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Jay Aaron
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Thinking 🧠 & Feeling ❤️
Traumatized #Millennial 🫨
#Gay Ginger #Gaymer Geek 👨🏻‍🦰
#CriticalTheory Discourse 🤔
#Queer Theory 🌈
#SmartHome #Tech 🤖
#SocialJustice ⬅️
#Disability & #MentalHealth Advocacy
#Musical
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Since this seems to have been missed my most:

The Hypertention Alerts (or what people are referring to as blood pressure monitoring) are NOT exclusive to Apple Watch Series 11.

They, along with the sleep score, will be on Series 9 and Series 10 as well as Apple Watch Ultra 3 and 2. #Apple
Screenshot, with highlights, of a footnote on regarding Apple Watch hypertension notifications. “As of September 9, 2025,” [highlight starts] “hypertension notifications are currently under FDA review” [highlight ends] “and are expected to be cleared this month, with availability on Apple Watch Series 9 and later and Apple Watch Ultra 2 and later” [“Apple Watch Series 9 is highlighted in yellow].
September 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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The Apple Watch Series 11 internals look a lot like my Series 9 (and Series 10)…

I was hoping for a reason to upgrade 😭
#AppleEvent #AppleWatch #Apple #AppleWatchSeries11
Side by side comparison of Apple Watch Series 11, 10, and 9, focused on the Chip. The highlights show the differences with the only difference being the name of the chip "S10" (which is highlighted in green on the Series 11 and Series 10) versus the "S9" on the Series 9. Otherwise, 64-bit dual-core processor, 4-core neural engine, W3 Apple Wireless Chip, 2nd Generation Ultra Wideband, and 64GB capacity are identical.
September 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Public figure #ileavebreadcrumbs wrote that he engaged in behaviors, knowing of (or recklessly indifferent to) the serious harm. For 3 years. False repair promises. For his comfort. At my expense.

It’s NAUSEATING to see Joshua Alan Snyder-Hill recast it as cutting me off b/c I take his joy. Be true
Screenshot of a message from “ileavebreadcrumbs’s community” with a highlighted section that reads, “I believe in making space to help people grow but cutting them off once you take their joy. Be you, be true, be happy.” This is a message from Joshua Alan Snyder-Hill to recast his 3 years of a fabricated relationship & feigned repair process, psychological & emotional manipulation, and his use of another human being’s body and mind as self-care—without an ounce of remorse or reference of his own words and behavior. Spreadsheet of messages from the public figure, Joshua Alan Snyder-Hill, aka ileavebreadcrumbs, from May 10, 2025 in which he states his understanding that he “knows” he “seriously wronged” J and does not believe that J did so to him. He commits to making “a serious effort to fix it / Understanding that [he] ha[s]en’t as of yet.” He confirms understanding and knowledge of the impacts on J’s “body and mind and business” as well as “physical impacts” and that he “knew,” backtracking to “reckless indifference” because he didn’t want to cause the harms, but then that he “had enough info from” J to know of the injuries, so back to a “yes” on the question of his knowledge.
August 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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I thought I was standing up for myself. I mirrored his language. But 0 views.

This is what systemic #manipulation is: platforms protect reward the silence of larger creators, while you are silent punished. You can speak, but not be heard.

I feel…empty.
#ptsd
#ileavebreadcrumbs
#gayrelationships
July 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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How is it easier to lie or otherwise deceive
over and over—for 3 years—rather than just have told the truth or simply ignored me?

One can pose for the camera, profit off of being safe, empathic. But privately, shape me into a “good boy” through power & deceit. Silenced #ptsd #breadcrumbs #gayman
June 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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When “I didn’t intend” was used for years—but the concealment was active, with full knowledge, and continued until it was daily? It’s intentional.

Informed consent, personal autonomy—these were never optional…to me…

Silence is his privilege, sword, & shield. #breadcrumbs #intentvsimpact
June 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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There is no healing in silence.
But there is fear.

#ptsd #cptsd #silence
June 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Living my best life
in this artificial light
in the same spot
frozen…

#gaysky
Red-haired man lying in bed with a tired, contemplative expression, arm partially covering face, soft natural light highlighting a sense of melancholy, white bedding and lavender fluffy blanket enhancing the quiet, intimate mood.
June 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Sometimes, you try to speak, but you can’t hear your own voice. When someone shifts the rules and reality itself, you watch as you disappear.

Erased. 🫥

This is for anyone who has the unbearable burden of memory—and silence. 🤐

#PTSD #NarrativeShift #SilentTruth #FriendshipDynamics
June 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Gotta love unpublished guidelines for #ChatGPT that prevent generating images that could imply protesting “political themes” like “government surveillance” or “oppression” or “dystopian imagery.”

So much for my “stark urban landscape” with a vibrant flower defiantly emerging. #OpenAI #FreeSpeech
In ChatGPT, User asks where they can find the content policy for image generation. System responds that the policy isn’t public, but that they may be flagged in violation as content guidelines for image generation requests if they contain real-world political themes or dystopian imagery, particularly those implying “oppression,” mass monitoring, controversial themes, surveillance, and protest.
March 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Ok fine, here’s a screenshot of the January 20, 2025 Executive Order, Section 2.

Though last I saw, it was temporarily blocked by a district court as “blatantly unconstitutional” while the litigation is pending.

(P.S. I love Due Process.)
A screenshot from of Subsection 2 of U.S. President Trump’s January 20, 2025 Executive Order which purports to bar US Government agencies from issuing/accepting “documents recognizing United States Citizenship” to persons in certain circumstances who are born in the United States when that person’s mother was “unlawfully present” or when that person’s mother’s presence in the US was “lawful but temporary.” In both cases, the father must also NOT be a US citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of the person’s birth. And subsection (b) states that this only applies to persons born within the US “after 30 days from the date of this order.” Note that U.S. District Judge John Coughenour temporarily blocked the order last month (January 2025), describing it as "blatantly unconstitutional” as pending litigation proceeds.
February 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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They say cutting your own hair and taking a selfie is a sign of madness…

But I say it’s just a sign of resourcefulness. 😉

Also: I’m completely unhinged. 💋

#GaySelfie #GingerAndProud #QueerHumor
A close-up portrait selfie of a man with fair skin, textured orange-ginger hair styled with volume on top and a clean fade on the sides. His blue-green eyes and subtle, playful smile radiate confidence and charm. The blurred bokeh background adds focus to his features, complemented by soft, natural lighting that highlights his warm complexion. Perfectly capturing a mix of modern grooming, natural charisma, and inviting expression, this image evokes authenticity and approachability.
December 31, 2024 at 4:12 AM
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I don’t know why you’re all complaining about Apple Intelligence, I mean…I spend hours a day doing this—
Collage of Apple Intelligence images of an orange haired and bearded shirtless avatar man with glasses. All contain splashes of vanilla cream on him or drizzled over him. He looks like he’s excitedly pleading in many of the photos. Collage of Apple Intelligence images of an orange haired and bearded muscular avatar man with glasses. Across six photos M, he is shown in a suit, in a low-cut shirt, in an open leather jacket, and in workout tank tops. He looks as if he is excitedly pleading.
December 18, 2024 at 5:02 AM
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My love language is traumatic bonding, what’s yours? 🫠 #gayselfie #satire
Man who thinks he’s 24 but might be 10 years older than that stares upwards at the camera, as if he is “begging” for something or someone. He has vibrant ginger-red hair and a neatly trimmed beard, wide green-blue eyes, and wears a pink T-shirt and black glasses. His expression might look wistful or forlorn to some. The background is blurred creating a portrait-mode effect.
December 4, 2024 at 8:15 AM
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How will you all know it’s my Birthday if I don’t post about it and don’t celebrate it?! Huh?! 🤔

It’s Birthsgiving. 🥳🦃

Also: Do good-er.

#birthdayboy
November 29, 2024 at 1:50 AM
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In the final part of this neverending love story, I grapple with the aftermath.

What if we could just see and accept each other for who we are? How would things change if those with power/status treated their pursuits as equals—not as tests or games?

#QueerIdentity #SelfReflection #PowerDynamics
November 28, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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In the second part of my first neverending love story: my crush and I appear to share an enthusiasm for a shared, comforting activity. 🫂

We never needed to discuss it directly, not verbally—except when it seemed to be progressing further. 🗣️

#RelationshipStorytime #LGBTQVoices #HighSchoolMemories
November 28, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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What was your first crush experience like? 💕

Mine starts with a charming high school Senior when I was a Freshman. The connection seemed magnetic. 🧲

One problem: we weren’t quite… out of the closet. 🌈

#FirstCrush #QueerStories #ComingOut
November 28, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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My fellow #EastCoast friends, here’s your annual reminder that EST ≠ EDT and yes—BOTH occur in the Eastern Time Zone (ET) ⏰

Wild.

#NewYork #TodayILearned #TomeZones
Wild looking meme of a man with crazy eyes, mouth open in shock and amazement as he points to the conclusion on the Chalkboard: Eastern Standard time ≠ Eastern Daylight Time. The effect is one of astonished amazement, as if he has just uncovered a secret truth, but is so overdone as to make it obvious to the viewer that this is really an obvious fact.
November 24, 2024 at 6:51 AM
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My streets were dangerous…

Pixelated. Falling rocks, molten lava. ☄️

BANANA PEELS! 🍌

I don’t talk about those days often… 😰 #gaymer #snes #mariokart
Photo resembling a Mario Kart (Super Nintendo SNES) track that looks like Bowser’s Castle. The pixelated track resembles stone bricks, with parts of the track cut across with molten lava, and angry looking stones in the near-distance await to attempt to thwomp the go-kart driver who has a resemblance to Bowser, as the spiky green shell of his back and fiery red mane and horns are visible. He rides a red go-kart. A blue “1” is on the top right of the screen, suggesting the driver is in 1st place.
November 17, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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*Clears Throat*

Validate Me, #GayDaddy 👀
Overthinking Everything 🧠
Traumatized #Millennial 🫨
#Gay Ginger #Gaymer Geek 👨🏻‍🦰
#CriticalTheory Discourse 🤔
#Queer Theory 🌈
#SmartHome #Tech 🤖
#SocialJustice ⬅️
#Disability & #MentalHealth #Trauma Informed Advocacy ❤️
#MusicalTheatre / Singer 🎤
#Law #NY #DC
Alt-text of a toned man with fair skin wearing a Nasty Pig Snout Cap (Cord Cap, in gray with a stylized white pig snout logo). The man stares confidently into the camera, one arm flexed up with hand behind head, showing an LGBT Pride Apple Watch Band and Nasty Pig Iridescent Chain Bracelet, the other arm flexed behind his back. He has vibrant ginger red hair and a neatly trimmed beard, piercing blue eyes, and appears without a shirt. The frame cuts off just at the belly button. The background is a messy blur, with a red and black jock strap laying around that resembles football laces and a Nasty Pig Coach Cap with perforated mesh. The entire image is overlain with flames, and the top contains stylises white text that says: “This is fine.” There’s an unreal element to the thing, a subtle critique of social media content and nod to the “This is Fine” comic meme of a fictional dog in a burning house drinking coffee.
November 17, 2024 at 7:51 PM
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At first I’m like: ok, at least it’s in Washington State and not…

Nevermind. Incorporated in Delaware. 🤨

I’m not paying to see if the Certificate of Incorporation is available. Bylaws? Anything? Off to a great start. #Bluesky #Transparency #Corporations #Law #ForProfit
Screenshot of Delaware business entity search for BLUESKY SOCIAL, PBC. Contains File Number: 6282898. Formation Date: 10/4/2021. Registered as Domestic, Corporation, Benefit Corporation. Registered Agent: The Corporation Trust Company at 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801 (New Castle County) and Phone 302-658-7581. Page says that it requires a filing fee of $10 for “Status” or $20 for more detailed info. Screenshot 1 from Washington State Business Entity Search Results in the Corporations and Charities Filing System at ccfs.sos.wa.gov for BlueSky Social PBC. It contains the following info: Business Name: BLUESKY SOCIAL, PBC DBA BLUESKY SOCIAL, CORPORATION UBI Number: 605 608 574 Business Type: FOREIGN PROFIT CORPORATION Business Status: ACTIVE Principal Office Street Address: 1925 POST ALY STE 301, SEATTLE, WA, 98101-1028, UNITED STATES Expiration Date: 09/30/2025 Jurisdiction: UNITED STATES, DELAWARE Formation/ Registration Date: 09/19/2024 Period of Duration: PERPETUAL Nature of Business: DEVELOPING AND DRIVING THE ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR OPEN AND DECENTRALIZED PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS. Registered Agent Name: C T CORPORATION SYSTEM Screenshot 2 from Washington State Business Entity Search Results in the Corporations and Charities Filing System at ccfs.sos.wa.gov for BlueSky Social PBC. It contains the following additional info: Registered Agent Name: C T CORPORATION SYSTEM Agent Street Address: 711 CAPITOL WAYS STE 204, OLYMPIA, WA, 98501-1267, UNITED STATES Agent Mailing Address: 711 CAPITOL WAYS STE 204, OLYMPIA, WA, 98501-1267, UNITED STATES Governor (Individual): JULIA GRABER
November 17, 2024 at 8:39 AM
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Please enjoy the totally normal high-pitched sound. OH, make no mind of the (unrelated?) loud banging sounds from the HVAC.

It doesn’t exist, so it’s not a problem. HAHhaHaHAHaAhAhhhhaa
November 10, 2024 at 4:26 AM
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I’ve heard the sky is blue, not that I’ve seen it in weeks! 🤓

I don’t know what this account will end up being, but Social Queery™️ vibes will live on. 🫂
Portrait photo of a young-ish man in his early-to-mid 30s showing just his face and the top of his dark blue T-shirt as he lounges in bed, with his head perked up for the photo. He has a neutral-to-friendly expression, a pale complexion, and ginger red hair (and a light, full beard).
November 8, 2024 at 7:06 PM