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Merlin
@amphibiousavian.bsky.social
He/they 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Aspiring artist🎨 and nature nerd🌲
Moved into a new place, the cat is a big fan of napping on my bed near the windows. He's my muse :))
August 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Oh that’s right I fucking hate fireworks
July 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
In Montana (gorgeous) for trail work (my favorite task) and I am. Fucking. Ill.
July 4, 2025 at 4:22 AM
For more clarity bc I'm so excited to talk about this, Sir Gilbert is a smaller part of a larger world building project. This project (so far unnamed) will describe a fantasy world throughout the centuries of its existence
New project!! I've come to a horrifying realization that I don't know how to draw armor but I'm so excited to learn!

This is Sir Gilbert, a cursed knight who becomes one with his suit of armor (and is functionally immortal)
June 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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some people just can't comprehend enjoying the craft itself and not trying to finish as many things as fast as possible #doodle
June 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
New project!! I've come to a horrifying realization that I don't know how to draw armor but I'm so excited to learn!

This is Sir Gilbert, a cursed knight who becomes one with his suit of armor (and is functionally immortal)
June 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Good find the other day! Plus, crushed a 3.7 mile hike in a little over a hour and a half!
June 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️

toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
June 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Our work is published #openaccess in the Journal of Limnology, which means that everyone can read it, and I invite everyone curious to do so! 💚
www.jlimnol.it/jlimnol/arti... 🐛

Researchers can also find me and my papers on ResearchGate! www.researchgate.net/profile/Auke-Florian-Hiemstra
May 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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News you can use. From Scientific American mag, of all things!
How to Protect Yourself during Protests
Demonstrators face tear gas, flash bangs, coronavirus and surveillance
www.scientificamerican.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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I've gone from extremely online to hardly posting, and most of that is despair about what humans are doing to each other, but also this www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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please read this one
May 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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A head's up for those of you who use analog art supplies in the US. One of the two largest distributors went out of business and indie art stores are suspected to suffer pretty significantly. Please support your local indie art shops if possible.

Newsletter from St. Louis Art Supply
May 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Attention, class! 🎓 Comics University 🎓 is back for its 10th year, running from June 11–July 23 at @bettysbooksstl! Stay tuned for guest lecturer announcements and registration opening next week

🎨 by Orquídea Camp-Es
May 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"
May 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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*completes one single barely-DIY household task* yeah I'm something of a handyman myself
May 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Taekwondo: A Fanzine by Maia Kobabe! Initially posted on my patreon back in April. Transcript in the alt-text. 1/2 #taekwondo #martialarts #transathlete #sports #exercise #memoircomic #maiakobabe
May 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Tramp stamp saying "lower back pain"
May 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Told my mom I didn't want to make chai tonight (it is too late) and she simply responded with "you don't love me". This is where I get it from.
May 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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“I asked ChatGPT,” well I asked your mom and she said you’ve always been a disappointment
May 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Little toad drawing with a swirled colored pencil. The proportions are a little off, but it's still something
April 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Hang out with Bad Drawing Club and SLICE and draw art in the Saint Louis Art Museum sculpture garden! Bring your drawing materials, pose with the sculptures, draw the garden, relax in the outdoors.

Saturday, May 10, 1–3 p.m., Sculpture Garden @ SLAM

RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/sculpture-...
April 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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We're going birding! Join us bright and early at 8 a.m. on Sat., May 17 to draw birds in Forest Park with professional cartoonist/extremely amateur birder Dan Zettwoch. Please be on time, bring a sketchbook, drawing tools, and binoculars if you have a pair.

RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/feathered-...
April 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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ICYMI, bugs are land shrimp, from the awesome @restingdinoface.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM