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Leigh Harlen (Birch)
@leighharlen.bsky.social
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Horror writer living on Duwamish land/Seattle, crocheter, and autistic queer trans nonbinary goblin prince. Novellas: A Feast for Flies and Queens of Noise. Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc.
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the dame is stuck in a crockpot and you're LAUGHING?
a very perturbed senior gsd mix with a dignified gray face is sitting in a black crockpot bowl. viewed from the side a very perturbed senior gsd mix with a dignified gray face is sitting in a black crockpot bowl. viewed from the front to better show off her adorable ears and pitiful expression
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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luckily we made it past alive. he intimidated it with his hackles and impressive growling and we found a pretty nice view
Polaris, a white adolescent pit mix wearing a gray and blue harness looks out contemplatively on the sun starting to set over the water. there are a bunch of sailboats docked in the distance
December 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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A Polaris warning: this sign is the scariest thing in all of Seattle. Scarier than coyotes. Scarier than grown men using the jungle gym to do pull ups. Scarier even than people in big hats. So be warned. If you see this sign, Polaris says don't trust it.
a sign on the edge of a paved path for the Seattle Marathon letting you know you've reached mile 23
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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mlem
a very handsome adolescent pit mix, white with a brindle eye patch, wearing a bandana with orcas on it is sitting like a very good boy in the grass in front of puget sound. He just ate some string cheese and is licking the side of his face all the way up to his nose in case he missed any
December 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Happy 13th birthday/7th gotcha day to the bestest and sweetest girl, Dame Anya Snuffleupagus Evangelista (Redacted)-(Redacted), first of her name
A very cute gsd mix sits in fall leaves. She has a bow on her collar
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Some organizations we donated to today that would do cool things with your money:

www.kauluakalana.org
www.irsss.ca
www.indigenousclimateaction.com
www.fastblackfeet.org
ttawaxt.org

And if you're in the Seattle area, www.realrentduwamish.org

A happy Polaris bc just links aren't fun to look at
Polaris, a lanky white adolescent pit mix with a brindle eye patch is wearing a pink harness. he's still in the sand with grass behind him. his mouth is open and his tongue is lolling out the side. he looks so so so happy.
November 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

Oh I'm fucked.
Minogue and O'Leary from Wellington Paranormal sitting on a long wooden bench. Minogue looks pouty and O'Leary is half laying in a 'cool' pose while wearing a blue leather jacket
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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it's not completely position specific, leggies can go any direction as long as you could stick em in a vase
polaris, a white pit mix puppy is very asleep on a a couch. he has all his long legs collected together in from of him Polaris, younger than the first pic. a white pit mix with a brindle eye patch asleep on a couch. he has all his legs collected in front of him in a pile
November 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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this orb keeps stealing my partner's 'sitting up in bed after surgery' pillow. but his forehead is so smoochable, I forgive him.
Polaris, a white adolescent pit mix with a brindle eyepatch is curled up tightly with his nose resting on his tail. his eyes are sleepy which makes him look like he's glaring at the photographer. he is on a bed, curled between the arms of a pillow with arm rests that is covered in a beachy patterned sheet. there is a red lipstick kiss in the middle of his forehead
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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That's right, I'm talking about you on the internets
Me and Polaris. I'm a white person wearing glasses with multiple facial piercings, black lipstick, a beard, and a bright red mullet hawk. I'm looking over my shoulder at Polaris. He's a white adolescent pit mix with a brindle eye patch. He has his head resting on my shoulder
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Without downloading any new pics describe your gender
Nick Cave leans with one arm around a framed print of a cute cartoon lamb jumping in flowers that says “my life is crap” Nick is looking off the side with a dour expression
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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oooo I've got some real goblin pigeons for you. they all lived in dublin, not sure why dublin has such a glorious goblin population but I love it
two pigeons on the edge of a lake. the one of the right is standard pigeon the one on the left is white, light brown, and a strange dusty iridescent pink with a gray head the most bedraggled pigeon you've ever seen. white and light brown mottled. drenched. a pigeon sits on a ledge. pigeon has a pretty standard body, light gray dark gray tail and wing rings. head is best described as cookies and cream a closeup of a pigeon on a dock. wings are an interesting pattern of dark gray speckles and splotches atop light gray. head is gray. eye is blood orange.
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Polaris isn't excited about monday either
Polaris, a white adolescent pitbull with a soft dusting of spots lays on his side on a pale teal couch. His mouth is wide open in a scream and his paws are on either side of his face
November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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that little lip curl 🥹
Polaris, a white adolescent pitbull mix is very wet, wearing a pink harness and a red bandana that says "no one knows I'm the thing". he's standing in profile with his front paws on a wet black stone bench. his lip is curled up on one side
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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That is not coming home with us, sir.
Polaris, a white adolescent pitbull mix is in the woods and he has found a downed tree branch. He is trying mightily to drag it along with him
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Yarn + pets is peak wholesome and cozy
Anya, a gsd mix is asleep on a blue comforter with her sweet little paw on gray yarn
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Perhaps more understated than some, and disappointingly few people got it, but I was pretty proud of Polaris's costume this year
An adolescent pitbull mix. White with a brindle eye patch sits on a couch look at the camera wearing a red bandana that reads, "no one knows I'm The Thing" Polaris again, in a less grainy photo taken from above showing his "No one knows I'm The Thing" bandana more clearly
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Sure squeaky toys are great, but have you considered just removing the squeaker and going feral on it like a fox hunting lemmings?
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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I guess he's just going to sit in the rain in the middle of am empty field until I find him a dog to play with. I tried to explain to him about 2pm on a Monday but he was having none of it.
Polaris, a white adolescent pitbull mix with a brindle eye patch is wearing a pink collar, a pink and blue harness, and a purple leash with orcas on it. He sits in profile staring wistfully into the distance. Around him is an empty muddy grass field The same dog from the first photo. Polaris, a white adolescent pitbull mix with a brindle eye patch is wearing a pink collar, a pink and blue harness, and a purple leash with orcas on it. There is less background to this picture and he is facing the camera with the perky ears and straight on stare of a pitbull expecting you to fix something for them.
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Polaris again, now facing the camera showing off his eye patch and “no one knows I’m The Thing” bandana
November 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Polaris, a white adolescent pitbull mix. He has on a red bandana with white text that says "no one knows I'm THE THING"
November 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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I learn a lot about ppl's backstory by their response to Polaris's name. In order of commonality:
1. What's that?
2. Like the north star? Yes.
3. Like the comic book character? No.
4. Like the snow machine? No, but hi fellow Michiganders etc!
5. Like the submarine? No, but that's a new one!
Polaris, a lanky white adolescent pitbull mix with a brindle eyepatch and speckles on his ears is running excitedly and with great focus down a blue carpet runner on a beach. he is clearly already wet and his a goth kiss on his cute lil forehead
October 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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they do look so much alike! and he is definitely a couch-claiming prodigy. not even two and so adept. even as a wee baby puppy he had skills
Polaris as a puppy. A white pitbull mix wearing a turquoise collar. he's on his side asleep with one ear flopped over and all of his long legs stretched out. there is a stuffed squirrel resting against him
October 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Polaris recommends doing several biiiiig stretches and ACCIDENTALLY kicking her in the ribs until she takes the hint and moves
a white adolescent pitbull mix with a brindle eyepatch. he's laying on his side on the back couch cushion (that has been knocked over) his cute little face is squashed against the other cushion and one of his feet is clearly kicking a person wearing reddish orange. he looks absolutely ridiculous, like he doesn't have any bones.
October 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Much like Missy Elliott, Polaris can't stand the rain.
Me and Polaris. I (a fat white trans masc person with a bright red mullet, glasses, and a brown beard) am sitting on the couch. Polaris, a lanky white adolescent pitbull mix with a brindle eyepatch and wearing a pink harness, is laying on the back of the couch with his head on my chest being very asleep. I'm kissing him on his perfect little forehead
October 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM