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Elizabeth Bear

@matociquala.bsky.social

Award winning science fiction author. Cat furniture. Horse patsy. Almost certainly two ornimegalonyxes in a trenchcoat. https://buttondown.email/matociquala THE FOLDED SKY https://books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ ANGEL MAKER https://books2read.com/u/3kzy2W

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Asshole

23.11.2025 05:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Game changer

23.11.2025 05:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Temporal Textual Talks: A Steampunk Book Chat The 2026 Reading List Originally posted to our PatreonAfter gathering recommendations, hunting through our own lists, and debating, genteelly over cups of tea, Bill Bodden, our Official Buttery Goo…

My darlings! Come read with us in 2026! @b1llz1lla.bsky.social and I have unleashed the reading list for our virtual book chat. From Historical Fantasy to classic Steampunk, the list is bursting with great reads, including the latest from @matociquala.bsky.social

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22.11.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fear is good. Fear keeps you cautious.

22.11.2025 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nobody here got hurt but a friend of mine skinned her fingertip.

22.11.2025 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That glove also comes in handy while you're grating butter for the pie crust or whatever.

22.11.2025 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She doesn't want to miss the Christmas bonus

22.11.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is your friendly harvest festival feast prep reminder to wear the fucking Kevlar glove while you're operating the mandolin, and don't leave the damn thing blade up and open when you're not actively using it.

22.11.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty sure that's propaganda.

22.11.2025 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Probably

22.11.2025 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It holds up, having just rewatched it a couple of years ago.

21.11.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"THAT'S SOME NURSE"

21.11.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Empire Strikes Back
The Blues Brothers
Labyrinth
Better Off Dead
All of Me
Stir Crazy
The Princess Bride
The Terminator
Running Scared
A Fish Called Wanda

I'm bad at math.

21.11.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

Gosh he looks tired.

21.11.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Apropos of nothing but narcissistic collapse is a hell of a thing to observe, ain't it?

21.11.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 4

The Streisand effect but make it stochastic terrorism.

You can smell the flop sweat from here.

21.11.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mmm, fish.

21.11.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She was never going to date him and he just can't handle that.

21.11.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Seriously. Poor guy.

19.11.2025 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Chocolate ration increased to 20g per individual.

18.11.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 170    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1

The Crossing is still one of my all time faves.

18.11.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, definitely one of the '89 albums I was thinking of.

17.11.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Man, that's a burst of wonderful nostalgia.

17.11.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good morning. πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„

17.11.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I know what I'm listening to today.

One thing I'm enjoying about this meme is that after the passage of time there's no "Oh, Disco sucks" or "ew breathy chicks". It's just straight up yep that was a banger.

17.11.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolute stone classic

17.11.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Instant earworm

17.11.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1983 was a killer year also

17.11.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It was an era all right.

17.11.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's one of the 1988s I was thinking of.

17.11.2025 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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