Hazel E. Baumgartner, Author of "The Woods"
@hazelebaumgartner.bsky.social
Artist, author, musician, witch, and Hot Wheels collector. I make music under the name Hazel Bee and write books under the name Hazel E. Baumgartner, which is also my name.
30, she/they, 99% lesbian, USA 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
Buy my book: https://a.co/d/6Aanpc7
30, she/they, 99% lesbian, USA 🇺🇸🏳️🌈
Buy my book: https://a.co/d/6Aanpc7
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My pinned post disappeared again so HI! If you like gorey monster stories, suspenseful mysteries, supernatural thrillers, cryptid horror, and books where the killer in the woods is a metaphor for grief, you should check out my debut novel, "The Woods: A Horror Novel", out now!
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Waking up to the sound of an entire lego building coming crashing down because my cat decided he's more important than it (he's right, but don't tell him that).
February 18, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Waking up to the sound of an entire lego building coming crashing down because my cat decided he's more important than it (he's right, but don't tell him that).
Idk, maybe read the fucking constitution?
BARTIROMO: Could the president just implement an executive order to get the SAVE Act across the finish line going into the midterms?
REP. MARK HARRIS: That's a great question. I don't know the answer to that, quite frankly.
REP. MARK HARRIS: That's a great question. I don't know the answer to that, quite frankly.
February 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Idk, maybe read the fucking constitution?
My reddit account has now been banned for saying white supremacists and pedophiles are bad people. Neither was a controversial statement ten years ago. A power hungry mod of a dumb shitposting sub decided that me calling white supremacists bad was a direct attack or something, I guess.
Fuck Reddit.
Fuck Reddit.
February 18, 2026 at 9:48 AM
My reddit account has now been banned for saying white supremacists and pedophiles are bad people. Neither was a controversial statement ten years ago. A power hungry mod of a dumb shitposting sub decided that me calling white supremacists bad was a direct attack or something, I guess.
Fuck Reddit.
Fuck Reddit.
I want to play a game. To win, you must spell the words "unnecessary", "restaurant", "thoroughfare", and "wherewithal" correctly on the first try.
February 18, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I want to play a game. To win, you must spell the words "unnecessary", "restaurant", "thoroughfare", and "wherewithal" correctly on the first try.
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BREAKING: I read the new version of the “Save America Act” (S. 1383) so u don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Point 1 is new. It requires that all 50 states send their voter rolls to the DHS to run thru DHS’s faulty “SAVE” voter purge program. Points 6 & 7 are new too. Tell ur Senators #NoOnSAVE 1/
February 17, 2026 at 9:47 PM
BREAKING: I read the new version of the “Save America Act” (S. 1383) so u don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Point 1 is new. It requires that all 50 states send their voter rolls to the DHS to run thru DHS’s faulty “SAVE” voter purge program. Points 6 & 7 are new too. Tell ur Senators #NoOnSAVE 1/
Florida has now sent so many people to prison camps that they're relying on child labor to fill in the gaps.
Someone help us. America is not doing okay.
Someone help us. America is not doing okay.
Florida AG James Uthmeier: "We need to focus on getting people into the workforce even earlier. We passed legislation last year to help high school students get their hands dirty and get on job sites more quickly."
February 17, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Florida has now sent so many people to prison camps that they're relying on child labor to fill in the gaps.
Someone help us. America is not doing okay.
Someone help us. America is not doing okay.
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"I am Black, Brown, white, I speak a different language, but I must be respected, protected, and never rejected. I am God's child, I am somebody."
In a world where the alt-right is actively erasing people of color and even the left is starting not to see value in diversity, kids need to hear this.
In a world where the alt-right is actively erasing people of color and even the left is starting not to see value in diversity, kids need to hear this.
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 5:17 PM
"I am Black, Brown, white, I speak a different language, but I must be respected, protected, and never rejected. I am God's child, I am somebody."
In a world where the alt-right is actively erasing people of color and even the left is starting not to see value in diversity, kids need to hear this.
In a world where the alt-right is actively erasing people of color and even the left is starting not to see value in diversity, kids need to hear this.
I'm getting tired of making the Torment Nexus post.
But as the article points out, this is LITERALLY the plot to a Black Mirror episode that aired just twelve years ago.
But as the article points out, this is LITERALLY the plot to a Black Mirror episode that aired just twelve years ago.
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I'm getting tired of making the Torment Nexus post.
But as the article points out, this is LITERALLY the plot to a Black Mirror episode that aired just twelve years ago.
But as the article points out, this is LITERALLY the plot to a Black Mirror episode that aired just twelve years ago.
Jesse Jackson dying this year really brings home the fact that if MLK Jr wasn't murdered by right wing terrorists, he probably would've died in the past decade.
February 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Jesse Jackson dying this year really brings home the fact that if MLK Jr wasn't murdered by right wing terrorists, he probably would've died in the past decade.
Insane that this is considered a 'radical left' opinion.
Every state should make building concentration camps illegal 🤨
February 17, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Insane that this is considered a 'radical left' opinion.
Not saying my relationship is getting serious or anything yet, but I did just catch myself texting them to ask if they wanted to watch Predator: Badlands with me or if I should watch it myself.
(They said yes!)
(They said yes!)
February 17, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Not saying my relationship is getting serious or anything yet, but I did just catch myself texting them to ask if they wanted to watch Predator: Badlands with me or if I should watch it myself.
(They said yes!)
(They said yes!)
You can also turn off their "spam" filter, which might be useful because as far as I've seen it only labels artists trying to make a living as spam while letting scammers run free.
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If you want to see posts from cool people on here, go to @moderation.bsky.app and turn off this label
February 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM
You can also turn off their "spam" filter, which might be useful because as far as I've seen it only labels artists trying to make a living as spam while letting scammers run free.
@moderation.bsky.app
@moderation.bsky.app
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What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
February 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
Doing some leash training with Persephone today with the nice spring weather. She's slowly but surely getting used to it.
February 16, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Doing some leash training with Persephone today with the nice spring weather. She's slowly but surely getting used to it.
Day seven of no full caf coffee and I'm running out of decaf too and will try to quit entirely when that happens, and lemme tell you, I've quit caffeine and I've quit cigarettes, and of the two I'd rather go through quitting cigarettes again.
February 16, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Day seven of no full caf coffee and I'm running out of decaf too and will try to quit entirely when that happens, and lemme tell you, I've quit caffeine and I've quit cigarettes, and of the two I'd rather go through quitting cigarettes again.
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At least one country is taking this seriously. I'm sure others not named "America" will, too.
Hopefully, soon, we'll have better people in charge, and all of these child-raping fuckers and the deplorables who are covering this up for them will all rot in prison.
Hopefully, soon, we'll have better people in charge, and all of these child-raping fuckers and the deplorables who are covering this up for them will all rot in prison.
February 16, 2026 at 6:06 AM
At least one country is taking this seriously. I'm sure others not named "America" will, too.
Hopefully, soon, we'll have better people in charge, and all of these child-raping fuckers and the deplorables who are covering this up for them will all rot in prison.
Hopefully, soon, we'll have better people in charge, and all of these child-raping fuckers and the deplorables who are covering this up for them will all rot in prison.
Underage girls*
The President of the United States raped underage women.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has seen the proof in the Epstein files and doesn't care.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has seen the proof in the Epstein files and doesn't care.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
February 14, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Underage girls*
It's so funny how walking around on a 55° day in October everyone's bundled up, but on a 55° day in February everyone's wearing shorts and sandles (including me).
February 14, 2026 at 9:11 PM
It's so funny how walking around on a 55° day in October everyone's bundled up, but on a 55° day in February everyone's wearing shorts and sandles (including me).
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there is an employment crisis among trans women and there always has been, but good luck getting people to see it
Still living this life after almost 8 months. A professional I know who works almost exclusively with trans people said almost all of them are unemployed.
February 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
there is an employment crisis among trans women and there always has been, but good luck getting people to see it
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Hello, people of bluesky, if you are just joining us—here is an old comic I made about Dracula
November 7, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Hello, people of bluesky, if you are just joining us—here is an old comic I made about Dracula
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February 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Officially the first valentines day in five years that I *haven't* been single. So that's pretty cool.
February 14, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Officially the first valentines day in five years that I *haven't* been single. So that's pretty cool.
I am not ashamed to be a virtual trucker
February 14, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I am not ashamed to be a virtual trucker