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Lightly Starched Creations
@lightlystarched.bsky.social
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He/him. Struggling writer, experienced coder, hobbyist miniature painter, baffled father.

Recently began learning Godot, to add game development to my repertoire of programming experience.

Currently open to commissions and freelance work.
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Lightly Starched Creations @lightlystarched.bsky.social · May 12
Had a bit of fun painting the waves and rocks under this crabby thing.

#miniatures #miniaturepainting #frosthaven #gloomhaven
Painted miniature of a crab-looking creature standing on rocks with waves crashing. Reference portrait in the background. Back view of a painted miniature of a crab-looking creature standing on rocks with waves crashing. Reference portrait in the background.
lightlystarched.bsky.social
Fiery boi from Frosthaven.

#miniatures #miniaturepainting #frosthaven #gloomhaven #boardgames
The painted miniature of one of the unlockable Frosthaven characters
January 18, 2026 at 9:51 PM
lightlystarched.bsky.social
Clan Jade Falcon hovertanks

Lightbox works pretty well. I need some better lights though.

#battletech #miniatures #miniaturepainting #wargames
Two hovertanks painted in the Clan Jade Falcons Epsilon Galaxy colors. From the Battletech Aces: Scouring Sands box.
January 18, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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Rifleman C2 of the Clan Jade Falcons Epsilon Galaxy.

Testing out my DIY lightbox v0.1

#battletech #miniatures #miniaturepainting #wargames
Front view of the rifleman C2 from the Battletech Aces: Scouring Sands box. Painted in the colors of Clan Jade Falcon Epsilon Galaxy Back view of the rifleman C2 from the Battletech Aces: Scouring Sands box. Painted in the colors of Clan Jade Falcon Epsilon Galaxy
January 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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Clan Jade Falcon
Howler (Baboon)
From the Scouring Sands box

#battletech
#miniatures
#miniaturepainting
#wargaming
A painted miniature of the Howler mech, in the Clan Jade Falcon, Epsilon Galaxy colors. From Battletech ACES: Scouring Sands
January 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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If you live in the USA, here’s an easy way to send a letter to your reps:

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Email your representatives: No War with Venezuela!
I just wrote a letter to my congressional representatives to urge them to oppose Trump's illegal war with Venezuela. Can you join me? https://admin.actionnetwork.org/letters/email-your-representative-...
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January 4, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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Clan Jade Falcon, Locust IIC, from the Scouring Sands box

One last crappy phone pic to round out the year. New Year’s resolution: get a dedicated photo area setup.

#battletech #miniatures #miniaturepainting
A painted Battletech mini. It is a Locust IIC, painted in the colors of Clan Jade Falcon, Epsilon Galaxy.
December 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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As a new years present to myself, I just finished the first draft of a novel. Now I can spend the next couple days planning out my writing deadlines for 2026 in order to hit the ground running.
December 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
lightlystarched.bsky.social
I want to do better pictures of my recent projects, but it’s been so long since I’ve taken any pictures at all. So I figured I should just upload this crappy phone pic to get back in the habit.

#frosthaven
#miniatures
#miniaturepainting
A painted mini of the crescent moon character from the Frosthaven boardgame
December 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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“Maybe if I leave my laptop on the chair the cat won’t steal my spot as soon as I stand up.”

The cat:
The cat curled up on my open laptop, which is on the seat of my comfy chair
December 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
lightlystarched.bsky.social
Just because.

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by YeahYeahYeahsVEVO
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December 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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If you live in NYC and supported Mamdani, we still got a lotta work to do. Sign up if you haven’t already!

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Tax the Rich, Fund Child Care - Field Launch
You helped deliver Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory, but the campaign for an affordable New York City is just beginning. Now it’s our time to return to the doors to deliver on the promise of a more a...
actionnetwork.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.

New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
lightlystarched.bsky.social
As hilarious as this is, Trump is mentally gone. Yes, Mamdani is charismatic as hell and I hope he can continue to keep Trump pacified re:NY. But it’s just as likely that after a few hours on his phone or talking to Stephen Miller, Trump will be threatening to bomb NYC or something.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 21
Trump frickin' loves this guy lmao
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
lightlystarched.bsky.social
"It's a cycle of power and abuse where the rich white guys always come out on top, and the rest of us just come out with less power and more abuse."

This is worth a watch, if you can stomach it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNLd...
So I'm in the Epstein Files
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
We need your help! But let me explain why:
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
lightlystarched.bsky.social
A little torn on this one. Chi Ossé is exactly the kind person we need on the City Council as Mamdani works to enact his ambitious agenda.

That said, Chi could do a lot of good in the House as well. He's an actual activist and fighter, so I'm ready to support him if he's going for it.
November 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
lightlystarched.bsky.social
It is way, way past time for us to say ‘enough.’ We can live in a world where people are more than just playthings for the rich and powerful, if we’re willing to fight for it.
aaronparnas.bsky.social Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · Nov 16
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
lightlystarched.bsky.social
@durrymusic.bsky.social awesome show at Bowery Ballroom last night! Looking forward to the next time.
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

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I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
lightlystarched.bsky.social
Chuck Schumer needs to immediately be replaced as Senate Minority Leader, followed by an announcement that he will not be seeking reelection.
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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matthewcort.land
So, listen, call Schumer’s office no matter where you live, no matter if you’re registered to vote. Leave a voicemail that says if Senate Dems cave without an ACA premiums fix, you will never vote for or donate to another Senate Democrat as long as he is Leader
jules.su Jules Suzdaltsev @jules.su · Nov 9
Call them:

Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542

Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224

King (ME)
202 224-5344

Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324

Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152

Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521

Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841

Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451

Masto (NV)
202 224-3542

Warner (VA)
202 224-2023

Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Neighborhood becomes a Political Battlefield | My Neighbor's Yard
YouTube video by Short of the Week
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November 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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agawande.bsky.social
And here's a YouTube link. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj0P...
"Rovina's Choice" Shows How The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
YouTube video by The New Yorker
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
lightlystarched.bsky.social
Just a thought: if you’re going to engage in conversation here, then do so honestly. Don’t reply to someone then immediately block them just so you get the last word. That’s extraordinarily cowardly.

Either have a conversation or don’t.
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Think back to how you felt a year ago when Trump was reelected.

Now think about how you feel after last night's election.

You volunteered. You went to protests. You didn't check out.

You put in the work required for our democracy — and it's paying off.

Remember this.
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM