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@welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social

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Multi-racial old-school nerd and reverse gatekeeper (where I try to make everyone else get into the stuff I like). Professionally an environmental chemist. Personally a long-time activist, occasional writer, and enthusiast for a myriad of fandoms.

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#startrek #lowerdecks #beckettmariner

November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM

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#dcu #peacemaker #judomaster #earthx

November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM

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Effin' Birds

@effinbirds.com

A painting of a bird beside the text "dipshit season starts earlier every year"

November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM

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#koth #peggyhill #bobbyhill

November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM

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In honor of the 56th anniversary of the premiere of Sesame Street, here's a behind-the-scenes shot of puppeteer Caroll Spinney, who famously performed Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch from the show's inception until 2018.

November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM

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#marvel #thepunisher #jonbernthal #jasonrmoore

November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM

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Ian Potter

@ianzpotter.bsky.social

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

It's an artistic representation of a circulatory system walking through a kitchen, as drawn by Dave Gibbons and written about by Alan Moore.
It happens a lot 'round here.

November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM

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Ellis Rosen

@ellisjrosen.bsky.social

“Goodbye Claire. The blankets have accepted me as one of their own.”

November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM

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Joe Dator

@joedator.bsky.social

50 years ago today.

November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM

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Tom Gauld

@tomgauld.bsky.social

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon.

p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com

Panel 1. Two scientists walking along. The first one says: I have opened a portal into an alternate universe that is an exact reflection of our own!

Panel 2. The second scientist looks into a technical portal and says WOW

Panel 3. A reflection of panel two. The reflected scientist's speech bubble still reads: WOW

Panel 4. A reflection of panel one. The text is all back to front.

November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM

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Liz Climo

@lizclimo.bsky.social

Top: a pig is on the phone. Someone on the line says “I’m calling for Paul. He can’t come into work today. He’s dead.” Bottom: an opossum is on the phone, standing over another that appears dead. Pig on the line says “Oh no!” and opossum on the phone says “Don’t worry. It’s only temporary. He’ll be back tomorrow.”

November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM

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November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM

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#curbyourenthusiasm

November 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM

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Doug Savage

@savagechickens.bsky.social

Learning Experience. www.patreon.com/posts/learni...

Chicken 1: "Hang in there. This is a good learning experience."
Chicken 2, at desk, looking stressed: "True. So far, I've learned that I hate learning experiences."

November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM

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November 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM

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Joe Dassin, son of the great blacklisted film director Jules Dassin, had a string of French-language hits with 1969's "Les Champs-Élysées" being the best known internationally. It was a French cover of the 1968 song "Waterloo Road" by English psychedelic group Jason Crest.

#musicsky