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she/her, 30+ disabled queer fem. ttrpg and podcast sicko (f@tt and friends, ranged touch, etc); collects gay little nail polishes; dyes own hair; steward of a deeply neglected tbr. 1/3 of Three of Hearts podcast.
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· Oct 9
Have been doing my nails but haven't had energy to post. Happy with how these turned out!
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ODYSSEUS: wife I am home after 20 years
PENELOPE: oh shit I mean honey you are home how wonderful
ODYSSEUS: who are all these strange men
PENELOPE: well, I'll tell you what they're definitely not, which is a 300 person polycule ruling in your absence
PENELOPE: oh shit I mean honey you are home how wonderful
ODYSSEUS: who are all these strange men
PENELOPE: well, I'll tell you what they're definitely not, which is a 300 person polycule ruling in your absence
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
ODYSSEUS: wife I am home after 20 years
PENELOPE: oh shit I mean honey you are home how wonderful
ODYSSEUS: who are all these strange men
PENELOPE: well, I'll tell you what they're definitely not, which is a 300 person polycule ruling in your absence
PENELOPE: oh shit I mean honey you are home how wonderful
ODYSSEUS: who are all these strange men
PENELOPE: well, I'll tell you what they're definitely not, which is a 300 person polycule ruling in your absence
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Wow. Easily the best movie of the year for me.
Rolling Stone didn't put Sinners on its top 20 list of films for this year and I'm appalled.
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Wow. Easily the best movie of the year for me.
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New thing coming... this Wednesday... @aaronmfking.bsky.social is involved... @0sarahxfrank0.bsky.social is gonna be there...
FUUUUCK! I am excited.
FUUUUCK! I am excited.
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
New thing coming... this Wednesday... @aaronmfking.bsky.social is involved... @0sarahxfrank0.bsky.social is gonna be there...
FUUUUCK! I am excited.
FUUUUCK! I am excited.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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I just celebrated Black Friday by cancelling my Audible membership and starting a Libro FM membership that benefits PSB.
💙📚 🎧📚
💙📚 🎧📚
We know that, for a ton of reasons, a lot of folks don't have as much to spend as they'd like this holiday season. Sooooooo, here's a thread of things you can do that will support your local indie bookstore or other business WITHOUT spending any more than you intended...
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I just celebrated Black Friday by cancelling my Audible membership and starting a Libro FM membership that benefits PSB.
💙📚 🎧📚
💙📚 🎧📚
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Holiday sale, just in time! I’ve added this year’s holiday cards, 3 new Botanica originals, and 3 special prints.
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Holiday sale, just in time! I’ve added this year’s holiday cards, 3 new Botanica originals, and 3 special prints.
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I, for one, am looking forward to a nice crisp chapter of winter horror each day.
Who wants to join me?
Who wants to join me?
Okay it's been 15 hours of perfectly hinged marketing it's time for the weird shit
loottheroom.itch.io/advent2025
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December 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I, for one, am looking forward to a nice crisp chapter of winter horror each day.
Who wants to join me?
Who wants to join me?
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If you’re not a good catholic the pope will find you and beat you with a bat and you are not safe on an airplane.
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
If you’re not a good catholic the pope will find you and beat you with a bat and you are not safe on an airplane.
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blease. academic friends
:/ do any of yall w/ institutional article access have the ability to get me evan vipond's "becoming culturally unintelligible" ?
November 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
blease. academic friends
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great for the aftermath of car repair • digging that entire new garden bed in one day • also scooping the yugh out of the toilet when it backs up & you hafta take it apart, that’s the WORST
$4.80
blacksmith’s hands soap – The Vagabond Tabby
$4.80
blacksmith’s hands soap – The Vagabond Tabby
blacksmith’s hands soap – The Vagabond Tabby
great for the aftermath of car repair • digging that entire new garden bed in one day • also scooping the yugh out of the toilet when it backs up & you haft
www.thevagabondtabby.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
great for the aftermath of car repair • digging that entire new garden bed in one day • also scooping the yugh out of the toilet when it backs up & you hafta take it apart, that’s the WORST
$4.80
blacksmith’s hands soap – The Vagabond Tabby
$4.80
blacksmith’s hands soap – The Vagabond Tabby
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I would also like to shout out our fellow shopper, who saw me setting this up and went, "Wait, no, you need this!" and ran over with an e so that we could spell "sex"
When you're at the salvage store and they have a big bin of novelty-size letters but you can't justify buying any of them because you don't have a project in mind or the space, it really
November 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I would also like to shout out our fellow shopper, who saw me setting this up and went, "Wait, no, you need this!" and ran over with an e so that we could spell "sex"
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Having a snowstorm on small biz Saturday is really gonna fuck our holiday szn, please consider buying a book for a gift (ppl in the USA) to help keep this queer little bookstore scooting along.
we are supposed to get 1 trillion inches of snow this wknd -- please enjoy a 15% off coupon code STAYCOZY at roomofonesown.com to encourage you to stay home and browse our website (and brand new holiday cat-alogggg) from the comfort and safety of home! roomofonesown.com/catalog/2025...
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Having a snowstorm on small biz Saturday is really gonna fuck our holiday szn, please consider buying a book for a gift (ppl in the USA) to help keep this queer little bookstore scooting along.
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Leave little Saruman alone.
Some of those dogs at the dog show are just obscene abominations unto the lord.
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Leave little Saruman alone.
The luna face soap has been my holy grail face soap for YEARS and the blacksmith soap is my favorite to keep in the kitchen for getting rid of grease with such a clean rinse off
DINNER IS OVER
I HAVE COMPLETED THE ANNUAL RITUAL OF HAVING A SURPRISE FIGHT WITH MY WEBSITE
IT IS TIME FOR THE BIG SALE
20% OFF EVERYTHING, EXCEPT THE JEWELRY IS STILL 50% OFF THEN 20% OFF ON TOP OF THAT
GO BUY STUFF & I'll stop shouting now
http://TheVagabondTa...
I HAVE COMPLETED THE ANNUAL RITUAL OF HAVING A SURPRISE FIGHT WITH MY WEBSITE
IT IS TIME FOR THE BIG SALE
20% OFF EVERYTHING, EXCEPT THE JEWELRY IS STILL 50% OFF THEN 20% OFF ON TOP OF THAT
GO BUY STUFF & I'll stop shouting now
http://TheVagabondTa...
The Vagabond Tabby – stuff for your skin. crap free. guaranteed.
crap free? safe, natural, & crap free, guaranteed • soap, tea, bath salts, lip balms & more • because soap matters learn more here liminal fripperies? a
TheVagabondTabby.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The luna face soap has been my holy grail face soap for YEARS and the blacksmith soap is my favorite to keep in the kitchen for getting rid of grease with such a clean rinse off
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It's Thanksgiving, which means it's time for my favorite tradition, listening to the Friends at the Table episode where they play The Most Wanted and Most Unwanted Songs. friendsatthetable.net/clapcast-the...
Friends at the Table: Clapcast: The Most Wanted Song
Hello everyone! Instead of a proper episode today, I'm sharing one of our Clapcast episodes where a few of us listen to the most wanted and unwanted songs! The Clapcast is one of our monus patreon sho...
friendsatthetable.net
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It's Thanksgiving, which means it's time for my favorite tradition, listening to the Friends at the Table episode where they play The Most Wanted and Most Unwanted Songs. friendsatthetable.net/clapcast-the...
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Eeeeeeeee I'm late to the excitement on this but it's honestly just so lovely to read!
I let OddFolk be messy because it's what I needed creatively and emotionally and it's great to hear that being met with enthusiasm!!
I let OddFolk be messy because it's what I needed creatively and emotionally and it's great to hear that being met with enthusiasm!!
The curious, playful, and intentionally unfinished Oddfolk left @newmadras.bsky.social completely charmed.
Oddfolk is the most fun you can have with four lines
Warning: can cause game design.
www.rascal.news
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Eeeeeeeee I'm late to the excitement on this but it's honestly just so lovely to read!
I let OddFolk be messy because it's what I needed creatively and emotionally and it's great to hear that being met with enthusiasm!!
I let OddFolk be messy because it's what I needed creatively and emotionally and it's great to hear that being met with enthusiasm!!
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@newmadras.bsky.social thank you for saying such nice things about Max and me! "If another Apocalypse World arrived, would it attract the attention of the people who seemed to be cosmically waiting for it to unlock their creativity?" puts into words some big thoughts I've been struggling over.
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
@newmadras.bsky.social thank you for saying such nice things about Max and me! "If another Apocalypse World arrived, would it attract the attention of the people who seemed to be cosmically waiting for it to unlock their creativity?" puts into words some big thoughts I've been struggling over.
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The curious, playful, and intentionally unfinished Oddfolk left @newmadras.bsky.social completely charmed.
Oddfolk is the most fun you can have with four lines
Warning: can cause game design.
www.rascal.news
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The curious, playful, and intentionally unfinished Oddfolk left @newmadras.bsky.social completely charmed.
Have been trying to refill a med since 11/10. Have been out of it since 11/13. I can feel where every one of my ribs attaches to my spine every time I try to move. I am going to start biting people.
November 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Have been trying to refill a med since 11/10. Have been out of it since 11/13. I can feel where every one of my ribs attaches to my spine every time I try to move. I am going to start biting people.
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In the US, Catholic sisters return Wisconsin land to Ojibwe tribe in a historic first. The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred a lakefront property to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for the same $30,000 they paid in 1966.
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For the first time, Catholic sisters return land to a Tribal nation
"This return represents more than the restoration of land — it is the restoration of balance, dignity, and our sacred connection to the places our ancestors once walked."
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November 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In the US, Catholic sisters return Wisconsin land to Ojibwe tribe in a historic first. The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred a lakefront property to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for the same $30,000 they paid in 1966.
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it’s never a bad time to start a $5/month donation to @tonemadison.bsky.social
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
it’s never a bad time to start a $5/month donation to @tonemadison.bsky.social
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This is still available and I just got mine. They were right - this box is huge.
30 bucks for 440 masks is obscenely cheap. Great as it’s getting colder out and flu and covid inevitably peak
30 bucks for 440 masks is obscenely cheap. Great as it’s getting colder out and flu and covid inevitably peak
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This is still available and I just got mine. They were right - this box is huge.
30 bucks for 440 masks is obscenely cheap. Great as it’s getting colder out and flu and covid inevitably peak
30 bucks for 440 masks is obscenely cheap. Great as it’s getting colder out and flu and covid inevitably peak
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Hey, I'm Tim - a boardgames writer, player & now, apparently, podcaster. Are you likely to find yourself playing games with family & friends this holiday season? Do you need recommendations for good ones to play with your group, or to gift? Reply below with who it's for & I'll do my best to help!
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Hey, I'm Tim - a boardgames writer, player & now, apparently, podcaster. Are you likely to find yourself playing games with family & friends this holiday season? Do you need recommendations for good ones to play with your group, or to gift? Reply below with who it's for & I'll do my best to help!
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To those who want to know:
Yes. We have new shirts for Pax
Yes. Also have hats
Yes. Adam Vass of @worldchamp.bsky.social designed them
Yes. There is a companion zine by @aaronmfking.bsky.social
Yes. @gilarpgs.bsky.social has said multiple times "I love they way they feel on my skin"
Come get them
Yes. We have new shirts for Pax
Yes. Also have hats
Yes. Adam Vass of @worldchamp.bsky.social designed them
Yes. There is a companion zine by @aaronmfking.bsky.social
Yes. @gilarpgs.bsky.social has said multiple times "I love they way they feel on my skin"
Come get them
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
To those who want to know:
Yes. We have new shirts for Pax
Yes. Also have hats
Yes. Adam Vass of @worldchamp.bsky.social designed them
Yes. There is a companion zine by @aaronmfking.bsky.social
Yes. @gilarpgs.bsky.social has said multiple times "I love they way they feel on my skin"
Come get them
Yes. We have new shirts for Pax
Yes. Also have hats
Yes. Adam Vass of @worldchamp.bsky.social designed them
Yes. There is a companion zine by @aaronmfking.bsky.social
Yes. @gilarpgs.bsky.social has said multiple times "I love they way they feel on my skin"
Come get them