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A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat

@adozenlizards.bsky.social

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Artist/writer/generally creative person. ADHD, anxiety/depression, neurospicy. Pagan. I Will Not Shut Up About fishkeeping, yurt building, tarot, languages, and general DIY stuff - I'm a cornucopia of hyperfixations. I'm bored. Talk to me.

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A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat @adozenlizards.bsky.social · Feb 18

Like my art? Support me at:
Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=6726890
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/christinaela...
Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/Arilu...
Buy me stuff to make more art with: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Artist and General Oddball

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A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat @adozenlizards.bsky.social · Jul 14

Your unsolicited Welsh word of the day is "colomen, colomennod" - it means "pigeon, pigeons."

Mae cymaint o golomennod ar fy nho!

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · Jul 13

4 U.S. citizen children, with their mother, held in a detention facility for 2 WEEKS. Denied access to lawyers and even communication with family.

Disappeared. Held Incommunicado. No charges have been filed.

Griff "Grza" Sombke @grza.bsky.social · Jul 13

Jesus Christ...

www.bellinghamherald.com/news/politic...

Congresswoman tracks down U.S. citizen children detained at Ferndale facility

The kids and their mother have been held at the facility for nearly two weeks without any contact with legal representation or charges being filed, their lawyer says.

www.bellinghamherald.com

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A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat @adozenlizards.bsky.social · Jul 12

I have a few of these background/productivity apps, but I think between the music and overall style, this one might be my favorite. I just wish it had more to it in terms of locations and customization options - hoping they'll keep putting out updates.

Ithya: Magic Studies on Steam

Ithya: Magic Study is a cozy background app combined with productivity tools. Customize your room and relax with lofi or fantasy playlists in beautiful, hand-drawn environments. Perfect for a focused ...

store.steampowered.com

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you 🌚 @c0mm13ba5tard.bsky.social · Jul 10

@aminus.bsky.social you have to see this

Notorious RBMK @comraderobot.bsky.social · Jul 10

tbh this thing is my president and my god now

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A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat @adozenlizards.bsky.social · Jul 8

RED ALERT - this is my favorite band, ever. I'm broke, but if they've still got those signed LPs by the time I make this month's mortgage, ima nab one...
AI junk is taking over music space... but these are real people, some of the realest and coolest there are, and they need this.

Shearwater @shearwaterband.bsky.social · Jul 8

Friends,

Four years ago, we launched a crowdfunding campaign for a new Shearwater album—and you helped us create, promote & distribute an LP we loved, without the support of a label.

We’re doing that again now, for our nearly-complete new album The New World.

www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-n...

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A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat @adozenlizards.bsky.social · Jul 6

Unpopular opinion: if you hate #AI, absolutely the dumbest thing you can do is go after people who're using it transparently. If people can't use it honestly (whether you agree that it's honest or not), they won't stop using it - they'll just try to pass it off as real.

A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat @adozenlizards.bsky.social · Jul 3

I haven't posted much art recently. I tend to work in "seasons" - I'll do a burst of art, then move on to writing for a while, then whatever else... then circle back to art. Recently, it's been writing. But here's a #WIP I've been slowly working on while "off-season." #art #artsky #coloredpencil

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The RAD Seed @theradseed.blacksky.app · Jul 1

We were warned. Here we are

Derain Collier @deraincollier.blacksky.app · Jun 30

This is actually wild... Keep an eye out for white people creating fake black people whole cloth to force a narrative.

AI Influencers Are TAKING OVER And We Can't Stop It

YouTube video by Ju Almighty

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · Jul 1

if you have a D senator, we still haven’t seen this point of order.

call now—it can be quick!

"senator ___ must call or suppoint the point of order to remove section 71114's anti-trans medicaid ban. democrats must stand together to protect the right to access medical care."

contact info: reps.fyi

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Jun 29

Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, says Democrats will raise a point of order to strip the Medicaid ban on gender-affirming care in OBBB: "this is a private choice for adults. It should belong to them."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jul 1

Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.

Jason Delgado (Florida Capitol reporter for Spectrum News 13) on X: "Quick look at what inside a detainment tent looks like here at Alligator Alcatraz." What is shown in the picture is a long tent structure, about 50 feet wide. There is a corridor running down the middle. On each side are three rows of bunk beds. The bunk beds are sectioned off into cells which are constructed out of chain link fence, with chain link on the ceiling as well, making each cell a literal cage. It looks to me like each cell contains 9 bunk beds, so has capacity for 18 people each.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jul 1

In 2024 alone, immigrants paid approximately $24 billion into Social Security, despite being ineligible to receive benefits. Eliminating this critical source of revenue not only undermines the program’s stability, it brings it closer to collapse.

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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · Jun 25

And #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid Republicans don’t care!

Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · Jun 25

THIS IS WHAT FASCISM LOOKS LIKE:
Disabled Medicaid activists in wheelchairs were just ZIP-TIED and ARRESTED by Capitol Police for protesting inside the Russell Senate Office Building.

Their banner was ripped from their hands. They were fighting for healthcare—and got handcuffs instead.

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · Jun 23

Queens! Midnights! Barracuda! Grouper! Call the doctorfish, we’re up close and in your face! #queenparrotfish #midnightparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #parrotfish #barracuda #blackgrouper #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

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A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat @adozenlizards.bsky.social · Jun 20

A pigeon with a bad foot visited yesterday - wouldn't walk on it - so I'm going to see if I can catch it and check it out.
So far: the pigeons are smarter than I am, and all seem to agree that this is sus.

A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat @adozenlizards.bsky.social · Jun 17

Everybody tells me that I shouldn't move to the tropics, because it's *so hot and humid*, but they don't realize that like... if I don't feel like my fingers are pruning just sitting at my desk... it's not humid enough for me. The weird bugs are just a neat bonus.

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A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat @adozenlizards.bsky.social · Jun 15

Why are matadors so damn hot? Why am I so reproductively devastated by professional bull annoyers?

A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat @adozenlizards.bsky.social · Jun 13

There is a terrible wizard's curse upon me: wherever I live, wherever I move, whatever happens... There will always, always be a neighbor replacing their roof. All day. For all eternity.

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Betsy @aquaiantraveler.bsky.social · Jun 13

open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...

Noem, the FBI & Trump Just Sent a Message to America: the Police State is Not Coming—it’s Here

Senator Alex Padilla asked a question. The regime answered with fists, lies, and a chilling promise: “We’re not going away.”

open.substack.com

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A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat @adozenlizards.bsky.social · Jun 12

I really want a pine cone from Chernobyl.

Long term effects of ionising radiation in the Chernobyl Exclusion zone on DNA integrity and chemical defence systems of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) accident in 1986 resulted in extremely high levels of acute ionising radiation, that killed or damaged Scots…

www.sciencedirect.com

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · Jun 7

Pride was a riot we're running that shit back

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

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A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat @adozenlizards.bsky.social · Jun 2

AI, and the politics, ethics, disputes, discourse around it, is becoming one of my hyperfixations. I lie awake at night thinking about it. I confess that I hope someone comes at me to argue about it - I have thoughts, but if they're wrong, I want to know how so I can let them go.

A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat @adozenlizards.bsky.social · Jun 2

Looks like I lost a follower after the post I did about an organization that's working to make AI more environmentally sustainable.
I might be wrong, but I don't think it's problematic to want to try to look for ways to fix what makes AI bad, instead of just writing it off completely.

A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat @adozenlizards.bsky.social · Jun 1

Welp, now I feel better about all the pens I've gone through... reuniting ink families, one page at a time...

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Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · Jun 1

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A Dozen Lizards in a Trenchcoat @adozenlizards.bsky.social · May 31

I'm tired of seeing so many posts from people screaming about the problems with AI, but seeing nothing but dead air when it comes to finding solutions (short of "AI abstinence" - which appears to be working about as well as it does in high school sex ed). I want to see more of this:

Coalition for Sustainable AI

An international community of stakeholders to advance concrete initiatives for making Artificial Intelligence beneficial to our environmental goals