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Chloe
@friendofdax.bsky.social
780 followers 570 following 2.4K posts
Queer & trans former Masshole now in the PNW

You’ll probably see lots of news re-posts and reactions, random life tidbits, and the occasional meme/joke.

Was @CloOnTheLeft on Twitter
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Colleague gave me an Emotional Support Dumpster Fire and it looks right at home on my anxiety bookcase.
A crocheted anthropomorphized dumpster on fire holding a sign that reads “Emotional Support Dumpster Fire. It’s fine, I’m fine. Everything is fine!” Sits on top of a miniature 4 inch tall blue bookcase with a glass door. The books are strewn around and falling off the shelf behind the door, as if the bookcase had previously fallen or been shaken.
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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The bonnethead was definitely one of my favorites. Always cool to see a hammerhead.
A bonnethead shark swimming past a reef A bonnethead shark swimming away from a reef towards the camera, its mouth slightly open.
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Pretty pumped I got to see some sharks today!
A photo of a bonnet head shark swimming. A reef with various tropical fish is visible in the background. A photo of a blacktip reef shark. A reef is visible in the background. A photo of a leopard shark. A reef and some sort of pvc pipe are visible in the background.
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Home from work, so here’s a cropped photo of the 5 new additions!

Kinda love my collection is very Halloween/fall/spooky focused.
An image of 5 pairs of dangle earrings hanging from a black bar. From left to right: a pair of metal octopus earrings, a pair of ceramic ghost earrings, a pair of earrings of a witch flying on a broomstick similar to the City of Salem, Massachusetts’ logo, a pair of pentacle earrings, and a pair of green d20 earrings
October 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Not mad at how these cookies came out
Freshly baked cookies piled on a glass cake stand, which rests on the top of a glass top stove.
October 13, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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More pumpkin bread! Looks like it came out pretty well.
A photo of two loaves of pumpkin bread, each on its own lilac colored plate. The plates are resting on a glass top stove. The pumpkin bread looks delicious.
October 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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What a healthy country we’ve got here.

(Link to story in replies- apparently links from The Hill don’t show previews)
A screenshot of a headline from The Hill that reads: “Almost 2 in 3 say US too politically divided to solve nation's problems: Poll”
October 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Like this is the first thing under US news right now and it’s so absurd.

They aren’t even pretending to dress up propaganda, and the help in pushing that propaganda they are getting is so obscene.
A screenshot of Google News’ US section. The top story/headline is “Democrats Betray Americans with Government Shutdown” from the whitehouse.gov website, with a header image of Chuck Schumer on MSNBC.
October 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Pretty proud of this pumpkin bread- hopefully it tastes as good as it looks!
A photo of a loaf of pumpkin bread made by Chloe. It is resting on a lilac plate on top of a glass top stove.
September 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Found this praying mantis while checking the garden recently
A brown praying mantis with white spots along its forelimbs clinging to a white PVC pipe, leaning away from the camera with the full body visible. Plants are visible in the background. A brown praying mantis looking at the camera over a white PVC pipe. Plants are visible in the background.
September 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Not the prettiest, but these apple pie croissants smell so good.
A photo of 8 pillsbury croissants that have been filled with Trader Joe’s apple pie spread and topped with a cinnamon sugar icing on a light purple plate.
September 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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NY Post is being trash and running with it- though they’re citing “a law enforcement source”
A snippet from a NYPost article that reads: “WASHINGTON — Charlie Kirk's alleged shooter Tyler Robinson was living with a transgender partner who was in the process of transitioning from a male to a female, a law enforcement source confirmed to The Post Saturday.”
September 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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New sign outside the restrooms of a family member’s employer. Sad we are at this point but glad there are places making this clear/emphasizing that right- especially in states that have gender identity protections.

Hope more places do stuff like this.
Text on a white piece of printer paper acting as a sign that reads: “All staff and visitors are welcome to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity. Gender neutral restrooms are also available the first floor.”
September 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Love getting complements on new earrings from a Halloween themed set I just got to start the day :)
A photo of Chloe, a white woman with dark hair and blue eyes with a yellow wall behind her. She is wearing pearlescent blue glasses and a black fleece. A gemstone earring with a cauldron overflowing with a bubbling purple liquid dangling from it is visible on one ear.
September 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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The sketchiest way I’ve ever received a prescription from my doctor
A photo of multiple beige circular tablets in a small plastic bag being held by out in a white person’s hand with a white textured wall in the background.
August 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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And appending this given I expected the block
A screenshot of a post by spryoldlorax.bsky.social that reads: “And I have to ask how many Trans, LGBTQ+, and their allies refused to vote for Harris when i read stories like this. Because by refusing to vote for Harris, a strong LGBTQ+ Ally, this is what you've unleashed on Trans people and LGBTQ+ people world-wide.” A link to a Reuter’s story with the headline “US government restricts sports visas for transgender women” is linked at the end of their post.
August 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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And for posterity since I expect I’ll end up blocked- this is the post set, the second is the post I QTd.
A two post thread posted by gemcami.bsky.social. The first post reads: “I have been attacked by the armies of the far right. I'm trans, of course I have. I just sifted through over 150 far left, equally hurtful notifications all for having a stance and standing up for it. And do you know what the difference between those two armies is? FUCKING NOTHING!” The second post reads: “One wants to wipe out people. One wants to wipe out decency. In the far extremist reaches, YOU ARE THE SAME.”
July 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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If you wanna be a girl, you can just be a girl

28 —> 35
A photo of pretransition Chloe in front of a t-rex. This version appears to be a white man with ascraggly beard, black square glasses, a black hoodie, and closely cut hair and male pattern baldness. A photo of Chloe, after almost 7 yesrs of HRT. She has long, dark hair, pearlescent blue glasses. She is wearing a v neck t shirt that reads Monkless Belgian Ales with a black fleece sweatshirt. A framed photo of the Longfellow bridge and Boston from IKEA is visible in the background.
July 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Aw, the animation for this card was really cute.
A 3 star illustration rare of Eevee Ex from Pokemon TCG Pocket. It shows an eevee kn a garden background, with ability text and attack overlaid. The ability reads: “Veevee volve This Pokémon can evolve into any Pokémon that evolves from Eevee if you play it from your hand onto this Pokemon. (This Pokémon can't evolve during your first turn or the turn you play it.)” The attack is Bite, requires one colorless energy, and does 30 damage
July 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Got my first sets of earrings that weren’t the ones my ears were pierced with! Got a cute mushroom set and some licensed Lord of the Rings ones (mostly for the Leaf of Lórien pair but they’re all kinda neat)
A photo of two earring sets purchased by Chloe positioned vertically on a glass stovetop. The top set is titled “mushroom forager” and has pairs themed after cremini, porcini, shiitake, destroying angel, amanita mascaria, honey mushroom, fly agaric, death cap, and funeral bell mushrooms with variety in metals, colors, and stones inset. The second set is The Lord of the Rings and has pairs featuring the Leaf of Lórien, Helmet of Sauron, Sting glowing blue, and the One Ring
July 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Well in that case, I may as well share mine too. Here’s our eldritch horror boy cuddling with a giant worm.
A photo of Chloe’s greyhound Barry. He is sleeping on a large worm toy on a couch. Barry’s eyes are closed in peaceful sleep with one leg outstretched towards the camera. Barry is primarily white, with large grey patches on either side of his head, with the white running in a line between those grey patches and continuing on to cover his jaw. Barry is a cutie patootie.
July 2, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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I think Pokemon TCG Pocket figured out I’m trans.
A screenshot of an illustration rare of trans icon Sylveon Ex. Sylveon looks angry as it makes some sort of attack and stands on a bed of multicolor flowers. Sylveon Ex’s ability reads: “Happy Ribbon: Once during your turn, when you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, you may draw 2 cards.” The attack Fairy Wind does 70 damage and requires one psychic and one colorless energy.
July 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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I like food.
Chloe’s Fiod Choice Test results. They indicate: “Your food choices could not be tied to any one social class.”
June 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Jumped on the trend, because why not.
A screenshot that reads: “BlueSky-Score: 7.20 Rising Star Gaining traction, with notable activity and engagement.” The text is white on a blue background
June 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Love seeing tattoo artists increasingly doing stuff like this around HP.

I actually benefitted from something similar a few years ago AND the friends I initially met through HP/got themed tattoos with surprised me with $ to entirely pay for the cover up.

Photo of the cover up, because why not.
A cover up of a Hogwarts tattoo that now depicts camping scene with an A frame tent, camp fire, and a river running through a forest with mountain in the background under a night sky with a crescent moon and shooting star.
June 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM