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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Piper is best good girl who will make sure you have company for your bathroom journey

Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

omg yes! Columbo was so much fun for my wife and i that i made my own COLUMBINGO board (we switched out a few squares later on, adding 4 new ones and removing others) We only ever got 1 BINGO across the 7 seasons we watched together 🤣

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

i love when my cat jumps up next to me on the couch, and instead of cuddling me, sneezes all over my arm in a fine misty spray. gosh thank you so much i feel so blessed. so honored. then she sticks 1 single claw into my flesh, just to make sure i know she loves me. I love you too Fidget, my gremlin.

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy Labor Day to those who are relaxing today, and solidarity to those who must work anyways. We have more in common with each other than with our bosses! 🌹🍞💪

Remake of a "loose lips sink ships" propaganda Poster originally by Cecil Calvert Beall. Features two working class men in overalls with two beer glasses in front of them. the man on the left, wearing glasses, is gesturing emphatically as he speaks. the text above and below says: "The Boss needs you, You don't need him! Labor is entitled to all it creates."

Remake of a Poster, by Will Burrows: the man on the left, Star Trek engineering officer Miles O'Brian, is gesturing emphatically as he speaks. Listening to him are: in front, Rom, a bartener at Quark's on DS9; and behind him is Leeta, a Dabo (game similar to roulette) hostess. Miles has a beer and Rom has snail juice (a ferengi favorite!) The background shows that they are seated in Quark's bar. the text above and below says: "The Boss needs you, You don't need him! Labor is entitled to all it creates."

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hey YUP it got me real good, i didn't actually expect it to be as specific as "hey you, you're ohioan!" (i could see which certain questions would've pushed me towards Indiana because that's how my mom & aunts talk!)

Map of united states, with comps ranging from red to blue. Text about says: Your dialect map

Redder areas talk more like you; bluer areas least.

You talk most like someone from Ohio — about 56% of your answers match a typical resident.
mydialect — standard

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm returning to ohio today, sore but satisfied. i hiked more elevation than i thought possible for myself. i saw lakes so blue & green they look fake. And i hiked on a GLACIER!!! the Rocky Mtns are truly humbling.

selfie with half a person visible, parking lot in foreground, and GLACIER in distant background.

Two smiling people in cold weather gear, standing on an ice field glacier, mountain in background.

VERY green Lake Agnes surrounded by mountains and forest, five people in foreground on a dusty & rocky hiking trail.

Selfie with Sam & Ray in foreground, background of pine trees, VERY blue Bow Lake, and mountains.

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

realized the random necktie i got at a thrift store - which I'm about to rhinestone - is a fuckin? oscar de la renta??? i checked: it's not an expensive tie. (it's mostly polyester.) but who tf is out here donating designer branded shit to the thrift store???

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

HEY COLUMBUS PEOPLE: I'm co-hosting TRIVIA at Slammers 7pm-9pm this Thursday 8/13 with Calli Coquette! 😻 See some DRAG, eat some pizza, play some Trivia! It's free to play, and you could win a $15 card to Slammers! Can't make it this week? There's more excellent drag & trivia EVERY WEEK!! 🤩

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

AXEL IN CLEVELAND BAYBEEE!! It's a dream come true to perform in the same show as the LEGENDARY KING PRESSURE K! On Friday July 31st at 8:00pm we'll be at WHIZBANG THEATRE in Cleveland Heights! We're gonna go ALL OUT 90s! Prime time Axel years! I'm bringing the silly little guy energy to the party!

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Everybody knows the most famous Van Goghs, yknow? Starry Night. Sunflowers. Then there's this still life, Two Crabs. When i saw this in person i felt like the colors PUNCHED ME IN THE FACE! hard to find good pic of colors. i stared for so long. so vivid, textured. much i could say, not enough space.

Van Gogh painting study of two crabs; left crab on its back, the other right-side up and facing the viewer. The intense orange of the crabs is made more vibrant by the teal background.

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

every time i see this bread brand, I'm torn between what's a funnier interpretation of "Ecce Panis," is it: "Behold! Bread!" or is it better as: "It's bread." ? (my 1st Latin textbook was "Ecce Romani," which was usually interpreted as "Look! The Romans!" it's a 1970s book about a Roman family.)

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

another EU country (Germany) knocking google down another peg is giving me life this morning

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

speaking of drag, THIS WEEKEND I'm doing TWO PRIDE shows! 🤩 Friday 6/12 I'll be down at Wild Goose for the Sapphic Society all-ages Pride show! 🏳️‍🌈 Saturday 6/13 I'll be over at Clintonville Books for Reading the House Down PRIDE EDITION!📚 Also, I'm doing a NEW number at the bookstore show!! 👀

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

"Not because we are required to, but because it is the right thing to do." that's RIGHT!! hell YES! 👏👏 you LOVE TO SEE IT!!!

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

And they're right to do it - many of us here hate them and think they're unsafe too!

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Today is my 4 year wedding anniversary with the light of my life, my personal Ray of sunshine, my beautiful wife @raywithawhy.bsky.social !!!! I love them beyond measure & my life is richer with Ray in it 💞 here's to the decades we'll see together and to the joys within them 💐

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! MY FIRST BRUNCH!!!!! Sunday May 10th, 12pm/Noon at Parsons North Brewing in downtown Columbus! I'M SO STOKED!!!!!!!!🤩

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hey bros n dudes!! 🤘😝 Axel sighting!! i'm in a show THIS SUNDAY April 19th: Calli's Cadets at Spacebar! show 9pm, NO COVER! 😲 We're mixing it up with some Audience Choice - YOU help pick our 3rd song of the night! Have a favorite number you wanna see again? Let us know at the show!

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

hey you! cool dude reading this! you wanna see a SHOW TOMORROW??? what, a Wednesday show?🤔 HELL YES! 👏 we're having a benefit for my buddy Morte! there will be drag! burlesque! poetry! it's gonna be silly! it's gonna be sexy!! and CAR THEMED!!! 🚗🚙🚕 📍Spacebar on High St 🕘 starts at 9:00pm

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

just a few pics of the kitties for a small joy in these difficult times

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

my goddamn gremlin cat has been refusing to take her medicine in the morning lately, which culminated today in her eating the pill pocket but spitting out the pill. this little asshole. i cannot and will not give you a churu every morning! you're not clever, you're frustrating!! take your medicine!!

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

@strucci.bsky.social As a fellow Columbo enjoyer, i feel like you would get a kick out of seeing this ColumBingo board i made today! my wife & my buddy Roz helped come up with the squares. We watched 2 eps tonight; nobody got a bingo but i was closest with 4!

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Mine is the Olentangy River! That's NOT said "Olen-tang-y" like you've got a fake orange drink in the middle, it's "Olen-tanj-y" because... i don't know, it's Ohio, what do you expect? This WOSU pic -almost- demonstrates how silty brown it is 99% of the time. accurate for invasive honeysuckle tho.

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

HAPPY POST TIME! RETURN OF THE OPEN STAGE! i did my drag king debut on this stage last year in Feb and I'm STOKED that it's back from hiatus 🤟😝 Thurs Jan 22nd at Ace of Cups! Show at 8:15pm! Jon us for some weird & wonderful drag, burlesque, and more!!!

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

someone should tell this lipstick plant that it is January. why on earth are you flowering so hard in JANUARY??

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Help keep our neighbors safe. Put yourself out there as much as you are able. Get a whistle. Pull out that phone. If you see them: document, record, report. Use this acronym to help you recall key details: S - Size A - Actions L - Location U - Uniforms T - Time E - Equipment

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I've got THREE back to back shows next week! Come check em out if you can! 🥰

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Workers deserve SAFETY at their workplace, not a fucking sheet of plywood!

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

💪😤💪 THREE YEARS! incredible hard work from these folks, i love to see it. This is why we need the NLRB to exist and with TEETH!

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

HELL YEAH LIBRARIES HELL YEAH UNIONS 💪😤💪

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

why does this cat LOVE stinky armpits SO MUCH??? i can't leave my drag shirts laying around after a show or she ecstatically rubs her face all over the armpits like the weird little gremlin she is

grey cat sniffing the armpit of a green tank top that's already been worn for a day

grey cat rubbing her face all over the armpit of a green tank top that's already been worn for a day

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

hey there beautiful people! do you wanna see a DRAG SHOW??? 👀 I'm gonna be at the District West Open Stage tomorrow! Doors are 8pm, show starts 9pm!

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Hey it's VERY last minute, but if anybody wants to come see some Drag and/or Burlesque, there's an Open Stage at Bossy Grrl's tonight, starts at 9pm(ish)! Fuck the man, see weird art!!!

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

DAMN THE MAN, SAVE THE LAB! FRIDAY 10/03 6pm to MIDNIGHT! 1187 W BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, OH WitchLab is MOVING!!! Come out to the LAST SHOW at the old space to help them raise funds for moving to the NEW SPACE! We're gonna have a fantastic night of music, drag, burlesque, AND SO MUCH MORE!!!

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

i picked up 2 feet of heavy duty chain at the hardware store to be Axel's new wallet chain, this motherfucker gotta be like, 3 to 5 pounds. I'm gonna have to get real good at repairing belt loops in the future 😂

selfie that's only the botton half of a guy, waist to feet; visible is the edge of a maroon-red shirt, jeans with a MASSIVE wallet chain, and sparkly red sneakers, standing on brown fake wood flooring.

