Aleen
@aleen.bsky.social
Aleen [uh-lean], noun: Podcaster, reader, writer, knitter, nerd. Queer. A work in progress.
🌲 Portland, Oregon
🌲 Portland, Oregon
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In honor of Link, who was banned for the crime of speaking truth to power, I am continuing Fund Me Friday in his stead. The last two Fridays have been delayed due to life stuff, but today I am back on the ball.
Post your mutual aid in this thread and I will retweet as long as I am able.
Post your mutual aid in this thread and I will retweet as long as I am able.
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In honor of Link, who was banned for the crime of speaking truth to power, I am continuing Fund Me Friday in his stead. The last two Fridays have been delayed due to life stuff, but today I am back on the ball.
Post your mutual aid in this thread and I will retweet as long as I am able.
Post your mutual aid in this thread and I will retweet as long as I am able.
I've been in Portland for almost an entire week and have still been to zero yarn stores.
What even is my life?
What even is my life?
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I've been in Portland for almost an entire week and have still been to zero yarn stores.
What even is my life?
What even is my life?
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
You may have heard me say that hippos are terrifying, but didn't understand why.
This thread. This is why.
This thread. This is why.
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 AM
You may have heard me say that hippos are terrifying, but didn't understand why.
This thread. This is why.
This thread. This is why.
Just to be sure I understand: Trump said something misogynistic and anti-fat so you are putting him in his place by being even more fatphobic?
That's not doing what you think it's doing. You're just harming the fat people around you.
Trump's not even going to see your attempt at wit.
That's not doing what you think it's doing. You're just harming the fat people around you.
Trump's not even going to see your attempt at wit.
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Just to be sure I understand: Trump said something misogynistic and anti-fat so you are putting him in his place by being even more fatphobic?
That's not doing what you think it's doing. You're just harming the fat people around you.
Trump's not even going to see your attempt at wit.
That's not doing what you think it's doing. You're just harming the fat people around you.
Trump's not even going to see your attempt at wit.
Is Zoom completely off the rails for everyone or just my D&D group?
We have Total Party Kill to record!
We have Total Party Kill to record!
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Is Zoom completely off the rails for everyone or just my D&D group?
We have Total Party Kill to record!
We have Total Party Kill to record!
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November 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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I really hope Alice Wong knew how massive her impact has been.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I really hope Alice Wong knew how massive her impact has been.
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you'll still be feeding them if you're dead; the menu will just be different
‘you know if you’re not actually dead you have to feed me’
November 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
you'll still be feeding them if you're dead; the menu will just be different
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
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Post a gaming picture that gives you video game anxiety.
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Post a gaming picture that gives you video game anxiety.
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Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
I like books!
The Incomparable Mothership episode 792 just posted: Deep Books in a Trenchcoat [New to SF/F reading list]
Deep Books in a Trenchcoat (The Incomparable Mothership 792)
If you’ve been thinking of reading Science Fiction and Fantasy but had no idea where to start, we’re here to help. Our panel of longtime SF/F readers has some suggestions just for you! - Jason Snell with Aleen Simms, David J. Loehr, Erika Ensign, Heather Berberet and Sandra Wong.
www.theincomparable.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I like books!
this is not for those who are weak of constitution
(I have not been on a nonprofit board but I have been an executive director)
(I have not been on a nonprofit board but I have been an executive director)
Everyone should try being on the board of a nonprofit
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
this is not for those who are weak of constitution
(I have not been on a nonprofit board but I have been an executive director)
(I have not been on a nonprofit board but I have been an executive director)
Eighteen years ago today, J and I went on our first date.
Wednesday was our 12th wedding anniversary.
It's been such a wild ride 💕
Wednesday was our 12th wedding anniversary.
It's been such a wild ride 💕
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Eighteen years ago today, J and I went on our first date.
Wednesday was our 12th wedding anniversary.
It's been such a wild ride 💕
Wednesday was our 12th wedding anniversary.
It's been such a wild ride 💕
The problem is that #SirSqueakertonTheFirst has but two eyes and they can really only look in one direction.
He needs to synthesize this hotel room, in its entirety, posthaste.
He needs to synthesize this hotel room, in its entirety, posthaste.
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The problem is that #SirSqueakertonTheFirst has but two eyes and they can really only look in one direction.
He needs to synthesize this hotel room, in its entirety, posthaste.
He needs to synthesize this hotel room, in its entirety, posthaste.
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So when the aurora borealis is faint enough, you can capture its glow with the Milky Way 😍
Berthoud Pass, CO last night
Berthoud Pass, CO last night
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
So when the aurora borealis is faint enough, you can capture its glow with the Milky Way 😍
Berthoud Pass, CO last night
Berthoud Pass, CO last night
A lot of very weird, gross people are telling on themselves today.
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A lot of very weird, gross people are telling on themselves today.
I'm happy to say this with hostility if you need me to in order to get the point across.
I want to very gently say something, and I hope nobody will be mad: If somebody on the internet says something that is NOT about politics and NOT about how terrible everything is, it’s a kindness not to reflexively make a comment (in jest or not) that brings it back to those things.
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I'm happy to say this with hostility if you need me to in order to get the point across.
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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
Closed 65 Safari tabs on my phone so you could say that I'm already having a productive day.
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Closed 65 Safari tabs on my phone so you could say that I'm already having a productive day.
Current stage in the moving process: please toss everything I own into the sea 🌊
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Current stage in the moving process: please toss everything I own into the sea 🌊
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
okay this made me lol
As a Humanist Chaplain, I must remind us all to pray for him, may the first part of Psalm 109:8 guide your words.
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
okay this made me lol