Astra
@astrawrites.bsky.social
indie writer, name on my books is TJ Land
they/them
hello <3
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TJLand1
https://www.amazon.com/stores/T.J.-Land/author/B01DMRARXC
https://nanoland.tumblr.com/
they/them
hello <3
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TJLand1
https://www.amazon.com/stores/T.J.-Land/author/B01DMRARXC
https://nanoland.tumblr.com/
It's been a while since I did an intro, so:
Hi! I'm Astra, or Nano, or TJ - whichever you want, it's cool. They/them, 37, white South African, cringe lib, aroace, writer of scifi, romance, and fantasy novels and short stories, parent to four cats.
Hi! I'm Astra, or Nano, or TJ - whichever you want, it's cool. They/them, 37, white South African, cringe lib, aroace, writer of scifi, romance, and fantasy novels and short stories, parent to four cats.
December 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It's been a while since I did an intro, so:
Hi! I'm Astra, or Nano, or TJ - whichever you want, it's cool. They/them, 37, white South African, cringe lib, aroace, writer of scifi, romance, and fantasy novels and short stories, parent to four cats.
Hi! I'm Astra, or Nano, or TJ - whichever you want, it's cool. They/them, 37, white South African, cringe lib, aroace, writer of scifi, romance, and fantasy novels and short stories, parent to four cats.
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Nite and day
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Nite and day
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A company that was given a R2.5-million contract in 2020 to supply chemical toilets to schools in KwaZulu-Natal has been ordered to repay the profits.
Read groundup.org.za/article/comp... by Tania Broughton
Read groundup.org.za/article/comp... by Tania Broughton
Special Tribunal hammers KZN education officials for corrupt contract
Company ordered to repay money. Disciplinary action must be taken against 16 officials.
groundup.org.za
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A company that was given a R2.5-million contract in 2020 to supply chemical toilets to schools in KwaZulu-Natal has been ordered to repay the profits.
Read groundup.org.za/article/comp... by Tania Broughton
Read groundup.org.za/article/comp... by Tania Broughton
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We have built endless machines to stimulate us at all times and evoke a neverending torrent of strong feelings, and nothing is so stimulating, so evocative, as cheap nostalgia paired with the assurance that you’re right to feel everything good has been taken from you, you’ve been wronged by history
this is why i prefer the term "the malaise." there is *demonstrably* a malaise. nobody likes The Current Thing™️. but *what* they're mad about? or more precisely, what *caused* them to be mad? that is a much harder question, and one it does not do to presuppose
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We have built endless machines to stimulate us at all times and evoke a neverending torrent of strong feelings, and nothing is so stimulating, so evocative, as cheap nostalgia paired with the assurance that you’re right to feel everything good has been taken from you, you’ve been wronged by history
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went out and did a bit of painting today
July 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
went out and did a bit of painting today
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Up to No Good - watercolour and acryla gouache on board
💚prints💚
💚prints💚
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Up to No Good - watercolour and acryla gouache on board
💚prints💚
💚prints💚
December 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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January 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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I call this the Dream Vampire Economic Model. It also exists in the arts, publishing, and every other somewhat prestigious industry that young people want to work in.
there's a parallel between nonprofit world and academia, where there's a constant tide of idealistic, hopeful people coming in the door, and the people on top are able to lever that commitment to The Cause to extract from them in a way that's harder when everyone's just there to make a buck
December 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I call this the Dream Vampire Economic Model. It also exists in the arts, publishing, and every other somewhat prestigious industry that young people want to work in.
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! Romance readers, pirate readers, come one, come all! Shiver Me is a fantasy tinged romp with a sparkling HEA!! There are lots of bisexual pirates, some disgruntled navy men, and enough outfit swapping to keep Shakespeare interested!
books2read.com/u/3LMzk0
books2read.com/u/3LMzk0
December 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! Romance readers, pirate readers, come one, come all! Shiver Me is a fantasy tinged romp with a sparkling HEA!! There are lots of bisexual pirates, some disgruntled navy men, and enough outfit swapping to keep Shakespeare interested!
books2read.com/u/3LMzk0
books2read.com/u/3LMzk0
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The most realistic scene in DS9 is when Gul Dukat whined about how the Bajorans never erected a statue in his honor. A prophetic text.
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The most realistic scene in DS9 is when Gul Dukat whined about how the Bajorans never erected a statue in his honor. A prophetic text.
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Chickens in the snow.
December 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Chickens in the snow.
