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Cicadidae 🪲
@chirpingcicada.bsky.social
25 • she/her 🏳️‍🌈 • IT student and sometimes artist. I draw and I like bugs
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i feel it’s important for support to be visible during times like this. don’t have many followers, but if you come across this page know that you’re safe here 🩵🩷🤍
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Don't make me tap the sign
I’m officially halfway to being A+ Certified!! Passed my Core 1 exam this past week after about 4 months of on-and-off studying. Such a relief to have it done! 😊

Gonna take a short break with a non-technical class, then jump into studying for Core 2!

#CompTIA #ITCertification #WGU
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Sharing this because it’s always important to know your lookalikes. If you can’t get a 100% positive ID, don’t stomp.
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
So pretty!! Look at the details on those wings 😍
A Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia), nectaring on zinnias in the garden a couple weeks ago. Found statewide in Illinois but not a common butterfly, this is the first one I've seen in the yard. #garden #BloomScrolling #insects #GardenParty 🌿
October 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Having a fun study day! Have definitely found that color-coding my notes SIGNIFICANTLY helps when trying to read them back later.
Next up: the TCP/IP model!

#ITstudent #OSImodel #WGU
May 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
THEYRE SO SMALL!!!! 🥹💕
A carolina mantis egg sac hatched in my yard today 😭🩷 I've been keeping an eye on it and I can't believe I got to see the babies!!
May 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know:
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...

Still considering that autism assessment btw
May 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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EVERYBODY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THIS BIG FANCY BUG
BIG BUG BIG BUG BIG BUG BIG BUG BIG BUG BIG BUG BIG BUG

(huge violet ground beetle, Carabus scabrosus)
May 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Better a pig than a gen A.I. user!
March 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Went to a local art meetup last night and I think it was the best thing ever?? Haven’t gotten to draw in a group like that since college, it was so refreshing and I met so many cool people!

This is a reminder to get involved in your local communities!! You will feel better for it.
March 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
just got notified that my preordered switch copy of In Stars and Time
is on the way!! So excited to play this game 👀

#instarsandtime #isat
March 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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"I want to keep boycotting Amazon, but I also want to support indie authors. How do I do that?"

Many indie authors have their books on Barnes & Noble & Kobo! There are also places like Smashwords & Campfire that are almost all indie books! Itchio now has a THRIVING LGBTQ Indie Book Scene.
March 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I love scrolling the dnd tag and getting to find so many talented artists to follow. Like yes please I will join you in your unabashed love of your OCs. They are everything to me
March 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Working on a dnd beyond icon for my rogue Amara~
Will post updates!
(Also wondering: would folks be interested in commissions like this?)
#sketch #dnd #bskyart #wip
March 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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TRYING TO REMAIN CALM but the schedule changes take effect this Monday which means I lose roughly 18 hours and my full-time status. May be relying on commissions for a while! 🥲
not to be like personal on main (i am just a brand entity after all) but I have the worst luck with jobs and it's beyond my control; my day job is cutting hours so I will once again be annoying about my commissions LOL thank yew: artistree.io/erindrawsstuff
#artists #commissions #dnd #fanart
Artistree
artistree.io
March 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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not to be like personal on main (i am just a brand entity after all) but I have the worst luck with jobs and it's beyond my control; my day job is cutting hours so I will once again be annoying about my commissions LOL thank yew: artistree.io/erindrawsstuff
#artists #commissions #dnd #fanart
Artistree
artistree.io
March 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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I know it’s so easy to shop at big stores with cheap stuff, but those companies don’t have quality or your best interests in mind. I design & engrave all my own products, & my pottery comes from local ceramicists, so you’re supporting 2 small businesses with every mug you buy! #economicblackout
February 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So done with this ethics class. Like dgmw I totally understand the importance of it, but its SO business oriented and that side of IT is really not where my interest lies.

I know I gotta do it, but i swear I already know how to think critically. lemme learn Linux or networking or something plsss
March 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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📣 MAJOR MAJOR PSA 📣

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR A PROTEST. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO "REGISTER" TO SHOW SOLIDARITY. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NUMBER TO HAND OUT AND DISTRIBUTE MATERIALS.

YOU JUST SHOW UP.
also if you see a website about a “strike” or other large-scale protest, and they ask you to “sign up” by giving your personal information, DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR INFORMATION! they are almost certainly honeypots! and any that might not be can easily be compromised!
February 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Please go check out my friend Erin!! Her art is incredible and she has a very reliable commission history!
WELP I just had to spend more than half of my paycheck on replacement retainers, so if y'all are feeling generous and able to do so, commissioning me would help me tremendously lol
artistree.io/erindrawsstuff
#commissions #artcommissions #dnd #art
Artistree
artistree.io
January 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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To my American trans friends and followers, a word of warning before passport offices open tomorrow from a friend currently dealing with this situation
January 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Decided it was time for a proper icon!

#art #clipstudiopaint #chibi #artist
January 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
i feel it’s important for support to be visible during times like this. don’t have many followers, but if you come across this page know that you’re safe here 🩵🩷🤍
Always 💖

Don't make me tap the sign
January 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
I may not use duolingo anymore, but I’ve apparently still got an owl to deal with…
#wgu
January 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Some flower compositions🌸🌱🍂

#pixelart
January 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM