Marianne Kirby

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Thank yooou! I didn’t expect to love them as much as I do - they are a lot more versatile than I expected.

TOO LONG. We have to just plan something.

I love when you ask an autistic person for something and they're like STAND BY and you know you're about to get the absolute best resources available.

We’d have had so much fun - I’m so glad to have known you all this time!

This rushed up on me, too - I realized after I woke up this morning. 😆😆😆

Thousands Of Words About The Bearer Bonds In DIE HARD You will learn things from this blog post!

I enjoyed this in much the same way I enjoy elaborate fan theories attempting to reconcile incompatible episodes of Doctor Who, but also in the way I enjoy old investigative reports about shady banks in Miami.

Also, the Lebanon Hanover show was EXCELLENT.

I’ll take a cute selfie, I said. I’m having such a good time at this show, I said. A darkly lit selfie of Marianne, a very fat pale femme wearing red lipstick, tiny Ben Franklin looking glasses, and a white DARE tshirt (at the goth club, for irony, I guess), with long curly mostly dark brown hair and the most resting bitch face ever. *facepalm*

Back in my early 20s I thought I never got approached in clubs because I was fat. Sometimes i snap a selfie that even now reminds me of the actual reason: man, in a club I straight up just look like a bitch most of the time. 😆😆😆

I guess it's Prime Day(s) again, so here are some options if you'd rather not help Jeff Bezos grow even richer. 🧵

First, a couple of Starter Packs of Indie Bookstores to support. (If you are or know of an indie bookstore w/ a Bluesky account that's not listed, let me know.)
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BEE FORTRESS

A back and forth between Isaac Chotiner and Captain Janeway made to look like a screenshot from The New Yorker.

Chotiner interviews Janeway

Morcheeba, Tricky, and Portishead.

Dave Cactus (me) wearing a Trans Lives Matter shirt.

Just a reminder. Hat tip to @bornmiserable.bsky.social for the excellent shirt.

“Antifa Saved Their Lives”: Report from Clergy at Charlottesville "But I could not say a word. It nearly took my breath away when they chanted, "Black Lives Don't Matter" and "Fuck You Faggots" over and over again. It felt like they just kept coming one by one." A f...

Lessons from the recent past, can give us inspiration for the battles to come.

“The neo-Nazis just kept coming in groups over and over. We were far outnumbered, but I watched countless antifa youth risk their lives, one by one, to fight back.” itsgoingdown.org/antifa-saved...

some more helpful reminders from 2016 me who knew more than i do now #reruns

All my coworkers live in Virginia and ask me the most ridiculous questions about living in DC

“Is it bad in your neighborhood?”

“Is it weird on the metro?”

“Can you even go out at night?”

The number of nights I have staggered half cockeyed across this city

the misinformation is very real

YESSSS!! DO THE THING, FRIENDS AND COMRADES!!! Such an awesome opportunity.

YES! I don’t know what the hell is going on there but.

I’m on the phone with them now. Wednesday night is sold out at the con rate and the REGULAR RATE IS $579!!! I am in my car screaming internally.

Yeah, I’m in an office with zero privacy so I can’t call from my desk - fortunately I can leave for lunch so fingers crossed!

I’m going to leave the office to see if I can call. I’ll let you know the results.

I’m having the same problem. 😭😭😭

Black text on white background. Text reads: won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of novel? i had no model (for how to write the final book in a trilogy) born under contract both overdue and delayed what did i see to be except myself? i made it up here on this bridge between starshine and clay, my one hand holding tight my other hand; come celebrate with me that everyday this novel that has tried to kill me has failed.

Your friendly neighbourhood author, after turning in the final book in The Nameless Republic trilogy:

And The Planet Loved Him by L Chan Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

I am always such a sucker for mycelial networks, as in this @clarkesworldmagazine.com story by @lchanwrites.bsky.social : clarkesworldmagazine.com/chan_08_25/

Visa employees clearly told to deescalate ASAP
MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue
Stripe feeling the pressure
ACLU put out a statement
CBC covered all this

What you are doing is WORKING
You are getting RESULTS
KEEP CALLING
KEEP WRITING
WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!

remember to be kind to yourself fuckface

Spider Man and Sauron meme YOU HAVE FULL CONTROL OF THE NARRATIVE! YOU COULD USE IT TO ADVANCE THE PLOT! vs BUT I DON'T WANT TO ADVANCE THE PLOT. I WANT THE CHARACTERS TO FUCK I am on Sauron’s side obvs