Natalie Zed 🍁

I cannot tell you how happy this makes me :D

Natalie how do you come up with supervillain dialogue?

The non-binary hottie sitting next to me after boosting the car: "I am going to FIX this parasitic power drain ONCE and for ALL. I am tired of being VEXED by this CONTRAPTION."

Screenshot of a tweet: British cavalry in the 1850s consisted entirely of twinks who used UwU-speak... [Photo of a book page] "The dash of British cavalry officers was never greater than at the opening of the Crimean campaign in the spring of 1854. These aristocratic horsemen were, in the idiom of the day, "plungers," "tremendous swells." They affected elegant boredom, yawned a great deal, spoke a jargon of their own, pronouncing "r" as "w," saying "vewwy," "howwid," and "sowwy," and interlarded sentences with loud and meaningless exclamations of "Haw, haw." Their sweeping whiskers, languid voices, tiny waists, laced in by corsets, and their large cigars were irresistible, frantically admired, and as frantically envied. Magnificently mounted, horses were their passion; they rode like the devil himself, and their confidence in their ability to defeat any enemy single-handed was com-plete. Cavalry officers were saying in London drawing-rooms that to take infantry on the campaign was superfluous; the infantry would merely be a drag on them, and had better be left at home."

Imagine it's 1850 and you've just been flattened by an elite cavalry officer who just yells "SOWWY" as he thunders away.

Because I Want, by Antigen Shift track by Antigen Shift

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I BRING GLORIOUS TIDINGS: @jairuskhan.bsky.social's band Antigen Shift has released a single from their upcoming record and it rules: antigenshift.bandcamp.com/track/becaus...

Because I Want, by Antigen Shift track by Antigen Shift

that is so odd, does this one work?

antigenshift.bandcamp.com/track/becaus...

Training language models to be warm and empathetic makes them less reliable and more sycophantic Artificial intelligence (AI) developers are increasingly building language models with warm and empathetic personas that millions of people now use for advice, therapy, and companionship. Here, we sho...

Humans have once again managed to create snivelling viziers and ineffectual advisors, like a form of carcination

"invitations to some and barriers to others" is absolutely what appeals to me. I feel like "content warnings" in general have an innate negativity in the way they are deployed, and reasonably so, whereas tags are much more neutral and help make informed decisions from a completely different place

POWERFUL SAME

let me assure you I would have TOLD YOU BEFORE THEN ha ha

oh god it most assuredly was NOT going to be in two weeks (but next year yes!!!)

Ozzy Osbourne Farewell Show Was The Highest-Grossing Charity Concert Of All Time On July 5, Ozzy Osbourne put on a farewell concert, performing as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath for the last time in the band’s hometown of Birmingham, UK. Billed as the “Back To The Beginning”...

Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.

I feel this in my soul

FWT Publication Freelance Rates Database

Freelancing writers, this is gold:

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Picture of the licensed FF soda cup, offering you the opportunity to sip your drink direct from pedro pascal’s reed

Marvel branding remains undefeated.

what an unlikable female character you have there. would be a shame if i were to irrevocably fall in love with her and defend her with my life

the muppet, Gonzo the Great, stands against a white background with their hands on their hips, they are wearing a pink and blue superhero leotard, with a bright red cape

me

THANK YOUUUU

i don't know why it took me this long because of COURSE it counts for OTHER PEOPLE and for some reason today i was finally like...oh.

happy non-binary people's day, in the utterly perfect words of Gonzo the Great, my gender is "whatever"

fuck it, why not.

i've never said this out loud because i've always felt too much like a girl but also not enough like a girl to "count" and much more like my gender is *swarm of bees* than definable thing -- which, of course, is the whole point.

thank youuuuu

so normal in fact

NO U

apparently it also keeps it from drying out

omgggg i want to attend/be on that queer coded villains panel VERY BADLY

a birthday cake covered with white icing sits inside a cardboard box. it is decorated with three hot pink flowers and the words "Happy Birthday Natalie"

A birthday cake with white icing sits in a cardboard box. A rectangular slice has been cut out of the centre and the two halves pressed back together, so the phrase "Happy Birthday Natalie" written in pink icing has become "Hay Birtay Natie." it is decorated with one and a third hot pink roses.

It was my birthday on Saturday which means I have an excuse to show you all one of my favourite things: the extremely normal and optimal way that @jairuskhan.bsky.social cuts a birthday cake.

everything you did for Eris has burned new holes in my heart 🖤

i have such a massive soft spot for Keller, he is genuinely a gift from the universe

aaaaa thank you, i hope you like it!! (or at least don't hate it)

Talking to @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social was an absolute delight, and wow did it feel good to talk through the absolute nightmare process that has been writing my second book.