Mary Layton
@maryherself.bsky.social
Artist & author. Mairi Fairelander or Mairi Burleigh in Second Life. Owner/MD/DJ @ BMARadio.com. SFF geek girl. Bass player. Imperfect ally but trying. She/her. (Oh, and generative AI is shite. If you're a GenAI fanboy/girl, just scroll on by)
THIS, THIS, THISITY-THIS!!!!!
Please I Beg of You Do Not Use "AI" In Your Business Communications whatever.scalzi.com/2026/06/11/p...
Please I Beg of You Do Not Use "AI" In Your Business Communications whatever.scalzi.com/2026/06/11/p...
Please I Beg of You Do Not Use “AI” In Your Business Communications
The other morning I was clearing out the multiple daily emails I get from scammers who have used “AI” to praise one of my books in order to get me to use their “marketing” s…
whatever.scalzi.com
June 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
THIS, THIS, THISITY-THIS!!!!!
Please I Beg of You Do Not Use "AI" In Your Business Communications whatever.scalzi.com/2026/06/11/p...
Please I Beg of You Do Not Use "AI" In Your Business Communications whatever.scalzi.com/2026/06/11/p...
I just updated my web site with an artist's statement on GenAI, because, FFS. There has been way too much AI fuckery going on lately. marylayton.net/about
About — Blue Moon Atelier
marylayton.net
May 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I just updated my web site with an artist's statement on GenAI, because, FFS. There has been way too much AI fuckery going on lately. marylayton.net/about
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Our May Promo Round is here, and we are proud to promote @maryherself.bsky.social 💖
Ashbourne & Burleigh Couturier present an Edwardian, Art-Nouveau-ish jewellery set, handcrafted using Blender. Unrigged and resizable for most any avatar.
👉 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/S...
#secondlife
Ashbourne & Burleigh Couturier present an Edwardian, Art-Nouveau-ish jewellery set, handcrafted using Blender. Unrigged and resizable for most any avatar.
👉 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/S...
#secondlife
May 10, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Our May Promo Round is here, and we are proud to promote @maryherself.bsky.social 💖
Ashbourne & Burleigh Couturier present an Edwardian, Art-Nouveau-ish jewellery set, handcrafted using Blender. Unrigged and resizable for most any avatar.
👉 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/S...
#secondlife
Ashbourne & Burleigh Couturier present an Edwardian, Art-Nouveau-ish jewellery set, handcrafted using Blender. Unrigged and resizable for most any avatar.
👉 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/S...
#secondlife
Today is Trans Day of Visibility, and I want my Trans friends/fam to know I see you, I love you, and you belong! 🏳️⚧️🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
March 31, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Today is Trans Day of Visibility, and I want my Trans friends/fam to know I see you, I love you, and you belong! 🏳️⚧️🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
“Don’t vote for Kamala!”, they said. “She’ll get us into an unnecessary war!”, they said. 🙄
February 28, 2026 at 6:13 PM
“Don’t vote for Kamala!”, they said. “She’ll get us into an unnecessary war!”, they said. 🙄
Artists, quote with something silly!
February 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Artists, quote with something silly!
That’s a lotta snow!
February 1, 2026 at 8:43 PM
That’s a lotta snow!
I've entered my "Rhiannon" artwork into Threadless's Year of The Horse challenge, if anyone is inclined to rate it!
Rhiannon by Mary Layton www.threadless.com/designs/rhia...
Rhiannon by Mary Layton www.threadless.com/designs/rhia...
Rhiannon by Mary Layton on Threadless
The Welsh Goddess Rhiannon by mythic artist Mary Layton.
www.threadless.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I've entered my "Rhiannon" artwork into Threadless's Year of The Horse challenge, if anyone is inclined to rate it!
Rhiannon by Mary Layton www.threadless.com/designs/rhia...
Rhiannon by Mary Layton www.threadless.com/designs/rhia...
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ICE murdered a woman in Minneapolis
“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times,” Heller said. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Live updates: Officials confirm ICE-involved shooting in south Minneapolis
Witnesses reported a person was shot in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, amid a large presence of federal law enforcement officers. It was not immediately clear who may have been shot, or who m...
www.mprnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
ICE murdered a woman in Minneapolis
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Long shot, but does anyone in Switzerland have an emergency Theremin to loan tomorrow night ( Friday 12 December )?
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Long shot, but does anyone in Switzerland have an emergency Theremin to loan tomorrow night ( Friday 12 December )?
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
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CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
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The world would be such a better place if we had more people like Jane in it. Rest in peace to an absolute legend.
This one hurts. She will be missed.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Go...
This one hurts. She will be missed.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Go...
Jane Goodall - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The world would be such a better place if we had more people like Jane in it. Rest in peace to an absolute legend.
This one hurts. She will be missed.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Go...
This one hurts. She will be missed.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Go...
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Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
September 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
Well, fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuckity, fuck.
RIP democracy. It was a good run, ruined by the greed of a minority, abetted by the hatred, racism, and misogyny of a 3rd, allowed by the complacency of just enough to have made a difference.
RIP democracy. It was a good run, ruined by the greed of a minority, abetted by the hatred, racism, and misogyny of a 3rd, allowed by the complacency of just enough to have made a difference.
July 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Well, fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuckity, fuck.
RIP democracy. It was a good run, ruined by the greed of a minority, abetted by the hatred, racism, and misogyny of a 3rd, allowed by the complacency of just enough to have made a difference.
RIP democracy. It was a good run, ruined by the greed of a minority, abetted by the hatred, racism, and misogyny of a 3rd, allowed by the complacency of just enough to have made a difference.
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Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it?
You’re kidding.
You’re kidding.
June 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it?
You’re kidding.
You’re kidding.
The Trevor Project's hotline is still live. But recent fuckery by the T r u m p admin. means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY!
So spread this around.
They can be texted. They can be called.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY!
So spread this around.
They can be texted. They can be called.
June 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Trevor Project's hotline is still live. But recent fuckery by the T r u m p admin. means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY!
So spread this around.
They can be texted. They can be called.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY!
So spread this around.
They can be texted. They can be called.
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This is terrifying, so please read this as cope: The Wilshire Federal Building is 15 *miles* from the protests in downtown Los Angeles. It is a half-hour drive. You could fit an entire Manhattan, the long way, between them.
(Reuters) - U.S. Marines have moved into Los Angeles and will take over protecting the Wilshire federal building in the coming hours, the head of the military's efforts in the city said on Friday.
June 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is terrifying, so please read this as cope: The Wilshire Federal Building is 15 *miles* from the protests in downtown Los Angeles. It is a half-hour drive. You could fit an entire Manhattan, the long way, between them.
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Cops shooting a woman at point-blank range for trying to get to her apartment
Very protect. Much serve.
Cops are great
Very protect. Much serve.
Cops are great
June 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Cops shooting a woman at point-blank range for trying to get to her apartment
Very protect. Much serve.
Cops are great
Very protect. Much serve.
Cops are great
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On Election Day 2024, I watched "V For Vendetta". At the time, I thought I was watching it as something we were about to make sure never happened. I was wrong. When I woke up the next day, I was stunned to find that we had not averted authoritarianism after all. 1/8
June 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
On Election Day 2024, I watched "V For Vendetta". At the time, I thought I was watching it as something we were about to make sure never happened. I was wrong. When I woke up the next day, I was stunned to find that we had not averted authoritarianism after all. 1/8
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Footage from the LA protests, where law enforcement intentionally shoot a reporter with a rubber bullet.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjg7MF8X/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjg7MF8X/
TikTok video by @
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June 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Footage from the LA protests, where law enforcement intentionally shoot a reporter with a rubber bullet.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjg7MF8X/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjg7MF8X/
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Free speech. The right to peaceably assemble. The right to tell Nazis to fuck all the way off. Use them or lose them.
June 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Free speech. The right to peaceably assemble. The right to tell Nazis to fuck all the way off. Use them or lose them.
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If you want to show solidarity with Los Angeles, the best thing to do is organize protests against ICE tonight/tomorrow in your own cities.
Search the web for ICE rapid response networks in your own city / state and sign up. Help your neighbors.
Search the web for ICE rapid response networks in your own city / state and sign up. Help your neighbors.
June 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
If you want to show solidarity with Los Angeles, the best thing to do is organize protests against ICE tonight/tomorrow in your own cities.
Search the web for ICE rapid response networks in your own city / state and sign up. Help your neighbors.
Search the web for ICE rapid response networks in your own city / state and sign up. Help your neighbors.
This is very well said, and applies to visual art as well. 👏
If you use AI to pump out a book, that is not writing. You wrote nothing. You stole from other authors and used a tool made by maniacs. People will know. You've taken away rather than given something. Also...
May 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is very well said, and applies to visual art as well. 👏