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Simon Christopher Buck

@spacemannorbear.bsky.social

aspiring bass player and composer

created July 4, 2025

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klasse!

2/9/2025, 8:23:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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genau! es ist unglaublich!! and this post took several goes to circumvent the autocorrect!!!

1/9/2025, 8:53:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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also choosing a idiosyncratic/eccentric should-strap length ie. instrument very high or low or unusual angle

1/9/2025, 6:38:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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this is it - ecelectic but confused

1/9/2025, 2:21:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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well hang on what about chicken tikka masala pizza?

1/9/2025, 2:19:17 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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well hang on what about chicken tikka masala pizza?

1/9/2025, 2:19:08 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The City And The City by China Miéville which i have read at least three times. sort-of-dystopian blended with a bit of police procedural. fits your criteria think.

31/8/2025, 9:53:37 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Johnnie ich lieber dich so"

30/8/2025, 12:14:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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in pounds

30/8/2025, 12:13:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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first of December earliest. such is the law

30/8/2025, 11:52:51 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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cut off the head of the Hydra

30/8/2025, 11:06:38 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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great photo

29/8/2025, 11:37:23 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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looks like Bluto

29/8/2025, 10:01:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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called a Toasted Cheese Sandwich in the UK

29/8/2025, 9:53:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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SOME old people

28/8/2025, 2:31:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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well not on THIS side of the pond...

27/8/2025, 10:17:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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indeed. but you miss my point

27/8/2025, 8:32:44 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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this is not funny. it is ruthless predation. natural, normal but not cute.

27/8/2025, 8:02:59 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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my wife and i saw this when it came out, really enjoyed it (light-entertainment of course), and noticed Julia Roberts' subsequent rise with a sort of We Saw Her In Flatliners vibe

26/8/2025, 6:33:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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bollocks. it's crucial to keep people and bots very distinct in one's mind

26/8/2025, 5:56:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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fine job. impressive.

26/8/2025, 7:46:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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and so do i

25/8/2025, 9:05:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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la fusée de Tin-Tin

25/8/2025, 8:35:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Solaris (the book)

23/8/2025, 6:11:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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what i wouldn't give to have these spruced-up beatniks listening to me playing my solo... PS think three or four years later and think Manfred Mann

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23/8/2025, 6:00:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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and the Piña Colada song (personally speaking)

23/8/2025, 5:55:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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some of my later life re-listening to old albums on Spotify/YouTube is about that too i fear

23/8/2025, 5:53:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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indeed

23/8/2025, 5:51:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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that style at that time also seemed to try to make verse and chorus rather similar (cf. Teardrops On The Dance Floor for example)

23/8/2025, 5:47:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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this is truly extraordinarily Buddhistic in style and general content (mutatis mutandis)

23/8/2025, 5:45:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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hope so

23/8/2025, 4:08:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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you're not joking

23/8/2025, 4:07:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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i think you mean someone with Alzheimer's

23/8/2025, 4:02:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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not very important but Kyiv is two syllables: as in kee-iv.

23/8/2025, 9:46:12 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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sorry

22/8/2025, 11:25:42 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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it's gross and repulsive. it's nature. but it's far from funny.

22/8/2025, 9:34:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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pointless with the nowadays-reduced glucose content

22/8/2025, 9:23:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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a university don once sanctioned me for using output (from a computer) as a verb

22/8/2025, 3:54:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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oh yeah. in English of course. i've got a copy of The Trial in Czech (by way of a souvenir, i can't read a word), but found out after i'd bought it and got back to UK, that of course Prague was in Austro-Hungary in Kafka's day, and he spoke and wrote in German.

22/8/2025, 3:41:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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with my nose held firmly, i'd have to agree with this

22/8/2025, 3:34:41 PM | 5 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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i've tead The Trial and The Castle and Metamorphosis. my take: both very tough reads i'd say. both miserable. contemporary resonances re. eg. personal alienation. hard not to admit the writer's talent.

22/8/2025, 3:32:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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gosh I write bass parts (among others, but i play the bass) that i can't play. or at least not until after many hours of practice!!

22/8/2025, 2:05:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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delish sit-down döner in Kentish Town. broiled flatbread tastes pleasantly of woodsmoke.

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22/8/2025, 11:51:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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emerged from two hours of rehearsing with stops and do-it-again and let's-try-this. makes a change from jam session style - which has it's place - no stopping keep going, even though no audience. PS all this very nice repurposed premises which used to be what used to be called a "public convenience"

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22/8/2025, 11:27:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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i've a slightly foxed SH copy of the Reader's Digest Book of British Wild Plants. book itself is a really unusual shape and proportions and has simply stunning illustrations.

22/8/2025, 6:53:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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up early (07:00) to travel across London for a rehearsal in Kentish Town. taking my bass guitar on the tube plus rucksack. the train ride will provide a bit of time for reflection i hope.

22/8/2025, 6:02:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ditch Disney

21/8/2025, 9:56:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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dreadful

21/8/2025, 6:14:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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this summer i've accumulated a considerable spend on my current big band recording project (my own expense) despite all the musicians playing pro bono. even reasonably-priced studio fees mount up. so i'm looking into less expensive options. #GonzoRecording

21/8/2025, 5:20:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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doesn't look awful looks very appetising and authentic

21/8/2025, 8:03:55 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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i once broke probably the same bone in my foot stepping awkwardly off the *bottom* step of the carpeted stairs in our house

20/8/2025, 6:04:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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if you zoom in you can see their eyes spiraling

20/8/2025, 5:21:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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no musical instrument can be haunted in a bad way

20/8/2025, 5:08:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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my kind of meal

19/8/2025, 9:29:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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beautiful. also, he's one of those historical figures of whose appearance you never expect to have a clear idea...

19/8/2025, 3:57:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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the students/assistants never got round to filling in the clothing

19/8/2025, 3:55:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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circle

18/8/2025, 8:21:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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oh yes

18/8/2025, 8:17:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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awful clothes, long ra-a-ambling guitar solos, slightly old-lady looking hair - where're the scarlet begonias? gotta love him though.

18/8/2025, 8:16:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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four hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit

18/8/2025, 8:08:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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oomf!!

18/8/2025, 8:05:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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but who else was there?

18/8/2025, 8:01:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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gosh. artistic ability isn't just practicing...

18/8/2025, 7:59:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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went to the "tilting yard" at Hampton Court Palace - edge of London - where King Henry VIII had had a serious jousting accident. his huge horse landed on him, mount and rider both heavily armoured. seemed to go from renaissance man to monster thereafter. wonder what happened to the KS i voted for?

18/8/2025, 7:58:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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i was working in a modern ie. fully digital recording studio two day ago, and the engineer kept saying "rolling" to indicate he had started recording

18/8/2025, 7:41:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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circa 1950 i'd say

18/8/2025, 7:34:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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as someone else just said, Taiwan next

18/8/2025, 7:29:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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indeed

18/8/2025, 7:24:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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c'est moi

18/8/2025, 7:03:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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bit like "flexibility" seems to mean"unpaid overtime"

18/8/2025, 3:26:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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is the cleaning lady wearing sunglasses?

18/8/2025, 3:21:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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sad but somehow sweet

16/8/2025, 11:34:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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he was a goer. not entirely in a good way.

16/8/2025, 11:32:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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yeah we all know who put most of those up there...

16/8/2025, 11:31:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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drivel

16/8/2025, 11:21:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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also available south of the border #justsaying

16/8/2025, 11:16:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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this has happened to me on a #Parkrun a dog ran through my legs in the middle of crowded peleton, no hesitation, no backward glance ('cept by me of course) ...

16/8/2025, 8:23:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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not germane to your central point i suppose though

16/8/2025, 7:22:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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but there are a lot of cyclists in London and it is a relatively safe place to cycle. sure there are a few deadly black-spots but in general, experienced cyclist do not find it dangerous. people who have never cycled through the streets of London often think it looks more dangerous than it is. IMHO

16/8/2025, 7:21:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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great alt text on the Wicker Man pic!

15/8/2025, 7:08:28 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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i reserve that right lol. i hope i have made clear my non antagonistic position on cats and cat lovers. but i have had to do something. i started on BS fairly recently and before I had sorted out who I was following and stuff I was seeing a LOT more than one-in-thirty-two pictures of cats.

15/8/2025, 6:54:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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had some fish Nasi Goreng in Thailand once that tasted strongly of ammonia. went ahead and finished it though.

15/8/2025, 6:49:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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regarding the Subway sandwich incident, this in the UK 2019... #justsaying

text from Guardian newspaper posting regarding the
15/8/2025, 6:41:11 PM | 1 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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several in my experience

15/8/2025, 2:23:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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on an old fashioned plate 'n all

14/8/2025, 8:30:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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i think i can be a bit literal sometimes...

14/8/2025, 8:27:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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i can be a bit literal sometimes...

14/8/2025, 8:26:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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sorry you can't always tell on this site. ah I see - sorry yeah i managed to soak our duvet with my own perspiration last night in a similar scenario...

14/8/2025, 7:48:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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try being 70 next birthday! as anyone'll tell you you don't feel old inside lol. and i have to just look at an ice-cream and i put on a kilo

14/8/2025, 7:44:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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are these degrees Fahrenheit?!?!

14/8/2025, 7:41:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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happy days

14/8/2025, 7:38:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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pretty hard to say which usage is the more widely used as well

14/8/2025, 7:28:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"interdimensional"?

14/8/2025, 7:26:38 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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i bought this on cassette shortly after it was released following a recommendation on late night BBC radio i heard in my car

14/8/2025, 7:22:19 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"the last Nazis"

14/8/2025, 7:14:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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it is or was was common in UK when i was very young. definitely learned from other kids. unisex game. there we're some girls games and boys games. definitely a culture with no adult involvement.

14/8/2025, 7:10:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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started cursive about age 7. in the UK system i'd already had 2 years of school. in my day few people received pre-school education. the calligraphy style was Marion Richardson. age 9 i changed schools and we did Italic. my uncle was a doctor and taught himself Italic for more legible prescriptions.

14/8/2025, 6:55:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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my point exactly

14/8/2025, 5:45:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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how about morphing to a reggae beat

14/8/2025, 5:43:11 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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stuff this for a game of soldiers. I loathe voice interface except for certain very narrow use cases like picking menu options over the phone. if i think aloud I go round in circles several times before getting to the point. i clarify my thoughts best in writing (paper or screen).

14/8/2025, 5:33:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view