Bartholomew Lander
@bartlander.bsky.social
Writer of urban fantasy-ish things. Spider enthusiast / arachnosocialist. Lover of all things paranormal, Fortean, and strange.
https://bartholomewlander.com
https://bartholomewlander.com
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Books - Bartholomew Lander
The Warren Brood A seventeen-year-old human-spider hybrid chases the truth of her origins in this suspenseful series of love, magic, family, and conspiracy. A slow-burn upper YA Lovecraftian urban sci...
bartholomewlander.com
Looking for a niche-as-fuck slow-burn #urbanfantasy with a bonkers premise? Check out my Warren Brood series! It proudly features:
🧙 Magic
👁️ Conspiracy
🌌 Cosmic Horror
🕷️ Cute spider girls that just want to live a normal life
Available wherever ebooks are sold!
bartholomewlander.com/books/
🧙 Magic
👁️ Conspiracy
🌌 Cosmic Horror
🕷️ Cute spider girls that just want to live a normal life
Available wherever ebooks are sold!
bartholomewlander.com/books/
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GUARANTEED XMAS DELIVERY ENDS DEC 11 2025
ORDER YOUR dashare.zone SHIRT'S, MUG'S, HOODYS, WRAPPING PAPER, ETC BEFORE THEN AND U WILL GET BY XMAS!!! DO NOT FUCK THIS UP!!!
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ORDER YOUR dashare.zone SHIRT'S, MUG'S, HOODYS, WRAPPING PAPER, ETC BEFORE THEN AND U WILL GET BY XMAS!!! DO NOT FUCK THIS UP!!!
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December 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
GUARANTEED XMAS DELIVERY ENDS DEC 11 2025
ORDER YOUR dashare.zone SHIRT'S, MUG'S, HOODYS, WRAPPING PAPER, ETC BEFORE THEN AND U WILL GET BY XMAS!!! DO NOT FUCK THIS UP!!!
- dashare.zone ADMIN
ORDER YOUR dashare.zone SHIRT'S, MUG'S, HOODYS, WRAPPING PAPER, ETC BEFORE THEN AND U WILL GET BY XMAS!!! DO NOT FUCK THIS UP!!!
- dashare.zone ADMIN
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"How will you get a job if you don't embrace chatgpt?"
Counterpoint: how will you get a job if your frontal cortex is turned off?
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Counterpoint: how will you get a job if your frontal cortex is turned off?
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...
arxiv.org
October 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"How will you get a job if you don't embrace chatgpt?"
Counterpoint: how will you get a job if your frontal cortex is turned off?
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Counterpoint: how will you get a job if your frontal cortex is turned off?
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
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A new preprint showing a relationship between visual working memory (VWM) and visual mental imagery (VMI):
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
As much as I like to see the rare evidence for behavioral differences between aphantasia and imagery, I have a couple of doubts about this finding... 1/4
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
As much as I like to see the rare evidence for behavioral differences between aphantasia and imagery, I have a couple of doubts about this finding... 1/4
Mental Imagery abilities affect visual working memory performance: evidence from aphantasic participants
Visual imagery refers to the mental generation of visual representations of stimuli, while visual working memory involves retaining visual information for a short period without external input. Due to...
www.biorxiv.org
August 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A new preprint showing a relationship between visual working memory (VWM) and visual mental imagery (VMI):
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
As much as I like to see the rare evidence for behavioral differences between aphantasia and imagery, I have a couple of doubts about this finding... 1/4
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
As much as I like to see the rare evidence for behavioral differences between aphantasia and imagery, I have a couple of doubts about this finding... 1/4
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👀 The whole brain 7T "natural scenes dataset" now has mental imagery data!
NSD-Imagery: A Benchmark Dataset for Extending fMRI Vision Decoding Methods to Mental Imagery
Conference paper:
goo.gl/scholar/wPx1HJ
Dataset:
naturalscenesdataset.org
NSD-Imagery: A Benchmark Dataset for Extending fMRI Vision Decoding Methods to Mental Imagery
Conference paper:
goo.gl/scholar/wPx1HJ
Dataset:
naturalscenesdataset.org
CVPR Poster NSD-Imagery: A Benchmark Dataset for Extending fMRI Vision Decoding Methods to Mental ImageryCVPR 2025
cvpr.thecvf.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
👀 The whole brain 7T "natural scenes dataset" now has mental imagery data!
NSD-Imagery: A Benchmark Dataset for Extending fMRI Vision Decoding Methods to Mental Imagery
Conference paper:
goo.gl/scholar/wPx1HJ
Dataset:
naturalscenesdataset.org
NSD-Imagery: A Benchmark Dataset for Extending fMRI Vision Decoding Methods to Mental Imagery
Conference paper:
goo.gl/scholar/wPx1HJ
Dataset:
naturalscenesdataset.org
April 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Time to go all the way off the deep end 📚💙
April 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Time to go all the way off the deep end 📚💙
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A video summary of the mixed methods mega paper, "The impact of aphantasia on mental healthcare experiences":
youtu.be/_cJF9WUppkY
Aphantasics compared to imagers show:
-no difference in PTSD prevalence
-emotional, not sensory symptoms
-lower success with imagery-based therapies
#aphantasia
youtu.be/_cJF9WUppkY
Aphantasics compared to imagers show:
-no difference in PTSD prevalence
-emotional, not sensory symptoms
-lower success with imagery-based therapies
#aphantasia
The impact of aphantasia on mental healthcare experiences: Results!
YouTube video by Reshanne Reeder
youtu.be
April 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A video summary of the mixed methods mega paper, "The impact of aphantasia on mental healthcare experiences":
youtu.be/_cJF9WUppkY
Aphantasics compared to imagers show:
-no difference in PTSD prevalence
-emotional, not sensory symptoms
-lower success with imagery-based therapies
#aphantasia
youtu.be/_cJF9WUppkY
Aphantasics compared to imagers show:
-no difference in PTSD prevalence
-emotional, not sensory symptoms
-lower success with imagery-based therapies
#aphantasia
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Arcade Random Posting Submission via @bartlander.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Arcade Random Posting Submission via @bartlander.bsky.social
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I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, but if even if you're not an artist, that goofy meme idea in your head will be a thousand times funnier if you just do a crappy drawing of it yourself vs using generative A.I.
February 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, but if even if you're not an artist, that goofy meme idea in your head will be a thousand times funnier if you just do a crappy drawing of it yourself vs using generative A.I.
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Godzilla ゴジラ
1954, dir. Ishirō Honda, sfx. Eiji Tsuburaya
A giant monster's sudden appearance triggers fears of nuclear apocalypse in post-war Japan.
1954, dir. Ishirō Honda, sfx. Eiji Tsuburaya
A giant monster's sudden appearance triggers fears of nuclear apocalypse in post-war Japan.
January 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Godzilla ゴジラ
1954, dir. Ishirō Honda, sfx. Eiji Tsuburaya
A giant monster's sudden appearance triggers fears of nuclear apocalypse in post-war Japan.
1954, dir. Ishirō Honda, sfx. Eiji Tsuburaya
A giant monster's sudden appearance triggers fears of nuclear apocalypse in post-war Japan.
The Windows notification sound in Court of the Crimson King gets me every single time
February 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The Windows notification sound in Court of the Crimson King gets me every single time
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Re: trying to get rid of google in my life:
someone suggested Tuta Mail as an alternative for Gmail, and they have a whole article on "De-Googling your life" with alternatives for a bit of everything, if it interests you :)
tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
someone suggested Tuta Mail as an alternative for Gmail, and they have a whole article on "De-Googling your life" with alternatives for a bit of everything, if it interests you :)
tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
How to De-Google your life: The ultimate list of best private Google alternatives. | Tuta
Start DeGoogling today and prevent Big G from exploiting your data! Learn how to replace Google apps with private ones in this detailed guide.
tuta.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Re: trying to get rid of google in my life:
someone suggested Tuta Mail as an alternative for Gmail, and they have a whole article on "De-Googling your life" with alternatives for a bit of everything, if it interests you :)
tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
someone suggested Tuta Mail as an alternative for Gmail, and they have a whole article on "De-Googling your life" with alternatives for a bit of everything, if it interests you :)
tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
Welp, that was unsettling. I need something trashy as a palate cleanser. 💙📚
January 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Welp, that was unsettling. I need something trashy as a palate cleanser. 💙📚
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If you want to read a gothic novel set in an isolated, labyrinth-like house in the Philippines, with more than its fair share of sapphic yearning, for free request House of Monstrous Women on Netgalley!
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
House of Monstrous Women
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
www.netgalley.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
If you want to read a gothic novel set in an isolated, labyrinth-like house in the Philippines, with more than its fair share of sapphic yearning, for free request House of Monstrous Women on Netgalley!
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
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i'm so over games that are "masterpieces" or "hidden gems". i want games that frustrate me in compelling ways. i want jank so i can feel i'm in an imperfect world like the one we live in. i want stilted but earnest writing. i want weirdness and incoherence.
perfection is good, but uninteresting
perfection is good, but uninteresting
January 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
i'm so over games that are "masterpieces" or "hidden gems". i want games that frustrate me in compelling ways. i want jank so i can feel i'm in an imperfect world like the one we live in. i want stilted but earnest writing. i want weirdness and incoherence.
perfection is good, but uninteresting
perfection is good, but uninteresting
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black tip reef shark but as a dragon
January 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
black tip reef shark but as a dragon
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A good book is one you have fun reading
Art is subjective. What's bad to me will be good to someone else and just because I think something is subjectively bad doesn't make it objectively bad
There are books that are absolute trash fires and I love them (they're usually litrpg)
#booksky thoughts
Art is subjective. What's bad to me will be good to someone else and just because I think something is subjectively bad doesn't make it objectively bad
There are books that are absolute trash fires and I love them (they're usually litrpg)
#booksky thoughts
January 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A good book is one you have fun reading
Art is subjective. What's bad to me will be good to someone else and just because I think something is subjectively bad doesn't make it objectively bad
There are books that are absolute trash fires and I love them (they're usually litrpg)
#booksky thoughts
Art is subjective. What's bad to me will be good to someone else and just because I think something is subjectively bad doesn't make it objectively bad
There are books that are absolute trash fires and I love them (they're usually litrpg)
#booksky thoughts
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As a reminder when considering your boycott efforts and where to spend your dollars…
yes, we loathe Amazon and Bezos. Sadly, this is the BEST avenue for indie authors to get their books seen. If you find a book you want on Amazon, consider reaching out to the (indie) author directly (1)
#booksky
yes, we loathe Amazon and Bezos. Sadly, this is the BEST avenue for indie authors to get their books seen. If you find a book you want on Amazon, consider reaching out to the (indie) author directly (1)
#booksky
January 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
As a reminder when considering your boycott efforts and where to spend your dollars…
yes, we loathe Amazon and Bezos. Sadly, this is the BEST avenue for indie authors to get their books seen. If you find a book you want on Amazon, consider reaching out to the (indie) author directly (1)
#booksky
yes, we loathe Amazon and Bezos. Sadly, this is the BEST avenue for indie authors to get their books seen. If you find a book you want on Amazon, consider reaching out to the (indie) author directly (1)
#booksky
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I admit I did not have "OpenAI gets Temu'd" as a pale horse but if this is what does it, lol
January 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I admit I did not have "OpenAI gets Temu'd" as a pale horse but if this is what does it, lol
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If you make art (any art! Not just visual), no matter how big your audience or if you think you're "successful" or "enough", you are giving people the energy to get through another day.
You're part of the reason folks have an easier time holding on.
Keep creating!! Your art matters!!!
You're part of the reason folks have an easier time holding on.
Keep creating!! Your art matters!!!
January 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you make art (any art! Not just visual), no matter how big your audience or if you think you're "successful" or "enough", you are giving people the energy to get through another day.
You're part of the reason folks have an easier time holding on.
Keep creating!! Your art matters!!!
You're part of the reason folks have an easier time holding on.
Keep creating!! Your art matters!!!
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mandatory bookmark !!!
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
mandatory bookmark !!!
Went on a date night to the local pinballnasium, and the new X-men rocks. The theme does nothing for me, but man, that layout is wacky! The ramps are crazy, the danger room is super fun, and the features were accessible even to our mediocre skills. 10/10, would tilt off one ski pass again
#pinball
#pinball
January 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Went on a date night to the local pinballnasium, and the new X-men rocks. The theme does nothing for me, but man, that layout is wacky! The ramps are crazy, the danger room is super fun, and the features were accessible even to our mediocre skills. 10/10, would tilt off one ski pass again
#pinball
#pinball
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Creativity is like a houseplant, not an endless well. You need to seek out sunlight, water, and nutrients in art, shows, music, experiences, and more to tend to it. And just like plants it has its dormant and active periods and you may not seem improvement for some time.
January 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Creativity is like a houseplant, not an endless well. You need to seek out sunlight, water, and nutrients in art, shows, music, experiences, and more to tend to it. And just like plants it has its dormant and active periods and you may not seem improvement for some time.
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Reminder:
Can we stop judging people for what they read?
If you enjoy reading “dark” or “twisted” storylines it does not mean you have trauma or need therapy.
People can separate fiction from reality. Liking a genre does NOT mean you want that in real life.
Judge less. Read more
💙📚
#booksky
Can we stop judging people for what they read?
If you enjoy reading “dark” or “twisted” storylines it does not mean you have trauma or need therapy.
People can separate fiction from reality. Liking a genre does NOT mean you want that in real life.
Judge less. Read more
💙📚
#booksky
January 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Reminder:
Can we stop judging people for what they read?
If you enjoy reading “dark” or “twisted” storylines it does not mean you have trauma or need therapy.
People can separate fiction from reality. Liking a genre does NOT mean you want that in real life.
Judge less. Read more
💙📚
#booksky
Can we stop judging people for what they read?
If you enjoy reading “dark” or “twisted” storylines it does not mean you have trauma or need therapy.
People can separate fiction from reality. Liking a genre does NOT mean you want that in real life.
Judge less. Read more
💙📚
#booksky
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Why did I do this #gentlecomicshabit
January 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Why did I do this #gentlecomicshabit