Read DOOMHOLD! It has:
a penguin
robots
LOTS of talking
incredibly toxic age gap romance
WOMEN!!
a lot of mistakes
ableism
taxidermy
no AI because i'm cool and sexy
a submarine
healthy adult conversations
LIES.
all my fetishes
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
#freebooks #booksky #indiebooks
a penguin
robots
LOTS of talking
incredibly toxic age gap romance
WOMEN!!
a lot of mistakes
ableism
taxidermy
no AI because i'm cool and sexy
a submarine
healthy adult conversations
LIES.
all my fetishes
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
#freebooks #booksky #indiebooks
Smashwords – DOOMHOLD!
www.smashwords.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Read DOOMHOLD! It has:
a penguin
robots
LOTS of talking
incredibly toxic age gap romance
WOMEN!!
a lot of mistakes
ableism
taxidermy
no AI because i'm cool and sexy
a submarine
healthy adult conversations
LIES.
all my fetishes
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
#freebooks #booksky #indiebooks
a penguin
robots
LOTS of talking
incredibly toxic age gap romance
WOMEN!!
a lot of mistakes
ableism
taxidermy
no AI because i'm cool and sexy
a submarine
healthy adult conversations
LIES.
all my fetishes
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
#freebooks #booksky #indiebooks
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anyway my answer to every single person who wants armed conflict is no you don’t
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
anyway my answer to every single person who wants armed conflict is no you don’t
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
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There is no pile of gold that we can take to have universal healthcare without having to increase taxes generally, no. But there *is* a loaded fucking gun we need to take out of their hands, yeah.
It may sound radical, but if one guy has so much wealth and power that he can use the large newspaper he owns to publicly threaten to ruin a service we all rely on, presumably as a bargaining tactic to get lower rates, we probably need to tax that guy until he can't do that anymore.
Exclusive: Amazon has long been USPS’s top customer, providing over $6 billion in annual revenue in 2025.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
But Amazon may give up its long-standing partnership with USPS to deliver packages itself, which could spell disaster for the mail agency.
December 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There is no pile of gold that we can take to have universal healthcare without having to increase taxes generally, no. But there *is* a loaded fucking gun we need to take out of their hands, yeah.
Delhi Crime is an unflinching, excellently written show about rape and the systemic mistreatment of women. No other show is half as good at doing what it's doing. I wish more people would watch it.
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Delhi Crime is an unflinching, excellently written show about rape and the systemic mistreatment of women. No other show is half as good at doing what it's doing. I wish more people would watch it.
i got no marketing juice in me today, folks. here is a book I wrote. it is about a big earthquake. lots of characters. lots of stuff happens. try it, maybe! mwaah
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
www.amazon.com/Crunch-T-J-L...
#indiepublishing #indiebooks #thrillers #disasterthriller #booksky
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
www.amazon.com/Crunch-T-J-L...
#indiepublishing #indiebooks #thrillers #disasterthriller #booksky
Crunch
At 11:41pm on October 27th, 2019, an earthquake hits Sacramento.
www.smashwords.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
i got no marketing juice in me today, folks. here is a book I wrote. it is about a big earthquake. lots of characters. lots of stuff happens. try it, maybe! mwaah
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
www.amazon.com/Crunch-T-J-L...
#indiepublishing #indiebooks #thrillers #disasterthriller #booksky
www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
www.amazon.com/Crunch-T-J-L...
#indiepublishing #indiebooks #thrillers #disasterthriller #booksky
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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In front of Numazu Station
(2021)
(2021)
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
In front of Numazu Station
(2021)
(2021)
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too many of us have built ourselves a mind prison. we torment ourselves because, on a deep level, that certainty of doom is more comforting than the uncertainty of struggle. and plus it gives you the thrill of feeling more righteous, more cynical, more knowing--even as you scare yourself sleepless.
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
too many of us have built ourselves a mind prison. we torment ourselves because, on a deep level, that certainty of doom is more comforting than the uncertainty of struggle. and plus it gives you the thrill of feeling more righteous, more cynical, more knowing--even as you scare yourself sleepless.
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I try to adhere to the "words mean things" principle because advocacy.
If we go to the "every evil thing that happens is the *worst* form of evil imaginable" standard, we both lose a lot of tools and, more likely, demoralise people.
If we go to the "every evil thing that happens is the *worst* form of evil imaginable" standard, we both lose a lot of tools and, more likely, demoralise people.
December 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I try to adhere to the "words mean things" principle because advocacy.
If we go to the "every evil thing that happens is the *worst* form of evil imaginable" standard, we both lose a lot of tools and, more likely, demoralise people.
If we go to the "every evil thing that happens is the *worst* form of evil imaginable" standard, we both lose a lot of tools and, more likely, demoralise people.
when i wanna draw but i don't know what i wanna draw, i invariably draw a room with a bunch of objects and cats in it #art #illustration #cats
December 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
when i wanna draw but i don't know what i wanna draw, i invariably draw a room with a bunch of objects and cats in it #art #illustration #cats
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150,000. Fucking Hell.
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
150,000. Fucking Hell.
tumblr is good actually because if I hadn't seen a post recommending Georgette Heyer's Cotillion I probably wouldn't have read it and OH. MYGOD. This book is a MIRACLE. 😍 #booksky #romancenovels
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
tumblr is good actually because if I hadn't seen a post recommending Georgette Heyer's Cotillion I probably wouldn't have read it and OH. MYGOD. This book is a MIRACLE. 😍 #booksky #romancenovels