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niqaeli torres, child of disaster

@niq.aeli.net
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herein you will find: a plexiglass 4th wall, whining, cats, fannishness, occasional intersectional social commentary. she/they. blocks for bad vibes and fuckshittery. 0.00000015% of a Hugo Award Winner.

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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 3h
anyway hula’s modern tiki is shockingly affordably priced at $12 for most of their cocktails—and they aren’t chintzing on the pours to make up the difference (granted that rum is cheap as liquor goes, but still)—and their most expensive entree being less than $30. the scorpion bowl was v nice!
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 09/10/2026
every time I stop petting him, he looks at me like this
a large orange and white tabby looking back and up at the human with reproachful eyes of neglected woe
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 07/10/2026
Yeah, he was at the Westworld home show! I didn’t actually catch if he’s local but presumably if he does Phoenix home shows he might be at the next one. And he was incredibly reasonably priced; this is everything I bought from him and all of this together cost me less than $100.
an art nouveau leaf jewelry set with blue green glass, a more abstract purple jewlery set, and a rectangular jewelry set with turquoise trees on a slate background
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 06/10/2026
I am very smug and pleased at the length of this necklace being perfect given I didn’t try it on when I bought it
selfie of a white woman in sunglasses and a blue tie-dye tank tops with lace around the cleavage and art-nouveau-ish necklace an earrings with blue/green leaves
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 05/10/2026
I offer pre-payment in the form of River, a very sweet dog of very little brain.
a small white dog sitting on a couch looking at the camera with dubious ears
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 16/09/2026
y’all have fun explaining the fanfic death cults to people who haven’t spendt their lives in the fandom trenches, ig, I’m gonna go snorgle a cat. probably one of these two. (okay but I’m genuinely surprised I haven’t seen a “his wife? a horse” joke yet, maybe it’s just because I keep noping out.)
a tuxedo cat holding a grey cat with both paws so she can wash his face
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 13/09/2026
I need you all to understand that Nimbus is wet because he insists on coming in the shower with me so he can lick the floor and paw droplets of water out of the air. and this. is AFTER. I toweled the worst of it off him. I am going to have to start keeping a towel for the cat, what tf is my life.
A grey cat perched on top of a short dressed. His fur is distinctly, obviously damp especially on his neck.
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 10/09/2026
a 4/5 “taking some fucking diphenhydramine bitch” MCAS Fucking Flush on me, and I have zero fucking idea what set me off other than having had to explain why JKR sucks when asked at work if I like Harry Potter
a white person with a VERY vividly red butterfly flush in their face and notable redness on their upper chest
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 10/09/2026
re-posting this MCAS Fucking Flush with a 3/5 from a year ago on the cruise showing the arms and upper chest because I want to have one goddamn quote post chain to point people at (and I have another fucking reference photo from today to post)
a white person in a mirror selfie that shows redness on the upper arms and chest
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 18/08/2026
nope, you can’t make me touch today’s main character, i have foster kittens to cuddle
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 16/08/2026
this photo is basically just Josie’s entire personality summed up, lol
A black and white cat
sticking her head out from under a dress where she is laying on a middle shelf of a drying rack with dresses on all the layers of it; the drying rack is sitting on top of a washing machine. Her expression and demeanour are brightly curious and gently mischievous. She is also fucking adorable.
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 08/08/2026
the photo here doesn’t show her back which does not leave enough space for her internal organs, but this is better than SO MANY figurines and I am fond of Nami. and we had credit with the used bookstore, so.
front view of a 12” figure of Nami from One Piece in a bikini top, jeans, and high heels with mostly but not entirely reasonable anatomy of the waist and a genuinely reasonable simple contrapposto pose an actual human might stand in
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 08/08/2026
ma’am, please get that severe EDS treated and those knees reduced. figuremakers, please learn how joints.
an anime figurine in an anatomically-impossible-without-severe-dislocations T&A pose  where her legs are internally rotated significantly and also her knees are so hyper extended her femur and tibia/fibula can no longer be connected, with significant internal rotation of the ankles as well
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 31/07/2026
If you are wondering what kind of handfuls of fur would make you impulse shave a cat… this is the undercoat I just pulled out of her ruff today. *Half* of her ruff, she only let me get half of it last time because it takes forever to get it all picked out and she only has so much patience for it.
A clump of downy grey undercoat that is the size of the palm of the hand holding it.
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 31/07/2026
you know, for an impulse decision born of “I spent all of thirty seconds grooming this cat and had GIANT HANDFULS of fur” that took about three days to finish, Merida’s home lion cut doesn’t look too bad! The forepaw gloves are a little long and it’s a little uneven but it’s still pretty adorable.
A tortie cat with a blue collar in a sphinx pose on a couch next to an orange <s>lump</s> and rotund tabby cat; the tortie looks up alertly and playfully at the something above and off camera. The apparent intelligence of that look is a lie, she is a himbo jock who has never know a thing in her life.
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 23/07/2026
I’m at the host stand today and I forgot my laptop, sigh. But, hey, I have great jewellery.
a woman wearing white and red gradient round earrings and necklace with an amethyst about the size of a thumb in a wire work setting using a few smaller gems
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 21/07/2026
well, SOMEONE is feeling better, she hasn’t been up on the bed downstairs to ask for pets and cuddle in ages. and usually I’d be getting snubbed for a full day anyway bc I was the one who took her to the vet!
a very bony cat with white colorpoint with tortie splotches in the dark points markings and a lion cut curled up tight with her tail poof tucked under her chin, nested in a tan blanket. you can’t see the human under the blanket that is taking the photo but her butt is touching the human through the blanket.
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 19/07/2026
Because I figured all of us could use fifteen seconds of big sweet orange purrs.
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 13/07/2026
anyway to show you Nimbus is not always being tortured by his mom being a weird fucking human, have some purrs
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 13/07/2026
Nimbus and Josie’s lives are so hard. the hardest. humans are so weird. mom why are you like this.
a white human taking a selfie camera photo of themself with their left arm slung around and holding two cats, one a tuxedo and the other a grey tipped tabby. the grey tipped tabby has one ear up and the other ear down and has the most teenage “mom, WHY. why are you LIKE THIS” expression you have ever seen on a cat. the tuxedo cat is just looking to the side alertly, like she is thinking “can I escape now? hmmm.”
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 03/07/2026
friday!niq is wearing her emergency backup headscarf that looks great but doesn’t stay put for shit cos she forgot to lay out a proper set last night and took the other car in, and is having a fuck of an embodiment day. but at least she has great new earrings that match this necklace beautifully.
a tired looking white woman wearing brown beaded earrings centered with abalone shell (by mrs.v.beads on instagram) and a wire necklace with brown and beige toned beads and shells (bought at a gallery in california several years ago, artist info lost to the mists of time and ADHD); she’s smiling wryly at the camera
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 25/06/2026
The earrings I picked up at the Native American art fair I went to last weekend with @jmtorres.bsky.social, the necklace is costume jewelry I picked up in my teens I have no idea where. It’s nice to have a good match for earrings for it, I haven’t worn it much in years because I didn’t!
A white woman wearing large oval black and gold beaded earrings (by mrs.v.beads on instagram) with a black black beaded brass pendant.
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 22/06/2026
I’ve worn this pendant with these earrings before but the gem chain is new! The chain actually came with a sunburst pendant that I adore but I like the chain a lot too, it looks nice with several of my wire work pendants.
A white woman wearing a wire work pendant with a white stone on a chain beaded with pale blue gems (pendant: lionesselise.etsy.com, chain: ksven-art.com) with drop earrings with dragon charms and a single white pearl each (Buxom Pearls by Lady Castellana).
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 20/06/2026
Saturday’s pendant may be a little *too* well-matched to my shirt, I don’t think you can see the stone very much! But at least you can still see @lionesselise.bsky.social’s gorgeous wire work quite nicely.
Selfie of a white woman wearing a twisted wire circular pendant with a black and red stone, fire coloured wing shaped earrings and a black and red Traveler t-shirt
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 19/06/2026
I overdid it like a motherfucker on Wednesday and I am sore as hell but I made it to chez @jmtorres.bsky.social safely and have slept the sleep of the very exhausted, showered, and am now out getting breakfast
a white woman wearing a green tie dyed loose blouse, a small round geometrically patterned pendant and tear drop earrings in matching greens
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 18/06/2026
thursday!niq is losing her fucking voice probably due to overdoing it wildly yesterday cleaning the kitchen because the hyperfocus kicked in badly (have I mentioned I fucking miss having ADHD meds that consistently work), but at least she has excellent jewellery.
a white woman wearing a black hair wrap with round silver earrings with art deco swirls and a necklace of a silver hawk wkth wings spread and an inlay of a shimmery green-and-blue stone on the wings
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 15/06/2026
my hair is freshly washed which means it’s fraying from its braids like a motherfucker but at least i have good jewelry
a white woman with a wry, tired smile wearing jeweled spiders as earrings and a large black laser it wood teardrop with sparkly material in the three crosses design
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 03/06/2026
anyway, the reverse tail bandits have struck again, no feline is safe!
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 01/06/2026
Coby the tiny torbie tyrant is doing very well indeed; she’s with us another week while we continue to monitor the bad eye but hopefully next Sunday when they recheck the eye pressure it’ll be normal and they won’t need to do any surgery, and she can graduate foster and go on to the adoption centre!
a torbie kitten looking up with an air of exasperation, her mouth is very slightly open like she is about to yella slightly grumpy/piratical looking torbie kitten in the lap of a human
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 01/06/2026
I have a mild headache and I can’t tell if it’s caffeine withdrawal, glasses/eye focusing fuckery, or what, so I am going the hell home early, but I continue to have excellent jewelry.
a white woman wearing a black leather hat, sunglasses, a gold necklace of a kugerrand, and rather large earrings of gold branching leaves
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 30/05/2026
i hate working saturdays, i really do. even when they’re quiet they have the worst fucking energy. but at least i have great jewelry.
a middle aged white woman wearing a twisted wire necklace with a blue gem in it and one visible green teardrop pearl earring, a black hair wrap and a grey patterned shrug smiling very faintly; she looks emotionally tired, though not physically so
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 26/05/2026
#DCEAUoD
"Excuse *you*," Jay says, his outrage so performative Dick would know it for as much even without the bond or his empathy. "You're *prettier* than me, I'll grant, but I am *clearly* Bonnie to your Clyde; my tits are *much* better than yours."

Dick rolls his eyes. "Alright, Bonnie," he concedes. "My ass reigns supreme, though. Now shut up and catch me on your shoulders, babydoll."
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 26/05/2026
#PacificRim
“We’re needed here, to wit: *excuse* me Newton but you cannot, you *cannot* do that with the strand engines, not at those *pressures*!”

“You heard the man,” Herc tells the nurse as Geiszler snarls back at Gottlieb about short duration oscillations and the Jaeger alloys’ material properties. “Get the hell out of my command centre.”
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 26/05/2026
an extremely local breakfast! local eggs and locally churned butter (regular salted and fancy strawberry honey) and apple butter from the farmer’s market, bread from my local gf bakery. the only thing not local is the fancy truffle salt on the eggs! well, and the caffeine which came from black rock.
scrambled eggs and two slices of bread on a teal plate
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 24/05/2026
I award you The Most Recent Dog Pic In My Photoroll for your excellence in Civic Duty Accomplished!
a golden furred dog at an outdoor bar
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 17/05/2026
for them what don’t do video: a photo of Miss Coby now that she is *slightly* less pathetic looking. yes, this is genuinely notably less pathetic looking than when I took her to the humane society for an emergency vet appt yesterday! her squinchy eye here is squinchy, not held closed and crusted up!
a tiny torbie kitten with a squinchy eye and BIG EARS sitting on the stomach of the human taking the photo of her
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 17/05/2026
VERY OPINION.
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 12/05/2026
the tragedy of kitten. she wants cuddles and is cruelly denied them by the humane society’s policy all felines must remain in the carrier in the lobby. (they’ve graduated from foster care and are returning to be fixed and go to the adoption center!)
a tuxedo kitten with very sad wet eyes standing next to an out of focus napping brown tabby kitten, as seen through the grill of a carrier gate
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 10/05/2026
a laundry basket with a black trash bag; if you look closely, the void is staring back at you
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 06/05/2026
a kitten break for your skylines
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 03/05/2026
I don’t have any good recent glamour shots of his sister, but you can see her face here at least.
a tuxedo kitten climbing out of a basket and staring intently at the camera person
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 03/05/2026
I am so fucking tired, but this boy has figured out wet food entirely and has probably been the one to nibble on dry kibble, and his sister has at least worked out licking food up rather than being a baby bird about it, and that means I CAN SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT AGAIN, thank god
a brown tabby cat sprawled in a “draw me like one of your french girls” pose showing his spotty belly off
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 29/04/2026
this was absolutely $200 worth of enrichment for the kittens (who are almost not kittens any more, they’re a year old come Friday!!). Nimbus uses it the most but even Josie has decided she likes to walk on it occasionally.
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 25/04/2026
is this the stretch you mean?
a person in black pants in a bent knee runner’s stretch on the ground
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 20/04/2026
If I have identified all of the bananas in the box correctly, this is a completely ripe pisang raja. It is VERY sweet and similar to a Cavendish and frankly just… better. Like, it’s just as sweet but it’s got some more depth to the flavour, not just sweetness?
a peeled very ripe pisang raja banana
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 19/04/2026
Next ripe banana is the Orinoco! Texture is very similar to a ripe (but not overripe) Cavendish, flavour is… almost floral? It’s a bit more acidic than the other flavours I’ve tried so far without being tart at all, and the flavour is honestly as shallow as a Cavendis, just very *different*.
a ripe Orinoco banana with light brown speckling on a yellow peela sliced Orinoco banana sitting on a cutting board next to its peel
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 18/04/2026
The next banana ripe enough to try is the Goldfinger! It’s still a bit underripe (but we have four of them so I don’t mind trying one early). Right now, it has a *very* plantain flavour!
A Goldfinger banana peeled and sitting next to its peel on a cutting board.A Goldfinger banana cut into slices.
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 17/04/2026
anyway, kitten tax. somewhere in their family tree they have foldy ears lol. they are solidly in bumper car territory but, well, as you can see his ears are not fully standing up! and the girl’s aren’t even standing up as much as his are, they’re still like a 2–week kitten’s ears.
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 17/04/2026
this is the Orinoco!
two rather flat bananas being held together in a hand, one very green and the other starting to turn yellow
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niqaeli torres, child of disaster @niq.aeli.net · 17/04/2026
This is the whole box, btw. The other five varieties we'll get to try are Orinoco, Cuban Green, Goldfinger, Pisang Raja, and Gros Michel. No, I did not get this just to try the Gros Michel, lol (though I sure as hell was going to take the opportunity!).
six different varieties of bananas in different states of ripeness and varying quantities
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