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Michelle Ashwood
@illyriamoonsong.bsky.social
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*Please don’t tag me, I have muted @.
* Taking an indefinite break for my mental health.
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Omg they’re TOUCHING!! Photo by @kieronashwood.bsky.social
Two cats are lying on a green-brown sheet. Dark brown/black cat, Moonlight /Moonie is on left, orange cat, Loki is on right. Loki’s floofy tail is only just touching Moonie.
March 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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#infinitynikki obligatory giant moon photo shoot before it disappears.
A woman with calf-length, straight, blonde hair is standing in front of a large moon, facing away from the camera. She is holding a frilly pink and white umbrella, and is wearing a long-sleeved, blue and pink dress with gold embroidery. A woman with blue eyes and long, straight, blonde hair is standing with a side profile in front of a large moon, and is facing the camera. She is holding a frilly pink and white umbrella, and is wearing a long-sleeved, blue and pink dress with gold embroidery and blue and gold shoes.
March 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Fun with Life Makeover x 2, Infinity Nikki and Dreamlight Valley. Have a bit more capacity to be creative lately.
A woman with wavy, blonde hair is dressed in a large blue and white dress with black and white crane birds and silver accents. There is water in the background and pink petals floating around. A white-haired woman is standing over water in a flowy white, frilly dress, with a cape that is very light red and brown ombre underneath. Her heels have silver cages and she is wearing a white stocking on her right leg and white gloves that don’t cover her fingers. Her outfit is designed to give the appearance of a sea dragon. There are pink petals floating up and the water has a pink, circular tinge. A woman is standing in water on top of a rock. She has blue eyes and light pink-blonde long, wavy hair that is braided towards the back of her crown. She is wearing a flowy, white dress with blue embroidery, a white feather boa with blue and silver parts, blue and white gloves, and a blue-silver flower crown. A terracotta hexagonal tiled street has stalls on the left and right side with blankets and rugs, vases, pots, baskets of fruit, books, a golden tea set, and balance scales. Behind this on each side are a flower topiary sculpted like peacocks, and fountains and tall palm trees. In the background are two figures including Jasmine from Aladdin in front of a palace. A pond is on the right and trees and floating islands are in the distance.
March 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Having fun with #infinitynikki today
A pink-blonde curly-haired woman in a fancy pink and black dress with black gloves and hat, and a white feather boa, is next to a man in a brown trousers, brown pants and grey shirt. The man is holding a bouquet. Caption says: “Well diamonds are a girl’s best friend but flowers will do.” A pink-blonde curly-haired woman is posing with large, pink flowers, and is dressed in a fancy pink and black dress with black gloves. She has a large, black hat with a pink sash and a white feather boa. There is a bridge on the left and a sailing boat behind it in the distance. Caption reads: “Welcome to my country club, sugar.” A woman with pink-blonde, curly hair is posing in front of a stone building draped with white, flowing fabric and pink flowers. She is dressed in a fancy pink and black dress with black gloves and a white feather boa. She is wearing a large, black hat with a pink sash. Caption reads: “Oh yes, I married my third husband here. The place is just darling!” A silver-haired woman in a black and pink corset and black and pink ankle-length skirt, is standing in front with a sword, motioning to stand back. She has a large, black hat with a pink sash and a white, lace choker. Behind her is a pink-blonde curly-haired woman dressed in a fancy pink and black dress with black gloves and a white feather boa. She is wearing the same hat. Behind them both is the countryside with mountains and a brown stallion. Caption: “Oh thank you for saving me, those esselings would have eaten me for sure.”
March 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Putting some of my favourite outfits from #infinitynikki here. I was never into photos, fighting, fashion, gachas or platformers but I can’t tell you how much I adore this open world game. The stories, music and artwork are amazing! I love just wandering around collecting things.
A woman in a doll-like blue and gold dress with a white feather boa, gold shoes and pink, curly hair. A woman in a gold and black ballgown with a black tophat, black necklace, vinyl jacket and gloves is standing next to a red and black bull which has sparkly horns, a red heart nose, and is known as a bullquet. A woman is dressed in a pink dress with snowflakes, and a pink jacket with white flowers and green leaves and a green belt. She has pink, curly hair with a big, cream and green bow on top and is wearing a pink choker with a flower. Her white socks have pink ribbons on the side and she is wearing green shoes. A blonde-haired woman in a cute, green hat, is wearing a green bubbly dress with white lace and green thigh high socks, green shoes and a green choker. She is posing on the countryside with large, sparkly, green and white flowers, and there are trees in the background.
March 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Each of our cats have a toy. Loki decided to pile them up and make them his.
Orange cat with 3 toys including a small shark. Orange cat favours the shark toy
March 3, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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What’s your sign?
NOPE
February 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Reposting with alt-text. Please sign if you’re Australian and share petition even if you’re not. Australia should be distancing ourselves from the United States as best as possible.
Confirm Petition Details Petition Address To the Hon. Speaker of the House of Representatives and Members of the House of Representatives Petition Of Concerned citizens of Australia Petition Title australian sovereignty from the United States Petition Reason Australia has a concerning reliance upon the United States which compromises both the safety of its citizens and the sovereignty of the nation. The United States has elected a President that does not believe in the rule of law, social cohesion, the value of diversity and tolerance and exhibits a posture of isolationism and expansionism that is not in the best interest of Australia and its people. Petition Request We therefore ask the House to immediately pause all alliances, agreements and cooperation with the United States until Parliament is able to adequately assess whether our countries share values and that existing relationships between the nations are considered in the best interest of Australian citizens.
February 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Being my annoying millennial self in Infinity Nikki
Groupshot from Infinity Nikki with another player, Yui. Yui’s Nikki is in an elegant, blue, long dress, my Nikki is in a knee length, cute dress. The caption below says “I’m _, da ba dee da ba di” referring to a song by Eiffel 65
February 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Excuse my crap phone and terrible scrapbooking efforts. These are some of my favourite Infinity Nikki outfits I’ve made.
Nikki is in various outfits including my favourite red stockings with gold stars with a tartan red and black skirt, black top, sunnies, and a vinyl black jacket, boots & hat.
February 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Such a nice buddy. I hope they don’t fix this one tbh 😂
Purified esseling sack with blue and white fabric. Due to a fun glitch it has not disappeared and is sitting next to Nikki, a fair skinned woman with silver hair in a pink and green outfit.
February 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Such an important message but needed alt-text. I’ve never been tolerant of intolerance or ever understood it.

Please remember to use alt-text, especially for such important posts. You can turn on a reminder in settings, it’s brilliant.
@iamragesparkle ‘I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after- work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you. So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, "no. get out." And the dude next to me says, "hey i'm not doing anything, i'm a paying customer." and the bartender reaches under the counter for a bat or something and says, "out. now." and the dude leaves, kind of yelling. And he was dressed in a punk uniform, I noticed Anyway, I asked what that was about and the bartender was like, "you didn't see his vest but it was all nazi shit. Iron crosses and stuff. You get to recognize them." And i was like, ohok and he continues. "you have to nip it in the bud immediately. These guys come in and it's always a nice, polite one. And you serve them because you don't want to cause a scene. And then they become a regular and after awhile they bring a friend. And that dude is cool too. And then THEY bring friends and the friends bring friends and they stop being cool and then you realize, oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now. And it's too late because they're entrenched and if you try to kick them out, they cause a PROBLEM. So you have to shut them down. And i was like, 'oh damn.' and he said "yeah, you have to ignore their reasonable arguments because their end goal is to be terrible, awful people." And then he went back to ignoring me. But I haven't forgotten that at all.’
January 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Marvelling how Ingeborga Dapkunaite from Mission Impossible and Lucy Lawless from Xena look like they could be sisters. Terrible photo, sorry.
Ingeborga Dapkunaite from the first scene in Mission Impossible, dressed in a waitress costume. Lucy Lawless dressed as Xena: Warrior Princess.
January 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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It emboldened Zionists regardless of Balfour’s personal intention. The British interfered and things snowballed. This isn’t about being right or wrong, it’s about what’s accurate. Expertise is irrelevant and nor did I claim I had it.
2 November 1917 Letter from Balfour to Rothschild: “His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.”
January 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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From 3am Thoughts: “Trauma doesn’t make people stronger. It damages their nervous system. It hijacks their digestive tract. It keeps the person in a constant loop of hypervigilance. To tell someone they’re stronger because of trauma is to deny what it has cost them to survive.”
January 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Brilliant fix. Reposted with full alt-text.
Original title is “Men are sadder when their wives earn more, a study finds” followed by “Women, if you have a husband think carefully before you take a promotion. Will it make him sad?” Certain words have been crossed out and rewritten so it actually reads: “Dipshits are sadder when their wives earn more, study finds. Women, if you have a husband think carefully about whether he is a dipshit.”
January 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Reposting with actual Alt-text.

Without reading the original article I think it’s bizarre that anyone would feel jealous of a partner’s earnings. It’s even more ridiculous that they dedicated a study to it.
Original title is “Men are sadder when their wives earn more, a study finds” followed by “Women, if you have a husband think carefully before you take a promotion. Will it make him sad?” Certain words have been crossed out and rewritten so it actually reads: “Dipshits are sadder when their wives earn more, study finds. Women, if you have a husband think carefully about whether he is a dipshit.”
January 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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I love this description of special interests from “Autism In Heels” by Jennifer Cook. Which is why I adore listening to people lighting up about their passions, even if I don’t always hear / understand what they’re saying. Special interests are an amazing gift no matter their longevity or topic/s.
‘Though I take great issue with the subjective attribution of the word "abnormal," I understand that from the outside, seemingly endless, unrequested regurgitation of information on topics that only mildly-if at all-hold interest to anyone besides the speaker is... less than enjoyable. Tedious. Obsessive. Self-indulgent. Isolating. From the inside, the view is totally different. Our passions are like lightning rods, immersive and sacred, deeply enmeshed with our sense of self and life in a neurotypical world. They are windows into who an individual is, who she wants to be, and what she wants most out of life They offer the purest way of touching our hearts-and the most powerful way through which we will try to reach yours.’
January 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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I’m sorry your family is suffering & I know making your own post is hard work, but other than copying being rude, this kind of behaviour could get your account labeled or worse. You want to spread your campaign safely so please be careful.
A friend’s screenshot: Help Belal Family (posted 12 hours ago). “Does anyone still feel us? The bombing is still continuing, the cold is crushing our bones, and food prices are very high due to the drive imposed upon us. Please be merciful and show your humanity and sympathy to my daughter Hoor and donate to her here: [go fund me] [photo of Belal and Hoor]”
January 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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You know I would do the “Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you, one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order, no explanations, no reviews, just covers.”

But you would be left with things like this rather than some literary masterpieces, and I just can’t do that to you.
A white cat is using its forepaws to paint. There’s various swipes, splotches and paw prints. The book is “Why Cats Paint: A Theory of Feline Aesthetics” by Heather Busch and Burton Silver
January 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Next year I want to be able to celebrate the conclusion of a year and think “bring on the next one” not just “fucking hell, glad that year is over. Hopefully that was the worst of it.”

Happy New Year, folks. May this one be kind to us all.
Image from The Latest Kate: purple owl with light purple background and text on right “Your struggle is not an indication of failure.”
January 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Around this time of year people start evaluating the past year and their “performance.” If all you did this year is tread water I’m proud of you. My hope is that you get to float/swim/hover/soar in 2025, and that I do too.
Image by The Latest Kate: A pink cat with a pink background. The cat’s face and part of its body and tail look like stars in a galaxy. The text above it says “You are doing enough. It’s going to be ok.” Image from The Latest Kate: One purple glittery raccoon is lying on the other, embracing them. A light purple background has white and purple flowers and grass. Text above and underneath the image says “Struggling now doesn’t mean struggling forever. We can hold out for a better time.”
December 31, 2024 at 12:56 AM
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This is my 2025 energy:
Black sign with white writing: “I’m not interested in competing with anyone. I hope we all make it.”
December 30, 2024 at 3:47 AM
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Finch has made a huge difference to my wellbeing and my knowledge about self care. I’m so grateful to being introduced to it this year. It’s also so nice to be able to contribute to my friends in small yet meaningful ways and to learn how to better support myself.
Taken from my Finch wellness app: This year, I made self care count! My top activities: 867 reflections written 353 mins of mindful breathing 65 mins of guided movement There is an image of an excited peach and blue cartoon finch called Evie lying down and looking at a plant sprouting with a sky blue background. Taken from my Finch wellness app: There is an image of an excited peach and blue cartoon finch called Evie with a blue background. My 2024: 332 self care days 6244 goals completed 65 wellness exercises (guided movement)
December 10, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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I feel like a deer in the headlights here. I can’t look away 🫣
June Bug: “I let them (friends with Italian heritage) know how I felt about sports, but due to power dynamics, it’s inappropriate for me to police their actions since they are from a 3rd world country. (I consider Italy 3rd world largely due to lack of AI innovation)”
December 10, 2024 at 6:50 AM