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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall

@victorfitzsimons.bsky.social
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I make things to look at. Atheist vegetarian blood donor art guy. Dispenser of cat food. Streams on Twitch at Twitch.tv/the_velvet_ape . He/him/his/they/them/theirs

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 18h
DONT - dashare.zone ADMIN
SCARED OF SHADOWS - FORGET TO DO ALL TASK'S - "HOW IS IT 3PM ALREADY" - HOW IS IT OCTOBER ALREADY - SCARED OF PUBLIC PLACE'S -"HOW IS IT 7PM ALREADY" - SCARED OF FUTURE - DONT KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO DO ANY THING - SCARED OF PAST - UNCOMFORTABLE WITH PRESENT - SCARED OF OWN HOUSE "WHO LIVED HERE BEFORE,,," GO INTO MIND HOLE "WHERE DID I GO LOL" AHHH FUCK FORGOT WHAT I WAS DOIG THE IMAGE IS A SKLOTEN ON A MOTOCYCLE AND DA TEXT "DONT TRY TO FIX ME " IM NOT BROKEN IM STUPID " - DASHAREZONE ADMIN
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 21h
Not much to say. Here is cat.
A picture of my cat laying on the grass.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Got through the post-vax malaise in one night. It’s cool because I love sleeping anyway.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I think most people, including those wishing Dearborn would get Bovino-ed or whatever, really did not comprehend the scale of what was happening. But it’s just who we are now. It was watching Chicago and Minneapolis on TV and Instagram, next it’s executions on tv. And soon, it might be your town.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Got my flu and Covid vaccines today. Deinstalled my art from Otono earlier. Terrible people still control the federal government. Playing computer games with friends is pretty fun. My cat’s expensive medical procedure is scheduled for Tuesday.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Making faces
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS - dashare.zone ADMIN
A SKLETEN TRYEN TO CHILL OUT BUT WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPEN'S, YA GOTTA BE PREPARED, AND WHAT IF DA WORST POSSIBLE CASE SCENARIO'S, THEN YA GOTTA KNOW AHEAD OF TIME, AND BEING HYPERVIGILENT SUCKS UNTIL SOMETHING GOES WRONG AND THEN YOUR PREPARED "I KNEW IT" AND DA TEXT : ALWAYS UNCOMFORTABLE, NEVER RELAXED, WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN I KNEW IT -DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Stream time. Making the art, listening to CDs twitch.tv/the_velvet_ape
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the_velvet_ape - Live on Twitch
This guy is wearing a camera on his head. Listening to music on compact discs and working on an art | Streaming art.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Art that’s not social media friendly. Person who should log off forever.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
These days I’m using battery powered devices to perpetrate my lawn care atrocities on helpless plants and bugs. Much quieter, no toxic fumes.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I put a disused gasoline-powered lawnmower (with bag and charging cable for the electric starter) on the curb. Within 5 minutes, two dudes in a pickup truck towing a U-Haul trailer stopped across the street to claim it. The magical freebie spot next to the driveway continues to astound.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If the whole endeavor is about order vs chaos, well, what brings more chaos than a cat eh
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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Throwback Tuesday! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTa0...
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They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng (BEST QUALITY Official Music Video)
YouTube video by ParticleMen
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Remarkable that more such perturbations didn’t occur over my hundreds of hours doing these with a cat in my environment.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My cat bumped my arm while I was applying ink to paper. After a period of waiting for some emotions to subside, I chose the sunk cost fallacy rather than scorched earth. Hoping it won’t be the only feature people notice. Such wonderful creatures, cats, aren’t they?
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Camera on head stream twitch.tv/the_velvet_ape
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the_velvet_ape - Live on Twitch
This guy is wearing a camera on his head. Listening to music on compact discs and working on an art | Streaming art.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s probably with looking into it. Thanks for the suggestion
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My undergraduate degree is in photojournalism, so arts-adjacent I suppose.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What should I even do with myself?
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The conclusion of ArtPrize every year underscores how much of a misfit I am in this area where I should feel at home. But getting my art out of Grand Rapids would involve me having some of my shit together, and as everybody knows, my shit seems determined to be apart forever.
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Husky by the Geek @huskybythegeek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mina the Hollower - The Good Harvest (Septemburg) goes Metal
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Bovino left and many people stopped giving a shit.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
MACHINE GUN
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
damn, may the healing power of gaming alleviate your afflicted back
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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WinRAR Earle @tommchenry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The unsettling lecture where I posit that the things people most say to their beloved pets reveal, conversely, the things they desperately wanted to hear from their own parents when they were children, e.g., "There's my pretty girl!", "Such a good boy!", "I love you so much!", etc.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Caturday
A picture of my cat laying in grass
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I yawned and my cat stuck his damn paw in my mouth
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
With winter coming, I do not expect an improvement in this area
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
At least I haven’t started smoking cigarettes again
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Mental health wise, I’d say this year has been one of the worst for me in a while. You, me, and everyone else, eh?
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
MACHINE GUN
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Camera on head stream twitch.tv/the_velvet_ape
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the_velvet_ape - Live on Twitch
This guy is wearing a camera on his head. Listening to music on compact discs and working on an art | Streaming art.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I guess everything must be fine. No sketches need to be attempted at this moment. Under this gently purring beast must be exactly where I am most needed in the universe.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I sit down on sofa to sketch. Cat sits on me, making it more difficult to find a position for sketching. I give up trying because I can’t sketch comfortably. I take a nap with the cat. I scapegoat the cat but I probably wouldn’t have come up with anything anyway. Ugh. Grr. Zonk.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Twitch videos-on-demand are very scrubbable. But it is nice that people virtually visit with me while I’m doing the live stream.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I was wearing a camera on my head for that part www.twitch.tv/videos/28888...
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This guy is wearing a camera on his head. Listening to music on compact discs and working on an art - the_velvet_ape on Twitch
the_velvet_ape went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Art VOD now.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I spun this album today for someone who hadn’t heard it, they especially enjoyed “Shoehorn with Teeth.” It’s a good day for Lincoln it seems
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Navigating a sensitive region
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Every time I think MACHINE GUN, I post MACHINE GUN
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
MACHINE GUN
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Knothing knew
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dragonweirdo @dragonweirdo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mina the Hollower doin a lil dance Song: At Last We Rest (Old Graveyard) by Jake Kaufman
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dreamed about rejection. One of my long time online acquaintances. I was at her door. She asserted that I always loved her. I didn’t say anything. She told me to go away forever. I turned around and walked away. There are no good dreams.
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 30/09/2026
In the hallway of the Old Cartoonists’ Home
In the hallway of the Old Cartoonists’ Home
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On the stoop with the Chedster
A picture of my cat lounging next to the front stoop
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Victor Fitzsimons is selling explanations to the wall @victorfitzsimons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MACHINE GUN
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