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Katbirdy • KJ

@katbirdy.bsky.social

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KJ • They/he • genderfluid • 30 • NYC • SCAD alum Cosplayer, 3D Modeler/Drafter, Instructional Designer Mostly Critical Role, anime, and misc chaos WIPs: Aemond (hotd), Utowin (wha), Celebrimbor (RoP), Vaxildan 2.0 katbirdy.carrd.co

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Katbirdy • KJ @katbirdy.bsky.social · Oct 21

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I'm KJ, a NYC based cosplayer with a focus on craftsmanship, 3d modeling, and design.

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Chilchuck (dungeon Meshi)- @honeyandheatherphoto
Kashaw Vesh (critical role) - @adoylible
Ciri (the Witcher) - @aleestudios
Bo Katan (Star wars)- @allyspock.bsky.social

#cosplay

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 3d

this week's post is about palestine, the history of zionism, and anecdotes about israeli anarchist friends of mine from years ago who were living in exile to avoid joining the IDF

margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/77-years-a...

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Newt 👁️🦎 @eyeofthenewt.bsky.social · 4d

help there is so many of them
#criticalrole #criticalrolefanart

digital drawing of 8 characters from Critical Role Campaign 4. the background is dark and they are in shades of muted green/orange/yellow.
Characters left to right: Bolaire, Occtis, Wicander, Azune, Tyrrany, Kattigan, Julien, Teor.

same drawign but now monochrome on cream coloured background. the lineart is stylised, expressive and messy and the brush used is thin, scratchy and with one set line thickness.

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Katbirdy • KJ @katbirdy.bsky.social · 3d

It was great running into you!!!! See you at NYCC, and hopefully the trigun panel

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Roxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com · 23d

Donate to mutual funds. Take a first aid course. Offer to help others with yard work or errands. Check in on your friends, family & vulnerable community members. Contact your senator. Help out at a food bank. Do not give up. The road is long & small positive actions ripple outward.

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 23d

The Third Reich didn't last 1,000 years.

Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.

And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.

Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.

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Tonya Song 🪶 @tonyasong.bsky.social · 25d

Remember, they hate trans joy, they hate gay joy, they hate Black joy, they hate Native joy, etc. they hate when we can laugh and love and live our lives in our own skin. They hate that we can find our way without their rigid rules. To find joy and thrive is a great act of resistance too.

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Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · 24d

Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.

🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 25d

My rage knows no bounds

Gaza City mosque blown up by Israeli air attack

Israeli forces bombed and destroyed a 13th century mosque in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City on Tuesday.

www.aljazeera.com

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · Sep 11

i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence

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Katbirdy • KJ @katbirdy.bsky.social · Sep 5

Something something, doomed lovers and entanglements with the goddess of death.

Worth braving the Raleigh heat and bugs to shoot with 2 of my favorite people. Everything from this shoot is amazing.

Vax- me
Keyleth- @adoylible.bsky.social
Photos- @amiephotos.bsky.social

#criticalrole

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · Jul 3

"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."

MBA-brain is real.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jul 3

They’re literally advertising it.

CEOs Start Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: AI Will Wipe Out Jobs

Ford chief predicts AI will replace “literally half of all white-collar workers.”

www.wsj.com

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Honey&Heather Photo✨ @honeyheather.bsky.social · Jun 25

⚔️Take up thine blade⚔️
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It’s Wednesday so here is some Zelda as a treat. ✨
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@amiephotos.bsky.social literally created this art within a few weeks and I think that’s just neat ✨
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#zelda #zeldacosplay #cosplayphotographer #tearsofthekingdom

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · Jun 25

Zohran Mamdani’s campaign had a visual language like no other, drawing on hand-painted bodega signage and New York iconography in a completely fresh way.

Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo

Zohran Mamdani’s campaign had a visual language like no other, drawing on hand-painted bodega signage and New York iconography in a completely fresh way.

www.curbed.com

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Alden Diaz @thataldendiaz.bsky.social · Jun 25

In a time of “campaign to the right to win back alleged centrists,” the consultant class has been utterly embarrassed. All of them should go into exile. We don’t want to hear it anymore! It does not work! Here’s even more proof. Get absolutely *fucked.*

Fight for everyone, always, or step aside.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · Jun 25

brad lander primary chuck schumer

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · Jun 25

I think what establishment democrats need to understand is that most of us hate them all very much for being so persistently useless and shitty in our time of desperation and it fills our hearts with hope and joy when someone who might not be those things beats them.

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Malky @themalky.bsky.social · Jun 17

🐊 It is world croc day! 🐊

Illustration of six species of crocodilians (from top to bottom, left to right: american alligator, freshwater crocodile, chinese alligator, morelet's crocodile, dwarf caiman and gharial) in a cutesy simplified style on a flat colored teal background with ripples of water and lilypads.

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Newt 👁️🦎 @eyeofthenewt.bsky.social · Jun 15

No Kings

an illustration on off-white background depicting two wolves tearing apart chains with crown-wearing skulls next to them. On the bottom it says "no kings" in a spiky sort of gothic hand-drawn font.
The text is a muted orange, the wolves shades of dark green with orange eyes and the chains and skulls are in shades of cream/yellow.

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Ash @bsartsss.bsky.social · Jun 2

Lady maria-i mean duchess

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2ghosts @2ghosts.bsky.social · Jun 1

guardian of the golden kingdom #dungeonmeshi

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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · Jun 1

Happy 🌈

"am i a boy? am i a girl? who knows!! but everyone finds me hot and that makes everyone gay"

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Katbirdy • KJ @katbirdy.bsky.social · May 28

Aahhh! Glad you're ok, neuro stuff is still scary. The nurse should have played formation tho. For the comedy of it

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Dec 24

'live action' adaptations of animation projects offends me. setting aside the cultural disrespect toward animation on a whole, it's a fundamental dismissal of animation as narrative -- the point of drawing is inherently allegorical and abstract. the metaphorical nature of animation IS the story

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adelle k. @ MCM K-09 @klimtsonian.bsky.social · May 22

guiding lights 🌟 #criticalrole

Illustration of Vex, Imogen, and Jester from Critical Role. Imogen is in the center with Vex and Jester flanking either side in Art Nouveau-esque frames. In the top center of the frames is a starburst design. Each figure has a radiant white light emanating from them.

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calpernia's tooth gap @barnyardjester.bsky.social · May 19

Happiest anniversary to the Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt! Here's to another decade full of songs
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Dandelion: @chewybreadcosplay.bsky.social
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#10YearsoftheWitcher3
@cdprojektred.com

Cosplays of Witcher 3's finest bards. Priscilla is sitting, legs crossed strumming a lute while Dandelion stands and poses sassily.

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Katbirdy • KJ @katbirdy.bsky.social · May 13

It is starting to look like a thing though.

Katbirdy • KJ @katbirdy.bsky.social · May 13

Got a lot done over the past couple weeks, dye and paint done. Along with some final wet forming and assembly. Just some rigging, gluing, and edge painting left

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