Ben Freeman 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@phoenixashes76.bsky.social
Gay and trans. MSLS, herder of library kids. I’ll read anything once. Proud cat dad. ko-fi.com/phoenixashes76
If it makes you feel any better…
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
If it makes you feel any better…
Describe your cat’s personality with one photo
Zero thoughts. Zero fucks. Sharps out.
Zero thoughts. Zero fucks. Sharps out.
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Describe your cat’s personality with one photo
Zero thoughts. Zero fucks. Sharps out.
Zero thoughts. Zero fucks. Sharps out.
This is Donut the Library Dragon
(Storytime book feats Duncan the Dragon, who looks nothing like this dragon, and so when I told my friend about it they named him Donut. He is my baby and I love him)
(Storytime book feats Duncan the Dragon, who looks nothing like this dragon, and so when I told my friend about it they named him Donut. He is my baby and I love him)
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is Donut the Library Dragon
(Storytime book feats Duncan the Dragon, who looks nothing like this dragon, and so when I told my friend about it they named him Donut. He is my baby and I love him)
(Storytime book feats Duncan the Dragon, who looks nothing like this dragon, and so when I told my friend about it they named him Donut. He is my baby and I love him)
Ok it’s late but I know you all missed the star of this account
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Ok it’s late but I know you all missed the star of this account
Tinycat. Lovey Girl. Little Monster. Little Miss Sticky Mitts. Squeak. Goblin.
September 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Tinycat. Lovey Girl. Little Monster. Little Miss Sticky Mitts. Squeak. Goblin.
Every night, Mina sits at the head of the bed and waits very loudly until I lay on my stomach with a book propped in front of me so she can squirm under the book and take a nap while I read. I don’t get it, but it makes her happy
September 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Every night, Mina sits at the head of the bed and waits very loudly until I lay on my stomach with a book propped in front of me so she can squirm under the book and take a nap while I read. I don’t get it, but it makes her happy
You know, I specifically went to look at medieval drawings of cats because I wanted to see if there were body language cues I would recognize from a modern cat and I didn’t really see any? I did see one of a cat Where They Were Not Supposed To Be so I feel like they would have common interests
September 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
You know, I specifically went to look at medieval drawings of cats because I wanted to see if there were body language cues I would recognize from a modern cat and I didn’t really see any? I did see one of a cat Where They Were Not Supposed To Be so I feel like they would have common interests
May I offer you a Mina in these trying times?
September 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
May I offer you a Mina in these trying times?
First off, that’s probably an AI background (dawn cityscape with a child on a bike, watercolor adjacent). Not conclusive, but I also can’t pin down an actual location from it
Also 86k followers and 80 following. This is extremely rare outside of a celebrity account, this makes no pretensions as one
Also 86k followers and 80 following. This is extremely rare outside of a celebrity account, this makes no pretensions as one
September 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
First off, that’s probably an AI background (dawn cityscape with a child on a bike, watercolor adjacent). Not conclusive, but I also can’t pin down an actual location from it
Also 86k followers and 80 following. This is extremely rare outside of a celebrity account, this makes no pretensions as one
Also 86k followers and 80 following. This is extremely rare outside of a celebrity account, this makes no pretensions as one
Hi. I don’t want to write cover letters so I’m going to debunk an alleged truth social post so everybody can see what I’m doing ( #alttextforme please, it’s a spicy day)
September 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Hi. I don’t want to write cover letters so I’m going to debunk an alleged truth social post so everybody can see what I’m doing ( #alttextforme please, it’s a spicy day)
That’s what I tell Mina when I leave for work, although I had in mind Rura Penthe
September 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
That’s what I tell Mina when I leave for work, although I had in mind Rura Penthe
I tried to explain about dungeons and she wasn’t having any
September 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I tried to explain about dungeons and she wasn’t having any
This is really terrifying linguistics. Stay with me
September 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This is really terrifying linguistics. Stay with me
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DIDNT STAY HOME JUST TO PLAY WITH MEEEEE???? Applications? I AM APPLYING TO BE THE SPOILEDEST LITTLE BRAT ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH I have lots of natural talent and years of training and experience
September 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DIDNT STAY HOME JUST TO PLAY WITH MEEEEE???? Applications? I AM APPLYING TO BE THE SPOILEDEST LITTLE BRAT ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH I have lots of natural talent and years of training and experience
Drop an old person you’re going to turn into in the future:
September 3, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Drop an old person you’re going to turn into in the future:
Always remember to fold your cats neatly, don’t just stuff them on the shelf any old way
August 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Always remember to fold your cats neatly, don’t just stuff them on the shelf any old way
Yall, I just posted something kinda snarky that I had to take down because apparently the bots are searching for posts containing the name of Trump’s bestie. So here’s a screenshot; sorry I can’t do alt text without getting ugly replies from fake accounts
August 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Yall, I just posted something kinda snarky that I had to take down because apparently the bots are searching for posts containing the name of Trump’s bestie. So here’s a screenshot; sorry I can’t do alt text without getting ugly replies from fake accounts
So I saw a post about a new Murderbot book and went looking (Platform Decay, May 2026)
And I saw the blurb on the Tor website. “Great,” I said, “I won’t have to use Amazon!” Whereupon I saw this:
And I saw the blurb on the Tor website. “Great,” I said, “I won’t have to use Amazon!” Whereupon I saw this:
August 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
So I saw a post about a new Murderbot book and went looking (Platform Decay, May 2026)
And I saw the blurb on the Tor website. “Great,” I said, “I won’t have to use Amazon!” Whereupon I saw this:
And I saw the blurb on the Tor website. “Great,” I said, “I won’t have to use Amazon!” Whereupon I saw this:
It isn’t fancy yarn, but my neighbor starts college next year and I wanted her to have something pretty for her dorm
August 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It isn’t fancy yarn, but my neighbor starts college next year and I wanted her to have something pretty for her dorm
Shelves? Where we’re going we don’t need shelves!
August 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Shelves? Where we’re going we don’t need shelves!
I was too sick to go to the work picnic I didn’t want to go to anyway, but I *did* want the cobbler I was supposed to bring and long story short now I have to eat a whole pan of cobbler. Damn. Sucks, idk how I’ll ever manage
August 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I was too sick to go to the work picnic I didn’t want to go to anyway, but I *did* want the cobbler I was supposed to bring and long story short now I have to eat a whole pan of cobbler. Damn. Sucks, idk how I’ll ever manage
Perhaps some vicarious cat presence will help?
July 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Perhaps some vicarious cat presence will help?