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Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇

@drsabinemetzger.bsky.social

#NabokovStudies #SoundStudies #Phenomenology #GeoHumanities #Arts 🦇 #Bats 🦇 #BatLover 🦇 #BatSupporter 🦇 #BatsInArt #StandWith🇮🇱 🇺🇦 🦇 #SupportBatsUkraine batsukraine.org

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photoblair.bsky.social @photoblair.bsky.social · 15h ago

Lest We Forget / N'oublions jamais. #RemembranceDay #JourduSouvenir

A stone soldier stands outside the John Weir Foote Armoury in Hamilton Ontario

Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.social · 18h ago

The Big Sleep (1946) 🎬🖤🎬🖤🎬🖤

Dan 23 Freedom @dan23freedom.art · 2w ago

🏷️ Attempting Spookiness · 📷 1/160 sec · f/2.0 · ISO 50 · 50 mm prime ┃ 👤 #dan23freedom 🔖 #Photography #SelfPortrait #PortraitPhotography #Halloween

🖋️ A monochrome self-portrait emerges from deep shadow, illuminated by a low frontal light that catches the face while leaving the surrounding darkness largely unexplained. Wide eyes, textured skin and long grey hair stand out against dark clothing, while a faint window-like pattern recedes into the background. ◇ The expression requested menace; / the result remained negotiable.

Dan 23 Freedom @dan23freedom.art · last wk.

October’s photographs are now gathered together: autumn walks, woodland light, quiet corners and a few domestic interruptions. 🍂📷 dan23freedom.art/2026-10/

[2026] [10] Parks and Toasters - dan23freedom.art

Woodland paths, autumn trees, glowing windows, evening fountains, theatrical self-portraits and at least one unusually photogenic toaster. Across parks, gardens and domestic experiments, October becam...

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Dan 23 Freedom @dan23freedom.art · 6d ago

🏷️ Into the Open Light · 📷 1/60 sec · f/14 · ISO 640 · 50 mm standard zoom ┃ 👤 #dan23freedom 🔖 #Photography #WoodlandPhotography #NaturePhotography #AutumnPhotography

🖋️ A narrow autumn path curves through the woodland as low sunlight pours between the trees, illuminating gold and copper foliage and catching the damp leaves scattered underfoot. The darker bank on the left remains enclosed by ivy, branches and dense undergrowth, while the right side opens into warm backlight and softly glowing vegetation. The path stays within the trees, but for a moment the woodland allows considerably more sky and light to enter. ◇ The path rounded the bend; / sunlight had arrived there first.

Dan 23 Freedom @dan23freedom.art · 5d ago

🏷️ The Woodland Made a Corridor · 📷 1/60 sec · f/14 · ISO 800 · 50 mm standard zoom ┃ 👤 #dan23freedom 🔖 #Photography #WoodlandPhotography #NaturePhotography #AutumnPhotography

🖋️ A broad woodland trail curves gently through dense autumn growth beneath a canopy of yellow, copper and green leaves. Slender trunks line the route on both sides, while low sunlight illuminates the foliage and casts long shadows across the leaf-covered ground. The repeating trees create a natural corridor that gradually draws the eye deeper into the woodland beyond. ◇ The trees held their positions; / the passage appeared between them.

Dan 23 Freedom @dan23freedom.art · 5d ago

🏷️ The Stream Took the Easier Route · 📷 1/25 sec · f/14 · ISO 1250 · 50 mm standard zoom ┃ 👤 #dan23freedom 🔖 #Photography #WoodlandPhotography #NaturePhotography #StreamPhotography

🖋️ A gentle woodland stream curves between autumn leaves, tangled branches and low vegetation as it winds through dense woodland growth. Reflections of the pale sky brighten the water's surface, creating a silver ribbon that guides the eye deeper into the scene. While the surrounding trees and undergrowth form a dense framework of trunks, branches and foliage, the stream moves quietly between them on its own chosen course. ◇ The woodland grew increasingly complicated; / the stream preferred simplicity.

