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Jay @jayarden.com · 15/08/2026

You, too, can obtain limited edition trinkets if you find me at Mr. Smalls again tomorrow night to see our beloved @themountaingoats.bsky.social. Always happy to have the guys back in Pittsburgh! 💜

A cropped photo of a sheet of circles with a stylized soft-serve ice cream and the words 'ice cream tastes good in the afternoon' printed in each circle.

This is a lyric from the song 'Days,' from the new Mountain Goats album of the same title.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 11/04/2026

Ooh have fun!! At the show and also exploring new music! (Mad is a former Ghost member who decided to pursue her dream of a solo career and now she's doing shows with her own band. Incredible voice and stage presence, and she's also an amazingly sweet human!)

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Jay @jayarden.com · 07/04/2026

Please have a cat. Or three.

Photo of three cats laying on a towel in front of a space heater, all belly up and relaxed. Two are dilute flamepoints and one is calico. They look at the camera in varying stages of sleepiness.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 07/03/2026

Same, but spiritually I'm there often. When I visited, I did, in fact, find a bit of trail that wasn't full of people and lay down on my back for a while just to watch the trees.

Photo of a clearing framed left, right, and rear by redwood trees. In the clearing, low green undergrowth is lit by a sunbeam that shines through the canopy from the upper left of the photo. The sun itself isn't visible but glows brightly behind the branches, and the air is humid enough that the sunbeam is visible as it pierces the air.

Photo of redwood trees flanking an empty well-groomed trail with short rustic wooden fencing on both sides. The trail is fully shaded by the tall trees but the sun's glow lights up the upper canopy of the trees directly ahead.

View of the redwood canopy taken from the ground looking directly up. Trees surround all sides of the photo, making dark silhouettes all around that converge in the upper right quadrant of the photo. The upper canopies are lit with sunshine that doesn't permeate the lower layers of the forest.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 01/03/2026

She's completely out again now.

Calico cat laying stretched out on her back, belly up, paws splayed wide (including very cute visible toe beans in black and pink on one paw that's stretched out), mouth ever so slightly open as she sleeps soundly.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 01/03/2026

POV: a cat is very comfy on your lap. You won't be going anywhere for a while.

Close-up photo of two rear cat feet extended towards your face in a Big Stretch. Out of focus in the background, a calico cat lies in repose, belly up with one arm extended towards the ceiling. Her feet are white and the toes and pads of her feet are a mix of pink and black with fuzzy fur sticking out between them.

Different angle photo to show the face, shoulder, upraised front leg, and belly of a calico cat laying belly-up on the photographer. She's got her head turned upside down and her white whiskers are puffed forward adorably.

Full body shot of a calico cat laying in the photographer's lap, back legs outstretched, belly up, and falling back asleep after a very cute stretch.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 22/02/2026

No cheating; your last saved picture of a celebrity is your therapist. I could do worse than a small Swedish man who's slightly inevbriated.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 13/02/2026

@peculiarityshop.bsky.social if you have anything that comes through along these lines, somewhere in the size 10 range... Sorry for the grainy reference, it's grabbed from a YouTube video.

Photo of a large ring worn on someone's middle finger: it's got a dark oval stone, probably black, at the center, and has an ornate design in a oval shield shape that covers the wearer's full lowest finger joints

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Jay @jayarden.com · 13/02/2026

You all gotta get on @peculiarityshop.bsky.social and buy more rings so I don't.

Silver skeleton hand fashioned into a ring, worn on Jay's thumb

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Jay @jayarden.com · 10/02/2026

Enjoyed watching y'all tonight! Thanks for coming out!

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Jay @jayarden.com · 09/02/2026

I wouldn't make a lap for him

Selfie of Jay making an exasperated face while a cat perches on the back of their neck

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Jay @jayarden.com · 06/02/2026

Not the reaction I expected tbh (yes I am a horrible black licorice person 🖤)

A flamepoint cat shoving his head into an empty packet of Katjes Salzige Heringe (black salty licorice fish) to get a good sniff

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Jay @jayarden.com · 31/01/2026

Success! For something that's not technical gear and is usually so warm I wear it open, it packed down smaller than expected. Scale is impossible from the photo I took but it's like, basketball sized? Really not bad at all. Thanks for the tip!

Photo of Jay's winter coat, a black puffer, rolled into its own hood and cinched down with the drawstring.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 31/01/2026

Yes. He's just ridiculously pretty.

Head and shoulders photo of Tobias Forge, 2025. He has fine shoulder length blonde hair and hazel eyes, and an amused expression as he looks sideways.

Tobias Forge, early 2000s, Crashdïet era: three photos of him with long teased blonde hair and glam/rock looks with some eye makeup

Tobias Forge, also Crashdïet era, with longer darker hair and more dramatic makeup, an open shirt and dark trousers

Tobias Forge on Swedish talk show, 2025: wearing all black with sleeves that are too long with thumb holes and several silver rings, his hair pulled back in a bun and facial hair trimmed short

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Jay @jayarden.com · 30/01/2026

Heyyyy hang on a second... We're opposites! 🤓

Selfie of Jay standing in front of a white door looking at the camera with eyebrows raised. They have short dark blonde hair and their glasses have fuschia metallic arms and nose bridge and round teal frames around the lenses.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 30/01/2026

Reposting with alt text

MIAMI DIVISION

PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, DONALD J. TRUMP JR., ERIC TRUMP, AND THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION, LLC.

No.

Plaintiffs,

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

REVENUE SERVICE AND

U.S.

INTERNAL

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Defendants.

COMPLAINT

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1. President Donald J. Trump is the Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of

the Trump Organization. President Trump served as the 45th President of the United States, and is

the 47th President of the United States. President Trump brings this suit in his personal capacity.

2. Donald J. Trump Jr. is an Executive Vice President at The Trump Organization,

where he works to expand the company's real estate, retail, commercial, hotel, and golf interests.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 29/01/2026

Imagine me opening a trenchcoat but the it's like those old timey wallet inserts that unfold for photos. Whaddya need? I got water ghoul out the wazoo, plenty of air ghoulette, a little quintessence freak (aff), all sorts, all sorts...

Photo of Rain Ghoul (aka Cosmo Sylvan): he plays a white Fender jazz bass with black pickguard and is wearing a black bodysuit with a skeleton printed on it decorated with rhinestones, and a tailored black tailcoat that's had the sleeves removed. He's wearing a black headdress that hangs around his face like hair, and a silver mask that obscures his features. The background is lit in misty shades of red and pink and he looms over the viewer.

📸 Ryan Chang

Photo of Aurora Ghoulette (aka Liv Morreale): she stands behind a microphone, arms partially outstretched to the sides and is wearing a black bodysuit with a skeleton printed on it decorated with rhinestones, and a black batwing cape that drapes under her arms. She's wearing a black headdress that hangs around her face like hair, and a silver mask that obscures her features. The background is lit in misty shades of blue and gray.

📸 Ryan Chang

Photo of Phantom Ghoul (aka Randy Moore) kneeling in front of Rain Ghoul: he plays a black Fender jazzmaster electric guitar with black pickguard and is wearing a black bodysuit with a skeleton printed on it decorated with rhinestones, and a tailored black tailcoat that's had the sleeves removed. He's wearing a black tophat that's slightly battered and has a long thin feather tucked in the band, and a silver mask that obscures his features. He is kneeling and leaning so far back that his legs are nearly bent in half as Rain Ghoul stands over him with his back to the camera.

