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Julia Pitts
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Computer nerd, TTRPG nerd, metalhead, main account is https://me.thecloudtender.com/profile/jewelpit. Games at jewelpit.itch.io. Blog at https://thecloudtender.com. Queer as in fuck you. she/her
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Today, at twelve years of age, Stribog's song ended, and his breath returned to the sky. I'll see you at the Rainbow Bridge, little buddy.
A photograph of a sandy brown tabby cat with a white chin. He's loafing on top of a cat tower, and looking off to the left, off camera. There's a white set of sliding closet doors behind him.
November 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Surprisingly long wait at the library for this one! Also, surprisingly hard to find a book that covers esotericism from a historical perspective instead of a believer one.
...these two facts might be related.
A photograph of a large paperback book during on a gray laptop which is itself sitting on a wooden table. The book is "The Secret Teachings of All Ages" by Manly P. Hall.
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Some nice inter-storm cloud breaks today! Now time to eat soup and watch Over the Garden Wall 😀
#WAwx #clouds #OverTheGardenWall #autumn
A photograph of a golden hour cloudbreak above a treeline with power poles.
November 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Between the steroids, anti-nausea pills, and extra wet food, I think he might have regained a little weight! Realistically we probably only have six months left with him, but we're gonna make sure he wants for nothing during that time :)
A photograph of Stribog, a tabby DSH cat, sitting on a blue couch cover. He's making the most adorable little smile.
October 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Pictures:
A nighttime photograph of some large fake flowers covered in LEDs, with a 3d model of a bee made of wire and cloth nearby hoisted on a wire. The bee is glowing from internal LEDs. A nighttime photograph of a lantern that's a 3d model of a banana slug made of wire and cloth. The lantern is internally lit by LEDs. A nighttime photograph of a full-size tiger made of orange paper and lit from the inside with LEDs. Two people inside the tiger operate its legs and face. It's surrounded by people (victims?). A nighttime photograph of a roughly 2.5 meter long whale carried by five people using sticks. It glows blue from LEDs within.
September 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Pictures:A nighttime photograph of someone cosplaying as the tiger from KPop Demon Hunters. They're giving a peace sign with both hands.
A nighttime photo of people walking down a path and holding sticks with bright lanterns suspended from them. Some of the ones in the background are just hollow models of fish, glowing blue from internal LEDs. A nighttime photograph of someone cosplaying as the tiger from KPop Demon Hunters. They're giving a peace sign with both hands.
September 21, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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And the actual photos, since my integration app messed up.
A twilit photograph of a round paper lantern suspended from a stick. The lantern is covered in strips of purple, blue, yellow, pink, and orange tissue paper, and has a tassel made of yarn, a smaller orange lantern, and some fake autumn leaves. The lantern is lit from the inside. A twilit photo of people walking down a path and holding sticks with bright lanterns suspended from them. The lanterns are in all sorts of gorgeous colors and designs. One lantern is just a giant horse head made of cloth and wire. It's really cool! A nighttime photograph of a round paper lantern suspended from a stick. The lantern is covered in strips of purple, blue, yellow, pink, and orange tissue paper, and has a tassel made of yarn, a smaller orange lantern, and some fake autumn leaves. The lantern is lit from the inside.
September 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Mmm Friendica's Bluesky plugin really ate the formatting on this one. Here's the anglerfish and owl lanterns.
A daytime photograph of an anglerfish made out of a paper lantern. It's gray with protruding white paper teeth, and its lure is a smaller, orange lantern on the end of a piece of wire. A daytime photograph of a cloth and wire owl held on a stick above a large crowd of people and some tents.
September 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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It took five people to carry it, because its fins were detachable.
And that's all the lanterns! I took some photos of some art installations at the end of the walk, but I'm getting a bit tired now so I'm gonna just go to bed. (6/6)
A daytime photograph of an anglerfish made out of a paper lantern. It's gray with protruding white paper teeth, and its lure is a smaller, orange lantern on the end of a piece of wire. A daytime photograph of a cloth and wire owl held on a stick above a large crowd of people and some tents. A twilit photograph of a round paper lantern suspended from a stick. The lantern is covered in strips of purple, blue, yellow, pink, and orange tissue paper, and has a tassel made of yarn, a smaller orange lantern, and some fake autumn leaves. The lantern is lit from the inside. A twilit photo of people walking down a path and holding sticks with bright lanterns suspended from them. The lanterns are in all sorts of gorgeous colors and designs. One lantern is just a giant horse head made of cloth and wire. It's really cool!
September 21, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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I am going to go fucking insane.
#gundam #zetaGundam #charFuckingAznable
A screenshot from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam of Char Aznable pointing a gun just across the camera. He has a resolved expression on his face and is saying "I have never even once betrayed anyone, Haman."
September 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Poking around with Godot a bit for fun (complete newbie), and I'm hitting a weird issue where a triangular portion of my tilemap doesn't get any textures rendered. It only shows up when running the game, not in the editor. Has anyone else seen this before?
#godot #godot4
A screenshot of a tile-based game. The background is green, and on top of it there's a spiraling dirt path, a blue-haired protagonist, and a dark gray triangle that shouldn't be there.
September 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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I just had to do it. (Curious to see how well Friendica's Bluesky integration handles the extremely long alt text)
A multi-panel meme in vertical orientation. At the top is a banner, reading "After the first joke at my roast." It is followed by a screenshot of Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin, saying "Attaboy." Below that is another banner, reading "After the second joke at my roast." It is followed by 13 screenshots from The Lighthouse, depicting Willem Dafoe as Thomas Wake. 1 (sadness, betrayal): "Damn ye! Let Neptune strike ye dead, Winslow!" 2 (screaming): "HAAAAAAAAAAAARK!" 3 (screaming, fists raised): "Hark, Triton, hark!" 4 (crying out, fists raised): "Below, bid our father, the Sea King, rise from the depths, full foul in his fury!" 5 (more of the same): "Black waves teeming with salt foam to smother this young mouth with pungent slime..." 6 (eyes open again, anger): "...to choke ye, engorging your organs til' ye turn blue and bloated with bilge and brine and can scream no more..." 7 (more of the same): "...only when he, crowned in cockle shells with slitherin' tentacle tail and steaming beard take up his fel be-finned arm..." 8 (staring, wide-eyed): "...his coral-tine trident screeches banshee-like in the tempest and plunges right through yer gullet, bursting ye..." 9 (wide eyed, mouth open): "...a bulging bladder no more, but a blasted bloody film now, and nothing for the harpies and the souls of dead sailors..." 10 (disgusted): "...to peck and claw and feed upon only to be lapped up and swallowed by the infinite waters of the Dread Emperor himself..." 11 (anguished): "...forgotten to any man, to any time, forgotten to any god or devil, forgotten even to the sea..." 12 (bitterly enraged): "...for any stuff for part of Winslow, even any scantling of your soul is Winslow no more, but is now itself the sea!" 13 (wide shot of Willem Dafoe standing over Robert Pattinson, playing Ephraim Winslow)
August 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Behold! Stribog!
A photograph of a tabby domestic shorthair cat, highly zoomed in on the face. He's looking to the bottom right with a pensive expression. What is he thinking about!?
August 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Behold! Niera!
A photograph of a black and white domestic longhair cat standing on the edge of the tub, framed between the outer and inner shower curtains. She's looking away from the camera in a very artistic way, very cool.
August 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Behold! Betelgeuse!
A photograph of a small black domestic shorthair cat with striking yellow eyes sitting in a cardboard box on the kitchen floor. He has knocked a lot of packing paper out of the box.
August 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Behold! Ulv!
A photograph of a tabby domestic longhair cat laying on his back on a black couch. His eyes are closed and his tail is curled upward over his tummy.
August 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Behold! Juno!
A photograph of a torbie domestic shorthair cat with white spotting and the world's most gorgeous light teal eyes. She's staring into the camera and laying down inside a cat tower. There's a bunch of clutter in the background because I'm not good at tidying.
August 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Garden time!
A photograph of a gray husky mix lounging in the shade between two overgrown planter boxes in the garden. He has a neutral expression, and thin branches in front of his face.
July 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Juno is feeling a little two-dimensional today!
A photograph of a caliby cat laying down on a striped white/gray/black chair. She's relaxing way too hard.
July 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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This happened to me! I was hiking with my dog and some friends when we came across a group of people I'd never met before, and one of them looked down at my dog and called him by name. Turns out he worked at the daycare my dog goes to!
A screenshot of a Tumblr post from user "parakavka," reading: "Today a very friendly Golden Retriever came up to me and I said "hey buddy :D" and the owner asked "do you know each other?" like his dog had a social life he didn't know about"
June 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Really enjoying the question format of Trophy Dark incursions!
An Obsidian "Question" callout. The title reads "Kassia charged each of you $4,000 for this service, with $2,000 to reserve your seat here and $2,000 when you arrived." The body text reads "How hard was it for you to come up with the money?" An Obsidian "Question" callout. The title reads "One of the floors is a staircase that's important or memorable to you." The body text reads "Why is it memorable? What does it look like?" An Obsidian "Question" callout. The title reads "The hunters used to be humans like you once." The body text reads "What clues are there that make this apparent?" An Obsidian "Question" callout. The title reads "Has that knife always been in your hand?" There is no body text.
May 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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I don't think you should have a logo of an animal wearing human clothing unless you have at least one furry on the art team. How the hell is that wolf supposed to listen to music through its cheeks!
A photograph of an airport bar with a logo of a wolf. The wolf is wearing over-the-ear headphones on its cheeks, as well as a blue and yellow baseball cap with "SDH" written on it.
May 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Enjoying it enough that it gets the custom bookmark treatment though!
A photograph of the novel "House of Leaves," by Mark Z. Danielewski. On top of the book is a white bookmark with hasty doodle of a cute-ish minotaur wearing a t-shirt that reads "SCARY BOY!"
May 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Guess who got cleared for supervised time outside of his hospital crate!
A photograph of a brown shorthair tabby cat inside of a soft mesh crate with the door open. The crate also contains a food hopper, water hopper, fluffy blanket, and litter box.
April 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Fourth result for "cat skeleton" in DuckDuckGo. Thanks, AI bros...
An image search result of a comically inaccurate AI-generated cat skeleton with a fully furred head, labeled "Realistic render of cat skeleton with real cat head isolated on white background Stock Photo - Alamy." The cat skeleton has ribs in its neck, ribs inside its legs, a front _and_ back pelvis, no discernible shoulder joints,a tail made of a chain of solid bone cylinders, and "fur" bones.
April 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM