Jay
LightNews LightNews
banner
jayarden.com
Jay
@jayarden.com
2.1K followers 470 following 5K posts
she/they, nonbinary/agender/gendermeh

Level 40 queer cryptid

Nerdy about many things

Pittsburgh: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ioidzp6tplzplctluzbws6tn/feed/aaaeeierkqhko

You gotta use alt text, babes.
Posts Replies Media Videos
jayarden.com
@themountaingoats.bsky.social belated but have to thank you for Cleveland. Was lucky enough to be at the barrier dancing and getting lost in the music as y'all took us on a journey. Every time I see tMG it's somehow both brand new and like coming home. Much love.
Selfie of Jay, pre-show, lit in blue from the stage. They're wearing a white heavy duty respirator mask, dark framed round glasses, a denim battle vest with patches and pins on the shoulders, and have short hair. Their expression is wide eyed and exaggerated, eyebrows raised high. The crowd at the Agora is sparse behind them.
September 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
jayarden.com
@bondcliff.bsky.social not bad for a first go with the lotto eh?
Side on (slightly forward stage right) view of a stage, as yet empty of band personnel, awash in blue lights. A modest crowd gathers in the pit. Phish, Pittsburgh - June 24, 2025 Petersen Events Center
June 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
jayarden.com
With alt text
Transgender persons have served openly since 2021, but Defendants have not analyzed Defendants agree. their service. That is unfortunate. Plaintiffs' service records alone are Exhibit A for the proposition that transgender persons can have the warrior ethos, physical and mental health, selflessness, honor, integrity, and discipline to ensure military excellence. They agree that Plaintiffs are mentally and physically fit to serve, have "served honorably," and "have satisfied the rigorous standards" demanded of them. Tr. (Feb. 18, 2025) at 9-14, 148; see also Tr. (Mar. 12, 2025) at 130. Plaintiffs, they acknowledge, have "made America safer." Tr. (Feb. 18, 2025) at 10. So why discharge them and other decorated soldiers? Crickets from Defendants on this key question Plaintiffs have also introduced declarations from the military leaders responsible for integrating transgender persons into open military service. Each declarant attests that our military has not fallen into an "existential" crisis since transgender persons began serving openly (End of excerpt)
March 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
jayarden.com
Please enjoy a throwback photo to my skinny ultra running days, stopping in Frozen Head on the way back from the 2017 solar eclipse. #bm100
Photograph shot with the camera sitting on the ground, focused on two people standing in front of a dilapidated yellow gate framed with stone pillars. A sign on the gate, partially obscured, reads: Authorized vehicles only Do not block gate One person is wearing a yellow shirt and blue scrub pants, the other (Jay) wears a gray T-shirt and khaki capri pants. The path is gravel and dirt and the trees surrounding the area are all and leafy and green.
March 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
jayarden.com
Third blep captured!

(Hi friends I am alive but all the energy is still allocated elsewhere love you bye for now!)
Closeup photo of the head and shoulders of a shorthair flamepoint cat with muddled white and pale orange markings on his face. His pink tongue sticks out just a little bit and is very cute.
March 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
jayarden.com
Oh hello there.

Sorry to whatever small critter ended up being lunch.
Red tailed hawk perching on bare branches against a bright blue sky. It's looking off to the right of the photo. Same hawk, same branch, now looking directly at the photographer - I've been spotted
March 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
jayarden.com
Marking this Suggestive for Papa face spoilers.

#theBandGhost
Series of four tiles of a stylized V with different black and white images set within the V Closeup of one V - showing Papa Perpetua's face! The figure pictured is wearing a sparkly upper half face mask with black face paint covering most of the rest of their exposed skin. An oval around the mouth is painted white with sharply tipped points around the lips evoking the teeth of a skull.
March 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
jayarden.com
Habemus Papa 🥲 #theBandGhost
Low light photo of Jay's living room. The TV is on and displays a live stream of a billboard in Las Vegas showing the band Ghost's logo in a silvery Gothic font, as well as white letters on a purple background that says V IS COMING... The billboard emits white smoke illuminated by purple light. In front of the tv is a sleeping flamepoint cat on a cushion that sits atop a storage ottoman.
March 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
jayarden.com
Happiest of birthdays to this motherfucker who takes up at least 30% of what's going on in my brain at a given time. My life is immeasurably better for having discovered my love for his work.

I still think there's something hinky going on here but I haven't got the faintest idea what. #theBandGhost
Closeup detail of a spider shaped brooch with a black body and oddly arranged legs, of which there are 10. The same spider brooch but highlighting in different colors how the legs look like Roman numerals In red, I - Papa Emeritus I, aka Primo In green, II - Papa Emeritus II, aka Secondo In purple, III - Papa Emeritus III, aka Terzo In purple, IV - Papa Emeritus IV, aka Copia In white, on the spider's back, V - Papa V Perpetua???
March 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
jayarden.com
Compare to late January, when he was still in time off mode.
The same man as described in the previous skeet, but standing in front of a blank wall. His facial hair is grown out more but unevenly, and his hair is loose; long enough to brush his shoulders but sort of wavy and scraggly. It kind of looks like it could use a good wash but it's too fine to look nice in this cut and length even if it was clean.
March 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
jayarden.com
Ah, allow me to introduce you to my favorite Swede. Tobias Forge!
White 40ish year old man posing for a photo in a hockey arena, with the ice, players, and seats visible behind him. He's got short dark blonde stubble and tied back dark blonde hair. He's holding one hand up in this gesture: 🤘 except the back of his hand faces the camera. He's wearing a black long sleeved coat over a black T-shirt for the band Kreator. There's a chunky skull ring on the ring finger of his upraised hand. He's mean mugging a little, lips slightly pursed.
March 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
jayarden.com
Happy Caturday, bsky. Winter's back today and these are very much the vibes.
Two cats cuddling adorably on a pile of blankets. One is a shorthair calico(face)/tortoiseshell(body) and the other is a shorthair flamepoint. They are cuddled with their heads together and the calico's resting with the side of her face stacked on top of the flamepoint's, with his ear smushed down under her chin.
March 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
jayarden.com
Could always Matt Mercer it (vest)
[ID: matt mercer wearing brian david gilbert’s “i love eating classic games” shirt, but his vest is covering enough that it says “i love eating ass”]
February 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
jayarden.com
post a picture of you that's not you

(I don't know what else you expected)
Photo of Gonzo the Muppet: a blue fuzzy creature whose most noticeable feature is his nose, which (generously) kind of looks like a small elephant trunk or (less generously) a flaccid penis. He's wearing a long sleeve button shirt that's yellow with red chili peppers on it, a tie, and brown tweed belted trousers. He's talking on the phone with one hand, holding a to-go coffee with the other, and has a rolled up document tucked in the crook of his elbow.
February 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
jayarden.com
I did! Sorry you're not having the same luck though.

Surprisingly good seat, though over not been to the specific venue before.
Screenshot of seating chart at the Petersen Events Center with a top section stage right section highlighted, along with a rendering of the view from that seat.
February 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
jayarden.com
Quote-skeet with a picture you took at a National Park

Harper's Ferry
Photo of a slightly sloped slab of rippled stone, with a couple small divots deep enough to hold tiny reflective pools of water. Trees above the stone cast it in shadow on a bright sunny day. All around is lush summer greenery, with two ridges - one close and one far - in the background. Through the trees in the distance you can see a hint of the river in the valley below.
February 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
jayarden.com
Morning palate cleanser for your skyline.
Linus, a handsome shorthair flamepoint cat rests perched on the back of a brown leather sofa. He's bathed in soft natural light as he sits looking out a window behind the sofa, observing a gray and drizzly Pittsburgh morning - naked tree branches and a cloudy sky are visible through the window.
February 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
jayarden.com
Ctrl+c, ctrl+v
Two nearly identical shorthair flamepoint cats sleeping on an ottoman, curled up in identical poses. One cat sleeps on a cushion atop the ottoman, the other sleeps on the ottoman directly, draped partially over a silver laptop.
February 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
jayarden.com
One of my favorite birds.
Photo of Jay's right forearm and lower bicep, featuring a black ink tattoo rendered delicately in the same pattern as the fabric mentioned in the quoted post: tropical flora including branches, leaves, and flowers, as well as birds perching on them.
February 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
jayarden.com
You can't hide from your constituents forever, Dave.

Side note for Pittsburgh pals: Cadence Clubhouse is an extension of Pro Bike & Run. Stop giving them your money if you haven't already.
Digital flier for an event supporting carpetbagger senator Dave McCormick, which says: Please join Dina & Senator Dave McCormick for a thank you celebration! Date Saturday February 22nd, 2025 at 5:30 PM Location Cadence Clubhouse 9999 Kummer Road, Allison Park, PA 15101
February 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
jayarden.com
Alt text added.

@malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social please consider adding alt text on all images to increase accessibility! This is critical info to share and alt text makes it more available to everyone.
FEB. 21, 2025 WHAT DEMOCRATS DID TODAY Senate Democrats introduced budget amendments that would have prevented Americans from being price gouged for prescription drugs and stopped DOGE staffers from abusing Americans' private data Senate Republicans blocked every single one Democratic attorneys general are back in court to continue their legal action against the Trump administration for defunding medical and public health research Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bills to raise Michigan's minimum wage and expand paid sick leave policies lowa Senate Democrats introduced a legislative package to expand I access to affordable housing around the state Maryland Governor Wes Moore and Democrats introduced the ENERGIZE MD Act, which will accelerate clean, reliable energy development, increase in-state supply, and reduce energy costs
February 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
jayarden.com
Heihei lounges a lot like my loooong flamepoint boy.
Selfie angle photo of Jay laying on a brown leather couch. Wedged between Jay and the back of the couch lies a dozing shorthair flamepoint cat who's got his back leggies stretched out very long, with his feets resting against Jay's cheek.
February 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
jayarden.com
Linus :)
Close-up slightly blurry shot of the face of a shorthair flamepoint cat with big blue eyes and a freckled pink nose.
February 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
jayarden.com
Linus getting in on it today.
A close-up photo of the shoulders and face of a shorthair flamepoint cat who's laying on his back, resting on a fuzzy gray blanket. His blue eyes are half open and his long white whiskers extend past the edges of the photo. His pink nose is covered in freckles, and his little tongue is sticking out in an adorable blep.
February 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
jayarden.com
I think that about sums it up, really.
Closeup photo of a shorthair calico/tortoiseshell cat. She's laying on a multicolored woven cushion absolutely embedded with cat hair, and she's sprawled playfully with paws pointed in various directions. Her head is squashed upside down against the cushion and her bright pink and shiny tongue sticks out prominently.
February 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM