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33-year-old LEGO fan, cartoon enthusiast, and autistic trans lesbian (she/her). I love my wife and our two kitty cats!

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*screams*

22.10.2025 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3760    ๐Ÿ” 1091    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43    ๐Ÿ“Œ 72

Latinโ€™s to blame for the spelling but not the pronunciation this time! Classical Latin pronunciation would be like mee-noo-tee-eye

22.10.2025 21:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A cool red octopus sticker on a metal surface.

A cool red octopus sticker on a metal surface.

For Day 22 of #October I wanted to try something with gradients. I don't normally use the gradient tool in my work, but I think I see ways to make it look nice. This octopus is a sticker. What do you think? Pretty cool, huh?

22.10.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Dumbo Octopus saying hello in octopus language.

Dumbo Octopus saying hello in octopus language.

I know a lot of people have been looking forward to this, so for Day 21 of #October I'm happy to present to you, a Dumbo Octopus, scientific name "Grimpo Toothiss". Here I've drawn them saying "hello" in their octopus language.

21.10.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A silhouette of an octopus rendered as a single continuous brush stroke.

A silhouette of an octopus rendered as a single continuous brush stroke.

It's now Day 20 of #October and I'm exploring abstraction. It may appear simple, but today I wanted to see if I could capture the noble octopus using only a single brushstroke, without pauses or pivots. This actually took me several tries to keep my hand steady through all the curve.

20.10.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A tired-looking octopus next to some hiragana writing.

A tired-looking octopus next to some hiragana writing.

Day 19 of #October is a Sunday freebie, but I am tired so I'm gonna take it.

19.10.2025 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An octopus swimming in a sine wave, with bubbles behind it.

An octopus swimming in a sine wave, with bubbles behind it.

Paying the Octopus Toll for Day 18 of #October. I wanted to capture some octopus movement today, so here's a lil guy swimming fast through the water.

18.10.2025 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
gray squirrel with a cluster of acorns in mouth

gray squirrel with a cluster of acorns in mouth

Score! Squirrel of the Day for October 22, 2025 got multiple acorns at once #sqrlpix

22.10.2025 13:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 240    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Watch the tail #sqrlpix

22.10.2025 12:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 83    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Snickers bar and a metal whistle

Snickers bar and a metal whistle

Parents, please check your kidsโ€™ candy this Halloween. Iโ€™ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription โ€œQUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now Iโ€™m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.

22.10.2025 20:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1940    ๐Ÿ” 576    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

I'm willing to concede that finding a blokey leftist white guy without a speck of misogyny or racism in his past would be challenging, but finding one without any Nazi tattoos or any history of working with Blackwater is not.

22.10.2025 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 151    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I FUCKING TOLD YOU ALL HOW STUPID THIS WOULD GET

22.10.2025 11:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 709    ๐Ÿ” 198    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

My main issue is that other "[prefix]sexual" terms tend to relate to matters of attraction, which as a kid made me think trans was something you were INSTEAD of gay, straight, bi, etc (rather than an identity that can overlap with those ones). But I would not judge anyone self-IDing with that term.

22.10.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Erika Ishii, dressed as her character in Ghost of Yotei, Atsu, stands at a podium featured in the Dropout show Game Changer.
HEADLINE: Ghost of Yลtei DLC to Have Atsu Compete in Only Game Show Where the Game Changes Every Show

Erika Ishii, dressed as her character in Ghost of Yotei, Atsu, stands at a podium featured in the Dropout show Game Changer. HEADLINE: Ghost of Yลtei DLC to Have Atsu Compete in Only Game Show Where the Game Changes Every Show

In Ghost of Yลtei: Gฤ“muchenjฤ, Atsu finds herself on a hellish gameshow where the only way to learn is by playing, the only way to win is by learning, and the only way to begin is by beginning.
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22.10.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1012    ๐Ÿ” 286    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Transphobia is a totalizing ideology that destroys lives and consumes every community that flirts with it.

22.10.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 275    ๐Ÿ” 110    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A hotdog and pretzel stand with large hanging bottles of mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The bottoms contain squeeze tubes to dispense the condiments.

A hotdog and pretzel stand with large hanging bottles of mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The bottoms contain squeeze tubes to dispense the condiments.

I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.

Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?

But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.

22.10.2025 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4835    ๐Ÿ” 1144    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 317    ๐Ÿ“Œ 422
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Using a specific setup in Super Mario Maker 2, it is possible to create a "Negative Space Koopa Troopa". It will not only be invisible, but make objects behind it invisible as well, appearing as a walking hole in reality.

22.10.2025 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1199    ๐Ÿ” 267    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Okay so the final list of big name actors who willingly signed on to the new Harry Potter audio books:

Bill Nighy
James McAvoy
Hugh Laurie
Matthew Macfayden
Riz Ahmed
Kit Harington
Kiera Knightley
Iwan Rheon
Ruth Wilson
Simon Pegg
Gemma Whelan
Matt Berry
Michelle Gomez
Mark Addy
Alex Hassell

1/

22.10.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 148    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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sovereignty

10.08.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 236    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The NYT might as well be an out-of-town paper when it reports on NYC. It's not like Sliwa is some unknown character within the city.

22.10.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Panel 1: A girl with poofy dark brown hair, brown skin, and yellow beads holding the hair in a "space buns" hairstyle, is looking back at you while sitting in a computer chair in front of a drawing tablet. She wears a purple sweatshirt with a yellow "stitch" pattern going down the sleeves, and has apparently drawn a golden-armored knight standing on a cliff with billowing clouds and night stars in the background. She is labeled "illustrator" and says "It took me 10 hours to draw this!"

Panel 2: Shen points at her with his right hand, a manically smug expression on his face and the other hand on his hip. He is labeled "comic artist" and says "HAH!! Just ONE drawing in 10 hours??"

Panel 3: Shen continues speaking, pointing at himself with his thumb. He says "I'D have to get like TWENTY drawing done in that time."

Panel 4: Behind the still-smug shen is a slouched, deformed, horrible beast of a man with a drawing tablet in one hand and the other hand holding the pen, and also strapped to a plank of wood for wrist stabilization. It wears only a ragged loin cloth. The neck is long and extends far forward, and the hair is wild, going in all directions. In the darkness of the face two small eyes glint. This creature is labeled "animator"

Panel 1: A girl with poofy dark brown hair, brown skin, and yellow beads holding the hair in a "space buns" hairstyle, is looking back at you while sitting in a computer chair in front of a drawing tablet. She wears a purple sweatshirt with a yellow "stitch" pattern going down the sleeves, and has apparently drawn a golden-armored knight standing on a cliff with billowing clouds and night stars in the background. She is labeled "illustrator" and says "It took me 10 hours to draw this!" Panel 2: Shen points at her with his right hand, a manically smug expression on his face and the other hand on his hip. He is labeled "comic artist" and says "HAH!! Just ONE drawing in 10 hours??" Panel 3: Shen continues speaking, pointing at himself with his thumb. He says "I'D have to get like TWENTY drawing done in that time." Panel 4: Behind the still-smug shen is a slouched, deformed, horrible beast of a man with a drawing tablet in one hand and the other hand holding the pen, and also strapped to a plank of wood for wrist stabilization. It wears only a ragged loin cloth. The neck is long and extends far forward, and the hair is wild, going in all directions. In the darkness of the face two small eyes glint. This creature is labeled "animator"

22.10.2025 02:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8577    ๐Ÿ” 1424    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54    ๐Ÿ“Œ 27
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The Egregore. A strange faction within the lands outside Whaea Nui, a hivemind of Insectoid bodies. This is the Spider.

A special thanks to @dirtydanrichards for the design elements used!

#bionicle #lego #digitalart

21.10.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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what

22.10.2025 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Like this is really it

Declaring that someone is unfit to run for a public office is not the same thing as declaring that they should be banished from human society forever or publicly executed. No one is owed a Senate nomination

22.10.2025 02:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 438    ๐Ÿ” 124    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Anti-science bills hit statehouses, attacking longstanding public health protections More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections โ€“ vaccines, milk safety and fluoride โ€“ have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.

An AP investigation found that more than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections โ€“ vaccines, milk safety and fluoride โ€“ have been introduced in statehouses this year, part of a campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. https://to.pbs.org/43dxCkD

21.10.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 322    ๐Ÿ” 207    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31

i was gonna post "90% of uses of the word umami in the english language are for-the-vibes orientalist and it really ought to be reserved for discussion of savory flavor in the context of japanese cuisine"

then i thought nah, that's too fringe pedantic even for this

then i saw these at the store

21.10.2025 19:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 156    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A letter from Jordina Shanks, CEO of Fenway Health, addressed to the Fenway Health community. It announces that due to new federal requirements effective October 1, 2025, Fenway Health will no longer provide medical gender-affirming care (hormones and puberty blockers) for patients under 19. The letter explains that this change follows a revised U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Grants Policy, which allows termination of grants that โ€œno longer effectuate program goals or agency priorities.โ€ Continuing the service would jeopardize Fenwayโ€™s status as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). The message emphasizes that this decision was made with great difficulty and does not reflect a change in Fenwayโ€™s values or commitment to the transgender and gender-diverse community. It details how staff have worked to support affected patients and families and reaffirms Fenwayโ€™s ongoing advocacy and inclusive mission. Highlighted portions stress the HHS policy change, the risk to FQHC status, and Fenwayโ€™s continued belief in and support for gender-affirming care.

A letter from Jordina Shanks, CEO of Fenway Health, addressed to the Fenway Health community. It announces that due to new federal requirements effective October 1, 2025, Fenway Health will no longer provide medical gender-affirming care (hormones and puberty blockers) for patients under 19. The letter explains that this change follows a revised U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Grants Policy, which allows termination of grants that โ€œno longer effectuate program goals or agency priorities.โ€ Continuing the service would jeopardize Fenwayโ€™s status as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). The message emphasizes that this decision was made with great difficulty and does not reflect a change in Fenwayโ€™s values or commitment to the transgender and gender-diverse community. It details how staff have worked to support affected patients and families and reaffirms Fenwayโ€™s ongoing advocacy and inclusive mission. Highlighted portions stress the HHS policy change, the risk to FQHC status, and Fenwayโ€™s continued belief in and support for gender-affirming care.

Fenway Health just sent this message to all of their patients. They are lying to their patients telling them that cessation of gender affirming care to trans youth was due to a change in federal regulations. This is a lie. No such change was made to regulations. This was Fenway complying in advance.

21.10.2025 20:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1070    ๐Ÿ” 314    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Fun fact: at some point several peopleโ€™s names were patched OUT of Destiny 2โ€™s credits. People who worked on that game and were credited accordingly, were, for some reason, subsequently removed.

Video game credits are atrocious.

21.10.2025 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1364    ๐Ÿ” 261    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

whomst amongst us

21.10.2025 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8112    ๐Ÿ” 2354    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 92    ๐Ÿ“Œ 49

I really believe this is the most vile gaslighting campaign anti-LGBT extremists have ever run.

Brianna was murdered by kids she knew in real life (not met online), but they've turned her murder into a crusade against kids having access to social media.

21.10.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 132    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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