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paisley rae
@paisleyrae.bsky.social
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i have opinions on things i mostly keep to myself, unless asked.
i have done some things i mostly keep to myself, unless asked.
i have gone places and seen things i mostly share with you.

#366,390 if you’re curious.
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i know not everyone uses the chinese spy app, but i really need you to watch the funniest thing i have seen in years.
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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this is a real ad being pushed out in games that young people play...

i have concerns about the future, to be honest with you.
October 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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here, have a bite of waterfall
#naturespam
the cold is coming. it was a swift overnight change to orange crunchy leaves on the ground. i think i had my last swim of the year and didn't realize it. in the distant background of this image is a glacier-striped mountain lightly wrapped in fog. talk, thin conifers cling to a narrow ridge of stone at the crest of a waterfall. in the foreground, the edge of a steep canyon, with dry grasses turned gold and a handful of orange leaves strewn about by the breeze. the time for staying indoors is nearly here.
September 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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rocks, paper...
#naturespam
some tibetan prayer flags are strung on a branch jammed into a rock pile at the top of a mountain. the sun has set and leaves only a crimson blur at the horizon of more mountains. the sky is hazy from light snow and wildfire smoke...a strange combination.
September 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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italy opens the door to chemical castration for rapists and pedophiles

www.politico.eu/article/ital...
a fine modern invention - The Weiner Slicer! tired of slicing up weiners one a time? struggle no more! the weiner slicer quickly slices hot dogs and bananas. *wink wink* it's easy to clean and maintain and the weiner slicer is versatile; it works on soft fruits and on sausages. and its compact design saves on kitchen space!
September 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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here, have some flowers
#naturespam
some rough brush grows next to the waterline. the tide is out. there are small white flowers clinging to life on the branches amongst the fallen trees and sand.
September 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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here, enjoy some lake #naturespam
once again, i am posting a picture of mountains and trees and clouds and some kind of water. today's flavour is glacier-capped mountains stretching off into the distance like some kind of sugar-topped pastry. there are two layers of clouds. one, fluffy like cotton balls hugging the mountain peaks, ready to drop snow on them. the higher level of clouds are wispy like an overactive spiderweb. in the center of the image is one of those unreal blue lakes made interesting by the mixture of sun and shade from the cloud cover. it's a calm day, so the lake is perfect and still like a glass coffee table top. sure, i got mildly snowed on, but as the kids are currently fond of saying at the moment, i am rich because i've seen this with my own eyes. the alpine air smelled sweet like the tiny wildflowers that valiantly cling to the rock and earthy and slightly metallic from the clay that permeates the lake and gives it its unbelievable colour. something something reynaud's scattering - the same effect that makes some eyes or blue jay feathers appear blue. as i was drinking my mug of hibiscus tea and looking out at all this, i was thinking about how that unholy blue is really the nothingness of space being reflected back. my eyes aren't really blue and neither is that lake or the sky, for that matter. but blue is what i experience of it. one perception is that something is nothing and another is that it is a wonder to behold and stand in awe of it. i think both are useful, in varying degrees.
September 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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or like...this solid winner
a screenshot of a nytimes article. the headline reads: "mike lee draws outrage for posts blaming assassination on the far left" subheader: "the republican senator from utah suggested in social media posts that the killings were the work of 'marxists' and mocked minnesota's democratic governor. he later issued a more sober condemnation of the violence." this is referring to the June 14, 2025 assassinations of minnesota governor melissa hortman and her husband, and the attempted assassination of senator john hoffman and his wife.
September 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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have another #naturespam
i didn't follow the ridge all the way to the end because the wind gusts were so intense, i would have had to scooch there on my behind to keep from toppling off. for anyone who struggles to see, this image is the ridgeline of a mountain in the centre foreground. it's just wide enough for two boots side-by-side with a sheer drop of several hundred feet on both sides. in the distance, the grey-blue peaks of endless rocky mountains unfold until the horizon. a small valley, verdant with a winding river, nestled in the distance to the right provides contrast to the wildfire hazed peaks dotted with glaciers.
September 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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here, i took a walk so you didn't have to.

#naturespam
it's some rocks and the sky...a subject i post a lot. these ones just had slightly more interesting shapes than many of the others i saw that day. the sun is setting, the sky is starting to turn golden-orange. i think those are cirrus clouds, but i fear to type that with certainty in case the weather obsessive discover me and freak out. but the clouds are whispy and undulate like a horse's tail waving as it runs. in the middle ground is a series of mountaintops that stack like shuffled cards. perfect and even. in the foreground are the chunky rocks of the mountain ridge i was standing on as i set up my tent for the night. in case you've never had the pleasure, i discovered it's time to buy a new sleeping mat because good lord, the one i have simply is not sufficient for sleeping on gravel. this was also my 12 or 13 year old tent's final journey. the wind wasn't particularly violent, but it was persistently gusting enough that the rain seals gave up the ghost and the seams are ready to die as well. i have no interest in hand-stitching an entire tent. it's okay to let go of things, sometimes.
September 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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🎻🎻🎻
September 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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today i learned this exists
a screencap of a warning tag on a skeet assigned by bluesky reads: Rude Rude or impolite, including crude language and disrespectful comments, without constructive purpose. Source: @moderation.bsky.app
September 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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anyway, here are some cool spheroid rocks in southern alberta

#naturespam
September 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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anyway, here's some lichen growing on a tree branch near temiskaming.
a small tree branch is covered in beautifully textured lichen
September 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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hashtag hopecore
a coven of witches surround a mouldy orange inside a pentagram
August 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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i remember buck rogers! and roc'n'rope. we had these ridiculous paddles.
August 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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i have memories...
an ancient game cartridge for colecovision's "subroc". a system so finicky you had to give the cartridge a blowjob if you wanted to play.
August 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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here, enjoy a big rock

#naturespam
it's just a mountain viewed from the bottom. at the centre of the image is one of those deliciously droopy conifers that i don't know the name of but enjoy a great deal
August 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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i'm late for #thicktrunkthursday
a tight upward angle of a thick ass tree
August 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
the two main characters from the show 'wellington paranormal' are seated on satan's lap on a huge gold throne in an awkward family holiday style photo. i'm not trying to tell you what to do with your life, but if you like silliness and you haven't watched this show for free of the cbc gem app, you make poor life choices and i'm ashamed of you. lotta judgment coming your way from me.
August 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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it's too hot out. have some snow to look at. #naturespam
August 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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hey. i saw this frog and now you have to look at it too.

#naturespam
a green frog with round brown dots on its body hides itself under a sparse patch of grass as it rests on a soft clump of moss. you can see the look in its bulging eyes that it thinks it's really slick and getting away with it...we see you frog. we see you.
August 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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here. have some pelican butts.
#naturespam
a group of six pelicans sit in the middle of a saltwater lake in big quill lake, saskatchewan. it's a weird little detour on a gravel road to take off of the yellowhead highway east of saskatoon but for several kilometres there are two saltwater lakes - one on each side of the road and the water goes as far as your eyes can see. after driving in endless prairie grassland for almost a full day, it's a surprising thing to discover. the saltwater attracts interesting species you wouldn't expect to take up residence in...saskatchewan. but here they are, just a few members of a thriving colony of sea birds relaxing in the middle of a prairie.
July 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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July 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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July 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM