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@saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
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AKA Michael Todd Cohen. Queer writer, artist and adoptee living in New England. A Lilac Foundation Fellow for Environmental & Social Justice at Vermont Studio Center (2025). Often work in queer adult themes: 18+ please.
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saltpeter @saltpeterdraws.bsky.social · 18d
hi. i'm saltpeter. if we haven't met: sometimes #NSFW, sometimes #ecology, all the time #queer.
outline sketch of a naked man from behind. he reaches for an empty towel peg. In the background, the suggestion of a shower stall. In the foreground, a sign reads "guests -- out of towels". digital pencil sketch of Dan After Dark. low angle, looking up towards his hand reaching into his hole. in his other hand, he holds his hard dick. the work is washed in gray grit texture. it is signed "sp." wireframe sketch of a nude man crouching, shaded with grit texture in grayscale. the work is signed "sp." digital pencil sketch of a red fox crouched in high grass, her bushy tail poking out. there is a color accent at her midsection in burnt umber, and some of the pencil work has been washed with the same. the work is signed "sp."
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adrianf.bsky.social
swapped out my head for this new configuration
Adrian, in a green sweatshirt, holds up a HUGE maple leaf to his face, covering his entire head. There are trees and blue sky in the background
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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amiesouzareilly.bsky.social
HOLY MOLY! I am FLOATING!
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
weed brownies
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
the soldierly Cooper's Hawk, saw one this week in our maple, devouring a northern flicker

#birds #birding
a digital drawing of a cooper's hawk using colored pencil in browns and blacks as well as water color wash in same; erasure has been used to convey white feathers. Several gold under feathers are painted on lower part the wing. the hawk's eyes are yellow and its beak is open. the work is signed "sp."
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
*can confirm* 🥔👹
adrianf.bsky.social Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 2d
Aptly described by @amiesouzareilly.bsky.social as a “potato gremlin”
Mikey burrito, the brown chihuahua, on his back rolling on a green couch
November 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
swept out an old barn today 🧑‍🌾
photo of bare wood timbers in an old attic, late morning light streaming in through the low, 16-pane, sash windows, highlighting the bare wood floor.
November 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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dankmccoy.bsky.social
A thread of some cartoons rejected by The New Yorker:
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
unsubcribe?
screen capture of a rural building made of intwined branches and cloth over the top; the headline below reads "For Subscribers: Beheadings and"
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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anmlymag.bsky.social
ANMLY is now open for new work!

We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!

> anmly.submittable.com

*Fee waivers available*

Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!

> anmly.org/ap41
ANMLY Submission Manager
**ANNOUNCEMENT: Fees will be waived for all Black and Indigenous writers, and writers of Palestinian descent, to support those most targeted by state violence. Email editor [at] anomalouspress [dot] o...
anmly.submittable.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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neonpajamas.bsky.social
🚨 I have a new chapbook out in the world! 🚨

The Man is a sequence of 24 micro poems, all beginning with ‘The Man’. I also provided the doodles for the cover. I have 50 copies & they’re all pay-what-you-want (+ $4 for shipping) so DM me if you want a copy! 📚❤️
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
maintain that this is GOOD QUEER LIVING and the rewatches *make* the meaning
adrianf.bsky.social Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 4d
When it gets cold, we begin our annual rewatch of "Smash." Impossible to be SAD while watching Ivy trip on prednisone, or Karen Cartwright pinball thru the Winter Fringe with the personality of a parsnip, or, along with Rachel Shukert, questioning the ontologics of Bernadette Peters as Lee Conroy.
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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funeralbeat.bsky.social
👩‍🌾 Grab your tools
An illustration of a young women yanking a weed out of a bed of marigolds. The primary colours of the piece are deep green and a saffron yellow, with some brown and moss green tones as well. The camera is looking up at the young girl with a forced perspective, as she pulls out the weed while leaning back. The text reads: PULL FASCISM UP BY THE ROOT.
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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dintywmoore.bsky.social
"Here is an unspeakable secret: paradise is all around us and we do not understand." ~ Thomas Merton
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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doctop.bsky.social
spotted in transit
a crude drawing of a person with a huge ass wearing a backpack (caption: large backpack resting on cakes)
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
wip from my queer graphic narrative about ecology and cruising...
full page comic panel of an abstract mountain, made of broad geometrics, round and square, textured with newsprint and grit. On top of the mountain sits a figure holding the ghostly blue outline of another, beside him. the sky is washed with pink clouds, and golden sun rays touch the mountain.
November 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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erinvachon.bsky.social
Survival lesson: when laughing your way through the horrors, always punch up. ✨
November 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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notatawp.bsky.social
Hey! Loved NAWP's November reading so much you want to relive it? (Understandable!) Couldn't be there because your basement was flooding and a swan had moved in? (Fair.)

Whatever your reason, we have the recording up on our YouTube page! Enjoy & NAWP!

youtu.be/5OaUxVr0MrU
November 2025: Victoria Buitron, Taylor Byas, and Daniella Toosie-Watson
YouTube video by NAWP
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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havehashad.com
got a teeny tiny perfect miiiiiiicro for you all today from Catherine Rockwood!!

https://www.havehashad.com/6wpxk
November 19, 2025 In Retrospect Catherine Rockwood She never did laugh when he did.
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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asherelbein.bsky.social
I cosign every single word of this

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I do understand: you want permission. There’s a machine in the corner wrapped in human skin that makes things out of shit and blood to look like whatever you want (as long as you don’t look too closely). You gave one to your teacher and they didn’t notice. Your boss told you to use it after they laid off half the team and it was fine. You fed one to your kids and they liked it. You want to know you can use it sometimes without me thinking less of you. You don’t need me to believe it’s useful, you just want me to be polite about it. But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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splitlipthemag.bsky.social
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A spider web between thin branches.
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
saltpeterdraws.bsky.social
autumn stroll 🍁
cc: @adrianf.bsky.social
quick sketch in digital pencil of two men in jackets and sweatpants pictured from behind, their arms around each other. each wears a dark hat. from the man on the left dangles a leash attached to a tiny, alert, dog. in the background is a textured wash of gold, red, orange and green, suggesting an autumn tree-scape. thick ink lines suggest branches or trunks. the work is signed "sp."
November 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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adrianf.bsky.social
“Natalya from Submittable”
a kitchen with a checkered floor and a white refrigerator with the words oh yeah !!! written on it .
Alt: a kitchen with a checkered floor and a white refrigerator with the words oh yeah !!! written on it as the coolaid man bursts out of the wall
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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adrianf.bsky.social
Breaking: Government investigates Government and exonerates Government of any wrongdoing; demands damages for own investigation.
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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kathleenmrooney.bsky.social
Oh hi
November 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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toddalcott.bsky.social
relatable
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM