Zebulon Vitruvius Pike
@vitruviuspike.bsky.social
Gentleman adventurer, mercenary explorer, dime novel hero, and itinerant warrior in Meiji-era America.
https://dime-novel-hero.dreamwidth.org
#steampunk #19thC #victorian #airships #shootingsports #firearms #cowboyaction #spaghettiwestern #cosplay
https://dime-novel-hero.dreamwidth.org
#steampunk #19thC #victorian #airships #shootingsports #firearms #cowboyaction #spaghettiwestern #cosplay
I have ridden several scenic railroads (notably the Western Md Scenic Railroad) and should I ever have to travel across the country, there is a good chance I will choose to travel by train.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcmr...
#19thc #railroad #steampunk
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#19thc #railroad #steampunk
The Horrors of Victorian Train Travel
YouTube video by Kaz Rowe
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November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I have ridden several scenic railroads (notably the Western Md Scenic Railroad) and should I ever have to travel across the country, there is a good chance I will choose to travel by train.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcmr...
#19thc #railroad #steampunk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcmr...
#19thc #railroad #steampunk
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Albert Alberg's Frost Flowers on the Window (1899) communicates a “new, truly great discovery”, that frost is able to make “ice photographs”, expressing the form of objects near it — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/frost-flowers
(Image: ca. 1905 photograph of frost by Wilson Bentley)
(Image: ca. 1905 photograph of frost by Wilson Bentley)
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Albert Alberg's Frost Flowers on the Window (1899) communicates a “new, truly great discovery”, that frost is able to make “ice photographs”, expressing the form of objects near it — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/frost-flowers
(Image: ca. 1905 photograph of frost by Wilson Bentley)
(Image: ca. 1905 photograph of frost by Wilson Bentley)
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Our 8th edition Krampus Fez returns for a limited time and with it comes a NEW low-profile option as well as a double-sided double-horned chapeau! PLUS we have a very limited run on green velvet
Available until Dec 13th @ Fez-o-rama.com
#FezORama #fez #Krampus #Holiday #krampusnaucht
Available until Dec 13th @ Fez-o-rama.com
#FezORama #fez #Krampus #Holiday #krampusnaucht
November 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Our 8th edition Krampus Fez returns for a limited time and with it comes a NEW low-profile option as well as a double-sided double-horned chapeau! PLUS we have a very limited run on green velvet
Available until Dec 13th @ Fez-o-rama.com
#FezORama #fez #Krampus #Holiday #krampusnaucht
Available until Dec 13th @ Fez-o-rama.com
#FezORama #fez #Krampus #Holiday #krampusnaucht
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November 18, 2025
November 18, 2025
For three hot days, from July 1 to July 3, 1863, more than 150,000 soldiers from the armies of the United States of America and the Confederate States of America slashed at each other in the hills and...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
November 18, 2025
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Solar Eclipse, 1880.
Supposedly of the January 11, 1880, solar eclipse from California's Mount Santa Lucia. Although attributed by @GettyMuseum to Carleton Watkins, some scholars doubt this to be the case.
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Available as a print from our shop here: publicdomainreview.org/product/s...
Supposedly of the January 11, 1880, solar eclipse from California's Mount Santa Lucia. Although attributed by @GettyMuseum to Carleton Watkins, some scholars doubt this to be the case.
⠀
Available as a print from our shop here: publicdomainreview.org/product/s...
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Solar Eclipse, 1880.
Supposedly of the January 11, 1880, solar eclipse from California's Mount Santa Lucia. Although attributed by @GettyMuseum to Carleton Watkins, some scholars doubt this to be the case.
⠀
Available as a print from our shop here: publicdomainreview.org/product/s...
Supposedly of the January 11, 1880, solar eclipse from California's Mount Santa Lucia. Although attributed by @GettyMuseum to Carleton Watkins, some scholars doubt this to be the case.
⠀
Available as a print from our shop here: publicdomainreview.org/product/s...
Second range day with my #SARB-15. I used the green reticle instead of the red, used a black bull's eye target instead of the red diamond, and had a much better sandbag setup. Consistently made my groups half their previous size compared to last week.
#firearms #shootingsports #bullpup
#firearms #shootingsports #bullpup
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Second range day with my #SARB-15. I used the green reticle instead of the red, used a black bull's eye target instead of the red diamond, and had a much better sandbag setup. Consistently made my groups half their previous size compared to last week.
#firearms #shootingsports #bullpup
#firearms #shootingsports #bullpup
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My old Martian Fighting Machine moc from six years ago. Based on the design from the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comics.
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My old Martian Fighting Machine moc from six years ago. Based on the design from the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comics.
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This week in #steampunk: Steampunks in California’s Gold Country; New steampunk TV series from France; News from your humble editor; Steampunk November returns as the SPN Festival; Steampunks gather in Boston; Kickstarter updates. steampunk-explorer.com/digest/steam...
Steampunk Digest - November 14, 2025
Steampunks in California’s Gold Country; New steampunk TV series from France; News from your humble editor; Steampunk November returns as the SPN Festival; Steampunks gather in Boston; Kickstarter upd...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This week in #steampunk: Steampunks in California’s Gold Country; New steampunk TV series from France; News from your humble editor; Steampunk November returns as the SPN Festival; Steampunks gather in Boston; Kickstarter updates. steampunk-explorer.com/digest/steam...
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More than a century before the Eurostar and LeShuttle, a group of engineers and statesmen dreamed (and fretted) about connecting Britain to France with an underwater tunnel. @PM_Keeling drills into the early history of the Channel Tunnel — publicdomainreview.org/essay/t...
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
More than a century before the Eurostar and LeShuttle, a group of engineers and statesmen dreamed (and fretted) about connecting Britain to France with an underwater tunnel. @PM_Keeling drills into the early history of the Channel Tunnel — publicdomainreview.org/essay/t...
I have posted about the punk in steampunk before but my esteemed colleague Captain Quaestor has chimed in because it bears repeating.
chicagolandsteampunk.com/bringing-bac...
chicagolandsteampunk.com/bringing-bac...
Bringing Back the “PUNK!” in Steampunk
What Is Punk? At its core, punk is a cultural movement built on the pillars of rebellion, authenticity, and self-determination. Born in the 1970s as a response
chicagolandsteampunk.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I have posted about the punk in steampunk before but my esteemed colleague Captain Quaestor has chimed in because it bears repeating.
chicagolandsteampunk.com/bringing-bac...
chicagolandsteampunk.com/bringing-bac...
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forgotten fortifying beef drinks of the 1890s ...
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
forgotten fortifying beef drinks of the 1890s ...
Bullpup range day over the weekend and I am half way through breaking in my new rifle.
Details at my blog dime-novel-hero.dreamwidth.org/2025/11/10/
#firearms #shootingsports #bullpup #SARB15
Details at my blog dime-novel-hero.dreamwidth.org/2025/11/10/
#firearms #shootingsports #bullpup #SARB15
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Bullpup range day over the weekend and I am half way through breaking in my new rifle.
Details at my blog dime-novel-hero.dreamwidth.org/2025/11/10/
#firearms #shootingsports #bullpup #SARB15
Details at my blog dime-novel-hero.dreamwidth.org/2025/11/10/
#firearms #shootingsports #bullpup #SARB15
Pittsburgh 1878-1888.
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Pittsburgh 1878-1888.
Range day breaking in the new SARB-15. Unexpected that the Winchester 223 Remington 55gr FMJ smells differently than the Winchester 5.56 NATO 55gr FMJ. More details later.
#firearms #shootingsports #bullpup
#firearms #shootingsports #bullpup
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Range day breaking in the new SARB-15. Unexpected that the Winchester 223 Remington 55gr FMJ smells differently than the Winchester 5.56 NATO 55gr FMJ. More details later.
#firearms #shootingsports #bullpup
#firearms #shootingsports #bullpup
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This week in #steampunk: Scenes from Whitby Goth Weekend; Steampunk Streaming Guide; New Abney Park, FnP videos; Velvet Jeanie revisits 2023 video; The Steampunk Librarian returns; Paul Eccentric book launch; Watch City, Key City open for applications. steampunk-explorer.com/digest/steam...
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This week in #steampunk: Scenes from Whitby Goth Weekend; Steampunk Streaming Guide; New Abney Park, FnP videos; Velvet Jeanie revisits 2023 video; The Steampunk Librarian returns; Paul Eccentric book launch; Watch City, Key City open for applications. steampunk-explorer.com/digest/steam...
Clearly I need to do more wandering around my neighborhood. People are giving away free firearms.
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Clearly I need to do more wandering around my neighborhood. People are giving away free firearms.
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Cowboys and Dinosaurs make for a very wild west
Cowboys and Dinosaurs make for a very wild west
Builder Martin Dasnoy (@md_brickstudio) blends cowboys and dinosaurs with a series of "Jurassic West" builds featuring wonderful brick-built LEGO dinos.
The post Cowboys and Dinosaurs make for a very wild west appeared first on The Brothers Brick.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Cowboys and Dinosaurs make for a very wild west
My shift from Steampunk to Cyberpunk continues in so far as I now have a bullpup AR platform. Need to read the "Ghost in the Shell" manga before heading out to the range over the weekend.
Blog post at dime-novel-hero.dreamwidth.org/2025/11/05/
#firearms #shootingsports #cyberpunk
Blog post at dime-novel-hero.dreamwidth.org/2025/11/05/
#firearms #shootingsports #cyberpunk
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
My shift from Steampunk to Cyberpunk continues in so far as I now have a bullpup AR platform. Need to read the "Ghost in the Shell" manga before heading out to the range over the weekend.
Blog post at dime-novel-hero.dreamwidth.org/2025/11/05/
#firearms #shootingsports #cyberpunk
Blog post at dime-novel-hero.dreamwidth.org/2025/11/05/
#firearms #shootingsports #cyberpunk
The "AI" enshitification of the TeslaCon steampunk convention accelerates. AI backgrounds and cosplay modification from the photography studio. AI fabric prints. A book for sale with AI illustrations promoting next year's theme. AI on most of the presentation and panel promotionals.
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The "AI" enshitification of the TeslaCon steampunk convention accelerates. AI backgrounds and cosplay modification from the photography studio. AI fabric prints. A book for sale with AI illustrations promoting next year's theme. AI on most of the presentation and panel promotionals.
Why have I stopped Cowboy Action Shooting? Because when Trump became president, the leadership immediately polled the members about banning trans women from women's categories and 94% of the members showed themselves to be bigots. Why would I want to share my weekends with people like that?
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Why have I stopped Cowboy Action Shooting? Because when Trump became president, the leadership immediately polled the members about banning trans women from women's categories and 94% of the members showed themselves to be bigots. Why would I want to share my weekends with people like that?
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Celebrating Halloween and International Bat Appreciation Week with my latest hat prototype.
#BatFez #bat #FezORama #halloween
#BatFez #bat #FezORama #halloween
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Celebrating Halloween and International Bat Appreciation Week with my latest hat prototype.
#BatFez #bat #FezORama #halloween
#BatFez #bat #FezORama #halloween
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This week in #steampunk: Scenes from Clockwork Alchemy; New Steam Powered Giraffe concert video; Edwardian Ball tickets to go on sale; Oddities Expo to announce 2026 dates; Weekend events; Kickstarter updates. steampunk-explorer.com/digest/steam...
October 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This week in #steampunk: Scenes from Clockwork Alchemy; New Steam Powered Giraffe concert video; Edwardian Ball tickets to go on sale; Oddities Expo to announce 2026 dates; Weekend events; Kickstarter updates. steampunk-explorer.com/digest/steam...
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This week in #steampunk: Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” opens to positive reviews; Scenes from a steampunk picnic; A new steampunk sport?; New Lee Presson video; Weekend happenings; Kickstarter updates. steampunk-explorer.com/digest/steam...
Steampunk Digest - October 24, 2025
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein opens to positive reviews; Scenes from a steampunk picnic; A new steampunk sport?; New Lee Presson video; Weekend happenings; Kickstarter updates.
steampunk-explorer.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
This week in #steampunk: Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” opens to positive reviews; Scenes from a steampunk picnic; A new steampunk sport?; New Lee Presson video; Weekend happenings; Kickstarter updates. steampunk-explorer.com/digest/steam...
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I know what all you Blueskyers want: a 🧵 about guns!
Ok, a 🧵 specifically about the cosmetic modifications done to many Western movie guns to make one model of gun look like another & the historical reasons behind those changes.
If you're not into Western minutiae you might want to turn back now
Ok, a 🧵 specifically about the cosmetic modifications done to many Western movie guns to make one model of gun look like another & the historical reasons behind those changes.
If you're not into Western minutiae you might want to turn back now
October 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I know what all you Blueskyers want: a 🧵 about guns!
Ok, a 🧵 specifically about the cosmetic modifications done to many Western movie guns to make one model of gun look like another & the historical reasons behind those changes.
If you're not into Western minutiae you might want to turn back now
Ok, a 🧵 specifically about the cosmetic modifications done to many Western movie guns to make one model of gun look like another & the historical reasons behind those changes.
If you're not into Western minutiae you might want to turn back now
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Finally got the Ghost of Yotei soundtrack and it reduced me to a sobbing mess.
Its equal parts grand like Ifukube or Hayasaka,a Morricone spaghetti western and laced with this haunting pain like the revenge films of Meiko Kaji.
Its equal parts grand like Ifukube or Hayasaka,a Morricone spaghetti western and laced with this haunting pain like the revenge films of Meiko Kaji.
a group of people sitting around a table in a room with a samurai standing in the doorway
ALT: a group of people sitting around a table in a room with a samurai standing in the doorway
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Finally got the Ghost of Yotei soundtrack and it reduced me to a sobbing mess.
Its equal parts grand like Ifukube or Hayasaka,a Morricone spaghetti western and laced with this haunting pain like the revenge films of Meiko Kaji.
Its equal parts grand like Ifukube or Hayasaka,a Morricone spaghetti western and laced with this haunting pain like the revenge films of Meiko Kaji.