📸 Ryan Chang

Photo of Rain Ghoul (aka Cosmo Sylvan): he is making eye contact and kneeling, hunched over and around a white Fender jazz bass with black pickguard with his hands (adorned in several silver rings) clutched tightly around the instrument. He is wearing a black bodysuit with a skeleton printed on it decorated with rhinestones, and a tailored black tailcoat that's had the sleeves removed. He's also wearing a black headdress that hangs around his face like hair, and a silver mask that obscures his features. The background is primarily the drum riser, a tiered series of steps in an angled semicircle shape that get smaller and are capped with a drumset. The background is mostly dark but the arena audience is visible to one side.

📸 Ryan Chang

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Jay @jayarden.com · 29/01/2026

I saw this one this morning though it's an older tour photo, labeled, "new bi pride flag dropped"

Stage photo of Papa V Perpetua from the band Ghost, portrayed by Tobias Forge. He's lit from behind in shades of saturated pink, purple, and blue, with a plume of smoke rising over one shoulder.

He stands with arms open at approximately waist height and is dressed in black clothes that cover him from neck to fingertips and toes. His face is covered on the upper half with a metallic silver skeletal mask and on the lower half with black face paint and lipstick, except for an oval of silver paint around his mouth from nose to chin.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 27/01/2026

Snuggly cats for your skyline on this frigid afternoon.

Two pale shorthair flamepoint cats snuggling on a fuzzy gray blanket. The cats are side by side and one cat has his head stacked atop the other's. The bottom cat is sound asleep and the top cat's eyes are very nearly closed.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 27/01/2026

Aww, best of luck to your little lady! My guy Linus had the same treatment last October and his labs since then have been great! Hoping the same for you and her. 💜

A pale flamepoint shorthaired cat patting the photographer with one paw

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Jay @jayarden.com · 26/01/2026

All right, where are my glam and theatrical rock friends in the US southeast?? Did you know Mad Gallica (aka the ghoul formerly known as Cumulus) has her own band now and is going on tour?? madgallica.com/tickets

Flyer for Mad Gallica: The Vortex Awakens Tour

Photo depicts a woman with a pale pink wig in a tailored short white leather-style jacket with ornate decorative elements and tight black trousers holding open a cape that explodes behind her in a pink and purple galaxy. She's surrounded by four men wearing black costumes and each is embellished with a different color: blue, green, purple, and red.

Text provides additional details about the tour:

2.23.2026 SMITH'S OLDE BAR ATLANTA ROOM ATLANTA, GA
2.24.2026 CONDUIT ORLANDO, FL
2.26.2026 THE POUR HOUSE RALEIGH, NC
2.27.2026 SWANSON'S WAREHOUSE GREENVILLE, SC

VIP AVAILABLE ON SELECTED DATES

MADGALLICA.COM/TICKETS

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Jay @jayarden.com · 26/01/2026

Show your lock screen (sup, nerds)

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Jay @jayarden.com · 25/01/2026

Pittsburgh, I need you to know that someone made a snow-tittysphinx.

Photo of the appropriately named Winter Mausoleum in Allegheny Cemetery: a large blocky stone mausoleum with large ornamental columns in the Egyptian Revival style, fronted by a wide set of seven stairs flanked by buxom sphinx statues. The mausoleum is surrounded by trees and everything is under a layer of about eight inches of snow.

Several feet in front of the mausoleum, someone has sculpted a likeness of one large-breasted statue out of snow, replicating its engimatic smole with twigs plucked from a dead branch that lays nearby.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 25/01/2026

She really wanted to watch the snow so I raised the blinds even though it'll be colder in here.

Photo of a calico cat lounging in a window mounted cat perch, looking out the window at snow falling on trees and housetops

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Jay @jayarden.com · 24/01/2026

One more cat friend, sweet as can be but she's quite shy. Found her napping in a cozy spot.

A calico tabby cat with sleepy green eyes curled up on a folded fleece blanket in a fabric bin

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Jay @jayarden.com · 24/01/2026

Some very good dogs I happen to be hanging out with today, and one very unrepentant asshole cat whom I also love dearly.

Two large dogs sleeping atop a pile of blankets on a gray couch. The closer dog is a black-coated mutt with a brown undercoat, and the second is a gray pitbull mix wearing a black and white buffalo plaid fleece coat.

A pale orange cat with big round green eyes perched on a coffee table, next to a can of diet mountain dew

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Jay @jayarden.com · 23/01/2026

I'm being judged so hard right now.

A flamepoint cat looms over the top edge of a laptop screen, silhouetted against a ceiling covered in aurora-style light projection. His eyes are squinted at the camera, presumably because the photographer is trying to finish what they're watching instead of serving dinner.

(What they're watching is the fifth episode of Heated Rivalry; the laptop screen shows a man with dark hair in a hospital bed, and there's about ten minutes left in the episode)

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Jay @jayarden.com · 22/01/2026

POST AN EMERGENCY CAT PIC

Two cats cuddling while they sleep: one is a calico and the other a flamepoint. They're laying on a fuzzy gray blanket and the calico is mostly covered by a dark gray squishmallow plush which apparently doesn't bother her at all.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 16/01/2026

When you're going to two Ghost shows in Ohio, you gotta bring appropriate stickers to trade.

Photo of a rectangular sticker printed on shiny glitter paper. It depicts the infamous "hell is real" billboard found in Ohio, with white block letters on a black background, and the normally-red letter H colored purple. Behind the billboard the background is tinted in a red-orange gradient, and to right of the sign stands Papa V Perpetua from the band Ghost in his purple cassock and cornette/mitre.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 15/01/2026

When the weather was nice a few days ago I had my window open and was delighted to hear a raven. The local redtails seem to have a different opinion, unfortunately. 😢

Zoomed in photo taken from a distance. The silhouette of an American raven is visible with distinctive diamond tail shape. In pursuit, the silhouette of a red-tailed hawk with buff underbelly just barely visible against a pale gray-blue sky.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 12/01/2026

No new pictures. Where are you at, mentally?

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Jay @jayarden.com · 11/01/2026

And in case I need to belabor the point, please see this except from Stoppard's wikipedia page. [Also, to correct my mistake: Stoppard died Nov 2025 and time has no meaning, mea culpa]

Early life and education

Stoppard was born Tomáš Sträussler in Zlín, Czechoslovakia (present day Czech Republic). He was the younger son of Martha Becková and Eugen Sträussler, a doctor employed by the Bata shoe company. His parents were non-observant Jews. Just before the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, the town's patron, Jan Antonín Baťa, transferred his Jewish employees, mostly physicians, to branches of his firm outside Europe. On 15 March 1939, the day the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia, the Sträussler family fled to Singapore, where Bata had a factory.

Before the Japanese occupation of Singapore, Stoppard, his brother, and their mother fled to British India. Stoppard's father volunteered to remain in Singapore, knowing that as a doctor he would be needed in its defence. Stoppard long believed that his father had perished in Japanese captivity as a prisoner of war, but later discovered that his father had been reported drowned after the ship he was aboard was bombed by Japanese forces, as he tried to flee Singapore in 1942. In 1941, when Tomáš was five, he, his brother Petr, and their mother were evacuated to Darjeeling, India.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 09/01/2026

Post your favorite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.

Photo of Kate McKinnon portraying Dr. Jillian Holtzmann from Ghostbusters (2016). She has short curly blonde hair that's been teased up, wears yellow tinted safety glasses, a grey-blue canvas coat, and oxblood motorcycle gloves. Behind her is electronic and mechanical equipment that wouldn't look out of place on a TARDIS console.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 09/01/2026

Linus enjoyed opening Christmas presents!

A flamepoint cat covered with a wrinkly piece of blue tissue paper, with a playful look on his face

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Jay @jayarden.com · 08/01/2026

That about sums it up, really.

Closeup photo of a calico cat with her head resting against the photographer's free hand. Her eyes are half closed and looking into the middle distance. Her long white whiskers are resplendent.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 07/01/2026

Gonna get up and make a token attempt to feed myself but please gaze upon my felines for a moment, if you need a break.

Photo of three cats huddled together as they watch the outdoors in early morning light

Photo of two flamepoint cats drowsy and cuddling on a bed, a tangle of limbs pointing at all angles. One cat has his rear leg draped over the other cat's shoulder.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 28/09/2025

@themountaingoats.bsky.social belated but have to thank you for Cleveland. Was lucky enough to be at the barrier dancing and getting lost in the music as y'all took us on a journey. Every time I see tMG it's somehow both brand new and like coming home. Much love.

Selfie of Jay, pre-show, lit in blue from the stage. They're wearing a white heavy duty respirator mask, dark framed round glasses, a denim battle vest with patches and pins on the shoulders, and have short hair. Their expression is wide eyed and exaggerated, eyebrows raised high. The crowd at the Agora is sparse behind them.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 25/06/2025

@bondcliff.bsky.social not bad for a first go with the lotto eh?

Side on (slightly forward stage right) view of a stage, as yet empty of band personnel, awash in blue lights. A modest crowd gathers in the pit.

Phish, Pittsburgh - June 24, 2025
Petersen Events Center

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Jay @jayarden.com · 18/03/2025

Please enjoy a throwback photo to my skinny ultra running days, stopping in Frozen Head on the way back from the 2017 solar eclipse. #bm100

Photograph shot with the camera sitting on the ground, focused on two people standing in front of a dilapidated yellow gate framed with stone pillars.

A sign on the gate, partially obscured, reads:
Authorized vehicles only
Do not block gate

One person is wearing a yellow shirt and blue scrub pants, the other (Jay) wears a gray T-shirt and khaki capri pants.

The path is gravel and dirt and the trees surrounding the area are all and leafy and green.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 06/03/2025

Third blep captured! (Hi friends I am alive but all the energy is still allocated elsewhere love you bye for now!)

Closeup photo of the head and shoulders of a shorthair flamepoint cat with muddled white and pale orange markings on his face. His pink tongue sticks out just a little bit and is very cute.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 04/03/2025

Oh hello there. Sorry to whatever small critter ended up being lunch.

Red tailed hawk perching on bare branches against a bright blue sky. It's looking off to the right of the photo.

Same hawk, same branch, now looking directly at the photographer - I've been spotted

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Jay @jayarden.com · 04/03/2025

Marking this Suggestive for Papa face spoilers. #theBandGhost

Series of four tiles of a stylized V with different black and white images set within the V

Closeup of one V - showing Papa Perpetua's face!

The figure pictured is wearing a sparkly upper half face mask with black face paint covering most of the rest of their exposed skin. An oval around the mouth is painted white with sharply tipped points around the lips evoking the teeth of a skull.

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Jay @jayarden.com · 03/03/2025

Happiest of birthdays to this motherfucker who takes up at least 30% of what's going on in my brain at a given time. My life is immeasurably better for having discovered my love for his work. I still think there's something hinky going on here but I haven't got the faintest idea what. #theBandGhost

Closeup detail of a spider shaped brooch with a black body and oddly arranged legs, of which there are 10.

The same spider brooch but highlighting in different colors how the legs look like Roman numerals

In red, I - Papa Emeritus I, aka Primo
In green, II - Papa Emeritus II, aka Secondo
In purple, III - Papa Emeritus III, aka Terzo
In purple, IV - Papa Emeritus IV, aka Copia

In white, on the spider's back, V - Papa V Perpetua???

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Jay @jayarden.com · 02/03/2025

Compare to late January, when he was still in time off mode.

The same man as described in the previous skeet, but standing in front of a blank wall. His facial hair is grown out more but unevenly, and his hair is loose; long enough to brush his shoulders but sort of wavy and scraggly. It kind of looks like it could use a good wash but it's too fine to look nice in this cut and length even if it was clean.

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