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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

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 1m

I swear to fuck, I think one of the things I'm most annoyed about with not going to Halcy-Con is that I'm not gonna get to rock out to NIAMOS! with a bunch of other Starcruisers, because fuck knows I need it

a woman in a yellow dress is dancing in front of a disney+ logo

Alt: GIF: Mon Mothma crashing out beautifully in ANDOR.

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 4m

At this point, I am holding out for the Disney Adult app to launch because fuck knows that ought'a be my target demographic

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 11m

(Also tbh unit by unit I think the full-sized stuff might actually be a better deal than fun-sized. & we're a low-volume neighborhood so might as well give the couple dozen kids who'll come by a thrill)

Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 11m

Being a childless Millennial with very few responsibilities making adult money for the first time in her life is AWESOME, that's how

Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 28m

(And will be out front of her house swinging her new lightsaber around on Halloween night)

Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 28m

(Also glow in the dark bouncy balls)

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 29m

Guess who's a goddamn adult who just made the executive decision that her house is gonna be the one giving out full-sized candy bars this year?

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 13h

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 3h

But there is nothing so gd satisfying as when you get in that state where you look up and realizing you've accidentally let an entire scene spill out of you. Or when you assemble a perfect line that absolutely fucking HITS. Or when you see the pieces fitting themselves together.

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 3h

This entire thread is worth the read but thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis

I've said before how much I do not understand this attitude. I never hate writing. I hate when things get in-between me and writing. I hate when something about *me* is keeping the writing from working. But I never hate the work.

chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 3h

I've always been annoyed at the performative self-hatred a lot of artists/writers do of their own work. if you've followed me for a while, you've seen me counter-argue against it often. but I think now I want to impress it's praxis to talk about why creativity feels GOOD to do. because it does.

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 3h

Will be wearing my "I have friends everywhere" shirt on the plane, though.

Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 3h

I mean, I'm someone who takes action of some kind literally daily. My GOP representative's interns sigh when they hear my name, I hassle him so often. 😅 I don't wait for huge demonstrations to get involved. I just like being able to attend the big events because I'm... someone who likes big events!

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 5h

Psssst, ICYMI!

Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 18d

Who wants preorder links?

BN: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/offerings-...

@mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social :
www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781968...

@goldennotebkbooks.bsky.social : goldennotebook.com/book/9781968...

@oblongbooks.bsky.social : oblongbooks.com/book/9781968043100

A poetry collection cover, featuring a woman wearing a red cloak and matching lipstick, her face obscured, her lands lifted up. There is smoke between them. The title, in an elegant gold font, is Offerings for Ordinary Gods. The author's name, Ali Trotta, is in a matching font at the bottom.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 9h

(Assuming, of course, that the airlines are in fact functioning. If I get screwed out of Orlando, I'll stick around for NYC demonstrations and then take the train home 😅 )

Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 9h

Annoyed that I'm not going to be able to participate in Oct 18 protests bc the ones in NYC start after I leave and the ones in Orlando are all before I get in.

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 9h

I mean I'm still waiting for the taco trucks on every corner

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 11h

They know they are ridiculous people and the thing they hate most is being laughed at. They want everyone terrified and intimidated by how MANLY and LETHAL they are, not laughing because they got got by a grating frog.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 15h

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 10h

there's a secret domestic terrorism watchlist if anyone cares
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/senator-wa...

Senator Warns of Trump's Secret Watchlist for Americans

NSPM-7 finally gets Congressional attention

www.kenklippenstein.com

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 12h

#WIPSnips Oct 10: A prize of a prisoner who is also a piece. of. work.

“Oh, you will.” Tashain sounded supremely unconcerned. “I’m far too valuable a prize to waste. And you can’t be sure you’ll get all the information you need right now, no matter how many words you force from my tongue, how many questions you put me to. After all, it isn’t as though you can simply say, ‘Tell me everything you know.’ Then I’d be able to start with, oh, a lesson on botany or basic grammar or—”
Lycus took a single step forward. “I assure you,” he said, looming over her enough to force her to bend her neck back to see him, “I have beheaded people with much more intrinsic value than you. You, my lady of the shimmering aurora, or whatever it is you call yourself, are clearly expendable.” His lips twisted in a smirk. “Or else your people would not have sent you off into this wilderness with so little protection.”

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 1d

Worth a friendly reminder that the next set of nation-wide No Kings protests are set for October 18th.

There's probably one in your area.

I am not generally a crowds or protests sort of person, but there's one in my town and I'll be at it on the 18th.

www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 1d

Well, that's interesting.

Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 1d

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 1d

... 'Everyday Rhetoric' would be a good name for that nonfiction book concept I keep meaning to do something about...

Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 1d

And we do it subconsciously! Like so much everyday rhetoric! Our pattern-loving and play-loving brains pick up on these things without *having* to do conscious analysis of it!

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 1d

I love when weird rhythm & rhetoric things assert themselves in everyday language like this.

Our brains respond bc the double-dactyl is an unusual cadence for a name to have, so as long as the variations retain enough consonance (assonance augments but seems less critical), our brains recognize it.

Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 1d

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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