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Philomela @philomela.bsky.social · 4h

Somehow I didn't singularly get the Tabitha theme there first.

Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com · 13h

one. MILLION. plays

Philomela @philomela.bsky.social · 5h

...my boss was out today, so I might've overstepped my bounds...

Unofficially, I'm good at moving people around to where they need to be in the moment.

Kinda funny that there was this tutor who was always skittish around me, but he was key to the whole day working. Gonna steal him in the future.

Philomela @philomela.bsky.social · 5h

I spent half of today trying to get one specific person in my room for one block for one student.

This is part of a broader effort to help a different student. I also might've gotten a para who isn't assigned here, but it will all come together.

Hashtag machinations.

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Philomela @philomela.bsky.social · 6h

One of those "I knew from the start, but I am hopelessly sad" moments.

Robot having fallen into the beautiful night-lit water, with only an empty jacket remaining on the cliff. From Touring After the Apocalypse.

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Philomela @philomela.bsky.social · 6h

But good job creating some beautiful post-apocalyptic idylls after the end of humanity. Props for that.

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Philomela @philomela.bsky.social · 6h

The only thing to shout towards the past.

Yoko shouting "You idiot!" towards the sea.

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Philomela @philomela.bsky.social · 6h

Spending $250 just to burn $15,000.

Lucille Bluth from Arrested Development saying "Good for her."

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Philomela @philomela.bsky.social · 6h

Oh, they imagined history happening *to* them, that's wild. Someone jump on a motorcycle and get that to the press.

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Philomela @philomela.bsky.social · 6h

Listening to economists talk about Sociology 101 concepts will drive me mad.

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Philomela @philomela.bsky.social · 7h

I love that this show is, like, don't worry we'll cover every catastrophic scenario. All of them ended humanity, as a team effort.

Main character from Touring After the Apocalypse saying "Didn't Big Sis say that sea levels were rising all over the world?"

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Philomela @philomela.bsky.social · 7h

Someday I am going to put together a post-Covid education art essay.

Main character from Touring After the Apocalypse sitting at a desk, with posters and scrawling on all the walls, looking to a monitor with her sister on it.

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Philomela @philomela.bsky.social · 7h

I'd be too embarrassed to describe the story, but after a frustrating summer of making no progress I finally hit on the voice it needed.

The two months since have been quite the sprint (...for my pace, as I am an incredibly slow writer).

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Philomela @philomela.bsky.social · 7h

lol I said this yesterday, and this morning that friend sniped me by sending the David Brooks article before I could.

It was a busy day! That's not fair!

Philomela @philomela.bsky.social · 2d

I would stop reading the Atlantic, but one of my joys in life is trying to send a horrendous article to a friend before he can send it to me. We have been doing this for over a decade, and it is largely how we stay in touch.

Philomela @philomela.bsky.social · 7h

It took moving to a different bench under a streetlight to read what I'm writing, but the pre-draft of my novella is finished.

68 notebook pages filled with plenty of scribbling, notes, and crossed-out words. Now I've gotta type it all up.

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