Lorelei
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A Lorelei V, she/they. Voice actor. Artist. Scientist. Smart cookie.
https://alorelei.com
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something to consider: now that we've passed the Solstice, days in the northern hemisphere aren't just getting longer; they're getting longer, faster
until we reach the Equinox, each day adds more seconds of daylight than the day before added
until we reach the Equinox, each day adds more seconds of daylight than the day before added
December 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
something to consider: now that we've passed the Solstice, days in the northern hemisphere aren't just getting longer; they're getting longer, faster
until we reach the Equinox, each day adds more seconds of daylight than the day before added
until we reach the Equinox, each day adds more seconds of daylight than the day before added
Melville has Tashtego, the Wampanoag harpooneer, fall headlong into the decapitated head of a sperm whale (while baling the case) and nearly drown "smothered in the very whitest and daintiest of fragrant spermaceti"
and, in the final line of the chapter, draws a parallel to… the study of philosophy
and, in the final line of the chapter, draws a parallel to… the study of philosophy
How many, think ye, have likewise fallen into Plato’s honey head, and sweetly perished there?
December 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Melville has Tashtego, the Wampanoag harpooneer, fall headlong into the decapitated head of a sperm whale (while baling the case) and nearly drown "smothered in the very whitest and daintiest of fragrant spermaceti"
and, in the final line of the chapter, draws a parallel to… the study of philosophy
and, in the final line of the chapter, draws a parallel to… the study of philosophy
shitty a.i. Progressive Insurance commercial spotted
December 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
shitty a.i. Progressive Insurance commercial spotted
"Take Jesus. He was one of us. He knew. When He said that it is harder for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God—he damn well meant just what he said."
feels a little less lonely reading a book what's 85 years old sometimes
feels a little less lonely reading a book what's 85 years old sometimes
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"Take Jesus. He was one of us. He knew. When He said that it is harder for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God—he damn well meant just what he said."
feels a little less lonely reading a book what's 85 years old sometimes
feels a little less lonely reading a book what's 85 years old sometimes
blessed to live in a city
cursed to live in a pandemic
cursed to live in a pandemic
December 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
blessed to live in a city
cursed to live in a pandemic
cursed to live in a pandemic
"Witness the white bear of the poles, and the white shark of the tropics; …"
(PS: Turns out that would be "pole," singular, Herman)
(PS: Turns out that would be "pole," singular, Herman)
what but their smooth, flaky whiteness makes them the transcendent horrors they are?
December 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"Witness the white bear of the poles, and the white shark of the tropics; …"
(PS: Turns out that would be "pole," singular, Herman)
(PS: Turns out that would be "pole," singular, Herman)
Reposted by Lorelei
They think me mad
December 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
They think me mad
expanding on this a bit, because it's a story I've given a lot of thought:
Seymour Krelborn is of a kind with Dr. Horrible
nice guy, we think… good heart, maybe… certainly when contrasted with a certain chauvinist, to whom a sweet girl is attached (to her dissatisfaction)
also there's the Evil
Seymour Krelborn is of a kind with Dr. Horrible
nice guy, we think… good heart, maybe… certainly when contrasted with a certain chauvinist, to whom a sweet girl is attached (to her dissatisfaction)
also there's the Evil
so, what does Audrey want?
a Better Home
what should Better Homes come with?
Gardens
so her imagination fixates on the one "gardener" she knows: Seymour
but!
what does she picture as the one responsibility of her ideal gardener?
he keeps. the plants. in check.
a Better Home
what should Better Homes come with?
Gardens
so her imagination fixates on the one "gardener" she knows: Seymour
but!
what does she picture as the one responsibility of her ideal gardener?
he keeps. the plants. in check.
December 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
expanding on this a bit, because it's a story I've given a lot of thought:
Seymour Krelborn is of a kind with Dr. Horrible
nice guy, we think… good heart, maybe… certainly when contrasted with a certain chauvinist, to whom a sweet girl is attached (to her dissatisfaction)
also there's the Evil
Seymour Krelborn is of a kind with Dr. Horrible
nice guy, we think… good heart, maybe… certainly when contrasted with a certain chauvinist, to whom a sweet girl is attached (to her dissatisfaction)
also there's the Evil
Ellen Greene's delivery of "Better Homes… and Gardens" always hits me, but especially so today
the only mention of greenery in "Somewhere That's Green," a song about the idyll of '50s suburbia, is that "he rakes and trims the grass / he loves to mow and weed"
that, and the name-dropped magazine
the only mention of greenery in "Somewhere That's Green," a song about the idyll of '50s suburbia, is that "he rakes and trims the grass / he loves to mow and weed"
that, and the name-dropped magazine
December 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Ellen Greene's delivery of "Better Homes… and Gardens" always hits me, but especially so today
the only mention of greenery in "Somewhere That's Green," a song about the idyll of '50s suburbia, is that "he rakes and trims the grass / he loves to mow and weed"
that, and the name-dropped magazine
the only mention of greenery in "Somewhere That's Green," a song about the idyll of '50s suburbia, is that "he rakes and trims the grass / he loves to mow and weed"
that, and the name-dropped magazine
I've been listening to this album for going on 30 years. am I really just now noticing that the intro to the "Little Shop of Horrors" prologue and the intro to the finale are the same theme??
like of COURSE they are, and of COURSE they would be, did I just forget??
like of COURSE they are, and of COURSE they would be, did I just forget??
December 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I've been listening to this album for going on 30 years. am I really just now noticing that the intro to the "Little Shop of Horrors" prologue and the intro to the finale are the same theme??
like of COURSE they are, and of COURSE they would be, did I just forget??
like of COURSE they are, and of COURSE they would be, did I just forget??
I'm still keeping tabs on Tats, and his comic is as ugly and unhinged in its bigotry as it's ever been. Hitler himself appears in the latest arc, good and right and handsome and prepared to protect the world from queer degenerates and their secret Jewish puppet masters
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I'm still keeping tabs on Tats, and his comic is as ugly and unhinged in its bigotry as it's ever been. Hitler himself appears in the latest arc, good and right and handsome and prepared to protect the world from queer degenerates and their secret Jewish puppet masters
evolutionarily and developmentally speaking, a tardigrade is like a disembodied arthropod head walking around on its mouthparts (with a genital segment tacked on at the neck)
youtu.be/i39-IwN2pV0
youtu.be/i39-IwN2pV0
December 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
evolutionarily and developmentally speaking, a tardigrade is like a disembodied arthropod head walking around on its mouthparts (with a genital segment tacked on at the neck)
youtu.be/i39-IwN2pV0
youtu.be/i39-IwN2pV0
always repost A Squeeze of the Hand
let us squeeze ourselves universally into the very milk and sperm of kindness
December 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
always repost A Squeeze of the Hand
I have four physical unabridged copies of "Moby Dick" under my roof:
the worn paperback I first read when I was 10 years old
the newer paperback I picked up for a college course
a fancy leather-bound edition that belongs to Sara
and a fancy slipcase edition illustrated by @evandahm.bsky.social
the worn paperback I first read when I was 10 years old
the newer paperback I picked up for a college course
a fancy leather-bound edition that belongs to Sara
and a fancy slipcase edition illustrated by @evandahm.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I have four physical unabridged copies of "Moby Dick" under my roof:
the worn paperback I first read when I was 10 years old
the newer paperback I picked up for a college course
a fancy leather-bound edition that belongs to Sara
and a fancy slipcase edition illustrated by @evandahm.bsky.social
the worn paperback I first read when I was 10 years old
the newer paperback I picked up for a college course
a fancy leather-bound edition that belongs to Sara
and a fancy slipcase edition illustrated by @evandahm.bsky.social
always repost A Squeeze of the Hand
Would that I could keep squeezing that sperm for ever!
December 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
always repost A Squeeze of the Hand
can you imagine being the one who wrote the "two nickels" line for "Phineas and Ferb"? you put a new spin on a hoary phrase, suiting your character perfectly (even in a hypothetical Doofenshmirtz can't come by a fortune), and you capture a sentiment so resonant as to threaten eclipsing the original
December 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
can you imagine being the one who wrote the "two nickels" line for "Phineas and Ferb"? you put a new spin on a hoary phrase, suiting your character perfectly (even in a hypothetical Doofenshmirtz can't come by a fortune), and you capture a sentiment so resonant as to threaten eclipsing the original
including my representative, the minority whip
115 Democrats just voted to codify the first federal trans segregation law.
December 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
including my representative, the minority whip
continuing the delve into high school literature with "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
continuing the delve into high school literature with "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Refuse the premise.
You can already speak to the dead same as you might speak to the sky. Say what you want, and it's up to you to imagine what the reply might be based on what you know of them
You want to speak to the dead and have them speak back? You can't. That's half what it means to be dead.
You can already speak to the dead same as you might speak to the sky. Say what you want, and it's up to you to imagine what the reply might be based on what you know of them
You want to speak to the dead and have them speak back? You can't. That's half what it means to be dead.
December 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Refuse the premise.
You can already speak to the dead same as you might speak to the sky. Say what you want, and it's up to you to imagine what the reply might be based on what you know of them
You want to speak to the dead and have them speak back? You can't. That's half what it means to be dead.
You can already speak to the dead same as you might speak to the sky. Say what you want, and it's up to you to imagine what the reply might be based on what you know of them
You want to speak to the dead and have them speak back? You can't. That's half what it means to be dead.
"The Grapes of Wrath" is a phenomenal book. if you haven't read it, or if the last time you did you were too young or too stressed to appreciate it, do yourself a favor and pick it up
a spirit of collective awareness and action is as important now as ever
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Solidarity Forever
a spirit of collective awareness and action is as important now as ever
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Solidarity Forever
December 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"The Grapes of Wrath" is a phenomenal book. if you haven't read it, or if the last time you did you were too young or too stressed to appreciate it, do yourself a favor and pick it up
a spirit of collective awareness and action is as important now as ever
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Solidarity Forever
a spirit of collective awareness and action is as important now as ever
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Solidarity Forever
… oh. oh yeah. that's why they call Jim Casy a Christ allegory. it's all a bit more than just his initials
December 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
… oh. oh yeah. that's why they call Jim Casy a Christ allegory. it's all a bit more than just his initials
"A pale skinny boy crept like an animal through the reeds and slipped off his clothes. And he squirmed into the water like a muskrat, and pulled himself along like a muskrat, only his eyes and nose above the surface. Then suddenly he saw Tom's head and saw that Tom was watching him.
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"A pale skinny boy crept like an animal through the reeds and slipped off his clothes. And he squirmed into the water like a muskrat, and pulled himself along like a muskrat, only his eyes and nose above the surface. Then suddenly he saw Tom's head and saw that Tom was watching him.
"'Las' winter; an' we was a-starvin'—me an' Pa an' the little fellas. An' it was a-rainin'. Fella tol' us to go to the Salvation Army. … We was hungry—they made us crawl for our dinner. They took our dignity. They—I hate 'em!'"
—John Steinbeck, "The Grapes of Wrath," chapter 22
—John Steinbeck, "The Grapes of Wrath," chapter 22
December 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"'Las' winter; an' we was a-starvin'—me an' Pa an' the little fellas. An' it was a-rainin'. Fella tol' us to go to the Salvation Army. … We was hungry—they made us crawl for our dinner. They took our dignity. They—I hate 'em!'"
—John Steinbeck, "The Grapes of Wrath," chapter 22
—John Steinbeck, "The Grapes of Wrath," chapter 22
"'What you mean, relief?'
"'I mean relief—what us taxpayers puts in an' you goddamn Oakies takes out.'
"'We pay sales tax an' gas tax an' tobacco tax… Farmers get four cents a cotton poun' from the gov'ment—ain't that relief? … Railroads an' shippin' companies draws subsidies—ain't that relief?'
"'I mean relief—what us taxpayers puts in an' you goddamn Oakies takes out.'
"'We pay sales tax an' gas tax an' tobacco tax… Farmers get four cents a cotton poun' from the gov'ment—ain't that relief? … Railroads an' shippin' companies draws subsidies—ain't that relief?'
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"'What you mean, relief?'
"'I mean relief—what us taxpayers puts in an' you goddamn Oakies takes out.'
"'We pay sales tax an' gas tax an' tobacco tax… Farmers get four cents a cotton poun' from the gov'ment—ain't that relief? … Railroads an' shippin' companies draws subsidies—ain't that relief?'
"'I mean relief—what us taxpayers puts in an' you goddamn Oakies takes out.'
"'We pay sales tax an' gas tax an' tobacco tax… Farmers get four cents a cotton poun' from the gov'ment—ain't that relief? … Railroads an' shippin' companies draws subsidies—ain't that relief?'