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El is in the Details
@elsbells.bsky.social
Copy and line editor*, queer, 24/7 nerd, political. Reads, writes, sings, plays D&D. Passionate. Occasionally hopeful. Loves music — & dogs, most especially my own giant floof. They/them.

*Expect typos in posts; I’m using my thumbs.
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Rent's PAID! Thank you so very much to everyone for all your help; you've done me much kindness, and made it easier for me to do kindnesses of my own.
(Astra's lounging outside enjoying the cool weather, but she says thank you, as well.)💖
I’m at $700/$925 to pay off my Dec. rent, and deeply appreciate your help making it this far!

The awful, frequent migraines of hurricane season are behind me, and I’m better able to press ahead with freelance work. Your shares & support make that easier. 💜
If you’re going to do Christianity, do it like “O Holy Night.” (Then get off your knees and get to work opposing and dismantling that oppression.)
normal christmas songs: yay winter is romantic

normal religious christmas songs: happy birthday Jesus!

O Holy Night: THE SIN HE IS HERE TO CLEANSE IS THE OPPRESSION OF YOUR FELLOW MAN, GET ON YOUR KNEES AND BEG FORGIVENESS
December 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Rent's PAID! Thank you so very much to everyone for all your help; you've done me much kindness, and made it easier for me to do kindnesses of my own.
(Astra's lounging outside enjoying the cool weather, but she says thank you, as well.)💖
I’m at $700/$925 to pay off my Dec. rent, and deeply appreciate your help making it this far!

The awful, frequent migraines of hurricane season are behind me, and I’m better able to press ahead with freelance work. Your shares & support make that easier. 💜
December 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Very good art.
I think I'm finally finding my artistic voice
December 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I’m at $700/$925 to pay off my Dec. rent, and deeply appreciate your help making it this far!

The awful, frequent migraines of hurricane season are behind me, and I’m better able to press ahead with freelance work. Your shares & support make that easier. 💜
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Now at $700 of $925 to pay off Dec. rent. Astra and I aren't at risk of eviction, but I can't pay for what I need to keep her safe and happy, drawing from my freelance contracts, until rent’s first covered in full.
Please share widely. 💜
December 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This deck looks cool as hell—and joyful. 💖
Fat Folks Tarot was a labor of love by everyone involved. I'm sad it's over, but I'm excited to move on to new projects. This is your last chance to buy the Fat Folks Tarot deck made by fat artists, featuring fat folks, for fat folks. It's genuinely very special. 🩵 Thank you for the love and support
There are exactly 185 Fat Folks Tarot decks left in our final sale!! We will never be reprinting this deck so if you want it this is legitimately your last chance to get it aside from artists selling them directly from their personal stock.

Get it here➡️ fatfolkstarot.bigcartel.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I only need $225 more and my rent will be paid off. Thank you so much to everyone who’s been helping—it’s a rough time of year to be in a rough spot financially. You’re making one person’s hard time easier. 💜
December 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Last post prompted by @nrlines.bsky.social & this heartwarming photo:
Have you ever seen such a beautiful sight
December 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
No, I’m not autistic, I just always order a pecan waffle at Waffle House, then eat, in order: One quarter plain, one quarter w/ butter, one quarter with syrup, and one quarter with butter and syrup both.

You know. To maximize variety.

(This post brought to by Waffle-House longings.)
December 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This game is richly detailed and richly weird, and I want in on its gory, myth-dripping, cyberpunk-and-magic world.

…But I can’t brave it alone.

Would any of my Bsky mutuals* like to play Songbirds with me?

*or any friendly strangers
Songbirds is a survival horror dungeon crawler where the dead come back to life and you just constantly get brutalized. It's more disco elysium than D&D. It's got unique classes, body mods, otherworldly beings, and all you need to run the game packed into one PDF.

snowttrpg.itch.io/songbirds-3e
December 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Getting behind on bills can beget a cycle of debt and anxiety.
Please help make sure @popelizbet.bsky.social, someone who continually invests in the wellbeing of their local and online communities, doesn’t get caught up in it.
stalled at $175 please help 💸 💕
I missed three days of work unpaid for holidays and we need at least $500 to catch up the bills and be able to pay next month's bills pn time paypal.me/popelizbet or cashapp $popelizbet #MutualAid 💸 💕
December 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
…forever, and ever…
What’s your “how can one album have so many bangers” album
December 6, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I'm no longer in danger of eviction but still need $225 so my rent is fully paid. Thank you so much for all your help!
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
…I still miss LJ.

I do keep up with my closest mutual from there, though. She got into aerial work a few years back, and just recently, started adult ballet classes.

She posted a video on Insta of her practicing at home between classes. She was glowing with joy.✨
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Good news! My housing is secure for Dec. To help prevent a deadline-damaged relationship w/ my landlords, someone let me charge my rent to their credit card as a super short-term loan.

B/c of your generosity, I only need $225 more to repay them in full. 💜

paypal.me/aislinndelyon
Now at $645 of $925 LATE rent. That means we’re over 2/3 of the way there! You are all ✨amazing.✨

If I pay by tomorrow, 12/5, I’ll avoid punitive fees—and can take more than a few deep, grateful breaths. Thank you so much for helping.
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
2 is always possible, but 4 is ALWAYS true
Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew
Who are you?

1. a writer in training
2. a ghost in waiting
3. witch of the wine aisle
4. person who likes potatoes
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Simultaneously relieved and dispirited to see other folks share my gut reaction to Pantone’s announcement.
theres racial implications behind pantones color of the year right
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Astra moves so slowly these days that our neighborhood walks might more accurately be called toddles.

Regardless, we just got back from a lovely toddle down the block—cold and wet, under a blanketing gray sky.

Our block gets so comfortingly quiet in this weather.
December 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Now at $645 of $925 LATE rent. That means we’re over 2/3 of the way there! You are all ✨amazing.✨

If I pay by tomorrow, 12/5, I’ll avoid punitive fees—and can take more than a few deep, grateful breaths. Thank you so much for helping.
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
URGENT rent request: I have $480/$925 of my (late) Dec. rent. Your help means my sweet senior dog can keep aging in place, & I can keep building a more stable base for both of us.

$5 donations can add up fast—thanks for keeping us in mind as I try to pay by Fri. to avoid penalties!
December 4, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I may have told Rook recently that actually, it is cold enough where they live to need more than one blanket/comforter.

Please help my sweet friend stay warm. 💕
December 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Praise be to my younger stepsister (who has the sense not to be on social media) for convincing me to take home an entire turkey leg last week.

The bones + my spice cabinet made wonderful broth, and a superb base for the two-rice, quinoa, & carrot soup I just devoured.
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Have you taken your prescribed capybara break today?
Happy birthday to Tupi!

Video: montage of a baby capybara: getting trampled by a blackbird, slapping an adult capy, sitting in an adult capybara's salad bowl, startled by a squirrel, munching a leaf, slapping adult again, and getting tucked under mama's chin for a nap.

[Via San Antonio Zoo]
December 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I've got something to edit (yay!)—it's likely less than an hour's worth of work, but still enough to mean it's time to switch from a bubblegum-Kpop playlst to...an R&B-Kpop playlist.

(For the last few months I've been going classical for working music, but w/ Dec., I needed something different.)
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM