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Zuzanna 'Pryvian' Śliwa
@pryvian.bsky.social
440 followers 320 following 530 posts
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Writer, author of short stories (currently working on a novel), avid reader, TTRPG addict, can talk about narrative design for hours. Queer ADHD witch. MA in Italian Language and Literature.
Piszę, czytam, korektuję, tłumaczę #AmWriting
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Zuzanna 'Pryvian' Śliwa @pryvian.bsky.social · Dec 7
A snip of my arthurian short-story: "The Wedding Night of Dame Ragnell"; Polish translation by the one and only @lierre.bsky.social

Urywek mojego arturiańskiego opowiadania: "Noc poślubna pani Ragnell", przetłumaczonego na polski przez niezawodną Magdalenę Stonawską.
A snip of a short story, written in a white font on a blue-greenish backround; also in the backround there's a graphic of a forest on a misty evening. The snip: "I wedded prince Gawain of Orkney on a cold October morning, almost half a year after I’d betrayed my born brother for him, his bed, and his crown. I’d lost count of people begging me to agree to a secret and private mass which would spare poor Gawain the disgrace of being seen next to the most loathful of British women. I laughed in their faces, demanding the prize that their beloved king had promised me: a public ceremony with all the trimmings and feasts, worthy of the prince of the North and his enchanting bride. In a sense I got what I’d asked for. It was a beautiful ceremony, nearly as lavish as the wedding of Arthur and Gwenhwyfar themselves, but also the most mournful one that Caerleon had ever seen. No one cheered nor sang for us, no one dared to ring the joyful wedding bells, and so we exchanged our vows among the sounds of autumn aging winds. How very fitting indeed." Fragment opowiadania zapisany białą czcionką na niebieskawo-zielonkawym tle; za tekstem widoczne jest zdjęcie lasu iglastego pogrążonego w wieczornej mgle. Fragment: Poślubiłam księcia Gawaina z Orkadów w pewien chłodny październikowy poranek, niemal pół roku po tym, jak dla niego, jego łoża i jego korony zdradziłam rodzonego brata. Niezliczone osoby błagały mnie, bym zgodziła się na ceremonię cichą i prywatną, która ochroniłaby biednego Gawaina przed upokorzeniem bycia widzianym publicznie u boku najbardziej odrażającej kobiety w Brytanii. Wyśmiałam ich wszystkich. Żądałam tego, co obiecał mi ich ukochany władca – ceremonii z pompą i dziesiątkami gości, na jaką zasługiwał książę Północy i jego czarująca narzeczona. W pewnym sensie dostałam to, czego chciałam. Zaślubiny były piękne, niemal tak wystawne jak ślub samego Artura z Gwenhwyfar, lecz zarazem smutniejsze niż cokolwiek, czego świadkiem były mury Caerleonu. Nikt nie wiwatował. Nikt nie śpiewał. Nikt nie śmiał uderzyć w radosne weselne dzwony. Wymieniliśmy przysięgi w ciszy, którą przerywało jedynie wycie wiatru. Jakże odpowiednio.
pryvian.bsky.social
I should be writing at least 2 other texts (DEADLINES), so of course my ADHD brain said: "I HAVE A NEW IDEA!"

Original work, low fantasy, slice of life, lavender marriage and found family, unfortunately in a world with internalized homophobia and mysogyny.

archiveofourown.org/works/687381...
archiveofourown.org
August 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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adwills.bsky.social
“How do you decide what idea to write?”

Whichever little demon is shouting the loudest in my ears.
July 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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okwonga.bsky.social
Men, as a group, don’t feel collectively responsible for a society that enables a Dominique Pelicot, but we get furious at anyone who gently tells us that fascists have hijacked our favourite brands.
okwonga.bsky.social Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · Jul 27
The two most shared pieces of work that I have put out recently were about fascist dress codes in Berlin and the Dominique Pelicot trial. Men, as a group, engaged far, far more and got far, far angrier about the former than the latter. I find this grimly fascinating.
July 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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charlotte-millar.bsky.social
After a mere seven years in the making, The Cultural History of Magic is finally here!!
July 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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retroblastpod.com
If you have the AUDACITY to play video games on "easy" or "story" mode...

I want you to know that I think that's a perfectly acceptable way to enjoy a video game that you paid for because you're supposed to enjoy your favorite pastime any way you like.

Real life's hard enough. Enjoy your hobby.👍
July 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
pryvian.bsky.social
1. First #ttrpg you ever played? - A Song of Ice and Fire
2. First run? Scion 1st ed.
3. Played the most? D&D 5e or Mage: The Ascenscion, not sure
4. Run the most? Scion 1st ed.
5. Favorite? Mage: The Ascenscion
6. Most recently played? Mage: The Ascenscion
gunsmile.bsky.social Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · Jul 21
1. First #ttrpg you ever played? - D&D 3.5e
2. First run? Pathfinder 1.0
3. Played the most? Degenesis
4. Run the most? D&D 5e
5. Favorite? Degenesis
6. Most recently played? Degenesis
7. Most recently run? Degenesis
8. Next play? Vampire: the Masquerade
9. Next run? I'm not sure!
settingfirst.bsky.social Erik Schmidt @settingfirst.bsky.social · Jul 21
1. First #ttrpg you ever played? - OD&D
2. First run? D&D Basic
3. Played the most? Star Wars EotE
4. Run the most? Degenesis
5. Favorite? Degenesis
6. Most recently played? Delta Green
7. Most recently run? Forbidden Lands
8. Next play? Tales of the Old West
9. Next run? Coriolis: The Great Dark
July 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
pryvian.bsky.social
Jadę autem. W radiu informacje o manifestacjach w Warszawie i o tym, że obie strony są wulgarne.
Oh, wow, straszne.
...czy ktoś pamięta, że jedna z tych stron to j€b@ni FASZYŚCI?!
July 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
pryvian.bsky.social
If there is one thing I honestly hate about my ADHD, it is the Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. Everything goes rather fine and then I spend three days in the row just sitting on my bed and crying my eyes out.
July 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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fangirling0nly.bsky.social
Current Bsky content:

50% Antifascist Rageposting
50% KPDH Squeeing
July 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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nicholaskole.bsky.social
“Chat gpt, she is always contriving little lessons for me, she is wise beyond her years as everyone says, and as I am flawed and in need always of instruction she will sometime deign to drop pearls of wisdom from her plentiful store. I’ve prepared several to share with you-“
July 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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nickharkaway.com
Look, disappointed as I am to be deprived of a “monster-filled epic”, is no one going to talk about the fact that the guy translating this has the same name as the title character and science tells us this means he’s an immortal who guards the doors between earth and the realm of shadows?
July 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
pryvian.bsky.social
Ten authors by whom I've read more than five books

Anne Bishop
Roshani Chokshi
Jacqueline Carey
Agatha Christie
Camilla Läckberg
Philippa Gregory
G. R. R. Martin
Guy Gavriel Kay
Arturo Perez Reverte
Terry Pratchett
thornthewitch.bsky.social Thorn Mooney @thornthewitch.bsky.social · Jul 13
Ten authors by whom I've read more than five books

Bill Bryson
Richard Adams
Brian Jacques
Toni Morrison
Liane Moriarty
Adam Nevill
Anthony Trollope
Charles Dickens
George Eliot
L.M. Montgomery
megelison.bsky.social Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · Jul 13
Ten authors by whom I've read more than five books

Octavia Butler
Jacqueline Carey
Stephen King
Toni Morrison
John Scalzi
Catherynne M. Valente
Evelyn Waugh
Seanan McGuire
Cormac McCarthy
Ira Levin
July 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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robheighton.bsky.social
Hey everyone, I don't think Meg's on Bluesky, so is there any chance we could try and spread this around here?

Link: ko-fi.com/agameganon/s...

#AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky 🏺
Tweet by Twitter user @agameganon, with photos of beautiful Classics-inspired jewellery. Tweet reads as follows: My shop is open for 2025! I make silver and gold plated earrings, necklaces, and bookmarks inspired by my love of/research in Classics. Many pieces are made with replica Greco-Roman coins - there’s something to interest any history/mythology enthusiast!
January 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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jeanniemarschall.bsky.social
I ...yes to every single one of these 😂
@YeahitsChill for @ReesesBookClubxHelloSunshine: image with two halves, left half depicts "Things I've used as a bookmark": metrocard, envelope, receipt, pen, book jacket, scrap paper dollar, leaf, ticket stub, smaller book, sticky note, business card, clothing tag Right side has "Things I haven't used as a bookmark", which only has "fancy bookmark created and purchased specifically to mark my place in books"
July 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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racheldeering.bsky.social
Goodnight.
La Alameda de los Enamorados, Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quiros.
The Lovers’ Promenade. This painting depicts a serene, moonlit landscape with a prominent tree on the left side, its branches extending across the upper portion of the canvas. In the middle ground, a fence or railing stretches horizontally, seemingly separating the foreground from a more distant, hazy area. The overall color palette is dominated by cool blues and muted grays, creating a tranquil and somewhat ethereal atmosphere, characteristic of a nocturnal scene illuminated by moonlight and soft, diffused light from the sky.
July 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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shakeuphistory.bsky.social
Medieval Monday
More Eleanor of Aquitaine fun facts
She had some very controversial grandparents
Her grandfather, Duke Willem IX of Aquitaine, was known as the “Troubadour Duke”
Some of his poetry was X-rated!
He is credited with the beginnings of courtly love in southern France
July 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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tudorhistetc.bsky.social
i looooove a comma
septimusbrown.com Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · Jul 7
But... I just—ugh; fine.
One figure holding another figure back. The first figure represents a period and is saying just end the sentence. The second figure represents writers and it is reaching for a long Dash and ellipsis a semicolon and a comma
July 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
pryvian.bsky.social
Whoever came up with this term should be given up to the French for a "microrevolution" treatment.
Screenshot from the Merriam-Webster social media account commenting on an article on the term "microretirement" with "Vacations. The word is vacations."
July 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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yeetkunedo.bsky.social
re: generative AI

I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.

And now, you can use it, too.
Generative Al is being marketed as a tool designed to reduce or eliminate the need for developed, cognitive skillsets. It uses the work of others to simulate human output, except that it lacks grasp of nuance, contains grievous errors, and ultimately serves the goal of human beings being neurologically weaker due to the promise of the machine being better equipped than the humans using it would ever exert the effort to be. The people that use generative Al for art have no interest in being an artist; they simply want product to consume and forget about when the next piece of product goes by their eyes. The people that use generative Al to make music have no interest in being a musician; they simply want a machine to make them something to listen to until they get bored and want the machine to make some other disposable slop for them to pass the time with. The people that use generative Al to write things for them have no interest in writing. The people that use generative Al to find factoids have no interest in actual facts. The people that use generative Al to socialize have no interest in actual socialization. In every case, they've handed over the cognitive load of developing a necessary, creative human skillset to a machine that promises to ease the sweat equity cost of struggle. Using generative Al is like asking a machine to lift weights on your behalf and then calling yourself a bodybuilder when it's done with the reps. You build nothing in terms of muscle, you are not stronger, you are not faster, you are not in better shape. You're just deluding yourself while experiencing a slow decline due to self-inflicted atrophy.
July 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
pryvian.bsky.social
I've had an idea for a short story in my mind for over three years now. I've even written a couple of paragraphs in English and then left it for "a better time."
I'm reviewing this idea now for a Polish magazine and already have a problem in the 2nd paragraph since in English version I didn't have
July 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
pryvian.bsky.social
Polcon, Day 2. I hosted one panel and did a presentation on Basile's Pentamerone. Yet, the most important thing is that I got back to cosplay because I love Clea from @expedition33.bsky.social 💙
A woman in a cosplay of Clea from Clair Obscur (dark blue skirt and white shirt with golden paint stains) presenting PowerPoint presentation. A woman in a cosplay of Clea from Clair Obscur (dark blue skirt and white shirt with golden paint stains) presenting PowerPoint presentation. Selfie in a cosplay of Clea in Clair Obscur done in the mirror.
July 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
pryvian.bsky.social
Survived train to Warsaw, found the convention... The QnA with @adapalmer.bsky.social hosted by @ninedin.bsky.social truly felt as the dream came true ✨️💜
Polcon's identification badge Ada Palmer and Aleksandra Klèczar, Q and A panel, Polcon in Warsaw, 2025
July 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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catsuka.bsky.social
The Art of "KPop Demon Hunters".
Artworks by Scott Watanabe, Marion Bordeyne, Mingjue Helen Chen, Jeannie Lee.
More >> www.facebook.com/catsuka.noli...
June 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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stevevagabond.bsky.social
Me: Brain, how do you say "good" in Gaelic
Brain: Bueno
Me: That's Spanish!
July 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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davidhiggins.bsky.social
I’m becoming a terrible old bore about generative AI, I know. But it’s doing my head in seeing the normalisation of this dishonest and dangerous technology.
a cartoon character with a cane says that doll is evil i tells you evil evil
Alt: Grandpa Simpson with a cane says hysterically ‘that doll is evil i tells you evil evil’.
media.tenor.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM