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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 9h

I’m not saying that I know I’ve done my job when Laura Kuenssberg has said the opposite but I’m also not not saying that. In completely unrelated news, here’s today’s column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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I’m not buying into the ‘Keminaissance’. If the Tories lowered the bar any further, they’d be Reform UK | Frances Ryan

Rather than ridding the Conservatives of their ‘nasty party’ status, Badenoch has a plan – to cut benefits for young people and demonise the unemployed, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 12h

I've a cartoon image in my head now of one of these holding up a teeny tiny sign saying "actually my name is Sandra, you gigantic absolute doorstop" 😂

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 12h

I think that's more my camera struggling with the light in that corner, they're sort of light brown beige-ish, I think? IDK I'll go and check again later 🤷

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, freds are pretty chilled. Unless you're the house spider they wanna eat I guess!

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 14h

Anyway, the main point is: Change happens, and this is hopeful! Even small changes, like someone being nicer to spiders, shows that change is possible, & sometimes hate can be overcome. 💖 Not everybody is gonna change, I know. But sometimes you meet people where they are & change does happen. 🕷️😌

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 14h

I mean they have so many common names already, so why not? 😂

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 14h

…from back when Fred was a more common human 1st name. So it's kinda like calling them Joe Bloggs or some other placeholder name. I think sometimes harvest spiders (which aren't really spiders, I know don't @ me) get called daddy long legs too? Kinda fun how many different common names they have!

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 14h

It caught a brown house spider as a snack. Apparently they can even eat sprinters/giant house spiders/Eratigena atrica?? 🙃 Where I am, Pholcus phalangioides are called Freds, and the name daddy-long-legs is reserved for common cranefly. I assume the name fred comes from them being so common...

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 14h

OK, so assuming non-spider people aren't looking now. I'm so proud of Kitty. 🥹 They've gone from hating & hoovering up house spiders, to evicting them with a cup & card, to bringing me exciting household spider news. Like this Fred/cobweb spider/cellar spider/daddy long legs/why-so-many-names??

A long-legged Fred, AKA cobweb spider, AKA cellar spider, AKA a hundred other names depending where you live. It's a my kitchen wall, next to a brown house spider that is captured and wrapped in silk as a lil snacky treat.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 14h

⚠️🕷️ Attention arachnophobes: Spider pic coming in the next post in this thread.

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Fen, moss goblin @fluidfyre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wonderful talk about chronic pain. Let's all say it at once: "Pain doesn’t have a look."

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What even is chronic life without memes and spoonie sass 🤷

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If it was a competition, Flatline here would probably win

A very fluffy longhaired black cat with yellow eyes looking vaguely menacing and preparing to skrem at me for snacks.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thanks to @uniofreading.bsky.social MPharm students for joining me to talk about living with chronic pain as a scientist/artist/paintmaker. I really appreciate you sticking with me in a baking lecture theatre! 🫠 Notes (& memes) from today's workshop are here: mothsinahumansuit.uk/2026/10/02/c...

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Chronic pain as a patient and a scientist: what I want you to know

What I want pharmacy students to know about my life as a scientist, artist, and patient with chronic pain in 2026…

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You definitely should. (Also if one more person asks me if my playing card designs are AI-generated I'm going scream like a cat OMFGs)

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Aaaaaa it's my big pigment order for the year just arrived eeeeeee! 😁

A giant cardboard box filled with bags and tubs of pigment powder in a rainbow of colours. Not pictured: me flailing about making excited squeaking noises.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Update: it didn't explode but it does want a new filter. Might let it settle down a bit first tho, ey... Haven't seen it go past magenta alert for a while. 😬 (Also - this is why I'm always telling you to wear an appropriate respirator & not to redecorate ur lungs!)

The grill and display of a very, very angry air filter. It shows the red warning light, and the 'bitch, gimme a fresh filter, what is this bullshit?' light is now on.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Insectember day 16: Ardentiella caerulea Common name: Yellow Panda Isopod Rae the yellow panda isopod is often seen walking its beloved pet⭐ ✨Adopt Rae here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

A digital illustration of an anthropomorphized yellow panda isopod walking its little mite pet on a leash. The isopod has a chunky body with stubby legs, and is coloured soft browns with light yellow patches on its top segments.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yep, respirator always! & For this one, sleeves too.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

(I try to keep my daily major to-do list to 5 items, but today I think 4 is enough, u know)

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today's mission is to hang on to my marbles/spoons, and: 1. Draw more moth 2. Somehow get this fluffy, flyaway little shitpickle of a pigment into a jar, without making the air filter so furious it esplodes 3. Survive a studio inspection from Flatline 🐾 4. Excavate a layer of inbox Pray for me.

My hand drawing in a picture of three dry leaf coloured hawkmoths on a circular background of fallen dry leaves. They are well camouflaged, so the background is bisected diagonally and in the top half the leaves are faded, to better show off the moths beautiful colours. They're very good moths, you see.

A big bag of blue pigment labelled as Phthalo blue primary PB15:1, light stable, 100g. That may not sound like much but the particles of this pigment are light, fluffy, flyaway little bastards. So 100g takes up more room than something more obliging like a yellow or red ochre. Also I'm more used to calling this phthalo blue red shade. One more reason why pigment index names like PB15:1 are important.

A fluffy longhaired black cat with yellow eyes sitting on my squishy standing mat in the studio. It is judging me.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

'But if you tax the wealthy they'll leave' well they're fucken here now Jonathan, and I don't see my water bill shrinking or my weekly shop getting cheaper. Don't give me any trickle down dickweaselry. I've survived 2 shitspackled self-serving Tory govts, section 28, & an on-fucking-going pandemic.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I wish all science teams who advertise their work with GenAI a very pleasant emergency meeting to mitigate the damage to public trust.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's nice to get anything delightful out of the washing up, that's for sure 😂

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I don't know why, but I need to know if anyone else finds the sound of paint syringes being rinsed oddly satisfying?

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hey Bluesky, could you help spread the word? My goal for the day is one new sale. Here's a lovely pic of some of the Jeremy Creatures currently available at my shop. Each one is designed and hand-sewed by me and takes many hours to create. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Here's a lovely pic of some of my hand-sewn, fabric art Jeremy Creatures. The ground is green fur and the background is a beautiful galaxy print fabric. One creature is a gray rock with two different sizes black eyes and a little frown. There's a tall ghost with about 35 black eyes of different sizes and a wide mouth full of sharp teeth. There's another spirit with many eyes, twirly head wisps, and an open mouth with sharp teeth. There's also a ghost with a tiny face, with two different sized eyes and a little frown. There's a black ghost with a gray moon face, their body covered with hand-embroidered stars and planets of various sizes and colors. There's a frowny white ghost featuring embroidered red flowers. There's a super tiny frowny white ghost, and a super tiny black ghost with four eyes and embroidered stars.

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Michael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We’ve reached that time of year where I have an internal struggle about which annoys me more: 1. anatomically inaccurate decorative skeletons 2. people who are outraged about decorative skeletons being anatomically inaccurate.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (inhales) eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you 🙏 (Inhales) Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There's one pigment place in Tokyo that sells it. Shout out to them & every other pigment maker/shop/company that has to put up with all my bullshit 😂

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Am I allowed to be unreasonably excited because I just got delivery of a new (to me) pigment? One that might help me solve a mystery from a collection of old pigments I inherited 7(ish) yrs ago?? Cos I'm trying to be sensible about it… But TBH I just wanna scamper around my kitchen yelling eeeee!

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Listen, online life is getting (waves hands) a bit much for me today, & so I'm gonna log out & draw some more & play video games for a minute. So… Sunday pigment/paint shenanigans, but early: I'm trying out making watercolour binder with street cherry & peach tree gums, to compare with gum arabic.

A steel pot of water on a hob, in which 2 beakers and a bottle of amber liquid are being kept warm. They're labelled as cherry, peach, and GA (gum arabic) normal. They're different tree saps being dissolved for use in watercolour binder.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'd set a stopwatch for how long it takes from this absolute wankbasketry to when someone decides that slop-machines deserve more pain support than, yknow, human chronic pain patients like me… …But we already know the bros (in tech, DHSC, or healthcare committees) give vastly more shits about 'AI'.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sun is shining on today's warm-up doodle. Today we draw! 💖 ✏️

A colour pencil doodle of a floating island. It's kinda heart shaped, with a meandering river valley and water running off the edge. It's got a red sun setting or rising behind it.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

& I'm simply asking you to consider that all these things can be true before you tell me you'd rather die than live with my chronic illnesses. If nowt else, this life has taught me who is worth sharing my time & spoons with. Who values me as a whole person, & who doesn't. Thank you for your time.

A deliberately unfinished colour pencil drawing of a small metal tack, a beech leaf with a feather threaded through it and an unburned match torn from a paper matchbook. Underneath the words "is the sense of loss worth it? I think so." are scrawled in pencil.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

All these things are true: I just woke up in an absolute fucktonne of pain. I just woke up safe in my home, next to someone I love, being trampled by a delightfully ridiculous cat, feeling extremely lucky. I really don't fkn like having chronic pain. I really do fkn love my life…

A deliberately unfinished colour pencil drawing of a collection of debris; two matchsticks, some feathers seeds and a petal threaded together, and a long bent metal nail.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's dangerous to go alone, take this. 🥰 Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth, Malacosoma disstria #Macrophotography #moths #adorable #nature #awe and #wonder #invertebrates

a photo of the front of an adorable round fuzzy tan moth balanced on my fingertip. The moth has a round fuzzy tan body. Yellow feathery antennae rise above its dark eyes which are nearly lost in shadow. Its fuzzy legs are gripping my finger tip gently. its wings seen edge-on are just out of focus held at an obtuse angle above its body.

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Kirsty Hall @kirstyhall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There’s a bit in Neal Stephenson’s The Diamond Age where someone finds a scrap of handwoven fabric and unravels it, whilst being utterly baffled by how the ubiquitous 3-D printers could possibly have fabricated it. In this age of AI, I think of this increasingly often.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'd definitely be extreemely pissed off if I couldn't make paint or pigments for some reason, but I think I'd live. Life without drawing is just unthinkable tho.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I really love pencils. Like when my eyes finally crap out I'm gonna keep drawing anyway, IDC. Like... I think I can survive all the world's bullshit awhile as long as I have some pencils. (Being able to make people small good things of paint is definitely a joy & a bonus, but mostly? Pencils.)

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The layers are like a kinda meditation sometimes! (Except for the 10s between when I suddenly realise I've relaxed & defocused my eyes & aaaa fuckfuckfuck I can't see, & realising my hands know what they're doing & everything's fine. Those are just pure panic. But other than that I love shading 😂🤣)

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'll yet you know when we work out what's wrong. Right now he's just suuuper mad at us.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Finally back to this for a few. 😌 Doing the 2nd layer of shading on each moth, one colour at a time, going from light to dark

Four light coloured pencils, in creams and beiges hues, being held up in front of the moth drawing in this thread. These are the palest colours that will be used on the moths and in detailing the leaves.

The light coloured pencils from the previous pic being used to add highlights and pale stripes to the moths wings.

A close up on the first of the darker shading colours being used to fill in a layer on the moths body.

Five colour pencils in increasingly dark shades of brown being held up in front of the moth drawing.

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fraaanz this cat is so fuming cross, I scared 😬

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

No, nothing like that! Flatline because he has a relatively flat learning curve (he picks up new things at an extremely relaxed pace)

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Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Absolutely livid blep. Plotting revenge for the indignity of being forced to wear bright yellow.

A very fluffy longhaired black cat, with yellow eyes and a furious bleep. It has yellow bandages on its legs. This cat is totally planning to shit in my shoes later in revenge for the vet visit.

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