Steph the Bard
@stephthebard.bsky.social
She/Her • 40 • Writer • Sapphic Demi • Paladin of Story • Autistic • CPTSD • Giant Nerd • Yeet Bigots & TERFS
🔞 I am known to be vulgar
Banner image by @LettersAndLines
🔞 I am known to be vulgar
Banner image by @LettersAndLines
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hoi! I'm terrible at promoting myself. I love making art, writing poetry and I want to keep being able to do that. I'm hoping next year will be better because this one kicked my fucking ass.
There's so much I want to do, like make a rad poetry book filled with my art too.
#vtuber #artsupport
There's so much I want to do, like make a rad poetry book filled with my art too.
#vtuber #artsupport
It would be super neat of you if you supported my queer, disabled run shop @hauntedbouncy.bsky.social
If you can't do shipping from the UK I also have an aparrel shop that has a bunch of my cute artwork on button badges, shirts & more!
#vtuber
jinxperegrine-shop.fourthwall.com/en-gbp/colle...
If you can't do shipping from the UK I also have an aparrel shop that has a bunch of my cute artwork on button badges, shirts & more!
#vtuber
jinxperegrine-shop.fourthwall.com/en-gbp/colle...
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
hoi! I'm terrible at promoting myself. I love making art, writing poetry and I want to keep being able to do that. I'm hoping next year will be better because this one kicked my fucking ass.
There's so much I want to do, like make a rad poetry book filled with my art too.
#vtuber #artsupport
There's so much I want to do, like make a rad poetry book filled with my art too.
#vtuber #artsupport
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November 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Are you a video creator who wants to expand accessibility to their content? Do you want captions made by somebody who knows what a TTRPG or actual play is and won't transcribe it "one dee eight"?
Want to help get a small business run by a queer WOC off the ground? Check it out ⤵️
keysmash-tc.com
Want to help get a small business run by a queer WOC off the ground? Check it out ⤵️
keysmash-tc.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Are you a video creator who wants to expand accessibility to their content? Do you want captions made by somebody who knows what a TTRPG or actual play is and won't transcribe it "one dee eight"?
Want to help get a small business run by a queer WOC off the ground? Check it out ⤵️
keysmash-tc.com
Want to help get a small business run by a queer WOC off the ground? Check it out ⤵️
keysmash-tc.com
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"Whenever I talk about my chronic illness, people act as if I’ve just stripped naked in a room full of strangers...How could this sick side of me be so central...yet so unseen by those who knew & loved me?"
A new essay by Philip Hoover in @thesicktimes.org
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
A new essay by Philip Hoover in @thesicktimes.org
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. - The Sick Times
If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.
thesicktimes.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Whenever I talk about my chronic illness, people act as if I’ve just stripped naked in a room full of strangers...How could this sick side of me be so central...yet so unseen by those who knew & loved me?"
A new essay by Philip Hoover in @thesicktimes.org
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
A new essay by Philip Hoover in @thesicktimes.org
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
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I guess I should call out my stuff, too.
I'm one of those melted plastic peddlers, though I can seriously say I am NOT a print farm. What you see listed on the shop is what you're going to get for the most part. TTRPG stuff and jewelry at troxellstradingpost.shop
I'm one of those melted plastic peddlers, though I can seriously say I am NOT a print farm. What you see listed on the shop is what you're going to get for the most part. TTRPG stuff and jewelry at troxellstradingpost.shop
Troxell's Trading Post
TTRPG accessories, jewelry, and more!
troxellstradingpost.shop
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I guess I should call out my stuff, too.
