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Beautiful! Hope we'll get a map of whatever lies East and South of the Cassimirid Sea someday.

A beautiful beech marten

A cheerful genet

Mustelid-Viverrid Commonwealth!!!

A beautiful beech marten

A cheerful genet

Mustelid-Viverrid Commonwealth!!!

One magical formula I like is "aski kataski aasian endasian" (ασκι κατασκι αασιαν ενδασιαν) on a lead tablet from Phalasarna in Crete. Rolls on the tongue

Also Venus was unusually close to the Moon yesterday. It looked cool!

There is a well-known connection between Celtic druidism and Pythagoreanism, as mentioned in the De Bello Gallico. Certainly not a coincidence if those objects are Platonic solids, which Pythagoras knew very well. They probably had mystical/religious significance in the Gallo-Roman world.

My take on Liu Cixin's novels: "What amuses me in Liu's novel is how apparently his Trisolarians (alien antagonist race) are advanced enough to manipulate physics and try to invade Earth but not enough to, you know, try to make the most out of their broken solar system, or live in space habitats instead But noooo, they are evil and see no other solution than "grab that nearby planet" Are we in the June 1933 issue of *Astounding Stories of Super-Science* or what"

More context:

January 1930 cover for sci-fi pulp magazine "Astounding Stories of Super-Science" featuring an aviator hero in a desertic alien landscape punching a nasty-looking, brightly coloured space beetle alien to protect a sexy cave babe. My personal legend: "Liu Cixin's super-scientific hero punching a Trisolarian"

Just because

#ThreeBodyProblemIsProblematic

The writing style reminds me of nastaliq!

My proto-kitty is a real lucky charm 🍀

Rivla the Fair aka the Cat-Snake of Wantael Island, a genet sea-raider with his iconic, strategically placed shield (art by @beidak on BSky)

Well, genets are feliforms after all... Quite feline-coded, don't you think

Oh no, all of these are names I give to viverrids! (genets specifically)

Note however that the pine marten is "cat crainn", " tree cat" in Irish...

You mean the tree kitties, the stinky cats, the proto-cats, the proto-kitties...

From Terry Pratchett, "The Light Fantastic"—Book 2 of the Discworld novels

Just received this *very* belated Christmas gift to myself!

This splendid pen was made in Australia by @just-turnings.bsky.social (thanks for helping with the customs issue!) from self-made acrylic rods. Nib is an F by Jowo.

Ink: KWZ IG Blue-Black on Fabriano paper.

#fountainpens

At least the nib had a slit. Not every Kaweco nib is lucky to have one

Art by goblinpng.bsky.social

Mustelids stick together!

You always draw great deer.

Y por supuesto es el gran Gustavo Dudamel el director 🇻🇪

If it makes you feel better Wantael Island is not at all oppressive about that sort of thing! Rather the opposite

That's just how the jackal sells his racy woodcuts without having to own a bookstore, while still selling delicious fruits like many generations of jackals before him

Damn that's real mapmaking.

The provinces seem very homogeneous is size, much like French departments or Polish voivodeships.

Yes I enjoy hiking as temperatures get close to 0°C and copying passages of my preferred works with one of my new pens, what's the problem with that??

🖋️ Majohn/Moonman P140
🫙 KWZ IG Blue-Black

#fountainpen

He lost it in 2016, likely from a near-collision with a car. Fortunately he recovered well, and it makes him look even more unique haha

Putting one of my Christmas gifts to good use: made a 6-string braid from macramé yarn! Same technique as with scoubidous/boondoggles/lanyards.

~40 cm long, 4-5 hours of work.

Now I need to order more colours!

#scoubidous #boondoggle #lanyard

It's true that he's a very regal, majestic little git

And a little pic of the real monster!

A little portrait of our fluffy, tailless half-maine coon Charly by @berensreverie.bsky.social. Actually a last minute replacement gift that turned out perfect for New Year's greeting cards!

#ねこ #ネコ #猫 #mainecoon #cat

Extremely happy to be able to share this recent commission from @5suns.bsky.social, featuring a little crossover with some otherworldly explorers. Including @ometo.bsky.social's roecoon, Lani, who doesn't seem to fond of certain smaller locals taking an interest in his film stock.

I didn't know you were into Young Adult novels, but I guess you need to relax between two polsci treatises

It's alright, it was 4k Indonesian rupees