Laura Ruth Loomis
@lauraruthless.bsky.social
Social worker by day, space cadet by night. Author of "The Cosmic Turkey" and "The Star-Crossed Pelican." Distantly related to horse thieves. She/her.
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Cosmic Turkey
Cosmic Turkey, science fiction comedy
www.lauraruthloomis.com
Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's been assigned to a planet that just banned....chocolate?
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
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Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Thanksgiving is the perfect time for The Cosmic Turkey!
Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's been assigned to a planet that just banned....chocolate?
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Cosmic Turkey
Cosmic Turkey, science fiction comedy
www.lauraruthloomis.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thanksgiving is the perfect time for The Cosmic Turkey!
The mess hall was built for a half-dozen crew members with varied eating habits. A pot of vegetable soup sat brewing next to a machine that condensed nutrients into crystals. The freezer contained some spices that were hot enough to be radioactive.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The mess hall was built for a half-dozen crew members with varied eating habits. A pot of vegetable soup sat brewing next to a machine that condensed nutrients into crystals. The freezer contained some spices that were hot enough to be radioactive.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
“That’s not Lola’s meditation crystal, is it?”
“Oh no. I’m never coming between her and that again.” Frink shuddered. “No, this is just the legendary Lost Jewel of Togmagog."
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
“Oh no. I’m never coming between her and that again.” Frink shuddered. “No, this is just the legendary Lost Jewel of Togmagog."
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“That’s not Lola’s meditation crystal, is it?”
“Oh no. I’m never coming between her and that again.” Frink shuddered. “No, this is just the legendary Lost Jewel of Togmagog."
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
“Oh no. I’m never coming between her and that again.” Frink shuddered. “No, this is just the legendary Lost Jewel of Togmagog."
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
Things were going to get ugly if someone didn’t act fast.
I ran to the dais where Exalted Leader had been a few minutes earlier. Grabbing the microphone, I yelled, “Hold it!”
Eyes and eyestalks all over the room turned in my direction.
I had no idea what to say.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
I ran to the dais where Exalted Leader had been a few minutes earlier. Grabbing the microphone, I yelled, “Hold it!”
Eyes and eyestalks all over the room turned in my direction.
I had no idea what to say.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Things were going to get ugly if someone didn’t act fast.
I ran to the dais where Exalted Leader had been a few minutes earlier. Grabbing the microphone, I yelled, “Hold it!”
Eyes and eyestalks all over the room turned in my direction.
I had no idea what to say.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
I ran to the dais where Exalted Leader had been a few minutes earlier. Grabbing the microphone, I yelled, “Hold it!”
Eyes and eyestalks all over the room turned in my direction.
I had no idea what to say.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
After so much time trying to understand alien species, there was a special pleasure in being with people who knew me so thoroughly. Where someone could mention “that time with the frog-cloner,” and we’d all laugh without having to tell the rest of the story.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
After so much time trying to understand alien species, there was a special pleasure in being with people who knew me so thoroughly. Where someone could mention “that time with the frog-cloner,” and we’d all laugh without having to tell the rest of the story.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
Worldwide heating technology had improved parts of the planet from deadly to merely insufferable. The extra-light gravity required non-Plutonian visitors to use special weighted boots and ridiculous amounts of hairspray.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Worldwide heating technology had improved parts of the planet from deadly to merely insufferable. The extra-light gravity required non-Plutonian visitors to use special weighted boots and ridiculous amounts of hairspray.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 46: A book with a character experiencing menopause. "Girls Will Be Girls," a story collection by Leslea Newman.
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#PopsugarReadingChallenge Book 46: Girls Will Be Girls
Popsugar Reading Challenge category: A book with a character experiencing menopause. Girls Will Be Girls , by Leslea Newman. This was a collection of stories about Jewish lesbian life in the 1990s......
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November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 46: A book with a character experiencing menopause. "Girls Will Be Girls," a story collection by Leslea Newman.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/po...
www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/po...
“There have been a few little incidents where technology malfunctioned around me. And my ship’s computer hates me, but it hates most people.”
Pietro giggled. “Remember that time you made the blender run backwards, and it turned puree into fruit?"
-The Star-Crossed-Pelican
#WIPSnips
Pietro giggled. “Remember that time you made the blender run backwards, and it turned puree into fruit?"
-The Star-Crossed-Pelican
#WIPSnips
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“There have been a few little incidents where technology malfunctioned around me. And my ship’s computer hates me, but it hates most people.”
Pietro giggled. “Remember that time you made the blender run backwards, and it turned puree into fruit?"
-The Star-Crossed-Pelican
#WIPSnips
Pietro giggled. “Remember that time you made the blender run backwards, and it turned puree into fruit?"
-The Star-Crossed-Pelican
#WIPSnips
Exalted Leader wobbled to his feet. “Everything with caffeine is Banned!”
“I’m on it,” Nina whispered to me. “I’ll run over to Buck’s Star and be right back.” She raced out the door.
“Hurry!” I called after her.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
“I’m on it,” Nina whispered to me. “I’ll run over to Buck’s Star and be right back.” She raced out the door.
“Hurry!” I called after her.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Exalted Leader wobbled to his feet. “Everything with caffeine is Banned!”
“I’m on it,” Nina whispered to me. “I’ll run over to Buck’s Star and be right back.” She raced out the door.
“Hurry!” I called after her.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
“I’m on it,” Nina whispered to me. “I’ll run over to Buck’s Star and be right back.” She raced out the door.
“Hurry!” I called after her.
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 45: A book about soccer. "One Life," by Megan Rapinoe:
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#PopsugarReadingChallenge Book 45: One Life
Popsugar Reading Challenge category: A book about soccer. One Life , by Megan Rapinoe. Soccer star Megan Rapinoe talks about her athletic career, her personal life, and her political activism. She...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 45: A book about soccer. "One Life," by Megan Rapinoe:
www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/po...
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Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's been assigned to a planet that just banned....chocolate?
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Cosmic Turkey
Cosmic Turkey, science fiction comedy
www.lauraruthloomis.com
October 13, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Technology hates Janet, her misfit crew is out of control, and she's been assigned to a planet that just banned....chocolate?
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Welcome to the Cosmic Turkey.
www.lauraruthloomis.com/the-cosmic-t...
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
Even if you don’t get coverage through the Affordable Care Act, it still affects you.
When more people are uninsured, hospitals shift unpaid costs onto everyone else. This drives up employer health-plan premiums.
When more people are uninsured, hospitals shift unpaid costs onto everyone else. This drives up employer health-plan premiums.
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Even if you don’t get coverage through the Affordable Care Act, it still affects you.
When more people are uninsured, hospitals shift unpaid costs onto everyone else. This drives up employer health-plan premiums.
When more people are uninsured, hospitals shift unpaid costs onto everyone else. This drives up employer health-plan premiums.
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 44: healing fiction. "The Midnight Library, by Matt Craig.
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#PopsugarReadingChallenge Book 44: The Midnight Library
Popsugar Reading Challenge category: Healing fiction. The Midnight Library , by Matt Haig. I'd never heard of "healing fiction," but this title came up a lot in discussions. Maybe this genre just...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 44: healing fiction. "The Midnight Library, by Matt Craig.
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Mamdani is going to implement Sharpie Law. All hurricanes must change course as indicated.
Mamdani is going to implement Shar Law. Everyone will have to bow down to the Mistress of the Night, the Lady of Loss, and devote themselves to bringing about a darkness that will smother her hated foe and sister Selûne
Mamdani is going to implement My Sharona law. Everyone will have to create songs with undeniable rock beats.
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Sharpie Law. All hurricanes must change course as indicated.
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
The comments on this thread are a nerd's delight.
The range increments of a full subway sandwich are only 10/20 so you have disadvantage on your throw more than a few paces away. You can double the range with a half-sandwich wrapped tightly and druis have a fifth-level subclass feature that removes disadvantage if the sandwich has sprouts
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The comments on this thread are a nerd's delight.
Reposted by Laura Ruth Loomis
(has anyone done this one yet?)
This is just to say
There are two vast
and trunkless legs
which you were probably
hoping to look upon
and despair
forgive me
they are so boundless
and so bare
This is just to say
There are two vast
and trunkless legs
which you were probably
hoping to look upon
and despair
forgive me
they are so boundless
and so bare
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
(has anyone done this one yet?)
This is just to say
There are two vast
and trunkless legs
which you were probably
hoping to look upon
and despair
forgive me
they are so boundless
and so bare
This is just to say
There are two vast
and trunkless legs
which you were probably
hoping to look upon
and despair
forgive me
they are so boundless
and so bare
“A Plutonian’s accusing me of cheating?”
Skeeder raised his antennae defiantly, then shot the cue ball at Nlubglub’s pyramid. The balls fell apart and bounced in every direction. When they came to rest, they spelled an obscene word in Plutonian.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
Skeeder raised his antennae defiantly, then shot the cue ball at Nlubglub’s pyramid. The balls fell apart and bounced in every direction. When they came to rest, they spelled an obscene word in Plutonian.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
🎶 I put a spell on yooouuuu... 🎶
The #WIPSnips word for October 30th is "spell"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
The #WIPSnips word for October 30th is "spell"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“A Plutonian’s accusing me of cheating?”
Skeeder raised his antennae defiantly, then shot the cue ball at Nlubglub’s pyramid. The balls fell apart and bounced in every direction. When they came to rest, they spelled an obscene word in Plutonian.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
Skeeder raised his antennae defiantly, then shot the cue ball at Nlubglub’s pyramid. The balls fell apart and bounced in every direction. When they came to rest, they spelled an obscene word in Plutonian.
-The Star-Crossed Pelican
#WIPSnips
“How do you spell that?”
“Just like it sounds. N-L-U-B-G-L-U-B.”
The Mercurian stood smiling obliviously.
“And you are?” I prompted.
“Zeeko.”
“Spell that?”
“P-L-U-T-H-E-R-X-I-B.”
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
“Just like it sounds. N-L-U-B-G-L-U-B.”
The Mercurian stood smiling obliviously.
“And you are?” I prompted.
“Zeeko.”
“Spell that?”
“P-L-U-T-H-E-R-X-I-B.”
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
🎶 I put a spell on yooouuuu... 🎶
The #WIPSnips word for October 30th is "spell"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
The #WIPSnips word for October 30th is "spell"
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“How do you spell that?”
“Just like it sounds. N-L-U-B-G-L-U-B.”
The Mercurian stood smiling obliviously.
“And you are?” I prompted.
“Zeeko.”
“Spell that?”
“P-L-U-T-H-E-R-X-I-B.”
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips
“Just like it sounds. N-L-U-B-G-L-U-B.”
The Mercurian stood smiling obliviously.
“And you are?” I prompted.
“Zeeko.”
“Spell that?”
“P-L-U-T-H-E-R-X-I-B.”
-The Cosmic Turkey
#WIPSnips