Emil 🗡️
@vireoraptor.bsky.social
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🌿 nature art: @vireosy.bsky.social
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Emil 🗡️
@vireoraptor.bsky.social
· Jun 8
lil more on what you might see here
✦ fairly depressed, you have been warned
✦ general prattle; occasional OC thoughts
✦ fave books: SFF, romance, existential
✦ fave films: classic/foreign, docu, quirky
✦ learning: 🇫🇷🇫🇮🇨🇿🇳🇴🇵🇱🇮🇪🏴🇮🇹
✦ fairly depressed, you have been warned
✦ general prattle; occasional OC thoughts
✦ fave books: SFF, romance, existential
✦ fave films: classic/foreign, docu, quirky
✦ learning: 🇫🇷🇫🇮🇨🇿🇳🇴🇵🇱🇮🇪🏴🇮🇹
christ, I think the vast majority of old art I’m embarrassed by are just things drawn for other people, like I’m sure they secretly hate it and I’m a fool for drawing them and ever thinking they were good
December 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
christ, I think the vast majority of old art I’m embarrassed by are just things drawn for other people, like I’m sure they secretly hate it and I’m a fool for drawing them and ever thinking they were good
I did order some underwear, yay! I think it’s been a while since I last ‘treated’ myself to something practical :’)
but do I buy boxers for boxing week….. 😩
December 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I did order some underwear, yay! I think it’s been a while since I last ‘treated’ myself to something practical :’)
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Ask and you shall receive
October 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Ask and you shall receive
roommate got me a bunch of goodies from @fossilforager.bsky.social for Christmas!!!
December 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
roommate got me a bunch of goodies from @fossilforager.bsky.social for Christmas!!!
but do I buy boxers for boxing week….. 😩
December 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
but do I buy boxers for boxing week….. 😩
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Everyone remember: if a strange hot green dude bursts into your Christmas dinner, you DON'T have to behead him
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Everyone remember: if a strange hot green dude bursts into your Christmas dinner, you DON'T have to behead him
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sometimes... sometimes anime isn't a mistake
December 25, 2025 at 6:27 AM
sometimes... sometimes anime isn't a mistake
SEATTLE FUCKIN TORRENT WIN BAYBEE!!!!!
December 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
SEATTLE FUCKIN TORRENT WIN BAYBEE!!!!!
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maybe next year I will buy a packer……
December 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
maybe next year I will buy a packer……
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finally got to rewatch GREEN KNIGHT (2021) for the Christmas holiday season; really love this movie and all its sumptuous visuals 😌
December 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
finally got to rewatch GREEN KNIGHT (2021) for the Christmas holiday season; really love this movie and all its sumptuous visuals 😌
silly little comms are good for the soul….
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 AM
silly little comms are good for the soul….
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My favorite historical costume designer is Sandy Powell, and she has an amazing trick that it took me years to realize: Be conservative with color and lean into modern shapes with your hero, and put your villain in the most outrageously period-specific costume you can.
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
My favorite historical costume designer is Sandy Powell, and she has an amazing trick that it took me years to realize: Be conservative with color and lean into modern shapes with your hero, and put your villain in the most outrageously period-specific costume you can.
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Consider the subtleness of the sea
December 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Consider the subtleness of the sea
hell yeah congrats Ottawa ⚡️
December 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
hell yeah congrats Ottawa ⚡️
frankly, Minnesota doesn’t exist to me while they have an antivax transphobe stinking up the team. take out your trash
December 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
frankly, Minnesota doesn’t exist to me while they have an antivax transphobe stinking up the team. take out your trash
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“If an article is being framed as giving a subject an opportunity to ‘clear the air’ and come clean about their ‘real’ views, as a journalist it is your job to get the person to actually say what those views are. Otherwise, you’re not doing journalism; you’re doing PR and image rehab.”
NEW: as a trans journalist who specializes in writing about trans athletes & transphobia in sports, I had some issues with the framing of the Britta Curl story in The Athletic. Let's talk about it.
who deserves a redemption narrative?
we need to talk about the britta curl piece
www.thefrankiedlc.news
December 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“If an article is being framed as giving a subject an opportunity to ‘clear the air’ and come clean about their ‘real’ views, as a journalist it is your job to get the person to actually say what those views are. Otherwise, you’re not doing journalism; you’re doing PR and image rehab.”
somehow it feels a little mean to tune into a game to cheer for the away team, but oh well! I’m just more interested in the Toronto women!
December 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
somehow it feels a little mean to tune into a game to cheer for the away team, but oh well! I’m just more interested in the Toronto women!
forgot I filled this out a few months ago
December 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
forgot I filled this out a few months ago
to no one’s surprise, I have started the steamy gay hockey show (now I gotta catch up before the finale on Thursday)
December 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
to no one’s surprise, I have started the steamy gay hockey show (now I gotta catch up before the finale on Thursday)
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Pillars - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qaKkeB
December 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Pillars - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qaKkeB
idk man like don’t even come anywhere near me with some shit about “real” sports when all you watch is US football, lol. lmao
December 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
idk man like don’t even come anywhere near me with some shit about “real” sports when all you watch is US football, lol. lmao
Montréal / Vancouver on the TV, I love women
December 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Montréal / Vancouver on the TV, I love women
idk man how do you communicate ‘you haven’t done anything wrong, I just get tons of signals that I Don’t Belong, and it makes me anxious and stressed’
December 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
idk man how do you communicate ‘you haven’t done anything wrong, I just get tons of signals that I Don’t Belong, and it makes me anxious and stressed’