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candida.bsky.social
She/her 🌈 ally, US immigrant living in the UK , dark comedy/disability rights/music are my passions no TERFS/fascists/DMs!
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i mean, the president's executive order isn't a goddamn law! as far as this doctor is concerned, who cares what the president says!

Possibly the best AAC post of all time: If you or your autistic person use AAC [alternative communication], don't forget to enable descriptions of personal boundaries—because everyone should be able to say "stop" and "F*** off". From Mel Baggs, RIP: ballastexistenz.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/c...

wolf pack

I choose to believe they solved crimes. Photo from my collection - no documented date/info.

Jfc

Goodnight from John Eal on Os Island, hoping the forecast storm will drown out the screams of the eternally drowning phantoms of the SS Leyland. Goodnight from Mel Randall, adding BIG BAGS OF SALT to her shopping list after this evening’s faery incursion. Goodnight from Hookland.

Another Snowdrop mari

Goodnight from the Little Sisters of The Gate, where subprioress Ursula is checking that their half-winged guest is as comfortable as possible. Goodnight from Judy Bent, hoping the curse she placed on the village’s Peeping Tom will lead to full blindness. Goodnight from Hookland.

Need to do 2 more for the full set…

Hope is not prognostication. It is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced, and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons. ~Vaclav Havel

There are probably only three things you need to ever know about Hookland: i) It is always been re-enchantment is resistance ii) You already own it if you need or want it iii) It has always been #FolkloreAgainstFascism

For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard. #MosaicMonday

Goodnight from Chris and Lizzie Bywater, no longer finding any humour in having rented a holiday cottage called ‘The Witch’s Teat’. Goodnight from Sophie Mead, the wounds of the land screaming into her dreams with the sound of a thousand mobbing crows. Goodnight from Hookland.

I didn’t get much sleep last night but saw a lovely glass lamp with a melted effect and wanted to try something at least!

One of those days when posting what I actually think would get me on a watchlist. So, I dunno, have a scribble instead I guess.

Only 4 left! Thank you!

There is something so sweet about the human capacity for enthusiasm. For a few days everyone in LA has been glued to Watch Duty and getting in the weeds of how water drops work. Now there are people out here who honestly have a favorite water plane that they are following closely and rooting for.

I am re-reading Bertrand Russell’s The History of Western Philosophy for . . . ::waves hands:: . . . reasons, and this hits sofaking hard rn re Athens: “It was possible in that age, as in few others, to be both intelligent and happy, and happy through intelligence.” Oooof. 😵‍💫

Here is a thread of California animal welfare orgs who need donations to help deal with the wildfire crisis (but they VERY DESPERATELY need adopters and foster homes too if you live close enough to help in that way): 1. Los Angeles County Animal Care: ambvzmmw.donorsupport.co/page/FUNAFLE...

Different take on an ice/ frost Mari tonight

Gravestone rubbing stickers have landed! 💀 www.etsy.com/your/shops/m...

LA restaurants offering free meals to fire evacuees: Yeastie Boys (Multiple locations) Bar Etoile (East Hollywood) Fiorelli Pizza (Venice) Bé Ù (Silver Lake) Danny Boy's (Downtown + Westwood) Oy Bar (Studio City) Sunday Gravy (Inglewood) Dudley Market (Venice) LaSorted's (Silver Lake)

*Insert honking sounds here*

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

hi

So I’ve just found three of my 2025 calendars hiding in the bottom of a box. Grab one quickly here: dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/1050...

Not sure what this is as just doodled my after work nervous energy out.

I see people musing that the vibe here has changed, and I would urge people to remember that there's a lot of anxiety about the change of administration in two weeks and that's going to leak into a lot of other places in one's life. Be as gracious as you can with yourself and others.

Please help me! I’m on X because that’s where my paintings sell. I shift about 95% of my work there. If I could just get my followers up to the same level here, it would release me from the swamp. I live in the middle of nowhere so I rely on social media to share & show my work.

This one, I think, for a Sunday early evening (here) it's another cover I did for @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social , and it has a prominent cat, which is always a good thing. Hope you are all safe and happy.

setting out on a new adventure

Vaccines are amazing. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Don't scroll if you like cute spiders! ❤️ Oreo had some hand time today - as always, he was a delight 😁 #jumpingspider

I’ve updated my depiction of Asiatyrannus xui for the first #FossilFriday of 2025. Pencil drawing with digital colour. #SciArt

It’s the first #FridayReads of 2025! Let’s make it a great one. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Show us those books! This thing is packed to the gills (😉) with grief, anger, friendship, love, vengeance, dark magic, and monsters. Enjoy! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

WOW. Y'all really cancelled a queer black robot just because she was actually eleven white people and an Asian guy wearing an insidious ai trenchcoat. God forbid not-women do anything.

beetle knight

Jfc

My largest print sale to date is on now with 40% off all my mini prints, and as a little extra 10% off all stickers (plus a little extra gift with EVERY sale). Shop the sale here samanthamash.etsy.com Help me get rid of stock before I move (don’t make me take all this with)! Sharing is appreciated!

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

reminder to everyone but mostly me: you are allowed to just take the fuckin' day today. you don't HAVE to catch up on laundry or start your resolutions or put away the holidays. you can just rest. you are allowed to just be, sometimes.

starting the year with one of my fav lines from Chandrashekhar Azad "what we are to face has been faced a thousand times and it has been defeated a thousand times before, we are merely those called to now carry on a tradition."

I am begging people not to share photos of the dead in New Orleans on social media. Just stop. It's disgusting.

So hey, let’s start off 2025 maybe making somebody’s life better in a small tangible way. What is a small practical thing—object, lifehack, whatever—that solved a small annoyance for you? For me, did you know you can buy clips with elastic specifically to hold the corner of your fitted sheet on?