Tess
@orphicfiddler.bsky.social
she/any || Health services researcher. Professional dilettante. Weasel under the cocktail cabinet.
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Tess
@orphicfiddler.bsky.social
· Dec 29
A🧵 of favorite fits from the past year. I often have limited time to work on art, so I view putting together an ornate little outfit as a way of completing a small art project each morning.
Starting off with a romantic 35th birthday look. (Dress by La Femme En Noir, necklace by Our Widow.)
Starting off with a romantic 35th birthday look. (Dress by La Femme En Noir, necklace by Our Widow.)
Damiano David last night at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. 🎶
November 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Damiano David last night at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. 🎶
The pieces are coming together . . .
October 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The pieces are coming together . . .
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Isn't it crazy that the leader of our country is able to get comedians fired for their jokes? Pic unrelated
September 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Isn't it crazy that the leader of our country is able to get comedians fired for their jokes? Pic unrelated
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Mr. President you need to walk towards the infinite darkness
This deleted (but archived) Truth Social post of Trump's from Thursday night is like something out of Twin Peaks:
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August 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Mr. President you need to walk towards the infinite darkness
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[XENOMORPH ALIEN SKITTERS AT FULL SPEED DOWN CORRIDOR CEILING]
ME: (sighing) is this about sex or death
[XENOMORPH STOPS, UNSURE HOW TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION]
ME: (sighing) is this about sex or death
[XENOMORPH STOPS, UNSURE HOW TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION]
August 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
[XENOMORPH ALIEN SKITTERS AT FULL SPEED DOWN CORRIDOR CEILING]
ME: (sighing) is this about sex or death
[XENOMORPH STOPS, UNSURE HOW TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION]
ME: (sighing) is this about sex or death
[XENOMORPH STOPS, UNSURE HOW TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION]
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I’m convinced that three months living a non-car dependent lifestyle could convince anyone of its obvious superiority. And also make them go insane once they returned to suburbia.
September 27, 2024 at 10:37 PM
I’m convinced that three months living a non-car dependent lifestyle could convince anyone of its obvious superiority. And also make them go insane once they returned to suburbia.
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A tombstone in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, photographed by Andy Darby.
Note the border inscription.
Note the border inscription.
August 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A tombstone in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, photographed by Andy Darby.
Note the border inscription.
Note the border inscription.
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NOW is the time to keep up the pressure on our representatives to continue to prioritize funding our research work!
🔗 RSVP to the Kill the Cuts Town Hall here or using the link in bio: form.jotform.com/251766883613...
Masks strongly encouraged!
🔗 RSVP to the Kill the Cuts Town Hall here or using the link in bio: form.jotform.com/251766883613...
Masks strongly encouraged!
UAW 4121 Kill the Cuts Town Hall RSVP
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
NOW is the time to keep up the pressure on our representatives to continue to prioritize funding our research work!
🔗 RSVP to the Kill the Cuts Town Hall here or using the link in bio: form.jotform.com/251766883613...
Masks strongly encouraged!
🔗 RSVP to the Kill the Cuts Town Hall here or using the link in bio: form.jotform.com/251766883613...
Masks strongly encouraged!
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➡️ Funding disruptions are threatening lifesaving improvements and innovations in behavioral and mental healthcare. These cuts are already forcing researchers to pause or leave projects that directly save lives.
![Vaughan Collins. Research Coordinator, UW Psychiatry & Behavioral Science. “More than 2 out of 3 youth in the U.S. experience trauma. Yet, their ability to access and receive impactful evidence-based treatment is at risk with NIH funding cuts. I work on the R34 grant with the UW ALACRITY Center. We strive to design and promote a treatment called Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy [TF-CBT], which has the strongest evidence of any clinical intervention for youth with trauma. Without funding, our vital work won't be possible.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ffx53k44vvvly7uiuemrl2nc/bafkreif77gjgsj2bssbshplohvzdjwearpyce2g72rsuy5ghzzxezcqxze@jpeg)
August 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
➡️ Funding disruptions are threatening lifesaving improvements and innovations in behavioral and mental healthcare. These cuts are already forcing researchers to pause or leave projects that directly save lives.
Headed to the Knight Club!
August 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Headed to the Knight Club!
Chappell Roan in The Subway video:
August 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Chappell Roan in The Subway video:
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I keep that shit on me
July 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I keep that shit on me
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gavin newsom looks like he needs to be given the explicit instruction of “don’t eat it” every time someone hands him a baby
May 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
gavin newsom looks like he needs to be given the explicit instruction of “don’t eat it” every time someone hands him a baby
Further proof that men should only ever have long hair.
July 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Further proof that men should only ever have long hair.
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It is so, so important to learn to understand the difference between A Gross Thing That Freaks Me Out, versus A Thing Which Causes Actual Harm In The World
because as long as you can't navigate the difference, your disgust is a lever that can be used to manipulate you
because as long as you can't navigate the difference, your disgust is a lever that can be used to manipulate you
This remains evergreen.
July 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It is so, so important to learn to understand the difference between A Gross Thing That Freaks Me Out, versus A Thing Which Causes Actual Harm In The World
because as long as you can't navigate the difference, your disgust is a lever that can be used to manipulate you
because as long as you can't navigate the difference, your disgust is a lever that can be used to manipulate you
S'mores sundae, baybee (anything to escape my 82° home office).
July 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
S'mores sundae, baybee (anything to escape my 82° home office).
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Seattle Renounces Atheism Forever After Witnessing Resurrection of St. Rat: tinyurl.com/3xm4jwy3
July 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Seattle Renounces Atheism Forever After Witnessing Resurrection of St. Rat: tinyurl.com/3xm4jwy3
BABYMETAL, Jinjer, and Bloodywood last night - first metal show in a while! I have been missing the slow-roasted thrill of good concert pyrotechnics. They should stage academic conferences like this.
July 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
BABYMETAL, Jinjer, and Bloodywood last night - first metal show in a while! I have been missing the slow-roasted thrill of good concert pyrotechnics. They should stage academic conferences like this.
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I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels
“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says
www.science.org
July 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff.
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
"Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)
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restrict blood flow not airflow!! people need proper education on choking I stg
July 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
restrict blood flow not airflow!! people need proper education on choking I stg
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the idea pushed by these types that pretension = edginess = reaction bothers me so much. you are not edgy! no one is mad at you! you live in a world of deluded paranoia and disappointed ambition! you are pulling old tricks, in old ways, using old marketing tactics! CATCH UP
July 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
the idea pushed by these types that pretension = edginess = reaction bothers me so much. you are not edgy! no one is mad at you! you live in a world of deluded paranoia and disappointed ambition! you are pulling old tricks, in old ways, using old marketing tactics! CATCH UP
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no!! cozy and wholesome romance in fiction will kill the patient. they need doomed, gut-wrenching and soul-crushing melodrama to survive
July 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
no!! cozy and wholesome romance in fiction will kill the patient. they need doomed, gut-wrenching and soul-crushing melodrama to survive
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There are a lot of people who are doing the IF WE EVEN HAVE MIDTERMS WHAT IS THE POINT doomerism all over the place, saying that we've seen our last "free & fair" election.
And to them I say: most of the Black people in the south haven't even seen their FIRST one yet.
Stop whining & work.
And to them I say: most of the Black people in the south haven't even seen their FIRST one yet.
Stop whining & work.
July 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
There are a lot of people who are doing the IF WE EVEN HAVE MIDTERMS WHAT IS THE POINT doomerism all over the place, saying that we've seen our last "free & fair" election.
And to them I say: most of the Black people in the south haven't even seen their FIRST one yet.
Stop whining & work.
And to them I say: most of the Black people in the south haven't even seen their FIRST one yet.
Stop whining & work.