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thrakbad.bsky.social
Thorsten S.
@thrakbad.bsky.social
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I'm a history nerd and wannabe explorer of cold places. I also love the mountains, taking photos, playing video games, doing ancient Greek reenactment and occasionally Larp. I go by he/him pronouns. Based in Vienna 🇦🇹.

Formerly as team_fram on Twitter.
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Umm, #Merlin is slightly overestimating my daily mobility for my bird of the day challenge. Guess I'll keep an eye out here in Styria?
A phone screenshot of the Merlin birding app. It shows a side-picture of a striking yellow and black bird sitting on a small branch above a badge saying "Your bird of the day! Discover a new bird each day", followed by the name of the bird "Spot-breasted Oriole (Icterus pectoralis)" Another screenshot of the Merlin app. Showing a map of Central America, coloured where the Spot-breasted Oriole can be found. The Pacific coast from Southern Mexico to Costa Rica is coloured in å pale purple for "Year-round", as well as all of El Salvador and inland parts of Honduras and Nicaragua. At the very bottom is a green button with a white caption "Found it!"
August 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Happy to report that Socke is back to her usual clownery after her surgery. She had the threads removed yesterday and we're now trying to salvage at least some of our vacation with a short trip to Styria.
A half-shot of a white dog with brown spots sitting in front of a light-skinned man with a full beard wearing a red t-shirt. The man is smiling and the dog has her tounge stuck out. The same dog and man from the first photo, but the dog is licking the man's face.
August 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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First time back in my home gym in ages. They switched many of the TechnoGym machines for Egym ones with adjustable resistance curves and really cool workout modes, like using 1.5x weight on the eccentric, fantastic for muscle growth. And then they gave them the most basic range of motion imaginable.
A Lat Pull machine from Egym can be seen among several other gym machines.
August 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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I made a new acc where I'm planning on sharing a lot more of my photography: @mysillyphotos.bsky.social

If you're interested, give me a follow there.

I'll use Pinksky, an Insta-like client geared towards picture-sharing, but still using the 🦋 network, hence a different account.

🖼️ for attention.
A yellow and black striped dragonfly sitting on a small branch with its wings spread out.
August 2, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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My dog Socke has had surgery yesterday, so my task for today is following her around wherever she decides to lie in the flat to make sure she doesn't claw at her wound.

She's been a total champ through the whole process. Hoping she recovers quickly. Even though we had to can our planned vacation.
A white dog with brown spots stands on a clinic floor. She has a blue bandage around her neck and ears and one on her leg.
July 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Also look at that shiny blue coat! I love these colours. ❤️
The same kingfisher from the first post, now turned with its back to the camera, so the blue back feathers are glistening in the sun.
July 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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I usually miss #sharemondays2025, because my mind is just on the week ahead and not on the photos I took recently. But this one is so recent, I'm actually remembering to submit it.

A common kingfisher, taken this morning at the Schönauer Traverse in the Naturpark Donauauen, near Vienna 🇦🇹.
A common kingfisher sitting on a branch in the golden morning sun. The background is green from out-of-focua leaves of the tree behind it. A spider web can be seen next to the bird on the same branch.
July 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Pick your camera and scene location, select what you want to see, and the app will tell you exactly when to be there and how it's going to look. All from your sofa at home. Only thing left to do is mark your calendar and anxiously watch the weather report.
A screenshot of the UI of the Android app Planit! showing the map view of the photo in the first post. A screenshot of the UI of the Android app Planit! showing the VR view of the photo I took in the first post.
July 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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The weather did hold. Turns out I was a bit too optimistic with the landscape format and the 50mm lens, however. Had to swap for the wide angle and portrait format after all.

Anyways: here's the Haller Mauern at sunset and with the Milky Way.
A rocky alpine mountain range glowing in the orange of the setting sun, behind some lower hills with sprawling pine forests. The sky is shining bright yellow. It's the Haller Mauern seen from the Nationalpark Kalkalpen. The same mountain range from the first picture - the Haller Mauern seen from the Nationalpark Kalkalpen. This time it is night and the milky way is appearing behind it.
July 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Since the conditions seemed optimal today, I spontaneously decided to take the camera to one of my favourite View points in the Nationalpark Kalkalpen. All set up and now I just need the weather to hold for another 3h, please.
Photo of a camera mounted on a tripod, seen from the backside. The camera is in focus and the screen shows a mountain range that is framed for the shot. The same mountain range can be seen out of focus in the background. The sun is currently setting.
July 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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When I'm in an aircraft hangar at 1:30 am in the morning, watching @nickbradbeer.bsky.social tinkering with potentiometers, it must mean we're running a Larp.

What a mad setup day.
A man wearing a brown coat and jeans lying on a gravel floor under a wooden cabinet that has an open front and a PC screen mounted inside it. He's fixing something inside the cabinet while wearing a headtorch.
May 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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I took a silly little picture while on Hardangervidda. I'm calling it 'Self portrait with a rock'.

The orange glow makes for a nice effect here, but god do I hate the fact that you can't escape light pollution even in the middle of nowhere.
A nighttime photo of a snowy hill with the crest of the hill being of dark rock. The silhouettes of a big boulder and a person can be seen on top of the hill, contrasted against an orange glowing horizon. Above the glow is the night sky with thousands of stars. In the left corner of the image, a faint green shimmer can be seen.
March 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Time to say 'På gjensyn.' to Norge today. 😞 💔

Here's a picture I took three years ago on my last visit. Krækkja turisthytte, the oldest hut on Hardangervidda, under the milky way and a bit of Aurora.

I promise I'll be back sooner this time. I just love this country so much. 🇳🇴
A picture of a large hut in the snow underneath a starry sky. The milky way can be clearly seen and the left side of the horizon shimmers in the green of the polar lights.
March 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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The Fram Museum needs to get on Bluesky already. One of my favourite follows back on Twitter and sadly missing them here.
The bow of a wooden sailing ship inside a building with a white steep angled roof. There's galleries to walk around the ship in three floors. The roof and top of the ship are lit in blue and the lower sections and floors are flooded with orange light. It's the polar ship Fram inside the Fram Museum in Oslo.
March 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Browsing through sports shops in Oslo makes me think the Norwegians have Friluftsliv all figured out.

Tur Vaffel? Say no more!
Egg holder obviously required.
And a 1.4l French Press.

🇳🇴 Helt fantastisk! 🇳🇴
A portable waffle iron in a wooden shelf. The packaging reads Tur Vaffel jern. A pile of orange plastic boxes, shaped to safely hold six eggs each. An insulated French Press by Stanley (the company) that holds 1.4l of coffee warm for ages.
March 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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One thing I love about winter in the north is the mornings. Everything drenched in golden light, bringing out all the contours and texture of the snow that at other times looks all flat and white. Everything outside is covered in a crisp layer of frost, and the whole day is ahead of you.
A golden sun rises over a snowy white landscape. The sky is blue, but drenched in a golden light. Everything casts long shadows, bringing out the texture of the snow. In the front right, the roof and wall of a wooden hut can be seen. A closeup picture of a twig used to mark the paths on Hardangervidda. It's covered in thousands of frost flowers surrounding it in all directions.
March 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Missed the last day of the A to Z #photochallenge yesterday, because I was preparing to travel today. So here's my final entry for this round.

Flights to Zurich and Zagreb.
An ad for a bubbly called Zonin.
A Zeta display.
A photo of four rows of an airport departure list. All flights leave at 12:55 and the destinations are Florence, Zurich, Zagreb and Sarajevo. An ad for a Prosecco called Zonin from a magazine. There's a black text on a blue background with pink bokeh flares. It reads "MAKE THE MOMENT FAMIGLIA ZONIN DAL 1821" Next to it is a picture of a bottle of prosecco. A photo of a display showing a (likely cgi) picture of a person whose hair and shoulders is entirely covered in pink and purple flowers. Above the display, the text "Zeta Display" hovers in orange.
March 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Next to last day in the A to Z #photochallenge. Heavy rain today throughout most of the day, on top of the difficult letter. Not my best.

Yoghurt.
A yard.
Yellow flowers.
Two buckets of yoghurt on a shelf. The brand is ÖMUR Joghurt 3.5%. A yard photographed through an open door. Closeup of yellow flowers on a bush.
March 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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I knew X would be a difficult letter. Do any proper words even start with X? So had to rely on concepts and names here.

An XR - extinction rebellion poster.
X on an election poster.
A fence.

A to Z #photochallenge.
A blue background with white bars that have the text "extinction rebellion" stencilled out. To the left of the text is the logo of the group extinction rebellion, a stylised hourglass inside a circle. A white circle with a red X drawn in on a dark grey background with white speckles. A closeup of a metal fence with a light green patina, framed so the metal bars form the shape of an X. In the blurry background, a person can be seen walking in front of a bike rack.
March 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Nice weather today for another photo walk. Actually did not need very long to collect these W words.

A public well.
A waiting indicator.
A wreath.
A wheel.

A to Z #photochallenge.
An iron water pump/public well in a park. It's mounted on a base of bricks in a field of green grass. A yellow box mounted to a metal post. A red light is on, revealing a text saying "BITTE WARTEN". A black text on the case of the box says "BITTE BERÜHREN". A wreath made from conifer branches, decorated with cones from their trees and yellow, red and blue ribbons. It lays in front of a wall with columns of names written on it. A wheel mounted to a play car in a sand pit. The rims are sprayed pink, as is the body of the car, with some of the paint also splashing onto the tyre.
March 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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V in today's A to Z #photochallenge was a slow start, but then I remembered that I'm inside Vienna, which helped. I made it nearly through the alphabet without resorting to German or Norsk.

The Vienna Volksoper building.
The seal of the embassy of Vietnam.
Vienna Vanguards Quidditch.
Vegagasse.
The building of the Volksoper in Vienna. I don't know how to describe this accurately. Please just search for a better description on the internet. Alt texts are difficult. The seal above the door of the Vietnamese embassy in Vienna. It shows a circular golden wreath on a red base. Inside the wreath, near the top, sits a golden five-pointed star. The bottom of the wreath is adorned with a red ribbon with the writing "CỘNG HOÀ XÄ HộI CHỨ NGHIA VIET Nam" (this was text recognition from the picture by my phone. No idea of the characters are all correct) A blue sticker on a stainless steel surface. The sticker reads: "Vienna Vanguards Quidditch Club www.viennavanguards.com Play a fast paced, mixed gender, fullicontact sport!" A blue street sign with a white border. It reads "19., Vegagasse"
March 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Today was the letter U in the A to Z #photochallenge. Me being in the UK, you'd have thought I could have done something with that. But no. Grasping at straws again.

UNO cards.
A sign to the University of the West of England.
Urban Tiger.
Three sets of UNO cards in their familiar red packaging. A blue sign showing the way to the University of the West of England. A storefront with a logo featuring stylised claw marks and the writing UrbanTiger.
March 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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T is also a letter with abundant things, but we've been lazy today, so just a quick trip to the pub. On that I've seen.

Greta Thurnberg and a tiger and some text.
A TV.
A cozy looking table.
A Tai Chi poster.

A to Z #photochallenge.
A wall decorated with a picture of Greta Thurnberg wearing a gas mask and a sleeping tiger below it. There's various text written on it: "People should not be afraid of their government. Government should be afraid of their people. Clean air is not an optional policy objective, It's a fundalnental human right. Everyohe needs to breathe cean air. Bilions of people today are breathing dirty, deadiy air which constitutes a global health, environmnental and human rights Crisis. Pollution - if you don't kill it, it will kill you. Smok weed...reduce global wamming Extinction is forever Endangered doesn't have to mean extinct SAVE The BEES 1 of every 3 bites of food you eat depends on the honey bee www.JOHN-DOH.CO.UK" A TV mounted to the wall of a room. There's a rugby game on and a player in a white jersey is tackling a player in a blue jersey, who currently is running with the ball. A table in the corner of a room next.to a window. A red leather bench goes in an L shape along the two far sides from the camera and two wooden chairs are placed on either near side. Behind the table is a stylized picture of a balloon dog, with some of the outlines formed by red neon tubes. In the front right, some plants can be seen. A poster with the stylised outline of a person doing a martial arts pose overlaid by some text: "Tai Chi Starting Soon Kelvin Players Hall 253 Gloucester Road Bishopston Tuesdays 10:15 am Thursdays 6:30 pm Henleaze School Park Grove Henleaze Wednesdays 6:30 pm www.bristoltaichi.com 0117 9493955 0781 1566791"
March 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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More pictures from the adorable puppy yoga/chaos today. I wholeheartedly recommend trying this yourself.
A puppy with beige fur standing on the legs of a person while people are doing yoga in the background. A curious puppy walking towards the camera. A man lying on the ground on a yoga mat with a puppy sniffing his face. Three puppies sleeping on a yoga mat.
March 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Lovely day out in Bristol today. S might be the new easiest letter for the A to Z #photochallenge, so these are only the highlights we found.

Soup and Sourdough.
A statue with a sea gull head.
A shark.
Many gorgeous Staffi-Chihuahua (yes, really) puppies.
Closeup of a sandwich wrapped in white paper with a sign reading "Warm Soup + Sourdough £4.95" next to it. A sea gull sitting on the head of a statue of a man with curly hair and a mustache. The man is wearing an Indian hat and garment and is holding a book. An adorable little puppy in a playing pose with a chewing/tugging toy. His front paws are resting on an orange yoga mat and a blue yoga mat can be seen on the ground behind him. The puppy's coat is light brown, almost orange in places, with a dark brown snout and flappy ears. It's a Staffi-Chihuahua mix and the most adorable thing ever. A graffiti showing the head of a great white shark modeled after the poster from Jaws on a wall behind a shallow fountain. The camera is close to the surface plane of the water, so it seems a bit like the shark is jumping out of the water.
March 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM