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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 3d

Hey all! I’ve had so much amazing help and I’m at the minimum wire now! I get paid on the fifteenth and with my current bills, I just need $150 to make it to then without going into even more debt. So if you can help, I’d love to draw any OC’s, any fandom work, whatever! Thanks y’all so much 💕💕

Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 18d

Okay, I’m gonna do something very tacky and I hate to do it, especially after people have been so kind on here, but I gotta do what I got to. My account is in the red right now and I’m in severe debt related to car troubles and the classes I need to take for my teaching license. +

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 4d

I don't believe in heaven or hell, I haven't for years, but I do believe that certain people can't be redeemed.

That's somewhat of a newer view.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 5d

Sorry to keep on this. But I’m basically out of gas in my car and need a way to get to work, so anything helps, frfr, and I’d loved to draw any mess off things for y’all in thanks 💕💕

Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 18d

Okay, I’m gonna do something very tacky and I hate to do it, especially after people have been so kind on here, but I gotta do what I got to. My account is in the red right now and I’m in severe debt related to car troubles and the classes I need to take for my teaching license. +

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cara is doing it #ForRhysie @carmen-m0n0xide.bsky.social · 6d

David Lynch is rolling so hard in his grave he's about to break the sound barrier

FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE

kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 8d

The Department of Homeland Security using clips from Twin Peaks in their cringe and racist anti immigration edits….

Life after all criminal aliens are deported

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 6d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you so much @thesushiowl.bsky.social ! Down to $240 to get to the fifteenth. I probs need to find a way to secure $70 by Monday, but I’m still trucking along. As I’ve said, anything helps, and I’m more than happy to do a couple of pieces for individual payments. But either way, thanks y’all 💕💕

Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 9d

I was able to get out of the red with my account, thanks to y’all’s help. I’ve done the math and I can get by with $250 to pay off unavoidable incoming bills until I’m paid on the 15th. So truly, if you would like some illustration for even a few dollars, you’d be helping big time. 💕💕🫣🫣

Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 18d

Not quite the same as commissions, but if anyone can spare even a buck or two to help out, I’d be more than happy to draw you something and it would be much appreciated. Here’s an example of my stuff. And the request doesn’t need to be OFMD related if you want something else! I’m down with whatever.

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you so much @thesushiowl.bsky.social ! Down to $240 to get to the fifteenth. I probs need to find a way to secure $70 by Monday, but I’m still trucking along. As I’ve said, anything helps, and I’m more than happy to do a couple of pieces for individual payments. But either way, thanks y’all 💕💕

Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 9d

I was able to get out of the red with my account, thanks to y’all’s help. I’ve done the math and I can get by with $250 to pay off unavoidable incoming bills until I’m paid on the 15th. So truly, if you would like some illustration for even a few dollars, you’d be helping big time. 💕💕🫣🫣

Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 18d

Not quite the same as commissions, but if anyone can spare even a buck or two to help out, I’d be more than happy to draw you something and it would be much appreciated. Here’s an example of my stuff. And the request doesn’t need to be OFMD related if you want something else! I’m down with whatever.

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 7d

I’d love to send you a lil postcard in return!

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vilém @vlcimor.bsky.social · 8d

I'm really sorry, but after rewatching ofmd again, the line: 'I'm sorry if my horrible naked chin disgusts you.' just hits different now—
AKA ...What if Ed had a moko kanohi (facial tattoo) and he hides it under his beard?

I ended up rambling about it in a whole post on my Tumblr:') #ofmd #edteach

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Cin 🏴‍☠️🍊🍉 @thesushiowl.bsky.social · 8d

Delaney made me such amazing Rizzy art that I'm going to cherish forever. And so fast! Lovely person and so nice. Definitely throw some money at them.

Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 8d

I currently have no commissions in my docket, so my weekend is wide open for anyone who can help out, even with just a few dollars. I’ve included more examples of my work - I love OFMD, but I can also do other stuff! My v3nmo is @ lavender-luxury if you can help 💕💕🫣🫣

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Space ✨🐙 @spacecadetglowao3.bsky.social · 7d

I laughed so hard at this part. I was like, "I don't know why *Oliver* knows that, but the writers definitely know."

Cackling O'Brien, Chief Witch-gineer 🔵 @radobrien.myatproto.social · 8d

This throwaway joke in Only Murders In The Building was fucking WILD. What a deep cut in a show for boomers

Martin short telling Steve Martin that Tumblr was ruined after they banned naughty pics

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 7d

Omg, thank you so much!! You are so so kind. Thank you!! 🥹🥹💕💕

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 8d

I currently have no commissions in my docket, so my weekend is wide open for anyone who can help out, even with just a few dollars. I’ve included more examples of my work - I love OFMD, but I can also do other stuff! My v3nmo is @ lavender-luxury if you can help 💕💕🫣🫣

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florence 💜♠️ they/he @florenceafter12.bsky.social · 9d

t4t4t steddyhands. there’s so much beauty in the world

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 8d

I currently have no commissions in my docket, so my weekend is wide open for anyone who can help out, even with just a few dollars. I’ve included more examples of my work - I love OFMD, but I can also do other stuff! My v3nmo is @ lavender-luxury if you can help 💕💕🫣🫣

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 9d

I was able to get out of the red with my account, thanks to y’all’s help. I’ve done the math and I can get by with $250 to pay off unavoidable incoming bills until I’m paid on the 15th. So truly, if you would like some illustration for even a few dollars, you’d be helping big time. 💕💕🫣🫣

Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 18d

Not quite the same as commissions, but if anyone can spare even a buck or two to help out, I’d be more than happy to draw you something and it would be much appreciated. Here’s an example of my stuff. And the request doesn’t need to be OFMD related if you want something else! I’m down with whatever.

Fang of “Our Flag Means Death” embracing a gray pitbull.

Three young girls with light brown skin. The girl on the left has short, straight brown hair and brown eyes. The middle girl has long wavy blonde hair in braids, and one brown eye and one hazel eye. The third girl has long wavy black hair and hazel eyes.

Izzy Hands, Fang, and Ivan of “Our Flag Means Death” as mermaid versions of Ursula, Flotsam, and Jetsam of “The Little Mermaid.

Stede Bonnet, (yellow cat with green eyes), Izzy Hands (gray cat with hazel eyes), and Edward Teach (black and gray cat with brown eyes and curly whiskers) as cats.

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 9d

Like, they KNOW Stede and Izzy were fucking, but Stede and Izzy want to be like “oh, no, we totally waited for you two to come back” - Ed and Jack like to take advantage of their fib to send them into overstimulation territory (consensually, of course). 😉

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 9d

Y’all are literally some of the kindest people out there, as I know how hard things are in the world and yet, you’re doing something so selfless. I hope so much good comes y’all’s way, as it is beyond deserved. Sending all the love there is 💕💕

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 9d

And now, I feel so engaged with people who enjoy similar things, people who seek to create and find a pocket of joy in the world. And the fact that so many of you have helped me, whether by commissioning or by constantly reposting… I just can’t get over it. +

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 9d

Also, and I can’t stress this enough, but to my fellow OFMD fans, I thank you. Like… everything you’ve done so far means the world to me. Idk how to fully express this appreciation. I hopped in this app so recently because I miss the connective vibe of older social media +

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 9d

Ed and Jack make sure to hit one last spot on the way home to bring Stede and Izzy free dessert. 🥰

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 9d

I was able to get out of the red with my account, thanks to y’all’s help. I’ve done the math and I can get by with $250 to pay off unavoidable incoming bills until I’m paid on the 15th. So truly, if you would like some illustration for even a few dollars, you’d be helping big time. 💕💕🫣🫣

Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 18d

Not quite the same as commissions, but if anyone can spare even a buck or two to help out, I’d be more than happy to draw you something and it would be much appreciated. Here’s an example of my stuff. And the request doesn’t need to be OFMD related if you want something else! I’m down with whatever.

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 10d

Saw someone say, “Stop hoarding books, we don’t need paper books anyway” and I can’t express how misguided this is. Online libraries disappear, digital books can be altered, and with Big Tech seeking to destroy history and literacy, print media has never been more essential.

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 9d

Omg, yay!! I’m so glad you like them. I have a soft spot for these two as a pair, but I also just adore them as characters. Thank you again for your help at this time. You’re awesome!!

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Delaney @lavenderluxury.bsky.social · 9d

Some early morning coffee with Izzy and Roach for @thesushiowl.bsky.social ! Don’t worry - Izzy will drink Roach’s for him if he doesn’t get up soon 😉

If you’d like a fun lil illustration of your own for crazy cheap (and to help out a financially strapped MS teacher), check out my pinned post! 💕💕

Two men lean against each other at a wooden table. A shorter white man with gray hair and a goatee is on the left, wearing all black and smiling. A brown man with black curly hair and a goatee is on the right, wearing a striped shirt and apron, is sleeping and leaning on the man on the left.

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