Sandstone
@quartzen.bsky.social
Programmer and SFF reader. Sega fan. Asexual and otherwise queer. She/her. 📚
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For those of you wondering what the sportsball exclamations were about:
January 19, 2026 at 2:39 AM
For those of you wondering what the sportsball exclamations were about:
I'm only a casual sports person, but I do like when something happens in the sport and the entire social media timeline collectively goes "??!"
January 19, 2026 at 2:39 AM
I'm only a casual sports person, but I do like when something happens in the sport and the entire social media timeline collectively goes "??!"
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I’m seeing a lot of people post that Spanberger has ended the ICE contracts.
She may well do so soon (it’s only day 2), and we’ll keep you informed, but that’s not what she did yesterday. The contracts are still in place — she would still have to decide to do that.
She may well do so soon (it’s only day 2), and we’ll keep you informed, but that’s not what she did yesterday. The contracts are still in place — she would still have to decide to do that.
Abigail Spanberger did not end Virginia’s 287(g) partnership with ICE yesterday, despite reports to the contrary.
What Spanberger did do is rescind Glenn Youngkin’s order that required the state police + DOC to sign ICE contracts. She terminated the requirement, but not the contracts themselves.
What Spanberger did do is rescind Glenn Youngkin’s order that required the state police + DOC to sign ICE contracts. She terminated the requirement, but not the contracts themselves.
January 18, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I’m seeing a lot of people post that Spanberger has ended the ICE contracts.
She may well do so soon (it’s only day 2), and we’ll keep you informed, but that’s not what she did yesterday. The contracts are still in place — she would still have to decide to do that.
She may well do so soon (it’s only day 2), and we’ll keep you informed, but that’s not what she did yesterday. The contracts are still in place — she would still have to decide to do that.
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Here are 8 successful *proposals* for academic books/monographs. I am hoping that these help someone who is starting out trying to write one and wants to see what worked for me. They are provided as examples, rather than exemplars. A lot of it was just finding my own way eve.gd/2026/01/16/s...
Some example academic book proposal forms in case they help
A pivotal moment in my academic career, or at least one I remember clearly, was when a very senior professor in the US sent me his book proposal for an acade...
eve.gd
January 16, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Here are 8 successful *proposals* for academic books/monographs. I am hoping that these help someone who is starting out trying to write one and wants to see what worked for me. They are provided as examples, rather than exemplars. A lot of it was just finding my own way eve.gd/2026/01/16/s...
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Less than a month before The Chronicles of Nerezia gets its next novella! This time we linger on Keza's past, her people's lost culture, and her relationship with Horace.
Releases February 9!
Preorder here: buy.bookfunnel.com/pw9lfydyyw
Series info: claudiearseneault.com/nerezia/
♠️🌈📚
Releases February 9!
Preorder here: buy.bookfunnel.com/pw9lfydyyw
Series info: claudiearseneault.com/nerezia/
♠️🌈📚
January 18, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Less than a month before The Chronicles of Nerezia gets its next novella! This time we linger on Keza's past, her people's lost culture, and her relationship with Horace.
Releases February 9!
Preorder here: buy.bookfunnel.com/pw9lfydyyw
Series info: claudiearseneault.com/nerezia/
♠️🌈📚
Releases February 9!
Preorder here: buy.bookfunnel.com/pw9lfydyyw
Series info: claudiearseneault.com/nerezia/
♠️🌈📚
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Very grateful to the Journal of Contemporary Archaeology for publishing this, especially after I put manuscripts which were not good before their editor and said: "If you want to take them, take them; if you do not want to take them, go away!" journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
The Legend of Ea-Naṣir: How a Babylonian Businessman Became an Internet Meme
| Journal of Contemporary Archaeology
journal.equinoxpub.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Very grateful to the Journal of Contemporary Archaeology for publishing this, especially after I put manuscripts which were not good before their editor and said: "If you want to take them, take them; if you do not want to take them, go away!" journal.equinoxpub.com/JCA/article/...
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Just published a paper on the complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir meme, the decade-old tumblr in-joke that continues to impact the public understanding of the ancient world. Paywalled but email me if you want a copy. 🏺
January 15, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Just published a paper on the complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir meme, the decade-old tumblr in-joke that continues to impact the public understanding of the ancient world. Paywalled but email me if you want a copy. 🏺
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It can be hard knowing what comics, manga, and light novels are coming out. I offer you some of the resources I use! It's a little crazy, but also a little fun. playingps2.xyz/comics/buygu...
Jane Parker's Guide To Discovering And Buying Comics.
For comics and manga of all kinds!
playingps2.xyz
January 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM
It can be hard knowing what comics, manga, and light novels are coming out. I offer you some of the resources I use! It's a little crazy, but also a little fun. playingps2.xyz/comics/buygu...
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most important step of dressing a loom: make sure there's a cat available to keep your seat warm
January 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
most important step of dressing a loom: make sure there's a cat available to keep your seat warm
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This is a big reason why I've been trying to use physical media at my library whenever it's on offer, even if there are digital options.
Anyway, if your local library has a friends of the library chapter, set up a recurring donation and help your library out.
Anyway, if your local library has a friends of the library chapter, set up a recurring donation and help your library out.
No surprise to librarians, but perhaps surprising to users, demands/prices for ebooks /audiobooks are killing public library budgets. David Szalay's book, Flesh,” costs DCPL:
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
Libraries can't afford e-books. D.C. lawmakers have a plan.
The demand and price for e-books is up — and it’s busting the D.C. Public Library budget.
51st.news
January 17, 2026 at 9:22 PM
This is a big reason why I've been trying to use physical media at my library whenever it's on offer, even if there are digital options.
Anyway, if your local library has a friends of the library chapter, set up a recurring donation and help your library out.
Anyway, if your local library has a friends of the library chapter, set up a recurring donation and help your library out.
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I was really pleased to see a chapter on romance novels in a volume about history/historical memory: it shows they have value to historians.
[Link to publisher's website: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
Link to extended excerpt of this essay: books.google.co.uk/books?id=wJG... ]
[Link to publisher's website: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
Link to extended excerpt of this essay: books.google.co.uk/books?id=wJG... ]
January 17, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I was really pleased to see a chapter on romance novels in a volume about history/historical memory: it shows they have value to historians.
[Link to publisher's website: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
Link to extended excerpt of this essay: books.google.co.uk/books?id=wJG... ]
[Link to publisher's website: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
Link to extended excerpt of this essay: books.google.co.uk/books?id=wJG... ]
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New Publication, by @sarahbelle721.bsky.social (2026).”Love Is a Battlefield: Civil War Memory in Modern Romance Novels.” They Are Dead and Yet They Live: Civil War Memories in a Polarized America. Ed. John M. Kinder and Jennifer M. Murray. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 152-169.
January 17, 2026 at 4:55 PM
New Publication, by @sarahbelle721.bsky.social (2026).”Love Is a Battlefield: Civil War Memory in Modern Romance Novels.” They Are Dead and Yet They Live: Civil War Memories in a Polarized America. Ed. John M. Kinder and Jennifer M. Murray. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 152-169.
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// Magic Knight Rayearth | 魔法騎士レイアース
// Saturn
// OP/Title ~JP ver.
🎵 Yuzurenai Negai | ゆずれない願い
🎤 Naomi Tamura | 田村 直美
// Saturn
// OP/Title ~JP ver.
🎵 Yuzurenai Negai | ゆずれない願い
🎤 Naomi Tamura | 田村 直美
January 11, 2026 at 10:44 PM
// Magic Knight Rayearth | 魔法騎士レイアース
// Saturn
// OP/Title ~JP ver.
🎵 Yuzurenai Negai | ゆずれない願い
🎤 Naomi Tamura | 田村 直美
// Saturn
// OP/Title ~JP ver.
🎵 Yuzurenai Negai | ゆずれない願い
🎤 Naomi Tamura | 田村 直美
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A massive "Hands off Greenland" protest is happening right now in Copenhagen to demonstrate against Trump's threats.
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 PM
A massive "Hands off Greenland" protest is happening right now in Copenhagen to demonstrate against Trump's threats.
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
"The aim is to send a clear and unified message of respect for Greenland's democracy," organisers said.
“Respect for Greenland, respect for Greenlanders, respect for Denmark.”
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This is all about forcing people who cannot afford healthcare insurance to work for subminimum wage in combination server-dishwasher jobs in rural Missouri AND bump people with disability exemptions off the rolls via bureaucracy incompetency by design.
Republicans push to put Medicaid work requirements into Missouri constitution • Missouri Independent
The proposal, if approved by voters, would make it more difficult for Missouri to reverse Medicaid work requirements if federal law changes.
missouriindependent.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
This is all about forcing people who cannot afford healthcare insurance to work for subminimum wage in combination server-dishwasher jobs in rural Missouri AND bump people with disability exemptions off the rolls via bureaucracy incompetency by design.
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Interested in reading our acclaimed murder mystery, WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW?
You can read it digitally on GlobalComix: globalcomix.com/c/who-killed...
Or order a physical copy from Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/who-killed...
You can read it digitally on GlobalComix: globalcomix.com/c/who-killed...
Or order a physical copy from Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/who-killed...
January 16, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Interested in reading our acclaimed murder mystery, WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW?
You can read it digitally on GlobalComix: globalcomix.com/c/who-killed...
Or order a physical copy from Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/who-killed...
You can read it digitally on GlobalComix: globalcomix.com/c/who-killed...
Or order a physical copy from Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/who-killed...
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*much of America will be punished with a 10% tax hike on European goods for Europe not giving us Greenland
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Trump says much of Europe will be charged a 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
*much of America will be punished with a 10% tax hike on European goods for Europe not giving us Greenland
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The delicacy of the art and the art-making is incredible.
Applying a mixture of pyrrol red and pyrrol scarlet to the goldfinch's 'mask.' The first brush is loaded with paint, the second, clean water. Watercolour on silk.
I should remember to include Customary Scale Penny when filming, too.
I should remember to include Customary Scale Penny when filming, too.
January 16, 2026 at 12:20 AM
The delicacy of the art and the art-making is incredible.
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From Sesame Street
January 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
From Sesame Street
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This month (January) we need desperate help with bills including electric and rent. Like, around $1,500 total. And I've been trying not to post this too much but it's getting down to the wire.
Hi everyone I can't find the ongoing post I made but while I'm working again Lexi is still trying to find a job and we are not doing great financially. This week we could really use assistance paying water and electricity. All shares and help are very appreciated 💖!
#mutualaid
Paypal.me/leximac
#mutualaid
Paypal.me/leximac
Pay Lexington Macleod using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/leximac and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
Paypal.me
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This month (January) we need desperate help with bills including electric and rent. Like, around $1,500 total. And I've been trying not to post this too much but it's getting down to the wire.
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This year I've decided to make more trans mugs. Last year I raised money for our local gender affirming closet.
This year, I'm looking to raise money for an organization that helps trans people in Alberta.
If you know of any orgs helping, please let me know below.
#alberta #Trans #lgbtq #Canada
This year, I'm looking to raise money for an organization that helps trans people in Alberta.
If you know of any orgs helping, please let me know below.
#alberta #Trans #lgbtq #Canada
January 11, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Something tiny for your evening.
Tisha Mark ©2026, Soft Peaceful Sunset No. 2601, oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3"
Original is available:
tishamark.com/shop
#art #painting #bsnm #SciArt #TraditionalArt
Tisha Mark ©2026, Soft Peaceful Sunset No. 2601, oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3"
Original is available:
tishamark.com/shop
#art #painting #bsnm #SciArt #TraditionalArt
January 16, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Something tiny for your evening.
Tisha Mark ©2026, Soft Peaceful Sunset No. 2601, oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3"
Original is available:
tishamark.com/shop
#art #painting #bsnm #SciArt #TraditionalArt
Tisha Mark ©2026, Soft Peaceful Sunset No. 2601, oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3"
Original is available:
tishamark.com/shop
#art #painting #bsnm #SciArt #TraditionalArt
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Goodnight.
Winter Night in the Mountains, Harald Sohlberg, 1914.
Winter Night in the Mountains, Harald Sohlberg, 1914.
January 16, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Goodnight.
Winter Night in the Mountains, Harald Sohlberg, 1914.
Winter Night in the Mountains, Harald Sohlberg, 1914.
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A report on the current situation of urushi artists in Wajima was published in The New York Times. I hope you’ll read it.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/a...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/a...
After an Earthquake, Preserving a Slow Craft in a Fast World
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:20 AM
A report on the current situation of urushi artists in Wajima was published in The New York Times. I hope you’ll read it.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/a...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/a...
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Announcing ICE Breaker: A charity speedrun event by myself & @rrlat.bsky.social on Jan 30 - Feb 1 to support Minnesotans in defending from ICE.
Submit runs: oengus.io/marathon/ice...
Volunteer: forms.gle/51HEcBmhUC8X...
Run submissions close Sunday. Volunteer apps have a soft deadline of Saturday
Submit runs: oengus.io/marathon/ice...
Volunteer: forms.gle/51HEcBmhUC8X...
Run submissions close Sunday. Volunteer apps have a soft deadline of Saturday
January 16, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Announcing ICE Breaker: A charity speedrun event by myself & @rrlat.bsky.social on Jan 30 - Feb 1 to support Minnesotans in defending from ICE.
Submit runs: oengus.io/marathon/ice...
Volunteer: forms.gle/51HEcBmhUC8X...
Run submissions close Sunday. Volunteer apps have a soft deadline of Saturday
Submit runs: oengus.io/marathon/ice...
Volunteer: forms.gle/51HEcBmhUC8X...
Run submissions close Sunday. Volunteer apps have a soft deadline of Saturday