kt 🎃🖤

Alright alright, I'll hush up.

I know one who does 👀

Am I proud of this painting? Not really. But it is my contribution to the holiday this year, so.

An oil painting of an autumnal forest at night, next to a water source. The center of the painting features a bright bonfire, the silhouette of a witch sitting against a tree next to it. It is based on "Campfire" by Bob Ross.

Happy Halloween & Blessed Samhain 🎃🥰

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

fall sunsets >>>

Do you love the Chicago Public Library? Do you not want to wait weeks for books? Do you still want to be able to go to programs? Send a letter to electeds !

In the budget, Brandon Johnson is proposing 89 cuts to positions, and cutting our book budget in half. actionnetwork.org/letters/no-l...

Also I did do this (which constituted me driving for about 7.5 hours today) all on one hour of sleep. So I am gonna die now.

elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire Alt: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire

Today, my family finally went and cleared out the storage unit I had back in Peoria, that I have been paying for for, like, 5 years ever since my dad moved out of Illinois.

Which means there is officially no reason for me to EVER return to Peoria again.

A seal-point Siamese cat sitting on top of a desk in front of an ultra-wide monitor, with a laptop and stack of notebooks to the left and a reusable water bottle to the right.

A seal-point Siamese cat curled up on her side on a brown blanket, her little feetsies all tucked together against her tummy. She almost looks like she's smiling.

A seal-point Siamese cat curled up in a tight ball, her head tucked in, a sunbeam glancing off the top of her, giving her a fuzzy glow.

A seal point Siamese cat loafing on a couch, taken with a night vision camera. Her eyes look like white glowing orbs against her dark face.

I JUST HEARD IT'S NATIONAL CAT DAY!?

NIMUE IS HERE TO CELEBRATE!

But seriously, I'm sorry things are bad *hugs*

Trauma dump for a trauma dump? XD

Absolutely the mood for this week.

The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR

supportjamaica.gov.jm

if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost

your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

For context, dear readers: she still scored the 3rd highest in our league this week.

If you're boycotting indie ebooks on Amazon and *not* seeking them out elsewhere, you are not actually helping the movement for readers to divest.

#booksky

You ever just stare into the distance and think about how much easier your life would be if you were an extravert?

That’s $500 million lost per day

Today I learned that not only is Opus finally up on @bookshop.org, it's apparently on sale there! So um...if you want to preorder the book's paperback for an approximately 10% discount, go do that?

bookshop.org/a/113219/978...

Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.

After Congress stripped away funding for @npr.org and @pbs.org, a lot of us are wondering how we can best support the most vulnerable stations. My former NPR colleague Alex Curley created this "Adopt A Station" website to help you find (and donate to) the stations most at risk. adoptastation.org

incredible how hilariously fitting this turned out

Just saw Frankenstein.

It was excellent. So beautiful. Weeps.

All books in this bundle have either a major character that identifies on the ace spectrum, an ace-identifying author, or BOTH! Oct. 19-25, 51 Books, $50.00 Book covers pictured are: Secondhand Origin Stories by LeeBrontide City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault Sidetracked: Part 1 by SK Kelley In Spite of the Inevitable by Morgan Biscup The One He Brought Home by Skye Kilaen Riyati Rebirth by Kai Zeal Lost Blades by Liz Sauco Bridges of Smoke by Jule March The Whisperer in White by Y.R. Liu Where We Converge by A.E. Bross Child of the Forest by Audrey Simmons A Dragon’s Treasure by Elis Madsen Enemies to Enemies by Ash Kreider Chai and Cat-tales by Lynn Strong Puppetry by Nina Waters Devil’s Deal by Tessa Hastjarjanto A Spark in Space by Janina Franck The Harmony of Falling Snow, A Polyamorous Romantasy Novel by Andora Brokaw How Six Saved the Frogs Pet by H.S. Kallinger Merchants of Knowledge and Magic by Shadow Spark Publishing Claimed by the Undead by C.L. Carhart Doce Drosera by Anita Peace in the Sky by William C. Tracy A Life in Too Many Margins by S.E. Thomson Non-Player Character by Veo Corva Journey Home by May Barros Triple Strike: Threads of Fate by G.M. Gray Wherever the Stars Call by S. Jean Yours Celestially by Al Hess The Star-Crossed Empire by Maya Darjani The Audacity 1 by Carmen Loup The Thirteenth Key by Cara Nox In the Eye of the Beholder by Beverly Anne Michel A Designer Magick by Stefanie Carter Bloody Spade by Brittany M. Willows Structural Integrity by Tabitha O'Connell Curse of Souls by Niranjan The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud Of Spells and Love by Odessa Silver Courtly Love by T.D. Cloud Song of the Wolf T.C. Smith The Dragon Next Door by Vanessa Ricci-Thode The Grand Duke's Masseur by sbdrag Blood by D.C. Hart Lantern by Burgundy Athena Pendragon Inarora's Excursion by Astrid E. Abell The Blood Divide by Zan Lowell The Towers of Nine by Alyssa Louttit Walking the Knife's Edge by Elise Carlson Junk Junction by William C. Tracy

One day left to pick up the Ace Pride Week Bundle - 51 books for $50! Featuring work by amazing ace indie authors (like me!) or major ace character, with lots having both!

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#booksky
(Meant to promote this sooner but my week has been BANANAS)

My head feels like it's trying to split open.

If you're lucky enough to be financially stable and have a few bucks to spare, now would be a really good time to donate to America's food banks. They've already lost a ton of funding this year and with SNAP on the line, more are going to need them in the coming weeks.

Ah, the soreness that comes from being in panic-mode all day haha 🥲

That we continue to persist at all is a testament to our faith in one another.

One day I will fix my sleep schedule.