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freak on a leash @buppy.gay · 13h

some of my favorite bee art is stickers i've gotten from kris!! you owe it to yourself to trade your money for the work of their sinful gremlin hands

bee as the puppy from that one Tumblr post who's fallen asleep while using a banana as a pillow

tiny gremlin bunny!bee held up by her scruff

bunny!bee lying on her back with WASTED in big red GTA font as a caption covering most of her body

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Esperanza @knifenun.bsky.social · 14h

Also if you wanna hear my music I post it on bandcamp for free

One day I'll settle for a genre but probably not soon

Maybe there's something you'll like

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Knife Nun is Esperanza Asterión

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Esperanza @knifenun.bsky.social · 14h

Sometimes I'm like "dang my music is kinda crap" but then I remember the glut of garbage AI generated music on streaming platforms and at least I'm well above that pile

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DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 1d

No more people telling me they aren't sure if their voice matters in this fight.

Every politician should be working for you and be willing to listen to your thoughts, no matter how silly they may seem.

Stop worry about your image and start acting now.

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Esperanza @knifenun.bsky.social · 1d

Halloween has come (yes the whole month is now named Halloween) and with it a Spooky Scary SHoNM episode! Featuring a scary version of the intro music composed by a reanimated skeleton (me)

Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries @nerdmysteries.bsky.social · 1d

We submit this episode to the @maximumfun.org podcasting network, we call this The Tale Of Are You Afraid Dark. Join us as Host Austin relays the tale of how this show transformed from Old Guy Reads A Book to Child Twilight Zone But Like Way Scary

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Esperanza @knifenun.bsky.social · Aug 20

Rediscovering the joy of making music has been a difficult process for me and trying to make new music has been a trying lesson on letting go of the hope that people will listen to it and embracing the pleasure of making something just for me

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Esperanza @knifenun.bsky.social · Aug 1

That's me

Listen to me on yaoi day

elio 🍒 @eliomonroe.bsky.social · Aug 1

today is also a good day to listen to knifenun!
absolved and apocryphal are my favorites but its all hits, you can't go wrong
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Knife Nun is Esperanza Garay-Negron

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Esperanza @knifenun.bsky.social · Jul 17

PR's ruling on banning gender affirming care for people 21 and under whole allowing people to drink from 18 up is ludicrous, and seeing the absolute hate Puerto Ricans are spewing at LGBT people hurts me.

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Esperanza @knifenun.bsky.social · Jul 15

Amazing

Esperanza @knifenun.bsky.social · Jul 15

LMAO

Esperanza @knifenun.bsky.social · Jul 15

Bold of you to take this stance in Gategate

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Esperanza @knifenun.bsky.social · May 6

Spooky Scary SHONM

Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries @nerdmysteries.bsky.social · May 6

We enter this story for submission into the midnight society, well several stories actually, and we debunk a few of them, we are unsure we are good members of the midnight society but we are a GREAT podcast who is talking about even more ghost stories in amusement parks this week. Hit the link below

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Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries @nerdmysteries.bsky.social · Apr 22

Who among us can resist the sweet song of a blind box, the secrets it holds begging to be shown to the world. Well just how did we get blind boxes, and what the hell is a labubu. Find out all this and more this week on the podcast! Hit that link below

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Esperanza @knifenun.bsky.social · Apr 21

I am so tired of the healthcare system here. I've been dealing with stomach issues for the past four months and it's been a constant back and forth of best guesses and insane bills just to be told they have no idea what's going on. I love being in pain AND in debt, it's so cool and I'm so fine.

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Michael Molcher @molcher.bsky.social · Feb 14

"To say that straight men are heterosexual is only to say that they engage in sex (fucking exclusively with the other sex, i.e., women). All or almost all of that which pertains to love, most straight men reserve exclusively for other men. The people whom they admire, respect, adore, revere, honor, whom they imitate, idolize, and form profound attachments to, whom they are willing to teach and from whom they are willing to learn, and whose respect, admiration, recognition, honor, reverence and love they desire... those are, overwhelmingly, other men. In their relations with women, what passes for respect is kindness, generosity or paternalism; what passes for honor is removal to the pedestal. From women they want devotion, service and sex.

Heterosexual male culture is homoerotic; it is man-loving."

Marilyn Frye, The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · Feb 6

when i wrote BURY YOUR GAYS generative ai was not really a thing. publication takes a year to set up and when it came out i thought 'dang this is relevant.' now with LUCKY DAY theres so much about a government agency without guard rails and i just think 'dang is it dangerous for me to write horror?'

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Princess Pretty Girl @princessprettygirl.bsky.social · Jan 29

*cocks gun* looks like there's no more time to fix your heart

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Carta Monir @cartamonir.com · Nov 19

Being trans is a prayer for something better. Transness is belief in a better world.

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Esperanza @knifenun.bsky.social · Jan 28

I love them

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Esperanza @knifenun.bsky.social · Jan 9

My job feels like a sisyphean waste of time and if i stay any longer the boulder is going to crush me

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elio 🍒 @eliomonroe.bsky.social · Dec 14

cherries
what i expected: a short & fun romp about a silly priest vs his landlord & the demons he summoned

what i got: 90k+ novel deep dive on guilt, childhood & parental trauma, & the crushing reality of life spent under capitalism. its still incredibly funny but it'll pull heartstrings too

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · Dec 14

Pitch your book in the format of "What I expected vs what I got". #WritingPrompt

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MogsK (The K is for the Killer OoooOOOooo) ΘΔ @mogsk.bsky.social · Dec 9

Everyone is (probably rightly) directing their ire at Funko for this, but I think it bears pointing out, Brandshield is an Israeli company and itch is a site that regularly fundraises for Gaza.

itch.io @itch.io · Dec 9

I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain

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jin @ghangaji.bsky.social · Dec 3

they hateus because they anus

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Esperanza @knifenun.bsky.social · Dec 3

Do you want to know why my transition goals are Hexadecimal? Find out on the new SHoNM!

Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries @nerdmysteries.bsky.social · Dec 3

Its the first Tuesday in December, the winter holiday season is in full swing and what better way to usher in the holiday season than to talk about hotel rooms, Joe Pesci, and CGI! Wonder what they all have in common? 1994 historic landmark cartoon ReBoot ! Find out more 🔗🔽

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elio 🍒 @eliomonroe.bsky.social · Dec 2

🎉 raffle time! 🎉
we blew past it but that doesn't mean i still can't celebrate 69 followers!

to enter
- be 18+
- must be a follower
- like & share this post

optional: show me what character(s) you'd want to see me draw! they can be your own creation or a favorite from a book/tv/movie

a graphic promoting a raffle. in big bubble text at the top it reads "elio's nice raffle", below that in small italics it reads "celebrating 69 followers!"
more text near the bottom outlines what is being won as well as a few stipulations about the raffle in bullet point format.
"win a free illustration"
"follow, like, and share this post"
"post your character in the comments"
"ends december 16th"
"winner chosen randomly"
there are four digital drawings embedded within the graphic. to the left there is a drawing of two men singing, dancing, and snapping. the next picture is over a halfling women with a bow in her hair against a yellow background. next to that one is a drawing of two men sitting in car holding hands. and the furthest on the right is a full body of a gnome bard that looks like a mouse.

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