Emily
@becausechaucer.bsky.social
Proverbs 27:14 | definitely not a vampire | not as into Chaucer as it sounds from the name | ask before adding me to lists/packs/etc
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
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This is possibly my favorite product answer yet:
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is possibly my favorite product answer yet:
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell?
A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.
A reminder to my American friends to CONSIDER YOUR AUDIENCE tomorrow before sharing about the cranberry bog spiders! Not every dinner table is a cranberry bog spider dinner table!
November 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A reminder to my American friends to CONSIDER YOUR AUDIENCE tomorrow before sharing about the cranberry bog spiders! Not every dinner table is a cranberry bog spider dinner table!
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nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
nose down ass up
that's the way we cyberstuck
that's the way we cyberstuck
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EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! (Advent starts MONDAY and it's the perfect time to start MY BOOK):
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! (Advent starts MONDAY and it's the perfect time to start MY BOOK):
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Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
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Pulling the most recent police log led me to once again see an incredible holiday decoration picture a cousin in Omaha sent me
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Pulling the most recent police log led me to once again see an incredible holiday decoration picture a cousin in Omaha sent me
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the end of the work week is so close he can almost touch it
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
the end of the work week is so close he can almost touch it
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Noting in our little idea book that Bluesky loves giant grease ball content at 8AM. These are the insights you can't get elsewhere.
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Noting in our little idea book that Bluesky loves giant grease ball content at 8AM. These are the insights you can't get elsewhere.
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Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, today is a Special Edition of Recall Thursday we are calling Recall Wednesday.
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, today is a Special Edition of Recall Thursday we are calling Recall Wednesday.
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Legal concepts we have introduced to the niblings today while seated as the judges for the Sibling Court:
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Legal concepts we have introduced to the niblings today while seated as the judges for the Sibling Court:
AMY
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
AMY
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
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which would be an incredible use of free will and you absolutely shoudl
My edible glitter has arrived and while I intended it to go into drinks I’ve just realized I could make all of the thanksgiving meal with glitter
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
which would be an incredible use of free will and you absolutely shoudl
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What a girl wants
What a girl needs
Is to be left alone
with a pile of cheese
What a girl needs
Is to be left alone
with a pile of cheese
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What a girl wants
What a girl needs
Is to be left alone
with a pile of cheese
What a girl needs
Is to be left alone
with a pile of cheese
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I can’t believe I had to leave this guy at home this morning. He would be very popular here in at the office.
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I can’t believe I had to leave this guy at home this morning. He would be very popular here in at the office.
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Check the catalog instead of defaulting to ILL challenge. My dude, you are a humanities grad student. You should be able to do that. 📚
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Check the catalog instead of defaulting to ILL challenge. My dude, you are a humanities grad student. You should be able to do that. 📚
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yes people call the friday after thanksgiving Brown Friday.
yes plumbers get lots of holiday calls.
yes it's because you overwork your disposals, pour fat/gravy/grease in your sink, and clog hosts' toilets.
holidays are hard enough as it is.
don't make them harder.
yes plumbers get lots of holiday calls.
yes it's because you overwork your disposals, pour fat/gravy/grease in your sink, and clog hosts' toilets.
holidays are hard enough as it is.
don't make them harder.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
yes people call the friday after thanksgiving Brown Friday.
yes plumbers get lots of holiday calls.
yes it's because you overwork your disposals, pour fat/gravy/grease in your sink, and clog hosts' toilets.
holidays are hard enough as it is.
don't make them harder.
yes plumbers get lots of holiday calls.
yes it's because you overwork your disposals, pour fat/gravy/grease in your sink, and clog hosts' toilets.
holidays are hard enough as it is.
don't make them harder.
"Oh, you have little stickers! That's how you add barcodes to things!"
"Yes, I reach into my special barcode pocket dimension and summon a barcode" [pulls sheet of barcodes out of desk drawer]
"Yes, I reach into my special barcode pocket dimension and summon a barcode" [pulls sheet of barcodes out of desk drawer]
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"Oh, you have little stickers! That's how you add barcodes to things!"
"Yes, I reach into my special barcode pocket dimension and summon a barcode" [pulls sheet of barcodes out of desk drawer]
"Yes, I reach into my special barcode pocket dimension and summon a barcode" [pulls sheet of barcodes out of desk drawer]
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“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked a group chat with many beautiful women, and they gave me valid input, and also, I now know someone’s dog just puked and that Mrs. Meyer’s released a new scent
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“I asked ChatGPT” well I asked a group chat with many beautiful women, and they gave me valid input, and also, I now know someone’s dog just puked and that Mrs. Meyer’s released a new scent
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Dental calculus analysis (the identification of microparticles embedded in mineralized dental plaque!) has revealed clear evidence of ELS215's participation in cloth production. As she worked with wool, flax and, dye, fibres and plant material ended up in her mouth! Image callout 2 is dyer's madder!
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Dental calculus analysis (the identification of microparticles embedded in mineralized dental plaque!) has revealed clear evidence of ELS215's participation in cloth production. As she worked with wool, flax and, dye, fibres and plant material ended up in her mouth! Image callout 2 is dyer's madder!
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today is the feast of St Catharine of Alexandria, patron of female scholars, so enjoy this painting of her shutting down a senior prof who treated her paper's question time as an opportunity to hold an impromptu paper of his own
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
today is the feast of St Catharine of Alexandria, patron of female scholars, so enjoy this painting of her shutting down a senior prof who treated her paper's question time as an opportunity to hold an impromptu paper of his own
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Spiritualism skyrocketed in the US after its brutal Civil War killed roughly 750,000 people - and now in the wake of Covid’s million+ death toll, modern Americans are using ChatGPT to speak with the spirits. In this paper I will
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Spiritualism skyrocketed in the US after its brutal Civil War killed roughly 750,000 people - and now in the wake of Covid’s million+ death toll, modern Americans are using ChatGPT to speak with the spirits. In this paper I will