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lyra

@lyrafromhell.bsky.social

girl from the desert charm city-based writer

created April 3, 2024

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desert hearts is perfect. i'd like to add raising arizona as a comfort watch rec!

5/9/2025, 6:52:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Cat Fitzpatrick (@catfitzpatrick.net) reposted

Okay everyone THIS IS IMPORTANT I made the SHORTLIST you can now VOTE for me to WIN the 2025 JANCIS ROBINSON WINE WRITING COMPETITION with my essay "Gewürztraminer: the most transsexual grape" I believe with the power of the transsexual internet we can do this thing! Please repost!

1/9/2025, 10:52:21 PM | 47 21 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture lyra (@lyrafromhell.bsky.social) reply parent

anyway if you wanna hear some rad trans music and listen to me read part of my forthcoming novel (Gila Monsters) on 9/27 dm me for deets!!

5/9/2025, 5:33:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ahhhhh reading part of my novel in public at the end of this month 😵‍💫 it's fine i'm fine and cool and really chill about it

5/9/2025, 5:31:12 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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adding another month of summer to the year exclusively as an excuse to continue wearing shorts

5/9/2025, 5:19:13 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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realllll

5/9/2025, 5:15:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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a girl who is finally going back to school next year, goddess willing

screenshot from an email. header is the logo of Towson University, body of the text is white against a yellow background that reads:
5/9/2025, 4:34:17 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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999 usd for circle 🙃🙃🙃

5/9/2025, 4:13:55 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sage 🏳️‍⚧️ (@trans.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

the total collapse of even basic civil rights in the UK is legitimately both horrifying & sickening.

5/9/2025, 8:37:17 AM | 242 26 | View on Bluesky | view

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new girldick parlance just dropped

Book cover titled
4/9/2025, 11:36:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sarah Colonthree (fragile!) (@sarah.transsexual.gay) reposted

Get on prep too that necessitates quarterly testing anyway 🧠🧠🧠

4/9/2025, 9:05:45 PM | 17 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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im gonna eat all the Frozen Raw Shrimp From Other Countries and become a xenomorph queen

4/9/2025, 9:07:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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the fucking kennedys are out here gigerposting in congress

4/9/2025, 9:06:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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okay, i actually kind of feel like these thrifted cargo pants fuck

lyra in a couple delicate chain necklaces, a cropped red tank top, grey cargo pants, and black doc martens in her mirror
4/9/2025, 4:17:35 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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back on my bullshit

book spines of The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders, The Passionate Mistakes and Inteocate Corruption of One Girl in America by Michelle Tea, Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong, Gay Heaven Is a Dance Floor but I Can't Relax by charles theonia, Glamourpuss by Cat Fitzpatrick, and Unsex Me Here by Aurora Mattia
4/9/2025, 12:32:11 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Spooky Sara (@pashion.bsky.social) reposted

its a pack of plastic rats you put on your finger on the top that reads Party Rats and then it also read
3/9/2025, 6:00:16 PM | 37 9 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture lyra (@lyrafromhell.bsky.social) reply parent

demand pto for arts hoes now

3/9/2025, 4:22:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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wishing i could call out of work creative "uhhhh yeah sorry guys, had a breakthrough on the book i can't make it in today"

3/9/2025, 4:22:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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demand paid time off for art hoes now

3/9/2025, 4:21:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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)):

3/9/2025, 12:33:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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the kitties today <3

two cats indoors, bathed in golden light, looking out a kitchen window at the trees. beyond the window, a trans flag flies on a flagpole mounted to an outdoor deck
2/9/2025, 10:42:22 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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no one in the whole world likes MY naptime more than Fred

an adorable tuxedo cat lays down on lyra's chest
31/8/2025, 8:31:37 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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hell yee 🩷

30/8/2025, 4:11:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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i've been listening to them a lot lately! they get a lot of airtime at my café 😅

30/8/2025, 2:59:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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time to play the game of "will lyra burn herself out with two nights of consecutive dancing with work the next morning" idek, but it'll prolly be worth it <3

29/8/2025, 6:21:19 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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setting my phone display to greyscale is probably the most effective thing i've found in reducing my screentime (: would recommend

29/8/2025, 4:31:27 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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GOOD morng gonna knock everthing off ur nitestand >:3

a tuxedo cat stands partway on a nightstand, partially illuminated in yellow light by a desk lamp
29/8/2025, 4:07:36 PM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Heartbreaking!: Area Woman's Favorite Bakery is Closed on Her Day Off

28/8/2025, 3:27:19 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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girl in the woods (ty for the pic, Beth <3)

lyra sits on a bench in the woods. she is on the left side of the bench and resting her right arm on the back of the bench while she looks down and to her right.
28/8/2025, 3:11:21 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture lyra (@lyrafromhell.bsky.social) reply parent

i've been feeling this a lot over the past year or two. i used to be such a huge sci-fi nerd and now i feel like that shit just doesn't hit like it used to. i've become way more invested in being out in the world, working on my art, dancing, cooking for friends

27/8/2025, 12:02:03 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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omfg 💀

26/8/2025, 9:45:28 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Postal Service is so gooooood 😭

25/8/2025, 5:41:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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5 albums with the biggest impact on me: AJJ - Knife Man Massive Attack - Mezzanine The Glitch Mob - Drink the Sea funkadelic - Maggot Brain CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe

25/8/2025, 5:22:50 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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i used to use the lavender heart, but my gf also uses it so i switched to black heart, as well 🖤

25/8/2025, 3:27:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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this is me btw

ursula from kiki's delivery service, leaning against an open window in mom jeans and a red tank top. sbe's holding a pastry in her left hand and has her brown hair tied back in a high ponytail
25/8/2025, 1:34:32 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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redistricting my brain to give unhinged lesbian thoughts a greater share of votes

22/8/2025, 5:04:36 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture SAINT ZAIYA (@saintzaiya.bsky.social) reposted

How to cook pasta until it’s all dented

22/8/2025, 4:36:53 PM | 25 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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occam's foil shaver

22/8/2025, 5:00:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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this is the best lego set of 2025 and you cannot change my mind

a hot pink lego honda s2000 based on suki's car from 2 fast 2 furious
22/8/2025, 4:11:00 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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my spouse has been in london for just three days so far of a four month stay. i am trying to stay okay, but gosh, i miss them so dearly already.

22/8/2025, 12:46:33 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Sable, Public Universal Momfriend 🏳️‍⚧️ (@ghostlysable.bsky.social) reposted

I sincerely hope that James Dobson stayed conscious long enough through the process of death to realize he would never see his god and to process the desolation of his soul. 😊

21/8/2025, 11:35:38 PM | 157 13 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture lyra (@lyrafromhell.bsky.social) reply parent

had this realization in therapy today 🙃 feels weird to have a healthy personal life when there is so much existential dread lingering at the back of my mind constantly

21/8/2025, 4:56:50 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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tomatoes grown by the lovely @ohcommahello.bsky.social

gorgeous quartered plum tomatoes on a cutting board with a serrated knife
21/8/2025, 2:24:21 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture lyra (@lyrafromhell.bsky.social)

what if my friends and i just start an indie press. that would be a normal thing for a group of broke trans writers to do at this point, right?

21/8/2025, 1:33:08 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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going to my first rave next weekeeend ((:

19/8/2025, 5:44:21 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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what if i just start recording audiobooks for the crazy talented trans writers in my life

19/8/2025, 5:31:38 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ok ya i definitely needed to go out dancing last night

17/8/2025, 5:29:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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absolutely worth it ✨

17/8/2025, 4:00:38 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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drag me to comedy bingo w/ my husband, the incomparable @kazoodelee.bsky.social

lyra and hairy poodini in front of a brick wall indoors
17/8/2025, 12:12:50 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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alive!!

16/8/2025, 4:06:18 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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alien: earth like if u agree

15/8/2025, 10:44:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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the last goth dance nite i went to there was a group of people crowded around the back of a minivan and i thought they were throwing dice.. turns out they were spinning beyblades

15/8/2025, 9:29:33 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture lyra (@lyrafromhell.bsky.social) reply parent

orrrr not. paycheck didn't hit today. 🙃 it feels like the universe REALLY doesn't want me to a get a tattoo

15/8/2025, 7:31:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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collarbone tattoo this afternoon lfggggggg

15/8/2025, 4:26:44 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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baltimore's newest gender-affirming surgery clinic

a homemade sign stuck in a lawn that says BIG BOYS JUNK REMOVAL 410.565.2896
14/8/2025, 2:47:29 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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watching terminator 2 isn't enough i gotta blow up a data center

13/8/2025, 6:59:04 PM | 11 3 | View on Bluesky | view

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it is like, shockingly good

13/8/2025, 6:39:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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local woman unpacks ur zip files; leaving them strewn about ur desktop like a dingus

9/8/2025, 2:50:17 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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well, i have tried to poast pictures from the past two days four times now and it always fails to actually upload, so i think that's a sign that being outside can stay offline (:

9/8/2025, 2:49:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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good morning weapons-grade hangover

9/8/2025, 11:00:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"imagine telling crypto bros to go touch coin instead of grass" - @kazoodelee.bsky.social

8/8/2025, 9:47:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture lyra (@lyrafromhell.bsky.social) reply parent

as someone whose grandma went by a masc name and wouldn't be caught dead in a dress, yeah

8/8/2025, 5:40:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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yknow what im just gonna be trans even harder.

8/8/2025, 4:38:56 PM | 8 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jael holzman (@jael.bsky.social) reposted

“Discretionary awards shall not be used to fund, promote, encourage, subsidize, or facilitate … denial by the grant recipient of the sex binary in humans or the notion that sex is a chosen or mutable characteristic” TL;dr grants to be denied to entities who acknowledge the existence of trans people

7/8/2025, 10:39:36 PM | 576 236 | View on Bluesky | view

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gotta move the body gotta groove the body

8/8/2025, 4:35:17 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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hell yes dancing tn

8/8/2025, 4:34:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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clapping (cheeks)

8/8/2025, 3:44:14 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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good morning bsky, u should go outside and kiss a bug

8/8/2025, 2:46:32 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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🫡

the trans flag waves in the wind, suspended at an angle from a flagpole attached to the back deck of a rowhome. underneath the deck is an orange vintage vw baja bug. the house is surrounded by trees
7/8/2025, 6:43:26 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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then don't get tits, dave, and let women do what they want with their bodies

7/8/2025, 6:31:33 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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fucking yiiiikes

6/8/2025, 7:17:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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listen i dont know what to tell u bud, there is a really big caterpillar who has ur fucking social security number and theyre gonna use it to sign up for kohls cash

6/8/2025, 6:46:46 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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yeeeah, there is a snake/lizard woman i saw posted on this website once that had me feeling things

6/8/2025, 6:16:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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this is such a stupid joke and it is for maybe two of you

6/8/2025, 6:14:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ultimate collector's series lyra comes with a display stand and the minifig has detailed arm printing and dual molded legs. no new molds, tho.

6/8/2025, 6:13:41 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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girl who is really really hot 😵‍💫

6/8/2025, 5:17:15 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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cheese moon truther

6/8/2025, 3:36:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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need the kind of deep tissue massage that severs my connection to the mortal realm

6/8/2025, 3:17:41 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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metal gear solid: teef brusher

6/8/2025, 1:42:54 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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still wild to me that i went down two full shoe sizes in two years, and it's still nearly impossible to find women's shoes in my size

6/8/2025, 12:28:28 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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someone who isn't trans in the lego community def got their egg cracked by this drink. also, ofc the lego convention cocktail has baja blast in it

6/8/2025, 12:23:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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leaking the 2025 lego convention juice recipe to bsky

Energized Protodermis recipe: 1 bottle of Andre Champagne 1 package of Airhead Xtreme Rainbow Berry Bites (Krana) 3-4 cans of White Monster 2 liter of Sprite, splashes of Baja Blast for sickly green Grenadine for viscosity and color 4-5 packets of edible SILVER glitter three emojis of a finger in front of lips
6/8/2025, 12:22:28 AM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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hang on like what the hell

interior wall of a shipping container with a series of letters and numbers a hastily scribbled smiley face with freckles, a nose, and eyebrows
5/8/2025, 8:59:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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wow that is QUICK! good for you!

5/8/2025, 8:54:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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drink a gatorade. heck.. drink TWO gatorade

5/8/2025, 8:01:41 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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bitch garden

lyra in a ribbed cropped tank top, shorts light blue denim shorts, and blue hair. she's holding her hair up in the mirror after going to the lesbian dance party
3/8/2025, 2:50:07 AM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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i am the legos woman

2/8/2025, 3:09:22 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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need to be outside / need to dance / need to laugh and meet people and drink up the summer before it is gone

2/8/2025, 1:19:23 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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come out dancing tonight instead!

2/8/2025, 12:31:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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i truly would not. i made this mistake with an indie bookstore that i worked at for six years, and they made my life hell for my last month there 🙃

1/8/2025, 2:03:20 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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lex is such a hellhole

31/7/2025, 4:39:46 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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bug woman

shot from above, lyra is looking up while holding a manual. she is next to an orange vintage vw baja bug with white front fenders and a white roof rack. the vw is parked in a driveway
31/7/2025, 11:51:46 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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🥙

31/7/2025, 11:15:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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strange dogs

clancy (a fluffy white and gray cat) and fred (a tuxedo cat) lounge on a bed
30/7/2025, 5:14:22 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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i have had 1) a cis woman staring at my chest for way too long before ordering something 2) a girl who came up to pick up an order and just showed me her phone and said "i dont know what this is" 3) a neckbeard who kept calling me "friend" and wanted me to give him a free refill on a mocktail

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why are customers on wednesdays always so weiwd

30/7/2025, 5:08:57 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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fact!!

30/7/2025, 3:22:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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gender tartakovsky

30/7/2025, 3:21:53 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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thinking about spaceships in the gender neutral bathroom

30/7/2025, 2:43:07 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view