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knizer<a href="https://toot.boston/tags/bostonWeekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bostonWeekend</a> 15/x Friday night - Space Western Improv show <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/Junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Junebug</a> at the <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/SomervilleArmory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SomervilleArmory</a> - run by <a href="https://toot.boston/tags/somervilleMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#somervilleMA</a> and fedi's own <a href="https://better.boston/@scottsthoughts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@scottsthoughts</a> - free - and highly recommended!<a href="https://events.humanitix.com/junebug-an-improvised-space-western" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://events.humanitix.com/junebug-an-improvised-space-western</a>

myrmepropagandist<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@Probertd8" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Probertd8</a> <a href="https://social.kechpaja.com/@kechpaja" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kechpaja</a> The more I thought about this the less I could resist making it. <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/crowd_strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crowd_strike</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/crowdStrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crowdStrike</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#junebug</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/nonsense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonsense</a>

Raurquiz<a href="https://c.im/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#otd</a> @TheB52s <a href="https://c.im/tags/theb52s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theb52s</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CosmicThing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CosmicThing</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/drycounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#drycounty</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/deadbeatclub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deadbeatclub</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/loveshack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#loveshack</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#junebug</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/roam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#roam</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/bushfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bushfire</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/channelz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#channelz</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/topaz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#topaz</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/followyourbliss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#followyourbliss</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vinyl</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/vinilo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vinilo</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/repriserecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#repriserecords</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/warnermusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#warnermusic</a>

andabataGot myself a new project, A very rusty <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amiga</a> 600. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amiga</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#junebug</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commodore</a>

Sean MurthyThe insects are extra active in the woods this time of the year, including this June bug (Figeater?) on the trail. The way its colors change with light is just amazing. My pictures don't capture it well, but I tried.The pictures in the light (where the bug looks reddish) don't have enough definition. I was too focused on the body colors.<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forest</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/trail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trail</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/beetle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beetle</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/juneBug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#juneBug</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/figEater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#figEater</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/walking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#walking</a>

Mike Nelson PeddeA Julybug? A month late; must be a late bloomer. 🤔<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/yyj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yyj</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Victoria</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BC</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JamesBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JamesBay</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Junebug</a>

marymessTime to explore the serendipity of the day <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/JuneBug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuneBug</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/catsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#catsofmastodon</a>

FreddyB Aviation PhotographyGreen June Beetle (Cotinis nitida) in one of my compost stacks <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/beetle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beetle</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/JuneBug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuneBug</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#compost</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/naturebeauty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturebeauty</a>

meh 🤷<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Junebug</a> is streaming on the Criterion Channel and I can't believe it's been over 15 years since I first saw it. Amy Adams should've gotten a damn Best Supporting Actress Oscar.

Rob HainesToday I stand on that same porch, listening for the first calls of the cicadas emerging from their extended senescence. The evening is beautiful, the breeze cool and airy, the colours of dusk recalling days past when I could better appreciate the nuance of the clouds.I don't try to look for my guests, but once their sunset song is done I welcome them inside once more.(3/3)<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Junebug</a>

Rob HainesEven then, my eyes weren't good in the dark - and the candle I'd lit cast so little light - that I dared not move too hastily lest I injure my guests.Instead, I let them explore, listened to their excited chirps as they found my papers, feet tip-tapping upon the tight rows of braille, exploring my education.They danced on my brailler, the keys too heavy to succumb to their feather-weight touch, though they leapt high in mighty bounds.(2/3)<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Junebug</a>

Rob HainesSeven years ago, the second time the cicadas visited, I feared it'd be my last chance to see them.I stood on the porch and listened to their raucous chirping across the fields, as the sun painted the sky in honeyed shades, and when night fell I opened my bedroom window and welcomed my diminutive friends inside.Six of them joined me, their strident calls reassuring each other as they hopped across my desk.(1/3)<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Junebug</a>(for <a href="https://dragonscave.space/@Mayana" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Mayana</a>)

Rob HainesTo you, the BeetleGard might seem like tiny miracles of microscopic bioengineering; to us, their sheer bulk blots out the sun. Clad in carapace of red and green and pearlescent black, all the liveries of the beetles which they emulate, they are our guardians and protectors.Piloting our mechanised bug suits, we will see the Farthest Leaf, or perhaps even Another Tree, far from home.(2/2)<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Junebug</a>

Rob HainesWhen you're down amongst the litter, size matters less than comparative scale. You humans may think a tree is tall; to a mite like me it's colossal, a near infinite expanse of furrowed bark and waxen leaf. In our natural state we could go our whole lives without seeing the Far Branches.Which is why we built the BeetleGard.(1/2)<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Junebug</a>

Rob HainesThe Salticids are an inventive sort, else they would not have risen to such prominence. Amongst their inventions are wheel-like contraptions to support multiple books for simultaneous review by a surfeit of eyes.It's no great surprise that such devices often meet their ends being rolled down the halls at considerable velocity by students - or inebriated professors - only for their rider to leap clear just prior to unfortunate impact.(3/3)<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Junebug</a>

Rob HainesTo possess eight eyes is considered a boon for the ardent researcher, though one pair is - of course - reserved to identify possible interruptions, thus minimising the risk of losing a promising train of thought. With practice, the remaining eyes can be employed to peruse multiple sources at once, greatly accelerating the necessary tedium of journal review.(2/3)<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Junebug</a>

Rob HainesThe sap-candles burn into the night in the libraries of the Salticids. They've been collectors of manuscript longer than they've been scholars, but who really knows when the overlap began. Seeking knowledge often becomes an end to itself.The scent of academia suffuses the dimly lit halls, the high bookshelves only ever a dextrous leap away, though the more senior scholars have students to do the jumping for them.(1/3)<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Junebug</a> (for <a href="https://mastodon.art/@SnarkyLamassu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@SnarkyLamassu</a> )

Rob HainesNo-one yet knows what they seek in the chill waters below the barocline. We do know they shape their air-bubble to shield them from a catastrophic impact with surface tension, then carry it down with them, beyond heat, beyond light, where sound echoes long and still.Their bubble guards them against the chill and the choking water. They hold it close until they surface once more, gasping for breath and desperate for dirt beneath their feet.(2/2)<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Junebug</a>

Rob HainesWhen the night waters are clear, and the lake surface lies undisturbed, that's when the bubblebugs gather. On overhanging branches and overburdened stems they wrap themselves in ribbons of air, tightly bound. And then, one by one, with a mighty exhalation, the bubblebugs take faltering steps, summon their courage, and dive.(1/2)<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Junebug</a>

Rob HainesLeptis looms over his stolen hoard. He plunges a chitinous appendage into the pile, and it emerges glistening with sweet, white powder. The scent of sugar hangs in the air as he scrapes it across his mandibles, shivering with pleasure. Once, when he was a dutiful member of the nest, it was he who snuck into the houses of the rich to carry off their saccharine wealth for the glory of his queen. Now he runs the nest, and he has thieves a-plenty.<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Junebug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Junebug</a>

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