Ren
@bothildr.bsky.social
debauchée of dew,
wordsmith,
former palaeoecologist
wordsmith,
former palaeoecologist
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Don't be evil, kindness is good, make your memorial last through love of you. (Instruction of Merikare) (ALL)
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Don't be evil, kindness is good, make your memorial last through love of you. (Instruction of Merikare) (ALL)
just realized i haven't gone into the basement once in the ~72 hours since i got home from a trip.
a mountain of clean laundry lurks down there, so i've been told.
& now i need something from that mountain, or anyway, that i hope is on that mountain.
a mountain of clean laundry lurks down there, so i've been told.
& now i need something from that mountain, or anyway, that i hope is on that mountain.
stitch wearing a blue and white polka dot headband sits in a laundry basket
Alt: Stitch (cartoon character) wearing a blue and white polka dot headband sits in a laundry basket and flings open a red "cape"
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December 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
just realized i haven't gone into the basement once in the ~72 hours since i got home from a trip.
a mountain of clean laundry lurks down there, so i've been told.
& now i need something from that mountain, or anyway, that i hope is on that mountain.
a mountain of clean laundry lurks down there, so i've been told.
& now i need something from that mountain, or anyway, that i hope is on that mountain.
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If you see the words 'irrevocable', 'in perpetuity', 'formats not yet invented', 'net after costs', 'all rights', you're selling every damn thing you could make money from as an author for a one time payment, or in this case, a promise.
Signing this gives the publisher money meant for you forever.
Signing this gives the publisher money meant for you forever.
Behold, if you will, the...astonishing...contract from Shadow Light Press. A rolling 10-year term...payment on profit (but only after costs are recouped)...appropriation of the author's universe if they can't continue the series...and more www.reddit.com/r/Progressio...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:49 AM
If you see the words 'irrevocable', 'in perpetuity', 'formats not yet invented', 'net after costs', 'all rights', you're selling every damn thing you could make money from as an author for a one time payment, or in this case, a promise.
Signing this gives the publisher money meant for you forever.
Signing this gives the publisher money meant for you forever.
amazing news, gonna start a new gig!
w/ funding about to end for my current job, i'm (technically) laid off end-of-day tomorrow.
yesterday, offered a new position in same department, starts day after tomorrow! i move offices, & i get to work with a larger research team.
grateful! amazed! relieved!
w/ funding about to end for my current job, i'm (technically) laid off end-of-day tomorrow.
yesterday, offered a new position in same department, starts day after tomorrow! i move offices, & i get to work with a larger research team.
grateful! amazed! relieved!
a young boy is dancing in a classroom while sitting at a table .
Alt: group of very happy kids enjoying a celebratory dance in their classroom, one kid in front up on his chair, even
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December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
amazing news, gonna start a new gig!
w/ funding about to end for my current job, i'm (technically) laid off end-of-day tomorrow.
yesterday, offered a new position in same department, starts day after tomorrow! i move offices, & i get to work with a larger research team.
grateful! amazed! relieved!
w/ funding about to end for my current job, i'm (technically) laid off end-of-day tomorrow.
yesterday, offered a new position in same department, starts day after tomorrow! i move offices, & i get to work with a larger research team.
grateful! amazed! relieved!
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For those who don't know what "detach quote" is or how to use it, it's described here:
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
New Anti-Toxicity Features on Bluesky - Bluesky
Trust and Safety (T&S) affects everything — from community policy and spam detection, all the way to the order that replies show up on a post. At Bluesky, the product team works hand-in-hand with T&S ...
bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
For those who don't know what "detach quote" is or how to use it, it's described here:
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Newly described ice age mammal, Speleotherium logani, from Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM!
www.newmexicoculture.org/release/1897...
www.newmexicoculture.org/release/1897...
December 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Newly described ice age mammal, Speleotherium logani, from Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM!
www.newmexicoculture.org/release/1897...
www.newmexicoculture.org/release/1897...
I highly recommend following Cut Off the Spigot! I've learned about some great alternatives from her, for a wide variety of things!
Want a wishlist or registry tool that isn't Amazon?
There are plenty of great options, whether its for the holidays, baby showers, weddings or even a tool that makes Secret Santa easier!
More info here: cutoffthespigot.substack.com/p/wishlist-a...
#weddingregistry #babyregistry #wishlist
There are plenty of great options, whether its for the holidays, baby showers, weddings or even a tool that makes Secret Santa easier!
More info here: cutoffthespigot.substack.com/p/wishlist-a...
#weddingregistry #babyregistry #wishlist
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I highly recommend following Cut Off the Spigot! I've learned about some great alternatives from her, for a wide variety of things!
i need an homage to Dr Suess's 'Green Eggs and Ham' that expresses my absolute, wholesale rejection of genAI slop.
to wit:
I DO NOT WANT IT ANYWHERE
to wit:
I DO NOT WANT IT ANYWHERE
December 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
i need an homage to Dr Suess's 'Green Eggs and Ham' that expresses my absolute, wholesale rejection of genAI slop.
to wit:
I DO NOT WANT IT ANYWHERE
to wit:
I DO NOT WANT IT ANYWHERE
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This is your seasonal reminder that Bookshop.org and libro.fm exist as local-supporting not-Amazon options for all your physical and audiobook needs! Bookshop even gives you the option to add a card and a pretty fabric bag and ship it directly to your giftee!
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This is your seasonal reminder that Bookshop.org and libro.fm exist as local-supporting not-Amazon options for all your physical and audiobook needs! Bookshop even gives you the option to add a card and a pretty fabric bag and ship it directly to your giftee!
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Thei did a studye and founde out who ys awesome and capable of great thinges and worthye of love and the newes ys that it ys you.
December 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Thei did a studye and founde out who ys awesome and capable of great thinges and worthye of love and the newes ys that it ys you.
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Pornhub has released the top most searched terms in the United States and every state searched “industrial crane lifting a dark and dripping shape from an unquiet sea” bc America is going through it,
December 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Pornhub has released the top most searched terms in the United States and every state searched “industrial crane lifting a dark and dripping shape from an unquiet sea” bc America is going through it,
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"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
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Getting ready for 2026 like
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Getting ready for 2026 like
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There’s an AI-powered conspiracy machine selling ‘Truthwear’ merch to Canadians, and my friends at the National Observer unmasked the person profiting from this account.
The story shows what happens when people are given incentives to publish fake information, at scale, all with the help of AI:
The story shows what happens when people are given incentives to publish fake information, at scale, all with the help of AI:
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
There’s an AI-powered conspiracy machine selling ‘Truthwear’ merch to Canadians, and my friends at the National Observer unmasked the person profiting from this account.
The story shows what happens when people are given incentives to publish fake information, at scale, all with the help of AI:
The story shows what happens when people are given incentives to publish fake information, at scale, all with the help of AI:
thoughts coalescing--
"Well, everything dies, baby, that's a fact / But maybe everything that dies someday comes back"
-Bruce Springsteen
"Omnia mutantur
nihil interit"
-Ovid
"Well, everything dies, baby, that's a fact / But maybe everything that dies someday comes back"
-Bruce Springsteen
"Omnia mutantur
nihil interit"
-Ovid
December 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
thoughts coalescing--
"Well, everything dies, baby, that's a fact / But maybe everything that dies someday comes back"
-Bruce Springsteen
"Omnia mutantur
nihil interit"
-Ovid
"Well, everything dies, baby, that's a fact / But maybe everything that dies someday comes back"
-Bruce Springsteen
"Omnia mutantur
nihil interit"
-Ovid
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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🎥 Kilauea Webcam 1 is delivering some magnificent imagery today!
🌋 The livecam link is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
Our HVNP park partner says: Episode kanakolu kūmāwalu (38) of the Kīlauea eruption began at 8:45 a.m. HST on Dec. 6, 2025.
Screenshot: USGS, HVO
#HVNP #KilaueaEruptions
🌋 The livecam link is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
Our HVNP park partner says: Episode kanakolu kūmāwalu (38) of the Kīlauea eruption began at 8:45 a.m. HST on Dec. 6, 2025.
Screenshot: USGS, HVO
#HVNP #KilaueaEruptions
December 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🎥 Kilauea Webcam 1 is delivering some magnificent imagery today!
🌋 The livecam link is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
Our HVNP park partner says: Episode kanakolu kūmāwalu (38) of the Kīlauea eruption began at 8:45 a.m. HST on Dec. 6, 2025.
Screenshot: USGS, HVO
#HVNP #KilaueaEruptions
🌋 The livecam link is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
Our HVNP park partner says: Episode kanakolu kūmāwalu (38) of the Kīlauea eruption began at 8:45 a.m. HST on Dec. 6, 2025.
Screenshot: USGS, HVO
#HVNP #KilaueaEruptions
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December 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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TL;DR:
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✔️ Support public media content
✔️ Give hope to an independent filmmaker
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✔️ Get a cool sci-fi book
✔️ Support public media content
✔️ Give hope to an independent filmmaker
20% off here: www.patreon.com/138950/join 🧪
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
TL;DR:
✔️ Get a cool sci-fi book
✔️ Support public media content
✔️ Give hope to an independent filmmaker
20% off here: www.patreon.com/138950/join 🧪
✔️ Get a cool sci-fi book
✔️ Support public media content
✔️ Give hope to an independent filmmaker
20% off here: www.patreon.com/138950/join 🧪
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Happy WAR ON CHRISTMAS season however you celebrate 🚫🎅
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Happy WAR ON CHRISTMAS season however you celebrate 🚫🎅
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In good news: "NASA Completes Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Construction" www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-co...
NASA Completes Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Construction
Set to launch by May 2027, the spacecraft will study mysteries of the cosmos while also testing the Coronagraph Instrument, a new technology designed and built by JPL.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In good news: "NASA Completes Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Construction" www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-co...
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ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
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Sustain your friends with what you have, you have it by the grace of god; of him who fails to sustain his friends one says, 'A selfish ka'. (Instruction of Ptahhotep) (ALL)
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sustain your friends with what you have, you have it by the grace of god; of him who fails to sustain his friends one says, 'A selfish ka'. (Instruction of Ptahhotep) (ALL)