Bronwyn
@bron.bsky.social
Linguist, reader, knitter, video gamer, Canadian (in no particular order). Thinks a lot about auxiliaries and pronouns, Stardew Valley, and books with magic and/or spaceships and/or kissing in them. Experimenting with context collapse. (she/her)
Wait, the Twin Cities have fewer people than *Winnipeg*? I had no idea!
January 13, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Wait, the Twin Cities have fewer people than *Winnipeg*? I had no idea!
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Basically Jack Reacher has sex with The Law Enforcement Officer Du Livre as a break for the author exhausted by choreographing constant violence. Whereas a Regency duke has a full bare-knuckle boxing scene as a break for the author who really cannot think of one more synonym for penis.
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Basically Jack Reacher has sex with The Law Enforcement Officer Du Livre as a break for the author exhausted by choreographing constant violence. Whereas a Regency duke has a full bare-knuckle boxing scene as a break for the author who really cannot think of one more synonym for penis.
Sincere congratulations! For myself I can never decide if I resent or appreciate when long-dreaded tasks are wrapped up very quickly.
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Sincere congratulations! For myself I can never decide if I resent or appreciate when long-dreaded tasks are wrapped up very quickly.
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It all sounded very woo-woo to me. But the science backs it up: if you think you won't succeed, you never even try. Your brain is building a hallucination of your world all the time. If you REALLY want to focus on something you can control, the stories you tell about the world and experiences are it
January 11, 2026 at 1:50 PM
It all sounded very woo-woo to me. But the science backs it up: if you think you won't succeed, you never even try. Your brain is building a hallucination of your world all the time. If you REALLY want to focus on something you can control, the stories you tell about the world and experiences are it
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Repeating a "we're fucked" narrative is the fastest way to learned helplessness. I know this intimately, having sat in the cage myself for two years. But while we don't have control over our stressors, we have control over our *reactions* to the stressors. Our thoughts, emotions, THAT,we can control
January 11, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Repeating a "we're fucked" narrative is the fastest way to learned helplessness. I know this intimately, having sat in the cage myself for two years. But while we don't have control over our stressors, we have control over our *reactions* to the stressors. Our thoughts, emotions, THAT,we can control
To be fair, I've only seen the latter in a quote. Most headlines (appropriately) use the passive, which makes the victim of violence the sentence topic, while still expressing the agent via the 'by' phrase.
January 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
To be fair, I've only seen the latter in a quote. Most headlines (appropriately) use the passive, which makes the victim of violence the sentence topic, while still expressing the agent via the 'by' phrase.
"Woman shot by agent." : passive
"Agents let woman die." : active
"Agents let woman die." : active
January 11, 2026 at 5:22 PM
"Woman shot by agent." : passive
"Agents let woman die." : active
"Agents let woman die." : active