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apantesis

@apantesis.bsky.social

science witch she/they genderfluid minimalist in the streets, maximalist in the sheets. current emotion: le tired

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c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 3h ago

The skull of a Flat-tail horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii), close relative of the 'Texas horny-toad', native to the Sonoran desert. Unlike the thorny spikes on the body that are made of modified skin keratin, head spikes (horns) are bony skeletal structures covered in keratin. (📷: Emily Chebul)

Flat-tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii) in Mexico. The skull has bony spike all over it, but especially near the nostrils and back fringe of the head. Emily Chebul iNaturality 17229024
⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie)@stinasdemons.com · 18h ago

#AuGhost Day 4: Forest I got too ambitious and will not finish my illustration for today in time, so have an old illustration I made of a ghost in the forest Gouache 😈🎨🦇 #AuGhost26

Gouache illustration of a misty forest scene with a full moon above and a little ghost floating between the trees
⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie)@stinasdemons.com · 2d ago

#AuGhost Day 3: Wispy Gouache 😈🎨🦇 #AuGhost26 2.5" x 3.5" ACEO: $13/ea + $6 S/H If you would like to claim/reserve this ghost in advance of me loading them onto my site at the beginning of Sept, you can do that by replying here. First come, first serve. (Shipping is + $1/ea for any addt'l ghosts)

Jesika5555@jesika5555.bsky.social · 8h ago

The beginning was Joy showing me a shot of a blade of grass and then my photo of the Bee's face with a basic Olympus Point & Shoot. This year for the first time I raised Painted Ladies. Still hopelessly hooked on insect macro. Thank you, Joy, at 7.30 pm 5 Aug 2005

Sean McCann@ibycter.bsky.social · 6d ago

Whoever heard of finding tiger beetles at night? Well, in the tropics, that is how it's done. They're there in the day too, but who has the energy to chase them?

A lovely metallic red and green tiger beetle, with creamy coloured mandibles and pale antennaeA lovely metallic red and green tiger beetle, with creamy coloured mandibles and pale antennae
ROWAN@rowanclair.bsky.social · yesterday

This place is real, but it's also an amalgamation of memories. The way we remember a landscape can be very different from its literal appearance. Some things become larger and clearer, others smaller and fuzzier. 🧵

Illustration of an overgrown path running along the side of a field with an old wonky fence. There are tall blue hills on the horizon, flocks of birds and clouds in the sky.
Jacob@iacobuscaesar.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Nice AI-image-generating tool, but it will never be as great an artist as Onfim, a child who lived in the Novgorod Republic in the mid-1200s and who scribbled these drawings and schoolwork writings on birch bark at the age of 6 or 7.

Onfim’s drawing of himself on horseback as a warrior defeating an enemy.Two of Onfim’s works. On the left is a copy of a passage from the Book of Psalms he did for schoolwork. On the right is an apparently autobiographical depiction of a monster labeled with “I am a wild beast.”Some more spelling practice by Onfim with some human figures who have round heads and varying numbers of fingers on their big hands.Onfim’s writing practice accompanied by 7 little people in his particular drawing style, who tend to have very big hands with many fingers.
Meade Krosby@meadekrosby.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Things that help calm the nervous system, quickly: - Box breathing (in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4, repeat) - Immerse your face in cold water (activates mammalian dive reflex) - Humming (stimulates vagus nerve) - Exercise (anything helps, outside even better) - Impeachment and removal