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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I know nobody has spare cash these days, but still, the amount of artistic and creative talent available for hire is stunning. All these people? With the voices of angels and the line control of Vesalius? Available for MERE DOLLARBUCKS?

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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Trump administration has formally rescinded Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students nationwide.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New term starts tomorrow! Must protect law students from shakiness, depression and tremours associated with low blood sugar.

A sinful array of baked breakfast goods, including a loaf of banana bread and two glossy brioche-type loaves.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Labour Weekend airshow, growl growl hiss growl. Can't we have a Canadian patriotic holiday tradition that does not torture our nice Canadian patriotic dogs and cats? Like baking a sponge cake and having a nice time with a book.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Achievement Unlocked: Made something out of eggplant I do not hate!

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

So is it unhealthy to be afire with screaming fury 100% of each and every day or

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Preparing a whole-ass comic strip to explain one's top surgery to one's colleagues. Good idea? Awful idea? Just another example of putting way too much effort in the wrong direction? (Ignore the blotches; blotches are, um, authenticity insignia.)

An inked comic strip page taped to a drawing board next to a straight pen and bottle of ink. In the first frame, a bespectacled dyke stands at a podium and states, "I will now take some questions." A reporter asks, "Um, why bother with top surgery if you aren't trans?" The dyke states, "Reasons. Next?"

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Sometimes being a lawyer for desperate people is like selling pineapples by the side of the road, and someone runs up screaming, "I need penicillin, quick, I need penicillin!" and you say..."I have a pineapple?" And they scream "WELL THAT IS JUST GOING TO HAVE TO GODDAMN DO."

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Did I mention that the lesbian cyborg who took over the world to distract herself from her relationship issues is Canadian? Because it had to be that way, really. Her Stronghold of Terror is in Brampton. #booksky #canlit #LGBTQ www.bedazzledink.com/your-overlor...

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Bedazzled Ink - Your Overlord Thanks You

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The majestic Captain Wow watching over his kingdom. He has the body of a magnificent puma and a meow like a little boy in a Nickelodeon cartoon. #BlackCatAppreciationDay

A bookcase about ten feet high, with a black cat perched nonchalantly at the top.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Out this month: a lesbian cyborg finally gets around to taking over the world. It goes great, except when it doesn't. Much quipping ensues. 🌈📚 books2read.com/u/3JQa0Q

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Sometimes, when you are in the throes of lawyering, yellow pads are the only thing available on which to draw. #lawyercomics #caturday

A series of drawings in blue ballpoint on a yellowpad. First panel: Text states, "There are RULES, dammit." Second panel: Text states, "Double-decker bus? One HAS to sit on top." Image of a bus with a lawyer staring smugly out of a top window; caption pointing to her states. "Strong and in control." Third panel: Text states, "Bunk bed? Sleeping on the top is a NECESSITY. Better zombie protection up high." Image shows a lawyer on a top bunk, while zombies ineffectually flail at her.

Fourth panel: Text reads, "Yes, even if the bunk bed was NOT designed for someone your size." Image shows a lawyer attempting to fit themselves into a bunk manifestly intended for someone of about half their dimensions. A voice from off-panel says, "Y'know, this Air BnB has a whole other bedroom with an actual bed." The lawyer insists, "That's exactly what a zombie would say." Fifth panel: Text states, "This might be why I get along with cats." Image shows a cat perched smugly on top of the cat tree. Thought bubbles state, "Am predator. Am mighty leopard." The lawyer, standing on the ground, states, "Way to dominate the Serengeti, Captain Wow! Um. Is there room up there for me?"

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

(Bangs drum, toots flute, glockens glockenspiel): Your Overlord Thanks You, the timeless tale of a deranged lesbian cyborg who takes over the world but is cursed to live happily ever after with her high school girlfriend, available now in e-book and print. books2read.com/u/3JQa0Q #booksky #lgbtq

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I probably will not see "The Odyssey" because I can't deal with seeing a sad dog right now. Which is a shame in a way but I suspect that Lupita Nyong'o doesn't get nearly enough screen time in any event. Greek mythology cinematic universe with standalone Helen flick?

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

AND ANOTHER THING: How can Crayola possibly justify eliminating vital colours in the yellow part of the spectrum (looking at YOU, Dandelion) in favour of dozens of interchangeable shades of pink and blue? It is an affront to good sense and a menace to serious colouring. In this 35 page essay I will

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Can't be said more succinctly and accurately than this.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I know that most people's plans for fun weekends away with friends do not involve elaborate fantasy maps and Sekreet Mysterious Apparatus. Why not though? It's fun.

An ink-and-watercolour map of an icy landscape punctuated by large glass domes and Arctic-type animals. In one corner is a crest of a bear skull atop a crossed gut-knife and harpoon, which reads "Civilization After the Sundering."

The same small wooden box, opened to show two compartments. Each bears a Mysterious Sekreet Bundle wrapped in silk- one orange with a pattern of dragonflies, the other dark blue with a labyrinthine pattern.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Oh dark brooding deities that guide those of us who irrationally insist on making things from scratch, please do not make me bollux up this thing at the final stage of making it, in the name of Phillips screwdrivers we pray

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

My second grade teacher, at the beginning of the Gulf War, said, "It would be nice if we could take all the people who want to fight wars and put them in a big cupboard and close the door," and I have never forgotten it. Into the cupboard with you, warmongering fuckheads.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It's just going to be one of those days wherein I fantasize about AOC and Elizabeth Warren having possession of a Death Note, isn't it.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I never did finish my concept drawings for a robo-lamprey, but I think that the concept has legs. Ironically.

A metallic robotified fish with a dead hublight eye and a sucker mouth surrounded by tiny teeth.

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Sean Marotta @smmarotta.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

One thing that AI evangelists seem to assume, particularly legal AI evangelists assume, is that the thinking and analysis is quick, and the writing is just tedious busywork that slows us down. But the writing IS the thinking and analysis. You work out the thinking and analysis by writing it down.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

One of the good things about working in poverty law is that I mostly can wear jeans at the office. Friday was an exception, though- I had to don full lawyer drag and sulked a lot to my best friend about it.

Image of a phone with four messages sent in quick succession to someone's long-suffering best friend: "Oh good heavens. These trousers, so shiny. These socks, so thin. These shoes, no good for kicking a wildebeast. I miss my lawyerly flannel. My cat just ran away from me. I am a buffoon. I cannot believe, I cannot BELIEVE I used to dress like this every day."

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Pulp Literature Press @pulpliterature.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Revealing the cover of Issue 49 with 'Jupiter Rising Over Europa' by Jeff Sturgeon on the blog! And find details on the Bumblebee closing and our Issue 49 launch 🚀 in this week's newsletter: mailchi.mp/2c44561d4b87...

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Invited my nieces over for a tea party. Older niece, knowing what kind of silly books I write, requested a PIRATE tea party. I will do my best.

A plate of tiny scones with tiny pirate flags in them next to a sinful sea of raspberry jam and clotted cream.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

And here's me thinking double rabbet joints will have greater tolerances than mitre joints ha ha ha. (Weeps.)

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Toronto Woman Runs Out Of Excuses to Keep Avoiding the Dentist.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I'm fine, you're fine, what are you talking about. #booksky #healthycoping

Comic 1 of 4: A grumpy writer types furiously. A small grotesque jellyish blorb-like thing pulls itself out of her ear and plops down on the desk in a pool of slime. Writer: “Oh, blech. An emotion.”

Comic 2 of 4: The grumpy writer, revolted, carries the blorplike object in her fingertips, proclaiming, “Ew, ew, ew, ew. Gross, gross, gross, gross.” She deposits it in a biohazard barrel labelled “Do not open ever” and turns away, dusting her hands. An emotionally intelligent friend states, “Um, Benny, you can’t dump all your feelings in a barrel forever.” Benny responds: “No, no, it’s fine, you see, I have a system.”

Comic 3 of 4: Benny explains, “When I have so many feelings saved that they could breach containment, I grab the little bastards and process them all at once.” Graphics portray Benny carrying the biohazard barrel in a forklift truck and dumps it into the INPUT hatch of a giant bizarre machine, festooned with gears and pistons and a hamster cage and a tuba.

Comic 4 of 4: Close-ups of the machine at work. Pistons pump, fluids bubble, the tuba parps. The output pipe of the machine spits out a book labelled, “Weird Fucking Book: Benny Lawrence.” Benny to Emotionally Intelligent Friend: “See? I make the repression work for me.” E.I.F.: “You really don’t think this will eventually bite you in the ass?” Benny: “The Ass-Monching Strange Women of Zestulon-B. Sounds like a trilogy.”

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Problems of having a medium-cared cat: his majestic furry coat works exactly like a Swiffer brush, so I can tell by looking at him how long it has been since I vacuumed. #caturday.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

On the one hand, all the stories of humans falling victim to AI psychosis are extremely sad and disturbing, and a vivid illustration of how vulnerable we are when lonely. On the other hand, WHY DO PEOPLE ENJOY having Clippy in their ear saying, "It looks like you're drafting a manifesto. Need help?"

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

BOOK IS BOOK. BOOK HAS BECOME BOOK. I sleep now. Tomorrow- the nasty little editses.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

So very very grateful today for this entire societal and scientific apparatus that lets me get injected in the arm with magic antideath juice for No Monies.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Me: Must buy more books for nieces' Christmas presents! (Buys more books) Me: Insufficient books for proper Christmas joy! (Buys more books; shelves strain) Me: Continue until capitalism collapses! (Singularity forms in my room from the massive weight.)

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Gotta love diplomacy based on mutual crushing. We are very into you, Sweden! Let's talk all sexy about Gripen planes. #cdnpoli #sweden #elbowsup

On the left side of the image, a flailing lesbian, wearing a sweater with a Canadian maple leaf, proclaims, "Sweden! You're cool and sexy and we want to hang out and stuff!" On the right side of the image, two gender-neutral Nordic figures, one wearing the colours of the Swedish flag and one with a maple-leaf hat, vigorously and enthusiastically smooch.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

When you realize you've never done a proper pinned post, mutter. I write silly books about apocalypse lesbians and pirate lesbians and chess lesbians who quip with each other! Relevant to your interests? Bookshop link: bookshop.org/beta-search?... Libro link: libro.fm/search?q=Ben... #booksky

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

How often can you disagree with an editor's suggested changes, saying NO NO NO I did the grammar all weird on purpose, before they slay you and feast upon your remains? #booksky

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Babysitting nieces tomorrow! Which means it is time to make OVERELABORATE THINGS TO PLAY WITH that amuse me more than anyone else. No idea whether nieces will have any particle of interest in a pair of dinochompers, but I'M having fun.

A pair of devices made out of scrap cardboard and paper-fasteners, with T-Rex faces affixed at one end, designed to chomp when someone opens the handles, clearly made by a Very Serious Lawyer Person.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Sometimes, just sometimes, you find yourself wandering around your home thinking "Where in the world is my brain dissection knife, I need it for this parrot," and that's how my evening has been going.

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Hey, just a quick check, how long can you be filled with simmering fury every moment of every day before your organs turn into napalm?

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Preparing to teach my students the principles of trust law (fiduciary duty, encroachment, accumulation) using a simply unconscionable amount of chocolate. This was cheaper in the Before Times, when I didn't have to buy exclusively swanky Canadian chocolate, but oh well. #itworks #boycottusa

A sinful glut of assorted Purdy's chocolate boxes lie on the table, with next to Ziploc bags reading "The dark chocolate trust," "The not really Snickers trust", and "The variety pack trust."

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Benny Lawrence @gaydragonrobot.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

They are absolutely making a Horst Wessel of that guy. #thenewcruelty

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Amnesty International @amnesty.org · 28/08/2025

🚨 Today we have launched the ‘Breaking up with Big Tech’ briefing which calls on governments to rein in the power of big technology companies in order to protect human rights. amn.st/63326f4SHp

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Amnesty launches ‘Breaking up with Big Tech’ briefing

Amnesty International has launched a new briefing calling on governments to rein in the power of Big Tech companies in order to safeguard human rights.

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