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shortkingmoon.bsky.social
short king moon ☾
@shortkingmoon.bsky.social
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moony 🌙 | angry queer feminist socialist; thirty-something they/them short king disaster poet working on figuring some things out | 🖤🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈♠️
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i really like doing these symmetrical geometric designs a lot, figuring out how to fill the space and balance the sections from the corners and the center. i tried to challenge myself a little with weird shapes and more detail, and i think it turned out well. i’m calling it Guarded
a square drawing in white lines on a dark purple blue background, made of symmetrical geometric sections, embellished with curved and straight lines, small dots, and teardrop shapes. the diamond-shaped center is balanced by squarish sections in the corners, and a jewelry box shape nestled in the space in between
May 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
shortkingmoon.bsky.social
realized i hadn’t introduced my new roommate. meet bo! he’s 10 years old and an absolute sweetheart, just the chillest and most lovable little elderly man 💖
a photo of a grey tabby sitting on a person’s lap. the cat is curled into a very comfortable loaf with one arm stuck out, looking back over his shoulder at the camera so you can see his sweet expression, begging for pets another photo of the same grey tabby cat, slightly blurry, as he sits on the ground, staring alertly at something behind the camera, his green eyes bright a photo of the grey tabby cat, curled up like a croissant on top of a pillow sitting on a chair. all his little feet are curled in, his tail is wrapped neatly around them, his head comfortably nestled in the pillow
February 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
shortkingmoon.bsky.social
quoting with alt text 👍🏻
image text: He represents not so much the banality as the imbecility of evil: how shallow and vacuous it is. Yet Musk’s personal, private seizure of state power has thrown real doubt on whether the US constitution is still in effect. How can it be, if he upends its demands so heedlessly, and with such impunity? How can it be, if the power of the people’s elected representatives can simply be wished away by a man rich enough to buy anyone? For a long time now, it has been clear that America was slipping out of a liberal democratic mode of governance and into something more vulgar and less accountable, something more like a privatized racket for the rich that extracts from and punishes the people, but never responds to their will. We knew this was coming. I just didn’t expect it to be so embarrassing.
February 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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i was doing some homework reading, and uh…i have questions, but also i’m afraid to look it up lol
a photo of part of a textbook page with parts of several gene sequences denoting various conditions. one is labeled “maple syrup urine disease” and circled in red, with “what” written above it
February 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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probably this one, which was retweeted by @jortsthecat.bsky.social and then blew up 😂
a screenshot of a tweet from weird medieval guys showing a drawing of a blue, leafy root vegetable with a face, like a kind of medieval oddish. it has been retweeted by shortkingmoon with the caption “turnip for hwaet”, because the author saw the opportunity for both a veggie pun and an old english joke and ran for it
January 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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me too! mine was a christmas present from my aunt and it’s absolutely my new favorite blanket 💞 best way to welcome what will hopefully be a better year than the last one was
a photo of a person with their feet up on a coffee table, covered by a fuzzy blanket with a black and white diamond pattern on it
January 1, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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i could say a lot right now, but all of it would sound weak. so i’ll just say this:

today, as tomorrow and as every day, be brave enough to be kind.

be kind to those around you, be kind to those that need you, be kind to yourself. anger is easy; comfort takes courage. be brave enough to be kind 💞
photo of a person with their arm up, chin resting in their hand, with a vaguely tired expression. on their arm is a tattoo which reads, “be brave enough to be kind.”
November 7, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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like, tell me this is not the coolest, most radical way for a species to approach survival
screenshot of an article excerpt. image text reads: In biology, most insects belong to a group that is short-lived and has a lot of babies. This strategy has allowed them to be very successful—three-quarters of all animals are insects. Well, cicadas have decided to modify the system. They have placed a bet on one specific idea: If all of us emerge at the same time, nothing could possibly eat all of us. That is wild. Your method of dealing with predators is not to have a defense, it's not to grow a stinger or be able to spit acid. Instead, it's to have millions of us that no creature could possibly eat us all.
May 31, 2024 at 8:43 PM
shortkingmoon.bsky.social
i was gonna do my taxes today but then milo curled up on me before i could get started so now i'm trapped here forever
a photo of a black cat cuddled up quite comfortably on a person’s chest, his cute little kitty face partly obscuring theirs
January 20, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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oh god i HOPE SO
the strawhat pirates jolly roger, a white skull and crossbones with a wide grin and a yellow straw hat with a red band on a black background
January 14, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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this is milo! he loves scritches and pets and snuggles and would love to sit on you and purr for hours
a photo of a one-eyed black cat, curled up on top of a cushion and looking very snuggly
December 4, 2023 at 8:16 PM
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my leg is cramping from being in one position for so long, but milo’s using my foot as a pillow so obviously i can’t possibly move
a black cat lies sprawled comfortably on a red and black checkered blanket, the outline of a person’s drawn-up leg just visible under it. the cat’s head is on the person’s foot, using it as a pillow. it’s incredibly cute
November 5, 2023 at 12:57 AM
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i’ve been really enjoying doing cross stitch pieces lately. it’s nice and meditative, just put on something to watch and stitch away 💞

these two are “do you love the color of the sky” (thanks @horsesandhockey.bsky.social for the title lol) and “the fields ran amok”
“do you love the color of the sky” a cross stitch piece of a sunset-like horizontal gradient, from black at the bottom, going up through deep blues and into purple and magenta, then hot pink and bright orange, ending in warm yellow and cream “the fields ran amok” a rectangular cross stitch piece made of vertical bars of alternating kelly and lime green, broken into two tiers. the bars of each color grow larger or smaller by one row in each direction, creating a sort of disjointed gradient. several bars in each tier are decorated with different stitches in light green or yellow, creating several patterns across different bars
October 25, 2023 at 3:29 PM
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here have a photo of milo cuddling some oranges that makes it look like he’s got a pair of orange big narurals
a photo of a black cat lounging atop a pile of oranges in a bag. the way he’s sitting frames two oranges between his paws, looking like a pair of citrusy boobs
September 25, 2023 at 6:31 PM
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i figured out how to do a gradient and i’m very proud of myself 🔥🌈
a photo of a square cross stitch pattern made of three concentric square rings in a rainbow gradient, alternating direction and getting thinner towards the center, each band bordered by black lines
September 23, 2023 at 2:54 AM
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snuggly boi 🖤
a photo of a one-eyed black cat, curled up into a little loaf on a dark blue cushion, his tail curled up by his nose, his head resting on a green blanket like a little pillow, sleepily looking at the camera. it’s almost painfully adorable
September 6, 2023 at 6:01 PM
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currently trying to muster up enough spoons to deal with the giant mountain of laundry i’ve been avoiding putting away for aaages. milo has already climbed the summit to claim it as his own
a photo of a very large pile of laundry taking up half the space on a bed. on top of the pile is a one-eyed black cat, perched like a tiny dragon on top of its hoard
September 4, 2023 at 4:50 PM
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just ate so much tasty tasty sushi at akame sushi with @sebhar.bsky.social and @brittfrompitt.bsky.social and it was awesome, and now we’re headed home to watch the one piece live action show 🍣🍤❤️‍🔥
a photo of three people standing in front of a restaurant window, with a poster for sushi with Luffy from One Piece on it
September 1, 2023 at 12:21 AM
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*while han was working

i got distracted with alt text and forgot what i was saying. in my defense, vinnie was also being very cute and my brain goes to mush when she looks like this
a photo of a long-haired cat, orange flavor, with a white chin, neck, and paws, hiding behind a box fan, half on a beige carpet, half on wooden flooring
August 30, 2023 at 4:03 PM
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had a lake day yesterday with @brittfrompitt.bsky.social while @sebhar.bsky.social

we saw a creep-ass abandoned baby stroller all covered in dried pond scum and lake weeds, so after lunch i had to write a poem about it
a photo of a lakeshore, a band of grass ending at a line of stacked rocks. beyond is the lake itself, grey-green water choppy from the wind. on the horizon, the long dark-green curve of the shoreline on the other side. the sky above is blue and streaked with white, fluffy clouds “i went down to the water asked the babe to hear it’s cries, asked to hear the whole truth spoken that i’d deliver it from lies asked the babe down there to tell me ‘bout the darkness and the deep, and the dreams they have a-drifting, ‘bout the endless sinking sleep asked the babe beneath the waters how to wash myself of sin how to make my spirit rise again, be purified within” “for the babe that lies beneath the waves is innocent and true it’s sleep unasked, it’s cries unfair held hostage in the blue for what was done was done unkind and done without a warning an act conceived with harm in mind a dark horizon storming but yet the babe beneath the waves had naught to say but grief and sadness in their wondering, for their life cut short, too brief” “i asked the babe beneath the water to tell me of it’s life that i would live continuance and try to live it right tobe the avatar of righteousness and live for others’ lives and when my time is pressing nigh to go quiet in the night go quiet to the water, slip away into the deep, give the waves my final breath, return my soul to sleep”
August 30, 2023 at 3:31 PM
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wisconsin road trip packing buddy 😂
a photo of a black, one-eyed cat lounging against a pile of clothes on a bed, wrapped in a rainbow fabric dangly cat toy and looking utterly unconcerned with how much he’s getting in the way
August 23, 2023 at 4:39 PM
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birb 🧡💛💚🤍
a photo of a small parrot with a white chest, green back and wings, yellow cheeks, and orange on the top of its head. it’s perched on a rope perch inside a small backpack carrier with a clear plastic bubble front, with several other toys clipped to the sides. it is incredibly adorable.
August 19, 2023 at 12:47 AM
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babby boo yelled and pawed at me until i turned enough that he could jump up on my lap and crawl onto my shoulders, and now he’s aggressively demanding snuggles
a photo of a person with a black one-eyed cat curled across their shoulders a photo of the same person and black cat, except this time the cat is curled up on the person’s chest with his back turned and their arm around him
August 14, 2023 at 7:25 PM
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“the hills can’t see the sky for the clouds”

got home and figured i’d try doing a fancier version of my work doodle from earlier today. played around with some textures in procreate, too, just for kicks. i think it looks pretty good 🏔️
a drawing in dark grey lines against a speckled tan background, depicting mountains in bands of wavy purple gradient, with light blueish-white snowcaps. below them are gentle hills, horizontally striped in a green gradient. the sky is a dark blue, flecked with faint yellow speckled stars, and several swirly, spiral-accented clouds with pointy edges in shades of muted yellow-green. the drawing is bordered by a dark grey box, and below it in the bottom right corner is a date, 2023, and a stylized crescent moon as a signature
August 14, 2023 at 2:36 AM
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absolutely nothing to do at work today so i’m trying to kill my boredom with doodles
a drawing in black pencil with white pencil highlights on brown paper of rounded clouds with small spirals and pointy ends above a trio of gently rounded mountains with wavy horizontal lines, the sky between dotted with small cross-shaped stars, bordered by simple lines of white and black, and a small, stylized crescent moon in the lower right corner as a signature
August 13, 2023 at 9:57 PM