Megaera Lorenz

My daughter just described Frog and Toad as “Spy vs Spy but friendship,” and I feel like she’s onto something

Slide 1: a blue graphic with an outline of the United States. Red and white text reads: Call. National Book Banning Bill Proposed in US House of Reps. Tell your rep: Vote no on H.R. 7661.

Slide 2: a blue and red graphic with white text that reads: House Republicans have introduced a bill to effectively grant the federal government decision-making power over what books make it into the library. Misleadingly called the "Stop the Sexualization of Children Act, " H.R. 7661 is a national-level book banning bill that would ban any book that, according to the bill's language, "(ii) involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism. " This means any book about a trans person or the trans experience would be banned from every public school in the United States.

Slide 3: a blue and red graphic with white text that reads: The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. If you are represented by one of the members of this committee listed below, they need to hear from you. Rep. Kevin Kiley, California (CA-3) (Chair) - entering vulnerable election cycle Rep. Mary E. Miller, Illinois (Vice Chair) Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, Pennsylvania Rep. Burgess Owens, Utah Rep. Michael A. Rulli, Ohio Rep. James C. Moylan, Guam - entering vulnerable election cycle Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, Pennsylvania - entering vulnerable election cycle Rep. Mark Harris, North Carolina Rep. Mark B. Messmer, Indiana Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, Oregon, Ranking Member Rep. Jahana Hayes, Connecticut Rep. Summer L. Lee, Pennsylvania Rep. John W. Mannion, New York Rep. Frederica S. Wilson, Florida Rep. Alma S. Adams, North Carolina Rep. Adelita Grijalva, Arizona

Slide 4: a blue graphic with red and white text that reads: If you are represented by the congresspeople listed above: Call your reps. Tell them they must oppose this bill at every turn. It is egregiously unconstitutional, targets ideas based on ideological disapproval, and misleads parents and the public about the content of children's books. It does nothing to protect kids and will badly harm education. It will tie school material funding into knots and hurt anyone who is a library materials vendor, regardless of content. If you are a bookseller, librarian, or author, tell them your livelihood depends on the next generation of readers.

Urgent message from @authorsabb.bsky.social. Call your reps to voice your opposition to the proposed nationwide book banning bill H.R. 7661.

I’m still not sure what the catalyst was, but he seems to have taken our talk about it to heart (this was several weeks ago now). These drivers are so endlessly patient. 😭 (Also, I’ve heard the kiddo curse before, but never use that particular construction, so I am still kind of ???? about it all!)

Another cartoon panel showing the bus driver standing in the doorway of the bus, conversing with the child’s mother, who is covering her face with her hands. “…So I figure it musta been a pretty rough day at school,” the driver is saying. The mother replies, “I’ll talk to him.”

Cartoon panel of a small child in a winter cap and coat kicking the seat in front of him on a school bus. He looks angry. A child across the aisle watches with concern.

The bus driver, a bearded man in an Army cap, turns around and mildly chides the child: “Sebastian, don’t hurt my bus, buddy.”

Closeup of the kid narrowing his eyes defiantly. He’s sick of everyone’s shit.

The child scornfully says “Fuck this bus.” The bus driver glances back in surprise.

My feral youngster has been so civil and restrained on the bus this year, with one rather notable exception 🫠

Yay, I was able to do it for real without bleach! The dye I got claimed to be specifically formulated to work on dark hair, but I was skeptical due to past lackluster hair coloring attempts. This is just about what I was aiming for, though!

Photo of me showing off dyed coppery reddish hair.

I achieved a nice copper shade with this tinted hair cream stuff, but it’s a huge pain in the ass to apply and I’d love to try something a little more permanent.

I am thinking about actually dying my hair for the first time in probably 15-ish years. Does anyone have advice about dying dark brown hair copper/red with relatively little damage and bleaching? Does that L’Oréal Hicolor stuff for dark hair actually work as described?

Cartoon of Frog and Toad from the Frog and Toad books. Frog is dancing with a cane and straw boater hat while Toad sits in the background looking smitten. Frog sings a line from A Year with Frog and Toad: “I’d like to sing an ode about my good friend Toad, Toad, with whom I frequently take tea…”

Frog continues to sing, while Toad begins to look annoyed: “He’s not so good at sports, and of course he’s got those warts”

Frog is really getting into it now. He is grandly gesticulating with his back to the viewer, singing “And let’s not even get started on his dysfunctional relationship with cookieees” Toad raises his hands in exasperation and says “Bruh wtf”

My 6yo keeps asking to listen to the Frog and Toad Broadway musical at bedtime

I’m so sorry to hear about your sweet boy. It really never feels like enough time. ❤️‍🩹

Thanks, Maggie! ❤️

Photo of me sitting on a couch in the Charlie Chaplin room at Club Arcada, wearing red lipstick, a red velvet dress and black boots, cheesing at the camera. There’s a fancy cocktail on the fancy table in front of me.

Ooo I’m so fancy! I don’t get enough opportunities to be fancy.

Graphic showing Hermann and Dashiel from The Shabti embracing, surrounded by tendrils of smoke in the shape of a heart emerging from a tiny shabti figure. The cover of The Shabti is at bottom left. There are pressed flowers around the outside of the drawing. At the top of the image it says "Have an unsettling happy Valentine's Day" with "unsettling" crossed out.

Is this the laziest and most slapdash drawing/graphic I have done to promote my book yet? PERHAPS. Nevertheless, I hope you will consider The Shabti if you're looking for a romance with a healthy dose of the heebie-jeebies this Valentine's Day!

Eee, thank you so much! ❤️ I hope you enjoy it!

Thank you! 🥰

Aaaa thank you! ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you! ❤️

Graphic showing Hermann and Dashiel from The Shabti embracing, surrounded by tendrils of smoke in the shape of a heart emerging from a tiny shabti figure. The cover of The Shabti is at bottom left. There are pressed flowers around the outside of the drawing. At the top of the image it says "Have an unsettling happy Valentine's Day" with "unsettling" crossed out.

Is this the laziest and most slapdash drawing/graphic I have done to promote my book yet? PERHAPS. Nevertheless, I hope you will consider The Shabti if you're looking for a romance with a healthy dose of the heebie-jeebies this Valentine's Day!

Thanks, Michael! ❤️

Revon, a disabled man wearing his brace and using his cane, stands under a spotlight with the words in large letters: HELP ME LEAVE MY ABUSIVE HOUSE! aka, my abusive mother is kicking me out. Please. HELP.

Revon, a disabled man wearing his brace and using his cane, stands under a spotlight with the words detailing his request with some words emphasized: I'm making a mutual aid request. I need help. My mother has issued me an eviction notice. I have to leave by April 1st, or she will kick me out with police force. She has threatened to do this a couple times. This time, I know she means it. I will be moving in with @CryptAesthetics, who has been made aware of every step of her abuse since it began. We're aiming to move out by the end of March, and I need assistance raising money to pay for first & last month's rent, plus movers for myself since most of my friends do not drive, but can help pack. Whatever else we make will help me puchase house essentials & mobility assistance, and help pay part of @CryptAesthetics first/last, too. We are looking to raise a minimum of 2000 CAD. 1500 for first/last on my part, 300 for movers, & 200 for a new mattress for myself. If you can help, please donate to my ko-fi: ko-fi.com/themythicbunny or my paypal, linked in the replies of this post. In the following image, I will be detailing the situation as it's unfolded, with the added notion that I do not have steady access to the kitchen, and thus haven't been able to keep or have food steadily since August, and must constantly order food, putting myself in debt to feed myself. I've saved up 200 the last two months by limiting food.

Revon, a disabled man wearing his brace and using his cane, stands under a spotlight with the words detailing his situation, with some words emphasized with different colour: In December 2023, I re-connected with my abusive mother who claimed to have changed and was 'doing better'. After a couple of months, I thought this change was permanent, and she made the offer to move in with her in April 2024, in my childhood home. This was my mistake. I trusted her, and put faith in her, hoping that the change she displayed was permanent. It was not. For the past two years, her treatment towards me has worsened significantly, especially these last several months. It turns out, just because someone doesn't beat you anymore, doesn't mean they've stopped being abusive altogether. She has completely iced me out while removing access to essentials such as access to the bathroom on the same floor my room is (I am disabled. I can't be constantly going up and down stairs. She forces me to do this anyways by locking the door every night), removed toilet paper handles, taken away essentials I helped purchase with my own money, financially abused and harassed me, gaslit me, has weaponized, discriminated, and mocked my mental and physical disabilities, because they 'made her life worse', threatened to keep me hostage in her house until I paid her back money that I owed her, and turned every single one of these situations into her being the victim. Now, she's misgendering me and actively insulting me and my siblings loudly on the phone and to friends, slamming doors, cussing and cursing about me when I'm home, and doing everything she can to scare me. It's working. I'm scared. And I need out.

‼️ URGENT MUTUAL AID REQUEST ‼️

Please help me move out safely. I'm being kicked out of my current living space. I need to be out by April 1st. The details are in the post. I need a min.of 2000 CAD. Ko-fi link here:

ko-fi.com/themythicbun...

#mutualaid #trans #disabled #helpsky #disabledcrowdfund

Haha, WHAT

Just beautiful.

After sitting at 1.9k followers for literal years on this app, I finally broke 2k yesterday. 🍾 Hi, everyone! I’ve said it before, but I appreciate all of you so much. This is by far the coolest and most supportive community I’ve come across anywhere in the current social media hellscape.

Looks like it is available to buy there, just not using Libro membership credits. 😕 There’s been so much turmoil with my publisher, hopefully this is something the new people in charge will fix eventually! Thank you for the heads up and I hope you enjoy it! ❤️

A mug with a galaxy glaze of black, blue, red, and purple. Negative spaces reveal the speckled brown clay body in the shapes of cats and mice with astronaut helmets on. There is also floating cheese, fish, and hearts

A mug with a galaxy glaze of black, blue, red, and purple. Negative spaces reveal the speckled brown clay body in the shapes of cats and mice with astronaut helmets on. There is also floating cheese, fish, and hearts

A mug with a galaxy glaze of black, blue, red, and purple. Negative spaces reveal the speckled brown clay body in the shapes of cats and mice with astronaut helmets on. There is also floating cheese, fish, and hearts

Astronaut mug 🌌🐱🐭

[ #pottery #potterysky #ceramics ]

Thank you! ❤️

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Thank you! ❤️

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Graphic of The Shabti book cover in front of an image of a man's hand pouring brandy from a decanter. Scraps of paper arranged around the image have the words "Kobo," "Bookshop.org," and "Libro.fm" printed on them.

Looking for a spooky-cozy tale to warm you through this bleak February? My supernatural thriller/historical fantasy/MM romance about a former phony medium and an Egyptologist teaming up to investigate a haunted artifact is available from a variety of booksellers that are not THAT bookseller!