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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

Free roam time, you say?

No

Must be on mummy

#RatSky

A selfie of Riley in a black hoodie, with Merry, a pink eyed white rex rat sticking his nose out of their hood

The same white rat as the previous picture, this time sticking his head out of the front of rileys hoodie, just under their chin

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

@jay.bsky.team @support.bsky.team

Have you decided to revoke Links perma-ban yet?

Because, you really should

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 9h

6 years. Far, far too long

🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · Aug 8

5 years since my last tattoo - far too long

A tattoo on the right side of Rileys ribcage. It's a watercolour style humming bird in shades of blues, greens, and reds, hovering before a cascade of watercolour fuchsias in reds, pinks, and oranges, with green stems woven between them

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

My beautiful babies, who have decided their carrier is a great bed, curled up together watching TV

Two rats, one white, the other grey, curled up in the bottom half of a pale pink pet carrier, both looking at something out of shot (the tv)

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

#RatSky is apparently a thing

So, meet Merry, my beautiful PIW rex, nearly 7 weeks old, and a very chonky boy who is going to be big and built of solid muscle just like his dad

🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

Rat life

A white rat sat on Rileys shoulder looking at the camera

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

Actually crying

Overdraft cleared

Stress over

Now just gotta try survive without falling back into it

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 10d

The hobbitses are growing so quickly and I'll soon be adding the next level to their cage so they have more room to bounce around and enjoy their zoomies

If you want to treat the hobbitses, check out their wishlist!

www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/...

Pippin, a small grey baby rex rat in his cage, sniffing around as can smell dinner cooking

Merry, a pink eyes white baby rex rat that's about to take a leap up to the platform in his cage

Merry and Pippin digging through the substrate foraging for food in the perspex base of their cage

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

@jay.bsky.team @support.bsky.team

Have you decided to revoke Links perma-ban yet?

Because, you really should

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

#RatSky

🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

My beautiful babies, who have decided their carrier is a great bed, curled up together watching TV

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

Actually crying

Overdraft cleared

Stress over

Now just gotta try survive without falling back into it

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

3 hours

Account is now at -£185 thanks to an amazing donation

If we can clear this entirely before midnight we will actually be okay

Can anyone else help out?

#UrgentMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025

🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

Can anyone help? Please?! We have like 6 hours

#UrgentMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

not everyone knows this

but i have a SUPER SECRET SHOP with RARE but SUPER AFFORDABLE items

future collector items for when im famous soon

you can flip 'em later and buy something NOOICE

junoryleejournalism.com/sale-items/

The Virgin Suicides: Important Flowers
by Sofia Coppola and Corinne Day

$66.60

“For her first feature film, The Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola commissioned British fashion photographer Corinne Day to join her on set. Renowned for her unadorned, grungy photographs of iconic models of the 1990s, Day’s representation of female beauty met its match in Coppola, whose debut marked the first of her unaffected, empathetic depictions of womanhood. Edited from Day’s original negatives, this volume, which launches alongside The Virgin Suicides’ twenty-fifth anniversary, gives mesmerising and unprecedented insight into Coppola’s enigmatic staging of the Lisbon sisters and their suburban trappings.”

This copy has been signed by Juno inside the front cover and noted that it was used for the creation of her article.

Girl Music 10 – The Virgin Suicides Annotated Bibliography

$50

Juno’s hand-written annotated bibliography containing all her notes for her feminist hauntology article about The Virgin Suicides.

In addition to the notebook, Juno will be including a few surprise extras.
Girl Music 09 – Twin Peaks
Reflections: An Oral History of Twin Peaks
by Brad Dukes

This has been sold!

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

3 hours

Account is now at -£185 thanks to an amazing donation

If we can clear this entirely before midnight we will actually be okay

Can anyone else help out?

#UrgentMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025

🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

Can anyone help? Please?! We have like 6 hours

#UrgentMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

Our account is at -£385

My PIP comes in at midnight, and it will be all but completely swallowed by the overdraft if we don't get some of this covered.

Its going to take our food budget for the month, leave us £40 short on our council tax, and we will have nothing left

Help

Please

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

4 hours

Please

We need your help!!!

#UrgentMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025

🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

Can anyone help? Please?! We have like 6 hours

#UrgentMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

Our account is at -£385

My PIP comes in at midnight, and it will be all but completely swallowed by the overdraft if we don't get some of this covered.

Its going to take our food budget for the month, leave us £40 short on our council tax, and we will have nothing left

Help

Please

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Sash Crafts 🏳️‍🌈 @sashcrafts.bsky.social · 3d

hi there (: happy #SmallBusinessSaturday

we are 2 queer, disabled besties and we’re struggling to make sales. we need to restock many supplies and help recover some overdraft fees so there’s enough for meds at the end of the month. show some love!🥰

25% off everything!
madewithsash.etsy.com 💞

Sash Crafts 🏳️‍🌈 @sashcrafts.bsky.social · 11d

need gift ideas? we’re queer, disabled and we’re right here making jewellery and other crafts for you!👻

for the month of October, you can enjoy a 25% off sale across our entire shop on Etsy, with the bonus of supporting 2 artists who need it!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN🎃
madewithsash.etsy.com 🛍️

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

4 hours

Please

We need your help!!!

#UrgentMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025

🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

Can anyone help? Please?! We have like 6 hours

#UrgentMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

I would get more photos of Pip, but he just doesn't sit still long enough to take any and isn't so into his cuddles. He'd rather just use you as a climbing frame and leap at anything that he might be able to land on, usually missing his target

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

5 hours

#UrgentMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025

🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

Can anyone help? Please?! We have like 6 hours

#UrgentMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

He's also just realised that if he touches my phone screen, it makes things happen

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

Free roam time, you say?

No

Must be on mummy

#RatSky

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🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

5 hours

#UrgentMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025

🏳️‍🌈 ItBeRiley 🏳️‍⚧️ - see pinned post 🐀 @itberiley.bsky.social · 1d

Can anyone help? Please?! We have like 6 hours

#UrgentMutualAid #MutualAidRequest #MutualAid #HelpSky #HelpFolksLive2025

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