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Go say "Hi!" if you are in the area and treat yourself to some fabulousness 🌈

Floating from another apartment 's open windows, two young voices: yoooooo, hoooooo, alllllll haaaaaaaands

They are being raised correctly 😂

*stumbles in, confetti in their hair* WE DID IT!!!!

*SCREAMS* AHHHHH!!! Congratulations!

So the stretch goal is the TRIPLE THE AUTHOR PAY goal, and we are S O C L O S E as the campaign winds down to it's *literal* last minutes. less than 30 minutes, US$182....can we do it?!

WE ARE UNDER $200, WHAT.

Personally I am happy that a serial sexual harassment guy lost an election, I don't know about you guys

raise your hand if you're not in NYC but you're following the mayoral election out of a desperate need to believe that good things are possible

I already love petrichor, but hot summer nights mean it's an especially appreciated scent.

Just a reminder that the brand Creature Cocks is a knock-off brand that has stolen designs from indie toy brands!

SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES! Buy from indie toy brands instead!

A hand holds an enamel pin against a backdrop of other enamel pins blurred out in the background. The pin design is of a small white cat with a knife in its mouth. In the blade of the knife are the rainbow pride flag stripes. The other pins in the background are of the same design with different pride flags in the blades.

Be gay do crime ✨🏳️‍🌈🔪

[ #pride #pridemonth #cuteart ]

Would you like adorable dragons? Do you want to support an amazing press? You should go check out and back the newest Duck Prints Press LLC kickstarter featuring these precious little pride dragons!

#uspol

If I make money from it more than randomly or incidentally, it's not a hobby. And I've killed enough hobbies by trying to monetize them to know.

“Lonnie G. Bunch, the secretary, has the support of the Board of Regents in his authority and management of the Smithsonian.” The message was clear: Trump does not control the nation’s museums.

In an act of resistance against Trump, the Smithsonian pushed back after the president claimed he had fired Kim Sajet, director of the National Portrait Gallery. “All personnel decisions are made by and subject to the direction of the secretary, with oversight by the board,” the institution stated.

This is why I laugh when people ask if I'm afraid AI will replace editors

With DOGE embedded across agencies, the government has access to any information you’ve shared. Support one another. Stand with your community. That’s what America was truly founded on.

Warning: ICE is planning 30 days of immigration raids across Los Angeles County. If you or someone you know may be impacted, now is the time to set up a support system, identify a safe place, and stay alert.

A quartet of tiny collared parachute mushrooms growing like tiny white balloons floating on wirey stems. They grow from a decayed bit of wood I’ve picked up against a background of sunlit forest undergrowth. All photo by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

A book cover. The book is entitled Twinned: Book 2, author Tris Lawrence, Missed Fortunes. The artwork depicting a stone rook-like tower aflame, with clouds of smoking billowing and sending burning book pages in all directions. In the foreground, two people - a man and a woman - in simple modern jeans and jackets tumbling toward the ground.

Missed Fortunes, the 2nd book in the Twinned Trilogy by Tris Lawrence, successfully crowdfunded recently. Now, the campaign is fulfilled, and the book is available through our website, itch.io, major retailers, and can be requested at many libraries! Learn more: duckprintspress.com/product/pre-...

Blocky white handwriting on a black background. It reads: Say no to generative AI art. Buy art from real degenerates. -Joe Wos

Have you supported your local degenerates today?

A simple graphic on a blue background, entitled May Trope Mayhem! A Multi-Fandom and Original Work Creation Challenge 2025 List. This is followed by a list of 31 items. The items, in order, are: Fairy Tale Fusion; Bachelor Auction; Stowaway; Superhero x Supervillain; Inherited Blessing or Curse; Tiny Adorable Eldritch Horror; Love Triangle to Polyamory; Wardrobe Malfunction; Body Guard Character; Fake Dating; Ghost Love Interest; Idiots to Lovers; Unresolved Sexual Tension* (*resolved); "Who did this to you?"; Character is Conveniently Unrecognizable in Glasses; Breaking the 4th Wall; Time Loop; Wing Grooming; Accidental Summoning; Language Barrier; The House is Alive; Pet Acquisition; A+ Parenting; Mentor and Mentee; Amnesia; Body Swap; Royal x Knight; Second Chance with a Former Love; Identity Porn; Accidental Baby Acquisition; Magical Familiar

May Trope Mayhem is a creation event open to creators of all kinds! Our goal? Help with habit building! We encourage participants to keep fics short, art sketchy, poems brief, etc. Learn the deets, find the AO3 collection, and access a text version of the list: duckprintspress.com/2025/04/23/a...

She is finished. #crossstitch #fiberarts #finish #embroidery

We are only $500 from our current stretch goal, with a little over 24 hours to go!

So what have I been up to? Oh no big, just resigning from my job of 10 years to become fully self employed as a writer and private educator.

Hmm? Yup, a whole company, all by myself. www.wisdom-education.net

Terrified? Yup. But every person whose opinion I trust and value has said I'll make it.

You know how sometimes things find you right when they're meant to....

Nottoway Plantation burning RIP bozo !

you’re laughing. the largest antebellum plantation house burned down & there are brides who will not get to spiritually absorb the poisoned spectral energy of the land for their big day, & you’re laughing.

I did not have Dust Storm In Chicago on my 2025 bingo card.