Lev Mirov
@thelionmachine.bsky.social
poet, novelist, graduate student, time traveler. in my sock knitting era. Jewish genderfluid bone wizard writing queer trans speclit in hell. Medievalist inexplicably writing a dissertation about Anna Akhmatova's queerness. no English pronouns, thanks.
Protip if you hate being awake all night in the bathroom
Do not eat both servings of konjack miracle noodles at once. Please taking the serving sizes seriously. Even if you're really hungry and it's the only thing you have spoons to make. Maybe get a different gluten free meal pouch.
Do not eat both servings of konjack miracle noodles at once. Please taking the serving sizes seriously. Even if you're really hungry and it's the only thing you have spoons to make. Maybe get a different gluten free meal pouch.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Protip if you hate being awake all night in the bathroom
Do not eat both servings of konjack miracle noodles at once. Please taking the serving sizes seriously. Even if you're really hungry and it's the only thing you have spoons to make. Maybe get a different gluten free meal pouch.
Do not eat both servings of konjack miracle noodles at once. Please taking the serving sizes seriously. Even if you're really hungry and it's the only thing you have spoons to make. Maybe get a different gluten free meal pouch.
He was a preteen at the time, and we were all incredibly hungry, don't judge him too hard.
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
He was a preteen at the time, and we were all incredibly hungry, don't judge him too hard.
We call it "the bagel incident". My brother was hungry after we arrived at a timeshare that was empty except for a bowl of fruits and bagels on the counter.
45m with a butterknife later, having sawed about a quarter through, a piece chipped off. The bagel was not "really stale".
It was plastic.
45m with a butterknife later, having sawed about a quarter through, a piece chipped off. The bagel was not "really stale".
It was plastic.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
We call it "the bagel incident". My brother was hungry after we arrived at a timeshare that was empty except for a bowl of fruits and bagels on the counter.
45m with a butterknife later, having sawed about a quarter through, a piece chipped off. The bagel was not "really stale".
It was plastic.
45m with a butterknife later, having sawed about a quarter through, a piece chipped off. The bagel was not "really stale".
It was plastic.
I noticed when blenders became widely available under $30 again a lot of the juice people had moved on. It's very obvious to me a lot of "fasting" weight loss claptrap is basically selling disordered eating for cis men with fragile masculinities.
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I noticed when blenders became widely available under $30 again a lot of the juice people had moved on. It's very obvious to me a lot of "fasting" weight loss claptrap is basically selling disordered eating for cis men with fragile masculinities.
Whenever I think maybe I am being vain about aging because I take stuff for thinning hair, I remember that I'm 37 and I just want to enjoy healthy hair while I can and rich people twice my age are trying to pretend they're immortal and time can't touch them and it's very different, actually
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whenever I think maybe I am being vain about aging because I take stuff for thinning hair, I remember that I'm 37 and I just want to enjoy healthy hair while I can and rich people twice my age are trying to pretend they're immortal and time can't touch them and it's very different, actually
There are workers trapped in systems of enslavement that function digitally, absolutely. No question. But instead of talking about that and what might help them, instead somehow we are talking about /spins the discourse roulette/ reading books
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
There are workers trapped in systems of enslavement that function digitally, absolutely. No question. But instead of talking about that and what might help them, instead somehow we are talking about /spins the discourse roulette/ reading books
Truly, I have NEVER had a tarot reading that only told me things I want to hear, my own reading or somebody else's. I think that's just an aspect of how human brains work on the lexicon of symbols.
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Truly, I have NEVER had a tarot reading that only told me things I want to hear, my own reading or somebody else's. I think that's just an aspect of how human brains work on the lexicon of symbols.
ChatGPT and everything like it exists only to invoke the same feeling as a slots machine app or the bots on dating sites that pretend to be into you so you'll stay subscribed.
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
ChatGPT and everything like it exists only to invoke the same feeling as a slots machine app or the bots on dating sites that pretend to be into you so you'll stay subscribed.
It has to do with the point of the program, which is that all answers should please the user and engage them to continue using the service. That fundamentally, unchangeably breaks what the program is for, it can't be for anything useful, its only purpose is to make you stay online longer.
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
It has to do with the point of the program, which is that all answers should please the user and engage them to continue using the service. That fundamentally, unchangeably breaks what the program is for, it can't be for anything useful, its only purpose is to make you stay online longer.
That noise coming up from the river is my screaming. Penal service labor is slavery. Your passport being taken away so you can't leave your job is slavery. Company town setups can be slavery. Sweatshops and remote call centers and hair salons can all be slavery. Voluntary actions are not slavery!!!
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
That noise coming up from the river is my screaming. Penal service labor is slavery. Your passport being taken away so you can't leave your job is slavery. Company town setups can be slavery. Sweatshops and remote call centers and hair salons can all be slavery. Voluntary actions are not slavery!!!
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URGENT. I need to raise $925 for Dec. rent. I’m finally recovering from the damage my last job did, but had a debilitating number of migraines these past few months, and hit a rougher-than-expected patch.
Thank you for all your help!
Thank you for all your help!
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November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
URGENT. I need to raise $925 for Dec. rent. I’m finally recovering from the damage my last job did, but had a debilitating number of migraines these past few months, and hit a rougher-than-expected patch.
Thank you for all your help!
Thank you for all your help!
I don't really think a broth kit with mystery vitamins is "fasting safely". I think you need to talk people who have a full picture of your health before you try to abstain from food for long periods of time and be with people who will help you if your health starts to crash out.
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I don't really think a broth kit with mystery vitamins is "fasting safely". I think you need to talk people who have a full picture of your health before you try to abstain from food for long periods of time and be with people who will help you if your health starts to crash out.
It's really telling that "fasting safely" costs so much money and runs big promotional sales when having nothing but broth and coffee for two days is otherwise called "poverty".
It's so fun to see the harbingers of economic depression creeping in with these chirpy little articles like "Eating Every Other Day: How to Save Dough and Slim Down!" or "12 Roommates in a 2 Bedroom: The Cure for Loneliness!"
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It's really telling that "fasting safely" costs so much money and runs big promotional sales when having nothing but broth and coffee for two days is otherwise called "poverty".
Oop, sorry. Someone is giving away a large turkey in Baltimore
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Oop, sorry. Someone is giving away a large turkey in Baltimore
This is kind of the crux of the Knightbook projects; you can't go backwards or forwards, only sideways, if everything goes well you will simply cease to exert pressure or have knowledge of your own timeline.
Time travel but the traveler finds out that time travel runs on multiverse theory so they can never return to the time they came from and each time they travel, they create a new timeline until the timelines become unstable and begin to merge
Yea, yesterday's post shows me that we need more media where time travel goes wrong
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is kind of the crux of the Knightbook projects; you can't go backwards or forwards, only sideways, if everything goes well you will simply cease to exert pressure or have knowledge of your own timeline.
@actualkatherine.bsky.social I think you're vegetarian(? Or did I make that up?) but you might know somebody?
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
@actualkatherine.bsky.social I think you're vegetarian(? Or did I make that up?) but you might know somebody?
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Does anyone in Baltimore need (or could use) a 20 lb turkey? Because reasons, we have acquired one, and while we can come up with uses for it, it's A Problem for my allergy issues and if someone needs it more, Sarah is happy to deliver anywhere in Baltimore
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Does anyone in Baltimore need (or could use) a 20 lb turkey? Because reasons, we have acquired one, and while we can come up with uses for it, it's A Problem for my allergy issues and if someone needs it more, Sarah is happy to deliver anywhere in Baltimore
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Unless the thieves are a rival ballet company, I desperately want to see the facial expressions when they open that truck and discover they've stolen the set for the Nutcracker.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Who stole the Nutcracker set? Travelling ballet says moving truck with backdrop inside was swiped | CBC News
A ballet company on an Ontario-wide tour of The Nutcracker says someone stole the moving truck storing its “irreplaceable” sets and backdrops.
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Unless the thieves are a rival ballet company, I desperately want to see the facial expressions when they open that truck and discover they've stolen the set for the Nutcracker.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
There is yet another fake Free Turkey Dinner At Costco Giveaway phishing email in my newsletters folder instead of my spam folder. DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING OR GO TO THEIR WEBSITE!! If you think a loved one might fall for it, warn them, perhaps offer to help pay for holiday groceries.
Hey so bad news, there's a phishing email going around pretending to pay for free Thanksgiving dinners at Costco. Please tell your leas internet savvy friends this is a horrible, heartless scam and they SHOULD NOT CLICK ANYTHING
![Gmail preview of a phishing email pretending to be Costco.
I have included the titles exactly as they appeared.
Title: You've won a Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner from Costco [myemail] [thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:09:21 +0000] red emoji exclamation point
From: Costco - Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner etdenix@iszgxhz.aaq.missouri.uk.com
To: me@aol.com (not my actual email)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rspmvkykyekzvboa4kalkzy6/bafkreigkvh2cafvfzijskbmnbiqnohezcd36clsa7kk2hbx2pydllz7efy@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
There is yet another fake Free Turkey Dinner At Costco Giveaway phishing email in my newsletters folder instead of my spam folder. DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING OR GO TO THEIR WEBSITE!! If you think a loved one might fall for it, warn them, perhaps offer to help pay for holiday groceries.
... why is youtube showing me ads for an AI generated video of white Jesus reciting The Lord's Prayer for children, there is probably nothing I hate more in the whole world that isn't straight up a crime against humanity than Christianity Dreck combined with AI Slop
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
... why is youtube showing me ads for an AI generated video of white Jesus reciting The Lord's Prayer for children, there is probably nothing I hate more in the whole world that isn't straight up a crime against humanity than Christianity Dreck combined with AI Slop
I know I can't make people stop pirating books but it would be nice if they treated it like it's actually the same as shoplifting a book, and didn't go around bragging about it
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I know I can't make people stop pirating books but it would be nice if they treated it like it's actually the same as shoplifting a book, and didn't go around bragging about it
I do feel like, living in New Orleans where there's people who walk around as skeletons (with masks or paint on) I probably would barely clock someone being green, right up until a drunk tourist noticed and tried to make a fuss
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I do feel like, living in New Orleans where there's people who walk around as skeletons (with masks or paint on) I probably would barely clock someone being green, right up until a drunk tourist noticed and tried to make a fuss
I think there are genuinely two types of people, people who don't understand what the big deal is with her being green, genuinely, why are these people so mean to her, and people who don't realize they are the actual villains of Wicked and think she should have just tried to be more respectable
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I think there are genuinely two types of people, people who don't understand what the big deal is with her being green, genuinely, why are these people so mean to her, and people who don't realize they are the actual villains of Wicked and think she should have just tried to be more respectable
However we are talking about consuming media for free which deprives the creators of income, which isn't really the same kind of law. So just don't talk about it!!!
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
However we are talking about consuming media for free which deprives the creators of income, which isn't really the same kind of law. So just don't talk about it!!!