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Djamila Knopf @djamilaknopf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In keeping with the rain theme, I painted these little guys. medium: Schmincke Horadam gouache

a traditional painting showing little rain drops with faces

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Book Cover of the Day:

DON QUIXOTE
Cream cover, monochrome design of flowers and foliage

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MEANBOSSART @meanbossart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Jaheira At Leisure 🍷 #art #bg3 #jaheira

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ZOE HELL 1999 @saintzoe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

embrace your transgender heart. it weighs less than a feather. breach the vault of heaven and claim the empty throne of god

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

awake 22hrs with a 22hr migraine. i want to remove my skull and perhaps wear it as a hat instead. (wear it in remembrance always.)

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

it would be nice if more people had some concept of respecting boundaries regarding sex, and also possessed the ability to understand that discussing consent is not "steamroll the other person while ignoring their clearly stated limits until they either block you or give in"

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

i feel that i've perhaps made some unfortunate choices when it comes to referring to the particular incision (i have four total) through which they dragged my extremely inflamed gallbladder. i have nerve damage there and it's swollen and tender. "my hole is really sore today," i said.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

gallbladder surgery recovery has been a little rough. the glue on the main incision mysteriously disappeared very fast and the incision has been leaking (but isn't infected, at least) and it all hurts worse than any other surgery of mine except the mastectomy.

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mistress von toasty @toasty.cx · 18/08/2026

we all got that one homie who's constantly taking chip damage from unseen forces

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I can't seem to feel interested in FNV. I've tried playing it twice, plus tried Let's Plays and streams. Elden Ring also left me cold. Everyone praised the characters and the story so much, but it didn't work for me.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

this week, i win the falling asleep without my cpap on award (twice and then i took it off once in my sleep which i never do) for the first time since i got the damn thing almost ten years ago. i was halfway losing my voice yesterday (ideal when you do a voice rp) from snoring messing up my throat.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 09/08/2026

Quite the reverse actually.

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are you ready to step out of your tomb

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Gabriel Hislla - art @hislla.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

ROBERT WUN Couture Fall/Winter 2027

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

even if you are able bodied, i strongly recommend a shower stool or chair to everyone. it's extremely nice to just sit the fuck down sometimes after a long day, or when you need to contemplate your life choices, or if you want to deep condition your hair, etc. we, the disabled, do not gatekeep them.

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Auntie Lotus 🌼💜 @lotusenta.gay · 08/08/2026

Stop putting off getting that accessibility device. Need a cane? Get it. Showering too hard? Buy a chair. Grabby sticks are great, you should get one. Doesn't matter if you can muddle through without it, if it will make your life better, get it.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 07/08/2026

As a veteran of two eclipses, the first of which turned me into a lifelong eclipse chaser, my advice is to put your phone down and enjoy the freaky experience. The pros will get great photos and you only have a minute or so to experience totality.

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Bernoid @bernoid.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I found a Potter Wasp pot! It’s so tiny and beautiful.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

re: mamdani's "suspiciously green" bananas - are we sure the newspaper did not simply misidentify some plantains as bananas causing every racist white conservative to have a mental breakdown? for example, a display of plantains.

shelves in a grocery store holding plantains in a range of shades from a rich spring green to a brownish yellow and some bright yellow

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

counting the days until my gallbladder goes away. i try not to be upset that they've been making me wait since the beginning of may but sometimes it hurts so much (even when i eat nothing all day) that i can't think clearly or sleep, and i feel like it simply is not significant to my doctors at all.

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Aaron Meyers @aaronmeyers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

new meds have been helping a lot but i think we might need to do something in addition for times when something triggers me. i had a very difficult night because i got stuck in traumatic memories, which hasn't really happened like this in a while and i'm not sure why it did last night.

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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

This is how we live on earth, a flock of sparrows. The darkness, a magician, finds quarters behind our ears. We don’t know what life is, who makes it, the reality is thick with longing. We put it up to our lips and drink. ~ Ilya Kaminsky, ‘Dancing in Odessa’ (2004) #Painting by Miyake Wakō.

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John E Warren 🤠🐝♿️ @floppyadult.com · 27/07/2026

It is true, if you’re benefitting from Disabled Adult Child benefits, you will lose them if you get married and your spouse has income. I guess the government just assumes they’ll become your caretaker, which adds all sorts of weird dynamics to what is presumably a romantic relationship.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

i can't be allowed in the same room with toum/trader joe's garlic spread-dip, because i cannot control myself around it.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

went to a little papermaking workshop at the library (saw two or three other queer people, too) for my birthday and had some very delicious ramen afterwards.

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🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Tfw mothra gave you power of attorney

Two besuited men, one with a mustache and one with glasses, looking sorta to the camera, and the one on the right with the glasses is kinda smiling and asking "Mothra gave you power of attorney?"

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 25/07/2026

“Cigalia” perfume bottle for Rogers & Gallet, Paris. René Lalique, 1910.

ornate perfume bottle and box, seems to have dragonfly wings as a motif

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

is there an actual reason why dialogue in movies is at 0.5% volume and the sound effects and music are at 5000% volume? i have an ungodly migraine from the latter, and barely heard a single word the characters said.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

i'll say three things for the new meds, despite the headache: 1. i have kept the dishes done 2. i've been drinking tea every day again (tea has been a hobby for 23 years but has been neglected for a while) 3. i took pictures outside the other day for the first time in years.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

sucks that you can go to therapy, do the work, take the pills, touch grass, practice a hobby, pet a cat, etc, and still spend an entire day so miserable that you can't get out of bed. there's only so much mental scaffolding i can build out of toothpicks as a trans person in this godforsaken country.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

people seem very upset that the vampires are violent and cruel instead of being cozy coffee shop types who adopt shelter dogs and volunteer with underprivileged children.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

attempting my first sourdough starter from scratch

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kentropic @kentropic.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Timely, hopeful & crucial article from @annamerlan.bsky.social. Here’s a key excerpt to carry in your heart this weekend & beyond.

“If you lose culture in your society, the society dies,” Rollins says. “If you lose your art museums and your galleries, all you have is thugs and fighting and people being mean. In times of trouble, art gives us the backbone to keep fighting. It gives you inspiration…You want to rebel against this awful war and this awful situation we’re in, you don’t take your eyes off the ball. But it’s not bad to have a soundtrack. Keep your eyes on the ball and have a beat.”

Art and culture are “what you have to lose with an administration like this,” Rollins adds. “They hate science. They hate literacy. They hate women. They hate nonwhite people. They hate LGBTQ people. Those aforementioned groups, they make things that make life great. They want to eradicate it and erase it. You can do more than one thing at once. You can entertain many things. And so you can be concerned and fight the good fight, and you can also put a record on and love the Cramps.”

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

i wish more people had the capacity to recognise and honour real art, real music, real human effort, etc, even when it is not to their specific taste. the song i'm listening to is not my thing, but everyone who made it worked very hard on it and that is easy to see for me and respect.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

children's movies that talked about grief and loss were the only way i could try to understand my own feelings about my grandfather's sudden death when i was seven because my family wouldn't talk about it, nor let me talk about it or go to the funeral. films like these are VITALLY IMPORTANT.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

the drivers metaphor is a pretty good one. my brain felt like the sound had been broken since the puberty update and instead of music, all i could hear was the buzzing whine of feedback. it improved so fast after i started hrt.

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

early on in my transition before there were any noticable changes from HRT, i explained to one of my gamer friends that being on estrogen felt like getting the right drivers installed on a gaming PC. it actually made him understand super well and he said it was a good metaphor

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

my new psychiatrist was very kind. maybe i was particularly giving off the nervous horse vibes today, but i was very grateful.

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

One way you can show Microsoft your concern is here through the XBOX Player Voice feedback platform: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...

Yesterday’s layoffs at Bethesda Games Studios were not a cut of “14 layers of management”. We lost dozens of programmers, artists, designers and testers. Many of whom worked at BGS for decades.

If Bethesda fans are worried this will harm the quality of our future games, like TES VI, let Microsoft know!

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

wrote an email last night where i accidentally repeated the word tomorrow enough times to justify being forcibly renamed to annie, and only noticed it now, in the quoted text of their reply. whoops.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

i feel horrible for all of the people affected by layoffs, and i can't help miserably wondering whether we will ever see the next tes game, whether it will be playable, whether it will have any words or assets created by humans in the final version, etc.

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

looking very forward to starting this as soon as i have time

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a jaundiced monarch @lorath.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

it's been a hard few days with pain (possibly weather-related, as it improved significantly when the temp dropped finally) but i did so very many dishes, got groceries, and had a surprisingly quiet 4th. it didn't rain very hard here so i wonder if people simply have no money this year.

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Andrew Wehrman @profwehrman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Today is the 250th anniversary of Boston’s mass inoculation against smallpox on July 3, 1776. The city was effectively closed to commerce from July through September 1776. The mass immunization effort was cheered as evidence of true independence. Here's how I described it in my book:

While John Adams and fifty-five men in Philadelphia debated a resolution on independence and the final wording of the Declaration of Independence, the people of Boston declared their own independence from smallpox. The measures taken in both cities provided hope that America would not only be a republic free of a king but also a country free from disease. On July 3, 1776, a day after independence was declared in Philadelphia, the Massachusetts General Court voted to allow inoculation. Despite the dangers of infection, the people of Boston and the surrounding areas cheered the news. Ezekiel Price, a court official and insurance broker, declared “Liberty is given for to inoculate for the small-pox; many begin upon it this afternoon.” Hannah Winthrop described the scene: “Boston has given up its Fears of an invasion & is busily employd in Communicating the Infection. Straw Beds & Cribs are daily Carted into the Town.” She wrote that “Men Women & children eagerly crowding to inoculate is I think as modish as running away from the Troops of a barbarous George was the last year.” Dr. James Warren wrote to John Adams that the “rage for inoculation” had “whirled me into its vortex.…” Warren and his wife Mercy Otis joined Abigail Adams and her four children who had been invited to be inoculated at Abigail’s uncle’s house in Boston along with Abigail’s sisters Elizabeth Cranch and Mary Shaw and their families. Even though Boston was teeming with the sick, the prospect that the city could conquer smallpox made it "a scene delightful indeed." Cotton Tufts was satisfied that he could now "take my leave of Earth, satisfied that the Day of American Redemption was at Hand."

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