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CJ 🎃

@shortforcj.bsky.social
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🆗 en es 日本語 🤟🏻⋯ 🧑🏼‍💻 nearly-40 nerd ♿️ disabled ⚙️ IT 🎒educator 😕 chronically ill 🎭 managing bipolar disorder 🧱 queer 🤷🏼 nonbinary 📍New Eng 🌊→MD 🐢→PA 🐄 💖 @philthycasualmedia.com 👩‍👧‍👦 step-parent: zoomers 🐰 rabbits•うさぎ 🌌🖖🏾🪛 sci-fi 🎲🎴👾 gaming 🚰🧂🍋‍🟩🥒 hydration🥤caffeine

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Jinxe the Enervated. @jinxe.bsky.social · 2h
static.klipy.com
Adorable Sleeping Kitten with Tongue Out
Alt: Adorable Sleeping Kitten with Tongue Out
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 2h
actually, if anyone has recommendations for compression gloves they like (and what they like about them), i'm interested! debating between open fingertip or (more likely) ones with touchscreen compatible fingertips
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 2h
i might as well be a vampire, the way my fingers and toes are always freezing celebrating all year-round 🥶
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 4h
i made my new profile pic over the weekend, then worked on copying over the update post template and the alt text (see: previous posts). ...and now, i must slumber (or at least rest!). 🍕🧢🧛🏼🎶🪩
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 4h
still taking it easy today
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 4h
updated profile pic … for Halloween! ✨🦇✨ 🕸️🕷️🧋🧛🎃🍬🌽 ← previous current →
an early-days Pikachu, with an almost straight mouth and ears up in distress or discomfort, isolated from a still frame from the original Pokémon tv show, so the animation style is kind of rough. it is on medium-dark teal background. his tail is not showing.similar image to previous, but "dressed up" with Halloween edits using stickers from Instagram. Pikachu has fake human teeth with vampire fangs, is sipping an (implied!) iced Pumpkin Spice Latte, and has a jack-o'-lantern candy bucket for trick-or-treating, with a couple wrapped candies sticking out. there is a cute cartoon spider hanging down at left, an outline of Golbat (Pokémon) above his head like a light-up Halloween bat decoration, and some candy corn and hearts at right, as if they will fall into his treat pail.
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@philthycasualmedia.com called me “baby bat” for some reason last week or so. i thought it was cute. today he gave me this li'l round plush bat. 🦇 it's very soft. 🖤💜
a small, orb-like, fuzzy, black baby bat plush with purple details (inside ears, feet, eyes) and stiching (wings, grumpy mouth)
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
took forever getting ready. made it to the grocery store and back in one piece, despite some construction and foolishness from other people along the way. i was fine, just physically slow as usual. and the pharmacy had a line. ✅💊🛒🦥♿️ i'm home now. tired. have a pleasant whatever, wherever. ✌🏻
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
feeling present enough to make a short drive to the grocery store, acquire items and a prescription, and return home. 😮‍💨😕
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i seem to be more present overall, which is good. i've slowed down significantly, which is both good and annoying – i'm about where i was last week when i started the new medication: fatigue and some brain fog. 😕🧠🍳
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Spooky Sara (Endless Halloween🪦) @pashion.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
good morning
A color shot of Peter Capaldi who played the 12th Doctor digging his own grave in the Doctor Who episode Heaven Sent
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Jinxe the Enervated. @jinxe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh. Sorry. This is just a normal bunny with interesting marks. Not sure what he's doing here?
A creepy white bunny with the markings of a cowl and cape or perhaps bat wings.  He has beady red eyes and two adorable little fangs.
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Deus Hex Machina @asterionhex.monster · 30/09/2026
Ahh sorry I messed up the prompt, this is a regular human
Jackie Daytona, regular human bartender
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
home office won.
a photo of a white IKEA desk that is about 20 years old, with a closed laptop and the bottom of a monitor showing. there is a plate with a bagel with cream cheese and a plum. a box of tissues. a stack of two of Ellen Forney's graphic novels about bipolar disorder. a day's worth of medications with multiple compartments from a pill organizer. a cane leaned against the desk next to a headset. in tbe background, a futon with a pillow that has a stylized NES controller design cover.
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
currently debating the merits of working on some things in the home office vs. bed office: - i like my desk - i can sit up more easily - maybe get some things done, half-awake? bed: - bed - bed - bed hmmm…
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
good morning/good day, folks. i'm up, for reasons. got about 7 hours which is pretty cool. not sure yet about the weirdness from the last few days but we'll see.
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
still experiencing some focus issues but feeling somewhat better than this morning/mid-day. 🤷🏼
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
comic panel meme showing Spider-Man lying flat on his back on the floor, looking up. A thought bubble above him reads: "THAT PAINTING LOOKS THE WAY I FEEL!"

In the upper-right corner of the panel is an inset classical oil painting of a woman lying pale and completely exhausted in bed under heavy blankets, staring blankly upward.

MyBodyIsTryingToKillMe.com
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Karen Geier @karengeier.com · 30/09/2026
update: they still have not replied but their name domain accidentally renewed on my credit card so I own it for a year
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
relatable Colin Robinson vibes
two still frames from What We Do in the Shadows? (tv series) showing Mark Probsch as Colin Robinson, an energy vampire. he is a mostly bald white man with glasses, wearing a beige sweater.

captions read:
“Yeah, I'm not positive what my deal is either,
so I just sort of keep on truckin'.”
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🦀 Shawn Morris 🦀 @theshawnmorris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My goal to pay as little as humanly possible on my federal loans remains undefeated
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
stabilization procedures are in effect: • slowing way down & trying to single task 🦥 • sought & accepted help from peers 🫶🏻 • had a li'l treat 🧁🍫🎃 • “hydrating” 🥤🫚🫧 • it's naptime, mf'ers 🧠🔄 i'm safe. my brain is just acting up/out. it'll pass.
an edited Windows XP error dialog box

Title: Brain.exe
Body: ⚠️ Brain.exe has stopped responding.

Option buttons:
End application
Pass out
Troubleshoot (greyed out; not actually available for use)
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🫢😬😅 more like 1.5 competent adults, if i'm having a good day. 😝 @philthycasualmedia.com has literally kept me alive on a few occasions(!) and continues to do so. i try to do the same for him, although that's more of a “routine maintenance” situation.
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うさぎのきび @rabbitkibi2395.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ただいまきびちゃん 湿度高いね~☔ #うさぎ #ネザーランドドワーフ
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( ë ) @mame1205chan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
新しいレタスオキニ🥬
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Zsaffryn Terra @zsaffrynterra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The pup and I explored a new park today. Oh my goodness, y’all! We found our new favorite place!
A smiling and most beloved papillon cross chihuahua The pup at his new favorite park.
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i'm not well mentally. haven't been for 24 hours or so. my focus is... not great, and i'm being really gracious. i'm very fortunate that @philthycasualmedia.com is my partner, despite having to repeat himself a million times, and that he is *extremely* patient and able to laugh about my brain. 🫶🏻😵‍💫🧠🎭
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Scott @phoenixperson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Deeny did the amazing portrait of Luna and I in my pfp. They have 9 spots left to get your furry friend immortalized!
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Grumpy Rick ♿♿ @grumpyrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today on my way to my appointment I saw a sign, leavingmaga.org this sign was on a property that had been covered in maga merch since 2015. Sometimes it's the small things that can spread hope
leavingmaga.org
Leaving MAGA - Leaving MAGA
We empower people to leave MAGA and tell their stories. We foster reconciliation with friends and family. We develop movement leaders to help others leave. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zJl1lBGMUw&...
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ME: Yeah, it’s a lifelong condition THEM: So temporary? ME: Listen here, you little shit
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hey i’m josh @kingadahipsters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
when mfs get butthurt about “cis” saying its a brand new term that came outta nowhere, i love to be the nerd that goes ☝️🤓 uhm actually its latin. so as a prefix, it’s older than the half of the bible
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
brb, going on little adventures
illustration by rustydoodle (IG): Cute Raccoon Driving a [Play] Car
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Fantastic M. Fox @mrfox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How many planets full of peaceful sentient life did you see blown up on screen before you were 7? I think for me it's 3 (Krypton, Alderaan, and the planet at the beginning of the Transformers movie) but I also feel like I'm missing one
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Fantastic M. Fox @mrfox.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AYYYYYYYYY OH
youtu.be
Queen - Hammer To Fall (Live Aid 1985)
YouTube video by Live Aid
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Chris A. 🎃 @letseatnachos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the way I put my phone down and sat down with 12 and had a very serious, not entirely comfortable but 100% necessary conversation with him when I saw this post. he's a good kid but it's still critical for him to hear this stuff Jordan is spot on here. all of our sons need to be hearing this from us
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
haha, joke's on… me. i'm crashing just in time for bed. it seems i may have faster metabolic processing than i realized. probably why i'm such a lush from just one drink!… i'm glad to not feel like i'm vibrating through time and space anymore. 😮‍💨
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grumpnet @grumpnet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A friend’s response to a casual, hate-speech comment was a simple, disapproving “Booo.” That’s all it took to shut down the commenter and hopefully make him think about his words.
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
accidentally dosed myself with a full serving of energy drink mix earlier this evening: 120 mg caffeine vs. the <60 mg i usually have. i'm hydrating plenty (as always) and vitals (HR/BP) seem fine but uhhhh…
photo of Peter Capaldi at a convention appearance, holding a mic up, squinting his eyes and puckering his mouth a bit as if in some kind of discomfort, with a bit of a thousand-yard stare. a blurred, circular "room spinning" filter has been applied with his face as the focus, to make it seem disoriented/disorienting.
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Scissors @scissors.myatproto.social · 22/08/2025
Oh! This reminds me… 🕷️Annual Notice🕷️ Sometimes black food & beverages, like frosting or that fancy black water, contain activated charcoal Activated charcoal interferes with meds, including birth control pills Do what you want with that information
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Sam Caster 🎃 @samcaster.tv · 29/09/2026
Does anyone know what the harm reduction ecosystem looks like in Iowa these days? Turning up a lot of broken links and disconnected phone numbers that were fine a couple years ago.
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
some people were talking about whether or not it was “acceptable” to bring iced coffee to an interview, i'm talking about making jungle juice for raccoons we are not the same youtu.be/jyYAw9LoH_8?...
youtu.be
We served a JUNGLE JUICE pool to wild animals!
YouTube video by Snack Wild
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Chris A. 🎃 @letseatnachos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't know if the argument was ever that third spaces were always free (outside of like libraries, parks, or church) but that people have largely been priced out of them. bowling and laser tag night with my homies was never free but $15 more than covered it. $15 now won't even get ya a ride home
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
after a psych appointment and a therapy session in the same day:
a promo photo of Mads Mikkelsen from tv series “Hannibal” looking at the viewer, in a suit with open palms down at his sides. someone has superimposed the following text over his body, in yellow bold-italics with black outlines:
“i am 
no longer 
mentally 
ill”
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
that is not my photo, but i did put the emoji on it and i'm pretty pleased with it. memes should be human-made, cobbled together with whatever workaround tools are at one's disposal, and a bit janky.
a old-looking photo of a young person free-hand drawing a rage comic reaction meme from an image on the screen of  an older Windows computer, probably due to lack of printer. still gotta show it to others somehow!
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
one appt down, one to go. managed to shower. i keep sneezing (not acutely ill). so weird. i'm still not fully awake. next appt is in ~30 min. 👍🏻 hope everyone is having a better start to the standard week than i am! 😵‍💫 ha if not: i hope it improves. ❤️‍🩹 please hydrate, eat, caffeinate, take meds. 🫶🏻
a photo of a disshelved-looking small, white, fluffy dog with eyes mostly closed, sitting up, but seeming not fully awake. a few emoji have been added: a hurricane spiral emoji over the left of its head, a small snoring "z"s emoji, and a combined two hearts emoji on a dialogue bubble emoji. these emphasize being sleepy and out of it but still expressing affection to others.
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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good morning
Kirby and Brian walking with the text
"It's fuck shit up o clock"
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うさぎのきび @rabbitkibi2395.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
おはようきびちゃん 今日も食欲ありそうね #うさぎ #ネザーランドドワーフ
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Lipty @lipty.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
本日のくるみ 撫でた毛が逆立ってスネ夫みたいになってしまったうさぎ #うさぎ
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はまち @hamachi226.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ここが好きっぽい (おやつが近い且つ見下ろせるから)
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CJ 🎃 @shortforcj.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
a bit of other bodily nonsense happened overnight, but nothing significant. going back to sleep. been awake a lot and have appointments later this morning. 😞
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