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jake
@tarantuladad.bsky.social
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jake. he/him/his. 27. lover of horror, sports, film, and creepy crawlies. i study fruit fly behavior 🪰 some may call me a bad movie connoisseur
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he’s very comfy at home as evidenced by the fact that when I reached over him to adjust the volume of tonight’s movie he grabbed my hand and held it down like this
A black cat wearing a light blue collar lays on his side with one of his front legs on top of his owner’s hand. The cat is laying on a pink blanket with a chocolate covered strawberry pattern in front of a Thinkpad playing a movie.
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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I missed that yesterday was 4 months home, so everyone say happy 4 months at home to Drips
A black cat with yellow eyes sits with his front legs up on his owner’s leg. His owner is wearing black pants. The cat is sitting on a pink blanket with a chocolate covered strawberry pattern.
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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idiot drooled on me
November 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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A black cat’s head as viewed from behind. The cat is wearing a light blue collar with a fish pattern on it and laying on a pink blanket with a chocolate covered strawberry pattern on it. The cat is stationed in front of a Thinkpad playing a movie. The movie is Bringing Up Baby. Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn are in a car with a leopard, Baby, visible between them in the back row.
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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I love it when he lays with me when I’m watching a movie facing the screen like he’s watching
The back of a black cat’s head. The cat is facing a laptop playing Invisible Man (1933). Claude Rains as the invisible man is on the screen. Claude Rains is wearing dark circular glasses and a suit. His face is wrapped in a bandage so no skin is visible. He has dark hair poking out through the bandages.
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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cute pics from last night
A black cat with a blue collar lays on the stomach of a man laying on his back on the floor. The man is wearing a black shirt. The cat is resting his little chin on the man’s stomach. Front view of a black cat laying on the stomach of a man who is laying on the floor. The cat’s eyes are closed and he is resting his chin on the man’s stomach. The man is wearing a black shirt.
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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🖤
A black cat with yellow eyes lays in the sun A black cat with yellow eyes lays in the sun A black cat with yellow eyes lays in the sun A black cat with yellow eyes lays in the sun
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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giving it’s literally us, the blue jays rn
Screenshot of tweets. The first is from @YearOfTheVlad and reads “Did you trade Smoak? 😤😭” The Toronto Blue Jays official account replies “No, he has neck tightness and could be available to pinch hit if needed” to which @YearOfTheVlad responds with “Source?” In response to this, the Blue Jays reply “Literally us, the Blue Jays.”
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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shhhh he’s watching a movie
A view from behind of a black cat laying on a pink blanket with a chocolate covered strawberry pattern. The cat has a stuffed gray mouse laying next to its paw. The cat is in front of a laptop playing The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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shared too soon because it looks like this now lol
The northern lights over an apartment building The northern lights over an apartment building The northern lights over an apartment building The northern lights over an apartment building
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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went outside for a sec
The northern lights visible over an apartment building The northern lights visible over an apartment building The northern lights visible over an apartment building The northern lights visible over an apartment building
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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drips activities
A black cat playing with an orange multi-level ball on a track toy pictured from behind. A black cat with yellow eyes sits in a cardboard box containing brown paper. A black cat with yellow eyes lays with one of his front paws next to a stuffed blue jellyfish. He was playing with the jellyfish prior to this being taken and resumed playing.
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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oh we are a fan of this
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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is it good if the alarm in the building my office and lab are in go off and they tell us to evacuate and then This pulls up
A fire truck with lights flashing
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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:3 🖤🍂
A black cat with yellow eyes looks out a window at a few trees with orange leaves. A black cat with yellow eyes looks out a window at a few trees with orange leaves. A black cat looking out of a window at trees with orange leaves pictured from behind. A black cat looking out of a window at trees with orange leaves pictured from behind.
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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drips first time watching wild at heart
Picture of the back of a black cat’s head. The cat is facing a laptop with David Lynch’s Wild at Heart playing. Laura Dern as Lula is visible on screen.
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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#nw a rewatch
A picture of a laptop screen with the title card of David Lynch’s Wild at Heart.
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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why is this a question we’re asking as if the answer is anything but lmao no
Screenshot from the Academe Today email newsletter for Wednesday 29 October 2025 of the article in The Review | Conversation section titled “Can a Conservative Provost ‘Depoliticize’ UT Austin— and Save Academic Freedom, Too?” There is a picture of UT Austin’s provost under the headline. Under the picture, there is the sentence “William Inboden on Trump’s compact, higher ed’s broken social contract, and red-state reform.”
October 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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new toy discovered: fidget/stress ball I keep on my desk
A black cat with big yellow eyes lays on a pink blanket with a chocolate covered strawberry pattern. His front paw is resting on a multi-colored fidget/stress ball with little “buttons” you can push in and pop out. Immediately prior to this picture being taken he was rolling around playing with the ball.
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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rate my setup (it’s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? btw)
A black cat wearing a light blue collar with dark blue and white fish is curled up on a pink blanket with a pattern consisting of chocolate-covered strawberries. The cat is between Jake’s legs. One of Jake’s legs is visible. Jake and the cat are facing a laptop with What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? playing on it.
October 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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honk mimimimi
A black cat lays on his back curled up in a shrimp-like posture with his eyes closed. His head is back so the viewer is looking down at his chin. He is wearing a light blue collar with dark blue and white fish. The cat’s paws are curled up.
October 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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that’s an off-brand ghost from call of duty costume
The character Ghost from the Call of Duty games
October 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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A black cat with yellow eyes lays on a wood floor next to a beige carpet. The tags on the cat’s collar are visible, but the collar is hidden by fur. A light brown soft toy mouse with a light brown yarn tail lays next to the cat’s front paws. The cat has a round face with big cheeks.
October 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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I’ve had my kitty for 3 months today so here is the day he got home (top) versus today (bottom)
Two pictures of a black cat with yellow eyes. In the top picture, the day the cat was brought home, he is looking at the camera. He is inside a carrier with the top open. His fur is thinner and duller than the bottom picture. In the bottom picture, the same cat sits on a table with mail. He is fluffier than the top picture and is wearing a collar. His face looks fuller.
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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hehehe they have crayons in da therapist/psychiatrist office
A crayon drawing of a gray bridge over water. The sky is pink and purplish with an orange and yellow sun, and the water is grayish-blue with the sun and sky reflected in it.
October 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM