All these "how I almost died" posts do two things: 1) Explains a lot about why yall are the way yall are 2) Proves youre greater than the sum total of all the forces that tried to stop you. You're doing amazing, pupperses. I'm so proud of all of you.

Hi Im "Crashing through thin ice on a snowmobile and not being able to find the hole I went through on my own". Protip: When the black abyss is below you and theres an impenetrable samey lookin sheet of ice above you, you get disroriented very quickly. If the stabbing cold doesn't get you first.

So apparently if you send a Christmas card to Norwich-ish, UK the weekend before Thanksgiving from NC it arrives two days after New Years.

Sitting with Vladie til almost 3am while he had an episode made me realise how much my baby boy needs round the clock care now and it's no longer safe or sane to board him so it looks like Im paring down my adventures. Sorry to anyone who wanted to see me at FWA. Reality hits fast and Im dad first

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Scotus told him to keep his vermin claws off our cities and he is. Turns out the dumbass cant take away your birthday when you tell him "no". It's 2026. We're not afraid of you. #NoKings #HandsOffOurCities

I am taking this seemingly silly project serious for a good reason. In a few weeks Avi and [redacted] will diverge. They are mirror images of each other and I need to get this debut right because Ive found firsthand its almost impossible to entirely retcon a pup and I wanna keep tighter control.

His debut went down shattered into five pieces so heres another hint for the new hood til I sort out next steps.

I guess I should actually put the thing. ko-fi.com/pupavi

I'm not gonna lie I teared up a bit typing this because I never wanna ask my community for anything more than the love and support you've always given me, but now I wanna ask for a little favor. I don't want to stop making things and growing as a maker and creator but I may have to soon.

I hate to be that guy that shows up at stores right before they close but let this be Uncle Avi Thing O Wisdom Bonus Edition for today: Im certifiably insane but Id be worse if I didnt do something so V2 commence.

Games should have a mini-tutorial you can load up when you haven’t played in 6-18 months

His debut went down shattered into five pieces so heres another hint for the new hood til I sort out next steps.

*openly wonders if making a fan page to support the "help avi stop making props out of soda cans and balsa wood" fund would go anywhere* Oh right. The Everything.

So let that be your first Uncle Avi Bit O' Wisdom for 2026. Sometimes we put a lot of time and energy into stuff that doesn't work out. Whether thats props or people, we just do our best with what we got. Being scrappy and resourceful also means knowing and accepting your limitations.

Out with the grunters in with the good boys.

New Year’s Vibe

Sometimes when you work with cheap and readily available materials that dont require specialised tools, you run into durability problems. All that work in this thing and it failed in the final stretch.

Night pupperses. Challenge yourself to take up space and demand the respect commensurate to that which is expected of you. If, in the course of events, you handle your business and get nothing in return, cut off the drain. If they dont deserve you, let em feel the consequences.

Texas wins, Ohio State loses. Thats a way to finish the year!

Yall know all that eat the rich occupy the 1% stuff? Yeah, for me I have the added thingy of knowing these people. Hell Im related to a lot of em. And now Im a gay dog on the internet. Woof. I made my choices and Im fine with em.

I beat Andy and Anderson to the punch and got a lil case of the weeble-wobbles happenin. Why not? Not like Im drivin nowhere, eh? 🤙

Alright lets speedrun the rest of it and what a whirlwind it was. Thank you to all the friends old and new I adventured with this year and every one of yall who came along for the ride. 2026 will be a year of much flux and change but the scoreboard resets and we all get a fresh slate. How exciting.

If all yer friends are doin somethin doesn't that mean you should do it too?

Are Anderson Cooper and that other one drunk yet?

Favorite Photos of 2025 eh? Hmmmmm.... 1) Hubs n I sharing a moment on a bench in Scotland. 2) Hubs n I sharing a moment on a bridge in Scotland. 3) Hubs, Burr, and I on a beach in NC 4) Hubs showing off his strength and me flexing in our Garage.

You may think this is easy for me to say because again, I just show yall my best. 2026 will be a year to test my resolve. I'm facing the loss of Vladie and my mother. Were giving up mil life and while it's grueling it has been stable. We'll get there. I know, because we have so far.

An Astro for @shibasnacks.bsky.social !!

If there's gonna be a year-end message for Uncle Avi, it's this. Seein a lot of this ho-hum. Come on, yall. You get to write a fresh story and you have 365 days to finish it. Don't be scared of the future or mourn the past. Cherish where you've been and look forward to the blank space ahead.

Alright lets speedrun the rest of it and what a whirlwind it was. Thank you to all the friends old and new I adventured with this year and every one of yall who came along for the ride. 2026 will be a year of much flux and change but the scoreboard resets and we all get a fresh slate. How exciting.

Time for my fave photo of the year: @pupramrod.bsky.social's birthday. SEBB 2025, I handed you my hood and told you to put it on. I saw you shiver as I found the pup within you. Since, you've found the Alpha within me. Love you, pup. Thanks for everything. 📸: @pupperdante.bsky.social

I was groomed to gladhand the landed gentry and maintain connections with the rich and powerful along with my excessive ecclesiastical education in the grand plan to make me one of those catholic priests who has too much power. I'm adept at the two most 21st century skills: ettiquette and theology.

I had a cup of pens thrown at my head by a man who would later be mayor of Chicago. I was babysat by a man who came third in the 1992 presidential election. Chuck Schumer and Mark Cuban are my cousins. I worked for a vending machine company that was a front for organised crime.

Quick note before bed: If Ive been quiet on the teles and whatnot, don't take it personal. Winter doldrums have my brain kinda wired where it's easier to post stuff (which is kinda like diary writing I guess) than engage on a personal more intimate level. I dunno. I make stuff and I talk.

Im tired and my back hurts.

Alright kiddos, lets have some more fun with sci-fi. They greenlit a new Stargate series and I don't know famous people. We need a middle aged military coded guy whos a team leader and doesn't take himself too seriously. Thoughts?

I appreciates y'alls Gay Hockey Show™️ but we all know the GOAT of queer romance meets heteronormative masculine athletic tales is this masterpiece series:

The closest thing the southeastern US will ever get to progress is acknowledging the "hockey" part of "media sensation gay hockey smut". For a change somethin isn't for hets but they still wanna make somethin off it I guess.

Belly fully of chicken, rice, and soft kibble. It's 30 degrees outside. That's one happy husky.

Buenoth diath, puppertheth!!

Alright this winter stuff is bullshit. Passing the bowl around for collections for a winter puppy compound in Costa Rica.

POV: it’s 3AM and your dog decides it’s time for zoomies.

Shrike Rider #doodle

Calendar said "leg day", my VR knee said "hey about that". With age comes wisdom and a lot of aches and pains. Eh well. Whos up for naptime?

I have a project I've been working on with someone that's hopefully gonna help us do just that. My long-term goal is to get pup established out from under the immensely problematic and no-longer-aligns-with-our-values Big L Leather community as a respected distinct identity. 2026 will be big

I wanted some post-dinner kolaches but I'm now out of kolaches so to remember happier times enjoy this picture from before the dearth of kolaches.

Can you tell what it is yet? (Imagine it done well with glue n shit and not cellotape and hope) #ItsNotAChurro

Hey friendos, Avi here! Like I said picking 4 from all my 2025 photos as my favorites proves to be a task, so Im gonna make a short thread of some of my favorites over the next couple days with my #1 on New Years. Feel free to mute #TopOfThePups2025 if you're not interested. Otherwise stay tuned.

"There are no straight men. Just men that haven't learned how to 'bark'". -Me

My parents' visceral reaction to hearing Dres was goin out for New Years and Im stayin with the dog just shows, once again, I don't live in the same world my relatives do. I get theyre boomers n all but still. Sometimes we go on seperate adventures like we're sovereign adults or some. Were good.