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Halloween fireballs could signal increased risk of cosmic impact or airburst in 2032 and 2036, research suggests Every year, the Taurid meteor shower lights up the night sky from late October through early November. Sometimes called the "Halloween fireballs," they are named for the constellation Taurus—the bull—...

Don't forget to look up!

There's research for a specific purpose and there's research for the sheer joy of learning something new.

Those of us who love both kinds get lost down the rabbit hole of links leading to anywhere and everywhere.

Start with one little factoid, end up on the other side of the galaxy.

#Writing

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Thank you! Andromeda has two more doses of Ulcergard and then we're done! Breezy doesn't have a fever any more and just has a snotty nose. She's on the mend.

"is this a pigeon?" meme, except it's a writer looking at a perfectly normal first draft and asking "Is this the worst thing ever written?"

Remember, a first draft's only job is to exist

Haven't been on here much. One of my mares ended up with ulcers. Mostly cleared now, last week of treatment. My other mare has a mild respiratory illness.

It's been a lot in 6 weeks.

It's a fun movie! :)

A screenshot of a post previously from Greenpeace. It’s a photo of a blue fence with black writing on top. The writing says: ‘If you ever feel heavy because you care deeply about injustice, suffering and ecological destruction. Remember that’s trillion dollar propaganda machine was built to make you numb and it didn’t work on you. ‘

I needed to read this today. Thought someone else might need it too.

Why I Teach Literary Theory to High Schoolers (and you should too) Helping students read the word and world-system one lens at a time

Teaching literary theory has been the most influential approach I’ve used to improve HS students’ interpretive ability.

Theory helps them see what’s possible with interpretation, not just what’s permitted by “correct” readings.

#literacies #iteachenglish #edusky

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Sixth Amendment - Right to know the charges and the accuser
- People have the right to know who is arresting them and why.
- Masked agents who don’t identify themselves are violating that right.

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Hi gentlecreatures,

You may know me as the wanderer who spent 2 months posting a National Park or other public land a day this spring to beautify your timeline and highlight the danger our lands are in under this administration.

These lands are in and around many of those places.

Time for a new 🧵

Hear What Shakespeare Sounded Like in the Original Pronunciation

(09 Jun) Hear What Shakespeare Sounded Like in the Original Pronunciation

https://s.faithcollapsing.com/c3ctb

Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/fiBqy ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/y3bfa

#language

Pleasure to meet you. :) It's fascinating what factors influence stories and how those things show up.

Call for Submissions: Sapphic Horror Anthology | Graveside Press Graveside Press's next themed anthology will be MONSTERS.

Thank you for these fun animal questions!
At Graveside Press, we are open all month to horror submissions with sapphic protagonists:
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#HorrorWritersChat

nose boop!

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Are you a PI of a federal grant cancelled by the Trump administration?

Please share your info with the Democratic Staff of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, who launched this portal yesterday to track funding cancellations 🔭🧪

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;) Another fun topic! I think it's fascinating to see how people combine human and equine mannerisms.

If you ever want to learn more about how to write about horses, @dancinghorse.bsky.social has a great book called Writing Horses. Written by someone who knows horses and history.

Thank you!

Question Three Have you ever written (or read) an animal character that was fully sentient - or worse, smarter than the humans? What did it do that stayed with you? #HorrorWritersChat Quote post and don't forget the tag

Question 3.

Let's talk about the really smart animals. Not just the harbingers, the ones in the background, but an actual clever one.

#HorrorWritersChat

Love the name and the premise. Sounds like a fun read.

Hi, Eryn! Pleasure to meet you. :)

:) Why not! The more the merrier.

I just discovered your chat today! Came up on my thread. A lot of fun reading through responses. Thank you for doing this.

So interesting to see how authors interpret them. :) Fascinating stuff. Although, it's a pet peeve when the author doesn't know much about horses.

Greetings. I write whatever story possesses me at the time. Lately, it's a lot more horror because (waves hand at general world in U.S.) causes anxiety which gets processed as horror.

Familiar? Probably a horse (see profile picture). My two tortie cats might disagree.

#HorrorWritersChat

Question One Introduce yourself, horror writers: What do you write and what is your animal familiar? #HorrorWritersChat Quote post and don't forget the tag

Alright Horrorlings let's do that thing.
Don't post links. You know why. Wait till the end.

#HorrorWritersChat is a go, again, for another week!

Fun questions.

The MC's animals in my stories are protectors or harbringers. In some of my stories, the "other" is an animal like a kelpie who exact revenge or justice.