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Mike Shirley-Donnelly (MSD)
Hi hello I am msd I make music and take photos and make art but also run a joint cat rescue / recording studio in southern new england with my partner Della. I'm still mourning Cohost closing, but at least I started blogging as a result??
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TALKIN SHIT (Oh no, two blog posts in one day what has happened to me) I-guess-this-is-just-gonna-be-a-format-I-use-from-now-on photography
These are so fun to do If you've been here a while, you might remember how in March I caught covid and it absolutely fucked my life for about 2+ months. I went from "going on walks regularly and photographing stuff outside as much as possible" to "getting the mail leaves me out of breath, what the fuck" Happy to say...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Tues 06/16/2026 - Torkoal Generally I like turtle and tortoise style pokemon but something about this just rubs me the wrong way. Maybe the whole coal thing? A symbol of industrialization that has caused undue harm to the world as a result? Nahhhhh...
Seventeen Days In, Here are some Blog Posts I liked Recently! Photo unrelated, I just like having photos on my blog posts. Took this back in March while the winter was still wintering and never got around to posting it I think the original spirit of Junited was more of a singular post you keep updating as the month...
AI "assisted" Code is still generative AI and it's weird how people try to justify that it's not Last week I wrote at length about how much I was enjoying the Spirit Crossing playtest, a life sim MMO being built by the team that made Cozy Grove. One of the first things I did before loading up the game was check to...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop The weekend was not nearly as long as I wanted it to be - ever notice how 48 hours as a system of measurement is like, highly unreliable? Anyway, here's the pokemon from the last few days. Two icons, some filler and something I'd file under "oh...
Cooperative play in the Crosslands is so goddamn satisfying I've spent the last few days playing the Spirit Crossing playtest and man, I gotta put these thoughts down somewhere because it's a TREAT. First, some background When Spry Fox's Cozy Grove launched, it became a household regular for me and my kids....
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Apparently this is day 211 of the project, meaning I'm about 20% of the way through the currently released pokemon. That's pretty daunting considering Wind and Waves will absolutely launch before I catch up so that'll be what, an additional...
A celebration of gender rebels throughout history In a weird twist of things I'm never quite sure how to explain, a while back my brother became the executive director of the Vallejo Naval Museum; now from its name alone you'd think that this museum is predominantly about like, naval stuff. Boats. Navy history,...
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop Fri 06/05/2026 - Natu I don't know how else to describe this than "it looks like it'd be wall art in Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared. On the "is it just a bird" spectrum I'd say no, this does not count because it's more the abstract idea of a bird. Sat...
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