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With my outline done, I'm at about 20 scenes and 15 weeks, if I want to try and write the whole thing (and not post a single/multiple chapters at the drop date rather than the whole fic) - which sounds like a lot, and it is, but it feels really great to have the outline done?!

crinkly paper + fluffy toy is the BOMB

our new ikea bookcase came with some excellent crinkly tissue paper packing instead of those slim plastic foam sheets (a great sustainable upgrade tbh) that ALSO doubles as amazing free cat entertainment

all art is made from spite or horniness, and a computer cannot be spiteful or horny, so a computer should never make art

14. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson - Took a bit to get going and it's doing a LOT, but I didn't expect it all to resolve in this first book. I ended up really enjoying the characters and really inventive worldbuilding and magic, curious to see where it goes from here! Also boy, it's loooong!

Tumblr post that reads: kill the imposter syndrome in your head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Saw this and thought my oomfs' feeds could use this

Tumblr screenshot: biggest-gaudiest- 4 May Follow Happy annual Dracula Paprika Discourse Day to those who celebrate! Galaxy brain meme: Jonathan Harker found paprika hendl spicy because he is pathetically English Hungarian paprika ranges from mild to very spicy; it's perfectly possible our friend Jonathan was served the spicy stuff "paprika hendl uses sweet paprika" recipes change quickly over time and place, Jonathan may have been served a regional variant PAPRIKA USED TO BE SPICER holy shit it used to be spicier before sweeter peppers were cultivated in the 1920s. plus the machine to remove the spicy pith and seeds was only invented in the 1860s. 19th century Hungarian cuisine was simply spicier than its modern counterpart. not to mention how even "mild" paprika can cause indigestion which is why it's so fraquantlv corvadwith.caur craam

What a time to have been alive

!!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!

13. System Collapse by Martha Wells - I mean, I love Murderbot. This one in particular is so fun, with MB wrangling with some Trauma, along with some good action hijinks and space politics and banter between favorite characters. A delight all around!

12. Doppelganger by Naomi Klein - Nonfiction is challenging for me but this felt so timely, critical, and sharply aware. So many nuggets of concise clarity, with a throughline metaphor that really worked for me. Absolutely seminal for the moment right now, both infuriating and grounding truth.

11. Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher - Love the universe and characters, but this was weaker than Paladin's Grace. Still enjoyed the mystery but the romance was a little too long-drawn, and the chemistry between the leads was... fine. But it's competently written and decently fun!

🌱 today
- laundry
- water plants
- pick up a little
- Japanese study
- make art
- watch Mamma Mia?
- REST

Your "dumb little projects" are so important during this harrowing time. Don't forget that. Your creativity has value, for yourself and for the world.

a cartoon of spongebob squarepants sitting at a table in a diner . ALT: a cartoon of spongebob squarepants sitting at a table in a diner .

when you can't tell your spouse or friends a cool fact you learned because it would make a cool DnD premise

The rise of end times fascism The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM

My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.

The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.

Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

You could blame things like CinemaSins and TVTropes that define film in a plot-centric list-of-components way, but they're the symptom, not the disease: we devalued the humanities and embraced a culture that doesn't value subjective experience, only commodified replicable content.

So excited for youuuuuuu

all of the talk of “reshoring (low end) manufacturing” and “bringing back the american worker” is a smokescreen for a plan to impoverish as many americans by forcing as many of them as possible into backbreaking, low wage labor. it’s discipline for an unruly populace.

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

a screenshot from the animated film princess mononoke. a man covered in bandages lays on a straw mat, under a straw blanket. the caption says “The world is cursed, but still, you find reasons to keep living.”

thinking about princess mononoke a lot, these days

i need to get Weirder with my art

A radical skeleton telling you "Just start. You don't need permission. Art, craft, 2nd book, cake, writing, that show, any new skill, making friends. If it sucks, ask for help. The time will pass anyway"

Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic

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a truly catastrophic, irrecoverable mess of dirt and planted seeds all over the floor and the belt of an under desk treadmill

well that's all of today's hard work down the drain, I'm gonna go have a cry

Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.

A reminder in dark times: kindness, mercy, decency, and respect towards the least of us enrages Trumpists. It burns them. It’s like a mirror that shows them how they fall short of humanity.

Kindness and decency towards the people Trumpists hate is not just right; it torments Trumpists.

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“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.” - FDR, 1938