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Sarenth Óðinsson @sarenth.bsky.social · 9h

Today is the workshop Calling to the Ancestors at 7pm EST on Zoom!
Bring your questions about Ancestor work. Bring comments and experience about your own work with the Ancestors, and bring items related to, or from your Ancestors.

Tickets are here:
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Workshop: Calling to the Ancestors

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Sarenth Óðinsson @sarenth.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, both Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation have some of the best soundtracks of that period. So many of those songs followed me from then to now.

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Jenna Beet @jennabeet.bsky.social · 1d

I love how utterly unintimidated she is. And then she pops out with, "Where are you going?" 🤣

And the whistles! Yaaay, make these dickheads lives a misery.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 2d

Federal Goons pull over woman, threaten to arrest her for allegedly trying to "impede" by following them.

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Sarenth Óðinsson @sarenth.bsky.social · 2d

Heathens, Pagans, and various folks, you need to pay attention.
Not only do we benefit from folks like Dr. Merkelbach, we are poorer for it when they are straightjacketed, whether by authoritarians or law, from practicing what they have spent so much of their lives training in.
Support them!

Rebecca Merkelbach @beccamerkelbach.bsky.social · 2d

My blog post with the ADAM network has now been published. It's about precarity, the future of small subjects, and communal approaches to academic work. I hope it will resonate with some. #IchBinHanna #KleineFaecher #SkandiRetten
difficultmedieval.com/2025/10/23/h...

Hard Times and Trial Approaches: Old Norse-Icelandic Studies Between Precarity and the Future

Dr Rebecca Merkelbach reflects on her keynote speech at the most recent Saga Conference. Held every three years, Saga Con is the most important meeting of Old Norse scholars, bringing together acad…

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Rebecca Merkelbach @beccamerkelbach.bsky.social · 2d

My blog post with the ADAM network has now been published. It's about precarity, the future of small subjects, and communal approaches to academic work. I hope it will resonate with some. #IchBinHanna #KleineFaecher #SkandiRetten
difficultmedieval.com/2025/10/23/h...

Hard Times and Trial Approaches: Old Norse-Icelandic Studies Between Precarity and the Future

Dr Rebecca Merkelbach reflects on her keynote speech at the most recent Saga Conference. Held every three years, Saga Con is the most important meeting of Old Norse scholars, bringing together acad…

difficultmedieval.com

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 2d

This is not something I want to do, but as someone who was food insecure for a long time, here are some ways to get the most out of what you can get.

-if you have dietary restrictions or food aversions, spend some time thinking about what foods are safe. It sounds obvious, but—

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Sarenth Óðinsson @sarenth.bsky.social · 3d

Patreon Poem/Prayer/Song 127: For Sigyn and Laufy

If you want to submit a request for a prayer, poem, or song to be written to you privately or to be posted on this blog or my Patreon for a God, Ancestor, or spirit, sign up for the Ansuz and above level here on my Patreon. This request was made by…

Patreon Poem/Prayer/Song 127: For Sigyn and Laufy

If you want to submit a request for a prayer, poem, or song to be written to you privately or to be posted on this blog or my Patreon for a God, Ancestor, or spirit, sign up for the Ansuz and above level here on my Patreon. This request was made by Cunnian for Sigyn and Laufy. Courage is mistaken for meekness…

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Sarenth Óðinsson @sarenth.bsky.social · 4d

October Workshop -Calling to the Ancestors

Date: 10/26/2025 on Zoom

This workshop explores the basics of Ancestor work, including who They may be, ways to call on Them, and how we can involve Them in our daily lives.

Purchase tickets here.
events.humanitix.com/workshop-cal...

Workshop: Calling to the Ancestors

events.humanitix.com

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Sarenth Óðinsson @sarenth.bsky.social · 4d

October Workshop -Calling to the Ancestors

Date: 10/26/2025 on Zoom

This workshop explores the basics of Ancestor work, including who They may be, ways to call on Them, and how we can involve Them in our daily lives.

Purchase tickets here.
events.humanitix.com/workshop-cal...

Workshop: Calling to the Ancestors

events.humanitix.com

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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 7d

4yo has further worked out that if there were unicorns at the protest, then we really must be on Team Good Guys, and that the Bad Guys could never stop us, because we have unicorn magic. 🦄💖

So again: major shout-out to the inflatable costume-wearers. You are a symbol of hope for all ages!!!!!

Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 7d

Attended as a family today, and now home. ❤️

10yo was totally awed by the protest. Contemplative. Deep in thought.

4yo, meanwhile, is jumping around ecstatic that he got to "high five a real unicorn!!!!!"

(Shout-out to all the inflatable costumes for making this the ultimate kid friendly protest!)

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 6d

The AWS outage exposes again that “the cloud” isn’t magic, it’s infrastructure. The issue isn’t a cyberattack, it’s architectural over-reliance on a handful of cloud giants. We centralized the internet and then made our entire lives dependent on it.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6d

During Thanksgiving and holidays, people want to do food drives where they collect canned goods etc... and I really would love to offer that food banks need MONEY so if you can collect and donate MONEY please do that. They can then use those funds to purchase what's needed AT DISCOUNTS.

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𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙.˚⊹.🎃₊˚𖦹⋆ @dungeonlust.com · 6d

Art by • Joseph Vargo

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 7d

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

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Yukimi Lumaris @lumaris.net · 7d

Tali and his horse 💜
I'm not sure what the story is here, I'm working on his book in the idea phase.
I hope this'll be relevant by the time I finish the book (it's 90$% done but I need to rewrite a lot of it)

#art #fantasyart #oc #bookcharacter #bookart #authorartist

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Radoge🍇🍋 @radoge14.bsky.social · 7d

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The Cyber Record @thecyberrecord.net · 8d

tree.fm

tree.fm – Tune Into Forests From Around The World 🌳🔈

People around the world recorded the sounds of their forests, so you can escape into nature, while in lockdown or unable to travel. Use this site to chill, meditate or do some digital shinrin-yoku.

tree.fm

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Sarenth Óðinsson @sarenth.bsky.social · 9d

Unfortunately. You would think that folks would get where their own interests aligned, but sadly not.

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Sarenth Óðinsson @sarenth.bsky.social · 10d

Patreon Topic 127: On Managing Needy Spirits

If you want to submit a topic you would like me to write on for this blog or my Patreon, sign up for the Ansuz level or above here on my Patreon. You can also choose to support me outside of Patreon, such as directly through PayPal. From Cunnian comes…

Patreon Topic 127: On Managing Needy Spirits

If you want to submit a topic you would like me to write on for this blog or my Patreon, sign up for the Ansuz level or above here on my Patreon. You can also choose to support me outside of Patreon, such as directly through PayPal. From Cunnian comes this topic: "On managing needy spirits." When I first began to write this post, I felt I needed to include this from Cunnian for context:

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Sarenth Óðinsson @sarenth.bsky.social · 11d

October Workshop -Calling to Our Ancestors

Date: 10/26/2025 Description How do we call to our Ancestors? Are our Ancestors just flesh and blood, or can They be those who brought us to our path? Why would we call Them? This workshop explores these questions, and many basics of Ancestor work,…

October Workshop -Calling to Our Ancestors

Date: 10/26/2025 Description How do we call to our Ancestors? Are our Ancestors just flesh and blood, or can They be those who brought us to our path? Why would we call Them? This workshop explores these questions, and many basics of Ancestor work, including who They may be, ways to call on Them, and how we can involve Them in our daily lives.

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DOG of BLUD @dogblud.bsky.social · 10d

Anyway it's #werewolfwednesday so this is the perfect time to remind folks that they can sponsor our work. If there's a project or piece of ours you'd like to push closer to completion, let us know about it! It's one less day we have to spend advertising comms :) werewolf.town/DEsponsor.html

A pissy blonde white woman (Phoebe) jealously shields her werewolf lover's (Lacey's) immaculate body from sight and declares, 'Nothing to see here!' If you continue to insist on staring, she will continue to aggressively cry at you.

The text reads:

YOU THERE!

Want the pouty blonde to ditch the coat??

Or see what happens when her werewolf paramour decides she's overdressed?

If your answer is YES (and why wouldn't it be?) then, boy, have we got a deal for you!!

Through our one-of-a-kind, satisfaction-guaranteed SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM you can hire us develop projects like this, and more!!

Visit us at Werewolf.Town for more details!

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Sarenth Óðinsson @sarenth.bsky.social · 10d

Patreon Topic 127: On Managing Needy Spirits

If you want to submit a topic you would like me to write on for this blog or my Patreon, sign up for the Ansuz level or above here on my Patreon. You can also choose to support me outside of Patreon, such as directly through PayPal. From Cunnian comes…

Patreon Topic 127: On Managing Needy Spirits

If you want to submit a topic you would like me to write on for this blog or my Patreon, sign up for the Ansuz level or above here on my Patreon. You can also choose to support me outside of Patreon, such as directly through PayPal. From Cunnian comes this topic: "On managing needy spirits." When I first began to write this post, I felt I needed to include this from Cunnian for context:

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Sarenth Óðinsson @sarenth.bsky.social · 11d

October Workshop -Calling to Our Ancestors

Date: 10/26/2025 Description How do we call to our Ancestors? Are our Ancestors just flesh and blood, or can They be those who brought us to our path? Why would we call Them? This workshop explores these questions, and many basics of Ancestor work,…

October Workshop -Calling to Our Ancestors

Date: 10/26/2025 Description How do we call to our Ancestors? Are our Ancestors just flesh and blood, or can They be those who brought us to our path? Why would we call Them? This workshop explores these questions, and many basics of Ancestor work, including who They may be, ways to call on Them, and how we can involve Them in our daily lives.

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ᛏᚱᛅᚢᚴᛦ 🧟‍♂️ Alex 🔻 ᛒᛚᚬᚦᚴᛅ 🩸 ᚼᛁᚦᛁᚾ ⚒ @alex-red-heathen.bsky.social · 11d

all hail the wolf women

A warrior with the head of a wolf holding a spear point down and drawing a sword from a scabbard. Surrounding her are the words "TO CHANGE ONE'S SHAPE IS DIVINE". The background is the trans flag.

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 11d

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 12d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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