Dan 23 Freedom @dan23freedom.art · 4d ago

🏷️ The Anti-Hugging Department · 📷 1/25 sec · f/5.6 · ISO 1250 · 50 mm prime ┃ 👤 #dan23freedom 🔖 #Photography #WoodlandPhotography #NaturePhotography #AutumnPhotography

🖋️ A broad woodland tree stands behind an untidy perimeter of fallen and broken branches, their sharp diagonals and crossing forms making the trunk considerably less approachable than it first appears. Warm sunlight reaches the ridged bark and splintered wood, while moss, small fungi and scattered autumn leaves soften parts of the improvised barricade. The arrangement may be accidental, but its position on excessive tree hugging seems unusually clear. ◇ Affection remained welcome; / unscheduled access did not.

Dan 23 Freedom @dan23freedom.art · 4d ago

🏷️ The Tree Made Room for the Stream · 📷 1/30 sec · f/5.6 · ISO 1250 · 50 mm standard zoom ┃ 👤 #dan23freedom 🔖 #Photography #WoodlandPhotography #NaturePhotography #StreamPhotography

🖋️ Several trunks rise from a single broad, knotted base at the edge of a shallow woodland stream. Moss follows the swollen roots and lower bark, while green foliage, scattered yellow leaves and younger stems gather around the darker central structure. Beneath them, exposed roots and hollowed spaces meet the water, allowing the tree and stream to occupy the same crowded bank without either surrendering the route. ◇ The tree claimed the bank; / the stream retained right of passage.

Dan 23 Freedom @dan23freedom.art · 2d ago

🏷️ A Seat Behind the Leaves · 📷 1/50 sec · f/4 · ISO 1250 · 85 mm prime ┃ 👤 #dan23freedom 🔖 #Photography #WoodlandPhotography #NaturePhotography #AutumnPhotography

🖋️ A weathered wooden bench sits within layered autumn woodland, partly screened by soft foreground leaves, crossing branches and slender trunks. Its split backrest and moss-marked supports emerge from the surrounding green and yellow growth, while warm sunlight reaches the path and scattered foliage below. The compressed perspective of the 85 mm draws the vegetation closely around the seat without allowing it to disappear entirely. ◇ The woodland filled every available space; / one place was quietly saved.

Dan 23 Freedom @dan23freedom.art · yesterday

🏷️ Evidence of Pollination · 📷 1/50 sec · f/18 · ISO 400 · 100 mm macro prime ┃ 👤 #dan23freedom 🔖 #Photography #MacroPhotography #FlowerPhotography #NaturePhotography

🖋️ A close view into the interior of a white lily reveals bright orange pollen, curved anthers and the pale central stigma surrounded by delicate petals. Tiny grains of pollen, dark specks and other traces of recent activity scatter across the flower's surface, transforming what might otherwise appear immaculate into something more complex and alive. The macro perspective turns these small details into an intricate record of the flower's continuing work. ◇ The flower sought perfection; / the pollen had other plans.

Dan 23 Freedom @dan23freedom.art · 10h ago

🎶 Electric Vampire — Performed by L.F.T. open.spotify.com/track/6bhuhB...

Electric Vampire

L.F.T. · Electric Vampire · Song · 2024

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Dan 23 Freedom @dan23freedom.art · 10h ago

🏷️ Directions in All Things · 📷 1/50 sec · f/18 · ISO 400 · 100 mm macro prime ┃ 👤 #dan23freedom 🔖 #Photography #MacroPhotography #FlowerPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography

🖋️ A monochrome close-up reveals a flower built from long radiating petals, tightly folded inner structures and countless tiny water droplets. Bright highlights gather along the damp surfaces while darker shadows settle between overlapping forms, turning the bloom into an intricate arrangement of lines, curves and textures. The absence of colour allows the shape itself to take centre stage. ◇ Every petal chose a direction; / the flower somehow agreed with them all.

Craig's Late Night Douche Bag Patrol🦘🦘🦘@vincentsworkisdone.bsky.social · 12h ago

In Australia there was a commercial for the yellow pages where the admin forgot to put the ad in the pages. She quickly realises & rushes out the door. Her boss, a woman, realising this also. Opens her office window and yesll out: "NOT HAPPY...JAN!!! This is a not happy Jan face. lol😏😏😏😏😏

For the Love of Missy@missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 15h ago

When guests come over and ask if my cat is friendly, but she's already plotting their departure from the top of the stairs.

Jinxy the green eyed bobtail cat glaring from the top of her stairs.

Catherine E. Cullen @catherineecullen.bsky.social · 12h ago

I’ve got one at home just like her.

Reuters @reuters.com · 12h ago

Portugal cancels 200-plus flights, shuts schools as Storm Charles hits reut.rs/4zaKrt3

Portugal cancels 200-plus flights, shuts schools as Storm Charles hits

Airlines cancelled more ‌than 200 flights in and out of Portugal, while schools and hundreds of supermarkets and businesses closed on Wednesday as Storm Charles made landfall, bringing heavy downpours and gale-force winds.

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JoAnn @jojoinsf.bsky.social · 12h ago

#52WeeksOfFavourites #MusicChallenge 💃🎶🎉 It's a party... 🎈🎶🕺 Love Shack - The B-52s youtu.be/9SOryJvTAGs?...

The B-52's - Love Shack (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by RHINO

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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦@amplifyukraine.eu · 12h ago

How a Ukrainian veteran injured fighting for Bakhmut finds peace in pottery #Ukraine

How a Ukrainian veteran injured fighting for Bakhmut finds peace in pottery

The faces of the men Ivan trained come to him in his dreams. They melt and turn into skulls in the mud. Their bodies broken by mortar rounds, they call to him — "save me." In the middle of the night, Ivan gets up from his bed. Anastasia, his girlfriend, stirs and goes back to sleep. She is used to this routine. Ivan finds his way to the next room, where he takes a lump of clay and runs his fingers over the damp material, gauging its size. With an experienced guess, he places the clay on a weigh

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Thoeni @thoeni.bsky.social · yesterday

“…there is an old tree growing, a great sycamore that is a wondrous healer of itself... It has risen to a strange perfection in the warp and bending of its long growth. It has gathered all accidents into its purpose.” -Wendell Berry ‘The Sycamore’ #ThickTrunkTuesday #Sycamore #photography #Nature

Vertical photograph of an enormous, gnarled sycamore tree trunk branching into several massive limbs near a wooden split-rail fence. The textured, peeling camouflage bark displays shades of tan, olive, and cream. Coarse tree roots grip the sloping grassy ground, which is strewn with dry fallen autumn leaves.

Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 12h ago

One of my favorite film costumes of all time is the Kaiju Cultists you see the briefest glimpses of in montages/the background in Hong Kong. Look at he world building in just this outfit. Pacific Rim just has top tier world building. The nun-ish cultists hat looks like a monstrous eyeball.

George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 12h ago

Just checking you're still breathing. You haven't fed me for at least eleven minutes….. I anticipate this being the last thing the roast chicken sees before disappearing.

@horrorposterguy1.bsky.social · 16h ago

Fabulous feline fury with joyously hateful characters and a radiant Barbara Shelley falling foul of a vengeful pussy. Hammer nail the killer cat caper. 1961. #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #film #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #hammerhorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam

Dr. Sabine Metzger 🦇@drsabinemetzger.bsky.social · 12h ago

www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

Rheinland-Pfalz: Landesarchäologe bleibt nach Schwindelvorwürfen vom Dienst enthoben

Jahrelang soll ein Landesarchäologe in Rheinland-Pfalz in seiner Arbeit getäuscht und einen vermeintlichen Sensationsfund mehr als 150.000 Jahre vordatiert haben. Vor Gericht erlitt er nun eine Nieder...

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@misseils.bsky.social · 2y ago

My First Post on Blue Sky @garyvee.com

@misseils.bsky.social · 2y ago

Happy Earth Day

@misseils.bsky.social · 2y ago

“Between Petals and Memory” — Miss Eils A face, a blur, a burst of bloom. This piece doesn’t whisper, it roars—with color, with chaos, with feeling. Layers of thick brushstrokes clash and collide with delicate florals, blurring the line between beauty and breakdown. It’s messy. It’s emotional - ai

@misseils.bsky.social · last yr.

Sumatra lives on Lacroix

@misseils.bsky.social · last yr.

Good Evening Luvvies … what y’all doin? It’s a very Cinematic here tonight in Scotland

Niuno @aeeo.bsky.social · 10mo ago