Becca Miles

Most people seem to like the existing title, but I do appreciate that pun :P

Book review: 'Uprooted' by Naomi Novik Uprooted is the second of Naomi Novik’s novels I’ve read, the first being Spinning Silver, a Jewish take on Rumpelstiltskin.

My review of @naominovik.bsky.social's 'Uprooted'.

rubecso.substack.com/p/book-revie...

#bookreview #uprooted #fiction #fantasy #sff #specfic

Robin Hood and the Golem (second draft) Words: ~2200 Feedback wanted (comments are enabled) General vibes Did you enjoy reading it? Are you familiar with the original story I’m riffing off? If not, did this impact your reading? Similarly, i...

I have! Still in a draft form and needs editing, but it's here.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

So fun fact - my longer golem-related project is based on the idea of Frankenstein's monster as a flesh golem.

Robin Hood but Little John is a golem. That's it, that's the idea, now bully me into writing it. #writing

UMRU / unrest, by Daniel Kahn 11 track album

"O, Got-bruder,
Vu iz dayn erd?
Ganvest Yehude
Mit a shpadl un a shverd."

"Oh, Godbrother
Where is your soil?
You're stealing Judea
With a shovel and a sword..."

Got this one on repeat <3 The whole album is so good

borschtbeat.bandcamp.com/album/umru-u...

#danielkahn #klezmer #music

Also I should possibly have been using the words "allistic" and "allistic culture" instead of "neurotypical". But oh well.

Also to be extra clear, neurodivergent / autistic people are just as capable of being vague or passive aggressive as neurotypicals, we are not elevated beings, etc etc.

To clarify, when I say "Neurotypical culture" I don't mean "all neurotypicals do this", I just mean the cultural norms in social spaces where everyone's assumed to be neurotypical.

I find some of these norms much more tiring than the ones that develop in majority-neurodivergent social spaces.

The difference between these can sometimes be guessed based on number of question marks used ("?" is more likely to mean 1 or 2, "??" or "???" is more likely to be options 3-5), but this varies between people.

Example:

"This is actually a statement but I'm putting a question mark on the end?"

Here, the question mark is a tone indicator that means any of:

1. (/uncertain)
2. (/confused)
3. (/irritated)
4. (/distressed)
5. (/you should know this already and you should feel bad for not knowing it)

Lukewarm take:

Neurotypical culture also has tone indicators for text communication - they're just shit and don't work as well.

#autistic

I have now seen Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein and I am NOT NORMAL about it.

I did do a bit of code-diving to give myself a clue for the conditions I had to aim for to get it 😅

I just explained davening / shuckling to my partner as "religiously-sanctioned stimming".

I just managed to get "Dynamic Duo", I'm very pleased with myself :D

Has anyone already written a pretentious article about frogs as a versatile symbol for various political / social movements in the 21st century? Cause if not I might have to.

The Ghost and the Golem on Steam Can your magic amulet save your Jewish village from destruction? Uncover the truth and forge alliances with soldiers, bandits, anarchists, and demons!

Buy the game here:

store.steampowered.com/app/2015000/...

Game Review: The Ghost and the Golem When I went into Choice of Games’ Jewish shtetl-themed text adventure ‘The Ghost and the Golem’, I expected to do one, maybe two playthroughs and then put it down. I'm now coming up on 10+ playthrough...

When I went into #ChoiceofGames’ Jewish shtetl-themed text adventure ‘The Ghost and the Golem’, I expected to do one, maybe two playthroughs and then put it down. I'm now coming up on 10+ playthroughs and I’m still going.

Rest of review here:

beccacpmiles.wixsite.com/beccamiles/p...

thinking of putting together a poetry chapbook, any advice? #poetry #writingcommunity

I counted 26 instances of people being harassed for using the "correct" bathroom under the guidance.

Who could have seen this coming.

#writingcommunity, what are your *practical* tips for getting past perfectionism?

Things like exercises, rituals, communities, specific writing books -- anything that isn't just "Stop being perfectionist / 1st draft should be bad / get words on page."

I know these things; I want to act on them.

One of my favourite things about watching TV with my partner is their compulsive need to know where all the actors went to school.

Bonus fun every time they go "Ugh, RADA, of course."

I'm back in the archives (The Times this time) and I keep getting jump-scared by the name of this play from 1931.

I would like to pinch his cheeks

calkestis.tumblr.com/post/6972630...

This one ^

I'm watching Andor purely because that gifset of the revolution boy with the big forehead and curly hair talking about oppression kept coming up on my feeds.

On ep 4 so I've met the revolutionary cinnamon roll in question. I'm not much of a Star Wars person but this series is pretty good so far.

you ever realise your self-worth is reliant on you being one of the crazies who knows how to manage their symptoms and not make people uncomfortable and the second you slip on that all your supposed self-acceptance goes out the window and you feel unworthy of oxygen

Life in the UK is absurd. I'm checking the bus app to see where my bus is and it's waiting at Saxondale. That's not a place buses get stuck at it's a place where dragons get slain. Nonsense country.

Don't let them take away our rights behind closed doors The EHRC's proposed Code of Practice would devastate trans+ lives and put everybody at risk. This trans bathroom ban is set to become law with no debate, no scrutiny and no vote in Parliament. We have to act now.

The EHRC – the body which is meant to protect our human rights – is proposing guidance which would turn the Equality Act into a bathroom ban. If this becomes law, it would force trans people out of public life.

And terrifyingly - this is all happening behind closed doors 🧵