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Rish

@dragonycat.bsky.social

270 followers 170 following 560 posts

Builder of cars, spacecraft propulsion test engineering technician, photographer, fabricator, r/c hobbyist, rally car driver, theydy, outdoorscritter, 🏳️‍⚧️ non-binary, shi/hir, demi

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 1d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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fuchs @foxwife.bsky.social · 1d

would you believe i thought for many many years that i could never even look anything like a woman, let alone a really beautiful one? anyways. i was a moron. take the fucking hormones babes

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Rish @dragonycat.bsky.social · 1d

Still so jazzed with this piece by @leggy2fast.art! Go do the thing!

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Rish @dragonycat.bsky.social · 4d

When your boss starts talking about cloning you to share with other departments and their boss claps back with "Nah, we keep her clones with us."

Rish @dragonycat.bsky.social · 5d

Couple of solid meandering pedals with @tavfox.bsky.social ^^

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Tav_Fox @tavfox.bsky.social · 9d

Foxes were never meant to handle personal finance!
#FursuitFriday

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Rish @dragonycat.bsky.social · 9d

Covid and flu vaccs yesterday, everything hurts today x.x

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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 10d

Written 55 years ago, Schulz's heartfelt clarity cuts through the noise, even today.

h/t @tisserand.bsky.social

Scan of a typed letter from 1970, from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, addressed to "Joel Lipton, 622 N. Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210"

It reads:

"Dear Joel:

I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen than it has ever been before. Certainly all any of us can do is follow our own conscience and retain faith in our democracy. Sometimes it is the very people who cry out the loudest in favor of getting back to what they call "American Virtues" who lack this faith in our country.

I believe that our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities.

Sincerely yours,

Charles M. Schulz"

At bottom is an illustration of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, a kite wrapped around the dog house.

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Big Demon Energy @mayawest.online · 10d

Close your windows and put on your air purifiers IMMEDIATELY if you live in Southern California.

Ukraine War Brief Podcast @ukrainewarpod.bsky.social · 10d

Unfortunately, this isn’t Omsk. This is Los Angeles. 😭 The Chevron Refinery is on fire.

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Esotouric's Secret Los Angeles @esotouric.bsky.social · 10d

South Bay folks, close your windows and mask up. If you're driving, set air to recycle. The Chevron refinery in El Segundo just blew up.

citizen.com/-OacL7_yVyF5...

Massive Fire After Explosion at Refinery in Manhattan Beach

El Segundo - The refinery involved in the blast has been identified as Chevron Products Company in El Segundo.

citizen.com

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Rish @dragonycat.bsky.social · 11d

something something forklift certified

Rish @dragonycat.bsky.social · 11d

Every day!

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 11d

On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US.

And nobody covered it.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

State AGs Defend Trans Americans in Stunning Rebuke to Trump’s FTC — Assigned

Eighteen state Attorneys General unite to stand up in defense of trans Americans, in opposition to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into trans healthcare.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Rish @dragonycat.bsky.social · 12d

super missing working with detail oriented 'n experienced folk
T.T

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Rish @dragonycat.bsky.social · 12d

neat

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Metric - AF team Petal @makemea.mom · 13d

Just called my senators

Please yall, do the same. Us trans people can’t do this alone

emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 26d

so: what do we need you to do? two things.

1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi

what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵

Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm one of Senator [THEIR NAME]'s constituents. House Republicans are trying to insert a multiple articles of anti-trans legislation, including a full transgender healthcare funding ban, into the F-Y '26 budget. I'm calling to tell the Senator to stand up for trans Americans and vote NO on any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown.

[you can stop here at 0:20 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]

This care funding ban follows the map the G-O-P charted while attacking abortion. Democrats lost that fight by giving in to the G-O-P an inch at a time. Giving an inch at a time on trans care will devastate trans Americans and it'll get Democrats nothing in return but contempt.

[you can stop here at 0:40 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]

Right now, the most popular Democrat in the U-S, [Zo-RAHN Mom-DA-nee], is campaigning on making trans healthcare cheaper and easier to access, and he's only got more good will because of it.

[you can stop here at 0:50 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't]

I'm asking the Senator to refuse to allow any anti-trans language including a healthcare ban in the F-Y '26 bill. Do not vote for any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown. Standing with trans people is the right thing to do and it's politically smart. Voters and donors show up for Democrats who fight.

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Paul Southworth ☢️ 🐟 @southworth.bsky.social · 13d

I love environmental storytelling in dystopian sci-fi games.

The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 13d

Yeah, everyone hates the AI subway ads as much as you do nygroove.nyc/ai-subway-ads/

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Rish @dragonycat.bsky.social · 14d

Doin ok, slowly improving

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Rish @dragonycat.bsky.social · 14d

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Rish @dragonycat.bsky.social · 15d

lil profile correction

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Big Dyke Energy (GFM in pinned) @azurebitch.bsky.social · Jun 14

This is one of the hardest things I've ever done: asking for help.

After a financially devastating divorce, I am asking for help getting FFS, a gender-affirming surgery for which I am having to pay a vast majority out of pocket.

Any bit helps.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-blue-...

Donate to Help Blue (author of Unknown Number) get her surgery, organized by Blue Neustifter

I'll be honest: Choosing to make this project, to ask for help, i… Blue Neustifter needs your support for Help Blue (author of Unknown Number) get her surgery

www.gofundme.com

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Rish @dragonycat.bsky.social · 15d

Dad's in the hospital a bit more than an hour from home and work

Rish @dragonycat.bsky.social · 18d

Late night GT cruising is good for the soul

Just wish these runs were voluntary >.>

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 19d

Call your senators and your house rep.
Make a stink by being clear that abandoning trans adults and children is a no-go.
Cis people, call and be loud for us. We are tired.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19d

1. Trump has dug in on anti-trans provisions in the shutdown fight this morning, cancelling a meeting with Dems unless they cave on trans people.

His post to Truth Social is a clear indication that Republicans are making targeting trans people a priority.

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Trump Digs In On Anti-Trans Provisions In Shutdown Fight Message

The provisions are becoming a key sticking point in the ongoing fight to keep the government open.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Rish @dragonycat.bsky.social · 19d

Trains

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