AyJayWells
@captain-ptero.bsky.social
Garish pterosaur mutant. Dactyl Collector. ASD. She/her. Editor. Available for freelance editing/writing at http://www.wellsaj.com
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a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.
February 15, 2026 at 10:42 PM
a neighbor set up this werewolf for halloween and instead of taking it down they just update it with seasonal outfit changes. now it’s dressed for valentine’s day and holding a sign with a picture of bad bunny and his super bowl slogan. i love him.
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Today's feel-good story: a tegu rescued from the snow by a kind person in Providence, RI, has been saved by ET Reptiles & New England Wildlife Center. Usually, pet reptiles die in these circumstances, but frostbite treatment worked. @rickclaypool.bsky.social even visited the tegu + took this photo.
February 16, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Today's feel-good story: a tegu rescued from the snow by a kind person in Providence, RI, has been saved by ET Reptiles & New England Wildlife Center. Usually, pet reptiles die in these circumstances, but frostbite treatment worked. @rickclaypool.bsky.social even visited the tegu + took this photo.
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To Americans in my replies: stop making tragic events in Canada about you. Stop applying your culture, trauma, and politics to our situation.
Whenever you are tempted to my Tumbler Ridge shooting with "Don't become like us" I want you to STFU and go donate cash.
Whenever you are tempted to my Tumbler Ridge shooting with "Don't become like us" I want you to STFU and go donate cash.
February 13, 2026 at 2:58 PM
To Americans in my replies: stop making tragic events in Canada about you. Stop applying your culture, trauma, and politics to our situation.
Whenever you are tempted to my Tumbler Ridge shooting with "Don't become like us" I want you to STFU and go donate cash.
Whenever you are tempted to my Tumbler Ridge shooting with "Don't become like us" I want you to STFU and go donate cash.
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CR Fever Super Dimension Fortress Macross (2009, CRフィーバー超時空要塞マクロス)
February 8, 2026 at 9:27 AM
CR Fever Super Dimension Fortress Macross (2009, CRフィーバー超時空要塞マクロス)
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I'm just going to say a thing.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
February 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
I'm just going to say a thing.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
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For those of you who were keeping up with the mass market mess, here is a more informative article.
Trade paperbacks cost only 30c more to make and are priced $18-20 now, where mass market paperbacks didn't sell at $12. So... there's your answer. It's about margins.
boingboing.net/2026/02/10/t...
Trade paperbacks cost only 30c more to make and are priced $18-20 now, where mass market paperbacks didn't sell at $12. So... there's your answer. It's about margins.
boingboing.net/2026/02/10/t...
The mass market paperback is vanishing
The mass market paperback — born in 1935, boomed after WWII — is vanishing from airports, drugstores, and groceries.
boingboing.net
February 11, 2026 at 8:35 PM
For those of you who were keeping up with the mass market mess, here is a more informative article.
Trade paperbacks cost only 30c more to make and are priced $18-20 now, where mass market paperbacks didn't sell at $12. So... there's your answer. It's about margins.
boingboing.net/2026/02/10/t...
Trade paperbacks cost only 30c more to make and are priced $18-20 now, where mass market paperbacks didn't sell at $12. So... there's your answer. It's about margins.
boingboing.net/2026/02/10/t...
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Crooked Beak (1994)
Beau Dick
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Beau Dick
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Crooked Beak (1994)
Beau Dick
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Beau Dick
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
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Sick of everyone pretending there’s “intelligence” here. We have no idea how intelligence works, we have no concept of how to recreate it, but we know damn well that it doesn’t just come into existence when a typewriter has pounded out enough words in a chain.
February 11, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Sick of everyone pretending there’s “intelligence” here. We have no idea how intelligence works, we have no concept of how to recreate it, but we know damn well that it doesn’t just come into existence when a typewriter has pounded out enough words in a chain.
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bacco’s preferred sleeping position
February 11, 2026 at 1:59 AM
bacco’s preferred sleeping position
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Oh I just used to make that at Bonanza's with the soda and ice cream machines.
Mountain Dew Freeze (2015-2015): A frothy blend of Mountain Dew soda and vanilla soft serve ice cream, sold exclusively at A&W restaurants
February 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Oh I just used to make that at Bonanza's with the soda and ice cream machines.
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bone fence, bedrock city, rts. 64 and 180, valle, arizona, 1987
February 8, 2026 at 11:36 PM
bone fence, bedrock city, rts. 64 and 180, valle, arizona, 1987
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One week after the Ignota mors queen's sting, the subject will develop an ulcer around the egg clutch. In the following months, the wasps will repurpose soft tissues into a flesh hive, avoiding vital organs to keep the host alive.
When the body is consumed, the new queens take their nuptial flight.
When the body is consumed, the new queens take their nuptial flight.
February 6, 2026 at 5:14 PM
One week after the Ignota mors queen's sting, the subject will develop an ulcer around the egg clutch. In the following months, the wasps will repurpose soft tissues into a flesh hive, avoiding vital organs to keep the host alive.
When the body is consumed, the new queens take their nuptial flight.
When the body is consumed, the new queens take their nuptial flight.
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This object is a legitimate masterpiece of design
February 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This object is a legitimate masterpiece of design
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Of all the easy things you can do to help the environment, conserve water for communities not corporations, not perpetuate scams, support the labor and rights of creators... *not* using generative AI is the fucking easiest. You absolutely deserve to be shamed for using it for image and text creation
February 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Of all the easy things you can do to help the environment, conserve water for communities not corporations, not perpetuate scams, support the labor and rights of creators... *not* using generative AI is the fucking easiest. You absolutely deserve to be shamed for using it for image and text creation
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Egg-cellent news! The first California condor eggs of the season have been laid at our wildlife conservation center, and more could be on the way.
February 6, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Egg-cellent news! The first California condor eggs of the season have been laid at our wildlife conservation center, and more could be on the way.
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Horseshoe Crab dragon
February 5, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Horseshoe Crab dragon
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The topic of David Eddings came up at my table talk at Worldcon.
Half the folks around the table - a pretty heavily invested in genre group - didn't know.
And two of them didn't know about MZB.
Half the folks around the table - a pretty heavily invested in genre group - didn't know.
And two of them didn't know about MZB.
February 6, 2026 at 2:38 AM
The topic of David Eddings came up at my table talk at Worldcon.
Half the folks around the table - a pretty heavily invested in genre group - didn't know.
And two of them didn't know about MZB.
Half the folks around the table - a pretty heavily invested in genre group - didn't know.
And two of them didn't know about MZB.
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Beware of Crows base art is done!
February 6, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Beware of Crows base art is done!
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Periodic reminder that what's marketed as 'youth social media bans' actually amounts to requiring people to provide personally identifying information in order to access whatever content a given government disfavours.
The Australian social media age limit law has taken effect. At the time I made this post, I had not yet been age gated. Because the age gating will potentially invade my privacy to an unacceptable extent and may happen at any time, I may go quiet suddenly. If I do, this is why:
Tomorrow, 10 December 2025, the Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) s 63E(2) will take effect. It will require social media platforms to take measures to ensure that they do not host accounts belonging to Australians under 16 years old. It will require them to do so by collecting Australian users' ID.
February 4, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Periodic reminder that what's marketed as 'youth social media bans' actually amounts to requiring people to provide personally identifying information in order to access whatever content a given government disfavours.
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Liam vs a 'water dog', a made up seal/canine-like dragon inspired by past dragon iterations. Recently got Anton Seder's 'Animalia Fantasia' and really love the way he depicts dragons.. could use a little more seal or sea lion in the face.
February 4, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Liam vs a 'water dog', a made up seal/canine-like dragon inspired by past dragon iterations. Recently got Anton Seder's 'Animalia Fantasia' and really love the way he depicts dragons.. could use a little more seal or sea lion in the face.
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Wrote a little craft post on teaching yourself plotting and why plot isn't opposed to--and in fact can benefit--weird and experimental work. countercraft.substack.com/p/why-plot-i...
Why "Plot" Isn't a Four-Letter Word
On teaching yourself plotting and part one of an attempt to describe my "Principles of Plotting"
countercraft.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Wrote a little craft post on teaching yourself plotting and why plot isn't opposed to--and in fact can benefit--weird and experimental work. countercraft.substack.com/p/why-plot-i...