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taShepard

@treeandstorm.bsky.social

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Traci Shepard. She/her, trans, plural system. Monsters, smut, bad jokes, witchcraft. Art account: https://bsky.app/profile/roxannarachnid.bsky.social

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 13h

”im addicted to this Buddhism game” —things someone who is good at buddhism would say???

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taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 2h

Oh I didn't know he was a Democrat

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Roxie @roxannarachnid.bsky.social · 2d

Reach in the bowl and grab a candy or four! You never know which you you're going to get.

Halloween means it's time for yet another random TF sketch sale. Full info and terms at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Evil Witch Roxie stirring a cauldron filled with colorful candies.

Text: RETURN of the CURSE of the GHOST of... TF CANDY SALE!!!
One random TF per candy...
- Single Character Color Sketch - $25
- Additonal candies (max four total) - +$10
- B/W TF Sequence - +$25
See form for full info
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGO5OWPjaA0AMw4ioQBjcR1BXJ6r6-bWLPEZWkLkn0N_YJ0w/viewform

Three sample candy transformations of Roxie turning into a goblin, a genie with massive tits and a plush doll of the Supreme Evil from Dinosaurs Attack

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Ennis☀️ @ennokos.bsky.social · 1d

Horse standing by a sunset with the text I forgot what I was gonna say

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taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 8h

She Might Be Giant (but the TFs aren't permanent)

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Joe Quinones @joequinones.bsky.social · 5d

I really can't understate how much love and empathy are the answer to literally everything.

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taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 8h

Binturcon.....

Erica Henderson @ericafails.bsky.social · 10h

The entire con floor smells like buttered popcorn, my favorite snack and smell. I'm going crazy

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Filbi (they/them) @filbi.bsky.social · 1d

My GoFundMe is still open. PLEASE help me reach $5000 if you can. I'm desperate.

gofund.me/d7e2f64eb

Filbi (they/them) @filbi.bsky.social · 1d

I just got a call from my loan officer that because I had to spend my down payment on rent, I may no longer qualify for my mortgage loan

I need to come up with at least $5000 asap or my house search will be for nothing and my mom and I will be homeless in under 2 months

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taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 12h

youtu.be/E_eIQ66gHeI?...

taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 21h

Oh heck, looked up Rumiko Takahashi off a random tangent and it's her birthday today. Celebrate by thinking about whichever of her characters you had a weird crush on in grade school.

taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 23h

I liked the new one more than the first but it's also probably the first song where I had the same "this could have been split in two" feeling I used to have with Marvel movies.

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit this blew up

Uh

Help a struggling trans woman out?

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Buy Andréa Mason a Coffee

Become a supporter of Andréa Mason today!

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Pina ✨ ADHD Alien @adhd-alien.bsky.social · 24d

Sometimes I feel like a ghost, unable to make meaningful changes to my life, while not being believed when I tell people how much I try.

Four-page comic.

Page 1
Top section: Narration text says, “Every day I wake up convinced I’ll finally do the thing I’ve been wanting to do for so long, but I’ve gotten so tired of waking up every day knowing that nothing has changed.”

Panels show lists of undone tasks:
- Narration: “Another day and I still haven’t cleaned the table so I can cook, still haven’t filled out important forms, haven’t thrown out the spoiled food I put next to the fridge a week ago, still haven’t unpacked the luggage from 9 months ago, and I lost a letter and am too ashamed to ask for a copy.”

Final narration on this page: “I do the wrong tasks, don’t finish, or get paralyzed before being able to start anything.”

Page 2
Panels contrast misconceptions with reality.
Narration: “When I can’t do something, it’s not: ‘It’s not fun so I won’t bother.’ Or ‘I don’t wanna do it.’”

Next panels show dread. Narration: “It’s more like I feel dread and my body yells back at me: ‘You won’t feel rewarded for this, so you’re wasting survival resources and energy.’ ‘DON’T DO IT.’”

Further narration: “I can’t even explain why I don’t do things, so people don’t believe me. I’ve started isolating because gathering my courage to ask for help and being shamed hurts so much.”

Closing narration on this page: “It feels like I’m a ghost, unable to make meaningful changes to my life. An existence unseen and unheard, having to hide so as not to trouble others.”

Page 3
Narration continues: “All I can do is watch as my life falls apart in slow-motion, as people watch and ask themselves ‘why doesn’t she just do something?’”

Further narration: “Every day I would fight myself to great exhaustion without any result to show for it. So after a while, I gave up fighting.
Not because I had a negative mindset, but as a result of my experiences.”

Someone scolds: “No one is coming to save you, stop being so self-defeating!”

Shift in tone: Narration asks, “Do you know what saved my life?”
A supportive voice replies: “I believe you. I will help you.”

Page 4
Narration: “It’s not that no one has helped me before, but no one believed how much help I needed.”

Someone else says dismissively: “I’m sure you can do it!”

Narration continues: “And it’s not that I can’t do anything – I can do many things that others can’t. It’s just that where my mother needs help using the PC, I need help organizing my day.”

Further narration: “People aren’t made to survive alone – without any help.”

Closing text: “I am still my own person. I have my own morals, agency, hopes and dreams. And if I have a robust scaffolding to work on, I can not only live, but thrive.”

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taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 1d

All the greatest hits of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, the nebulously ever-shifting pane through which we all now experience memories since 2020 and today.

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taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 1d

"I need an adjective."

taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 1d

Remembered to go back and watch the OD trailer. Bold of Kojima to make a Mad Libs game.

taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 1d

I'm disappointed in this year's JITB Halloween milkshake, but I am deeply amused that one of the other offerings is just One Big Mozz Stick.

taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 1d

Billy Dee Williams, caught between both worlds, the sillywalker

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ivy @proxidog.bsky.social · 1d

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taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 1d

Staaaaains

Doug Aoki @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 3d

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Truckstop Vigilante @brenthor.bsky.social · Aug 27

Never ask a woman her age, instead ask her what tales have carved their mark on her flesh. Ask if she is wizened, bent low from the sins of the past. Ask her if she believes in retribution

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taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 2d

Your Kanji For Today is:

taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 3d

Ee hee hee

taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 3d

Lego set got me like www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhAo...

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taShepard @treeandstorm.bsky.social · 3d

Like how cowboys and samurai delis existed at the same time