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Anton ☾ ❦ ⟡ @antonarcana.gay · 21/09/2026

LRP; Not only is making bad art better than making no art, making bad art is a wonderful thing. Making art is cathartic no matter the “quality” of it (impossible to measure objectively anyway), and if you’re earnest about it, it will find its niche and be loved for what it is. ❤️

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thanks, @carterhaughschool.bsky.social, I knew y’all wouldn’t disappoint me on this near-and-dear subject: www.toughpigs.com/neurofairy-m...

Front cover of a hardcover copy of “Fairylore: A Compendium of the Fae Folk” by Dr. Sara Cleto & Dr. Brittany Warman”

Pages 208-209 with colorful note arrows, a pen, handwritten marginalia and underlining.

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Happy birthday to ToughPigs! It’s such a joy and honor to have joined this strange little family 💚

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ToughPigs @toughpigs.com · 13/08/2026

Today on ToughPigs at 25, Becca sits down with ToughPigs' resident Fraggle expert and queer icon Beth Cook! Check it out wherever you get your podcasts! www.toughpigs.com/toughpigs-at...

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ToughPigs at 25: Beth Cook - ToughPigs

We're chatting with Beth Cook, ToughPigs' resident Fraggle expert and queer icon!

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Leiracal @leiracal.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.

When I was at one of my lowest (mental) points in life, I couldn't get out of bed some days. I had no energy or motivation and was barely getting by.

I had therapy once per week, and on this particular week I didn't have much to 'bring' to the session. He asked how my week was and I really had nothing to say.

'What are you struggling with?' he asked.

I gestured around me and said 'I dunno man. Life.'

Not satisfied with my answer, he said 'No, what exactly are you worried about right now? What feels overwhelming? When you go home after this session, what issue will be staring at you?'

I knew the answer, but it was so ridiculous that I didn't want to say it. I wanted to have something more substantial.
Something more profound.

But I didn't.

So I told him, 'Honestly? The dishes. It's stupid, I know, but the more I look at them the more I CAN'T do them because I'll have to scrub them before I put them in the dishwasher, because the dishwasher sucks, and I just can't stand and scrub the dishes.'

I felt like an idiot even saying it.

What kind of grown ass woman is undone by a stack of dishes? There are people out there with *actual* problems, and I'm whining to my therapist about dishes?

But he nodded in understanding and then said:

'RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.'

I began to tell him that you're not supposed to, but he stopped me.

'Why the hell aren't you supposed to? If you don't want to scrub the dishes and your dishwasher sucks, run it twice. Run it three times, who cares?! Rules do not exist.'

It blew my mind in a way that I don't think I can properly express.

That day, I went home and tossed my smelly dishes haphazardly into the dishwasher and ran it three times.

I felt like I had conquered a dragon.

The next day, I took a shower lying down.

A few days later. I folded my laundry and put them wherever the fuck they fit.

There were no longer arbitrary rules I had to follow, and it gave me the freedom to make accomplishments again.

Now that I'm in a healthier place, I rinse off my dishes and put them in the dishwasher properly. I shower standing up. I sort my laundry.

But at a time when living was a struggle instead of a blessing, I learned an incredibly important lesson:

THERE ARE NO RULES. RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE!!!"

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ToughPigs @toughpigs.com · 02/07/2026

TODAY 7/2 is the final day to donate to the ToughPigs Pride Month Fundraiser! Donate to LGBTQ+ organizations, email TP, and you can win some of the coolest prizes we've ever had. Details: www.toughpigs.com/pride-2026/ PLUS: tonight at 6:30 ET on the TP YouTube, we're holding a pride livestream!

ToughPigs Pride Fundraiser:
FINALE Livestream!
Prizes! Trivia! Art! Special Guests!
Thursday, July 2 at 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Eastern
Benefiting The Trevor Project, A4TE, and True Colors United

Follow @ToughPigs on social media for the link!

Want to support
LGBTQ+ causes &
win fabulous prizes
like these ... and more?
Donate to one (or more!)
of these charities:
- Advocates for Trans Equality
- True Colors United
- The Trevor Project
Email proof of donation
to toughpigspride@gmail.com.
Every $10 you donate gets you one
contest ticket!
For more info and a full list of
prizes, go to
toughpigs.com/pride-2026

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⋏⟒⎍⎐⊑⟒ (Neuvhe) @digitanuki.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I keep saying that I want to see less designed-by-committee stories trying to appeal to everyone and more deeply personal art that's shamelessly self-indulgent and laser-targeted at a small audience of specific freaks, because the latter is far more interesting to engage with every time.

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

After years of prodding from the people who believe in me, I’m starting a Patreon! It’s sliding scale, and paid tiers receive the same content as the free tier. Even if you’re broke it actually helps tremendously if you follow me for free. Quarterly career updates, meme dumps, and more goodies ahoy!

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Beth Cook — Stories, musings, and meme dumps.

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Sometimes life is really cool and you get to interview one of your heroes 💖

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Muppeturgy @muppeturgy.com · 02/06/2026

It’s Muppeturgy and Friends vs Kermitment and Co. in a special ToughPigs Pride Charity Family Feud! Tune in June 10 on Twitch — and in the meantime, take the survey and help determine what the survey says! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Muppet Family Feud 4! Live June 10th at 8pm Eastern - Twitch.tv/weirdpuppetgirl

A ToughPigs Pride Charity Event

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KOMakesThings @komakesthings.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Introducing, the Dread Pirate Frogerts! Been planning this outfit for my Kermit for a while now, but the motivation to actually get it done was hearing that Cary Elwes was announced as a guest for my local comic con! So with any luck Dread Pirate Frogerts will be getting to meet the real Westley

A home-made Kermit dressed as the Dread Pirate Roberts costume from Princess Bride. Kermit is standing with his hand on his hips, with his sword. Made my KOMakesThings.

A home-made Kermit dressed as the Dread Pirate Roberts costume from Princess Bride. This mage is a close up of Kermit's glove, showing the detail in the costume. Made my KOMakesThings.

A home-made Kermit dressed as the Dread Pirate Roberts costume from Princess Bride. Kermit is standing with his hand on his sword. Kermit is looking skyward, standing on a section of rocks.

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Channeling my “them fatale” chameleon character for the ANIMAL NOIR reading tonight at @boldcoffeeandbooks.bsky.social

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Virtual reading tonight, 7pm Pacific!

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

My next short story is out soon in this new anthology from Little Key Press: Feb 24: online reading with Vintage Books, 7pm: vintage-books.net/events/43904... March 6: in-person reading with Bold Coffee & Books, 7pm (noir vibes encouraged) Preorder the ebook, out Feb 24: books2read.com/animalnoir

Book cover with collaged animals in human dress against a city night background. Text reads: Animal Noir / anthropomorphic noir mysteries / edited by Elizabeth Mitchell

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Throwback to 2006. 🎵“Despite all my rage, I am still just a weirdo in a bouncy house wearing a #FraggleRock shirt” doesn’t scan, but you get it.

A young white woman in a bouncy house, mouth open mid-roar, hands grabbing the wall of safety netting

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Huge thank you to our listeners! What a joy it is to make and share this sincere silliness with you all. #FraggleRock

Stats against a black and white background: “[Up arrow] 425% total new audience. [Up arrow] 61% followers. 2.4K listening hours.” Top text: “Fraggle Talk: The Unofficial Fraggle Rock Podcast.”

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen - The Wallflowers (Red Letter Days tour) - Weird Al Yankovic - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - OG Hadestown with just Anaïs Mitchell and local PDX musicians - Metric (Doomscroller tour)

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Without downloading new pics, what is it like dating you

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Henshin J @itshenshinj.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

If you want to support @hamishsteele.bsky.social as he and his show are currently under fire by bad actors, I recommend picking up his latest book Go-Man. I haven't had a chance to read my copy yet but the cover alone shows it's going to be a charming adventure

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Brydie Lee-Kennedy @brydielk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Wow all the hours we spent in the writers room brainstorming how to appeal to fascist billionaires WASTED

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The #Zoombinis narrator just told me to turn off the computer and go outside. 🙃 Took me something like 25 years, but I finally saved all the lil guys! 🥹🎉

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

We’re back! Season 3 promises some exciting future guests and many fruitful discussion to dig into.

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

If you couldn’t make it to the Claw Machine anthology launch party, don’t worry, we did a virtual reading tonight! www.youtube.com/live/iBCtbHA...

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Vintage Books Live! Tries Out the Claw Machine

YouTube video by Vintage Books

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Thank you so much, y’all—I was right, @geekgirlgrownup.bsky.social absolutely made me cry

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

“Claw Machine” is out now! Thanks again to everyone who came out to our Friday the 13th launch party, to Up Up Books for hosting, and to Elle Mitchell for putting this awesome anthology together. Get your copy from Little Key Press! (🔗 in bi0)

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ToughPigs @toughpigs.com · 30/05/2025

ToughPigs' Pride Month fundraiser is back! Donate to good causes, win one-of-a-kind Muppet crafts and art! Plus lots of Pride Month features coming soon, and a livestream event on June 29th! Happy Pride, Muppet fans! www.toughpigs.com/pride-2025/

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Introducing the ToughPigs Pride Month 2025 Charity Fundraiser! - ToughPigs

It's an important pride month, and we're here with special merch and an exciting giveaway!

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

I’m so excited to be going back to Soak and to be camping with There U Glow (recently featured in Make Magazine)! We’re raising funds to support our work at this year’s festival, including structure & power for the camp, tools & supplies for teaching & sharing, not to mention hella cool swag!

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Donate to There U Glow Radical Educational Electronics Camp Fundraiser, organized by Claire Cassidy

There U Glow is back this year babes! The more help we get fr… Claire Cassidy needs your support for There U Glow Radical Educational Electronics Camp Fundraiser

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Loved getting to review this new Jim Henson Presents comic! It makes me wish I’d gotten into comics as a kid.

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jus... It’s here! I have a story in this anthology put together by my awesome friend @emitchellwrites.bsky.social, and the KS is now live! If you can’t buy the book or dark fic isn’t your jam (though I promise my story ends happily), even $1 is deeply appreciated.

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Claw Machine: The Anthology

16 speculative and dark stories, featuring claw machines, by 16 established and new authors.

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dee @overwhelmed.club · 11/02/2025

excellent news!!

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Mimzy appreciation thread for our one year #gotchaversary. My snuggle buddy facehugger… (1/7)

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Finish last year’s Hero’s Journal and starting afresh (with glitter pens)

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ToughPigs @toughpigs.com · 22/12/2024

What if Meteora from The Christmas Toy had her own C-plot in Muppet Family Christmas? It might’ve looked a little… like… THIS! (Art by @tallgirlpetunia.bsky.social)

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ToughPigs @toughpigs.com · 20/12/2024

At this time of year, folks often turn to the Muppets for comfort. But we'd like to propose something completely different: Let the Muppets help you embrace discomfort! Read on to see what we mean!

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The Muppets Should Be Your Discomfort Watch - ToughPigs

It's that time of year again when we get cozy, put on a Muppet Christmas special, and... get to work?!

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Last year I talked about this with @meryanroe.bsky.social and @durwoodclapper.bsky.social on Movin’ Right Along’s bonus episode about “John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together.”

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I'm once again asking for a show where a librarian, a bookseller, and a carpenter travel around helping people manage their out-of-control book collections. Discuss their sentimental value, their rarity, their histories, then build amazing book nooks and shelves and little libraries to organize them

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Beth Sutton-Ramspeck @bsutton-ramspeck.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do; Nothing to kill or die for And no religion, too. Imagine all the people Livin' life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one. John Lennon, 10/9/40-12/8/80

Time Magazine cover, headlined, "When the Music Died: John Lennon."
Image of John Lennon.

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

This one’s heavy but also really damn good. I’m proud of the work we’re doing.

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Thank you to everyone who contributes to this incredible resource!

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Beth Cook @bethannacook.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

My Slow Morning and writing playlists (Ghibli and Wes Anderson soundtracks) may have ruined my Muppety streak, BUT! My Muppety podcast being on people’s #SpotifyWrapped is an extremely weird-and-awesome phenomenon.

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Becca Petunia 🏳️‍⚧️ @tallgirlpetunia.northsky.social · 20/11/2024

Did you know The Bell Jar, The Handmaid's Tale, The Feminine Mystique, and more all appeared on Sesame Street in the 90s? The @muppetwiki.bsky.social team finally created a page for my favorite little-known running gag: Prairie Dawn's Feminist Literature collection muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Prairie...

Prairie Dawn, a tiny hot pink Muppet with blonde hair and a blue dress, reading Orlando by Virginia Wolfe.

Prairie Dawn, a tiny hot pink Muppet with blonde hair and a blue dress, holding The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

Prairie Dawn, a tiny hot pink Muppet with blonde hair and a blue dress, reading A Room Of Ones Own by Virginia Wolfe.

Prairie Dawn, a tiny hot pink Muppet with blonde hair and a blue dress, reading The Bell Jar.

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