Teacup
@undertheteacup.bsky.social
Once and future librarian. White immigrant. they/them or xe/xym/xyr/xyrself
Big ol nerd about queer media, spec-fic, cool weird bugs and mushrooms and plants and rocks.
Big ol nerd about queer media, spec-fic, cool weird bugs and mushrooms and plants and rocks.
really feeling this lately. i've been wondering why i'm having SUCH a hard time with certain social and work skills that i used to be able to turn on as needed and/or convincingly fake.
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
really feeling this lately. i've been wondering why i'm having SUCH a hard time with certain social and work skills that i used to be able to turn on as needed and/or convincingly fake.
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Happy Resistance Day.
We exist. We resist. We revitalize and tell the old stories.
Nonhelema & the Moravian Lenapes spent too long being erased and forgotten.
It's a good day to be Indigenous
so glad I shared this story w/ @margaret.bsky.social and that she told it to @jamieloftus.bsky.social
We exist. We resist. We revitalize and tell the old stories.
Nonhelema & the Moravian Lenapes spent too long being erased and forgotten.
It's a good day to be Indigenous
so glad I shared this story w/ @margaret.bsky.social and that she told it to @jamieloftus.bsky.social
New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Margaret continues her talk with Jamie Loftus about Shawnee resistance to the American colonialism and a woman who led them in battle.
@margaret.bsky.social @jamieloftus.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Margaret continues her talk with Jamie Loftus about Shawnee resistance to the American colonialism and a woman who led them in battle.
@margaret.bsky.social @jamieloftus.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Happy Resistance Day.
We exist. We resist. We revitalize and tell the old stories.
Nonhelema & the Moravian Lenapes spent too long being erased and forgotten.
It's a good day to be Indigenous
so glad I shared this story w/ @margaret.bsky.social and that she told it to @jamieloftus.bsky.social
We exist. We resist. We revitalize and tell the old stories.
Nonhelema & the Moravian Lenapes spent too long being erased and forgotten.
It's a good day to be Indigenous
so glad I shared this story w/ @margaret.bsky.social and that she told it to @jamieloftus.bsky.social
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I was at the ER the night before Thanksgiving/early hours of Thanksgiving last year with a family member, and we overheard two doctors call that block of time "The Night of the Mandolines" due to the sheer number of sharps injuries during meal prep.
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I was at the ER the night before Thanksgiving/early hours of Thanksgiving last year with a family member, and we overheard two doctors call that block of time "The Night of the Mandolines" due to the sheer number of sharps injuries during meal prep.
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This is a very good and important thread
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is a very good and important thread
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Some Indigenous/First Nations science fiction, fantasy, and horror recs for your Wednesday!
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Some Indigenous/First Nations science fiction, fantasy, and horror recs for your Wednesday!
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Check below if you live somewhere with snow/ice & want to deal with icy walkways environmentally consciously & cost-effectively.
TL;DR:
Salt & other chemical alternatives are harmful to pets' paws as well as water/soil.
Cat litter additives harm water/soil.
1– Cherry stone grit (reusable!)
2–Sand
TL;DR:
Salt & other chemical alternatives are harmful to pets' paws as well as water/soil.
Cat litter additives harm water/soil.
1– Cherry stone grit (reusable!)
2–Sand
Environmentally conscious friends, what are your salt alternatives & advice for icy walks?
Icy sidewalks? Use salt sparingly. A good salt spread has each grain at about three inches apart.
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Check below if you live somewhere with snow/ice & want to deal with icy walkways environmentally consciously & cost-effectively.
TL;DR:
Salt & other chemical alternatives are harmful to pets' paws as well as water/soil.
Cat litter additives harm water/soil.
1– Cherry stone grit (reusable!)
2–Sand
TL;DR:
Salt & other chemical alternatives are harmful to pets' paws as well as water/soil.
Cat litter additives harm water/soil.
1– Cherry stone grit (reusable!)
2–Sand
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Just a gentle reminder to save PDFs of the work you published this year especially in digital publications because you could look up one day and find that that pub doesn’t exist anymore and isn’t archived anywhere and is just gone
Ask me how I know!
Ask me how I know!
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Just a gentle reminder to save PDFs of the work you published this year especially in digital publications because you could look up one day and find that that pub doesn’t exist anymore and isn’t archived anywhere and is just gone
Ask me how I know!
Ask me how I know!
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November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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I love that this photo looks like it was created specifically to be a reference for drawing cranes in flight. 😂 Wings up? Wings down? We got it all! #birds
November 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I love that this photo looks like it was created specifically to be a reference for drawing cranes in flight. 😂 Wings up? Wings down? We got it all! #birds
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
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I mention this because people are talking about people leaning on woo woo, and a lot of people think acupuncture is woo woo, and I thought it was woo woo and someone walked in and took a look at me and then put a needle in my arm and it stopped the flare up. Period.
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I mention this because people are talking about people leaning on woo woo, and a lot of people think acupuncture is woo woo, and I thought it was woo woo and someone walked in and took a look at me and then put a needle in my arm and it stopped the flare up. Period.
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But I see people saying shit like "well you have to trust--" and look, you don't.
And also, look, a lot of shit that we think is "woo woo" is in fact woo woo, but it's not all woo woo.
And also, look, a lot of shit that we think is "woo woo" is in fact woo woo, but it's not all woo woo.
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
But I see people saying shit like "well you have to trust--" and look, you don't.
And also, look, a lot of shit that we think is "woo woo" is in fact woo woo, but it's not all woo woo.
And also, look, a lot of shit that we think is "woo woo" is in fact woo woo, but it's not all woo woo.
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Anyway, I recognize that there is a lot of awful shit out there, but truly you have to understand that (a) Western medicine is not the be all and end all of the entire world and (b) we have some huge honking holes in our ability to treat people, and people are going to try everything they can.
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Anyway, I recognize that there is a lot of awful shit out there, but truly you have to understand that (a) Western medicine is not the be all and end all of the entire world and (b) we have some huge honking holes in our ability to treat people, and people are going to try everything they can.
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yeah, I do not feel like I have the range to talk about the difference between White People WooWoo and western medicine being srs racist against knowledge from anywhere else, but I also think about that a lot
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
yeah, I do not feel like I have the range to talk about the difference between White People WooWoo and western medicine being srs racist against knowledge from anywhere else, but I also think about that a lot
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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What I found profoundly affecting was when I was talking about how I try to take care of my goats when they're in labor and women started popping up in my Twitter mentions to say they wished they'd gotten care like that.
Please hear me when I say that
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
What I found profoundly affecting was when I was talking about how I try to take care of my goats when they're in labor and women started popping up in my Twitter mentions to say they wished they'd gotten care like that.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Cows have rough tongues like a cat's but way longer and more prehensile. They can open locks/pens with them and steal stuff out of your pockets. A curious cow can get into a LOT of things with their tongue which is why cow-proofing things is important in science ^^ But it's also adorable 🥰
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Cows have rough tongues like a cat's but way longer and more prehensile. They can open locks/pens with them and steal stuff out of your pockets. A curious cow can get into a LOT of things with their tongue which is why cow-proofing things is important in science ^^ But it's also adorable 🥰
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You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.
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It’s here!!!!! The cover for BEING ARO is live over on @lgbtqreads.bsky.social!
This anthology of all aromantic stories will release May 26th next year! 🏹💚
This anthology of all aromantic stories will release May 26th next year! 🏹💚
Exclusive Cover Reveal: Being Aro ed. by Madeline Dyer and Rosiee Thor
Today on the site I'm delighted to reveal the cover of Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Fiction About Love, Connection, and Empowerment ed. by Madeline Dyer and Rosiee Thor, a YA anthology releasing May 26, 2026 from Page…
Today on the site I'm delighted to reveal the cover of Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Fiction About Love, Connection, and Empowerment ed. by Madeline Dyer and Rosiee Thor, a YA anthology releasing May 26, 2026 from Page…
Exclusive Cover Reveal: Being Aro ed. by Madeline Dyer and Rosiee Thor
Today on the site I'm delighted to reveal the cover of Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Fiction About Love, Connection, and Empowerment ed. by Madeline Dyer and Rosiee Thor, a YA anthology releasing May 26, 2026 from Page Street YA! Here's the gist: Explore expansive aromantic love and connection in stories across genres These twelve stories showcase aromantic people breaking generational curses, finding acceptance, and protecting the vulnerable while highlighting the infinite ways people find connection and love without romance.
lgbtqreads.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It’s here!!!!! The cover for BEING ARO is live over on @lgbtqreads.bsky.social!
This anthology of all aromantic stories will release May 26th next year! 🏹💚
This anthology of all aromantic stories will release May 26th next year! 🏹💚
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November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Food rescue friends, if you're running across dandelion greens and can't find humans to take them in the quantities you are receiving them, please reach out to your local reptile rescue or community or specialty store, our tortoises and bearded dragons LOVE THAT SHIT
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Food rescue friends, if you're running across dandelion greens and can't find humans to take them in the quantities you are receiving them, please reach out to your local reptile rescue or community or specialty store, our tortoises and bearded dragons LOVE THAT SHIT
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My heart will always have a place that remembers Corey and the beautiful gentle influence they always had on the world of trans fiction. I worked on this book as Corey's editor and still feel intense emotions just remembering it.
I miss you, Corey.
I miss you, Corey.
On this trans remembrance day, I want to talk you about Corey Alexander. If you don't know Corey or as they were known as Xan West. They were a trans Jewish disabled author who passed away several years ago.
Eight Kinky Nights: An f/f Chanukah romance
Eight Kinky Nights: An f/f Chanukah romance - Kindle edition by West, Xan. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Eight Kinky Nights: An f/f Chanukah romance.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My heart will always have a place that remembers Corey and the beautiful gentle influence they always had on the world of trans fiction. I worked on this book as Corey's editor and still feel intense emotions just remembering it.
I miss you, Corey.
I miss you, Corey.