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Dan Astroid
@danocloid.bsky.social
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Level 28. He/Him. I'm into the beauty of nature. Queer, pagan, stoner, leftist. Aspiring to okayness. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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danocloid.bsky.social
Who put Ray in a tree?? You can come out, Ray; it's safe 😭

#raytoro #mcr @torodaily.bsky.social
Photo of MCR pre-breakup. They are all wearing outfits solely in black and gray. Gerard is in front, on the far left, with short, platinum-bleached hair, on a boulder. Behind from left to right is: Ray, peering from inside a wide, hollow tree trunk. Mikey, slouching on the same boulder as Frank on the far right.
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Re-uploading photo with alt text.
Black text on white background. "Cultural facilities, such as cinemas and theaters, are the beating hearts of our communities because they contribute to making them more human. If a city is alive, it is thanks in part to its cultural spaces. We must inhabit these spaces and build relationships within them, day after day. Nonetheless, cinemas are experiencing a troubling decline, with many being removed from cities and neighborhoods. More than a few people are saying that the art of cinema and the cinematic experience are in danger. I urge institutions not to give up but to cooperate in affirming the social and cultural value of this activity." Second paragraph: "The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what 'works,' but art opens up what is possible. Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is, above all, an invocation. When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console but challenges. It articulates the questions that dwell within us and sometimes even provokes tears that we did not know we needed to express." End quote, end ID.
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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I'm too tired to add alt text, but Gerard has been a fan of MSI for a very, very long time, apparently. I haven't tried to dig up the interview, though, so unfortunately, no citation.citations. (also i accidentally cut off the highlighting 1 line short)
November 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
danocloid.bsky.social
That's possible, but if you search for "Bubba," every reference besides the BJ email is clearly about Bill Clinton. So it was an established nickname for Clinton, who we also know was on the flight logs. I don't really think the BJ thing is important, tbh, but accuracy is.

(Sorry for no alt text)
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Yeah it's certainly something. I do find it a little irritating that THAT is what a chunk of ppl are fixating on, instead of the other wild shit in there, plenty of which is deeply unethical. Feels a bit homophobic.
Screenshot of an email exchange from the released Epstein files. Between Mark Epstein and Jeffrey Epstein. Mark asked after Jeff's health and what "your boy Donald" is up to now. Jeff said "All good. Bannon with me" to which Mark replies with a request for Jeff to "ask him if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba". The exchange continues with some lewd but uninformative banter.
November 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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@hourlygerard.bsky.social @franthonytruther.bsky.social @thosecemeteryeyes.bsky.social
Screenshot of a Twitter post by nati @nataliawraggm. Text: "the batman when he sees the bat signal" image: musician Gerard Way in front of a bathroom mirror, putting on heavy black eyeliner with his mouth open. Posted on 3:36pm on March 10th, 2022.
October 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
danocloid.bsky.social
Post something random or you'll have an awful November.

(Have an unsettling advertisement.)
Banner ad with an image on the left and text on the right. The image appears to be an elderly person buried up to their chin in raw meat. Their lips are pursed, their eyebrows are raised, and their eyes and nostrils are open wide. The text says "SS Payment Increase"
October 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
danocloid.bsky.social
"the number one problem that is fueling the homelessness crisis is the increasing precariousness of the working poor."

Criminalization does not help that.
It's an unmitigated disaster on all fronts. Let's review: Attention is being intentional diverted away from the real drivers of homelessness. This ensures more will lose housing and end up on the streets. That experience can lead to or worsen addiction or mental hairy problems. Legitimate treatment is hard to access. Scams are common, making homeless individuals less likely to accept treatment. Coerced treatment is ineffective, and the funding isn't there to even do it. And in the end, the eviction to prison pipeline keeps churning faster. It's failure every step of the way. Barring some sort of international intervention, it's hard to see it getting any better. This is bipartisan policy. As of now, the Trump administration is doing everything it can to accelerate the problem. Here are a few examples: It is cutting mental health programs. It is decimating services for people with developmental disabilities. It just ended federal support for disabled Americans facing homelessness.
October 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
danocloid.bsky.social
I think I'm missing some context here about your and Ryan's friendship, and I think the most polite thing to do would be to not ask.

Here's an amusing image, instead.
Photo posted by Tumblr user "boytransmission". A masculine white person is facing away from the camera. They're flagging with a hunter green handkerchief on their right side. They're wearing ripped jeans and a white T-shirt with a poorly stenciled phrase made with black spray paint. The shirt says "GOT A DICK LIKE AN PENIS"
October 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
danocloid.bsky.social
Art is Food.
(Bread & Puppet Theater)
The WHY CHEAP ART? manifesto. PEOPLE have been THINKING too long that ART is a PRIVILEGE of the MUSEUMS & the RICH. ART IS NOT BUSINESS! It does not belong to banks & fancy investors. ART IS FOOD. You can't EAT it BUT it FEEDS you. ART has to be CHEAP & available to EVERYBODY. It needs to be EVERYWHERE because it is the INSIDE of the WORLD. ART SOOTHES PAIN! ART wakes up sleepers! ART FIGHTS AGAINST WAR & STUPIDITY! ART SINGS HALLELUJA! ART IS FOR KITCHENS! ART IS LIKE GOOD BREAD! ART is like green trees! ART is like white clouds in blue sky! ART IS CHEAP! HURRAH! Bread & Puppet Glover, Vermont, 1984
October 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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From Bread & Puppet Theater comes some sage advice for dealing with police.
October 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
danocloid.bsky.social
This is us at the library together
A picture of a little mouse figurine sitting on a rock, next to a little frog figurine, sitting on a root. They are facing each other, each holding a book. The mouse's mouth is open as if it's talking about its book, and the frog seems to be listening. The ground beneath them is covered in lush moss, and there seems to be a rose bush in the background, out of focus.
October 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
danocloid.bsky.social
Would u watch Turtle Recall?
It's just the movie poster from the Schwarzenegger film "Total Recall" but it's been poorly edited to show "Turtle" instead of Total, and there's a Turtle emoji slapped on top of Arnold Schwarzenegger's face.
October 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
danocloid.bsky.social
I've been on T for years, and this is what I look like
Illustration of Handsomd Squidward serving cunt.
September 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
danocloid.bsky.social
Kinda dilfy, ngl
September 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM
danocloid.bsky.social
Who was like this in middle/high school? #emo #frankiero #mcr #lsdunes
Text: The "I'm a 13 year old emo who just found out about Frank Iero and if I can't have him I'm gonna be him" starter pack. Images: person with dyed black hair shaved on the side, with multiple earlobe piercings and eyeliner drawn in Xs over the visible eye. A single black fingerless glove with a skeleton hand image printed on the fabric. A red eye shadow compact. A white button down with skinny red tie. A person with a left nostril ring and right lip ring. A stick of black eyeliner.
September 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
danocloid.bsky.social
Amusing thing I saw.
Screenshot of a conversation. Scooby (OP): "I am as white as a hotel towel, and the closest thing to Mexican i am was a single all-inclusive resort stay in Cancun. I put a Mexican flag sticker on my old Tacoma and was promptly pulled over by ICE in San Antonio. I'm happy to waste their time." Rooka TX (replying to Scooby): "This is the way." Scooby (replying to Rooka TX): "Their big question was like, 'why the sticker?' I told them it was on the truck when I bought it, and they suggested i remove it. Obnoxious creatures."
August 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
danocloid.bsky.social
Believe me, I get it. But finding pockets of happiness&solace is essential. This is going to be a marathon, not a sprint. I recommend finding where your niche is in your local mutual aid / activism circles, and delving into non-job hobbies, etc. This image is fuzzy, but look up "social change map"
Info graphic from socialchangemap.com entitled "What's Your Social Change Role?" Subheading "social change ecosystem framework". Roles listed area Weavers, Experimenters, Frontline Responders, Visionaries, Builders, Caregivers, Disrupters, Healers, Storytellers, and Guides. All Roles connect to a central circle labeled "Equity Liberation Justice Solidarity".
August 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
danocloid.bsky.social
I keep thinking about Emmett Till's bullet-ridden memorial. How some (white) kids get to be honored after death, & some kids, it's like angry adults want to kill them a second time. He should have been protected by adults, but 70yrs later, we can't do that. Not for him, not for other kids. It hurts.
Picture of Emmett Till, taken by his mother Christmas 1954.
August 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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I recently listened to a wonderful novel, "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi (highly recommend). It's a fantasy novel without any romance components. Anyway, the main character made me realize that actually, while I love communicating, I really hate "voicing." It hurts to speak loud enough for others to hear.
Screenshot of the cover of an audiobook. Text from top to bottom: "Akwaeke Emezi" "PET" "Pet is here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look?" "Read by Christopher Myers" "unabridged" The title of the book is "PET" in all capital letters, and the font has feather detailing. The background shows a pink cityscape, but it looks like a dream of a city, with perfectly square blocks, pink roads, pink earth, strange brown buildings, ponds with perfect mirror surfaces, and pink trees. In the center is a Black girl in pajamas with a puffy high ponytail. She is wearing mint green slip-on shoes without socks and is holding a very large black and white feather. Her face is relaxed, without expression.
July 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
danocloid.bsky.social
I feel another migraine coming on, so goodnight, friends. Attached is the cover of a book I recently finished listening to. "Live, Laugh, Kidnap" by Gabby Noone. It was highly enjoyable. If you like thinking about cults, Christian fundamentalism, and LMMs, you'll get a kick out of this comedic novel
Cover of the novel "Live, Laugh, Kidnap" by Gabby Noone. Tagline: because being virtuous is overrated. Background is pale orange with thin white lines. In the center are 4 figures, all white people. 3 women stand in the back, from left to right: a long-haired brunette wearing a long pink-ish dress, hugging a red book to her chest, next a tall redhead in a traditional turquoise and pink "waitress" dress, last a blond wearing a white tucked-in T-shirt and denim cut-off shorts, holding a yellow jar candle. In front of the 3 women is a seated young man with dyed blond hair and a visibly dark undercut, wearing a plain white t-shirt and jeans. He is tied with rope around the wrists and around the ankles, with duct tape over his mouth. The text at the bottom declares the author to also have written a book called "Layoverland".
July 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
danocloid.bsky.social
Oomfies, moots, gays, commies, and emos:

What do you like to make? What is the arts & crafts hangout activity?
Close-cropped image of a grinning, "scheming" emoji style face with text overlay "when the hangout is arts and crafts"
July 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
danocloid.bsky.social
I didn't see that one coming, but I probably should have.
Screenshot of results from "The Innocence Test" button in the middle says "Back," then text underneath as follows: Heathen (69) you like to have a good time, but you know when to reign yourself in. Good for you. Just don't make too many bad choices.
April 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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"Psyche and Eros" by Luna McNamara. When I read the acknowledgements at the end, I shouted "I knew it!" Because I can recognize a fanfic-turned-book anywhere. Anyway, much of the book is a slog, though the last third is pretty excellent. It suffers from its strict adherence to format, 🧵
April 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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You can stream the ASL version of "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" on HBO Max! I hope even more ASL movies come out! #asl #beetlejuice
Still from the recent Beetlejuice movie, with ASL interpreter onscreen. The still shows Lydia Deets being proposed to.
April 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM