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Metareferential (he/him)

@metareferential.bsky.social
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Space educator. Amateur forager/beekeeper/welder, has managed to not poison anyone (yet). All opinions my own. Trans rights are human rights. Fnord.

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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Tuxedo cat wriggles happily in a box.Tuxedo cat writhes around in a box upside down.Tuxedo cat grooms his tail in a box. The box has been edited by small pointy teeth.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Maximilian also says hi
A little chestnut tree sapling grows away in the grass.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Sharing some belly with y'all in These Trying Times. Happy #caturday
A black and white cat lolls on its back while a white hand pets the belly.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
@blueheronfarm.bsky.social Just got our tasty cajeta delivered. Please consider using larger boxes in the future; this one is clearly undersized.
A black cat crouches on grey floor, having stuck its face into a white box barely larger than its head.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Please take a moment to rejuvenate with our local amateur synchronized sleeping team:
Two cats curl on a white, textured bedspread. One is black and white, the other calico.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Aw yeah. the good stuff:
A cat watches a twitch stream of hatching geese.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Hello, please accept this small antidote against The Circumstances.
A tuxedo cat's face peeps out from a brown corrugated fiberboard box lying on its side in a kitchen. Only the cat's yellow eyes and black ears can be seen.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Already piqued as a major goy:
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Anyway looks like your household isn't the only one with a case of the Rounds:
Three cats are curled in rumpled bedding. One is showing its stretchy little toes.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Something on the wind clearly smells concerning.
Three cats crouch to sniff under the bottom edge of a closed white outer door. All three are clustered together on a grey floor.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Good news, everybody!
A tuxedo cat looks past the camera. It is sitting on a black box out of which peeks the head of a calico cat. The box is on a patterned burgundy carpet.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Print messed up at the very end but I felt like the model was generally usable. Since it's a blunderbuss bro, I just stuck some polyester 'smoke' on and called it a day; happy with the result! #3DPrinting
A small 28mm figurine, against a brown paper backdrop, of a peasant with a straw hat and a blue tunic holding a blunderbuss. The crown of the figurine's head is missing and "charred", with a wisp of fake smoke drifting from the top.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Time for a play date? Ours is middleweight 80lb corrugated...
A tuxedo cat lurks in a red cardboard beer box; his yellow eyes barely peek up over the edge. The box is on a muted patterned carpet.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
😷 ❤️
A tortoise shell cat curled into a tight ball on a mauve duvet. Its nose is very pink.A white snake squiggles in the neck of a grey sweatshirt and out the sleeve.A fat tortoise shell cat lounges in a cardboard box. A knitted hat is draped over it.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
OK, now that we are talking about it I also wanna show this not-to-mini-scale little location prop that I was pretty proud of, considering that I knocked it together from 100% trash:
A small cardboard dive bar building prop, labeled "LIMBAR", sits on a dark tablecloth with other gaming props like cars and dice. The building has dirty-white walls and corrugated "steel" roof.A small cardboard dive bar building prop, labeled "LIMBAR", sits on a table with orange tablecloths. The building has dirty-white walls and corrugated "steel" roof. The picture shows a toothpick radio aerial.A small cardboard dive bar building prop, labeled "LIMBAR", sits on a table with orange tablecloths. The building has dirty-white walls and corrugated "steel" roof. The photo highlights fake power meters and some graffiti that says "JESU SPADO".A small cardboard dive bar building prop, labeled "LIMBAR", sits on a table with orange tablecloths. The building has dirty-white walls and corrugated "steel" roof. The photo highlights trash bins and some graffiti that says, among other things, "AMOR OMNIA VINCIT".
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
I was super chuffed to find a full spectrum of colors at the @gamekastlecp.bsky.social Flea Market for like $2 to get me started (for a quick casual game that needed distinctive minis).
A sinusoidal wave of Hot Wheels style toy cars is laid out on a shiny gold placemat. The cars vary from purple through the traditional rainbow colors, ending with blue on the other side.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Mr. Mans is all about enthusiastic consent; all touching is good touching:
A tuxedo cat lounges upside down on a patchwork quilt.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Them's fightin' words, friend
A pudgy tortoiseshell cat slumps sleepily with its chin resting on a colorful backpack
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A sprawling pale orange chicken of the woods mushroom grows out of the ground. It looks like a nested, concentric series of partial fantails. A white hand is next to it for scale.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the skyline
A shred of latex balloon tumbles on a black skyfield under a blue-gradient shot of Earth and the atmosphere
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Good morning, bsky. Everything is terrible, awful, and no good but there are still pockets of purity and light to be had:
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Toot toot
A homemade Richard Scarry apple car floats next to the pier in Baltimore Harbor. A pool noodle Lowly Worm sits astride a center pontoon.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
WE SENT THE PREVIOUS PHOTO IN ERROR; PLEASE RETURN BY POST AT EARLIEST CONVENIENCE. INSTEAD PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED ONE (1) WRIGHT'S TUXEDO BARRELEYE
A tuxedo cat is crouched to leap at a cat toy; its eyes are very upwards-focused, perhaps to a comical extent.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 05/11/2024
PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED ONE (1) EASTERN NECKLESS TUXEDO PHOTOGRAPH AS REQUESTED
An adorable, chunky tuxedo cat sits on a patchwork quilt. Its head is retracted back into its neck.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Obligatory "art/artist:"
A blank-eyed tuxedo cat proudly sits in a cardboard box, out of which he has gnawed an enormous crescent
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Our little dudes could be twins:
A blank-eyed tuxedo cat rolls on his back while a caucasian hand ruffles his hind feet.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
A homemade Dr. Zoidburg costume featuring a lot of red grease paint
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 13/10/2024
I bless whomever started this trend (or, at least, demonstrated that most of the autoplay ads there *can* be muted somehow):
Photo of a gas station payment terminal, with an arrow pointing to one of the screenside buttons (second from top, right side). Someone has labeled it 'MUTE' with a Sharpie.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 21/06/2024
anyway she not only got into the scarf box yesterday but also auto-Nyan'd herself:
A tubby tortoiseshell cat is primly spread out on one end of a blue scarf, which has been draped out on a wooden floor to its full length.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 18/06/2024
This little guy was so food-motivated when we'd just adopted him off the street that he housed half a full-sized bar -- through and including the wrapper -- cheerfully before being apprehended.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 07/06/2024
This is an adjunct ground support station but Close Enough?
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 06/06/2024
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 02/06/2024
Sorry for the extremely poor focus and foreshortening:
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 02/06/2024
A slight tangent:
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 01/06/2024
Maybe an intensive daily dose of Gaudí and Escher until Mx. Lumps is out of the risk window?
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 31/05/2024
Even MORE unnecessarily, I made a little carrying 'case' to keep it safe in its pill bottle. (This will keep it safe on the treacherous 300 meter walk up the street to the DM's house.)
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 31/05/2024
Made a completely frivolous little mini for my D&D character's familiar (an osprey, but I found an owl fig for $1 at a flea market so we're usin' that). The base is a top hat for Backstory Reasons, and I threaded it so it can indicate flying altitude with the little triangle pips on the sides.
A 3D-printed white top hat on a blue background. A small painted figurine of an owl is mounted on top of the hat with a black spring.A 3D-printed white top hat on a blue background. A small painted figurine of an owl is mounted on top of the hat with a black spring.A 3D-printed white top hat on a white background. A small painted figurine of an owl is mounted on top of the hat with a black spring. The top of the hat is lifting up on threads.A 3D-printed white top hat on a white background. A small painted figurine of an owl is mounted on top of the hat with a black spring. The top of the hat is lifting up on threads.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 13/05/2024
Search your camera roll for... "art"?
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 05/05/2024
Made it to the 1. starting line, 2. finish line, and 3. Best Art prize! Wee woo.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 04/05/2024
See y'all at the museum in 6 hours, Baltimore! #kinetic
A 3D printed figurine of Abraham Lincoln, from the Lincoln Memorial, popping a wheelie.A bevy of 3D printed Venus de Milo figurines, each with the head replaced by a flamingo's, each with googly eyes.A 3m tall stylized pink flamingo dangling from a boom.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 24/04/2024
Don't listen to her lies! We have far better deals over here. No terms, no limits! Step this way:
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 18/04/2024
Her older sister only has eyes for you:
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 17/04/2024
Perhaps this new abomination will freshen it up for you? Apologies in advance.
A small white 3D printed figurine of the Venus de Milo, with her head and neck replaced by a flamingo's.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 10/04/2024
*poonk*
A bearded man in glasses and a blazer smiles at the camera in front of a clear plastic tent housing a large metal funnel. Someone is sitting inside the tent with their face in the wide end of the funnel. Complicated wires and hoses drape the far side of the tent.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 29/03/2024
Throwin' some sparks! :D
A man wearing a raised welder's hood, in a cluttered workshop throwing a long tail of orange sparks from an angle grinder.
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 24/03/2024
Ah, shit, heck, I wasn't prepared; can you make change for a double?
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
All hail the creatrix of The Pony!
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 06/01/2024
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 06/01/2024
Amazing words from @jarodkanderson.bsky.social :
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Metareferential (he/him) @metareferential.bsky.social · 06/01/2024
Posting without context.
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