@charlottebabb.bsky.social
Writer, Artist, Fairy Godmother (she/her cishetwhtoldfat) From fractured fairy tales to space opera to steampunk, I am creating my own worlds because reality sucks.
Episode 10: Flawed Parts
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Lord Xavier expounded about why a new device for the airship company was delayed. “He says that the design is flawed. Berenice, I want you to take a look at the designs. Perhaps you can see a flaw in it.”
Episode 9: Tea at Cirroplace
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The next week was filled with studying, both academic and social, leaving Berenice no time to work on any of her projects, openly or in secret.
She wondered if she would ever be able to speak her mind.
Amaryllis
Spiritual Growth - Just add Water
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I was given an amaryllis for Christmas one year—a common present for a person who doesn’t need anything in particular. I have been surprised at the emotional response I have felt at watching it grow.
Who was Grace Hopper?
#COBOL
#FLOW-MATIC
#WomenInSTEM
#WyrdWomen
'if you write “a bird sat on a branch nearby,” how does the viewpoint character know this?'
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The economic state of Germany, partly due to WWI, was very bad. That's one difference. But the results, much the same.
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Grace Hopper was an American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. She was a pioneer of computer programming who was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages.
#COBOL
#FLOW-MATIC
#WomeninSTEM
#WyrdWomen
Define normal. I was born in 1951. All this seems normal to me but turned up to 11. or 20.
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Good morning all. Breakfast is ready.
Stephanie Koehl - Petit Déjeuner
#art #food #breakfast
Lilies
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Summer brings lilies to the local gardens. I have made several paintings of them with varying results. The painting below was from flowers in my yard, set into a bud vase. One of my favorite lilies is the Turk’s cap lily, also called the tiger lily.
The Croning
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She cut off the radio Yellow leaves swirled by her window, fading to brown like forgotten photographs. She felt the change of weather in her hands for the first time. Outside, the trees writhed against the keening wind...
Thank you, Liz!
One can get one's own copy here, or order through one's local bookstore!
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Image source and author: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zoltar_Fortune_Telling_Machine_(3455868375).jpg Michael Gray Photo
As Halloween nears, here’s a taster for the spooky season.
A dark tale from the ever inventive mind of celticman
Rust and Dust 4 is today’s Pick of the Day.
Do start at the beginning!
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Please share if you can.
Just bone chilling. And when the imprisonment of critics is combined with his offer to enrich and immunize his loyalists, this is how democracies die fast.
But it's still our choice. Don't let him silence you.
If Alexa asks me one more time if I want he hear her “new voice” 🥱 she will find herself down a garbage shoot.
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Episode 8: Preparing for the Move
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Deciding which of her projects to give to the Baron was not an easy. Everything Stubbings had required had been delivered, and most of the rest were her classwork pieces, not to be released until after the term.
I💚🐢
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A small turtle sits on a log surrounded by brightly colored fall leaves in the water.
Autumn Turtle
(Really strange to see. I think the guys at this pond are pretty tame)
#turtles #nature #photography #autumn
My dentist repaired a tooth for free today. Cool. The 'tism did not appreciate Unexpected Numb Face, but I can't complain. Plus, it's next to the Indian market so I got my cardamom, finally!
08.10.2025 21:55 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0I'm planning to set up a food delivery business, but don't want to pay the people who make the food. If they won't give me free food, they'll kill my business.
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Read. Banned. Books.
The Morning Song: part 2 - A New Adult Journey into a Dytopian world
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Episode 7: The Lecture
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When Berenice finally returned to her quarters, she was glad of the names on her dance card. They must have thought her quite dull. She’d begun extricating herself from the ball gown when someone knocked at her door.
One should assume, if one had not already, that every single thing the GOP has to say about pretty much anything is a lie or fabrication.
07.10.2025 13:17 — 👍 2208 🔁 624 💬 52 📌 20Today is the release day for Queen Demon! I’ll be here at Politics and Prose in Washington DC tonight!
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We were talking about the lynching plotline in Marrow of Tradition in Am Lit II today, & I got to share @eji.org's map, the Without Sanctuary exhibit, Ida B. Wells, & the work of @kidadaewilliams.com as part of the conversation. This work we do is damn important.🗃️
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We must remember this time. When Americans took delight in the suffering of others. Cheered it on. Clapped. Laughed. All the whilst calling themselves Christians.
The whole world sees you now America.
And it’s not pretty.
You are not a country people want to support.
We may look like we refuse to #associate with each other, but we all look for opportunity and threat
Appearances can be deceptive
You haven't worked that out just yet
#Vss365
Starlings
October 6th 2025
#Birds #Photography
