UK/Mar US https://buff.ly/4j6qkoS #HistoryPix
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Hello #PortfolioDay #artists I'm looking for someone to do some B&W old fashioned 19th-century style storybook/myth illustrations for a book project. If you do anything in these styles, please send me samples!
January 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Hello #PortfolioDay #artists I'm looking for someone to do some B&W old fashioned 19th-century style storybook/myth illustrations for a book project. If you do anything in these styles, please send me samples!
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Happy Winter Solstice!
These photos were taken with a pinhole camera I made from a beer can and left out from Summer to Winter Solstice - a 6 month exposure.
Bottom line = Winter Solstice. Top line = Summer Solstice.
The lines are the Sun moving across the sky w/some reflections. No line = clouds
These photos were taken with a pinhole camera I made from a beer can and left out from Summer to Winter Solstice - a 6 month exposure.
Bottom line = Winter Solstice. Top line = Summer Solstice.
The lines are the Sun moving across the sky w/some reflections. No line = clouds
December 21, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Happy Winter Solstice!
These photos were taken with a pinhole camera I made from a beer can and left out from Summer to Winter Solstice - a 6 month exposure.
Bottom line = Winter Solstice. Top line = Summer Solstice.
The lines are the Sun moving across the sky w/some reflections. No line = clouds
These photos were taken with a pinhole camera I made from a beer can and left out from Summer to Winter Solstice - a 6 month exposure.
Bottom line = Winter Solstice. Top line = Summer Solstice.
The lines are the Sun moving across the sky w/some reflections. No line = clouds
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A quick thread on making a coke or beer can pinhole camera.
You'll need black and white photographic paper, I use Ilford paper - see photo.
Needle, scissors, tape, waterproof tape, cardboard (for lid), can opener, tripod or something to stick the camera to at an angle.
You'll need black and white photographic paper, I use Ilford paper - see photo.
Needle, scissors, tape, waterproof tape, cardboard (for lid), can opener, tripod or something to stick the camera to at an angle.
December 21, 2024 at 11:25 PM
A quick thread on making a coke or beer can pinhole camera.
You'll need black and white photographic paper, I use Ilford paper - see photo.
Needle, scissors, tape, waterproof tape, cardboard (for lid), can opener, tripod or something to stick the camera to at an angle.
You'll need black and white photographic paper, I use Ilford paper - see photo.
Needle, scissors, tape, waterproof tape, cardboard (for lid), can opener, tripod or something to stick the camera to at an angle.
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October 22, 2023 at 6:01 AM
Nuts! It’s too late to be one of the first 100 followers of @sirderekjacobi.bsky.social !
November 30, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Nuts! It’s too late to be one of the first 100 followers of @sirderekjacobi.bsky.social !
The Ant Nebula looks more like an ant than Italy looks like a boot.
October 16, 2024 at 4:57 PM
The Ant Nebula looks more like an ant than Italy looks like a boot.
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For my first video post, here is my cover of the Samsung washing machine “cycle completed” song
September 30, 2024 at 7:45 PM
For my first video post, here is my cover of the Samsung washing machine “cycle completed” song
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All the major Aesir gods are disabled so one 100% can’t do Norse fantasy without it! (Odin missing an eye, Tyr a hand, Thor chronic pain from whetstone head injury, Loki maimed mouth, Heimdall prosthetic teeth, Hodr blind, Mimir is a severed head, etc.)
People are really proving our whole point about disability representation in fantasy.
Repost if you think people with disabilities belong in fantasy settings.
unseenunheardcomic.com
Repost if you think people with disabilities belong in fantasy settings.
unseenunheardcomic.com
September 21, 2024 at 9:45 PM
All the major Aesir gods are disabled so one 100% can’t do Norse fantasy without it! (Odin missing an eye, Tyr a hand, Thor chronic pain from whetstone head injury, Loki maimed mouth, Heimdall prosthetic teeth, Hodr blind, Mimir is a severed head, etc.)
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Unsolicited Endorsement: my Smile Jamaica brand earbuds lasted 5 years, enduring despite accidentally going through the washer-dryer cycle twice, & I only needed new ones now due to them being run over by a lawn mower. The new ones came in plastic-free packaging, and use wood & silk, minimal plastic
June 21, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Unsolicited Endorsement: my Smile Jamaica brand earbuds lasted 5 years, enduring despite accidentally going through the washer-dryer cycle twice, & I only needed new ones now due to them being run over by a lawn mower. The new ones came in plastic-free packaging, and use wood & silk, minimal plastic
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Why Would a Comic About Censorship Get Banned?
Why Would a Comic About Censorship Get Banned?
When a graphic novel about censorship was challenged in libraries and schools, creators Ryan Estrada and Hyun Sook Kim fought back. Now they’re releasing a sequel.
www.publishersweekly.com
June 9, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Why Would a Comic About Censorship Get Banned?
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oh fine since this is viral enough, I'll unlock this story. "The Long 20th Century."
You could subscribe for 2$. 20$ for a year!
www.patreon.com/posts/73977978
You could subscribe for 2$. 20$ for a year!
www.patreon.com/posts/73977978
FICTION: The Long 20th Century | David M. Perry
Get more from David M. Perry on Patreon
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May 18, 2024 at 7:40 PM
oh fine since this is viral enough, I'll unlock this story. "The Long 20th Century."
You could subscribe for 2$. 20$ for a year!
www.patreon.com/posts/73977978
You could subscribe for 2$. 20$ for a year!
www.patreon.com/posts/73977978