Hell yeah, my second favorite holiday

I LOVE working with museums. It’s one of my favorite things.

Hills I’m willing to die on as an autistic person. Any hill in the Shire. The grassy hill in the default background for windows XP

we have to be real careful about even hero-worship-adjacent thinking, or fantasizing about elevating people to positions of power as some sort of reward for their goodness. I think the good mayor would be the first to say that we need to believe in people, not a person

People who understand the destruction that comes with generative AI and choose to use it anyway for the sake of convenience have a level of moral deterioration that is abhorrent.

This is a great idea.

I’m going to start saying, go to your local library instead of Google it.

it’s Hot Socialism Summer baby

it is Sunday, but it is also the summer solstice, so it is also Sun Day, but it is also Father’s Day, which means for every male person with a father, it is also Son Day,

Algae are prolific producers of oxygen (and consumers of carbon dioxide), en masse producing a huge proportion of the oxygen we breathe, which means that the greening of the Reflecting Pool might be the most pro-climate thing Trump has ever done.

Mars bees! (Not really Mars bees.) (Probably.)

I’ve literally been losing sleep over these edits. Art

How cool is this? I'm signing copies of my book Becoming an Artist at the @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social booth at ALA on Sunday the 28th! I hope I get to meet @levarburton.bsky.social and @maddow.bsky.social too. penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/2026/06/17/w...

You guys…just now…sound on 😱 #invertebrate #bugsky

NASA isn’t on Bluesky but they are on Threads and they put out a statement about the selection of an all-male #Artemis III crew.

I’d take a picture of @soundoftheforest.bsky.social and me in the shuttle on our way to the airport rn but it’s TOO DARK because it’s FOUR A M

I know yall have seen many a posts with this photo, but I don’t think it’s enough so here yall go! Even the cosmos want you colorful pieces stars to exist! Thank you for being here, thank you for being you ✨ Credit: Rachel Lense from #NASA #Pride #PrideMonth #PrideMonth2026 #LGBTQIA

Metallyticus splendidus wishes everyone a happy pride month.

Happy Pride Month! To celebrate you can use the code THEGAYAGENDA for 15% off all prints. I also just released a bunch of really gay bugs on my art website under random creations! www.soundoftheforest.com/random-creat...

Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)

I love this art Scott did! It is right above my desk

Big changes being considered. After seven years, I’m starting to think about changing my profile picture.

Apparently it’s a hot take but autism being an explanation for certain behaviors doesn’t negate you from consequences.

Time to put a variety of small creatures on little boxes

Prints are now available including canvas prints that are the same size as the original painting! www.soundoftheforest.com/prints

My brain has been extremely hyper fixated on Project Hail Mary. It activated my autism real hard. @charlottereads.com made this incredible masterpiece to capture the experience.

As an autistic person who eats way too many eggs, I endorse this message.

My Roommates just came up to ask if I wanted to plan a time to go watch Project Hail Mary in theaters and found me watching Project Hail Mary for the 9th time.

Don’t worry I filmed a video of me slapping my painting before I sent it to the library.

Here’s a little sneak peek of the largest insect painting I have done so far! I just got it photographed so print will be available in a few weeks. I am so excited to show everyone the entire thing!

I’ve already seen Project Hail Mary seven times. No this is not a problem.

Charlotte introduced me to the book and I loved it so much. I highly recommend reading it.

Almost Halfway through my second coloring book (this one is fantasy/dnd characters) ❤️

thank god it's flyday

They just had to watch the video for 60 seconds to get the answer they were looking for.

Genuinely, stop using Substack. And readers? Stop reading people’s Substacks and tell them why you’ve stopped

Today’s addition of people on my list that I’m allowed to judge: People freaking out about the hantavirus on the cruise but refusing to wear a mask.

I love all my friends over the age of 70 but I get really confused when they just sent me a bunch of emails instead of texting. At times like these I really feel the age gap.

I have been periodically, chuckling to myself watching a bunch of spiders, take down a man. Positively splendid to witness.

Want to see something cool? I'm currently working on chapter pages for my book, and landed on the idea of using slightly more sketchy black and white illustrations to contrast with the full-colour drawings. Here are 2 concepts I've done so far...

I’m being completely normal about this.

hey friends, got two mutual aid requests this morning (not for me!): one is for a queer Black woman in NC and the other for a trans woman in Texas. I’ll do one link here, one in the next post. my lovely friend Corey is underemployed and needs help making rent: www.gofundme.com/f/help-corey...

Brat summer < warehouse fire summer!

The #SciArt feed is mercifully AI-free

Iconic

My friend needs a little extra help to cover rent this month. If you are able to help that would be amazing! gofund.me/868b9e5c7

I always get really excited when I get sent pictures of my Art hanging up in someone’s home! Look at my cicadas doing such a good job!

✍️ can go wheeeeee in a helicopter, ride a big boat and see the moon if you’re an astronaut✍️

3 minutes from entry interface 😮 #Artemis

I ended up catching the moment it separated. SO COOL