TLDR; Happy Belated Birthday Madeleine Sami and Damien Gerard!; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Nathan Foad; Samba Schutte; Kristian Nairn; Ruibo Qian; Dominic Burgess; James Tom; Nat Torres; Fan Spotlight: Never Left Podcast, Mermay 2025; Love Notes;

= Happy Belated Bday Madeleine Sami! =

Our beloved Archie's birthday was May 10 and she was in New York for it!

Source: Madeleine Sami's IG

= Happy Belated Bday Damien Gerard! =

May 10th was also our dear Father Teach's birthday! Happy belated birthday Damien!

Source: Damien's Twitter

= David Jenkins =

Chaos Dad sending some encouragement! (and letting us know it wasn't a coded message, lol, he knows us too well).

Source: David's Bsky

Our dear @temporal-discounting, Ruth was kind enough to share her beautiful ink, and David commented on the vibe!

Source: David's Bsky

= Rhys Darby =

Guess who's back from Australia for a much needed break!

And Rhys was home in time to play Risk with Rosie for Mother's Day!

Source: Rosie's IG stories

= Taika Waititi =

Oh you know, Taika just being Taika!

Source: Taika's IG Stories

= Nathan Foad =

Nathan's had a lot of things going on the last few days! A little hey hi hello.

And a sneak peak at one of his shorts -- Triplets Baby!

Source: Nathan's IG Stories

= Samba Schutte =

May 10th was Samba's Baking is Key Lime class! I had signed up but didn't get to go due to some family stuff-- I hope everyone had such an amazing time! Here's the recording if you missed it!

Source: Samba's IG

Samba also shared some lovely pictures of him, Aria, and their little one on the beach for mother's day, and a picture of his mom and him as a baby as well!

Source: Samba's IG

= Kristian Nairn =

Kristian sent everyone some good weekend vibes!

Source: Kristian's IG

= Ruibo Qian =

Ruibo still sending love: "🌕✨♾️❤️ ily"

Source: Ruibo's IG

= Dominic Burgess =

Our Jeffrey Fettering, Dominic Burgess is our doing some parts with Aubrey Reynolds!

Source: Dominic's IG

Also! Good news! One tooth Frodo got the cone off!

Source: Dominic's IG

= James Tom =

Our friends over at @adoptourcrew were out at James Tom's show and passed out some love <3

Source: James Tom's Bsky

James Tom also had a bit of fun with the new Name change with HBOMax!

Source: James Tom's Bsky

Speaking of, if you hadn't heard yet-- Max is going back to an old name-- HBO Max 🤦

https://www.vulture.com/article/hbo-max-streaming-name-change.html

= Fan Spotlight =

= Never Left Podcast =

New episode of Never Left! Check it out on spotify or your favorite podcast platform! Visit their Linktr.ee!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/311Hm40F3rrqiESOKokGIx?si=249dc6b9ac7b47fd

Source: Never Left Podcast Spotify

= Mermay 2025 =

Next up for Mermay on tonight's spotlight is @sailorsruin92 who is also participating in prompts from @bizarrelittlemew's OFMD Mermay Bingo! @sailorsruin92 always has such beautiful and fun visuals and perspectives, and these Mermay prompts are no different! Check out the gorgeous colors and shading on those tails! I'm in love!

Wanna check out more of their work? Visit their socials below!

Linktr.ee / Tumblr / IG / Ko-Fi / RedBubble

The first prompt is for beach and technology!

Source: Sailor's Ruin's Tumblr

Next up is Puppy Kraken -- covering the prompts Underwater friends/pets and Kraken!

Source: Sailors Ruin's Tumblr

Another prompt this time, with Arthur the Seahorse for the prompt Underwater friends/pets!