Kassil, Written In Dust
@kassil.bsky.social
Asexual, agender, octopus/dragon/snowfinch chimera.
Void creature.
Queer as heck.
Support me: ko-fi.com/Kassil/
https://pronoun.is/xe/xer/xyr/xyrs/xyrself
Void creature.
Queer as heck.
Support me: ko-fi.com/Kassil/
https://pronoun.is/xe/xer/xyr/xyrs/xyrself
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If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
Visit girightshotline.org for more information
You found an unusually large insect, furry and colorful, which seemed more like a dog than anything - friendly, excited to see you, and eager to climb up and ride on your shoulder like a sight-seeing cat, with a harness of rough vine and bark tied around it by someone else. #WhisperingInfinities
Oh no, I have a dust mite allergy! I'll risk it tho
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
You found an unusually large insect, furry and colorful, which seemed more like a dog than anything - friendly, excited to see you, and eager to climb up and ride on your shoulder like a sight-seeing cat, with a harness of rough vine and bark tied around it by someone else. #WhisperingInfinities
You found what could only be a shrine; a pedestal assembled from bits of metal scrap, holding unrelated bones from multiple species, surrounded by roughly made effigies of plant matter that vaguely resembled the tattered pictures of people you'd seen clinging to rusty walls. #WhisperingInfinities
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
You found what could only be a shrine; a pedestal assembled from bits of metal scrap, holding unrelated bones from multiple species, surrounded by roughly made effigies of plant matter that vaguely resembled the tattered pictures of people you'd seen clinging to rusty walls. #WhisperingInfinities
You, against all odds, found a community, clinging precariously atop on of the tallest remaining skyscrapers; no more than two dozen people, all in cramped and unsafe conditions, farming plants that were a far cry from any familiar food and drinking green-tinged rainwater. #WhisperingInfinities
Did I make it in time?
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
You, against all odds, found a community, clinging precariously atop on of the tallest remaining skyscrapers; no more than two dozen people, all in cramped and unsafe conditions, farming plants that were a far cry from any familiar food and drinking green-tinged rainwater. #WhisperingInfinities
@annalandin.bsky.social Wishing you a fiery goat this year!
November 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
@annalandin.bsky.social Wishing you a fiery goat this year!
You found what had once been a research outpost, clinging to an old skyscraper like a barnacle; the human inhabitants long gone, the lab mice having survived, proliferated, and evolved a bit for survival, learning to grow plants and fungi for food with dripping rainwater. #WhisperingInfinities
🐭❓
November 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
You found what had once been a research outpost, clinging to an old skyscraper like a barnacle; the human inhabitants long gone, the lab mice having survived, proliferated, and evolved a bit for survival, learning to grow plants and fungi for food with dripping rainwater. #WhisperingInfinities
Atop one of the remaining skyscrapers, you found an entire shanty town built from scavenged goods; the inhabitants long gone, but the echoes of their past lives intact - a cup here, a tattered bed there, a ragged and timeworn painting over there. #WhisperingInfinities
I was going for a crop dusting angle but the emoji smasher had other ideas
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Atop one of the remaining skyscrapers, you found an entire shanty town built from scavenged goods; the inhabitants long gone, but the echoes of their past lives intact - a cup here, a tattered bed there, a ragged and timeworn painting over there. #WhisperingInfinities
You found a mural painted on a wall, depicting insectoids around a light, and simple renditions of devices left to rust in the gloom by those who had come before you. In a way, it resembled ancient cave art, if done by inhuman hands. #WhisperingInfinities
(\ * ◇*/)
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
You found a mural painted on a wall, depicting insectoids around a light, and simple renditions of devices left to rust in the gloom by those who had come before you. In a way, it resembled ancient cave art, if done by inhuman hands. #WhisperingInfinities
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.
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DEPLOY THE BOY
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
DEPLOY THE BOY
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This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
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 8:46 PM
This.
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"
We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"
Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
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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!
On a trip below, you found the remnants of another foray down there, long since fallen to equipment failures; you also found a strange insectoid creature that had apparently been a pet, which chose to follow you when you found it, happily chirping and singing to you. #WhisperingInfinities
May i know what i found in the vault please?
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
On a trip below, you found the remnants of another foray down there, long since fallen to equipment failures; you also found a strange insectoid creature that had apparently been a pet, which chose to follow you when you found it, happily chirping and singing to you. #WhisperingInfinities
You came across the water-stained old book, filled with diagrams and rudimentary blueprints along with notes in horribly cramped handwriting. The author had been experimenting with purifying the poisonous clouds, incidentally making a potent fuel from their distillate. #WhisperingInfinities
intriguing!
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
You came across the water-stained old book, filled with diagrams and rudimentary blueprints along with notes in horribly cramped handwriting. The author had been experimenting with purifying the poisonous clouds, incidentally making a potent fuel from their distillate. #WhisperingInfinities
You found a potted plant sitting in one of the old and rusty lifts that used to connect the surface and the sky; a slow drip of rainwater from above had kept it alive, somehow. It was remarkably animate, the sharp-edged flower swinging to face you, seeking your heat. #WhisperingInfinities
What did I find in the Vault of Verdant Dust? I hope I made it out alive with it....
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
You found a potted plant sitting in one of the old and rusty lifts that used to connect the surface and the sky; a slow drip of rainwater from above had kept it alive, somehow. It was remarkably animate, the sharp-edged flower swinging to face you, seeking your heat. #WhisperingInfinities
You found, atop an ancient building rising from the clouds below, an album of marvelously well-preserved photos from someone who had explored below; pictures of overgrown and corroded walls, massive insects, and hints of shapes vanishing around corners ahead of the camera. #WhisperingInfinities
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
You found, atop an ancient building rising from the clouds below, an album of marvelously well-preserved photos from someone who had explored below; pictures of overgrown and corroded walls, massive insects, and hints of shapes vanishing around corners ahead of the camera. #WhisperingInfinities
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In self-interest but also general interest, folks: Black Friday is coming up, and small publishers/independent creators will always be a better choice than megacorps.
When the sales drop, please remember that!
When the sales drop, please remember that!
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In self-interest but also general interest, folks: Black Friday is coming up, and small publishers/independent creators will always be a better choice than megacorps.
When the sales drop, please remember that!
When the sales drop, please remember that!
The #WhisperingInfinities have returned! From now until 16:00 Pacific on 26 Nov 2025, any who respond here will learn of something they found in the Vault of Verdant Dust, where the surface was shrouded in a poisonous dust!
Like these flash pieces? Help me pay my bills?
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Like these flash pieces? Help me pay my bills?
ko-fi.com/kassil
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November 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The #WhisperingInfinities have returned! From now until 16:00 Pacific on 26 Nov 2025, any who respond here will learn of something they found in the Vault of Verdant Dust, where the surface was shrouded in a poisonous dust!
Like these flash pieces? Help me pay my bills?
ko-fi.com/kassil
Like these flash pieces? Help me pay my bills?
ko-fi.com/kassil
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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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Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever
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Now, see the power of this multi-functional weapon system...
The form and function of a multi-functional weapon system in male and female burying beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.21.689795v1
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Now, see the power of this multi-functional weapon system...
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Played #cavesofqud Found cool wings, unfortunately my excitement was extremely short-lived.
#art #fanart
#art #fanart
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Played #cavesofqud Found cool wings, unfortunately my excitement was extremely short-lived.
#art #fanart
#art #fanart
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Fran why does your face look Sarcastic
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Fran why does your face look Sarcastic