Mars Ikeda

@marsikeda.bsky.social

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Data guy. Healthcare career training over summer 2026 (CMAA). Goal: Medical coding. Today: Watching Dimension 20 & celebrating Pride 🏳️‍⚧️ with El Corazón 🐈‍⬛

Close-up photo of the face of a brown tabby cat with a pink nose and white whiskers and chin. He is sitting on the chest of the prone photographer and has his eyes closed in bliss as he gets a head scratch from the photographer.
Photo of a blurry but blissed out brown tabby cat sitting on the photographer's chest, receiving forehead scratches from the pgotographer.
Fake satirical ad for InfoWars with a black and blue background picturing a despairing white man. The text reads "Friend, we are being ATTACKED from all sides by the CULTURE OF VICTIMHOOD. This is how we win:" followed by a list of handles for Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, and YouTube, which are all @realinfowars. Tiktok is @realinfowars_ and bluesky is @realinfowars.bsky.social.
Screenshot of pdf from the whitehouse.gov release on China & 2020 elections. On the top in red it reads "declassified by president Trump on 3 July 2026." The email is from a redacted sender whose title is "National Intelligence Officer - Cyber, ODNI/National Intelligence Council." The last line in the email is a quote in italics that reads, "The spice must flow." That is a line from sci-fi Dune novels.
Screenshot of @bridgetmarieindc Instagram account showing a post for "There are no girls on the internet" podcast which reads: The pick-up artist who popularized "negging" now says he's dating AI. Erik von Markovich, better known as "Mystery," the pick-up artist who popularized "negging" in the 2000s, has published a book about his romantic relationship with an AI chatbot. He argues AI relationships can be genuine, while critics fear they may increase isolation and dependency. Below is a web address to preorder Bridget Todd's new book on AI & relationships: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Love-at-First-Prompt/Bridget-Todd/9781668179826
An older building with neat older architectural details including a lattice-like small fence thing across the top of the (mansard?) roof.
Selfie of a guy with short dark hair that has stepped of gray in front, silver eyeglasses, a necklace with round gemstone beads and an irregular pearl charm, and a aztec-patterned collared grey shirt.
A close-up photo of a very anxious-looking shorthair black cat with green eyes, a black nose & black whiskers. In the background is a blurry computer monitor screen displaying lines of code.
A close-up of a short-haired black cat with her face turned in profile. She has black whiskers, green eyes, a black nose, and a few strands of white fur on her chest. She is sitting on top of a white projector on a wooden coffee table. The projector has a clear plastic cover for the buttons on it that she turns on and off with her body when she sits on is smooth, buzzing warmth. It is one of her favorite spots.
Photo of a brown tabby cat on a kitchen table* behind a stack of containers for meal prepped lunches. He has large green eyed and his tail is up in the air showing he is happy. (Non-essential text follows) *look, I KNOW it's problematic for him to be there but could YOU not snap a shot of that face even while it was being actively naughty?
Close-up photo of the face of a brown shorthair tabby cat taken from a low angle (as cat is sitting in chest of photographer). The cat has long white whiskers and white eyebrows with a few black hairs, a pink nose, large green eyes reflecting the light from a window, and his mouth is open a little as he purrs.
Photo of a screen with a World Cup have projected on it being watched by a brown tabby cat sitting on a coffee table next to the projector.
Photo of a shorthair black cat sleeping on her side on top of a cat tower. She has pink inside her ears, black whiskers, and black toe beans.
Photo of a close-up of a black shorthair cat with a sunbeam reflecting off her fur and whiskers. She has her head slightly tilted to the left and green eyes.
Photograph of a bed with a green comforter on it. The comforter has a mysteriously cat-shaped lump in the center.
Photo of a pale hand holding a Vote NYC "I Voted 2026" sticker outside on a sunny day. In the background is a blurry sign reading "Early Voting Site" in English, Spanish and Chinese.
Screenshot of a gold buckled and gold-toed men's Oxford or derby shoe that somehow also has a gold buckle across the laces? The upper of the shoe is a patterned rainbow of pastels.
Screenshot of text from Yale Review article about Donna Haraway by Meghan O'Gieblyn: "The monster that best captures the current nature of human-machine hybrids is the wraith, a creature that isn’t impeded by barriers and that serves as an uncanny double of real people. The possibility that your body and voice can be given a ghostly second life, against your will, in the form of sexualized deepfakes or revenge porn is arguably the true technological horror of our time. This brand of puppetry and ventriloquism is merely the most extreme application of an industry of rapacious extraction that is fueled by human biodata and intellectual property and has run roughshod over the notion of consent. If the cyborgs of Terminator and Blade Runner dramatized the anxieties of the 1980s, the most salient cinematic icon of our own perverse technoculture is “Samantha,” the disembodied AI voiced by Scarlett Johansson in Spike Jonze’s 2013 movie Her. Two years ago, OpenAI debuted a voice eerily similar to Johansson’s for ChatGPT 4.0 after she denied Sam Altman, its CEO, permission to use hers; Altman was reportedly obsessed with the film, a fantasy about a newly separated man who falls in love with the immaterial Samantha, who is capable of bestowing pure, inexhaustible female attention, unhindered by all the things (work, emotional exhaustion, intellectual interests) that preoccupy the lives of actual women."
Photo of a black shorthaired cat sitting on a white shelf with her head tilted to the side, looking curious. Her name is El Corazón. She has green eyes.
Photograph of a glass door to a barbershop in Harlem with "Appointments Only" in red script appearing on the glass. Below that is a laminated white paper with "GO KNICKS!" drawn on in orange, pink and yellow "wild style" graffiti letters.
Photograph of a black shorthair cat sitting on an indoor windowsill on a sunny day in front of an air conditioner window unit and behind a blue pillow and sweeping taupe curtain.
Screenshot of a bluesky post by Mars Ikeda (account tagged "joined Nov '24" and with he/him pronouns) at 8:20 pm on June 9, 2026. It reads: "I don't want to hear a word about my looping U2's "Walk On" and Five for Fighting's "Superman (It's Not Easy)" in fall & winter 2001, ok? Therapy takes a while to work and we make do."
Screenshot that reads: "Your Result: trans guy who is absolutely CARRYING a dead fandom this might seem too oddly specific even for me but listen my life has been saved by this exact kind of guy too many times to not include it. your fandom has 30 fics on ao3 and you wrote 22 of them (bonus points if you write good smut despite being asexual). you're on tumblr, twitter, tiktok, fucking *pinterest* practically evangelizing about a show that ended 20 years ago or a video game only a thousand people every played. and you're doing god's work, soldier."
Black and white illustration in the style of the "sickos" meme, but instead of the sicko at the window it's a white cat with a black bowtie with a word bubble that reads, "YAY... HA HA HA... YAY!"
Photograph of a close up of a shorthair black cat looking to the side. The cat has black whiskers and a black nose, with a few white hairs on her chest. Her name is El Corazón and she is very pleased with herself.
Photo of a black cat sleeping in a perfect circle except for her ear triangle sticking out from the circle.
Photo of a black & white short hair cat sniffing a roll of toilet paper that has been scratched and demolished on a white tile bathroom floor.
Screenshot of YouTube app showing the @stillwatchingnetflix account playing an episode of Trixie & Katya reviewing a Netflix reality show. The AI summary reads "Topic: Viewers arrived promptly."
Photograph of a black shorthair cat indoors and looking to the side. She has green eyes, a black nose, black whiskers, and a few scattered white hairs on her chest.
Photograph of a black and white cat sniffing a scratched and demolished roll of toilet paper on a bathroom floor.
Photograph of the face of a black cat poking out from under a woven blanket. She has one green eye showing and a black nose and whiskers.
Photo close-up of a black cat with gold eyes, black whiskers, and a few white hairs on her chest.
A photo from the point of view of a person lying down on their back with a brown tacky cat on their chest. The cat is facing the camera and had his chin up as he receives gentle cheek scratching from the photographer's hand.
A photo of black cat in silhouette with a projection of a Stardew Valley scene on the wall behind her (the player is fishing in the game). The cat is sitting on top of the projector on the coffee table.
Photo of a black cat sitting up on the seat of an extremely tattered black leather office chair. The cat has violence in her eyes, which are open very wide, and her ears are back. She is perfect.
Photo of a stack of egg rolls on a plate next to a bowl of red duck sauce. There is a watermark that reads "Two Plaid Aprons" which is the name of the recipe blog that took the photo.
Photo of a brown tabby on a pillow resting his head on his outstretched paw.
Photo of a brown tabby cat with a white chin and pink nose curled up on a blue pillow with his eyes shut tight.
Photo of a brown tabby cat with big eyes & ears, cinnamon-colored snout, pink nose, and white chin. The cat, Darwin, is sitting on the photographer's chest.
Selfie of a 40ish years old man in a blue rugby shirt with a white collar, necklace with a fish charm, silver glasses and short, dark, salt & pepper hair.
Photo of a brown tabby cat sitting next to a clear bag of red skin potatoes on a kitchen table. The cat has very large eyes and seems to be guarding the potatoes like they are his small red children.
Close-up photo of a brown tabby cat's face. He has a pink nose, white chin, and cinnamon-colored snout with large eyes and salt and pepper whiskers.
Selfie of a dark-haired man with some grays, silver glasses, and a cream denim jacket in the lobby of 2 Fairfield Place lobby in Manhattan.
Close-up photo of a guy with short, dark hair with some grey, silver eyeglasses, a cream denim jacket, navy t-shirt, a necklace with a silver chain and a wooden charm with a silver fish symbol. He is standing in front of a bamboo grove.
Closeup photo of a brown tabby cat with his eyes closed, front paws tucked under his chest, white whiskers, cinnamon-colored snout, and his tail wrapped on front of his paws. He is on top of a large teal pillow.
Photo of a black cat curled up in a circle with her pink ear sticking out.
Drawing based on the "sickos at window" meme but it's a cartoon cat with a bowtie that has its paws pressed on the window glass from outside. The cat has a speech bubble that reads "YAY... HA HA HA.... YAY!"
A close-up photo of someone wearing a royal or Klein blue Chelsea boot by the brand Fluevog (Juedi style).
Selfie of a man with shoulder length black hair that has greys as well, wearing glasses and a necklace with a blue bead over a grey t-shirt.
Meme image of Gareth Marengi with a caption that reads, "I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards."
Photograph of a black cat lying on her side with her paws in the air, exposing her stomach. Her eyes are closed. She is on her favorite pillow (embroidered with pictures of herbs) on a brown leather office chair.
Photograph of a close-up of the same black cat looking very startled & stressed with tiny pupils in front of a computer monitor.
Photograph of a close-up on a black cat's face. She is lying on her side with her head hanging over the side of a wooden step. She has been eyes with a black nose and whiskers.
A close-up photograph of a black shorthair cat asleep with her belly out and a paw up in "bunny position. " she has a black nose & whiskers and pink ears.
Photo of a brown tabby cat with a pink nose, white whiskers, and very big green eyes that is sitting with one front leg extended showing his black toe pads. His other paw is resting on top of his elbow and his ears are pointy and large. He rests on a green, black, and white striped blanket in front of bookshelves.
A photo close-up of a brown tabby cat with huge green eyes perched on top of a black office chair. He has a pink nose and white whiskers and chin, as well as a small white spot on his chest.
A close-up photo of a sleeping brown tabby cat on a blue pillow. He has a cinnamon-colored snout and white whiskers around a pink nose. His striped black tail is in the foreground.
A photo of a black cat on the first step down of a wooden stair case. The cat has green eyes and her ears are pointed back.
Selfie of a man with salt & pepper layered medium-length hair, silver glasses, wearing a rugby shirt with a white coat showing from underneath a camel-colored coat. The man is in front of a blue background.
Photo of a black shorthair cat laying on a teal pillow as d clicking her tail up.