Swamp Cryptid
@opalhexen.bsky.social
(They/them) Antifascist artist and gardener, 1312; upstate NY. Collar City DSA
I make art for the weird and wild, and small batch upcycled clothing.
I believe a better world is still possible, I mourn for my lost comrades.
I make art for the weird and wild, and small batch upcycled clothing.
I believe a better world is still possible, I mourn for my lost comrades.
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Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
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Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
ICE is all up in my neighborhood (kidnapping my neighbors)
ICE is all up in my neighborhood
(Pipes burst across the street and flooded and froze overnight)
ICE is all up in my neighborhood
(Pipes burst across the street and flooded and froze overnight)
February 2, 2026 at 7:35 PM
ICE is all up in my neighborhood (kidnapping my neighbors)
ICE is all up in my neighborhood
(Pipes burst across the street and flooded and froze overnight)
ICE is all up in my neighborhood
(Pipes burst across the street and flooded and froze overnight)
New York, Neeew Yooork
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
New York, Neeew Yooork
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
(everything is scary and bad) ALSO my bb and i got tickets to NY Sirens PWHL PRIDE NIGHT and we’re gonna be a row behind the benches and in high fiving distance to the locker room walk out.
January 21, 2026 at 1:27 PM
(everything is scary and bad) ALSO my bb and i got tickets to NY Sirens PWHL PRIDE NIGHT and we’re gonna be a row behind the benches and in high fiving distance to the locker room walk out.
I made this badass bitch based off my friend and his favorite pearls and things #queerart #raccoon #artistsofbluesky
January 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I made this badass bitch based off my friend and his favorite pearls and things #queerart #raccoon #artistsofbluesky
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That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 AM
That is what was relayed
I cannot watch state of the unions without Hasan filtering and cracking jokes anymore am I broken or is it this fascist nation
January 3, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I cannot watch state of the unions without Hasan filtering and cracking jokes anymore am I broken or is it this fascist nation
Release the Gale Brophy Rolodex files
January 3, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Release the Gale Brophy Rolodex files
Ok I LOVE upstate NY bc what do you mean there’s a queer beer league hockey team called The Bombers and my GF signed us up for info night after watching The Cottage
December 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Ok I LOVE upstate NY bc what do you mean there’s a queer beer league hockey team called The Bombers and my GF signed us up for info night after watching The Cottage
Got so stoned I forgot the word Bodega and referred to it as the “food dispensary”
December 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Got so stoned I forgot the word Bodega and referred to it as the “food dispensary”
Love through upstate NY winters where neighbors have to snow blow eachother out bc the city just decides hey we don’t have to plow THAT street
December 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Love through upstate NY winters where neighbors have to snow blow eachother out bc the city just decides hey we don’t have to plow THAT street
After throwing a massive tantrum about any of the baristas taking off for the holidays, the cafe owner ducked off to another state for 2 weeks.
I’m gonna crash out
I’m gonna crash out
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
After throwing a massive tantrum about any of the baristas taking off for the holidays, the cafe owner ducked off to another state for 2 weeks.
I’m gonna crash out
I’m gonna crash out
My kids been watching the original Pokémon and singing the song but sings “gotta catch a ball, gotta catch a ball” and it’s so cute
December 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My kids been watching the original Pokémon and singing the song but sings “gotta catch a ball, gotta catch a ball” and it’s so cute
I’ve been working on a big crow and fish focused restock for my last Holiday market this year! I’m looking forward to having some downtime from them after this. It wears me OUT.
Chag Sameach to everyone lighting up tonight. Oy to The World.
Chag Sameach to everyone lighting up tonight. Oy to The World.
December 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I’ve been working on a big crow and fish focused restock for my last Holiday market this year! I’m looking forward to having some downtime from them after this. It wears me OUT.
Chag Sameach to everyone lighting up tonight. Oy to The World.
Chag Sameach to everyone lighting up tonight. Oy to The World.
The dog stole my entire loaf of farmers market sourdough and took two bites before abandoning it and I am SO SAD I couldn’t enjoy it
December 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The dog stole my entire loaf of farmers market sourdough and took two bites before abandoning it and I am SO SAD I couldn’t enjoy it
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We are returning to Troy as our first regional pop-up market of the New Year at one of our FAVORITE venues - Mount Ida Preservation Hall! 🌈
✅ APPLY TODAY 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We cannot wait to gather in queer and gender expansive joy at Mount Ida again in March 2026! 🫂
✅ APPLY TODAY 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We cannot wait to gather in queer and gender expansive joy at Mount Ida again in March 2026! 🫂
December 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We are returning to Troy as our first regional pop-up market of the New Year at one of our FAVORITE venues - Mount Ida Preservation Hall! 🌈
✅ APPLY TODAY 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We cannot wait to gather in queer and gender expansive joy at Mount Ida again in March 2026! 🫂
✅ APPLY TODAY 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We cannot wait to gather in queer and gender expansive joy at Mount Ida again in March 2026! 🫂
Boomer came in to the coffee shop telling me protesters in the 60s had more balls than today. I asked if he ever saw his friends get shot in the head with a 40mm or go up against a tank or Boston dynamic dog.
December 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Boomer came in to the coffee shop telling me protesters in the 60s had more balls than today. I asked if he ever saw his friends get shot in the head with a 40mm or go up against a tank or Boston dynamic dog.
In case you’re looking for it, you can find it tomorrow at the Punk Rock Flea Market at Empire Live in Albany
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In case you’re looking for it, you can find it tomorrow at the Punk Rock Flea Market at Empire Live in Albany
The way some people were talking about the gay hockey show I was expecting hardcore gay porn and I am severely disappointed
December 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The way some people were talking about the gay hockey show I was expecting hardcore gay porn and I am severely disappointed
It’s always “play holiday music in the cafe” until I turn on radical Yiddish klezmer bops and suddenly I’m the problem
December 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It’s always “play holiday music in the cafe” until I turn on radical Yiddish klezmer bops and suddenly I’m the problem
Some recent block prints. Available this weekend at my booth at the Troy Farmers Market Saturday and the Upstate Punk Rock Flea market on Sunday. Available next week at Nerdy By Nature
December 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Some recent block prints. Available this weekend at my booth at the Troy Farmers Market Saturday and the Upstate Punk Rock Flea market on Sunday. Available next week at Nerdy By Nature