Mary Layton

@maryherself.bsky.social

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Artist & author. Mairi Fairelander or Mairi Burleigh in Second Life. Owner/MD/DJ @ BMARadio.com. SFF geek girl. Bass player. Imperfect ally but trying. She/her. (Oh, and generative AI is shite. If you're a GenAI fanboy/girl, just scroll on by)

Graphic saying "March 31st is Trans Day Of Visibility"
Splatter art by artist Mary Layton of a creature with another creature riding its back giving the British sod-off salute. Caption reads: "Note to self: Don't leave painting things out where the house Elves and their Oliphlumps can get to them."
Photo of 14 or so inches of snow.
Image showing how to text or call the Trever Project hotline. Text "START" to 678-678, or call 1-866-488-7386.
Watercolour artwork by Mary Layton featuring Ruby Throated Hummingbirds.
Actor Clancy Brown in a still from the television show "Earth 2".
Video of my progress with learning bass guitar.
Imaged is a verbal fuck you to white women who voted for trump.
Wearing my Granny's pearls, a blue donkey pin, and my remembrance poppy necklace. Manifesting hope in remembrance of those who fought back fascism the first time.
Image with text: "It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to put out a Trump sign and remove all doubt of it." With apologies to Maurice Switzer.
An image of a Second Life avatar with lip curled to show off fanged teeth. Avatar belongs to Mairi Fairelander (aka Elizabeth Burleigh).
Image of the ship from the BBC comedy "Red Dwarf".
Image of ink artwork on toned paper by Mary Layton featuring a salamander with a dragonfly perched on its shoulder, dreaming of flight.
Image of a Sadowsky Metro Express bass guitar, belonging to a 56-year-old chick learning to play for the first time.
Tsushima Leopard Cat ink drawing by artist Mary Layton. The cat is depicted on a tree branch looking at a lantern on a higher branch.
Cover art for the Marillion album "Misplaced Childhood "
Ben Stiller saying "DO IT".
This is hilarious-ask Siri what to be for Halloween and post it in the comments
Pencil drawing on toned paper of Neil Gaiman as Morpheus by Mary Layton
Chris Freeland, of the Internet Archive, stating that contrary to what edgelords want to believe, Chuck Wendig is not involved with the lawsit against IA, has in fact spoken out against the lawsuit, and has spoken out in support of IA.
Perusing Youtube & I watched the official audio video of My Chemical Romance's "Welcome to the Black Parade". Since it was just the audio, I was reading the comments and there was one from someone who said their Grandma was 60 and it was her favourite song and she wanted it played at her funeral. That got me thinking. See, I'll be 56 in November, and I love me some MCR. I like quite a lot of the tunes from the "kids these days". But, when I was their age, my parents were, at best, ambivalent about the music of the day. They were into Neil Diamond, and Tony Bennett, and Perry Como, and Andy Williams, and, and, and... basically *their* contemporaries. They tolerated my music choices but never expressed any appreciation of it that I recall. Now that I'm "of an age", I wonder - did they really, really not like contemporary music...or wouldn't allow themselves to articulate it for fear of being weirdos or something? Anyway, Gerard Way is a freaking genius, & I ain't afraid to say so.
Lybia Crab waving the anemones it carries in each claw.
“The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory, is that conspiracy theorists believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is actually chaotic. The truth is that it is not The Iluminati, or The Jewish Banking Conspiracy, or the Gray Alien Theory. The truth is far more frightening - Nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.” - Alan Moore
A tiny sink in a bed & breakfast in the UK with a man's hand to demonstrate the scale.
It has come to my attention that you may have reached out to my office through a civic engagement platform. Often, many constituents who reach out to their members of Congress through these types of platforms either do not expect a response or are altogether unaware that their information was used to contact a congressional office. Given the high volume of constituent requests my office receives and in order to best address your concerns, I encourage you to contact me directly through budd.senate.gov if you would like to engage in conversation about the issues that are important to you.
Image reading Text SIGN PHJDYH to 50409 to join Mary and tell your officials Vote No on the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) S.1409
Photo of a lady in a white dress looking over her shoulder into the camera.
Photo of artist Mary Layton wearing a facemask with her Hummingbird artwork.
Image of a sticker sheet featuring artwork by Kayomi Harai
Hunnu rock band The Hu
Ali G with the caption "Respek!"
Image of a dress in Second Life
Posting from Heidi Depper reading "He's so indicted.. And he just can't hides it... he's about to lose control and I think I like it!
Post from Facebook by artist David Van Gough reading: "A.I. Art is just autotune for people who can't paint."
An enormous Amazon shipping box with a small pack of shower caps.
Scene from Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan with the text "He tasks me. He tasks me and I shall have him."