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Jen T, Pinkleader, retired. @pinkleader.bsky.social · Jan 15
Why Pinkleader? It’s an old moniker, back when I did leading, especially with buddies Green and Blue. I guess I should have chosen Pinkleader, retired. Broken, but still good? Now it’s mostly Pink-stumbles-blindly-behind-the-dog-trying-not-to-trip-over-her.
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Good job, Maryland 👏

#vaccines #healthcare #truth #NortheastPublicHealthCollaborative #autism

Full statement: health.maryland.gov/newsroom/Pag...
STATEMENT HEALTH SECRETARY RESPONDS TO CDC CLAIMS November 20, 2025 "There is no credible body of scientific evidence that shows an association or link between vaccines and autism. People with autism deserve understanding, respect, inclusion and support. It does a disservice to them, the progress we have made in understanding autism, and public health as a whole when these types of unsubstantiated claims are made." ⁃ Maryland Department of Health Secretary Dr. Meena Seshamani Maryland DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
I ordered some cards from Corey Johnston @coreyartusimagery.com that came in the mail today and they are as stunning as I expected. I can’t wait to send them to folks I love, after I’ve admired each one myself.

www.coreyartusimagery.com/greetingcard...
Four packs of six cards each in an Art Nouveau style made by artist Corey Johnston, with a bonus notepad of a teacup design. Two of the individual cards, Rose Path and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves with my fresh bouquet of pink roses in the background. The designs look raised, but are not embossed, just a talented artist who can pull off that effect with their work.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
pinkleader.bsky.social
It’s time to regulate AI, because they won’t do it themselves, and in addition to future harm to our planet and people’s lungs, it’s killing people as suicide coaches when they use AI for therapy. Y’all, fucking stop using AI!
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats ... and virus spread to humans? n.pr/3WNy2KL
Wait, what? A RAT caught and ate a BAT? And there's video! What does it portend?
Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats ... and virus spread to humans?
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
Happy Halloween! I put on my Maleficent dress, went to vote early in Virginia’s elections, and took the hound for a mosey.
November 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
pinkleader.bsky.social
I love your funny face!
Willow, a hound dog with a white face and red ears, facing the camera has her right lip stuck up to her teeth giving her an asymmetrical funny expression. Willow, a hound with a white face and red ears, is caught in profile with her tongue licking out. Willow, a hound with a white face and red ears, is captured facing the camera with her right lip stuck to her teeth with her mouth slightly open looking like a lopsided goofy smile. Willow, a hound with a white face and red ears, is seen doing a snoot lick while on a walk.
October 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11. To celebrate and honor LGBTQ+ people who have come out and those who want to, NPR readers share how they told their loved ones. n.pr/4nTT7PK
Being your authentic self: NPR's LGBTQ+ readers share their coming out stories
National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11. To celebrate and honor LGBTQ+ people who have come out and those who want to, NPR readers share how they told their loved ones.
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October 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
What’s the deal with AI art and how should we feel about it? The Oatmeal, with the help of some people friends, has an excellent take. Worth a read, especially for the Easter egg “floppyshart”. ❤️

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
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October 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
Poor Willow had a rough day yesterday, aggravating her neck injury from July, with a trip to the ER Vet for assessment and more meds. She’s resting well today, moving better, no more whining or yelps of pain, and a little less shrimped up around her neck with muscle relaxers.
September 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
To get a Flu & Covid shot this Fall, you will want to check eligibility per new FDA policy. In 13 locations, some being VA, DC, WV, PA, NC, etc. you need a Rx from your doctor to get the COVID shot at a large pharmacy chains, even if you do meet the new guidelines.

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Screen cap of a Substack article heading by LIL_Science on 2025 FDA Policy Changes have reshaped COVID-19 Vaccine access for Millions across the United States: What you need to know to protect your health under the chaotic regime of RFK Jr. August 30, 2025 at 2:01pm by LIL Science with an image of Dr. Makary’s face.
September 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
Your body is not here as fodder for the diet industry. Don’t believe that this time it might work, that it was always your own lack of self control. You’re fine just the way you are. (Unless you’re a jerk, and a diet won’t make you a nice person.) If I never see another GLP-1 ad, it’ll be too soon.
lauramellinatelier.bsky.social Laura Mellin @lauramellinatelier.bsky.social · Aug 18
Stay with me, even though society has chosen to believe otherwise:
“OBESITY” IS NOT A DISEASE.
“Obesity” is an insulting word from the Greek, meaning “to eat oneself fat”.
Being fat doesn’t hurt you. Unstoppable weight gain is a symptom of disease, not a cause.
People come in all sizes, like height.
A marker and ink drawing of an anthropomorphic chubby mouse, smiling, licking an ice cream cone with two scoops. The top scoop is mint chocolate chip, the lower scoop is strawberry. The mouse is resting their other arm on their knee. They are facing right, their whiskers curled, their thick tail curled up at the end. Being fat, even very fat, does not mean sickness, just like being very thin does not mean health.
August 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
pinkleader.bsky.social
Lastly to keep myself safe for pack out, I had to wear a mask to protect my respiratory system from the dust since there had been no rain, a jacket with full sleeves, & a hat to protect me from the sun b/c I am still on doxy for the sinus infection, which was all really hot. Willow on her way home.
Wearing a broad brimmed sun hat to protect me from the sun all the time, a jacket with sleeves to protect me arms from burning, and a mask to protect me from all the dust of packing and the dust of the road and vehicles going by. I also did sinus rinses every day there to try and help my poor system. Willow on her way home from camp, she’s doing much better and had a good time but was tired and ready to go home.
August 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
I went to Pennsic and came home, and went to Pennsic and came home again. Here’s some Pennsic skies. An almost Full Moon rising between some tents on Friday night, and a sunset on the first weekend.
Almost Full Moon rising between two pointed round canvas pavilion roofs on the evening of August 8th. The end of a golden sunset with striking serpentine clouds and a sliver of a crescent moon in the western skies with a square canvas pavilion roof in the foreground A bright pink serpentine cloud as sunset lights up the sky with shading from dark blue in the upper left to bright pink diagonally across and light blue in the lower right Sunset starts with bright blue sky behind cotton candy pink wispy clouds and canvas pavilions in the foreground.
August 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
Willow has been dealing with some stuff. The thunderstorms lately have been heckin a lot, sometimes getting her Thundershirt deployed. But she also has some neck pain, likely a bulging disc, that’s making her uncomfortable & we’ve been trying to find the right course of meds & rest. Poor baby. 😢
July 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
Tarot fans, LGBTQIA peeps and fam, Octopus fans, Steampunk fans, Y’all should check out Laura’s results from her June daily sketches.
lauramellinatelier.bsky.social Laura Mellin @lauramellinatelier.bsky.social · Jul 4
I’m needing a little boost of my own work on my timeline, b/c I’m tired, and my hands hurt (I have some kind of arthritis on top of all my other problems). These are the 3.3”x5.5” octopus tarot sketches (the ones I plan to re-do in 8x5”).
A marker, ink, and paint pen drawing of the tarot card The Heirophant, set up so it is always reversed (the title is upside down; if you flip it, the drawing is upside down). The Heirophant is a blue octopus lounging on a throne, with a papal tiara tilted at an angle on their head, and holding a staff loosely, both of which are glowing fluorescent yellow. The staff is held sideways, and a flag in the Bisexual Pride colours (horizontal magenta pink, purple, blue) is attached below the crosspieces at the top. The blue octopus is wearing purple goggles with gold studs and dark lenses, and has a little half-smile, hidden behind their raised left arm. The throne is wood, with a blue and purple tapestry draped over the top, with purple tassels at the corners. There is a purple cushion on the seat. The number of the card (5) is at the top of the throne in white Roman numerals. The title, The Heirophant, is at the bottom of the image, in blue lettering on white in a purple border, upside down. The tarot card The Heirophant represents a love for rules, order and bending to authority. Reversed though, the card represents freedom or a rejection of stifling rules, and discarding outdated ideas. My card is drawn in such a way that no matter how it is dealt, it is always reversed. I do not like stupid, outdated, or hateful, bigoted rules. A marker, ink, and paint pen sketch of the tarot card Judgement, with a pink octopus wearing goggles, with angel wings and a flourescent yellow trumpet. The wings are done with steampunk style frames, and striped in the colours of the Lesbian Pride flag (dark orange, light orange, white, light pink, and dark pink). The octopus also has a wreath of orange leaves around her head instead of a halo. The wing frames, goggles, and wreath have gold studs or decorations. Between the angel wings, above the octopus’s head, is the card number in Roman numerals (20/XX), and at the bottom of the image, the card title, Judgement, in orange on white, with an orange border. The octopus is standing on clouds. The card Judgement denotes transformation, a fresh start, rebirth, awakening, a major life change, or a chance to forgive, and start over. A marker, ink, and paint pen sketch of the tarot card Strength, depicted as a pink octopus in goggles with flourescent yellow lenses, gently petting a sleeping lion. The title of the card is at the bottom of the image, and the number of the card (8) is at the top left. The octopus has a garland of pink and white flowers and green leaves. The lion is sleeping on the top of the border of the title, Strength, the border in the colours of the Abrosexual Pride flag (green, light green, white, light pink, magenta pink). The octopus, the garland, the numbers, and the border of the title are in the Abrosexual flag colours. The lion is shades of yellow, with white whiskers, and their colour is not part of the Abrosexual flag, nor are the goggles on the octopus. Abrosexuals experience their sexuality as fluid and/or changing over time, and can also experience changing intensity in their sexuality over time. Abrosexuality can fall under the asexual or multisexual umbrella, and experience attraction to one or more genders. A marker, ink, and paint pen sketch of the tarot card The Fool, depicted as an octopus in the Pride pansexual (magenta, yellow, and blue). The octopus is glowing fluorescent yellow, wearing a large, yellow, pointed, floppy hat (think Gandalf, or a generic wizard), decorated with a twisted band of magenta, yellow and blue, and a gold bell at the point. They are wearing brown goggles decorated with gold studs around dark lenses. The octopus is carrying a long stick in their left arm (painted in pink, yellow, and blue swirls), with a pink cloth bundle tied to the stick. In their right front arm, they are holding a white rose with leaves and a flower bud on the stem. There is the number of the card, a zero (there is no 0 in Roman numerals) top left of the image, horizontally striped in pink, yellow and blue,outlined in gold. The title, The Fool, is hand lettered in pink on yellow, surrounded by a pink, yellow, and blue border outlined in gold at the bottom of the image. The Fool card denotes innocence, an open mind, curiosity, new ideas, potential, and opportunity. The white rose represents good intentions, and the stick and bundle represents the tools needed in life.
July 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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lauramellinatelier.bsky.social
I’m needing a little boost of my own work on my timeline, b/c I’m tired, and my hands hurt (I have some kind of arthritis on top of all my other problems). These are the 3.3”x5.5” octopus tarot sketches (the ones I plan to re-do in 8x5”).
A marker, ink, and paint pen drawing of the tarot card The Heirophant, set up so it is always reversed (the title is upside down; if you flip it, the drawing is upside down). The Heirophant is a blue octopus lounging on a throne, with a papal tiara tilted at an angle on their head, and holding a staff loosely, both of which are glowing fluorescent yellow. The staff is held sideways, and a flag in the Bisexual Pride colours (horizontal magenta pink, purple, blue) is attached below the crosspieces at the top. The blue octopus is wearing purple goggles with gold studs and dark lenses, and has a little half-smile, hidden behind their raised left arm. The throne is wood, with a blue and purple tapestry draped over the top, with purple tassels at the corners. There is a purple cushion on the seat. The number of the card (5) is at the top of the throne in white Roman numerals. The title, The Heirophant, is at the bottom of the image, in blue lettering on white in a purple border, upside down. The tarot card The Heirophant represents a love for rules, order and bending to authority. Reversed though, the card represents freedom or a rejection of stifling rules, and discarding outdated ideas. My card is drawn in such a way that no matter how it is dealt, it is always reversed. I do not like stupid, outdated, or hateful, bigoted rules. A marker, ink, and paint pen sketch of the tarot card Judgement, with a pink octopus wearing goggles, with angel wings and a flourescent yellow trumpet. The wings are done with steampunk style frames, and striped in the colours of the Lesbian Pride flag (dark orange, light orange, white, light pink, and dark pink). The octopus also has a wreath of orange leaves around her head instead of a halo. The wing frames, goggles, and wreath have gold studs or decorations. Between the angel wings, above the octopus’s head, is the card number in Roman numerals (20/XX), and at the bottom of the image, the card title, Judgement, in orange on white, with an orange border. The octopus is standing on clouds. The card Judgement denotes transformation, a fresh start, rebirth, awakening, a major life change, or a chance to forgive, and start over. A marker, ink, and paint pen sketch of the tarot card Strength, depicted as a pink octopus in goggles with flourescent yellow lenses, gently petting a sleeping lion. The title of the card is at the bottom of the image, and the number of the card (8) is at the top left. The octopus has a garland of pink and white flowers and green leaves. The lion is sleeping on the top of the border of the title, Strength, the border in the colours of the Abrosexual Pride flag (green, light green, white, light pink, magenta pink). The octopus, the garland, the numbers, and the border of the title are in the Abrosexual flag colours. The lion is shades of yellow, with white whiskers, and their colour is not part of the Abrosexual flag, nor are the goggles on the octopus. Abrosexuals experience their sexuality as fluid and/or changing over time, and can also experience changing intensity in their sexuality over time. Abrosexuality can fall under the asexual or multisexual umbrella, and experience attraction to one or more genders. A marker, ink, and paint pen sketch of the tarot card The Fool, depicted as an octopus in the Pride pansexual (magenta, yellow, and blue). The octopus is glowing fluorescent yellow, wearing a large, yellow, pointed, floppy hat (think Gandalf, or a generic wizard), decorated with a twisted band of magenta, yellow and blue, and a gold bell at the point. They are wearing brown goggles decorated with gold studs around dark lenses. The octopus is carrying a long stick in their left arm (painted in pink, yellow, and blue swirls), with a pink cloth bundle tied to the stick. In their right front arm, they are holding a white rose with leaves and a flower bud on the stem. There is the number of the card, a zero (there is no 0 in Roman numerals) top left of the image, horizontally striped in pink, yellow and blue,outlined in gold. The title, The Fool, is hand lettered in pink on yellow, surrounded by a pink, yellow, and blue border outlined in gold at the bottom of the image. The Fool card denotes innocence, an open mind, curiosity, new ideas, potential, and opportunity. The white rose represents good intentions, and the stick and bundle represents the tools needed in life.
July 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
Before, After, the difference.

Since the late 90’s I’ve been cutting off my hair every ~4 years to donate, and my last donation was in the Fall of 2020. It’s a relief to not have the burden of so much hair, and I have an 18” braid to donate.
A Caucasian woman with long ash blonde hair showing the length beyond her hips in reverse in the mirror. A Caucasian woman now with shorter ash blonde hair just beyond her chin length sometimes called a bob. An 18 inch length braid of ash blonde hair looped in a hand on display.
June 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
"I don't know why I have to tell people this, but you don't get reliable information on social media or an AI bot," said Hany Farid, a professor who specializes in media forensics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Me: Stop asking chat bots to verify things. Stop believing AI summaries.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Jun 27
AI-generated videos of fighting between Iran and Israel went viral, and people asked chatbots if they were real. "What we're seeing is AI mediating the experience of warfare," said one researcher.
As Iran and Israel fought, people turned to AI for facts. They didn't find many
AI-generated videos of fighting between Iran and Israel went viral, and people asked chatbots if they were real. "What we're seeing is AI mediating the experience of warfare," said one researcher.
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June 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
If you see this post your Pride flags! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
LGBTQ Ally flag of horizontal black and white stripes with an A shape over with rainbow stripes on the left of the A and blue, pink and white of the Trans flag on the right side of the A, image from Flags for Good
June 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
I remember one time back when we had cable flipping through channels and I found Liam Neeson’s version of Les Mis on the Luxury channel & the cognitive dissonance was astounding. I get that $$$ often means 🕰️ to go to the theater. But then you better be charitable to the poor, single parents, etc.
June 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
Breaks are necessary for recovery, redoing your favorites is how you refine your work, be a fan to those you admire (with boundaries), do what feeds your muse.
sylessae.bsky.social Sylessae @sylessae.bsky.social · Jun 1
Creatives, stop explaining yourself for taking breaks, logging off, making what you want, fangirling over your favorite fandom, drawing the same characters over and over, drawing what you want, learning what you want, doing whatever the heck you want

do you, babes
June 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
I commissioned a pet portrait from @nilusart.bsky.social based on a photo @devonrowland.bsky.social took in 2021 of Willow doing a snoot lick and it is beautiful!! Now I need to find a place/way to print it of my precious Princess. So pleased. Would recommend them both. 10/10! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Beautiful Digital Art by @Nilus of Willow the hound licking her snoot in a field of flowers in front of a sunset.
June 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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lauramellinatelier.bsky.social
#sketchaday #artsky #blueskyart #pridemonth #transrights

Technically, this is a reworking of an older drawing, with new colour and text.💜🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
(This was done over a print of an ink sketch I drew in 2023, with digital lettering inserted.) A marker, paint pen, and ink drawing of two anthropomorphic mice wrapped in a quilt, facing right, on the left side of the image, with text on the right. The dark brown mouse far left is kneeling, right arm around the other mouse, who is light brown, and sitting, with their tail stretched out along the bottom of the image. The quilt is pieced/colored so that the design of eight triangles is pieced into a square that has the colours of the trans pride flag, alternating blue, pink, and white triangles, bound with darker blue quilt binding. Each triangle has white stitching around the edges. The triangles repeat over the whole quilt, which is large enough to wrap loosely around both mice. The mice are holding hands; the dark brown mouse has red nail polish, the light brown mouse has magenta pink nails. The sitting mouse is frowning, the kneeling mouse is pensive. Text in a box reads: “HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! This year, I plan on doing a lot of trans positive sketches for my daily drawing. Trans rights are human rights. The transphobes are wrong scientifically, socially, and morally. #transrights #lgbtqia+rights”.
June 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
Goofy hound part 2 enjoying rolling in the yard before the rains came this week.
May 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
pinkleader.bsky.social
This goofy hound is an absolute delight 95% of the time. Enjoy her joy in the yard before the rains came this week.
May 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM