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Spider.

@vaspider.gay

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Disabled Trans Queer Jewish Punk Butch Dyke. he/they. Founder, NerdyKeppie. Makes art, writes, tries to fix shit. Over 40. Hire me for words or art. yes, I'm that vaspider. www.ithaspockets.gay www.spiderperry.com

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Spider. @vaspider.gay · Nov 24

If you like my words, here's how to support me:

www.ithaspockets.gay: buy nerdy/queer/Jewish/leftist swag
patreon.com/vaspider: words for $1+

Just wanna throw $$ at me? Cool!
paypal.me/vaspider
ko-fi.com/vaspider
Venmo: @vaspider
CashApp: $vaspider

My words & art are my sole income. Thanks. :)

Quality Queerwear by NerdyKeppie

An apparel and accessories business owned and operated by a queer Jewish family.

www.ithaspockets.gay

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 8h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 16h

I see a lot of people saying that a person charged with a crime deserves the chance to prove their innocence.

Please stop doing this because you have it backwards and this is really important.

It is ALWAYS the government's burden to prove a person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 10h

Dolly Parton called a press conference to clarify formally that no weapon formed against her will prosper

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Conriocht @herewolf.bsky.social · 20h

Happy #WerewolfWedneaday! Here's some photos from my facepaint practice for the Harvest Super Moon earlier this week

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 11h

Solidarity!

RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 11h

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

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Spider. @vaspider.gay · 2h

Don't just have one: I designed, translated, and laid out the vest, and my wife stretched the denim and did the actual machine embroidery. :)

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Dr. James D @doctorjamesd.bsky.social · 6h

www.tumblr.com/vaspider/796...
Saw this on @vaspider.gay 's tumblr and it warmed my heart - the post shows the winner of this year's sheep to shawl competition at the Lambtown festival in CA.

This brings me SO MUCH JOY. 🏳️‍⚧️💗🐑

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💬 23 🔁 4489 ❤️ 6331 · the world has been horrifying recently but i have personally witnessed something that brought me joy Every year, California’s largest sheep and fiber festival, Lambtown, ta…

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Spider. @vaspider.gay · 2h

I don't know the person who claimed the favorite.

I just can't abide anybody looking down their nose at Sir PTerry.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · May 6

I still smile about the post in r/dogadvice where this dude’s normally v laid back pit bull suddenly started getting v protective and clingy on walks but ONLY with his wife and someone had the clarity to say “hey man your wife should take a pregnancy test” and YEP

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 9h

🤘 lithium is metal

Scoob
@Scoobydouchebag
"Still punk as fuck", I whisper as I
reach for my pill organizer

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 9h

i am not sure mike johnson’s plan of abandoning the capitol to a bunch of snarky house dems (of which there are many) with nothing to do was a smart strategic move

Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 10h

We are in the second week of the Republican shutdown.

Where are House Republicans? On vacation.

Went looking around the Capitol to see if any Republicans had the common sense to come back. Featuring @mcbride.house.gov.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10h

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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Jules Sherred (he/him) @geekyjules.julessherred.com · 9h

It took me a minute on this one cos autism but when I got it 💀

vt.tiktok.com/ZSU6NoWFY/

Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Maybe I'll stop. It's just my For You page is currently 🔥

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Jules Sherred (he/him) @geekyjules.julessherred.com · 9h

TikTok is a treasure trove for us trans mascs

vt.tiktok.com/ZSU6LVXmb/

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Spider. @vaspider.gay · 12h

Oh I have that bot.

This was an excuse to show off my vest.

Spider. @vaspider.gay · 13h

a man is playing a guitar in front of a microphone .

Alt: a man is playing a guitar in front of a microphone and text says I think it just might work

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Spider. @vaspider.gay · 14h

Thanks!

Spider. @vaspider.gay · 15h

Why thank you! I created the golem, translated the Yiddish, and designed the embroidery, and @urbanprole.bsky.social placed the embroidery on my vest, stretched the fabric, set up the stabilizer, and babysat the machine.

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 1d

You ever think about how there were dudes that probably saw loads of combat in WWII and then 20-odd years later were playing henchmen on BATMAN

Two middle-age dudes playing henchman on Batman

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Spider. @vaspider.gay · 16h

My brother went the other way. Working on a poultry farm is what made him go vegan.

It's funny how people react, isn't it?

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

Extremely relevant numbers! (And this is *low traffic* by modern standards.)

hailey @hailey.at · 1d

an interesting note re: scaling image moderation. in the past 24 hours:

at least 500 thousand images in posts (not considering # of images, just if an image was in the post)
86 thousand avatars
500 thousand url thumbnails
58 thousand videos.

that's a lot to moderate!

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 18h

He's not trying to stop
"left-wing" terrorism. He is staging it.

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Spider. @vaspider.gay · 17h

My gender identity is literally "butch lesbian," so, yeah.

I could write entire essays about lesbian as a gender identity & how we've been classed as "something other than a woman" for centuries, but... yeah. That covers a lot of it.

Spider. @vaspider.gay · 18h

I didn't take this picture but I love it so so much. The white dog in the front is my wife's dog, Rumba. He LOVES the occasional treat of going to daycare, and when we go away to work shows, he thinks we're giving him a present of two or three days at Sleepover Camp, can you tell?

A bunch of dogs run around in a fenced-in yard. At the front, a white pibble with a red nose is running towards the camera, ears flapping, grinning so big. He has never been happier in his life. Two other dogs behind him look at each other like, "Can you believe this goofy goober?"

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Spider. @vaspider.gay · 18h

This is an ancient video of my daughter playing DDR when she was 5. At one point, our first dog - she was my wife's dog, my first dog that was MINE was later - wanders through the video.

The dog died in 2012, and the girl is 25.

I treasure this video immensely.

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