val (hates birds)
@trickycrayon.bsky.social
Technical customer support gremlin. Genderqueer (they/them), polyam, ADHD. Lives in the woods with a menagerie. Former arachnophobe turned spider fan. Disney parks nerd. Birder. Swamp witch. Gun owner. https://trickycrayon.carrd.co/
ahhaha accent aigu entertainment
December 31, 2025 at 12:38 AM
ahhaha accent aigu entertainment
ok im watching the gay hockey show trailer
December 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
ok im watching the gay hockey show trailer
it's cool that Brown is installing more cameras and boosting security or whatever after the shooting but THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE EXISTING SECURITY DIDN'T LISTEN TO TIPS FROM APPARENTLY *MULTIPLE PEOPLE* AHEAD OF TIME, SO UH
December 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
it's cool that Brown is installing more cameras and boosting security or whatever after the shooting but THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE EXISTING SECURITY DIDN'T LISTEN TO TIPS FROM APPARENTLY *MULTIPLE PEOPLE* AHEAD OF TIME, SO UH
>get served feel-good short on youtube about someone fostering a senior dog
>click account
>realize it's all "protection" dog training and overall nasty shit
:|
>click account
>realize it's all "protection" dog training and overall nasty shit
:|
December 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
>get served feel-good short on youtube about someone fostering a senior dog
>click account
>realize it's all "protection" dog training and overall nasty shit
:|
>click account
>realize it's all "protection" dog training and overall nasty shit
:|
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Nowhere near the main point here, but ... presumably he had to get "leg extensions" (?!?) etc. precisely because it *isn't* in his DNA to "obtain Gigachad" (?!?!?!?!)
Decades of the white nationalist movement evolving to adapt to current political trends has brought them to this moment.
December 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Nowhere near the main point here, but ... presumably he had to get "leg extensions" (?!?) etc. precisely because it *isn't* in his DNA to "obtain Gigachad" (?!?!?!?!)
One time I almost got into a fistfight with a dude outside of the Hall of Presidents because I told him off for booing.
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
One time I almost got into a fistfight with a dude outside of the Hall of Presidents because I told him off for booing.
I feel terribly unsettled all the time right now, like I have to change my whole life in ways I haven't even figured out yet
Then I just realized it's the fucking awful space between Christmas and New Year's, all of my normal evening activities are paused, OF COURSE I FEEL OFF
Then I just realized it's the fucking awful space between Christmas and New Year's, all of my normal evening activities are paused, OF COURSE I FEEL OFF
December 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I feel terribly unsettled all the time right now, like I have to change my whole life in ways I haven't even figured out yet
Then I just realized it's the fucking awful space between Christmas and New Year's, all of my normal evening activities are paused, OF COURSE I FEEL OFF
Then I just realized it's the fucking awful space between Christmas and New Year's, all of my normal evening activities are paused, OF COURSE I FEEL OFF
Slightly over $1000.
Xrays, "advanced well bird" bloodwork, MiDOG testing to check for infection, cytology on swabs from the plaques in the throat. Plus exam fee and so on.
That gives us a baseline and tells us what needs to be treated or changed.
BIRDS AIN'T CHEAP!
Xrays, "advanced well bird" bloodwork, MiDOG testing to check for infection, cytology on swabs from the plaques in the throat. Plus exam fee and so on.
That gives us a baseline and tells us what needs to be treated or changed.
BIRDS AIN'T CHEAP!
Milo bit the vet 🥴 who barely reacted. Avian vets are the fucking best, I swear.
Getting her full bloodwork, test for bacterial infection she had in the past, radiographs. Grade 2 heart murmur & plaques at back of mouth that Dr. Holmes had previously observed still present.
Getting her full bloodwork, test for bacterial infection she had in the past, radiographs. Grade 2 heart murmur & plaques at back of mouth that Dr. Holmes had previously observed still present.
December 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Slightly over $1000.
Xrays, "advanced well bird" bloodwork, MiDOG testing to check for infection, cytology on swabs from the plaques in the throat. Plus exam fee and so on.
That gives us a baseline and tells us what needs to be treated or changed.
BIRDS AIN'T CHEAP!
Xrays, "advanced well bird" bloodwork, MiDOG testing to check for infection, cytology on swabs from the plaques in the throat. Plus exam fee and so on.
That gives us a baseline and tells us what needs to be treated or changed.
BIRDS AIN'T CHEAP!
I think the reason I like parrots is that I'm a mimic.
I'm whistling back at the African Greys at the avian vet without thinking 😆
I'm whistling back at the African Greys at the avian vet without thinking 😆
December 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I think the reason I like parrots is that I'm a mimic.
I'm whistling back at the African Greys at the avian vet without thinking 😆
I'm whistling back at the African Greys at the avian vet without thinking 😆
"okay, meetings over for the day, i think i'll go spend some time in my room instead of my office"
"........what is that smell"
"........what is that smell"
December 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"okay, meetings over for the day, i think i'll go spend some time in my room instead of my office"
"........what is that smell"
"........what is that smell"
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Controversial opinion: here at the end of 2025 I still really don't want to get long covid, and I also really don't want to put vulnerable people at additional risk, and so I still actively take steps to avoid it. If you've stopped masking, that doesn't mean you can't start again!
December 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Controversial opinion: here at the end of 2025 I still really don't want to get long covid, and I also really don't want to put vulnerable people at additional risk, and so I still actively take steps to avoid it. If you've stopped masking, that doesn't mean you can't start again!
Milo is doing "sobbing grieving widow" this morning, and the conures are intermittently going to SCREAM TOWN, and I am just. SOMEWHAT OVERSTIMULATED
December 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Milo is doing "sobbing grieving widow" this morning, and the conures are intermittently going to SCREAM TOWN, and I am just. SOMEWHAT OVERSTIMULATED
would you still love me if i was a giant bug
December 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
would you still love me if i was a giant bug
and so begins my final week as a temporary team of one. my teammate comes back on monday. PLS, WEEK, BE QUIET AND CALM
December 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
and so begins my final week as a temporary team of one. my teammate comes back on monday. PLS, WEEK, BE QUIET AND CALM
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Other things found digging thru old travel art-kit this holiday:
Study for a lichenalope
A fire-eyed lichenalope won't (always) eat fire as per myth.
It's (probably) just judging your campfire, not planning to eat it & leave you cold, lost in the woods.
Still. Best leave it a snack offering, eh.
Study for a lichenalope
A fire-eyed lichenalope won't (always) eat fire as per myth.
It's (probably) just judging your campfire, not planning to eat it & leave you cold, lost in the woods.
Still. Best leave it a snack offering, eh.
December 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Other things found digging thru old travel art-kit this holiday:
Study for a lichenalope
A fire-eyed lichenalope won't (always) eat fire as per myth.
It's (probably) just judging your campfire, not planning to eat it & leave you cold, lost in the woods.
Still. Best leave it a snack offering, eh.
Study for a lichenalope
A fire-eyed lichenalope won't (always) eat fire as per myth.
It's (probably) just judging your campfire, not planning to eat it & leave you cold, lost in the woods.
Still. Best leave it a snack offering, eh.
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my demands are simple, mr. bond
December 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
my demands are simple, mr. bond
The frequency with which I am served Reddit posts of people asking if their intact female cat is okay when she's very obviously in heat is...alarming.
December 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The frequency with which I am served Reddit posts of people asking if their intact female cat is okay when she's very obviously in heat is...alarming.
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No one needs to give sympathy to the Devil.
Just thinking... we give so much attention (as we should!) to the victims of state violence, ie, people sent to CECOT.
But, we give little consideration to the psychic violence suffered by those tasked with carrying out the physical violence.
Yes, they "chose" those jobs. But...
But, we give little consideration to the psychic violence suffered by those tasked with carrying out the physical violence.
Yes, they "chose" those jobs. But...
December 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
No one needs to give sympathy to the Devil.
Classic fuckin Norton. The menorah on the common is still lit.
IT'S NOT LIKE CHRISTMAS, YOU DBAGS
IT'S NOT LIKE CHRISTMAS, YOU DBAGS
December 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Classic fuckin Norton. The menorah on the common is still lit.
IT'S NOT LIKE CHRISTMAS, YOU DBAGS
IT'S NOT LIKE CHRISTMAS, YOU DBAGS
I have been absolved of all responsibility for the rest of the day on account of Small Cat.
December 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I have been absolved of all responsibility for the rest of the day on account of Small Cat.
I've had this weird feeling the last week or two where swallowing feels slightly difficult? Like not actively painful, and it's not like I can't swallow, but it feels kind of uncomfortable?
And I don't know if it's just because of the or air is drier or if something is like wronggggg
And I don't know if it's just because of the or air is drier or if something is like wronggggg
December 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I've had this weird feeling the last week or two where swallowing feels slightly difficult? Like not actively painful, and it's not like I can't swallow, but it feels kind of uncomfortable?
And I don't know if it's just because of the or air is drier or if something is like wronggggg
And I don't know if it's just because of the or air is drier or if something is like wronggggg
Ask me if I saw the bird I was trying to see today. Go ahead, ask. Yeah, it's the same bird as yesterday. Cmon. Ask.
December 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ask me if I saw the bird I was trying to see today. Go ahead, ask. Yeah, it's the same bird as yesterday. Cmon. Ask.
