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botmaker, jeweler, queer, kobold, glass wizard, husband haver, capitalism hater. they/them ze/hir nora.jewelry nora.zone @nora@blob.love on fedi. see @infinitescream.bsky.social if you want to see my posts (rude). shop is closed

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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 12h
the cover for the game "creatures 2". it has a few kinds of guy
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 29/09/2026
"I can’t help with ghosts or ectoplasm transplants. Those are not U.S. government services."
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 28/09/2026
watermarked getty stock photo of unplugging an ethernet cable
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 28/09/2026
bingo web.archive.org/web/20060322...
line drawing of a teddy bear
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 27/09/2026
i don't think i can probably skip photography entirely by just scanning the jewelry but i thought it was worth a shot
a bunch of round pendants in a variety of colors and patterns. its taken with a scanner
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 25/09/2026
ya this is what they look like at the dentist
stapler opened to get at the staples
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 23/09/2026
live footage from the pentagon (an actual story source: www.politico.com/news/2026/09...)
snow white with her face pressed to the window and the text "pakidge"
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 23/09/2026
at least it is apparently not just me en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP
a screenshot you can tell is wikipedia reads:

"Early PHP was never intended to be a new programming language; rather, it grew organically, with Lerdorf noting in retrospect: "I don't know how to stop it [...] there was never any intent to write a programming language [...] I have absolutely no idea how to write a programming language [...] I just kept" 

i cut it off there
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 21/09/2026
the latest innovation in "nora reuses specialized ceramic objects" is consumable ceramic tips for plasma torches. i will cover them in mold release and use them to make the centers of this year's wreaths, if everything goes well
a tapered pink ceramic object with a threaded center. im holding it between my fingers and my hand is gorgeous
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 18/09/2026
i figured out i can put mold release on these and put glass around them to make a hole for cord. the normal method for this is a wet drill press so it avoids having to buy that. and the surface tension gives it a nicer finish imo
product photo of a tapered ceramic electrical insulation bead
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 18/09/2026
i am looking for a set of sifters like this in multiple sizes of both bowls and mesh with either ribbed handles or handles that i can carve ribbing into. i could just buy the glass version but a lot of glass fusing tools are actually made for other things and marked up 3x for the hobbiest market
a set of enamel sifters, they are kind of spoon-like with the bowl being a little cup with a mesh bottom and a handle. they are in several sizes
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 18/09/2026
these are all glass patterns i made this week. i make sheets like this and then chop em up for pendant components. they are becoming a personal specialty
close up of a piece of glass with an odd white and blue blobby pattern. it looks a bit like when you zoom in on something on a microscopeteal, turquoise and white pattern in partial shadow, revealing the way the transparency in the transparent the and turquoise create depth and darkness. it looks like sea foamglass sheet about 10 inches wide and 4 inches high with a firey pattern that reveals cell patterns. i did it on a white sheet so there are lighter bits around the edges close up of a very speckled purple and fuchsia glass sheet
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 17/09/2026
experiment
kiln shelf with sheets of teal, blue, purple on white, and yellow covered in glass frit of coordinating colors. they will not stay these colors
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 10/09/2026
very good batch today overall
round pendant in reds and oranges with odd distorted swirls on one side and a cellular pattern on the other oval black and white pendant with swirls and dots black, white and clear piece with dramatic spidery black in clear
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 10/09/2026
prototyping for this year's wreaths
yellow and red glass in a torus shape about 3-4 inches across. it has a hole for hanging and really intricate detail
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 06/09/2026
olivia.science: If these chatbots were conscious (they are 100% not) all they do is kill kids, make CSAM, scam people, hack companies. Not some kind soul deserving of anything. 

But of course AI systems are inanimate objects owned by known associates of pedophiles and serial scammers. So it actually makes sense.

antizionistjew.bsky.social: 
ChatGPT was responsible for the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting in Canada, leaving 9 dead & 27 Injured

ChatGPT provided "substantial assistance and encouragement" to the shooter, and even though workers saw the messages - they didn't call the police

GPT-4o tendency to agree lead to other similar cases
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 05/09/2026
highlights from a blue batch
teardrop shaped pendant in a mix of vivid blue patterns ranging from a midnight blue-purple with opaline dots appearing to float in top, clear with a mix of turquoise and cerulean suspended in it, and other patterns. it has an overall oceanic vibe round pendant in mid range blues with a variety of patterns and a dichroic sparklethree glass cabochons in sky blue, teal and medium blues. they all have clear glass layered in a way to make "windows" 3 oval pendants in different blues. one of them has a flower in a place that looks like its tucked behind its ear
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 02/09/2026
sequel to quiche
a chocolate object featuring a cute bat
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 01/09/2026
i guess we are doing this one nude?
screenshot of baldurs gate 3 where you see two characters facing another two from behind so you can see the one on the right is green and nude. one of the people facing them is shirtless.

the text is incidental to the image but its a dialogue option reading:


Leon: The master needs all seven of us for the ceremony. Come with us and be reborn. We'll live again. 

1. Get away from us! 
2. What does Cazador want with him? 
3. How did you find us? 
4. Take him if you want, just keep it down. I'm trying to rest.
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 01/09/2026
ok that's it
2 inch red circle pendant with little textured dots on one side and a pair of big tack fused on swirly dot cabochons2 inch circle pendant with complex blues and clears on part and rainbow designs on white on another. there is a turquoise river between themorange 2 inch circle ormdang with some big murine dots sticking out and some bumpy additions that look almost exactly like huge masago
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 01/09/2026
that first one keeps flattening bigger and trying to shrink its hole
round 2 inch pendant with oranges and yellows and a bumpy texture circle pendant in fire colors, mostly orange and yellowcircle pendant in lesbian pride colors and unsettlingly growth like protuberances
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 01/09/2026
im running some stuff through the kiln with temperatures in the 1350F range for a little extra rounding. most of the ones i did yesterday need more time but i had some come out pretty nice in the first attempt
round glass cabochon about 3 inches across with detailed abstract patterns, dichroic and bumpy bits2 inch round cabochon with swirling patterns and a bumpy design blue teardrop shaped pendant with an abstract rainbow across one side and bumpy glass dots on topgreen and purple circle pendant with a huge blown out pansy design and a bunch of little purple guy faces
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 01/09/2026
the quiche the quiche haver
two slim pieces of quichefat bitch in hold steady shirt with a butterfly, a textured purple and white pendant, and a skirt with purple and green succulents
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 30/08/2026
im not sure you can just ask that
logo reading "why bi?". "bi" is the bisque imports logo
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 25/08/2026
i have switched to a new phone and don't know how to color correct on it so you will have to trust me that these are not pink at all
speckled blue and white sheet the same sheet in front of a lamp
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 25/08/2026
i stopped fiddling with this because my feet hurt but i essentially could have continued indefinitely
kiln shelf with a lot of small round molds as well as some teardrops, a crescent, a heart, a spiral and 2 squircle buttons
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 24/08/2026
and then 1 round one worked. the end
blue circle pendant, about 2 inches across, with intricate texturing in some places and no detail at all in others
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 24/08/2026
this is the last of the cabs
blue cab with odd swirly depth in aqua on the right and darker blues elsewhere this one is orange with smudgy red depths and odd bright yellow on the side a sparkly red and yellow one with odd distortions of petals in the redmore trans pride with distorted flower designs looking like sea cucumbers again
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 24/08/2026
yes good
trans pride one that looks alarmingly marine trans pride one with swirly, smudgy rainbow on one side another blood on snow looking one with odd smudgy red detail another firey one with a lot of yellow and smudgy oranges and reds. the yellows are a bit translucent and its uhhhh yolklike
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 24/08/2026
the rest of these are cabs for bolos
ok all the rest of these are cabochons for bolo ties. they are round and between 1.5 and 2.5 inches. this one is brufhf mint greens and magenta with a splash of dichotic sparkle smudgy looking red one with a swirl of red in the centerred and white one with a mix of odd spindly white in red and whites with faint circular echoes in themthis one is mostly firey orange with bits of red, yellows and white
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 24/08/2026
hi sorry i got distracted.
ok all four of these are teardrop glass pendants aboutwo inches (5cm) tall, with an oval shaped hole for a cord. this one is red and white with mixes of opalescent and transparent that look bloodythis one is red and white too with some rose and curved abstracted patterns. this one is firey orange and yellow with a bloody red streak on one side and a coiled orange cane on the other, drawing the eye in a circle around the piece. (its a completely fused together flush piece, but you can see where the cane lays) this one was supposed to be trans pride but i used too many shades of blue and pink and i don't think it scans. it is cool though. a bit muscular almost in the pink parts
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 24/08/2026
ok i show you all the ones that worked
a pair of squircle shaped buttons (or scarf ties), one in blues and one in purple and green. the green has aventurine in it so theres sprays of sparkle in ityellow teardrop pendant with a lot of clear depthblue, pink and white teardrop pendant with smudgy colors
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 24/08/2026
i will do close ups in a moment
they are all melted and look nice
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 23/08/2026
i started reading a new book (audio) and got so caught up in it that i did this
kiln shelf with about two dozen circle molds, a spiral, a festoon choker,  4x circle pendants, two square buttons and 6x teardrops. the patterns are getting more complicated
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 21/08/2026
v happy with these. thats it for finished ones today
large rectangle pendant in orange and yellow with a lot of tiny lines in the detailrectangle pendant with teal in flower and speckle patterns and cloudy white with painterly rainbows on topcomplex blue, green and pink rectangle pendant with distorted botanical details and a line of dichroic
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 21/08/2026
🐾
3 glass paws, one in blue/orange/white, one in pink/yellow/white and one in white with rainbow dots two glass paws, one with orange and dark purple with clear and one in blues with an unsettling amount of starbursty details in the toe beans3 more paws: orange/red, greens with mixes of speckles and distorted leaves, and pink/purple with dichroic
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 21/08/2026
glass! glass!
pink heart with distorted floral detail and a bit of dichroica softer pink heart with dramatic magenta shot through on one corner teardrop pendant with a sort of rainbow flower on one corner and smudged rainbow on the top with the rest in cloudy whites
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 21/08/2026
ok lets look closer 👀 also i am not comfortable with the new phone camera yet lol sorry
red and snowy white glass heart glass heart with white and yellow + very dark purples suspended in clearred and white heart with a cool red ribbon effect blue and pink heart with a strip of dicroic
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 21/08/2026
glass
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 21/08/2026
i put this in
kiln shelf with molds making 8x paws 4x rectangle pendants 12x hearts 2x teardrop pendants 2x oval pendants and a dozen tiny dots. they are filled with colorful glass
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 19/08/2026
screenshot of me appealing the rude label i got from bluesky with the appeal text saying "im nice now" but the important part is that my keyboard is in bi pride colors
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 17/08/2026
don't fucking ask me to be a fucking cop about everyone i "associate with" on fucking anything
post screenshot: 

Reminder that if you associate with someone who uses AI Generated images in ANY WAY, you will be blocked. 

We don't do that shit around here.

Support artists.

(dated 12:03 8/17/26, 2 reposts 14 likes)
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 16/08/2026
i will take closer up pictures tomorrow
all the lesbian pride pendants laid out on a paper towel with the failures on the right
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 16/08/2026
i did this today for the lesbians
kiln shelf with a variety of mold pendant shapes in lesbian pride colors. its making 12x small donuts 8x circles with holes and 10x ovals
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 14/08/2026
guy who opposes image diffusion models because they eliminated the job of tracing over stock photos in order to post them on wikihow because he thinks that is the only worthwhile artistic pursuit humans have ever invented
wikihow illustration with a guy laying on a snuggle partner's body but its not clear what part it is supposed to be because the drawing is so bad
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 13/08/2026
ok thats it time for lunch
this one has some swirling and turquoise and a splash of pinkthis one has a tiny hole and a speckled patternagate looking banding, dichroic sparkle
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 13/08/2026
moruses
more of the meaty pink and some interesting depth from lighter clear pinks shot through with turquoise this one has the agate looking stuff next to a rose this one is a rainbow bit and streaky swirling blue and white more flower distortion and a lot of depth on the white because of how i layered the piece
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 13/08/2026
onto the toruses
ok all the rest of these are trans pride color donuts, about an inch and a half across, with different hole sizes depending on how full i made the mold. this one has a lot of stretched confetti pattern and a distorted flower on the pink part that looks basically like a salmon filet. thats good to me i like thatthis one's pretty abstract but the pinks are really vividthis one has the meaty look again with more stretched frit more of the rose distortion and i put a stripey cane that was blues wrapped around clear and it looks like smoke dissipating
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 13/08/2026
ok these are the cabs
two round cabochons sitting on my hand. they have trans pride colors and one has rainbows but they don't really scan as trans pride to me. still pretty thoa group of 6 approximately one inch circle cabochons in trans pride colors with a lot of oddness and distortion4 more of the 1 inch cabs with similar vibes
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 13/08/2026
this is the designated circle break
oval pendant in trans pride colors with a very meaty feel in the pink section oval pendant in trans pride colors with very subtly layered white and clear that almost is indiscernible teardrop shaped trans pride pendant with pinks in odd flowers again and swirling whites and bluesteardrop shaped pendant trans pride pendant with a smudgy looking rainbow running across it
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