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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I regret to inform you (admittedly I'm not signed in) but putting "M.T.A. (song)" as a tag (that's what the song is officially called) in Divergent - All Media Types as a filter gets you ZERO results

A screenshot of Ao3 on my phone showing zero results for my filtering query which makes me sad

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sir Robin "Puck" Goodfellow has graduated to a "Big Boy" collar. He is still a kitten but he has gotten SO big 😭

Puck, a smokey gray kitten is sitting upright ad looking at the camera. He has a plaid white, green, and yellow bowtie collar

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I am sorry I destroyed Truth Scrapper's chance of success single-handedly with a post. PEOPLE IGNORE THE POST ABOVE I CARELESSLY WROTE CLICK HERE AND SEE MANY MEDIA RECS buttondown.com/insertdisc5/...

It's Negative Man from Mother 3 showing how much I regret my error

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Okay! So, until this GFM is filled, I am doing a fundraiser for a Masto Friend. www.gofundme.com/f/help-rober... And remember: I don't want to know your name: I just need a date you did this and the amount

Help my friend Robert Pay for Dental Implants Fundraising!
Choice: Shitty Doodle, Beginner’s Doggerel, or Tarot Readings (more Below)
Send redacted Receipts (from the GFM linked in post) to @stonebird.bsky.social (put the amount in your post or Alt Text, just in case) DMs are fine for this.

$05 - 10 USD Tarot Readings
FYI: A Tarot Reading is more akin to examining yourself in a mirror and noticing what catches your eyes than fortune telling.
I am doing tiers of Readings, I want you to get the most value for your money. Of course, you can pay more and request a smaller draw.

$ 05 - One Card Draw (Example Question: “What do I need to know for today” )
$ 10 - Three or Four Card Spread (Example Question: “How will my week / month go?” )

$10 USD Shitty Doodle
Disclaimer: I get the right of refusal. No offensive things (eg: slurs), no sexual content (potty-humor is okay), etc. But I DO want to draw for you.

$15 USD - Beginner’s Doggerel
If you give me a topic prompt, I will attempt to write something. I may even go fancy and try out a Sonnet or something, but you cannot ask me for a specific structure. Not kidding when I say “Beginner”!

Disclaimer: I get the right of refusal. No offensive things (eg: slurs), no sexual content (potty-humor is okay), etc. But I DO want to write these poems for you.

Questions you may have
Q: Why should I help this guy?
A: He’s my friend, and while I feel the government should have to pay for all healthcare (yes, ALL of it) it does not, and so we need to step up.
Q: How long is this going on?
A: Until his GoFundMe is maxed out.
Q: How long should I wait for you to draw / write my prompt or answer my Tarot Question before pinging you again?
A: Give me at least a whole day. I am not out with the intent to scam you, but I also have other things going on while I do this. So if I do not answer you on say, a Tuesday, Feel free to nudge me Wednesday. Disclaimer: Due to health stuff, I may not be available at all certain Fridays if this goes on super-long.
Q: I can’t donate any money. Is there still a way I can get a reading or something?
A: Shares are always appreciated (if you can share it 5 different social media places (screenshots please, especially for non-Mastodon or Bluesky places), or a share of yours gets more then 20 reblogs (if this is on Federated Social Media, Screenshot as proof this too, because of how federation works), I will give you the tarot reading / doodle / Doggerel of your choice (though with the later two above disclaimers still apply).
Q: Other than Sharing is there a way I can help?
A: You are welcome to donate your time / your own services in the name of this crowdfunding campaign. I would genuinely love if other people stepped up to do their own drawings or poems or whatever. I outright encourage this: This Charity Campaign does not have to be a solo project from me!
(Donate to URL in post)

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Meet Sir Robin "Puck" Goodfellow. I'm told this shade of gray is called "Russian Blue", he's roughly 6-months old. I don't know how much he weighs or how big he'll get, hoping to find both those out at his first vet visit. Yes I've been sleep-deprived ever since he stopped hiding lol. :)

Puck (seemingly a Russian Blue kitten) hiding in a bookshelf. The Left half is in stack-form like that due to the fact I'm pressing flowers. The Right half where he wedged himself was magazines and artbooks, and my pride brick from an art event in town last year (?), and it functioned as a book-end, but he moved it and the magazines out with his rump

Puck laying on my bed sandwiched between my kobo and a totebag from bookshop dot org I use to hold physical books I want to read

Puck, on my bed, near the headboard (yes you can see the books in the background sense a theme yet?) one paw on my kobo, and looking upwards towards the top of the headboard

A photo of Puck from yesterday relaxed after I played with him for about 20 minutes.

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Excited!!!! Reread @ngoziu.com 's Barda to remember what happened. Hoping to read Orion today or at least this week.

Copies of Both Ngozi Ukazu's "Barda" and the released as of yesterday "Orion" sitting side-by-side

Opened up Barda to show Ngozi Ukazu autographed it with my name (Jude!) and a sketch of Barda herself. Also the book came with a bookmark

Opened up Orion to show Ngozi Ukazu autographed it with my name (Jude!) and a sketch Orion himself. Also the book came with a bookmark

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

He had us read Zinn (admittedly, not about psychology) but somehow could not comprehend that some of his students could be having their own issues, possibly including mental health problems! Anyway, my takeaway is not just "He sucks" but "remember invisible disabilities"

The "Leaving the Body Meme" with the text: "The Leftism Leaving my Teacher's Body when he deals with an 'annoying' (AuDHD & Depressed) student"

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Watching the 1986 movie Labyrinth for its anniversary. Accompanied by a nice piece of jewelry I got from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social a while back

A close up of a silver pendant. Its got flowers and leaves and frames the iconic line "You Have No Power Over Me"

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Things Bsky Needs in future updates: * A sense of humor (Masto is the only place that appreciates my jokes..) * Polls * The ability to do images and polls in the same post (Masto-Devs seem to hate the idea!) * Custom Emoji (This is probably my most used custom on Masto, besides my name.)

This is the sprite of Negative Man from Mother 3, who you fight in a battle and is very depressed. His stance could double as the ORZ emoticon, if that makes sense. He is basically on his knees clutching the ground and sobbing and besides being a good sprite it feels very relatable far too much you know?

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I just got to the dramatic readings & I'm still listening but I have to tell you whenever y'all pronounced Xizor my mind immediately went to this Pokemon I don't know why its name is so ingrained in my mind I never used it. Does this make The "courtship" better or worse? I refuse to think about it

The Pokemon Scizor, the evolution of Scyther. It's bug/steel type.

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Personally I'd really like some takeout (but I don't think it's happening today, too inconvenient) but it's been a pretty good day as far as birthdays are concerned (Yes this is a Perry Bible Fellowship Comic)

The Perry Bible Fellowship comic where someone ( A child probably) is awakening happily and proclaiming "It's my birthday" in the next (and final panel) Death is moving a tally

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I have to make a special to do list for the week (rearranged schedule out of nowhere). Using my 1101 store paperweight and why yes I DO feel emotional every time I look at this robot all about self-love, why do you ask?

A photo of a blank piece of gridded Tomoe River Paper from a notebook, a shot of.the 2026 Hobonichi pen on the foreground, and a metal (iirc Zinc?) Paperweight of a robot that says "You Love You" on it.

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

She (Kyrie) thinks I know something and is meowing at me until I reveal it. Cats are fun.

Kyrie the cat (a gray-brown tabby) perched on top of a lavender slipper next to a dog toy.

Now she is sitting close to Kipper the dog's treat ball

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

So today was the day to take "What's What" off and check on my pressed flowers. I think they came out nice.

A pressed dandelion (yellow) and a pressed pansy (purple originally, now looks more indigo) on a sheet of parchment paper

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

A look at a piece of decor I got for my room, in time for pride. You can buy it here (I'm not sponsored I just like it) www.inprnt.com/gallery/outo...

A photo of a print on my wall.
The style is reminiscent of illuminated manuscript but more trans flag colored.

It depicts a knight (with a trans flag cape!) riding a horse and attacking a dragon.

The text reads:
"A world without
trans people
has never existed
and never will"

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Repost with your first crush When I was really little, my brother read to me via RPGs on the SNES. Terra Branford was the best Final Fantasy Protagonist and I will say that though I have only played like half the games. I apologize for nothing. I am 100% right and still stand by this choice.

Terra Branford Final Fantasy VI (III in the US at the time)'s sprite.

Terra Branford's (FF III at the time, but canonically Final Fantasy VI) in-game portrait. She has green hair though the Yoshitaka Amano art had her as blonde. No offense Amano but I stand by the Green Hair

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Blessing the timeline with Mr Mittens. This exhibit is called: Yes *I* probably don't need my Anti-SAD lamp on again for another 6 months, but Mr Mittens does, so it stays I must stress: these are different instances of him staring at my lamp. He does this nearly every day

Mr Mittens the cat (an orange tabby) on my messy desk staring at an Anti-SAD lamp that is on and beaming light

He is pawing at the lamp trying to let the warm light on so he can be kissed by sunbeams. He does not succeed

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Not exactly. Authors usually are expected to have portraits of themselves on author pages of various publications. I don't like photos of me, so I commissioned this to be my author "photo" because otherwise I just post a photo of Mr Mittens, one of my cats. I SHOULD get some OCs drawn though 🤔

Mr Mittens an orange tabby cat is sitting on a bookshelf filled with graphic novels and comics. He has big, wide eyes like he's a sweet, innocent, child... or possibly he sees something he wants to hunt.

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Boost your avatar! My avatar was ALSO made by @himbosuplex.bsky.social who is currently taking commissions. Worth it a bajillion times over! ko-fi.com/bugpaws/comm...

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Okay now that I have this calendar (and of course my Hobonichi Cousin) I am as ready for 2025 as I'm going to get! 😤

It's a wall calendar. Of famed internet cat Maru. He is pictured in a bowl. The title is "I am Maru". It mentions the youtube channel and something about a QR code.

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

I have to thank Chris Andrews and Bart Smet, for stepping up and translating these. I cannot stress how much The Book of Lies Trilogy affected me when I read it (yes because the twins from Mother 3 are named after the characters from that book) in early adulthood. 1/x

Ágota Kristóf's short story collection "I Don't Care". It is notably I must stress, In English

A bound collection of Ágota Kristóf's plays. In English!

This is just the Sickos Guy. because *I* was the one going "Yes... Ha ha ha... Yes!" as soon as I learned these existed in English

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

Got my mail-in ballot recently. Hoping to start it soon and finish and mail it by the end of the week. Mr Mittens is impeding* democracy! 😠 * Trying to annoy me in the hopes I will give him greenies

Mr Mittens, an orange tabby cat is sitting on top of a laptop in this photo. This is not what's literally happening as I try to scroll BlueSky, but I don't usually get good photos of him trying to stroll across the keyboard repeatedly.

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

Show me a picture that has your energy, without downloading anything new, not a selfie

A comic, possibly a New Yorker Cartoon, showing a white man as a Janitor talking to a Man of Color with a beard. A van that says "Writers Cleaning Service" is in the background. The text is: "The Process is simple: You tell me to get some writing done and then, to avoid getting started, I clean your whole house."

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was number 1,616,271! I guess that means I have seniority over... 8,383,729 users. Those users have to call me "Senpai" even in English so my life is a little like a Persona game (in a good way, please in a good way)

The Bluesky butterfly is in the corner. It's the celebrating 10M users image. It shows that I, lapis / Rae A. Shell joined on October 19th, 2023, and I'm user number 1,616,271

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 03/09/2024

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.

Buster the rabbit from the PBS show Arthur looking up from a computer, the text saying (so presumably he is also saying) "You really think someone would just do that, just go on the internet and tell lies?"

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 25/07/2024

Without downloading new pics, describe your gender in one image.

Yes-Man Jr (a member of a gang in Onett) from the SNES game EarthBound

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 30/03/2024

If you have read these annoyed posts, as a reward, have a photo of Mr Mittens. Thank you for your time

Mr Mittens, an orange tabby cat, laying in a hammock that we made for him, that has a sock monkey patterned fleece as its base. He is also resting on my plaid blanket scarf.

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lapis / Rae A. Shell @stonebird.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

A while ago a pen pal sent me a bracelet made of lava stone beads and some unidentified stones. It's supposed to help with my anxiety (I can add scents to the lava stones). It broke one day, and I DID repair it, but I did such a bad job I wanted to take another try. This is my version

A Bracelet made of lava beads, agate, and a blue stone and a green stone I can't identify (I assume probably Turquoise and Jadeite but I'm not certain). It's on the blue background of a notebook

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