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I'm downtown this afternoon to sit in on the City Council hearing on a Rental Registry for Columbus. The registry proposal is to create & maintain a record of all landlords with rental properties in Columbus; we hope that such a list would empower renters, and help hold landlords accountable.

Carved marble & granite sign above a fake planter, reading: The spirit of its people is the soul of a city, may the spirit of Columbus ever be one of progress honor and good will to all. 1920-1928. James J Thomas, Mayor."

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

i just need yall to know that my beautiful sweet wife @raywithawhy.bsky.social got me a slice of cake Just Because and I LOVE MY WIFE 🥹💞

slice of marbled layer cake on a white plate, with pink icing flower on top

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

new coffee mug really letting you know where we're at mentally these days

large coffee mug on a wooden table, on a rainbow woven coaster, with red handle, and image of the "HELL IS REAL" highway sign modified to say "HELL IS OHIO" in red, black, and white.

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

"p-pwease little district court, don't let them hurt us!! 🥺 this class action could DESTROY all GenAI, you can't let them doooo thissss!!!😭" OH? IS THAT RIGHT? WELL...

meme image: red-orange tinted close-up of Obama's face, focused on his side-eye expression, with overlay text "THEN PERISH" because GenAI is theft and deserves to die

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

so I've been getting into rhinestones, and i think I'm in love with a new craft 🌟👀

white person's hand wearing fingerless glove, which is lime green and black, with rhinestones glued on in a pattern like a circuit board

white person's hand wearing fingerless glove, which is lime green and black, with rhinestones glued on in a pattern like a circuit board (this time viewing the primarily the thumb)

fingerless gloves on a wood table, which are lime green and black, with rhinestones glued on in a pattern like a circuit board. the right hand glove is still in progress, with a white clothespin helping the glove stay flat. wax pen, more rhinestones, and glue in the background.

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I'm super tired and comfort watching a Star Trek ep for one my favorite doofus guys, a favorite himbo of mine, the beautiful emotional disaster Trip Tucker. Who's your favorite TV himbo doofus??

Charles "Trip" Tucker, Chief Engineer of the Enterprise, in his Starfleet zip-up jumpsuit uniform, resting his elbow on a console and leaning at a jaunty angle with one hand on his hip, a smiling smarmy expression on his face.

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

👏TOMORROW!!👏 IT'S TIME TO GET GREASY! Come see me as Axel for: Flamboyant, Here to Stay! Doors 9:30, show 10pm! Just $10! at Bossy Grrl's!! I'M SO EXCITED to be part of this show! All proceeds (including tips!!) from the show are going to mutual aid for local queer folks here in Columbus 💞

Drag show poster. On a grey base, the bachground images are of previous drag show casts. Text: Flamboyant presents, Here To Stay, Hosted by Manny Nuff, Featuring: Adrian Du Visage, Axel Grease, Ban'dit, Rowan Along, James Gash, Papa Squat, Parry Areolar, Pierrot Wet. June 28th, Bossy Grrl's Pinup Joint, 2598 N. High St. Columbus, OH. ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS. side text: mutual aid saves lives.

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

thank you, enjoy another bonus of Willow and my dumb hair

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I made a comic!!! 💪😤💪 Bonus photos: the subjects of the comic 🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛

Comic about the chaos that is feeding my cats! I stand with hands on hips, looking at 3 cats. all 3 yell in 1st panel: YOW? eep, and eeeee. 2nd panel: phone with "alarm and zooming", where Piper leaps over Willow, and Fidget hisses as Piper's antics. next panel: Willow First! food allergy, fancy venison kibbles, in the living room, with willow eating calmly. next panel: Piper 2nd, IDB, fancy hydrolyzed protein kibbles, always yell for food YOW :), in my office, with Piper eagerly awaiting a bowl. Fidget 3rd, Asthma...and she eats like it's a RACE so she gets food puzzle bowl. Fidget is using her paw to scoot scoot the bowl across the floor. final bottom panel: And then i wait until... bubble of "YOW? YOW?" coming from behind a door, they yell that they're done! "wow? wooooow?" coming from behind another door. (end!)

Willow the calico cat cuddling with Fidget the tuxedo cat, face to face, making a little circle of cat

Piper the cat tucked into a box that looks like an old TV

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Sam @samarbles.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Columbus folks! Are you ready for some DRAG for GOOD? C'mon out to see me as Axel Grease at Bossy's NEXT Saturday the 28th, 10pm! Flamboyant is a benefit show for queer mutual aid; all $ from door & tips will go to help queer folks in need 🌈💞 See some excellent gay art AND help people all in one!

Background is a collage of cast pictures from previous shows. Text overlay: small text: Flamboyant presents. Large text: Here To Stay. below that: June 28th, Bossy Grrls Pinup Joint, 2598 N. High St. Columbus, OH, Hosted by Manny Nuff.

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