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@thepikasue.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 7:00 AM

Doodling on wood again. I had help with this as my wife drew the original portrait of Frankie, our #bouvier. I then lettered & burned her name in too. I love collaborating on #art projects with @nursedodo.bsky.social ❤️😊 #AltTxt

A unfinished circular wooden disc sits on a dark wooden tabletop. Woodburned into the disc is a head and shoulders portrait of a very fluffy dog. It’s a front facing portrait and she’s wearing a collar with a bone shaped dog tag. To the right of the portrait, in a darker wood burn is her name: Frankie

@pepperqi.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 5:54 AM

The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces confirmed that Iran will continue to support the "Axis of Resistance" w/out hesitation until the complete liberation of Jerusalem.

Major Gen. Ali Abdollahzadeh stated that the "Al-Aqsa Flood" op, which began on 7 Oct, 2023, ... cont. #alttxt

.... significantly shattered the calculations of the Zionist entity & accelerated its inevitable collapse.

The Iranian commander noted that this historic operation "exceeded the expectations of the Zionist entity."

In a message addressed to the enemies of the Islamic nation, and especially to the "criminal and ruthless Zionists," Major General Abdollahzadeh emphasized that "the battles waged by the revered martyrs of the Axis of Resistance will continue," and that their blood and sacrifices will ultimately lead to the "end of the occupying entity."

The commander also confirmed that the policies and strategic guidelines – both those set by the late leader and those adopted by the current leader – regarding the protection of the "sacred Palestinian issue and the Axis of Resistance" will remain in effect and will continue until the liberation of Jerusalem.

@thepikasue.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 7:32 PM

I saw this on walkabout today thought it was most excellent.
#AltTxt #Halloween

A skeletal left hand pokes out of the ground doing the okay sign.

@fiscorb.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 3:20 PM

Quentin Marie, 2023 🕺🏻

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Un jeune homme aux cheveux bruns bouclés entrain de danser, agenouillé dans un banc de sable sec sous un ciel nuageux, portant une chemise fleurie ouverte sans haut, un jean bleu et des baskets blanches.

Un homme aux cheveux bruns bouclés est vu de profil en extérieur et à contre jour, portant une chemise à motifs floraux ouverte sur le torse nu, devant un ciel clair.

Un homme torse nu fait un headstand dans un champ sec sous un ciel couvert, vêtu de jeans bleus et baskets, sa chemise fleurie ouverte étalée au sol autour de sa tête.

@thepikasue.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 3:24 AM

Walking in the green today. Stopped to acknowledge this forest elder in all its majestic splendour. If I get a choice between sidewalk and a soft dirt path going through a forest like the ones I grew up near… I will choose the forest every time.
#AltTxt #Forest #Trees #Nature

Looking straight up into the canopy of evergreen and maple trees. The tree in the immediate foreground is a gorgeous maple covered in moss. The branches way up at the top are changing colours and is a riot of yellow,
orange and green maple leaves.

@oliverhoman.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 9:59 PM

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNeon

Various Neon Signs around downtown Fort Collins, Colorado.

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Neon signs in the window of Uno Mas which was a decent taco bar and restaurant in downtown Fort Collins, Colorado. They closed a few months ago.

The back of a red, yellow and blue neon sign reflecting in the window at night.

The open sign in the window of the Rio Grande Mexican restaurant in Fort Collins, Colorado. The "open" part of the sign is red neon, the cactus is green, sun yellow and a wavy line on the bottom is blue.

Various neon beer signs in the front windows of The Crown Pub in downtown Fort Collins, Colorado.

@oliverhoman.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 5:13 PM

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNeon

Neon signs inside of Genes Foods in Grand Marais, Minnesota.

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A red neon sign for deli and bakery in the background and a blue neon sign for frozen food. Grocery store freezer and refrigerator units line the walls.

Photo taken at Genes Foods in Grand Marais, Minnesota.

A blue neon sign for dairy above various freezer and refrigerator units in a grocery store. Photo taken at Genes Foods in Grand Marais, Minnesota.

Outside of Genes Foods in Grand Marais, Minnesota. The Genes Foods sign is in large, white cursive letters on top of brown siding.

@oliverhoman.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 5:38 PM

#WeekMforMachinery #AlphabetChallenge

A payphone at a visitor center in Duluth, Minnesota. I am surprised each time I see a payphone out in the wild.

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Payphone with a TTY keyboard under the main phone.

50 Cents for local calls, $1 for two minutes international calls, $1 for four minutes long distance in the United States.

@oliverhoman.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 12:04 AM

#WeekMforMachinery #AlphabetChallenge

Another very different snow plow locomotive at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.

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Russel Wedge Plow # 19

A long wedge like snow blade is the entire front of the locomotive. The metal blade is painted black while the rest of the snow plow and engine is painted brown.

Museum Sign Text:

Russel Wedge Plow # 19

If a railroad wasn't running it wasn't earning any money, therefore railroad companies wanted to find ways to operate all year round. There was only one problem, North American winters can pile on the snow, especially in the western plains and mountain regions. Often, these areas were remote and consisted of hundreds of miles of distance, way too much snow to move by hand. The first invention was to attach a type of shovel to the front of a locomotive, with only a few feet of snow a train could usually just push it out of the way. However, when the drifts got taller and deeper, a larger snow shovel was needed.

That is where the wedge plow comes in. Several versions of the design began appearing in the 1840's, but the most popular design was the one patented by the J.H. and J.W. Russell, who started the Russell Car and Snow-Plow Company in Boston in 1893. They made several different models, but what made their design popular was the solid oak beams they would place behind the wedge frames, which allowed Russell plows to cut through snow going 35 mph and move a drift up to 14 feet tall.

A wedge plow functions by being attached to a consist of one or more locomotives, depending on how much motive power is needed. A pilot is in the wedge plow to signal the locomotives to begin pushing, stop, or pull back. The locomotives would have to work in tandem otherwise derailments could be catastrophic. Essentially, the locomotives would build up speed for the plow and then continue pushing it through the snow until they could make no more forward motion. Then the entire consist would back up far enough to get enough speed and then do it all over again and again until the track was clear. It was a very dangerous and time consuming process.

@oliverhoman.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 11:56 PM

#WeekMforMachinery
#AlphabetChallenge

One of the snow plow locomotives at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.

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Museum sign text:

Northern Pacific No. 2 Steam Powered Rotary Snow Plow

Used originally in the Cascades, the plow was sent eastward to less rigorous duties in Minnesota when larger and more powerful equipment took over in the mountains.

Constructed by the Cooke Locomotive Works in 1887, this plow is the oldest of its type in existence.

Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.

Northern Pacific No. 2 Steam Powered Rotary Snow Plow

The rotary part of the snow plow is red, with a large square of angled metal painted black. Other trains are in the background.

Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.

@canenmabel.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 6:55 AM

Not been here long but loving the Bluesky community! Follow me if you like an array of #photos, taken by me unless repost or otherwise stated. Oh and I hate Farage and Trump. Registered blind in the UK so please use #AltTxt

Colour photo of a glass outside table showing the upside down reflection of a house backed by bright blue sky. There is another table and a chair behind it. Because of the angle of the photo the table behind looks smaller but it's actually about the same size.

@oliverhoman.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 12:31 AM

#WeekMforMachinery #AlphabetChallenge

The history of barbed wire, on exhibit at the Stagecoach Museum in Lusk, Wyoming.

This particular exhibit was fascinating to me as barbed wire is not something one in a city thinks about on a regular basis in great detail.

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A variety of barbed wire strands labeled by use or type mounted on brown paper in a wood frame.

A variety of barbed wire strands labeled by use or type mounted on brown paper in a wood frame.

A variety of barbed wire strands labeled by use or type mounted on brown paper in a wood frame. Different tools are mounted on a wide wood frame.

"A Short History of Barbed Wire" a text from Jack Glover.

@oliverhoman.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 8:24 PM

#WeekMforMachinery #AlphabetChallenge

Photo of me in front of the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, Minnesota.

My Dad took several photos of me here that were not flattering, this being the best. Teaching my parents how to take good photos has been a long process :)

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Photo of Oliver Homan in front of the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, Minnesota. This photo shows off me with my camera and camera strap worn over my coat . It was quite windy out on the canal walk.

Me and my parents had been here once before in 2014 and we all wanted to come back and do more along Lake Superior.

@oliverhoman.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 5:55 PM

#WeekMforMachinery #AlphabetChallenge

The inside of the cab of a steam locomotive at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.

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The inside of the cab of a steam locomotive at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota.

Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range
2-8-8-4 Steam Locomotive Yellowstone No. 227.

Red control wheels and many different gauges line the inside of the cab. The inside of the cab is painted green. The door to the boiler is open in the middle of the cab.

@fiscorb.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 4:35 PM

Kalathea🪲

#tatouages #fineartphoto #selflove #tatoo #Photo #artmodel #Vibrant #aestheticphoto #PhotoOfTheDay #alttxt #tattooed #tatoos #ColorfulWorld #alt4you #maquillage #noAiart #dragking #fediportrait #BodyPositive #fediphoto #altforyou #drag #aesthetic #lgbtqia #lgbtq #makeup #noAi #PicOfTheDay

Une personne aux nombreux tatouages visibles sur le corps et les bras, portant des bretelles et un bas léopard, photographiée de profil sous un éclairage rouge dramatique avec des bandages sur la poitrine dans un intérieur sombre.

Une personne aux longs cheveux et tatouages visibles sur le torse et les bras, portant des bretelles et des bandages sur la poitrine, fume dans une pièce aux tons rouges chauds. Elle est entourée de livres et d'un grand miroir reflétant sa silhouette.

@oliverhoman.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 1:45 PM

#WeekMforMachinery #AlphabetChallenge

Coffee bean roaster with beans coming out of a top storage area into the roasting section.

Cedar Coffee Company, Two Harbors, Minnesota.

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Wide photo of a coffee roasting machine.

Cedar Coffee Company, Two Harbors, Minnesota.

Coffee bean roaster with beans coming out of a top storage area into the roasting section via s cooper funnel.

Cedar Coffee Company, Two Harbors, Minnesota.

Chalk sign outside of the Cedar Coffee Company in Two Harbors, Minnesota.

@oliverhoman.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 2:08 AM

Split Rock Lighthouse, Two Harbors, Minnesota

The first image is taken at the top of the lighthouse looking up at the large Fresnel Lens.

The second image is of the lighthouse from below.

The third image was taken fron a nature trail a distance away.

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Image taken at the top of the Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota looking up at the large Fresnel Lens. The lens rotates on a mechanical system below. A Green painted metal ladder and support structure spins. A metal plaque notes the makers of the system in Paris, France. The gold circles are ventilation ports.

Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota taken from below the main stairs.

Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota as viewed from a nature hiking trail.

@oliverhoman.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 1:57 AM

#Blueskyartshow
#Lights

The light fixtures on the outside of a hotel balcony.

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Dark image of an antique light with filaments outside of a hotel on the balcony. Around the light is a diamond shape with wire mesh around the light in a circle.

@fiscorb.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 2:11 PM

Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval, août 2025, France 🌧️⛰️

#alttxt #argentique #PhotoOfTheDay #nature #fediphoto #noAiart #Photo #filmisnotdead #naturephoto #PicOfTheDay #Photography #naturephotography #filmphoto #believeinfilm #filmphotography #altforyou #noAi #alt4you #alttext #rain #rainyday #mountain #landscape

Une rivière rocailleuse s'écoule dans une vallée montagneuse entourée de falaises escarpées et de végétation verte, le tout enveloppé d'un brouillard épais qui voile les sommets lointains.

Des pics montagneux rocheux émergent de nuages bas au-dessus d'une forêt dense de conifères vert foncés, créant une scène atmosphérique et mystérieuse.

Un chemin gravillonné serpente à travers une vallée verdoyante bordée de pentes herbeuses et de falaises montagneuses, dont les sommets disparaissent dans les nuages.

Un sentier rocailleux traverse une prairie parsemée d'arbres, menant vers des falaises montagneuses où une cascade tombe dans la brume épaisse qui enveloppe la vallée.

@oliverhoman.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 10:33 PM

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLookingIn

Looking out a window at the top of the Two Harbors Lighthouse Museum in Two Harbors, Minnesota.

It may be more looking out than in, but this seems to fit the bill for the Alphabet Challenge this week.

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Looking out a window at the top of the Two Harbors Lighthouse Museum in Two Harbors, Minnesota.

A circular hole in the brick building serves as a window. Grey mortar is visible as is part of the red brick.

Fall color change is visible on the trees in the foreground. Some trees are orange or yellow, while some are still green. Blue sky and white clouds are on the horizon.