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Vico Whitmore

@vwwhitmore.bsky.social

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Trans man, memoirist, and mental health unfluencer who will absolutely make you worse. My writing aims to make people uncomfortable in their own heads, the way the good lord intended. https://lnk.bio/vicowhitmore

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Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · May 11

I've made a brand new list on Medium of all my favorite essays available on that platform. These essays are entirely free to read, and represent a good chunk of the pieces that I'd love for more people to see. Enjoy!
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List: My Favorites | Curated by Vico Whitmore | Medium

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Val Syverson 🕷️ @vjpsyverson.bsky.social · 8h

antifaxolotl is my new favorite thing

Mattie Kaiser @mattiekaiser.bsky.social · 18h

The resistance will be televised... On the cartoon network?

Screenshot of tiktok video captioned "new characters unlocked at the Portland Detention Center" showing several inflatable cartoon characters including "left shark" and some guitar players in the background

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Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · 15h

I've got a snuggly desk buddy today. He's been there for like three hours, which is definitely stealing time but he's too cute to rat out.

A black and white tuxedo cat sleeps curled up in shrimp position (hugging his back legs and tail). He is laying on an ottoman under a desk

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Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · 19h

I woke up feeling garbage so I'm trying to make myself stay at least hydrated and sitting down but it's harrrrrrrd

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 23h

Every year, for the last few years, @fallenlights.net and I get pumpkins to put out with our wildlife cameras.

The process has yet to disappoint.

Night vision wildlife camera image of a raccoon with a pumpkin, staring up into the sky.

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 1d

It's a busy time with lots going wrong, but I can always find the time to tell JKR and Neil Gaiman to go fuck themselves.

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S. Morgan Burbank @anotherindiewriter.com · 1d

This is day 4 of Opus being announced to the world. I've been fortunate that I've gotten at least one preorder every day since announcement. Can I run that streak to 4 days in a row? Would you be the one to help my trans self-discovery story find a home?

Have an MS Paint ad
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A digital clock drawn in MS Paint reading 12:12:25

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Lorelli @exitrealitystudios.com · 1d

And I'm sure it won't have any unintended consequences

Page 114 is live!

Latest: badinfluencecomic.com
Start Fresh: badinfluencecomic.com/comic/cover1/

#BadInfluenceComic #comics #WebComic #OCSky

A comic panel crop, a middle-aged man with light skin, blue eyes, his black hair and goatee streaked throughout with grey sits at a desk in a nice chair wearing a military style blue coat with gold buttons and rank decoration
Bad Influence page 114

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Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · 1d

Like a concert of untuned xylophones

Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · 1d

But do either of them have bone titties is the question

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Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning everyone! It's a beautiful day to cause problems for the fascist regime. Let's fuck some shit up!

Sunrise over a deteriorating wooden fence covered in morning glories. The sky is blue with long orange and pink stripes of clouds

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🏳️‍⚧️ Seb (He/Fey) 🔞 @sebastianseancrow.bsky.social · 2d

Due to some personal stuff, my move out of Texas has been pushed back a bit but I still need to be saving and raising money. I have about $860 in my savings account for it and I have more money to deposit, but anything to makes things go by quicker 🙏
💕 💸 💕 💸
#HelpSky #TransCrowdFund #HelpLGBT

🏳️‍⚧️ Seb (He/Fey) 🔞 @sebastianseancrow.bsky.social · Mar 10

I will be saving up as much as I can but current monthly bills total to just under $1500 so it would mean the world to me to have just a little bit of help, even just a share. Need to GTFO of TX.
#GoFundMe #LGBT #HelpLGBT #Trans #HelpTrans #MutualAid

gofund.me/4e07cc81

Donate to Help a Trans Person Leave Texas, Get to a Safe Place ASAP, organized by Sebastian Sean Crow

Hi, my name is Sebastian Sean and I am a trans man in my late… Sebastian Sean Crow needs your support for Help a Trans Person Leave Texas, Get to a Safe Place ASAP

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Sokera! || SHOP OPEN! ⭐️ @pyixus.bsky.social · 20d

Let's Get Haunted!
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#Art | #Pokemon

Drawing of ghost type pokemon in front of pumpkins & a full moon. The drawing features Duskskull, Ghastly, Haunter, Litwick, Pumpkaboo, Crobat, and Chandelure.

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Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · 2d

If you or someone you love has an erection lasting more than four hours that began while eating, smelling, or thinking about asparagus, Astra Zeneca may be able to help

Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · 2d

My worst/best/most upsetting piece yet, "Goals for Q4 2025", is coming one week from today, and I stand by it, especially this bit. #amwriting

Try the vegetables you hated as a kid. Maybe asparagus doesn't taste so bad in your adult mouth. Oh shit, it does. It's terrible. It's like eating grass with an erection I'm so sorry.

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 2d

I asked Zev what he thought of @valwrites.ca gunning for Inix's campaign, and he did this

He told me he'd have used his plasma rifle for good measure, but it "was not worth the energy expenditure"

Inix is so lucky to have such great friends 🥰

Sub: TheLuckyMachine.com

#TLM #TWM #Scifi #Art

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Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · 2d

They're personality hires, the both of them

Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · 2d

I try really hard not to talk about work here cause I don't want to wind up in HR but look at how useless my goddamn coworkers are.

A black and white tuxedo cat with green eyes and white whiskers lays on his side with an arm draped over a magnificently fluffy buff ginger kitty. Both are laying on a green frog squishmallow

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Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · 2d

If you see this, post a pet

A black cat with a cropped ear and green eyes sits on a dove grey blanket, surrounded by otherwise purple pillows, stuffies, and bedding

Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · 2d

Besides, it’s exhausting to have an endocrine system that already thought I was being hunted for sport every time I got more than one notification at a time having to suddenly cope with actually being the government’s new favorite game animal while a genocide rages on and the possibility of ever being able to live alone again slowly drifts out of reach alongside the price of eggs. I don’t know how even my co-workers who are relatively safe are keeping from popping their eyeballs like grapes in a microwave during one of our morning Zoom calls. The only thing presently tethering me to the earth are origami puffy stars, Stardew Valley, my enjoyment of housing and food, and living in the comparative liberal paradise of California. I have no clue how anyone else is managing it.

Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · 2d

Being trans with a "business as usual" desk job is weird as fuck right now. I can't be the only one who feels like they're losing their mind while still hitting their quotas and saying synergy and shit. #lgbtqia #amwriting
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A Tuesday Kind of Apocalypse

It’s Tuesday. It’s the apocalypse. I feel like I’m going insane.

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Sam 📷 [Resources for Artists] @sambestock.bsky.social · 2d

Spider web jasper is a perfect spooky stone for the season. 🕷️ All about grounding and connection, no matter how many knots or tangles there may be in your thread, the web holds strong. Deep breaths & remember you're not alone. 🖤

🕸️ ko-fi.com/s/c4df940a76

#stockphotos #artresources #shop #gemstones

A stock photo of many tumbled stones of spider web jasper. A grey gemstone with black web-like tendrils that wrap and crisscross in various patterns.

A stock photo of a white person's hand holding many tumbled stones of spider web jasper.

A stock photo of a close up of a tumbled stone of spider web jasper.

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 3d

Can you believe this is how I get treated?

I coach on campaign building, I show nothing but KINDNESS, hell I even give my HANDMADE PAPERBACK COVER MOCKUP for her hero image, and THIS is how @valwrites.ca repays me? Not with gratitude, but with SNIPING MY SPOT AS 2ND MOST FOLLOWED PROJECT?

Screenshot from Bluesky from user Valiant, valwrites.ca: Alright team huddle up.
@aimeecozza.com is 19 followers ahead of me. 5X times the following! 2nd book vs 1st. A veteran vs the plucky upstart.

WE MUST DEFEAT HER FOR FUN & GLORY.

If you love lesbians who fight for love & sex & joy then FOLLOW ME TO VICTORY

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 3d

Oh HELL FUCKIN NO

Help me stay in my 2nd spot. I DESERVE THIS AS COLLECTION WHIP

Follow now to help me stay ahead ⤵️

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Vico Whitmore @vwwhitmore.bsky.social · 3d

I'm gonna sign you up for the Taco Bell ultra marathon then spirit you away to that town in Colorado with your plane ticket home contingent on finishing.