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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I clicked surprise me one time only and was indeed surprised. I can't tell if this site is a very elaborate bit or a sincerely held belief but I enjoyed my time.

Screenshot of dated and chaotic website titled AFDB: Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie. There is a lefthand nav with blog links, and the text on the right is mostly:

AFDB Book Cover
Welcome to the AFDB Website

This site is dedicated to spreading the word about the Aluminum* Foil Deflector Beanie and how it can help the average human. Here you will find a description of AFDBs, how to make and use them, and general information about related subjects. I hope that you find the AFDB Homepage to be an important source of AFDB know-how and advocacy.
What Is An AFDB?
AFDB head

An Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie (AFDB) is a type of headwear that can shield your brain from most electromagnetic psychotronic mind control carriers. AFDBs are inexpensive (even free if you don't mind scrounging for thrown-out aluminium foil) and can be constructed by anyone with at least the dexterity of a chimp (maybe bonobo). This cheap and unobtrusive form of mind control protection offers real security to the masses. Not only do they protect against incoming signals, but they also block most forms of brain scanning and mind reading, keeping the secrets in your head truly secret. AFDBs are safe and operate automatically. All you do is make it and wear it and you're good to go! Plus, AFDBs are stylish and comfortable.

What are you waiting for? Make one today!

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

QRP with your ArtFight pieces, show what you've made in one week! 🗡️ #artfight #artfight2026 #teamcomedy

digital art of a tiger puppy named Asriel perched on giant strawberry, chibi sort of aesthetic; stylized repeating fish background.

Halfbody digital art of Seiran framed by ginseng plants, wearing a robe with a wintery birds in flight pattern.

Digital full body art of Jianyu sitting on a rock at the water's edge, with flowy purple cloth in hand. He has dragon horns and a long gold tail with spikes. He seems to be unclothed, covered by the cloth.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

2nd attack! made a couple mistakes in this which ofc I noticed right after submitting-- inked the sketch but also freehanded an extra line for some reason now it's cursed. I still like it! Went w/ a choppy pen brush to experiment Seiran for Idk-kun. #teamcomedy #artfight

Idk-kun's Seiran posing with authority and seizing the viewer up. She is in a robe with birds flying by plant fronds covered in snow. Ginseng frames the halfbody art, and there's a minimal bamboo pattern on the oval behind her.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Finally managed to draw for artfight this past weekend 🫶 Asriel for Acidiant sitting on a giant strawberry. I'm trying to play around with brushes/style/pose/lighting progressively #artfight #teamcomedy

Chibi stylized art of the tiger puppy Asriel perched on a massive strawberry with a doodled repeating fish pattern simple background.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

We were at Costco and I lost it because there was a giant skeleton guarding the sheets. Sign of the times?

Photo of a massive plastic skeleton torso with one hand braced on piles of 6 piece sheet set boxes for sale, because it is guarding the end display at aisle 124 of a Costco. It is not clear from this angle why the skeleton is there. It is really huge. Like taller than a palette stack huge. Massive. Staring ominously at the meat fridges.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I also got my werewolf whom I adore 💖🫶

Icon of pink, blonde, and grey werewolf also by @malmseyy.com

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Fellow Brushbuddy enthusiasts, look at this incredible #brushbuddy from @malmseyy.com as an icon comm! I cannot get enough of it I love it so much Comms info if you want your own: bsky.app/profile/malm...

Brushbuddy from Witch Hat Atelier in an upright on the go pose, tail a precious noodle behind it. It is on a seafoam-y circle background. Done by @malmseyy.com

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

This is the prettiest book packaging I've ever received! Kristal Stittle's Kayak, cover art by Kerisson Wemerson, published by Tenebrous Press. What a joy it was to open this up!

Purple book-shaped box from Tenebrous Press with the flaming flower crowned skull jaw agape on the top of the box and 'Tenebrous' in yellow all caps font on the spine of the box. It has been photographed on a faux marble tabletop with the sun hitting it.

Same packaging, now open to reveal the cover of Kayak and a bookmark; postcard; and sticker which all came with the book. The cover depicts an overhead view of a kayaker in motion through a narrow body of water. The title and author are in white font at the bottom.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

It called me an edge lord but that's probably fair. I feel like this is some bias against Dark types showing lmao

Screenshot of mobile phone browser 'what type of gym leader should you be?' pokemon personality quiz results showing "DARK" type on a banner of assorted Dark type pokemon. It says "You got the Dark Type!

Otherwise known as the Evil Type, these names can often be misleading, but maybe that’s what these Pokémon want. These Pokémon are certainly known for this sort of thing, using misunderstanding and underhanded tactics to change the stage in their favor. These Pokémon aren’t evil, but they are certainly brutal, manipulative, and powerful. Similar to the Poison Type, these Pokémon can beat something down into a pulp, using tactics to gain the upper hand when at first, it seems they may lose. These Pokémon pump all their points into their attacking stats and their hp stat, ensuring victory through strong attacks and plenty of hp to absorb a few strong attacks.

These Pokémon are often found in dark, misunderstood places, areas shrouded in mystery and confusion, be it the darkness, a city’s alleyways, a sewer, or a cave. This is where they thrive, environments where they have the upper hand. These Pokémon often learn dirty tactics and unique moves that allow them to turn the tide of battle in a turn or two. Dark Types are often reckless, brave, or fearless, knowing the darkness all too well, and being more than ready to risk it all for victory.

If you’re reading this, you might just be the same, reckless and brave, willing to take a risk. You may not fully know what you’re doing, but you’re ready to do what you need to do to win. Or who knows, maybe you’re just a punk or someone who takes pride in being an edge lord. Either way, I’m sure you’re ready to take up arms with a few of these mean-spirited winners-to-be and seize victory the way you see fit, whether or not others view it as fair."

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

My catharsis is settling in the knowledge I will be perceived as `rude` by people with power who would like to go unchallenged and that is a feeling that can keep me warm.

Cut off screenshot of Faye from Demonschool smiling just a little as the dialogue box has a man accusing her, "You're a very rude young lady aren't you?" The pixel art background is a classroom with sunlight streaming in, a few students and teacher about.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Working on art of my WoL viera in the hades 2 style for fanfest stickers, and this is my WiP. Hoping it turns out, this is the first time I haven't been able to use SAI in 18 years because I'm on Linux now.

A work in progress digital art image done in Krita, waist-up of a blonde male viera from ffxiv in the courtly lover's maiming set with a micro-crow minion perched on one shoulder. It is done in a style similar to the art from the game Hades 2. Some parts have been fully rendered, some are only black lineart, and some are partially rendered.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Who lives amidst our kitchen chaos now btw because the temporary display case home was too far so I couldn't admire the creature enough

Photo of a multi-tiered faux woodgrain shelf, on which a beautiful ceramic frog sits on its ceramic mushroom. There is also other stuff all over, like a plastic frame with a polaroid; stacks of tea boxes; a couple colourful pinch dishes; and two rainbow coupe glasses. In the background there are some kitchen appliances and shelving, and the page side of cookbooks on a shelf.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I'm wearing the tshirt! Right now! In the car! It is delightful and soooo soffft

A very dark photo of artist Kim Hu's DESTROY AI art on a soft black cotton shirt, purchased months ago from Aftermath to wear while on a panel. It is kind of hard to make out the shirt because it and the torso it is on are lit only briefly and barely by passing highway lights, as they are in the passenger seat of a car in motion.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Pre-transition heard this a lot tbh Faye from Demonschool is a goddamn delight and this crusty man is right but he forgot (laudatory)

Screenshot from Necrosoft's Demonschool, which released today. It features the lead Faye on the left looking confident with a small smile as some old dude off screen says 'You're a very rude young lady aren't you?" There is a classroom in pixel art in the background and, not pictured, the sick background music.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I think about this bit from tiktok all the time. It was originally about 'oh i guess some people need glasses actually' iirc but since the sloppification whenever someone proudly shows me some generative garbage i think of this video

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I don't... know that this counts. But this is the last image I saved because it made me laugh, so I feel that it should 😔 no idea what life philosophy it is communicating tho

Photograph of turkey vulture on sign, wings spread open. Sign says 'kayak rentals available on request.' The joke is you can rent kayaks from this bird. I did not take the photo or make the joke, but both are excellent.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Happy birthday to your friend Sierra!

A white and grey siamese mix cat with blue eyes sits patiently. He is waiting for a toy out of frame.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Finished the two garments to replace pieces from last year's Saja costume. I'm still not into dickeys but until I can try to get more of this specific red broadcloth it was all I had enough for.

Cluttered photograph of a pad for ironing, on which lays a cobalt Saja shirt with the star cruiser symbol embroidered on one sleeve. There is a red dickey with its ties done loosely beneath it on top of the shirt. Beside them both is a baby blue bolero with pin tuck sleeves.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

we like to joke our large hairy son is disrespectful for cheddar potato chips-- is it the starch? The cheese?

A photograph of the boy who is disrespectful for cheddar potato chips, a siamese / american shorthair mix lounging on his back on a fish-patterned rug.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

One of two broken Saja bracelets repaired. Before and after.

Handmade pottery dish with little white fish swimming in a school holds a handful of black and white monochromatic semi-precious stone beads, a gold bird charm, and some navy thread.

The repaired bracelet, clasped shut, placed on faux wood vinyl flooring.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Just out of frame my cat is annoyed I am on the floor with toys but not letting him participate.

Same beads as before on the bottom third of the photo, but above is a white and grey siamese american shorthair mix grooming himself and looking outside, disgruntled.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The nightmares on the skyline are plentiful, I don't need to remind anyone... about to repair some of my Saja beads in advance of bringing out my new, improved Saja costume this fall.

Photograph of two necklaces, and 4 bracelets, positioned on a faux wood vinyl floor all laid out encircled by the largest necklace. There are two types here: a couple in monochrome stone and semi-precious beads, and a couple in wood and colourful glass beads. Two have broken clasps, and one has completely fallen apart and must be wholly restrung.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I specifically love taking unflattering photos of my cat, Lugh. Sorry Lugh.

Photo of a white and grey cat on his back, blob-shaped, all four paws in the air. He is squinting, sleepy, on a cream carpet landing.

Photo of the same white and grey cat, but this time in a sitting pose i call 'shrimping' because he is in a hunched over C shape like a cocktail shrimp.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Thought the ParaNorman skateboard looked incredible, then I saw it is 700$-- i will admire it from afar 🫠 (it is still incredible! Just not for me)

Screenshot of the Laika store's very creative ParaNorman limited edition skateboard deck (which actually is rideable, wheels and all, not just art painted onto a skateboard deck shaped canvas which I hate) but it is 702$

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

What's your fav meme for this sentiment rn? I hold them like little rays of light in my heart

Meme image of two pokemon game screens. On the top half, Eevee speaks with Pikachu. Eevee is saying "I do not vibe with this universe". In the bottom frame, Pikachu remains but eevee has teleported away in a sparkle burst of light.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I made this tunic for a dear friend, someone in my guild at LARP. My LARP guild gave me a place to belong in a hobby in which I had largely felt discarded, so I am always so grateful. Concept sketch vs finished garment. 100% human-conceived, human-wrought.

Digital art. Rough sketch of the front and back of a black and white tunic, with gold leaf panels around the top skirt. The back has a big white lion rampant.

Photo of the real life tunic, after months of work. It's kind of a messy photo-- the tunic is hanging on disused home gym equipment with clutter in the background. It is a source of pride, but sometimes life is a little messy.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Dog party on the beach (distant longing)

Photo of a bright blue sky and a sunlit sandy beach at low tide. In the distance there are five or six dogs playing, supervised by their owners. The beach is fairly quiet, it is still only seven or eight in the morning.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

My cat Lugh looks pretty similar to Hugh and when I saw Hugh's name I was like 'no way' so good morning owner of cat twin haha

A large white cat with a dark grey tail and accents lies on cream carpet stairs looking up at the camera, because he is ready to playfully attack.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

The laundry, it is very chatty

Photo of three laundry baskets on an out of frame table, against a brown wall and half a white french door with glass panes. It is one wall of a living room. The leftmost white laundry basket is full of unsorted white laundry. The basket in the middle is full of black/dark unsorted laundry, but it is also topped with a very fluffy soft black cat staring at the camera from the void. At a glance it is hard to tell where the laundry stops and the cat begins.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Incredible, 0 notes. Technically Jay Gatsby tied with Jon Hammond from Jurassic Park (film, not book), but I thought it was funny I got Leonardo DiCaprio roles twice in my top 5.

Leonardo DiCaprio as Dom Cobb in Inception, wearing a dark suit, looking skyward.

Photo of Wanda Maximoff as the Scarlet Witch, with a wide eyed and emotive glance off screen.

Fan art by Rikuumii of Lucifer from Hazbin Hotel holding a rubber ducky aloft in one hand and grinning toothily at the viewer.

Photo of Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby in the iconic toast scene from the Great Gatsby in which he starred. He's holding his coupe up to the viewer and smiling beatifically. He is again in a dark suit, his hair slicked to one side.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Haha we were in our own race apparently

Bsky cropped screenshot of two users posting an answer to a question within one second of each other. The first skeet says 'believe it's "The Distance"' and the second says 'The Distance'

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

No one in my life appreciated the historical accuracy of this found tweet 😔 perhaps you will

Stolen screenshot of a @YoRHaw tweet from the beforetimes which says "*boots up katamari* King of the Universe: ahhh my stupid ass son. Get your gay ass on earth and roll shit up for 20 minutes. OK. I hate you *the best song ever produced for a video game starts to play*"

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Didn't get into bread during the pandemic but made a sourdough starter a month ago-- here are my three loaves! Every time I learned something, and I improved 💖

Pale weirdly lumpy loaf of sourdough bread on a white plastic cutting board, with various kitchen clutter inthe background

Slightly overbaked loaf of sourdough which has risen but wasn't scored well enough so the ears are tiny and the loaf didn't expand

Third loaf of sourdough, this one has a soft gold colour and prominent crisp ears. It is resting on a cooling tray.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Today marks one year since the first time I applied my T gel (I'm on injections now). I have a supportive, wonderful spouse and friends whom I adore. I have a large anxious cat that I love. I am more me every day. I can't be any less myself, no matter what happens. I wasted enough time.

Photo of a dozen funfetti cupcakes with mostly white buttercream icing, and rainbow sprinkles, held aloft on a white plastic cake caddy tray by OP. Two of the cupcakes have pink icing instead. Four cupcakes in the center have pink hearts on the white icing, and each of the four has a letter in black gel icing; `d`, `e`, `a`, `n` respectively. A slightly messy black stovetop and black cooling grate are in the background.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

When I saw the erasure of our history from the National Park Service site for Stonewall, I thought of Marsha P Johnson and how much we owe to that riot and those brave enough to fight for our rights back then and wanted to paint something small to recognize we can still fight.

Photo of a pad of watercolour paper, with a roughly four inch watercolour and acrylic painting of a brick on a circle background of the trans flag colours. Black acrylic block letters are painted roughly so that 'FIGHT' is at the top of the circle and 'BACK' at the bottom. There are assorted individual watercolour paints, beeswax cloth, a porcelain palette, white birch palettes with recessed watercolours, a Sakura inking pen and a Simmons watercolour brush in 0 framed around the painting. The paints displayed are almost all Beam paints.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Sarah I took these two photos today of my mother's cat because lately he likes resting on a pile of umbrellas...

Photograph of a grey and white tabby mix cat in a loaf shape, his tail wrapped around him, as he uses a pile of black umbrellas as a bed for 3/4 of his body. He is looking down, ignoring me, because he thinks he's in trouble. The umbrellas are on a brown tablecloth, with red walla and various clutter in the background.

The same scene and grey/brown/black mix tabby cat, but now looking at the camera with bright green eyes and a tiny smile because I have just reassured him I love him and he is not in trouble.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I think about this meme every day to help dissuade me from arguing with people here now that the vibes are off

Screenshot of Twitter meme post from Lauren/NotABigJerk saying 'i'm not falling for that hot take. That's clearly someone with a fetish for getting yelled at. I refuse to participate in that kind of perversion'

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I am doing so much basting. LARP shirt, digigrade footpaw progress. Been putting all of this off so long.

Photo of a plastic folding table covered in sewing projects, which includes some sapphire blue fabric in a loose pile; some baby pink knit on the left with wonder clips; a foot paw pad in navy blue linen with contrasting pink, seafoam, and grey beans; and frame right some arcade pattern faux fur in navy with yellow, blue, and pink arcade shapes. There is some clutter out of frame, and a single spool of turquoise thread with a needle in the bottom left of frame.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Found an article I for some reason saved from Tuesday, March 9, 2004. Voice-activated features in video games, according to the article, were ground-breaking and inevitable. They've always used hyperbole like with generative slop, and will surely continue, but obviously it is far from inevitable.

Photograph of a slightly crinkled newspaper cutting of an article titled "First word in gaming". The header is, in all caps, FROM NOW ON, YOU DO AS I SAY. Beneath the title: "Voice-activated LifeLine points the way to future action-adventure games, TONY LOFARO writes." There is one column of text visible of the article, which is cut off, but reads: "Listen up gamers, voice recognition technology is the future of video games.
LifeLine is a new voice-activated action-adventure game that is set to change the way we play video games, and pull in those gamers who have grown tired of pushing butrons on a remote controller. Now, gamers can be hands-free, controlling the action on the screen only by their voice, barking orders to the lead character to do, well, almost anything.
"It's a huge deal for gaming, certainly," said Rob Goff, a product manager off Konami Digital Entertainment in Red--'

To the right is an image of the main character of the game, a thin woman in a dark skintight jumpsuit with a high neck. She is holding a pistol and looking over her shoulder towards the reader. There is a space station floating in space over a planet behind her. The text below the image reads: "LifeLine allows a gamer to be hands-free, controlling the action on the screen by voice, barking orders to the lead character to do, well, almost anything."

Not mentioned: that it was terrible and very poorly implemented so it was really unpleasant to play. I remember the voice processing misheard me a lot so I'd end up going in circles or she'd say something about how rude I was being.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Chou puff with Christmas coloured craquelin, vanilla cream filling w salted caramel, white chocolate pepperming bark bottom.

Photo of 8 chou puff with a mix of green and red craquelin toppings. They're resting on a black wire cooling tray on a stone kitchen counter, with appliances and jars in the background.

The same craquelin and chou puffs, same setting as the first image, but angled photo from directly above.

Photo of a textured pyrex bowl on the same counter. The bowl is full of a vanilla bean cream/pudding filling for the chou buns.

A photo of the chou buns all arranged on a pink glass plate, after being filled with the vanilla cream.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

If you're unfamiliar, here's the Criterion cover for reference

Criterion Collection cover image of Guillermo del Toro's film The Shape of Water, which depicts close ups of the main character on the left pressing her hands longingly against the glass containing the aquatic humanoid creature of her dreams who is staring back at her with his large fishie eyes.

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Without downloading any new pics, post the energy you're taking into 2025

Blurry low resolution meme of a raccoon. There are three shots of the raccoon looking disgruntled or distant, and the topmost one is all stretched out strange. The image has white text whichh says: "I no longer wish to have thoughts or feelings" and then, in brackets and smaller white text, adds "Unless they are good"

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jay @corvidae.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

My head was cold and my hats are all with my spouse in the US so I crocheted a hat with a lil nod to being trans and a furry on the brim, using yarn and hooks I already owned to save money.

Photo of a crocheted hat flat on a table. It has a black brim with the word "good" in block letters. The hat itself is an alternating checkerboard pattern of double half crochet in pale lavender and in a black to rainbow fade yarn.

Photo of reverse side of the hat. The brim on this side says "BOY" in all caps. There's a variety of clutter in the background, like the spine of a book and a nail kit.

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