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tommy in boots
@tommyinboots.bsky.social
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fat, jewish, into fat politics.

very sick with severe M.E.

musicals. baseball. basketball. nail polish.

fatpol, cheap:
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claire, thank you for choosing the number six
a lightning storm over a coastal ocean. six separate lightning bolts reach from the sky into the ocean. the text says, "fuck these six fish in particular."
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
tommyinboots.bsky.social
recently i heard the term "ugly delicious" on the food network. i didn't think much about the term.

then last night this happened
six homemade chocolate chip cookies on a plate, highly irregular, none even roughly the same shape, some with their sides squished in.
October 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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my albeit chipped polish, sheet, and blanket say trans rights
three of my fingernails painted with pale pink polish (pointer finger's polish is chipped); the edge of a white percale sheet; and the satin edge of a pale blue blanket made of acrylic
October 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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also, just encouragement: my kitty had the same thing for many years and she lived to age nineteen.
an orange tabby cat with green eyes and very soft fur
April 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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a bar of cheese labeled "Wegmans Parm Cheddar Cheddar Cheese"
April 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
tommyinboots.bsky.social
if you see this post something pink
my hands, resting on the sill of a jellyfish tank at the new england aquarium. the photo is dark; the jellyfish and my skin are a dark, glowing royal blue. but my fingernails are painted electric neon pink, which jumps out.
April 13, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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the folded items on my couch say trans rights
a pale blue acrylic blanket with satin edge, an off-white (oatmeal) waffle long underwear, and a pale pink sweater
February 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
tommyinboots.bsky.social
Repost with the first album you bought with your own money.
album cover. Swords Into Plowshares: Songs of Freedom and Struggle. pete seeger, tom paxton, avila, andy antipin, ned bachus, bright morning star, laura burns & roger rosen, roy brown, the kim & reggie harris group, judy gorman-jacobs, steve & peter jones, si kahn, eliot kenin, laurie marks, luci murphy, ray naylor, ruth pelham, faith petric, deborah silverstein, fred small, willie sordill
February 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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v proud to live in a city with a building offering this crucial service, unique in the world
a large industrial building. block letters on the side say: "METROPOLITAN RAGE WAREHOUSE. IRE PROOF." you can tell that a near portion of the building sticks out and may be blocking some letters. (if you progressed further along the street and could see the whole side of the building, it would say "METROPOLITAN STORAGE BUILDING. FIRE PROOF.")
February 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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If you see this quote with flowers from your gallery

(i'm sorry if this meme was supposed to be only outdoors/wild? i don't get outdoors almost ever.)
two white roses, medium-open, in a dark blue pottery vase on a wide white windowsill. the white venetian blinds behind the vase are closed and no light comes through them -- it's nighttime.
January 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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or come to my house and listen on LP. 😊
album cover: singers/musicians (including pete) and the following text: "WE SHALL OVERCOME: Pete Seeger Recorded Live at His Historic CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT, June 8, 1963."
January 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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if you see this, post something orange
an orange tabby cat with green eyes and extra soft fur. she is sitting and gazing downwards.
January 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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fear barometer:

i got as many new years texts as usual, but this year, for the first time, only one or two said anything like happy new year. almost all of them were all "i love you" and dwight schrute kelly kapoor birthday vibe.
a still pic from The Office. a banner hands on the wall of the conference room. the banner says, "it is your birthday." important note: the banner ends with a period.
January 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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a small brass menorah, lit for night eight. the candles look purple, though here in the room they are blue. directly behind it are both versions of But Not the Hippopotamus by sandra boynton.
January 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
tommyinboots.bsky.social
a small brass menorah, lit for night eight. the candles look purple, though here in the room they are blue. directly behind it are both versions of But Not the Hippopotamus by sandra boynton.
January 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
tommyinboots.bsky.social
so cool that you got to go to that exhibit! a friend of mine who i first met on social media (shoutout @amberying.com! 💛) got me this book from the Museum of Fine Arts. i love Hokusai.
the cover of a book called Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence. It shows a detail of Hokusai's famous woodblock print "Under the Wave Off Kanagawa" (aka "The Great Wave") and a detail of Annabeth Rosen's piece "Wave," which is a sculptural tribute to Hokusai's piece and is made of glazed earthenware attached by steel wire.
December 28, 2024 at 9:43 AM
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[with alt text added]

if you're unwilling to have kids who are fat, and if you would try to make them thin, you shouldn't have kids at all.
the meme of a guy with many swords pointed at his face
December 19, 2024 at 2:16 AM
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a one-panel cartoon showing two people: a doctor, coded as male, and a patient, coded as female. the doctor says, "Don't confuse your Google search with my 6 years of medical school." the patient replies, "Don't confuse the one-hour lecture you had on my condition with my 20 years of living with it." [i'm sorry not to give credit for this; none is given in the image as i received it.]
December 18, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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tell me children's books aren't political.
one illustration from maurice sendak's picture book WE ARE ALL IN THE DUMPS WITH JACK AND GUY. a bunch of kids, not fully dressed, most barefoot, and wearing rags, cling to each other outdoors at night. the moon looks down with a sad, concerned expression. behind the kids is a very tall building. the first word in the building's name is obscured; the second word is "Tower," and the sign and its letters are golden. in sequential speech bubbles, four kids each say one word: "Lost!" "Tricked," "Trumped," "Dumped!" the speech bubble that says "Trumped" is hiding the first word of the building's name, so the positioning of the words on the page place the spoken word "Trumped" immediately before the golden signage word "Tower."
December 18, 2024 at 8:27 AM
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i never knew woodstock was jewish!
a four-panel peanuts comic in which snoopy and woodstock are sitting on snoopy's doghouse. 1) snoopy's speech balloon says "?" 2) woodstock's speech balloon says "?" 3) snoopy's face and arms show frustration and his speech balloon says "!" 4) snoopy has turned away, scowling, and his thought balloon says "i hate it when someone answers a question with a question!"
December 17, 2024 at 7:05 AM
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wait, might they have been fish
a coastline. on the left, on land, are buildings with lit windows. on the right, over the ocean, six bolts of lightning strike the ocean in different places. the text says, "fuck these six fish in particular."
December 13, 2024 at 2:37 AM
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o no, claire, help

i've been watching this movie since childhood and i just noticed for the first time that its face sort of looks like
a black and white photo of the face of sydney greenstreet
December 6, 2024 at 5:28 AM
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posted by @doctorjonpaul.blue but i added alt-text!:
a poster titled "how much exercise does it take to burn off thanksgiving day foods?" there's a column of foods on the left (turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes & gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potato casserole, macaroni and cheese, pie). each food has an arrow pointing towards a right-hand column. in the right-hand column are images of different types of exercise. it looks at first as if the poster will be indicating an amount of exercise to do per each food. however, the text on the right, near the exercise images, is actually three full sentences. they read "Exercise is not a prerequisite for food. Food doesn't have to be earned or burned off. This is a disordered way to relate to food & movement." (under the poster's title, credit is given to @marathonmama_rd)
November 29, 2024 at 5:08 AM
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this photo of me isn't new, but i'm wearing this shirt right now. i'm a fat activist for halloween [and every other day].
torso of a white person (me) wearing a gray tee shirt that says "'Obese' is A Slur."
October 31, 2024 at 9:39 PM
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RS with a banger photo of yourself

bsky.app/profile/kyra...
a black-and-white photo of a little girl in winter clothing who has reached the top of a playground climbing structure. the camera angle looks up at her. her expression: excited. it's the 1970s and the climbing structure is entirely metal bars.
October 19, 2024 at 2:57 AM