Fantasy meets sci-fi. @joabaldwin.com in Agnargsilv from his Noss Saga novel series and me in (toony) Raylen from my upcoming Sentients. #AFC2025

Headed to #AFC25 now (it's an hour drive, not too far). Say hi if you see me around! I'll be carrying the canid mask with me most times, so I should be easy to spot. Stickers/bookmarks in my bag if you want a freebie also.

Heaven and Earth

Beware the chupavaca!

I painted a scrunkly using my new scrunkly brush.

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

This is the cutest little ferrety film by William Snekspeare. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV-2...

All four shots in this set are by @dahlumii.bsky.social. When I'm running on my own I take my tripod for selfies, but most times it's him I bug for photos.

Volcanic craters, distant rhyolithic peaks, and granitic [half] domes. The third one here is my favorite lightning pic from the trip—it just struck exactly where I was hoping it would. #NossSaga #Cosplay

Would you care to join Samwise Gamgee on a little adventure? After a long time planning and preparing for this cosplay, I finally shaved my mustache so I could commit to the true Hobbit look! The weather wasn't cooperating, so I only got a few decent photos. Still, it was nice to get done. :)

There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.

"...Raise your glass, I’ve decided you’ll be my friend: I’m Doyle, the rat-faced, savage, Marked Ursine…or merely Doyle for short.” -Doyle, Project Dream 'Doyle the Marked Ursine', created in Procreate.

wizard sex

Don't you give me that smug look you scrunklewanking triangle!

Mystery solved. The Mono Lake Committee replied saying that they are buoys for the nets that High Sierra Brine Shrimp puts out. I found a video just now that shows actual gulls next to the buoys.

Hi Joaquin! Those are buoys for the nets that High Sierra Brine Shrimp, the brine shrimp harvester and processing plant, puts out to catch shrimp. 🦐 So they're not gulls after all, but you have sharp eyes! -Elin

Saw a friendly coyote at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Rather than running away, this one just got closer and kept staring at us.

Weeeee :D I bought the #NossSaga from @joabaldwin.com :D Dunno when I will find the time to read that, but it's definitely on my list UwU Such joy ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

So who is going to AFC this weekend? Still trying to figure out if/when I'll stop by (it's just an hour drive for me). Might bring my mask/cosplay gear and maybe try to get pics with all the bears if there are enough bears around (other species may apply).

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🪶 BIRD PEOPLE, help me solve this mystery. I was at Mono Lake on Saturday and spotted an odd pattern of gulls (?) near the northwest shore. They were all aligned in pairs, with smaller dots usually between them. Are these gull parents and chicks? Aliens? Why the perfect alignment/separation?

🧵 Noss Saga cosplay thread! We just got back from roadtripping through California, Nevada, and southeastern Oregon. Got pics of caves, deserts, lightning, and all kinds of cool stuff. I'll post one set a day through this week. #NossSaga #Cosplay

Just pre-ordered this one. I'm really excited about this story! I keep quoting Jarod's poetry here and there, and I'm curious to see how he tackles a fantasy novel.

Banook illustration process! I did this one on paper first, then colored it in Photoshop. Plenty of reference photos used 😏 #NossSaga #Illustration #Tutorial

Banook is back! Perhaps my favorite illustration for Relinquished Realms, because of reasons 🐻🍑 #NossSaga #Illustration #BookSky #QueerBookSky 🌈📚

Everything is bad, but books are good. Get a book. Read the book. Cherish the book. Finish the book. Tell your friends about the book, and leave a review of the book. Hold the book close. Listen to what it tells you. Do as it commands. Place it on the dread altar and let it guide your every choice.

Squoggly answer acquired: Virga cloudappreciationsociety.org/cloud-librar...

Not an actual cloudologist, but this looks like virga! Which is precipitation that falls out of the cloud but then evaporates before it ever reaches the ground!

I need help from cloudologists! Is there a technical term for when a cloud be like squiggle-squoggle and bloops down a wispity swoosh like a jellyfish do?

@joabaldwin.com Finished up Book 1. Excited to see where book 2 goes. Pacing felt fast for a bit but when the first dome is entered everything really clicks together. Been awhile since I read high fantasy and loving it.

Agnargselfie with @dahlumii.bsky.social

Roadtrip will continue after prosciutto brie waffles and ricotta pistachio sourdough.

Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/climax #smbc

Got home and checked my mailbox. Found this gem from @joabaldwin.com in los angeles. Thanks again for the amazing gift my friend.❤️

Running away from the storm (it caught up to us).

Big-ass robber fly caught a wasp.

Got more lightning pics today (still in the big camera). Amazing storms. Road very muddy but we made it out again.

Didn't have my fursuit at the time I did this so here's my Agnargsilv mask by @joabaldwin.com on my first solo backpacking trip!

I accidentally hit the button while setting up for a lightning video, so I only captured the first 15 seconds (thinking I had captured 10 minutes). But 2 bolts in just those 15 seconds, so you can imagine the rest.

If bluesky isn't for you, or the users' attitude makes you uncomfortable, I get that But staying on twitter is actively feeding a community that is thriving on ignorance and hatred and by remaining there, you are also feeding it. Find a different platform.

no offends if this is you but if you're thinking "this is going to make the right do fascism" they're already there. they blew up a boat with 11 people on it for being immigrants. they're kidnapping US citizens and trying to rendition them to Uganda. do you think we're on a trajectory to peace

And how could I not put him on display? 💕💕💕 This big boy is going right on my desk!

I would like to commission the Ecce Homo fixer to work her magic on this.

I swear this is just part of a setup for @itomaisfuzzy.bsky.social's birthday stream on Thursday. I didn’t just want an excuse to take a selfie in the Agnarsilv from @joabaldwin.com's books.

Wait for the view…

First cosplay photos in this roadtrip at an incredible tufa cave. Got many more with the big camera for later, but iPhone pic for now. #NossSaga #Cosplay

Weird Nevada tufa wall from last night. There were so many bats around.

“There is no function you serve by staying on Twitter that does anything but aid the right’s project” is exactly it. All your justifications for staying there are ultimately just fuel for a strategic propaganda weapon; you are helping the bad guys.

Left a gold foil crane at the Manzanar shrine. Now stopped for lunch at Buz Roger’s BBQ in Bishop, sitting in the shade under the misters getting happily wet. Roadtrip will continue toward Nevada next.