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whirlingnerdish
@whirlingnerdish.bsky.social
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Writer. TTRPGs (esp. 5e D&D and Cypher System). Horror nerd. Metal & punk. Co-host of Eerie Earfuls podcast (on hiatus)
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Four cenobites from Hellraiser 2 standing together. From left to right: a large, swollen man; a man with pins stuck in his head; a woman with a wire run through her jaw and her throat flayed open; and a man with his mouth pulled back exposing his teeth and gums.
October 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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This is a little drawing I started of my baby gorl Leia. I obviously have no idea what to do with dog biology, so I kept it to a rough sketch except for her head.
A sketchy pencil, drawing of a dog with wide eyes and a black mask-like fur pattern for the head. The face is shaded, but the rest is just a rough sketch, roughly approximating the positions the dog’s legs would be in while sitting. A picture of the real dog from the drawing. A black and white beagle mix with a black mask fur pattern, and a mostly white body. Unlike the drawing, she sits leaned off to one side with her back legs kicked out in a very relaxed position. She is staring into the camera with her ears back looking very pitiful. Her head is drooped, and she’s glancing up at the photographer with big puppy dog eyes.
July 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale in Pokerface. She’s sitting on an orange and yellow striped couch from the 70s with a colorfully knitted throw pillow. She’s dressed all in black and wearing a green cable-knit cardigan.
June 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Their eyes seems a little closer together, and a little bit larger. Shrek’s face and nose seem rounded a little less broad, and they’ve tweaked his nose to more closely match the button shape of the Trolls.
An image of the cast of characters from Shrek 4. The art style is more classic, with Shrek and Fiona’s eyes being smaller and further spaced apart, their noses wider and flatter. Art from Shrek 5. The characters are slightly cartoonier, with larger, more expressive eyes more closely placed together, and rounder, softer features. An example of art from the Trolls movies. A large blue troll, a smaller pink troll, and an even smaller teal troll all look off camera shocked. Their faces feature larger, more expressive eyes, softer, rounder features, and even their teeth are rounded and cartoonier.
March 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I reread my message and wanted to clarify: Sanny passed in December because he was 18, not from ear stuff. (He was a very good boy.)
An elderly dachshund lying in bed with his head on a pillow. The covers are pulled up to his shoulders, and his front paws are tucked under his chin. He is asleep. An elderly dachshund with red hair and a white face perched on the arm of a brown leather couch, staring off camera. A black and white beagle mix lays beside him with her head resting on the same couch arm, and in the background, a brown dachshund mix sniffs a plush blanket.
February 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Okay, that’s enough internet for the day.

(Image from Hawkeye (2015) #2 by Matt Fraction and David Aja)
An image from Hawkeye (2015) #2 by Matt Fraction and David Aja. Image is of an illustration of the front page of the Daily Bugle. The headline says “EVERYTHING AWFUL.” Subheading: “Oh God somebody do something.”
January 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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I’d go for a tone akin to Into the Spider-Verse. I wouldn’t want it animated, though, because I like the idea of what an honest attempt at a modernized 60s Batman outfit would look like — still simple, but not obviously cheap. Sort of like how Kick Ass’s outfit looked in the film.
Kick Ass, the titular hero from the movie, wears his green costume with yellow piping and matching gloves and stands next to Hit Girl, the preteen, purple haired super hero in dark gray pleather and a plaid skirt. 1960s Batman in his gray spandex suit, his simple yellow bat logo, and his cheap cape, gloves and trunks, stands next to the similarly costumed 60s Robin, which his red, Robin-Hood-style doublet and green shorts.
January 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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My dream cast shifts as time passes, but right now I think I’d cast William Jackson Harper as my Bruce/Batman and Miles Brown as Dick/Robin.
Picture of William Jackson Harper (Chidi from the Good Place) at a Paramount Plus/CBS event. Picture of Miles Brown (Jackson from Black-ish, but now he’s 20).
January 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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My sweet angel had another seizure last night and I don’t know that he’s coming back from this one. Please enjoy this pic of my 18 y/o puppy and spare us a kind thought.
A photo of an elderly dachshund lying on his side. He’s a red dapple miniature, but his face is mostly white, which spreads down his front legs. He’s wearing a Lucy and company planets, harness, and staring into the camera with his big dark eyes.
December 16, 2024 at 7:46 PM
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Choose 20 books that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day, in no particular order. (omitted the “no explanations” portion bc I wanna gush about books!) 3/20

This book taught me how easily tech can be manipulated and used to oppress or resist.

#booksky
The book cover for little brother by Corey Doctorow. The cover image is a comic book style illustration of a group of three figures with faces shrouded in shadows, standing in front of a blank white void. The figures appear to be young people based on their dress: blue jeans, converse and similar canvas shoes, T-shirts and hoodies, etc. The figure to the left and right are standing with one leg raised in an action pose while the center figure stands in the foreground holding an open laptop. A large red X looms behind the three, its surface filled with binary zeros and ones.
November 22, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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Choose 20 books that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day, in no particular order. (omitted the “no explanations” portion bc I wanna gush about books!) 2/20

I don’t have the space to explain why this one means the world to me.

#booksky
The cover image for the book She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer, Finney Boylan. The cover image is a blank white void in which stands a person. Only their lower half is visible, with the top half extending out of frame. You can only see the barest glimpse of their midriff. They’re wearing a pair of lightly faded, mid rise blue jeans and heavy black boots. They stand with their right leg raised, and their right foot tucked behind their left knee. The authors name is in white text in a red band at the bottom of the image, and below that is a black band with white text that says with an afterword by Richard Russo.
November 22, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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To avoid my feed being only reposting political stuff, here’s my oldest dog. His name is Sanford and he turned 18 in September.
A photo of a red dapple dachshund laying on a large orthopedic pet bed. He has cataracts, his face is mostly white, and the white fur spreads to his neck and on his legs. He’s curled into a ball, relaxing in front of a fake fireplace heater TV stand.
November 21, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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Choose 20 books that stayed with you or influenced you. One per day, in no particular order. (omitted the “no explanations” portion bc I wanna gush about books!) 1/20

A book that violently exposed me to how unfair society can be. The ending left me hollow and heartbroken in the best way.

#booksky
An old Signet reprint of Stephen King’s The Long Walk, writing as Richard Bachman. It’s a dark blue cover with the author‘s name in large white text at the top of the page. The bottom 2/3 depicts a road at night. The sun is rising in the distance, and a white picket fence lines the road. A skull with an open mouth has been placed at the top of one of the pickets, staring blankly toward the road.
November 20, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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Oh god, it gets worse!
A photo-shopped image of a news article. Headline reads: Trump to nominate Bart Harley Jarvis to Secretary of Defense. The accompanying image is a pudgy-faced baby in a high chair wearing a leather jacket, blue jeans, and a red bandana tied across his head. The image caption reads: Mr. Jarvis is the most aggressive baby I have ever met. He has a massive underbite as a completely flat back of the head. I’m honestly done, I don’t want to read anymore. Attributed to Dr. Skull. The first sentence of the article is visible and reads: President-elect Trump said Thursday he would nominate Bart Harley Jarvis to Secretary of Defense. This is a reference to the show “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson,” in which Bart Harley Jarvis is the bad boy and most hated contestant in the “Baby of the Year” competition.
November 15, 2024 at 4:11 AM
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Looks like he shares the same silliness my dog Leia has. 😂
A black and white beagle-mix dog lays on her back, exposing her belly with her head cocked to the side. Her front feet are splayed in the air while she wears a silly, blissed out grin.
November 13, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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Bears! Standing tall in the woods!
They'll bite off your face if you're up to no good!
Claws leaving scars, giant teeth tearing skin!
Fur on the outside and darkness within!
A mouse wearing a blue cape secured by a large red brooch. He is holding a stringed instrument and opening his mouth widely, as if belting out a tune.
August 20, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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THEM FILTHY RODENTS ARE STILL COMING FOR YOUR SOULS!
NEVER TO LET GO!
NEVER TO LET GOOOOO!
A mouse wearing a blue cape secured by a large red brooch. He is holding a stringed instrument and opening his mouth widely, as if belting out a tune.
August 20, 2024 at 7:11 PM