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Jen Toal aka vettha
@vettha.bsky.social
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Artist. Mermaid. Laser Maven. Teacher. Faerie Godmother. Activities of Daily Living Olympian.

I don’t know if I’ll go down in community memory as an ally, but I continue to do the work to the best of my understanding and abilities.
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drharmony.net
Amazing ad, chef's kiss no notes
May 22, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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mandateofheaven.bsky.social
I can't stop thinking about this video since I saw it last night
May 7, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
Iran, please wait in line until your number is called.
March 15, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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onionbug.bsky.social
If brown sweatshirt kid was my child, I'd buy him a PS5.
February 13, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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thadrasheridan.bsky.social
Nothing has changed in Minnesota. This is what it's like to live here. medium.com/@thadrasheri...
It’s not a Resistance, It’s a Paradigm Shift: Minnesota’s Fight for its Soul
Regina is punk rock to the core. We used to work together at a restaurant in South Minneapolis. She was a prep cook, I was a waitress…
medium.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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mbkplus.bsky.social
The joker saying YOU WOULDN'T HIT A GUY WITH META RAY-BAN CREEP GLASSES, WOULD YOU? A kid in a brown sweatshirt reading back to throw a heavy right hand
February 14, 2026 at 1:08 PM
vettha.bsky.social
Frieren Challenge accepted. #DrawingWithJentle
Screenshot of the artist’s take on Frieren with her head tilted up. Reference shows the original drawing by SpaceDev1 and several other artists’ versions.
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
vettha.bsky.social
Marginalia the mermaid drawing time lapse: www.patreon.com/posts/142279...
Marginalia time lapse | Jen Toal
Get more from Jen Toal on Patreon
www.patreon.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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museum.of.emilyk.art
I've been thinking about Matt Furie a lot during this period of political frog realignment, so I made this comic dedicated to him.
Color comic with multiple panels. Pepe the Frog, a lanky frog with a stoner expression on his face - but somewhat sad - walks away from a burning pile of 4chan logos and "Kek"s. He sees some commotion and perks up. In the next panel, he's shocked at the sight of dancing frogs, a la the Portland Frog inflatable costume protesters. One frog notices him, and reaches for his hand. The final panel shows the frog leading Pepe by the hand to the other dancing protesting frogs. The frog says "Frogs together strong," and Pepe says "feels good, man."
October 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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gwenjodyauthor.bsky.social
Some attention on the talented artist Jen Toal, who created my wonderful avatar. It was great working with Jen, and I got a unique headshot that preserves some online anonymity. All her art is human-made. Highly recommend Jen for a professional avatar created by a real person. @vettha.bsky.social
Digital art avatar of Gwen Jody author - her hair back in ponytail, wearing glasses
October 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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contrariannews.org
Who are the private donors funding the disgusting demolition of the East Wing of the people's house for Trump's $250M gilded ballroom?
October 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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chronicillness.bsky.social
guy sobbing - you saved my life. i don't know what I would've done without you. neck pillow - buddy, i'm literally just a neck pillow.
August 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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eleanor.lockhart.contact
since everyone's doing this and I have an AI art API subscription that I don't really use, here's Google Imagen 4's take on the Presidents of the recent past
August 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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charlesgaba.com
Holy shit.
The gamine is a popular archetype of a slim, often boyish, elegant young woman who is described as mischievous or teasing, popularized in film and fashion from the turn of the 20th century through to the 1950s.
July 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
vettha.bsky.social
I’m making my first comic. It feels like I’ve been heading here the whole time.

I started it in a class on processing climate grief and anxiety with comics and I even already had a poem ready for this.
July 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
vettha.bsky.social
New shirt!
image of a 3/4 sleeve shirt. the body of the shirt is black and the sleeves and shoulder caps are grey. white text on the shirt reads, “Was the fall of Rome this embarrassing?” a blue doodle shape hovers over the shirt and holds the website: vettha.threadless.com handwritten text floats around the shirt reading variously, “WTF?” “UGH,” “THIS SUCKS,” and “available on many shirt styles”
May 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
vettha.bsky.social
omg LOL... I'm still in the process of adding styles, but omg! if there was ever a shirt to get in orange, right??
Screenshot of a page from Jen Toal's Artist Shop page; vettha.threadless.com An orange tshirt with black lettering is displayed. It has large black numbers: 8647 Since 47 is orange, well... but there are also other color options. No one has to go for the full joke, if they don't like wearing orange.
March 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
vettha.bsky.social
I got to talk about Mothership HackerMoms AND slip in a quote from one of my all-time favorite authors, Sheri S Tepper. Very exciting. Much squee. <3
(I do think I sound nervous, but whatever.)

kpfa.org/episode/wome...
One handlebar from my mobility aid is visible poking in from the bottom of the frame. The scene is a dapple-shaded sidewalk and the KPFA entry and sign on the building. POV you’re me on the radio with your friend. I’ve got a table full of sound equipment in front of me and my iPad open to drawing a bunny-capybara friendship cuddle next to controls for my mic. Vylma V is rocking purple to my left, reading important notices to the people.
March 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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alexhammy209.bsky.social
It's true. And obviously, it would have to be bipartisan.
March 4, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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audmonstr.bsky.social
It's always okay to say, "Hey, I was wrong, and I've changed my mind. I learned a bunch of stuff and my opinion on this has changed."

www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’
Researchers believe personal stories are more persuasive than facts alone in addressing vaccine skepticism
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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wruvfm.bsky.social
🎶 Amphibians with an attitude
Bufos that were in the mood
Don't just float there, let's hop to it
presentcorrect.bsky.social Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · Feb 28
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it. FROGUE.

imgur.com/a/r5cckKJ

1-linda-lester.pixels.com/art

Happy Friday!
A curvaceous frog hangs seductively amongst some greenery, FROGUE is written in the same style as VOGUE magazine
February 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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liftforever67.bsky.social
“Sleep is my lover now, my forgetting, my opiate, my oblivion.”

#Caturday
#CatsLover #CatsOfTwitter
February 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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audmonstr.bsky.social
I have had this conversation at work at least twice this week. There are lots of things to have major wobblies about, and Adobe Illustrator (in general) is not one of them.
mxfee.bsky.social Mx. Fee @mxfee.bsky.social · Feb 20
Adding alt text because this is super important
February 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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alexhammy209.bsky.social
How tf are they going to miss the opportunity to give her the Morning Joy slot.
athenasrx.bsky.social Athena Z @athenasrx.bsky.social · Feb 24
Write postcards, emails and do phone calls. Make them hear us! Joy has some loyal fans:
CALL: 212) 664-6605

WRITE: MSNBC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, N.Y. 10112

email:
[email protected]

OR

[email protected]
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#FightBack
athenasrx.bsky.social Athena Z @athenasrx.bsky.social · Feb 23
This Black woman is a brilliant journalist, and a fearless outspoken critic of the MAGA cult. I will miss her and hope to see her in a new role on some network. 💙🇺🇸 JOY REID
@joy.msnbc.com
@joyannreid.bsky.social

#DemVoice1
#FightBack
#ProudBlue
February 24, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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jen1701d.bsky.social
From What Happens on the Holodeck, Stays on the Holodeck: A great day to revisit Wil Wheaton's excellent takedown of Elon Musk from 2022; I can not fathom the emptiness, the insecurity, the insatiable need for attention and validation, the staggering arrogance, the malevolence and total void of human experience that is Elon Musk. He's the richest man on the planet. You can't go anywhere or do anything without interacting with something he's part of in some way. There are literal millions of people who uncritically worship him, in spite of overwhelming evidence that he's a douchebag. Some number of them will come after me, as they come after anyone who points at their naked emperor. They'll spend entire days going after me and people like me, slavishly serving a man who does not even know they exist. They are his army of fools, uncritically serving his every whim. And it still isn't enough. He can have any material thing he wants, and he will never be happy or satisfied. He has no real friends. Every single person around him is either a viper, a parasite, or both. So what does he do? He bullies and threatens and harasses and trolls and behaves like the weak, scared, insecure child he has always been. That's a tragedy for him, but it's dangerous for us. He doesn't care what he destroys or who he hurts as he chases this existential thing he can not ever have. You know the saying "hurt people hurt people"? He's a hurt person who is hurting our society, making people I care about less safe. The consequences of this one man's midlife crisis are global, and that terrifies me. Split image: Top is a picture of Wil Wheaton. Bottom is a picture from CPAC.
February 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM