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You have some queer friends Dorothy, she said. The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends, was the answer. L. Frank Baum.

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BluSky left is nearly as crazy as the meta right, y’all are practically the same.
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Near Flesh, short stories, Katherine Dunn. Loved all but one story, I wish she’d written more before her death. An Asian Minor, the true story of Ganymede, a retelling of the greek myth; and The Deformity Lover & other poems, both by Felice Picano. Both decent if somewhat short reads. Books 5, 8 & 9
A photograph of the cover to the hardcover book “Near Flesh” by Katherine Dunn. The title and author’s name in yellow text centered on the cover. In between title and authors name in black “stories” and below author’s name “author of geek love” also in black. The photo in the background is out of focus, a left hand palm facing the reader. Photo of the softcover book “an asian minor” by Felice Picano. Title is displayed at the top on two lines, in white font with black outline. Centered near the bottom is the subtitle “the true story of Gamymede” and authors name below that, both in black outlined font. The background image is a drawing of of an undressed young man with blond hair and caucasian skin, he is seen from above floating in clouds or water, and is holding a chalice of liquid in front of his lap. Cover photo of “the deformity lover, and other poems” by Felice Picano. Title and author’s name in dark green across the center of the cover. The “E” in deformity is backwords. The title is at an angle across the bicept and shoulder of a drawing of a male figure. The figure is shown from just above the eyebrows to below the chest, wearing a white tank top and viewed from the left. The figured is grasping their left bicep, fingers holding the left arm are visible above the title, below the left arm the right arm, heavily veined, and shoulder are visble in shdow. The figures nipple is visibly erect beneath the tank top. Lover left has a prive of $2.95 listed, as well as “the seahorse press” and reverse print logo of a seahorse, in white. Entire cover is monochrome dark green.
October 5, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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Thank you @mark-carney.bsky.social

Prime Minister Mark Carney signs order to rename the USA to “Dingleberry”. ‘We are of the opinion that this is a much more fitting title for the annoying pice of shit dangling from Canada’s asshole.’ #Canada #MarkCarney #trump #usa #maga
Text bubble with map showing Canada and Dingleberry, formerly USA. Text below map reads “Prime Minister Mark Carney signs order to rename the USA to “Dingleberry”. ‘We are of the opinion that this is a much more fitting title for the annoying pice of shit dangling from Canada’s asshole.’”
August 27, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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Male Luna Moth. Measuring approx. 4.5” from antennae to the elongated tails of the wings. Each wing was roughly 3”, and the wingspan would have been roughly 6”. #lunamoth
June 23, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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Misted Alocasia Zebrina stem, illuminated by a cast spectrum of light. #rainbow #spectrum #alocasia
A photo of the stem of an Alocasia Zebrina plant. (So named because of the alternating dark and light band coloring on the long stems of the plant). A long slightly arced stem, which is coloured by colours of light, from top to bottom violet, blue, cyan, green, yellow, orange and red. The stem has been misted with water droplets, and is centred on a dark background.
May 24, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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Expanding the distorted, refracted spectrum of light. (Slowly opening the old glass door through which the light from crystals in the front window was passing).
May 22, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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Toad, Katherine Dunn. Purchased when released but put off reading due to negative reviews claiming that none of the characters are likeable. I really enjoyed it, nearly as much as Geek Love. The story of a struggling, flawed, lonely, awkward woman. Felt a real connection to the main character. Bk6&7
Photograph of the cover for the book “TOAD” by Katherine Dunn. White book cover with bold black title across the top half of the book. Central image is an illustration of a green, spotted caterpillar on fire on a branch. Author’s name boldly in black across the bottom. A blurb “a novel by the author of Geek Love” is to the left of the graphic and below the title. Below that is a review blurb praising the author by Molly Young of the New York Times. Above author’s name and to the right is written “with a forward by Molly Crabapple”. Photo of the cover of “What Dillinger meant to me” by Robert Peters. Beige coloured cover with title left aligned, one word per line. Authors name across the bottom. All text in brown. A drawing of a coin takes up the middle third of the cover, slightly to the right. The coin has “Liberty” written at the top and 1934 at the bottom. In the center of the coin is the profile of a man smoking a cigarette.
May 22, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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Spectrum of colour on baseboard through old glass pane. #rainbow #spectrum #refraction
Photograph of a Spectrum of light reflecting through old glass, onto the baseboard. The old glass distorts the rainbow colours i to squiggly waves similar to aurora borealis, and the curves of the baseboard give it waves. Black background with vibrant colours in an amorphous shape from top to bottom, violet, blue, cyan, green, yellow, orange & red.
May 21, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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Had a visitor for a bit more than a week, it went by far too fast. Our last night with Shadow. (I’m repairing the teeth on the anatomical skull, and she likes to be involved in everything)
Photo of a beautiful black cat with big yellow eyes, looking into the camera. She is laying down amongst brightly coloured blankets, yellow, cyan, blue and red, with an anatomical scull in the lower right.
May 15, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Another slightly shorted Nereid Worm. Found at Duck Pond Beach in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick Canada. Near the end of the video the worm appears to get stuck under a piece of seaweed, and inflates part of its body, under the head, to free itself. #nereidworm #bayoffundy #tidalpool
May 12, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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A 3 inch Nereid worm, also know as bristleworms, swimming at Duck Pond Beach, in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick Canada.
May 12, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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Two by Dr Seuss. The Seven Lady Godivas. An adult oriented book about 7 naturist daughters, seeking horse facts. Fun-ish but lacked the whimsey of Seuss’s more childish works. Horton and the Kwuggerbug. Some stories & minimal art released posthumously. More money-grab than something essential. B3&4.
The cover for “Dr. Seuss’s The Seven Lady Godivas”. Red covered book, with title in white, and Author’s name in black, across the top. A cartoon image dominates the centre. It features a moustached knight in armour, holding his red feathered helmet in his left hand, and a sword held downward behind him, in his right. The knight is standing on a smiling horse which is laid out like a carpet. In the foreground are seven naked women, of various body shapes and hair colours, seen from behind. The central figure having ample buttocks. A thin scroll is stretched across the bottom on which is written “the true facts concerning history’s barest family”. The cover for “Horton and the Kwuggerbug and more lost stories”. Blue covered book featuring a cartoon of a grey elephant, head and shoulders, with big ears, long lashed eyes and a smile. On the elephant’s trunk is perched a small, smiling, big-eyed, yellow bug, standing/jumping on two feet, with arms outstretched. The foreground is green leaves and grass, with “by Dr. Seuss” lower right, in white. There is a small orange, cloud shaped label on the lower left, featuring a similar elephant and text in white reading “100% Faithful for 75 Years!”
April 2, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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Project Lambda - Paul O’M. Welles, ‘79, & Queer Free - Alabama Birdstone, ‘81. Genocide of queer people by the religious right in the US. Lambda is well written but w straightwashed “masc” wealthy gays, Queer Free needed an editor and a rewrite but had more believable, sexual, queer characters. B1&2
Predominantly black book cover, with the title “Project Lambda” centred across the top, written in a font reminiscent of an 80s top secret military font, in Pink over White. The lower 3/4 of the cover displays a white silhouetted image of a prison-like barbed wire enclosure, containing a lone figure with arms clinging to the fence, with arms outspread, resembling the letter X. The figure is sporting a pink Lambda shaped ribbon. Across the lower 1/4 and figure is written “a novel by Paul O’M. Welles”, in pink. Centred along the bottom reads “With an Introduction by Jack Nichols. The book is presented on a brightly coloured background. Predominantly black book cover, with the title “QUEER FREE” in bold white letters, across the top, on two lines. A low resolution greyscale, grainy image of a figure takes up the central area, a chest, arm and waist are visible but obscured, as if they are a poor quality copy of an image, only the hand held out from the figure has some clarity and appears to have a ring on the middle finger. Along the bottom on two lines, in white, is written “A Novel by Alabama Birdstone”.
March 12, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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Another Repair. Things went more smoothly this time, this clay is better suited to sealing cracks than sculpting. Bossons, Legend Products Chalkware. King Henry VIII. #Bossons #Chalkware #LegendProducts #KingHenrryVIII
Photo of a clay head/bust of Henery VIII. The figure has substantial cracking in the top right corner of the head and hat, minor cracks on the left side of the hat and some missing paint on the nose. The figure has a pale puffy face, with creased forehead and blue eyes, severe eyebrow, under-eye bags, crows feet, a bulbous nose, pursed lips, jowled cheeks and a beard. Wearing a kingly white collar affixed with a silver band, over a periwinkle blue vest top and white shirt collar. The figure wears a hat which resembles a carved wooden platter with a puff on top and a fluffy feather on the left. Photo of a clay head/bust of Henery VIII. The figure has been repaired and painted so that the cracks no longer show. The figure has a pale puffy face, with creased forehead and blue eyes, severe eyebrow, under-eye bags, crows feet, a bulbous nose, pursed lips, jowled cheeks and a beard. Wearing a kingly white collar affixed with a silver band, over a periwinkle blue vest top and white shirt collar. The figure wears a hat which resembles a carved wooden platter with a puff on top and a fluffy feather on the left. Photo of a clay head/bust of Henery VIII, viewed from slightly above. The figure has substantial cracking in the top right corner of the head and hat, minor cracks on the left side of the hat and some missing paint on the nose. The figure has a pale puffy face, with creased forehead and blue eyes, severe eyebrow, under-eye bags, crows feet, a bulbous nose, pursed lips, jowled cheeks and a beard. Wearing a kingly white collar affixed with a silver band, over a periwinkle blue vest top and white shirt collar. The figure wears a hat which resembles a carved wooden platter with a puff on top and a fluffy feather on the left. Photo of a clay head/bust of Henery VIII, viewed from slightly above. The figure has been repaired and painted so that the cracks no longer show. The figure has a pale puffy face, with creased forehead and blue eyes, severe eyebrow, under-eye bags, crows feet, a bulbous nose, pursed lips, jowled cheeks and a beard. Wearing a kingly white collar affixed with a silver band, over a periwinkle blue vest top and white shirt collar. The figure wears a hat which resembles a carved wooden platter with a puff on top and a fluffy feather on the left.
January 23, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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Bossons Chalkware, titled “Syrian”. My aunt gifted me 20 of these busts. As a child her wall of heads terrified & excited me.
Many are chipped. Not perfect repair, the air dry clay shrinks considerably but with some wood glue and acrylic paint it will do for displaying them. #Bossons #Chalkware
Photo of the head of a male figure made out of clay. The figure titled “Syrian” is depicted wearing a pale yellow Kufiya or head scarf, under which there is a thin band or red material showing. His face is deeply lined and he has a long greying beard and eyebrows. The top of the head/bust in the left corner of the photo is cracked off, displaying the clay or chalk it is made of. Photo of the repaired head of a male figure made out of clay. The figure titled “Syrian” is depicted wearing a pale yellow Kufiya or head scarf, under which there is a thin band or red material showing. His face is deeply lined and he has a long greying beard and eyebrows. The top of the head/bust in the left corner of the photo has been repaired and repainted, though not perfectly. Photo of the head of a male figure made out of clay, shown in profile. The figure titled “Syrian” is depicted wearing a pale yellow Kufiya or head scarf, under which there is a thin band or red material showing. His face is deeply lined and he has a long greying beard and eyebrows. The top of the head/bust in the left corner of the photo is cracked off, displaying the clay or chalk it is made of. Photo in profile of the repaired head of a male figure made out of clay. The figure titled “Syrian” is depicted wearing a pale yellow Kufiya or head scarf, under which there is a thin band or red material showing. His face is deeply lined and he has a long greying beard and eyebrows. The top of the head/bust in the left corner of the photo has been repaired and repainted, though not perfectly.
January 21, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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Notes from a Marriage, by Gavin Geoffrey Dillard. So-so. Read in less than half an hour. Photos are mediocre, poems meander and had me wanting to be finished with it sooner. Written in 1983 and rereleased for some unknown reason. Thankfully inexpensive. Book 25 and last one for the year.
White hardcover book with title “Notes from a Marriage, poems an photos” written in dark text. A square sepia tone photo, of a smiling young man in a tank top and jeans wearing a hat against a background of brick and a bare tree trunk, is in the middle of the book. The authors name is cantered across the bottom of the book.
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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I’d have defected too. Nothing sounds sadder to me than a conga line at a conservative Christmas part. #michaelma #cpc #lpc #liberalparty #conservativeparty #jamiljivani
A screenshot of an article with text discussing “Conservative MP Jamil Jivani says 'it's frustrating' and 'sad' that Michael Ma went from 'doing the conga line' at the Conservative Christmas party one night to crossing the floor to the Liberals the next.”
December 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Last Summer at Bluefish Cove by Jane Chambers.
A great play.
Close-knit group of lesbian friends are surprised to find that a recently divorced straight woman has rented a cabins in their usual summer vacation spot. Together they face insecurities, jealousy, preconceived notions, & cancer. Book 24
A photo of the cover of the book “Last Summer at Bluefish Cove”. A female couple, seen from behind, standing in a half embrace on a rocky shore. One with shorter neck length hair, wearing a plaid shirt and jeans, the other with long hair, dressed in light coloured wide legged pants and a light shirt. The entire cover is in a reddish-brown/sepia colour pallet. Near the top, in the center, is a sunset-like circle containing the plays title. Above that is the possessive form of authors name “Jane Chambers’”. Centered near the bottom is written “the JH press” and below that “gay play script series”.
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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“Can you Imagine, the Art and Life of Yoko Ono” by Lisa Tolin artwork by Yas Imamura & “Ono-isms” by Yoko Ono edited by Larry Warsh. Can you Imagine was charming, simple & pure with beautiful art. Ono-isms should have been better, there are hundreds of far more interesting Yoko quotes. Books 22 & 23
The cover of “Can You imagine, the art and Life of Yoko Ono”. A beautifully childlike background of colors and scribbled crayon lines, a piece sign and an illustration of Yoko Ono seen from the side with long dark hair, a hint of a smile, and a third of her face in shadow. Book is laying on multi coloured blankets. The cover of Ono-isms. A white book cover with the title and authors names centered, within an indented rectangle, in black ink. Book is laying on a multi coloured patchwork background. A page containing three quotes from Ono-isms. “We are all entertained to death. We don’t have time to unfocus ourselves from the various daily entertainment we surround ourselves with.” “When are we going to lift our eyes and look beyond the screen.” “When you say search for self, you are searching for what you’ve lost because of all the other messages that are coming to you because of the hypnotism you are put under by others in the world. It’s as simple as that.”
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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“Moritz” Bob Herron “Slashed to Ribbons in Defense of Love and other stories” Felice Picano. Queer books from ‘82. Nostalgic for another time. Moritz a light hearted sex comedy about a big dicked country boy moving to NY. Slashed to Ribbons a variety of tales some dark, some emotional. Books 20 & 21
The book cover for “Moritz!” A comic novel by Ben Herron. Bright red book cover,the title Moritz in white letters. A black and white illustration of a sky scraper with a slim male figure climbing it/straddling it King Kong style dominates the cover. The skyscraper representing his large endowment. An airplane circles the tower on top of the skyscraper, towing behind it a sign which reads “a comic novel by Bob Herron”. The book is laid out on a yellow fuzzy blanket. The book cover for “Slashed to Ribbons in defense of love and other stories”. A white cover with a pencil rendering of a curly haired younger man with a mustache, wearing a sweater and resting his elbows above the authors name. “Felice Picano” in black type. Below that is the title of the book in a golden type.
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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The Official Sex Manual by Gerald Sussman nearly broke my brain. I had expected a prim & sterile book written in 1965, not a sex guide for an unknown life form. Part of me thought it was a modern hoax made to look like an older book. It makes sense only when you consider hallucinogenics. Book 19.
Photograph of an older looking hardcover book titled “the official sex manual, a modern approach to the art of coginus”. (Not a typo, the word is coginus). Top right of cover is stamped “the only authorized edition”. A large round logo dominated the cover, it contains a brownish eagle with spread wings which has a crest on its chest which reads “Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense”. In front right of the wing is a figure dressed in a business suit and on the left is a figure in a dress. Around the exterior of the circle are several Latin sounding nonsense words. An aged diagram titled “Plate V the Male Generalia” (again not a typo). The diagram is of a fictitious organ with letters assigned to various parts. The legend at the bottom lists the fictitious names of each part, such as “H. The springus majellum and I. Mishkin’s glands”. An aged diagram titled “Plate VI the female Generalia” (again not a typo). The diagram is of a fictitious organ with letters assigned to various parts. On the left of the diagram is written “the Vesuvious and it’s many-splendored parts”. The legend at the bottom lists the fictitious names of each part, such as “H. The slendina and N. The hyphen”.
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
Halloween 2025 - Superhero Party. DIY costumes.
From SpongeBob SquarePants
#mermaiman #barnacleboy #spongebob
Dressed in Halloween costume as Barnacle Boy. Sailor hat, bulging round eyes and obscenely large nose mask. Red long sleeve sweater, with blue neck kerchief. Blue gloves, shiny black swim trunks and blue flipper shoes. Dressed in Halloween costume as Mermaid Man. White Wig with front curl. Large bulging eyes and purple sea-star mask. Orange long sleeve shirt with purple seashell bra. Purple belt and sequins swimsuit. Green gloves and legging. Pink fluffy slippers. Photo of Barnacle Boy and Mermaid Man animated characters, that inspired the costumes. Wide horizontal shot showing a table covered with all of the individual pieces of the costumes, which I either made or altered.
November 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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The Normal Heart and Destiny of Me - Larry Kramer, Poems for Lost and Un-Lost boys - Michael Lassell. Plays and poetry on gay life in the 80s/AIDS. Loved the Normal Heart, I’ll look up the film. Turns out poetry may not be for me, I was lost and drifted durning most of Lassell’s. Books 16, 17 & 18.
Photograph of the cover of the book “the Normal Heart and the Destiny of me” by Larry Kramer. Black book cover with red and white text and the shape of a heart, on deep red background. Photograph of the book cover for “Poems for Lost and Un-Lost Boys” by Michael Lassell. White book cover with thin blue text and a B&W drawing of a Swan, who has a body made of human like hands that are holding a face.
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Studio Ghibli booth at Umami Kid.
Best meal out I’ve had in a long time. Delicious! #umamikid
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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“Mona of the Manor” was enjoyable, last book in the Tales of the City series. “Misadventures in the (213)” tried so hard to be in the same vein as Tales of the... It suffers from dull humour, bad writing, pomp & racism. Jam packed with a list of celebrity names no one cares/ed about. Books 14 & 15.
September 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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THE WAR INDUSTRY AND THE PEACE INDUSTRY
Yoko Ono at the 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, 30 May 2007. #powertothepeople
September 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM