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Chris Bouchard • they/them
Software Developer and Budgie Concierge
https://sr.ht/~chrisbouchard
https://github.com/chrisbouchard
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mishroomarts.bsky.social
at my local gym 🤔
January 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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itsukushimu.bsky.social
We are all living in this mood...
December 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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catherineredford.bsky.social
‘Obituary’, from my forthcoming poetry collection ‘The Way the Water Held Me’. Sharing for National Grief Awareness Week (2-8 December) and sending solidarity to anyone experiencing grief, no matter how long ago you were bereaved x #bereavement #griefawarenessweek @theemmapress.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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lordaslan.bsky.social
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A tweet with the caption "Atoms are binary. They are either intended to be hydrogen or helium. We can't just scrap this Worldview just because of a handful of exceptions"
December 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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annihowls.bsky.social
Whenever my bird sheds a clump of fluffy white down we fuss over him and exclaim “oh noooo, your butt stuffing! We’ll have to take you to the Build a Bear shop to get re-stuffed!”

He does not understand any of this
Dominic the grey cockatiel stands tall and proud like a grey bowling pin
December 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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riseupcomus.bsky.social
Mom, can we stop for Smaug?
We have Smaug at home!
Smaug at home:
The card from the Middle-earth "Wizards" collectible card game titled Smaug at Home
December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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secondlina.com
Annette is just like me fr.
Comic Part 1/4 - a group of witches is huddled around a teacher showing them how to collect mandrake. The teacher pulls one out, explaining that mandrakes scream and cry when you pull them for their comfortable soil bed, causing a student called Annette to react by saying "it's just like me for real." The teacher then tells Annette to stop relating to potion ingredients. Comic Part 2/4 - a group of witches is huddled around a teacher showing them how to collect mandrake. The teacher pulls one out, explaining that mandrakes scream and cry when you pull them for their comfortable soil bed, causing a student called Annette to react by saying "it's just like me for real." The teacher then tells Annette to stop relating to potion ingredients. Comic Part 3/4 - a group of witches is huddled around a teacher showing them how to collect mandrake. The teacher pulls one out, explaining that mandrakes scream and cry when you pull them for their comfortable soil bed, causing a student called Annette to react by saying "it's just like me for real." The teacher then tells Annette to stop relating to potion ingredients. Comic Part 4/4 - a group of witches is huddled around a teacher showing them how to collect mandrake. The teacher pulls one out, explaining that mandrakes scream and cry when you pull them for their comfortable soil bed, causing a student called Annette to react by saying "it's just like me for real." The teacher then tells Annette to stop relating to potion ingredients.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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ednewtonrex.bsky.social
Billboard got access to Suno’s investment pitch deck.

It revealed that Suno has spent $32 million on compute, and $2,000 on training data.

Let that sink in.

www.billboard.com/pro/suno-cre...
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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modmad.bsky.social
THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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astrokatie.com
“One of the attorneys said part of the operational plan involves undercover ICE and FBI agents attending and documenting church security plans.”
dianamonkey.bsky.social Erin Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 20d
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
YouTube video by Hank Green
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November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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theonion.com
Report: Oyster Cracker–Wise, Nation Doing Pretty Good https://theonion.com/report-oyster-cracker-wise-nation-doing-pretty-good-1819578214/
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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vexnir.bsky.social
Kitty sending positivity 🩵🤍🩷

#art #cuteart #transawarenessmonth #caturday
A cute illustration of a cream colored cat hugging a heart colored like the transgender flag. „Embrace yourself” is handwritten under it in cursive
November 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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incendavery.bsky.social
too good to be true
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I tweaked Barbara's mini a while ago, too, but I forgot to post the updated version. I went a bit heavier on her eye shadow, smooshed the dirt around, and even remembered to paint her base! 😄 #dnd #character #portrait #art
A portrait of Barbara, a wildheart barbarian. She has a ferocious look, baring her teeth like an aggressive animal. She's tall and very muscular. She's brandishing a battle axe in her right hand—stained with blood—and a battered wooden shield in her left. Her arms are open wide, as though inviting an attack. Barbara is wearing a rough-cut leather top, which leaves her abs exposed, and a mantle of green leaves and animal fangs, secured with a leather belt. She's wearing leather pants and leather foot coverings tied with rope. She wears leather bracers on her wrists, though they seem mostly decorative. Barbara's upper left arm is tattooed in red and orange ink. Her left ear has multiple piercings. Her hair is bright red and styled in an asymmetrical undercut, long on the right and shaved on the left. She has faint scars on her left abdomen and over her right eye. Her clothes and body are dusty and dirty. Her nose is bleeding, which has stained her leather top. A close-up of Barbara. Her eye shadow is more clearly brown and green, made from a mix of plants.
November 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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I tweaked Serenity's hair to be more pink than purple. I've always imagined it's self-dyed, so it fades depending when she last had a chance to redo it between adventures. 😄🩷 (And you can see her natural black hair peeking out in the back. Only her bangs are dyed.) #dnd #character #portrait #art
A portrait of a tiefling sorceress named Serenity. She has purplish-gray skin, pointed ears, pale cyan horns, and a long triangle-tipped tail (not visible in this close crop). Her eyes are solid black with glowing irises the same color as her horns. The front of her messy hair is dyed pink, with her natural raven black hair just visible behind, and her eyebrows are the same black. Her ears and left eyebrow have silver ring piercings. She's wearing dark eye liner. Serenity is wearing purple robes with black trim that leave her arms bare. The robes are cinched at her waste with a pink sash, and below that she wears a thin black leather belt with a small pouch to the side. She has some sort of cyan top under her robes (almost the same color as her horns) and pink fingerless gloves. In her right hand, Serenity holds out a wooden wand toward the viewer, apparently casting a spell. Her wand is surrounded by magical lighting effects. She wears a plain ring with a small diamond set in it on the same hand. The background is pinky-black, with small pink sparkles of magic. Serenity looks surprised and a little awed by whatever she sees behind the viewer. Serenity is standing a little way back from the viewer. She is lit dramatically by flames burning in the foreground. She's holding out her wand, and you might infer the fire is her doing. If so, the surprise and fear on her face make it clear it was an accident!
November 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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I've been having a blast using @heroforgeminis.bsky.social to build digital minis for my D&D characters!

Here's Tamara, my fighter. #dnd #character #model
A digital miniature of Tamara, a D&D fighter. She stands proudly, her smirk a challenge to any would-be attackers. She holds a fancy rapier in her right hand, with the hilt at chest height. Her left hand rests casually on the scabbard hanging at her hip. She wears a red and gold tabard, secured by a thick black leather belt. Underneath, a chainmail shirt is visible. She also wears a cape, a darker shade of red, secured with a pin resembling a good coin. A black whip hangs looped on her belt at her right. Her youthful face is framed by shoulder-length red hair. She stands on a white cobblestone circular base. A wicker picnic basket perks out from behind her, containing a baguette, hunk of cheese, and bottle of wine.
September 22, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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And one more mini that I created with @heroforgeminis.bsky.social. This time my D&D wild heart barbarian, Barbara! #dnd #character #model #3d
A digital mini of Barbara, a D&D barbarian. She has a ferocious look, baring her teeth like an aggressive animal. She is tall and very muscular. She brandishes a battle axe in her right hand, stained with blood, and a battered wooden shield in her left. She wears a rough-cut leather top, which leaves her abs exposed, and a mantle of green leaves and animal fangs, secured with a leather belt. She also wears loose cloth pants, secured with a rope belt, cloth leg wraps, and leather foot coverings tied with rope. She wears leather bracers on her wrists, though they seem mostly decorative. Her upper left arm is tattooed in red and orange ink. Her left ear has multiple piercings. Her hair is bright red and styled in an asymmetrical undercut, long on the right and shaved on the left. She has faint scars on her left abdomen and over her right eye. Her clothes and body are dusty and dirty. Her nose is bleeding and has stained her leather top.
September 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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I created minis for a couple more of my old D&D characters in @heroforgeminis.bsky.social. Here's Dawnbringer Ilona, cleric of Lathander. She's ascerbic, irritable, and noble-born, but also a very dedicated cleric when she can get over herself! #dnd #character #portrait #art #3d #model
October 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Another mini I created in @heroforgeminis.bsky.social. This time Taurë, my half-elf swashbuckler rogue. She's got a properly tragic backstory and a long-term revenge plan. #dnd #character #portrait #art #3d #model
October 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Sword ladies!!
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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theonion.com
"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM