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Orange cat brain

@yagirlniji.bsky.social

I forgot to post this but he’s done!!! I love how Sanford turned out with the only criticism is from my sister being that I should have made Sanford’s chest bigger lol

#madnesscombat #madnesscombatsanford #digitalart

September 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM

Orange cat brain

@yagirlniji.bsky.social

First time drawing Sanford and I think I did good lol

#madnesscombat #wip

August 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM

Orange cat brain

@yagirlniji.bsky.social

Rough sketch in progress of Gale based on a picture of Jerma. I got one of Astarion in the works lol

#WIP #baldursgate3

June 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM

Orange cat brain

@yagirlniji.bsky.social

Hmmmm idk if I trust Hank and Bitsy hanging out…

#madnesscombat #madnesscombathank #legendsofavantris #legendsofavantrisbitsy

June 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM

Orange cat brain

@yagirlniji.bsky.social

The urge to draw Gale based on this picture of Jerma

June 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM

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The Articulate Autistic

@articulateautistic.bsky.social

Have you ever been told you teach in a condescending way?

#Autism #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent

“You don’t have to explain it like I’m 5!”

If an autistic person is showing you how to do something, their step-by-step approach, including giving lots of detail, may come across as condescending.

However, your autistic instructor isn’t trying to talk down to you, they’re simply teaching the way they learn.

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June 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM

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M.A. Zavala 💖💜💙

@megzavala.bsky.social

Don’t let mainstream news water down the real tragedy that happened here. This was a hate crime, not an argument. The local police didn’t respond to their distress about their home, and now it’s escalated to the murder of Joss and their pet dog

Fuck SAPD. I hope there’s riots in the streets

Aubrey Jones @aubreyjones.bsky.social · Jun 2

Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.

I'm so angry.

Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales
Husband of Jonathan Joss

My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done.

Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.

When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw.

While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.

Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.

Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future.

He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.

I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.

To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family.

My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together.

If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband.

Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built.

Tristan Kern de Gonzales

June 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM

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💖 Ash 🏳️‍⚧️

@ashygroovy.bsky.social

Defy the oppressors.

Defy the bigots.

Dare to be the queerest queer you can be!

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jun 3

1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.

So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.

They opened the drawbridge to block them.

So they marched to a different bridge.

The latest from S. Baum.

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Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow

Organizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.

www.erininthemorning.com

June 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM

Orange cat brain

@yagirlniji.bsky.social

Deimos enjoyed the Aquarium :3

June 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM

Orange cat brain

@yagirlniji.bsky.social

Oh god who let Hank near my blender????

March 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM

Orange cat brain

@yagirlniji.bsky.social

Koishi. That’s it that’s the post lol

#WIP #touhouproject

March 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM

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✪ Holly Jolly Jonathan H. Gray ✪

@jongraywb.bsky.social

If you have students who are trans no you don’t. If you have students of color who may be affected by ICE no you don’t. If anyone asks you gender or racial the makeup of your class you don’t have to tell them.

Protect your class and protect your students by not complying in advance. They trust you.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jan 29

1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them.

It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.

I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.

Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and

www.whitehouse.gov

January 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM

Orange cat brain

@yagirlniji.bsky.social

I’M BACK IN THE FUCKING BUILDING AGAIN- /ref

January 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM

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Katie Phang

@katiephang.bsky.social

A reminder:

Donald Trump launched this whole TikTok ban as far back as August 2020 when he issued an Executive Order highlighting his concerns about TikTok specifically.

He then ordered ByteDance (TikTok’s parent co) to divest its interest in the operation of the app in the US.

Trump’s no hero.

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · Jan 17

JUST HITTING THE SCOTUS DOCKET:

In a per curiam opinion, SCOTUS rules that the TikTok ban does not violate the First Amendment.

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

www.supremecourt.gov

January 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM

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Bret Dusic

@catinblack.bsky.social

Pal o’ mine doing fun stuff in the town I grew up in…

www.wvgazettemail.com/dailymailwv/...

Charleston meadery mogul a modern-day Renaissance man

At first — and pretty much every — glance, the Wandering Wind Meadery in Charleston’s Elk City District is not your run-of-the-mill watering hole or pinky-lifting, brandy-snifter type of hoity-toity

www.wvgazettemail.com

January 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM

Orange cat brain

@yagirlniji.bsky.social

“TikTok could be influenced by the CCP to make you hate the US Government!!”

Dude we did not need TikTok to make Americans hate the US government, you guys do a bang up job of it yourselves!

(I’m still mad about the TikTok ban ugh)

January 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM