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Does anyone have/know someone with a copy of the Black Library novel The Rose at War by Danie Ware they'd be willing to sell at a reasonable price?
Trying to complete my collection of Adepta Sororitas novels and I'm missing this one.

Any trans person who begins their transition today is exhibiting more courage than most people will in their entire lives.

Here I am, talking about how the second wave became TERFy, why it didn't need to, and how feminism can be better for everybody.

Mid-Autumn, Tiger Hill, Late Ming "Everyone was perfectly silent, even the mosquitoes."

For the Mid-Autumn Festival, I translated the 17th century failson, epicure, and memoirist Zhang Dai's account of the annual Mid-Autumn singing competition on Tiger Hill in Suzhou. www.burninghou.se/p/mid-autumn...

a painting of a Japanese landscape showing a river, mountains, trees, and little houses

People never seem to care much about this painting, but I like the simplicity. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper

Worse it's mostly just our neighborhoods. The QFC at 5th and Mercer gives that small town feel only 1.5 miles from our usual stores.

A curation of this year's #misautumnfestival lanterns in China. Making your own lanterns (as per the old customs) is back in fashion, especially eco-friendly ones using recycled materials. Like this gorgeous lunar scene lantern, made out of cardboard boxes and packaging. 1/ #moonfestival #lanterns

Wayyyyyy too much.

Xiao Zhan Weibo Update

Xiao Zhan Weibo Update

Xiao Zhan Weibo Update

I had a dream, like a postcard from the future. There was the morning light I had once stood on tiptoe to gaze at.When I woke up, I realized that this beam of light for the future was actually a lamp lit in the past. I am grateful for the falls and the hands that caught me.+

Chinese singer and actor Xiao Zhan in a grey sweater with a red car on it, holding birthday cake. He's smiling, with a smudge of frosting on his nose, and holding out finger with some frosting as if offering you some.

I'm on my way to work for the 13th day in a row but then there's this.

Post by @ajaxbell · 14 images 💬 0  🔁 1  ❤️ 1 · Deng Wei doing real old school art school f*ckboy in France for Dior

Incredible look from Deng Wei in advance of the Dior show

So annoying!

Me telling Yibo my power is out again this morning. He's so sympathetic. 🥰

Welp as far as I can tell the power was back on for about 7 hours and now there's no power at all.

I literally got out of bed, thought, "I wonder if I can work from home today" and discovered the power was out again.

Not Blick specifically but I've had this problem with a vendor before. They definitely just have this coded wrong in their system and no amount returns will fix it because there's no way for anyone to flag that it's wrong.

The Many Lives of Lish McBride Get to know Lish McBride, author and trivia host, as she shares insights into her unique career and love for Seattle.

Love to see this Seattle Magazine interview with local author and brilliant writer @lishmcbride.bsky.social!

(Disclaimer that Lish is a friend and a genius at curating good IG/Tiktok links in the DMs)

Omw to the office anyway because they were supposed to shut off the water in my building for part of the day already. 😣

Well this sure something to wake up to!

I have no lights in the kitchen but lights in the bathroom so at least I can get dressed for work. 😭

There's a weird quirk of my building that it straddles two parts of the power grid and my apartment and 5 others are literally split on it. Woke up to small power outage and only have power in half my apartment. Tragically the fridge half is down.

colorful collage of British wildlife, including a deer, rabbit, owl, squirrel, mouse, badger, fox, hedgehog, frog, kingfisher, and a pair of swallows

#WildlifeWednesday :
Owen Davey (UK, active 2009-present)
Country Life (print ed.)
300mm x 400mm
“A celebration of surprise encounters with wildlife in the British countryside.”
owendavey.com/Country-Life

Most Likely to Murder by Lish McBride: 9780593860403 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Yearbook superlatives turn deadly in this darkly funny young adult thriller. The rumor mill has never been kind to Meadowvale High seniors and best friends Rick and Martina, labeling them outcasts (s...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771719...

Important news: a porcupine eating dinner.

I really admire his commitment to what he believes in, even at the risk of his career, but I definitely resent that it's hindered his career.

Post by @ajaxbell · 8 images 💬 3  🔁 3  ❤️ 8 · Musings on Yan Lin, a lethal little love puppy I think part of the reason Story of Kunning Palace is sticking with me so much is how incredible the secondary characters are. I've…

I once wrote at length about him being my favorite secondary "plot" so very excited to see him be the unhinged one and yet still totally a puppy.

Ceramic frogs of different sizes and colors. There’s one on an oak leaf and one on a mushroom.

More 🐸 bound for the kiln 🔥
#ceramics #frogart

Great advice for all voters - return directly if possible:

“To ensure that your ballot counts this year, it’s vital that you return it using a drop box so that it goes straight to your county elections office”

#waelex

Digital illustration of a punk looking penguin with text, 'rather be woke than morally broke'

Lol no I've only seen the first 5 eps but my feed is flooded with gifs from the show so I have fairly good idea of all the things coming. Which is definitely what made me watch.

It's very engaging.