I'm one of those melted plastic peddlers, though I can seriously say I am NOT a print farm. What you see listed on the shop is what you're going to get for the most part. TTRPG stuff and jewelry at troxellstradingpost.shop
I'm one of those melted plastic peddlers, though I can seriously say I am NOT a print farm. What you see listed on the shop is what you're going to get for the most part. TTRPG stuff and jewelry at troxellstradingpost.shop
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Looking for cool things for Black Friday? I make FREE #TTRPG Resources. Find them here dclasair.com/ttrpgresources
If you want to support me so I can make more things: ko-fi.com/dclasair
If you want to support me so I can make more things: ko-fi.com/dclasair
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Looking for cool things for Black Friday? I make FREE #TTRPG Resources. Find them here dclasair.com/ttrpgresources
If you want to support me so I can make more things: ko-fi.com/dclasair
If you want to support me so I can make more things: ko-fi.com/dclasair
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Visit thephoenixpath's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
ko-fi.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Book! Fantasy! Romance! Art! Painting! Battles!
Get your gay elves (and others) here!
Kobo: kobo.com/us/en/series...
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B08GKZQC16
Itchio: itch.io/s/153253/the...
Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/comple...
Or watch my art + audiobooks readings: www.youtube.com/@CozyKathryn
Get your gay elves (and others) here!
Kobo: kobo.com/us/en/series...
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B08GKZQC16
Itchio: itch.io/s/153253/the...
Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/comple...
Or watch my art + audiobooks readings: www.youtube.com/@CozyKathryn
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Book! Fantasy! Romance! Art! Painting! Battles!
Get your gay elves (and others) here!
Kobo: kobo.com/us/en/series...
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B08GKZQC16
Itchio: itch.io/s/153253/the...
Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/comple...
Or watch my art + audiobooks readings: www.youtube.com/@CozyKathryn
Get your gay elves (and others) here!
Kobo: kobo.com/us/en/series...
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B08GKZQC16
Itchio: itch.io/s/153253/the...
Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/comple...
Or watch my art + audiobooks readings: www.youtube.com/@CozyKathryn
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The Lab is open, and I'm live on Twitch! Come hang out for a big announcement, then it's on to the Artificer Chat!
twitch.tv/artificerind
twitch.tv/artificerind
ArtificerInd - Twitch
The Artificer Chat: One chapter ends, another kicks off. | !support
twitch.tv
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Lab is open, and I'm live on Twitch! Come hang out for a big announcement, then it's on to the Artificer Chat!
twitch.tv/artificerind
twitch.tv/artificerind
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Thoroughbred horses, auto racing, massive ranches, luxury hotels.
The hobbies and side businesses of the ultrawealthy create huge write-offs that can let them get away with paying little or no income tax for as much as a decade at a time.
(Published Dec. 2021)
The hobbies and side businesses of the ultrawealthy create huge write-offs that can let them get away with paying little or no income tax for as much as a decade at a time.
(Published Dec. 2021)
When You’re a Billionaire, Your Hobbies Can Slash Your Tax Bill
Thoroughbred horses, auto racing, massive ranches, luxury hotels. The hobbies and side businesses of the ultrawealthy create huge write-offs that can let them get away with paying little or no income ...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thoroughbred horses, auto racing, massive ranches, luxury hotels.
The hobbies and side businesses of the ultrawealthy create huge write-offs that can let them get away with paying little or no income tax for as much as a decade at a time.
(Published Dec. 2021)
The hobbies and side businesses of the ultrawealthy create huge write-offs that can let them get away with paying little or no income tax for as much as a decade at a time.
(Published Dec. 2021)
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The Tokyo High Court has ruled that Japan's ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional.
The court found on November 27 that Japan's refusal to legalise same-sex marriage was constitutional, with a definitive ruling expected to be brought to the Supreme Court in the coming months.
The court found on November 27 that Japan's refusal to legalise same-sex marriage was constitutional, with a definitive ruling expected to be brought to the Supreme Court in the coming months.
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Tokyo High Court has ruled that Japan's ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional.
The court found on November 27 that Japan's refusal to legalise same-sex marriage was constitutional, with a definitive ruling expected to be brought to the Supreme Court in the coming months.
The court found on November 27 that Japan's refusal to legalise same-sex marriage was constitutional, with a definitive ruling expected to be brought to the Supreme Court in the coming months.
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So I guess it isn’t safe to fly anymore if you’re brown
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
So I guess it isn’t safe to fly anymore if you’re brown
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Let's not confuse the people giving the stupid orders with the people who have to deal with following them, who are often good and decent people.
Apparently she offered to cover other people's shifts so they could go home to their families for the holiday.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
Two National Guard members were tasked with serving the nation. One is dead as the other fights for his life after shooting | CNN
On a day when many families gather across the country to give thanks, a National Guard member’s family is mourning her death after an ambush-style shooting in Washington, DC, as her colleague fights f...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Let's not confuse the people giving the stupid orders with the people who have to deal with following them, who are often good and decent people.
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psst... don't tell anyone because our sale doesn't start until tomorrow... but there are some cool new products on the transplanar merch store 😇
Transplanar Merch Store
The one stop shop for your favorite Transplanar RPG merch. We're not just making nerdy TTRPG clothes; we're making euphoric, celebratory designs!
transplanarrpg.shop
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
psst... don't tell anyone because our sale doesn't start until tomorrow... but there are some cool new products on the transplanar merch store 😇
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🦃🎮 Creator Day returns this Friday with the start of our Black Friday 2025 Sitewide Sale. For 24 hours we'll waive our free on all transactions. Over 15,000 projects to be on sale from this Friday through December 3rd. More details here itch.io/blog/1124058/creator...
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🦃🎮 Creator Day returns this Friday with the start of our Black Friday 2025 Sitewide Sale. For 24 hours we'll waive our free on all transactions. Over 15,000 projects to be on sale from this Friday through December 3rd. More details here itch.io/blog/1124058/creator...
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Looking for a #horror tale to get you into that autumnal mood?
Wayward Autumnal is a sylvan horror of feminine monstrosity. A dark fairy tale in a lush, twisted wood 🍂
It's completely improvised using Under the Autumn Strangely. It's an audio story, but I put my whole ass into the visuals. ENJOY!
Wayward Autumnal is a sylvan horror of feminine monstrosity. A dark fairy tale in a lush, twisted wood 🍂
It's completely improvised using Under the Autumn Strangely. It's an audio story, but I put my whole ass into the visuals. ENJOY!
This just makes me think really hard of the Wayward Autumnal AP (put on by @annethegnome.bsky.social, game by @thismaybegraham.bsky.social), which I really need to dig into and finish this season
October 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Looking for a #horror tale to get you into that autumnal mood?
Wayward Autumnal is a sylvan horror of feminine monstrosity. A dark fairy tale in a lush, twisted wood 🍂
It's completely improvised using Under the Autumn Strangely. It's an audio story, but I put my whole ass into the visuals. ENJOY!
Wayward Autumnal is a sylvan horror of feminine monstrosity. A dark fairy tale in a lush, twisted wood 🍂
It's completely improvised using Under the Autumn Strangely. It's an audio story, but I put my whole ass into the visuals. ENJOY!
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Someone said don’t call MAGAs “Christian Nationalists,,” but call them Nationalist Christians, or “Nat-Cs” for short.
And now I can’t unsee it.
And now I can’t unsee it.
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Someone said don’t call MAGAs “Christian Nationalists,,” but call them Nationalist Christians, or “Nat-Cs” for short.
And now I can’t unsee it.
And now I can’t unsee it.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Halestorm
Fall Out Boy
Simple Plan
AFI
Shinedown
Halestorm
Fall Out Boy
Simple Plan
AFI
Shinedown
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
My Chemical Romance
Nothing More
Bring Me The Horizon
Fall Out Boy
Evanescence
(Not in this order but the most memorable for me)
My Chemical Romance
Nothing More
Bring Me The Horizon
Fall Out Boy
Evanescence
(Not in this order but the most memorable for me)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Hozier
NCT 127
Sleep Token
Jackson Wang
GOT7
Hozier
NCT 127
Sleep Token
Jackson Wang
GOT7
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Halestorm
Fall Out Boy
Simple Plan
AFI
Shinedown
Halestorm
Fall Out Boy
Simple Plan
AFI
Shinedown
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The whole retail World rn: HEY IT'S BLACK FRIDAY, COME AND BUY, I GOT DEALS FAM, LET'S GET SHOPPING 🤑
Me: with what money? Move, man 😒
Me: with what money? Move, man 😒
two men are standing next to each other and looking at each other . one of the men is wearing a blue tank top .
ALT: two men are standing next to each other and looking at each other . one of the men is wearing a blue tank top .
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The whole retail World rn: HEY IT'S BLACK FRIDAY, COME AND BUY, I GOT DEALS FAM, LET'S GET SHOPPING 🤑
Me: with what money? Move, man 😒
Me: with what money? Move, man 😒
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It feels really performative at this point, but a reminder that it’s National Day of Mourning for Native folks
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) | NIWRC
www.niwrc.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It feels really performative at this point, but a reminder that it’s National Day of Mourning for Native folks
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
Relatedly, thousands of Native women are still disappearing and agencies are doing fuck all about it
Learn more here:
www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...
And here:
notournativedaughters.org
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It’s not just that prison meals are bland and unappetizing — though they often are.
In lawsuits and news reports, kitchen workers at prisons in Arizona, Oregon, and elsewhere reported seeing boxes of food that were served to prisoners marked: “not for human consumption.”
In lawsuits and news reports, kitchen workers at prisons in Arizona, Oregon, and elsewhere reported seeing boxes of food that were served to prisoners marked: “not for human consumption.”
Prison Food Is a Growing Billion-Dollar Industry. Many Meals Are Inedible.
As private food providers' contracts grow, the meager and moldy portions behind bars have forced some people to eat toothpaste and toilet paper.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It’s not just that prison meals are bland and unappetizing — though they often are.
In lawsuits and news reports, kitchen workers at prisons in Arizona, Oregon, and elsewhere reported seeing boxes of food that were served to prisoners marked: “not for human consumption.”
In lawsuits and news reports, kitchen workers at prisons in Arizona, Oregon, and elsewhere reported seeing boxes of food that were served to prisoners marked: “not for human consumption.”
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I'm so swamped I forgot to post we don't have Witcher tonight because thanksgiving.
I'm swamped bc I'm working on something terrific that I can't wait to show y'all, but it's going to be...a while
I'm swamped bc I'm working on something terrific that I can't wait to show y'all, but it's going to be...a while
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I'm so swamped I forgot to post we don't have Witcher tonight because thanksgiving.
I'm swamped bc I'm working on something terrific that I can't wait to show y'all, but it's going to be...a while
I'm swamped bc I'm working on something terrific that I can't wait to show y'all, but it's going to be...a while
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Many years ago, I was feeling stressed by the state of the world and I started a Holiday Fairies thing where people sent me their wishlists and I publicized them to try to get everyone gifts for the holidays.
@shelflove.bsky.social skillfully took it over and made it An Actual Thing!
Like SRSLY!
@shelflove.bsky.social skillfully took it over and made it An Actual Thing!
Like SRSLY!
Holiday Fairies
Romancelandia holiday fairies is a mutual aid effort for the romance novel reader community.
shelflovepodcast.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Many years ago, I was feeling stressed by the state of the world and I started a Holiday Fairies thing where people sent me their wishlists and I publicized them to try to get everyone gifts for the holidays.
@shelflove.bsky.social skillfully took it over and made it An Actual Thing!
Like SRSLY!
@shelflove.bsky.social skillfully took it over and made it An Actual Thing!
Like SRSLY!
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Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
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OpenAI has responded to a landmark wrongful death lawsuit, claiming that a teen who died by suicide after talking to ChatGPT misused the software. More:
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Family Suing OpenAI Over Teen's Suicide Blasts 'Disturbing' Response From Company
OpenAI has responded to a landmark wrongful death lawsuit, claiming that a teen who died by suicide after talking to ChatGPT misused the software.
www.rollingstone.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
OpenAI has responded to a landmark wrongful death lawsuit, claiming that a teen who died by suicide after talking to ChatGPT misused the software. More:
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...