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underground cartoonist, graphic journalist, photographer, author, musician, radio DJ, talking cat. you can't prove anything. work: https://piperbly.com blog: https://truckstop.coffee she/her.

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this week on @datafruits.bsky.social : local cat flips her slepp scheddy again

good news: my last bakery shift is tomorrow! no more overnights! bad news: i now have 48hrs starting tomorrow to re-flip my schedule for da new jorb, and sadly jazz must fall by the wayside again ;_;

see you next week!

10.03.2026 13:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

my genuine apologies, i have been juggling a graveyard shift day job and this work, but i should have caught this. thank you for pointing out the errors.

i do want to apologize to Channyn, Skai, Asher, and Albe specifically for the mixups. i have been running on zero sleep, but that is no excuse.

10.03.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

sent the email with the corrections over to Evan and the team. it looks like multiple image captions got mixed up and a couple names were misspelled, and i believe i have caught all of them.

i am the only member of our team on graveyards atm, but i would imagine these will be fixed by the AM

10.03.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

evening (morning?) repast: chilaquiles (made from homemade salsa and homemade pepper and vegetable broth) with two eggs, avocado w/sea salt, and queso fresco

hopefully i will not be a night shifter for too much longer and will be back to cookin' food at wakin' hours and tellin' the time right soon

08.03.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The artist's hand holding a red plate full of grilled romaine with olive oil and sea salt and topped with crema, a "caprese" with grilled rainbow tomatoes, fresh basil from the herb garden, and truffle burrata, and grilled sunflower bread overtop a black tabletop.

The artist's hand holding a red plate full of grilled romaine with olive oil and sea salt and topped with crema, a "caprese" with grilled rainbow tomatoes, fresh basil from the herb garden, and truffle burrata, and grilled sunflower bread overtop a black tabletop.

first actual day off in a while. time for a veggie feast

grilled romaine with olive oil and sea salt and topped with crema, a "caprese" with grilled rainbow tomatoes, fresh basil from the herb garden, and truffle burrata, and grilled sunflower bread

gonna be a nice relaxing day today

08.03.2026 05:25 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
The artist's hand holding a red plate full of grilled romaine with olive oil and sea salt and topped with crema, a "caprese" with grilled rainbow tomatoes, fresh basil from the herb garden, and truffle burrata, and grilled sunflower bread overtop a black tabletop.

The artist's hand holding a red plate full of grilled romaine with olive oil and sea salt and topped with crema, a "caprese" with grilled rainbow tomatoes, fresh basil from the herb garden, and truffle burrata, and grilled sunflower bread overtop a black tabletop.

first actual day off in a while. time for a veggie feast

grilled romaine with olive oil and sea salt and topped with crema, a "caprese" with grilled rainbow tomatoes, fresh basil from the herb garden, and truffle burrata, and grilled sunflower bread

gonna be a nice relaxing day today

08.03.2026 05:25 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Despite the Nazi's crushing defeat, their hatred lived on. The Allies' own censorship and anti-gay laws helped erase the queer dead from the record and kept the living hiding or imprisoned To quote the Auschwitz Memorial's own website, "embarrassment is the reason that scholars remain silent about Nazism's homosexual victims". 

In the decades since, many queer stories from the era have been unearthed, and many read as losses upon losses. John Topham's photographs of the battery in drag were banned from publication in the UK. Queer men like Alan Turing were subjected to chemical castration. Christine and Roberta both spent their lives as outcasts, hounded by the press and, in Christine's case, dened her own marriage due to the court ruling her a man and her union sodomy. 

I do not need to point out the parallels. I *do* need you to help us ensure that this history is not allowed to repeat itself.

LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND. --piper

Despite the Nazi's crushing defeat, their hatred lived on. The Allies' own censorship and anti-gay laws helped erase the queer dead from the record and kept the living hiding or imprisoned To quote the Auschwitz Memorial's own website, "embarrassment is the reason that scholars remain silent about Nazism's homosexual victims". In the decades since, many queer stories from the era have been unearthed, and many read as losses upon losses. John Topham's photographs of the battery in drag were banned from publication in the UK. Queer men like Alan Turing were subjected to chemical castration. Christine and Roberta both spent their lives as outcasts, hounded by the press and, in Christine's case, dened her own marriage due to the court ruling her a man and her union sodomy. I do not need to point out the parallels. I *do* need you to help us ensure that this history is not allowed to repeat itself. LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND. --piper

03.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

<3 thank you for reading, friend

06.03.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"I do not need to point out the parallels. I *do* need you to help us ensure that this history is *not* allowed to repeat itself. LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND." amazing work by @piperbomb.bsky.social for @assignedmedia.org

05.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Clippings Scrapbook: Drag Shows and Bombshells on the Front Lines Against the Nazi Scourge β€” Assigned The 1940s were not a good time to be gay, and an even less stellar time to be trans. But we were there; on variety show stages, on the front lines, and strapped into the cockpit of the bombers, trans ...

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

new joint up on @assignedmedia.org

03.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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06.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i don't have Z-mount body money atm, and i'm rather partial to the older f-mount lenses anyways (you can knock a nazi out with that baseball bat of a lens, and in this day and age that may come in handy)

would you recommend switching to Z once i do have the cash? or should i stick to F-mount DSLRs?

06.03.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

that, it very much does. think 90% of the photos in this article will be with the 80-200 f/2.8d, it has been my workhorse telephoto for both film and digital since i bought it. old as hell with a cracked manual-auto ring, but i'm also old and have plenty busted parts so it ain't like i can't relate

06.03.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

(i thankfully had the foresight to bring my full frame Nikons along so the day is not lost, don't worry lol. was mostly an experiment to see if a lighter kit was possible. it's important to learn these lessons and even more important to make sure you have backups so these lessons do not cost you!)

06.03.2026 11:18 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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a grumpy cat is wearing a santa hat and holding a cup of coffee . Alt: a grumpy cat is wearing a santa hat and holding a cup of coffee .

on my feet for 27 hrs straight yesterday (8 hour bakery shift, drove to Chicago, covered an event, drove back)

passed out for 3 hrs, now i'm back at it

only lesson i've learned from my Terrible Life Choices?

i really do need to invest in fast zooms for m43. these shots are underexposed as SHIT

06.03.2026 11:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

this week on @datafruits.bsky.social : local cat takes nap

still working overnights at the bakery atm and will need to be well rested for something i'm covering later this week for @assignedmedia.org, so i will be Eepin' a bit before I gotta clock in to make dat Bread

we'll see you all next week!

03.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
(Image description: A man in a GI's helmet and a shepherd girl dress directs an artillery battery to fire upon a target off in the distance. Two other men, also in frilly frocks, push the barrel of the battery around to face the target.)

Christmastime, 1940. All's quiet on the shore--until the sirens go off and a flurry of men run to the Mk. VII mounted on the battery. As photojournalist John Topham would later write, "β€˜Jerry’, like Time, waits for no one".

Thing was, whichever Jerry would have been on the scope for the Nazis must have been mighty confused that day....because, as sure the devil was the fascist's witness, he must have sworn he was looking down the glass at a squad of shepherd girls in bonnets aiming the turret in the seconds before the shrapnel pierced his skull.

(Image description: A man in a GI's helmet and a shepherd girl dress directs an artillery battery to fire upon a target off in the distance. Two other men, also in frilly frocks, push the barrel of the battery around to face the target.) Christmastime, 1940. All's quiet on the shore--until the sirens go off and a flurry of men run to the Mk. VII mounted on the battery. As photojournalist John Topham would later write, "β€˜Jerry’, like Time, waits for no one". Thing was, whichever Jerry would have been on the scope for the Nazis must have been mighty confused that day....because, as sure the devil was the fascist's witness, he must have sworn he was looking down the glass at a squad of shepherd girls in bonnets aiming the turret in the seconds before the shrapnel pierced his skull.

The 1940s were not a good time to be gay, and an even less stellar time to be trans. But we were there; on variety show stages, on the front lines, and strapped into the cockpit of the bombers.
Read this month's Clippings by @piperbomb.bsky.social

03.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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A Clippings Scrapbook: Drag Shows and Bombshells on the Front Lines Against the Nazi Scourge β€” Assigned The 1940s were not a good time to be gay, and an even less stellar time to be trans. But we were there; on variety show stages, on the front lines, and strapped into the cockpit of the bombers, trans ...

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

new joint up on @assignedmedia.org

03.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon dinosaur is smiling and says yee in front of trees . ALT: a cartoon dinosaur is smiling and says yee in front of trees .
03.03.2026 01:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

genuine question re: the most recent What's Been Goin' On post: would cookin' comics be something y'all'd be interested in reading?

let me know, and let me know what kind of recipes you'd like me to doodle lil' chibi me puttin' together

02.03.2026 04:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

(apologies for my absence on these Social Medias; been filling in overnight shifts at the bakery while I wait for better opportunities to roll in, and have not had much time to draw while I flip my sleep schedule on its head. i do have more stuff comin' down the line, i promise)

02.03.2026 04:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

genuine question re: the most recent What's Been Goin' On post: would cookin' comics be something y'all'd be interested in reading?

let me know, and let me know what kind of recipes you'd like me to doodle lil' chibi me puttin' together

02.03.2026 04:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

for those of you wondering...no, this is not going to be a feel-good story.

but hopefully it serves as a wake-up call for certain audiences.

#clippings @assignedmedia.org

26.02.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

me on discogs marketplace tbh

26.02.2026 02:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

for those of you wondering...no, this is not going to be a feel-good story.

but hopefully it serves as a wake-up call for certain audiences.

#clippings @assignedmedia.org

26.02.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

. . .

*spell

25.02.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

edit. i cant spel for shit

25.02.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
#0052: This Week On The Air--February 24, 2025 Β· Truck Stop Coffee I go over our planned programming for my radio shows The Jazz Program and Talkie Time for fourth week of February, 2026. This week: Orson Welles sez 'get drugged, idiot. get absolutely barbituated'

full program writeup and plenty of bad jokes and dated references, as always, on Da Blog: truckstop.coffee/post/0052_fe...

tune in live and join the chat here: datafruits.fm/chat

got some Quality Reruns (tm) again due to time constraints in my schedule, but u should tune in anyways <3

25.02.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this week on Talkie Time and The Jazz Program: somehow better medical advice than RFK ever gave

please consult your doctor to find out if jazz is right for you, and then tune in at 8 CST / 9 EST / 6 PST on @datafruits.bsky.social

(full program / bad jokes / link to the show below!)

25.02.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

PLAMPT UPDATE

IT MICROGREENIE BABBY TIME

23.02.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0