Cass Morris
@cassmorriswrites.com
Author: Aven Cycle | Story Editor: Mythik Camps | Podcast Cohost: Worldbuilding for Masochists | novels, short fiction, & immersive xp | Shakespeare nerd, once & future educator, rhetorician, geek chic | she/her | Virginia, USA
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Cass Morris
@cassmorriswrites.com
· Dec 8
An actual pinned introduction thread!
Hi! I'm Cass, & you've probably found me because of one of these things:
-Books & writing
-The Worldbuilding for Masochists podcast
-Shakespeare & education
-Halcy-Con & other conventions/conferences
-Immersive experience work & enthusiasm
-General geekery
Hi! I'm Cass, & you've probably found me because of one of these things:
-Books & writing
-The Worldbuilding for Masochists podcast
-Shakespeare & education
-Halcy-Con & other conventions/conferences
-Immersive experience work & enthusiasm
-General geekery
Dear every thieving yahoo:
Quick question. What is an hour of YOUR labor worth? How much are you compensated? Bc since we still live in capitalism, I assume you are.
Cool. Now how many fucking hours do you think it takes to create a book?
Quick question. What is an hour of YOUR labor worth? How much are you compensated? Bc since we still live in capitalism, I assume you are.
Cool. Now how many fucking hours do you think it takes to create a book?
We’re not small business owners, ffs - we’re independent contractors, and we are routinely robbed by the world’s dumbest dingbats.
![A quote-tweet with the profile blocked out because I won’t be accused of sending flying monkeys at this digital turd.
counterpoint: pirate everything all the time. pirate a sandwich. download a car. abscond from from small business owner mindset with your brain
[High Priestess, Low Patie... • @cherie... • 14h
Re: previous post - People who steal art of any kind are assholes, full stop. If *you* deserve to be paid for your labor, so do I - and so does everybody else; this means writers, visual artists, musicians, and every other category of People Who Make Things.]
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every time vulgar leftism pipes in from the sidelines of petit bourgeoisdom i am forced to become 8.75% more marxist](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x2ssvkga34xug334b66hvrje/bafkreigp2f33rtfu62kqjygnsxhg3jxxs6udwuyisipmyqrh5ew4c6kbyi@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Dear every thieving yahoo:
Quick question. What is an hour of YOUR labor worth? How much are you compensated? Bc since we still live in capitalism, I assume you are.
Cool. Now how many fucking hours do you think it takes to create a book?
Quick question. What is an hour of YOUR labor worth? How much are you compensated? Bc since we still live in capitalism, I assume you are.
Cool. Now how many fucking hours do you think it takes to create a book?
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Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
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On December 4, 2007, in the Usenet group “Friends of the Friendless,” someone wrote:
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
On December 4, 2007, in the Usenet group “Friends of the Friendless,” someone wrote:
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
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I am seriously considering hosting a weekly meet up at the library where people come and ask me questions and if I can't answer them, we learn how ti look it up.
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I am seriously considering hosting a weekly meet up at the library where people come and ask me questions and if I can't answer them, we learn how ti look it up.
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I'm offering this class for the first time ever on Sunday! Please share with anyone who might find it helpful
www.eventbrite.com/e/1975356027...
www.eventbrite.com/e/1975356027...
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm offering this class for the first time ever on Sunday! Please share with anyone who might find it helpful
www.eventbrite.com/e/1975356027...
www.eventbrite.com/e/1975356027...
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I've said it before but it's always worth repeating: pirating books makes a person a class traitor
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I've said it before but it's always worth repeating: pirating books makes a person a class traitor
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You cannot make me do Star Wars rankings discourse on here you simply cannot
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
You cannot make me do Star Wars rankings discourse on here you simply cannot
Juno help me, I will not be baited into Star Wars discourse on top of everything else today, I have been aggravated by too many things in the last 24 hours, can Mercury get the fuck out of retrograde already
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Juno help me, I will not be baited into Star Wars discourse on top of everything else today, I have been aggravated by too many things in the last 24 hours, can Mercury get the fuck out of retrograde already
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The sham statement from the Trump WH is disgusting on so many levels, but -
I just keep thinking they KNOW their targets are going to get threatened, and they already know what happened to former Congresswoman Giffords.
Kudos to Kelly's statement. Let's make sure we're yelling about this too.
I just keep thinking they KNOW their targets are going to get threatened, and they already know what happened to former Congresswoman Giffords.
Kudos to Kelly's statement. Let's make sure we're yelling about this too.
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The sham statement from the Trump WH is disgusting on so many levels, but -
I just keep thinking they KNOW their targets are going to get threatened, and they already know what happened to former Congresswoman Giffords.
Kudos to Kelly's statement. Let's make sure we're yelling about this too.
I just keep thinking they KNOW their targets are going to get threatened, and they already know what happened to former Congresswoman Giffords.
Kudos to Kelly's statement. Let's make sure we're yelling about this too.
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If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
There's just something particularly infuriating about the mind-boggling selfishness of the "I want to be able to do a bad thing and I don't want to be called out for it, in fact I want to be praised for it as though I were doing something noble" attitude.
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There's just something particularly infuriating about the mind-boggling selfishness of the "I want to be able to do a bad thing and I don't want to be called out for it, in fact I want to be praised for it as though I were doing something noble" attitude.
I was trying to do a thread on essentially this but my brain is overheated today and this says it both better and way more succinctly than I was managing.
Bigger than this, I think people should be more skeptical of online leftism that says, "Actually, under capitalism I don't owe other people anything." Oh, your communal philosophy says you can be interpersonally vicious and steal from other people? How convenient!
Always worth taking a moment to remind you if you’re pirating authors’ book you’re a shitty person. You can rail that our profession isn’t a profession all you want. You can paint yourself as an online revolutionary liberating ideas. It’s all bullshit.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I was trying to do a thread on essentially this but my brain is overheated today and this says it both better and way more succinctly than I was managing.
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Right? Like, solve for capitalism first, and then things will be free, instead of screwing over the folks who are also just trying to get by.
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Right? Like, solve for capitalism first, and then things will be free, instead of screwing over the folks who are also just trying to get by.
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Always worth taking a moment to remind you if you’re pirating authors’ book you’re a shitty person. You can rail that our profession isn’t a profession all you want. You can paint yourself as an online revolutionary liberating ideas. It’s all bullshit.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Always worth taking a moment to remind you if you’re pirating authors’ book you’re a shitty person. You can rail that our profession isn’t a profession all you want. You can paint yourself as an online revolutionary liberating ideas. It’s all bullshit.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
I can't say what I hope happens to the people behind this site without it getting me into trouble with BlueSky moderation.
Anna's Archive has stolen people's work and then has the audacity to ask for donations.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I can't say what I hope happens to the people behind this site without it getting me into trouble with BlueSky moderation.
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And honestly with the number of free books available at any point now, there is very little defense I want to hear from people these days.
You can sign up for deal newsletters and get offered 500 free books a day.
Just admit you want what you want when you want it & don't care about anyone else.
You can sign up for deal newsletters and get offered 500 free books a day.
Just admit you want what you want when you want it & don't care about anyone else.
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
And honestly with the number of free books available at any point now, there is very little defense I want to hear from people these days.
You can sign up for deal newsletters and get offered 500 free books a day.
Just admit you want what you want when you want it & don't care about anyone else.
You can sign up for deal newsletters and get offered 500 free books a day.
Just admit you want what you want when you want it & don't care about anyone else.
I do not even want to know why this is Discourse again, but book pirates are crapweasels and if you steal books you've done a bad thing and should feel bad about yourself.
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I do not even want to know why this is Discourse again, but book pirates are crapweasels and if you steal books you've done a bad thing and should feel bad about yourself.
omg, what a lovely piece on Masquerade on NPR this morning!
I need to do that again.
I need to do that again.
With 'Masquerade,' audiences can explore the world of 'The Phantom of the Opera'
When Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera closed on Broadway in April of 2023, after 35 years, it was the end of an era. But a new immersive version of the show – think of it as a remix – h...
www.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
omg, what a lovely piece on Masquerade on NPR this morning!
I need to do that again.
I need to do that again.
I’ve carried and used them since I was 14 and can affirm they are excellent communication devices as well as a potential defensive weapon.
Not only are hand fans superb for hot flashes, you can snap them closed in irritation at people and they flinch.
I have bought a ton of little low tech things over the course of the last couple years and I have made a few purchases that were very small but life changing for a middle aged lady:
-hand fans
-cotton hankies
-cheapass reading glasses
-decent pens (you pen nerds were totally right about pens)
-hand fans
-cotton hankies
-cheapass reading glasses
-decent pens (you pen nerds were totally right about pens)
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I’ve carried and used them since I was 14 and can affirm they are excellent communication devices as well as a potential defensive weapon.
#QueerWriters Sunday Line Share: Had to use synonym "image" instead.
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#QueerWriters Sunday Line Share: Had to use synonym "image" instead.
Yup. I'm done.
a picture of a cat with the words that 's enough internet for today below it
Alt: GIF: A cat trotting along, holding a kitten by the scruff, captioned "That's enough internet for today"
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November 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Yup. I'm done.
I should've gone to bed an hour ago, bc in the last 45 minutes I've seen two different things that have me fired up in unrestful ways.
One of them is... something I'll talk about later, probably.
The other was a reminder that the university where I got my Master's is gutting arts & humanities.
One of them is... something I'll talk about later, probably.
The other was a reminder that the university where I got my Master's is gutting arts & humanities.
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I should've gone to bed an hour ago, bc in the last 45 minutes I've seen two different things that have me fired up in unrestful ways.
One of them is... something I'll talk about later, probably.
The other was a reminder that the university where I got my Master's is gutting arts & humanities.
One of them is... something I'll talk about later, probably.
The other was a reminder that the university where I got my Master's is gutting arts & humanities.
I'm only halfway through the video, but...YEAH.
My favorite* part of adjuncting was how they deliberately, contractually classified us as not working more than 29 hours a week so that not only were we not eligible for any benefits...
but we can't count that time towards PSLF bc it's not full-time.
My favorite* part of adjuncting was how they deliberately, contractually classified us as not working more than 29 hours a week so that not only were we not eligible for any benefits...
but we can't count that time towards PSLF bc it's not full-time.
This (youtu.be/2AvfOhtmCZY?...) is an older @acollierastro.bsky.social video I must have missed, but it is brilliant in explaining the intensity of the bullshit of the adjunct system, for students and instructors.
the adjunct problem
YouTube video by Angela Collier
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I'm only halfway through the video, but...YEAH.
My favorite* part of adjuncting was how they deliberately, contractually classified us as not working more than 29 hours a week so that not only were we not eligible for any benefits...
but we can't count that time towards PSLF bc it's not full-time.
My favorite* part of adjuncting was how they deliberately, contractually classified us as not working more than 29 hours a week so that not only were we not eligible for any benefits...
but we can't count that time towards PSLF bc it's not full-time.