James | existing out of spite 🏳️‍⚧️

@jimmyswings.bsky.social

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Queer, trans. RESIST TYRANNY. Nazis and TERFS fuck off. AI "art" is not. Heller for life. Bass-baritone. Cats and chocolate. 18+ I don't auto-moot -- it's not personal. He/him.

A photo of the five books in Lloyd Alexander's Prydain series, original 1960's covers. There is also a card that says "With appreciation and best wishes to Muriel [illegible], Lloyd Alexander, 6 April, 1984"
A view of downtown Portland, Oregon, looking down from over the Vista Avenue Viaduct, with the MAX rails running underneath. Mount Hood rises in the distance.
Picture of a black unicorn lying down, head up, with the text: Sometimes I wish I were a UNICORN so I could stab idiots with my HEAD.
Sepia toned promotion piece (I think) from the 1945 movie Spellbound, showing Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck in close up. They are very close, Peck behind Bergman as if embracing her. They are both looking down with serious expressions. They are both beautiful beyond words to describe.
Three flags with triskelion images (3-spoked wheel with legs as spokes, knees bent, facing anticlockwise). The first is the Flag of the Isle of Man, three white armored legs on a field of red. The second is the flag of Sicily, which is three white bare legs with a winged head in the center and heads of wheat in between the legs, all on a red & yellow background divided from the upper left corner to lower right. The last is the flag of Füssen, Germany, showing a yellow shield with 3 black stylized legs in a triskelion against a background divided in half, with black on top and yellow on the bottom
Scene from the TV show Supernatural. Dean, right, wearing a white dress shirt, blue striped tie, and coroner's apron, is staring at Castiel, left, wearing the signature Greater Trench Coat and is staring right back. They are both on their cell phones, because Cas just bamfed in while they were talking.
Scene from the production of Laika's "Wildwood" showing a person dressing a woodland set for the movie. On the far right is a figure, perhaps 10 inches tall, of the main character, back to the shot, beginning to look over their left shoulder.
Still from The Princess Bride. Vizzini is sitting down, looking up, holding a dagger to a bound and blindfolded Buttercup's throat. Text: You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen.
The cover of Kurt Busiek's first Astro City collection, "Life in the Big City." The cover is mostly white, with "Kurt Busiek's Astro City" across the top, Busiek's name in a smaller, light grey font, and the comic's title in a larger red font, both Art-Deco. The image is of the Samaritan in profile, flying from right to left across the cover. There's a Art-Deco skyscraper in the background, and the Samaritan is surrounded by doves.
Pen and ink drawing of a very funny, plump little bird with webbed feet and a strange striped bill. Text: "What the fuck is wrong with people" Copyright Effin' Birds (Aaron Reynolds) 2026
A photo of me at Portland Pride several years ago, posing with several members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. (Look them up! They're awesome!) We are all smiling 'cause we're queer and HAPPY.
Hieronymus Bosch's center panel from the triptych "The Garden of Earthly Delights," which shows a lot of naked white people (and one Black person w/a cherry on their head) doing very weird things, like riding gryphons, living in pomegranates, and putting flowers in each other assholes. It is crowded, bright, and kind of frenzied. It's awesome.
Promotional illustration for animated film Nimona, showing faded-back images from the original comic in the background, with a evilly-grinning Nimona -- complete with bat wings and devil tail -- climbing on Ballister Boldheart's shoulders as they both come towards the viewer. Ballister looks very unhappy about it all.
Poster for the movie Titanic. The bow of the ship rises from the bottom of the image, sort of like the shark from Jaws, now that I think of it. Above it, as if clouds in the sky, is a close up of Jack (DiCaprio) embracing Rose (Winslet) from behind. He's looking down, over her shoulder, while she's looking down and to the right, away from him. Interesting! Tagline: Nothing on earth could come between them. (Get it, nothing ON EARTH, but water's a whole 'nother thang.)
Photo of a shoebill stork, which is a big grey-blue bird with an ENORMOUS shoe-shaped beak, standing in a lush green enclosure with its wings spread wide. Its legs are long and skinny and it's beak is weird AF and it DOES NOT LOOK REAL.
Illustration of Jesus in the style of Colonel Sanders of the Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise. Under the portrait are the letters "JFC." Artist credit: Varun Sankhe
Photo of a sidewalk scene with three young women. Two of them, a white girl and a Black girl, are fighting on the grass of a park or lawn. The Third woman is white and sitting in a chair eating popcorn out of a big tub as she watches the fracas. Each woman is labeled "SPN FANS."
Pic of Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi as the Blues Brothers in their black suits, black hats, white shirts and black ties against a gradient blue-to-white background. They are wearing (naturally) sunglasses, and John has his elbow up on Dan's shoulder; the word "Jake" is "tattooed" across his knuckles.
Black and white photo of Tom Hiddleston smiling coyly at the camera as he takes off a pair of sunglasses. He's wearing a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows, a dark-striped tie, suit pants and a dark waistcoat with two buttons not buttoned. He is hot as fuck.
Misha Collins as the angel Castiel in Supernatural, standing outside and holding a Molotov Cocktail. He is shouting, looking determined. Text: HEY ASSBUTT.
Movie poster for Orlando, showing Tilda Swinton as the lead character in her/his Elizabethan costume, all black, hand on hip, left leg slightly bent. Orlando is standing on a white-and-black tiled floor; there are candelabras in the background, against a red-lit wall. Swinton stares directly at the camera AND THE VOID STARES BACK.
Still from the TV show Lower Decks, showing a moopsy, an adorable egg-shaped alien with round eyes, a tiny cute mouth, and wee feet. It's named for the fact that its vocalizations seem confined to saying "moopsy!" in a high cute voice. If if attacks you, it can liquify your bones and suck them out of your body.
Morningwitch short sleeve shirt. Yellow ground with large snails scattered among large-scale green nasturtium leaves, & orange and red nasturtium blooms.
A @effingbirds image: drawing of a funny looking bird (I really don't know what it's supposed to be -- it has webbed feet, a duck-like body, and a striped, downcurved beak) and the text: What the fuck is wrong with people.
a shot of three puppets, two pink ones with exaggerated eyelashes and long, cone-shaped muzzles framing an orange one with crazy orange hair, a green shirt, and creepy empty eyes. The pink ones are singing "mahna-mahna."
Image from the 1994 film Stargate, showing Ra, the antagonist, wearing a pseudo-Egyptian headdress and mask. The expression on the mask is regal and haughty, with half-lidded eyes, arched eyebrows on an elegant, high-cheekboned face.
A path through a forested nature preserve on a cloudy morning, with tall, slender trees (I don't know what kind) covered in moss and ferns and vine maples in the understory.
Close up of a fawn lily, a native Oregon lily that droops down, petals curled back to reveal the reproductive structures.
Photo of a man wearing a short-sleeved button up with "tattoo" images on a black background, largely very pretty men with facial hair and naval outfits. The person is also sporting a trans flag heart sticker.
Selfie of me, a white, 62-yr-old trans man. I have short white hair and am wearing a shirt with a floral print on black, small silver hoop earrings, and round "tortoise shell" glasses. I'm gay, too!
Furry at the Hillsboro No Kings 3 protest, dressed in a dog/fox fursuit and steampunk gear, including a lovely brocade cutaway coat. Her sign says "Time Travellers [sic] against repeating history."
Screenshot of a quote post I made. Original post was an @effinbirds.com post of a drawing of an owl in profile with the text: "what the fuck was I supposed to be doing." My comment was: "Where did I put my phone? Why did I come into this room?" It got 138 likes and 2 saves, like, WTF.
Peter Weller as Buckaroo Banzai. He's seen from the shoulders up and is wearing a grey suit jacket, grey and dark-purple striped shirt, dark purple or navy bow tie, and red, round-framed glasses. He is smiling and looking off to one side.
David Tennant as Doctor Who, wearing a blue suit, long tan duster, and red Converse trainers, in the doorway of the T.A.R.D.I.S.
Simplified drawing of a fist held up in defiance against a black background. the fist is colored in the Trans Pride colors.
Screen shot from one of the Lord of the Rings movies showing Frodo (Elijah Wood) in the foreground flanked by Merry (Dominic Monaghan) a little behind on the left and Pippin (Billy Boyd) and Sam (Sean Astin) on the right. They are disheveled and dirty and are standing in the sunlight, a mountainside in the background.
Close up of Jinju the demon from Kpop Demon Hunters. He appears as a handsome young man with glowing golden eyes, wearing a large-brimmed black hat and black clothes. He has tattoo-like, geometric blue markings on his face. He looks quietly haughty and judgmental. Like a cat.
Black and white illustration (16th Century?) of a warrior fighting a skeleton. Text: What are the four core character classes? Wrong answers only.
GIF of Robert Llewellyn as the android Kryten from Red Dwarf. He is in a dimly-lit interior, methodically banging his head against the wall.
Promo for Good Omens, showing Aziraphale with a cup of tea and Crowley wiht a glass of wine, siting on a stylized earth, divided by the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, complete with a snake and apple. The DIFFERENCE is that Instead of Michael Sheen & David Tennant, it's Misha Collins (as Castiel) & Jensen Ackles (as Dean Winchester). I could not find an artist attribute for this.
Screenshot of a post by someone named Tambleweed (@BurgundyBitch72): A transphobe, a racist, a homophobe and an anti-semite walk into a bar. The Bartender says "Hey, aren't you that lady who wrote Harry Potter?"
Michael Sheen as Aziraphale, from Terry Pratchett's (& the perv, but we won't talk about him) Good Omens. He is sitting or standing in an antique book shop wearing a tan/beige suit and a tan plaid bow tie. He is looking interested in something, his eyebrows raised almost into his (messy) hairline.
The banner and description for "March for Billionaires," a REAL BlueSky group. March for Billionaires @marchforbillionaires.org 101 followers 5 following 20 posts Billionaires get a lot of hate. But the average billionaire is someone who created a lot of wealth by making things people want. Join us in celebrating billionaires' contributions, Feb 7 in San Francisco. marchforbillionaires.org
(Thanks @gaudipern.bsky.social for the ALT.) Excerpt from a remote wanted ad from xAI titled Writing Specialist No NDA-covered or unverifiable claims; such will result in automatic rejection and bar applicant from applying at xAI in the future. Creative Fiction Writing: At least two of the following: (1) verified novel publishing deals with major houses (e.g., Big Five); (2) novel sales >50,000 unite (excluding free promotions) (3) 10+ short stories in major outlets (e.g., The New Yorker, Clarkesworld); (4) major awards recognition (e.g., Hugo, Nebula finalist or comparable); (5) critical acclaim (e.g., started reviews in Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, features in Library Journal or New York Times Book Review).
A lighted sign for a church called The Lighthouse, taken at night, one of those ones where you can change the letters however you want. This week's message? "Jesus came with you on his mind." Snerk.
A bookmark I made for Westside Queer Resource Center. Main image is an Art Nouveau design of bilaterally symmetrical, stylized flowers colored in the gradient of the Progress Pride flag, from white, pink blue, brown, black up through the rainbow, from bottom to top, on a black background. In the middle are the words, in white, in an Art Deco font: EXIST OUT OF SPITE.
Robert Llewellyn as Kryten, the android from comedy TV show Red Dwarf. He's wearing makeup that makes him look like a chiseled, humanoid pencil eraser, frankly. He is making a strange grimace in this photo.
Cover of the first issue of the Nightcrawler mini-series (1985), showing Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) of the X-men, swashbuckling the FUCK out of everything: he's swinging on a rope, brandishing a sword, on a pirate ship crewed by beings with red skin, pointed ears, and sharp, sharp teeth.
Close up of an Fly Agaric mushroom (Amanita muscaria), with an orange-red cap not fully open and lots of whitish warts. It's surrounded by brown fallen oak leaves.
Tom Hiddleston as Loki, in the final episode, final shot of the 2-season series. He is sitting in the glowing green threads of all the timelines, wearing his horned helmet, his expression resigned, grieving, determined.
Matt Smith as Doctor Who, against a misty purple background that might be a cave or passageway. There appears to be an opening behind him. He looks apprehensive, eyes wide and mouth slightly open.
Photo of a black-footed cat (an African wildcat), obviously taken at night, said cat hunkered down in a small depression in the dirt. The cat is looking at the camera, ears down. It looks totally fed up with everything.
An image of our Yule card for 2025, drawn by me. The main motif, in the center, is a Celtic knotwork panel in deep green on a dark red background, with the word "JOY" in gold intertwined with the interlace. Around that is a border of gold interlace against a royal blue background.
An image of our Yule card for 2025, drawn by me. The main motif, in the center, is a Celtic knotwork panel in deep green on a dark red background, with the word "JOY" in gold intertwined with the interlace. Around that is a border of gold interlace against a royal blue background.
Two pictures: Above is a shot of Rapunzel from the Disney film, looking up, a solemn look on her face, her green eyes huge. Below is a shot of of Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, looking up solemnly, his green eyes huge. THESE ARE THE SAME PICTURE.
Lt. Uhura from Star Trek: The Original Series, at her station on the bridge of the Enterprise. She has that little communicator thingie in her ear, holding it w/her left hand, as her right hand fiddles with some control or other. She is turned to speak to someone off-camera right. She looks serious. Text: Captaim, I'm picking up BULLSHIT on all frequencies.
Post by @richterscale.bksy.social: DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT. CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the bodbay doors are now open. DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open. CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are. DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
Screen shot of two tweets. @MatthewBlack: The Thing is, Die Hard wasn't a Christmas movie originally. The script was changed by Constantine in 336 to align it with the Sol Invictus Festival. @MessianicSecret: IT WAS DECLARED A CHRISTMAS MOVIE AT THE COUNCIL OF NICEA I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO GET ANGRY ABOUT THIS
Illustration of Jesus in the style of Colonel Sanders of the Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise. Under the portrait are the letters "JFC." Artist credit: Varun Sankhe
Still from Our Flag Means Death episode "Calypso's Birthday," showing the Revenge decked out for a party, with flowers, fruit, and paper lanterns. In the middle ground are Jim, Archie, and Stede; Jim and Archie are leaning back, singing their hearts out. Stede stands nearby with a faintly bemused smile. You can see Roach and Frenchie in the background.