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nitokai.bsky.social
@nitokai.bsky.social
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They/Them. Enjoyer of art, photography, and nature. I'm not a bot, just an old nerd with not enough time and too much social anxiety.
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I was very depressed and anxious all week. Then I went to the lake. #tahoe
A rusty colored Pine Drop plant grows on a mound of needles in front of two pine trunks. The day is sunny and bright. A close up of a shredded hole in an old tree trunk. The wood is gray and splintered. Pine needles spill put of the hole. A close up of a clump of dark green star moss growing on speckled granite rocks. A few damp pine needles rest on top. A VERY tall and straight Sugar Pine tree stands in a clearing surrounded loosely by other pines. The crown of the Sugar Pine reaches high into a clear blue sky.
October 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Post a screenshot of your first 5 steam purchases

Old enough to have preordered both L4D2 and Portal 2. I played obscene amounts of L4D2 with friends in college. PILLS HERE! Meanwhile, my most recent purchases have been, like, Rimworld DLC and the entire Powerwash Simulator catalogue.
A short list of video game purchases from Steam. The oldest is Left 4 Dead 2 on Oct 2009, then Gyromancer, Chime, Machinarium, FEAR, and Portal 2.
August 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Moving is hard. Moving across the country is a test of sanity.
July 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Nearly 40 years worth of innovation in one photo
#cedarpoint #sirenscurse #irondragon
June 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Sometimes, when things just don't feel right, I spend some time in the Shrimp Zone. There is no stress here, only shrimps.
#shrimpzone #fishkeeper #aquarium #shrimps
Photo looking into a planted aquarium tank. White sand is covered in spotty green Monte Carlo plants. A stick partially topped in thick Java moss protrudes from a small forest of stem plants in the background. Blue velvet shrimp are clustered in the foreground, searching for food. A well camouflaged amano shrimp sits on the stick, eating a red food pellet. Photo looking into the top part of a planted aquarium tank. The background is a fuzzy mass of Java moss and stem plants. Long, green whispy roots from floating water lettuce descend in the foreground. A single brown amano shrimp hangs onto one of the roots, holding a red food pellet with a string of moss attached to it. This shrimp is named Big Mama.
November 16, 2024 at 3:39 AM
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Some very impressive mushrooms taking advantage of a misty day along Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains, VA. Taken a few years ago. If anyone knows what kind of mushrooms these are, I would be interesting in knowing too!
#phonephotography #skylinedrive #blueridgemountains #mushrooms
Thick, chunky, cream-colored mushrooms rise along a dead tree, its bark covered in dead vines and lichen. Mist obscures the background. A dead tree stump is surrounded by tall, brown grass and weeds, with several broken branches twisting into the misty sky. A line of thick, cream-colored mushrooms cover the front of the stump. Mist obscures the background.
November 10, 2024 at 2:08 AM
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Morning mist in the backyard a few years ago.
#phonephotography #backyardphotography
Barren trees and two tall, shepard's crook-style bird feeders are silhouetted by a yellow sunrise and wrapped in morning mist.
November 10, 2024 at 2:01 AM
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Weather going absolutely beast mode at sunset in Cheyenne, Wyoming. I watched it pass by from the hotel room in all of its splendor.
#phonephotography #cheyennewy
A yellow sunset peeks out from under the anvil-shaped layers of a plains thunderstorm at dusk. Houses and parked cars line a residential street behind the hotel where the photo was taken.
November 10, 2024 at 1:53 AM
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Took an extended break at a beautiful glade along the side of Bear Tooth Highway to calm my nerves. I enjoy the mountains, but that drive is terrifying.
#phonephotography #beartoothhighway
A clear creek stretches through a rocky glade of soft green grass and stands of pine trees along the horizon. Fluffy clouds partially cover the blue sky and there is a mirror reflection in the creek water.
November 10, 2024 at 1:47 AM
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Chief Joseph Scenic Byway, outside of Cody, WY, on the way to Bear Tooth Highway. I liked this drive more than Bear Tooth. Mostly because I wasn't absolutely terrified of careening into the abyss the entire time.
#phonephotography #codywy
Tilted slabs of red, weathered rock lay in repose, surrounded by a carpet of bright green grass under a cloudless sky. A paved road and guardrail curve off to the left at edge of the photo.
November 10, 2024 at 1:37 AM
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Badlands National Park, South Dakota.
The hike was going great until we got to the white sand and I fried like the pale, uncooked chicken thigh that I am. Not so many photos of that half.
#phonephotography #badlandsnationalpark #nationalpark
A blue sky with wispy white clouds is above a field of browning prairie grass. Several larger, dark stalks stand like curious noodles amidst the field. A walking trail is faintly visible in the distance. A vast stretch of blue sky and golden prairie grass is sliced down the middle by a narrow walking path. A weather-beaten wooden pole is next to the path, with an old metal hiking marking leaning against it.
November 10, 2024 at 1:28 AM
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Bear Lodge (Devil's Tower), Wyoming. Highly recommend staying at Devil's Tower Lodge if you're visiting. They're wonderful people.
#phonephotography #devilstower #bearlodge
A brown gravel road stretches towards the horizon, flanked by green meadow grass. The sky is blue with fluffy white clouds. A pine forest lines the horizon and Devil's Tower rises out of it, a monolithic butte of ancient, grey magma columns.
November 10, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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First post here. Suppose I'll just upload some photos I've taken, some local, some from vacations; some old, some new. They've only ever lived on my phone.
Starting with this year's summer trip. First stop: House on the Rock, Wisconsin.
The Organ Room.
#phonephotopraphy #houseontherock
A black metal and red carpeted spiral staircase rises up between layers of black and red walkways, flanked by two-story tall copper wire coils. A gigantic fly wheel is recessed in the floor behind the stairs. Nothing makes sense, even in context.
November 10, 2024 at 1:10 AM