Thomas Stribling
@thomasstribling.bsky.social
Godless - Queer - Jesus Freak. That should give you a clue that I've had a wide range of experiences (and that I don't take life too seriously). The complete bio can be found here: https://a.co/d/5clIi6w
Before my children’s book, Ocean & Sky, there was André the Merman. André the Merman is my children’s book adaptation of André’s award-winning short film, Merman. It teaches kids how to gain confidence, even when they feel different than others – the true life story of André. Pick up both: comments
July 24, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Before my children’s book, Ocean & Sky, there was André the Merman. André the Merman is my children’s book adaptation of André’s award-winning short film, Merman. It teaches kids how to gain confidence, even when they feel different than others – the true life story of André. Pick up both: comments
The not-so-secret secret of my new kid’s book, OCEAN & SKY: I'm Sky. My husband André is Ocean. The book's dedicated to our wedding. Who is your Ocean? Who is your Sky? Book link: a.co/d/0biO5VSg
July 21, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The not-so-secret secret of my new kid’s book, OCEAN & SKY: I'm Sky. My husband André is Ocean. The book's dedicated to our wedding. Who is your Ocean? Who is your Sky? Book link: a.co/d/0biO5VSg
Early reactions to OCEAN & SKY are coming in: “It’s one of our bedtime favorites now.” “…delightful, lightful, simple and encouraging.” If you've liked it: an Amazon review is the kindest thing you can do for a small indie author. Two minutes, genuinely changes everything. a.co/d/0bY8Bjft
July 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Early reactions to OCEAN & SKY are coming in: “It’s one of our bedtime favorites now.” “…delightful, lightful, simple and encouraging.” If you've liked it: an Amazon review is the kindest thing you can do for a small indie author. Two minutes, genuinely changes everything. a.co/d/0bY8Bjft
PSA for gift-givers: birthday? new baby? small chaotic neighbor to impress? 🎁 My new book, OCEAN & SKY teaches kids that difference isn't scary — and that opposites can come together. Too many jokes to be preachy. Grown-ups get the lesson for free. 🌊☁️ a.co/d/095AAzxl
July 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
PSA for gift-givers: birthday? new baby? small chaotic neighbor to impress? 🎁 My new book, OCEAN & SKY teaches kids that difference isn't scary — and that opposites can come together. Too many jokes to be preachy. Grown-ups get the lesson for free. 🌊☁️ a.co/d/095AAzxl
Using AI, I illustrated every page of my new kid’s book, OCEAN & SKY myself. 🎨 Imagine ME of all people creating two enormous, musclebound, hypermasculine figures. ;) Check out how two opposites discover they actually need each other. 🌊☁️
a.co/d/0biO5VSg
a.co/d/0biO5VSg
July 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Using AI, I illustrated every page of my new kid’s book, OCEAN & SKY myself. 🎨 Imagine ME of all people creating two enormous, musclebound, hypermasculine figures. ;) Check out how two opposites discover they actually need each other. 🌊☁️
a.co/d/0biO5VSg
a.co/d/0biO5VSg
Most of you don't have a four-year-old on your lap. Buy my new kid’s book OCEAN & SKY anyway. It’s a 10-minute inspirational read for kids AND adults that refuses to take itself too seriously. It's me. Of course it refuses. 🌊☁️
July 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Most of you don't have a four-year-old on your lap. Buy my new kid’s book OCEAN & SKY anyway. It’s a 10-minute inspirational read for kids AND adults that refuses to take itself too seriously. It's me. Of course it refuses. 🌊☁️
My new kid’s book, OCEAN & SKY is live on Amazon today. 🌊☁️
Ocean and Sky (modeled after a real-life couple you might know!) are sure they have nothing in common. They're wrong. A fable for kids – and the adults reading aloud.
Link: a.co/d/0biO5VSg
Ocean and Sky (modeled after a real-life couple you might know!) are sure they have nothing in common. They're wrong. A fable for kids – and the adults reading aloud.
Link: a.co/d/0biO5VSg
July 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM
My new kid’s book, OCEAN & SKY is live on Amazon today. 🌊☁️
Ocean and Sky (modeled after a real-life couple you might know!) are sure they have nothing in common. They're wrong. A fable for kids – and the adults reading aloud.
Link: a.co/d/0biO5VSg
Ocean and Sky (modeled after a real-life couple you might know!) are sure they have nothing in common. They're wrong. A fable for kids – and the adults reading aloud.
Link: a.co/d/0biO5VSg
Just one day! 🌊☁️ My children's book OCEAN & SKY hits Amazon July 1 — a fable "for children and those who act like them." Mythology, a little science, several bad jokes, and six life lessons hiding underneath. More soon.
June 30, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Just one day! 🌊☁️ My children's book OCEAN & SKY hits Amazon July 1 — a fable "for children and those who act like them." Mythology, a little science, several bad jokes, and six life lessons hiding underneath. More soon.
I survived the AIDS epidemic. Too many of my brothers didn't.
Forty-five years ago this month, the first cases were reported. I'm still here—and I fight for the ones who aren't.
Here's my 3-minute story: vimeo.com/1204363930
Forty-five years ago this month, the first cases were reported. I'm still here—and I fight for the ones who aren't.
Here's my 3-minute story: vimeo.com/1204363930
June 25, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I survived the AIDS epidemic. Too many of my brothers didn't.
Forty-five years ago this month, the first cases were reported. I'm still here—and I fight for the ones who aren't.
Here's my 3-minute story: vimeo.com/1204363930
Forty-five years ago this month, the first cases were reported. I'm still here—and I fight for the ones who aren't.
Here's my 3-minute story: vimeo.com/1204363930
SCANDAL! 😲 My friends discovered incriminating photos of me from a 1989-ish Wisconsin canoe trip. I will NOT pay their ransom. I own that I've been "adorkable" my entire life. I can now finally grow a beard, so there's that.
June 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
SCANDAL! 😲 My friends discovered incriminating photos of me from a 1989-ish Wisconsin canoe trip. I will NOT pay their ransom. I own that I've been "adorkable" my entire life. I can now finally grow a beard, so there's that.
On the (high!) heels of their big win, Honey Davenport — your reigning International Mr. Leather — came home, hit the Uninhibited Burlesque stage, and opened that leather dress like the final look at Paris Fashion Week. Circular silhouette. Full drama. Zero survivors.
June 3, 2026 at 6:25 PM
On the (high!) heels of their big win, Honey Davenport — your reigning International Mr. Leather — came home, hit the Uninhibited Burlesque stage, and opened that leather dress like the final look at Paris Fashion Week. Circular silhouette. Full drama. Zero survivors.
Yaaay! For two years in a row, Palm Springs wins the International Mr. Leather contest, held in Chicago. Congrats to our friend, Honey Davenport.
May 25, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Yaaay! For two years in a row, Palm Springs wins the International Mr. Leather contest, held in Chicago. Congrats to our friend, Honey Davenport.
Photography with my husband’s new camera in the Mojave Desert. First in the bohemian art enclave of Nipton and then at an abandoned mining operation nearby. Seeing beauty and creativity in materials abandoned or reimagined—a metaphor for our personal lives.
May 23, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Photography with my husband’s new camera in the Mojave Desert. First in the bohemian art enclave of Nipton and then at an abandoned mining operation nearby. Seeing beauty and creativity in materials abandoned or reimagined—a metaphor for our personal lives.
Sunrise photo shoot at the Salton Sea (California)—quiet, vast, and a little broken, yet breathtaking all the same. It reminded me how easy it is to overlook what doesn’t fit our idea of “perfect.” If we don’t look closely—with our hearts engaged—we don’t just miss it… we miss each other.
May 23, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Sunrise photo shoot at the Salton Sea (California)—quiet, vast, and a little broken, yet breathtaking all the same. It reminded me how easy it is to overlook what doesn’t fit our idea of “perfect.” If we don’t look closely—with our hearts engaged—we don’t just miss it… we miss each other.
In 1984, avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson released the mesmerizing "Sharkey's Day" — a video so creatively charged that as a video writer and producer, I would play it on loop if I was experiencing writer’s block. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtuj...
Laurie Anderson - Sharkey's Day (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Nonesuch Records
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May 23, 2026 at 7:04 AM
In 1984, avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson released the mesmerizing "Sharkey's Day" — a video so creatively charged that as a video writer and producer, I would play it on loop if I was experiencing writer’s block. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtuj...
Trying to up my game at the gym. Something appears to be happening.
May 9, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Trying to up my game at the gym. Something appears to be happening.
BREAKING NEWS! In a cunning move, Iran has renamed the Strait of Hormuz the GAY OF HORMUZ, knowing that the current US administration would reject its importance or defend it.
#Joke #DefendPride #GayRights
#Joke #DefendPride #GayRights
May 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
BREAKING NEWS! In a cunning move, Iran has renamed the Strait of Hormuz the GAY OF HORMUZ, knowing that the current US administration would reject its importance or defend it.
#Joke #DefendPride #GayRights
#Joke #DefendPride #GayRights
Biking to promote CV Link — a new 40-mile, paved, multi-use pathway running through greater Palm Springs. Fashion by Greater Palm Springs (GPS) Chamber of Commerce.
May 9, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Biking to promote CV Link — a new 40-mile, paved, multi-use pathway running through greater Palm Springs. Fashion by Greater Palm Springs (GPS) Chamber of Commerce.
WHO SHOULD I VOTE FOR? For those in the Palm Springs area, ask me for a sample primary ballot of recommended candidates — based solely on which received the most backing from liberal and progressive Democratic organizations. Watch for your mail-in ballot this week — the primary is June 2.
May 9, 2026 at 2:39 AM
WHO SHOULD I VOTE FOR? For those in the Palm Springs area, ask me for a sample primary ballot of recommended candidates — based solely on which received the most backing from liberal and progressive Democratic organizations. Watch for your mail-in ballot this week — the primary is June 2.
In the tradition of "Queer Eye," we must assist people in avoiding a fashion faux pas. Let's focus our stylish sensibilities on frumpy ICE agents, since we see them in public sooooo often now. Alexandra Petri to the rescue! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
ICE Agent or Just Some Person?
There’s a dress code to help you make that determination.
www.theatlantic.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
In the tradition of "Queer Eye," we must assist people in avoiding a fashion faux pas. Let's focus our stylish sensibilities on frumpy ICE agents, since we see them in public sooooo often now. Alexandra Petri to the rescue! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
My parents always hoped it was just a phase.
June 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
My parents always hoped it was just a phase.
No Kings! Marilyn Monroe moons mad monarchist. #democracy
June 19, 2025 at 5:18 AM
No Kings! Marilyn Monroe moons mad monarchist. #democracy
There’s a salacious metaphor about me in there somewhere.
June 19, 2025 at 5:14 AM
There’s a salacious metaphor about me in there somewhere.
Brain Teaser: I just won a costume contest at a sing-a-long Mary Poppins movie showing. This was my costume design. Can you figure out how the graphic relates to the movie? (Read as two columns up to down). If you have the correct answer, I'll let you hold the Mary Poppins umbrella I won. ☂️🙂
February 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Brain Teaser: I just won a costume contest at a sing-a-long Mary Poppins movie showing. This was my costume design. Can you figure out how the graphic relates to the movie? (Read as two columns up to down). If you have the correct answer, I'll let you hold the Mary Poppins umbrella I won. ☂️🙂
Joining others across the country on this Presidents Day to protest the un-democratic actions of our current President. Don’t give up hope!
February 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Joining others across the country on this Presidents Day to protest the un-democratic actions of our current President. Don’t give up hope!