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Kambriel 🌿🦌🌖
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༻Fantastical Designs Betwixt Today & Timelessness༺

Musings & meanderings of an artist, writer & longtime gothic couturier.
Fueled by tea, determination & reverence for nature.

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Kambriel 🌿🦌🌖 @kambriel.com · Aug 19
Don't be shy about expressing yourself to those you care for.
Say the thing your heart feels.
Give that hug.
Tell them you love them before letting go.
Hold their hand.
Share a memory.
Shed some tears.
Ask the questions.
Dance.
Revel when you find your people.
Treasure friends with all you've got.
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"I Know Why Ophelia Picked Her Own Bouquet" 🌷 Our poem made from firelight & wisdom, moonlight & moss, magick & liberation ~ published in: enchantedlivingmag.com/collections/... is eligible for nomination dear ones! #Rhysling #Nebula #Hugo
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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tekla.bsky.social
Every right and cultural freedom women enjoy today was hard-won.
December 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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tekla.bsky.social
you live in a world that feminists fought for, against brutal and overwhelming opposition, with blood, tears, and centuries of labor.
December 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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leannareneehieber.bsky.social
I talk about this in the show I created, BY THE LIGHT OF TIFFANY: A MEETING WITH CLARA DRISCOLL. Clara designed all those famous stained-glass lamps. She went in & out of Tiffany's employ as a designer & manager because she had to quit when she got married. www.leannareneehieber.com/by-the-light...
December 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Whoa, that was fast. I didn't even have time to get worked up about the SFWA announcement today about LLMs in the Nebulas before they updated the language to be wholly anti-AI. From the email that just arrived: (copied in alt text)
The Nebula Award Rules did not reflect our current policy and deeply held beliefs and values, and they were amended to reflect that. With further input, today, we made an important change to the Nebula Awards Rules in two board votes that we would like to share with you: Previous Text: "Works that are wholly written using generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible." New Text: "Works that are written, either wholly or partially, by generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible." -and- Previous Text: "Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and the nature of the technology’s use will be made clear to voters on the final ballot" New Text: "Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and those works will be disqualified."
December 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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If you need last minute gifts for Solstice or Yule #WitchSky, skip the shipping & grab some delightfully digital classes on topics ranging from psychic development, occult history, Tarot, past lives & more:

www.michellebelanger.com/class
Online Classes — Michelle Belanger
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December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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kaleidotrope.bsky.social
If your story was written by AI, you didn’t actually write it, and that’s why I don’t want it or think it should be eligible for awards.

If your story was assisted by AI, you used tools that are built on plagiarism, and that’s why I don’t want it or think it should be eligible for awards.
December 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Our coverage of the closing of a local hygiene center last month spurred a philanthropist to buy the property for $2M. Donors in WA & other states chipped in remaining $500K to secure the land.

Thanks, @ricksteves.bsky.social

Thanks @a-rlnt.bsky.social for reporting

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Thanks to Rick Steves, Lynnwood Hygiene Center has a permanent home | MLTnews.com
‘If this place wasn’t here I don’t know how I would’ve survived’ -- Sherman Gillins The Jean Kim Foundation’s (JKF) Hygiene Center in Lynnwood is here to
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December 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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"I Know Why Ophelia Picked Her Own Bouquet" 🌷 Our poem made from firelight & wisdom, moonlight & moss, magick & liberation ~ published in: enchantedlivingmag.com/collections/... is eligible for nomination dear ones! #Rhysling #Nebula #Hugo
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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alwayscoffee.bsky.social
Are you nominating for the Rhyslings, Nebulas, or the Hugos?

**gestures** There are links in this thread! I've got POEMS for you!

One was cowritten with the divine @kambriel.com, and I couldn't be prouder of us.
alwayscoffee.bsky.social Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 17d
It’s time for the annual eligibility post! I hope you enjoyed the poetry I made this year. Truly, I feel lucky and proud and joyful. In any case, that’s always a win.

These are eligible to be nominated for the Rhysling, Nebulas, AND Hugo awards. Links to follow!
An old school beige background with pretty scroll work around the edges and a raven at the bottom. The text reads: POETRY * ELIGIBILITY * POST Ali Trotta Of Water. Always Seeking Strange Horizons Let It Be Your Call Small Wonders Rhiannon Remembers Her Own Name Dream Theory Media I Know Why Ophelia Picked Her Own Bouquet Cowritten with Kambriel Enchanted Living I, Robot Simultaneous Times (Podcast).
December 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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This rambunctious little punk Ruby-crowned Kinglet decided to hang out with me today. #Birds
Trio of snapshots of an adorable, very vocal bird with greenish feathers and a ruby crown hanging out at a window on a sunny Winter day.
December 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Gothic Beauty 25 Year Reunion of Original Artists Calendar

www.gothic.net/gothic-beaut...
December 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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tmitg.bsky.social
(3) As for 'Out of the Mists,' it has a softer, more classical, ethereal quality to it and I'm proud of the work I did with the layout and design of the packaging. And of course there is the music video we created for the enhanced CD (remember those?)" tmitg.bandcamp.com/album/out-of...
Out of the Mists, by the Machine in the Garden
13 track album
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December 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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tmitg.bsky.social
(1) From Summer: "'Out of the Mists' is 25 years old today and I remain incredibly proud of the work that went into that album. From a musical point of view, I was getting pretty deep into some of the musical work that would later become Mirabilis so there are definitely...
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Check out Ali's post of new works eligible for Rhysling, Nebulas, & Hugo awards ~ including our co-written poem:

"I Know Why Ophelia Picked Her Own Bouquet" 🌒💐🌘

If you're the nominating type, we'd love you to consider nominating us as a pair for this wickedly wonderful little piece of our hearts!
Published edition of an original poem co-written by Ali Trotta + Kambriel ~ framed with a colourful bouquet of fresh flowers. (photo: Lisa Gill) Available here: https://enchantedlivingmag.com/collections/enchanted-living-back-issues/products/enchanted-living-issue-71-summer-2025-print
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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In case I haven't said it lately?
I love my friends. 💃🖼️
cheriepriest.com High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 12d
Gurrrrl if that was a pic of me, I’d frame it in museum glass and put it on the mantle 😅
December 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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How lovely it is to be part of this special @gothicbeautymag.bsky.social 25th anniversary reunion project. 🌹🕯️🦇

The calendar they're making to commemorate it (including a portrait of yours truly!) will be a fabulous keepsake of a quarter century of gothic history: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ame...
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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"You’re pulling the thread on the spool of revealing and feeling who I am — And I’ve got your thread too..."

Do something lush for yourself and go listen to @unwoman.com's first song 'Painted' from her forthcoming album 'If Your Rage Can't Be Beautiful'. 🗡️💄
IF YOUR RAGE CAN'T BE BEAUTIFUL, by Unwoman
13 track album
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December 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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josh-foreman.bsky.social
Tumblr user nocryptographer: I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation. A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written. AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence. Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same. There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that. I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it. If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene... then it's real.
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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This is a bee appreciation post. 🐝
Fluffy bee gathering pollen while diving face-first into a spiky pink blossom. (photo by Kambriel)
December 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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I'm excited for you to read it!

My writing tends toward the personal, but the upcoming piece (entitled "The Night My Mother Became the Moon") felt even more deeply so. 💙 #MoonGoddess
December 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Before Winter's @enchantedlivingmag.bsky.social
MOON GODDESS issue arrives (featuring a new piece from me... more on that soon!), I'd be remiss not to mention WITCH'S WILLOW ~ my personal ode to the cottage witch is currently available in all its lush-printed glory via the link below. ✨ #Witchsky
December 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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alwayscoffee.bsky.social
Everything begins again,
the old story fading
like a song,reverberating
until it's gone into the night,
folding old sorrows
into sweetness,
as beauty speaks its own name,
as kindness laces through the light,
as love sits squarely
on its throne,crown bright as stars,
sharp as fresh delight.
#TinyPoem
kambriel.com Kambriel 🌿🦌🌖 @kambriel.com · 15d
🔥~summons forth Calliope~🔥
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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The 25th anniversary @gothicbeautymag.bsky.social kickstarter for a celebratory reunion calendar (with yours truly alongside an amazing group of photographers, designers & models who've appeared in Gothic Beauty throughout the past *quarter century*) is now in its final week & nearly at their goal!
December 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Check out Ali's post of new works eligible for Rhysling, Nebulas, & Hugo awards ~ including our co-written poem:

"I Know Why Ophelia Picked Her Own Bouquet" 🌒💐🌘

If you're the nominating type, we'd love you to consider nominating us as a pair for this wickedly wonderful little piece of our hearts!
Published edition of an original poem co-written by Ali Trotta + Kambriel ~ framed with a colourful bouquet of fresh flowers. (photo: Lisa Gill) Available here: https://enchantedlivingmag.com/collections/enchanted-living-back-issues/products/enchanted-living-issue-71-summer-2025-print
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM