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C. L. Polk
@clpolk.com
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I write stuff. I knit stuff. I cook stuff. Ask me about my weird little books. https://www.clpolk.com/
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My breakfast (wow, I thought this posted hours ago, now i have to figure out so else to eat)
A blue plate holding my sandwich with whole grain bread, Black Forest ham, swiss cheese, tomatoes, sweet yellow peppers, sprouts, spruce tip mustard, kewpie mayo
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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You probably don’t but here you go
I took a screenshot of the ribeye on offer at the Midtown co-op. As you can see the prices work out to $29.23 USD per pound for the “cheaper” ribeye and $33.78 USD per pound for the expensive one.
December 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Angry Goose Meme. Frame one: The goose asks, "Why would it be phased out?" Frame two: the goose, hissing and chasing someone running away: "Why would it be phased out, bitch?"
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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i mean it's odd to say "tell us how you make your money" and then not actually let us respond, but

Hello, I make my money from writing books and through the kindness of people who bail me out of emergencies on ko-fi and kick in a few bucks a month on patreon

my biggest advance was $15k per book
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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I finally tried making a mash of whole grains for my bread. i used a 12 grain cereal for the mash and mostly whole wheat flour for the biga. The poppy seeds didn’t really stick
Two loaves of multi grain bread topped with poppy seeds cooling on a wire rack.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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I know no one asked what I am knitting but I took a progress picture of my #WatermarkCardigan anyway. I wanted it to be shorter on the body so I started dividing for sleeves way early
A Watermark cardigan by Jared Flood, knitted by me. A partially knitted gray cardigan is laid out on the sunny part of the floor to show off the texture of the knitting using knit-purl stitch patterns and cable knitting techniques. The knitter has opted to make their cardigan body much shorter than the original pattern, with deeper sleeves to accommodate layers underneath. Yarn is Briggs & Little Heritage, which does not knit to the pattern gauge, so sizing adjustments have been made. It has taken roughly 120 hours to knit this far. There have been many mistakes.
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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I want everyone to post their hometown slop

(technically the first one is local slop, I wasn't born here, the second one is hometown slop, though!)
on the left - a dish known as Ginger Beef. strips of beef, battered and deep fried, then tossed in a wok with a sweet ginger and hot pepper sauce. in the early days this dish used to be three chilis hot on the menu and that was a genuine warning. today it's honestly just sweet. on the right - the sign for the Silver Inn Restaurant, where the dish was invented in 1970. It's round and mounted on a red brick wall. the California Roll was invented in Vancouver in the 70's as a way to ease Vancouverites into eating sushi because they were all scared of raw fish. Now Vancouver has so much good sushi they take it for granted. This version uses crab-flavored pollock instead of the real crab and mayonnaise that was original.
November 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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but hold on, you just said you transferred with 14 labelers! how can you be at 21?

An excellent question! These labelers were automatically added to my account, are not removable, and count towards my 20, that's how

If you're on bluesky or blacksky, do you see these bonus moderation services?
a list of mandatory bluesky moderation services from brazil, russia, turkey, india, and germany that were automatically added to my account when i moved it to blacksky.
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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i originally wanted the e95s because it's the modern version of the elite and it's so very midcentury modern, i mean look at this gorgeous creature
a burgundy and gold pilot e95s, uncapped, posted, and ready to write. I like the inlaid nib and the way the pen tapers. a Pilot e95s pen in burgundy/gold, capped. the short body makes the capped pen more of a pocket pen size. I like it because the proportions between cap and barrel are interesting.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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I couldn’t post this and I don’t know why
Paul: we really are anti-torment nexus. you can’t get rid of the torment but, you know, you gotta put in some hours to fight it My reply: this is an awful idea. You can’t say “we’re anti torment nexus” and by that you mean “we’re going to use an enforced civility filter that will punish the no-no words. this is what’s best for you.”
November 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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wait, what are you doing
a screenshot of the character creator of baldur's gate 3. I have made a Zariel Tiefling Druid, body type 2. that's moonlight horns mod and i think Tav's hair salon.
October 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Oh, interesting
The title screen for Dead Take. A dark screening room with one leather reclining chair and a large screen in aqua with the title, "Dead Take" written on it.
October 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Hold on that's not what I meant--
the character selection screen for a character in world of warcraft classic mists of pandaria. the character is a female draenei hunter in mismatched armor with a red fox companion.
October 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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@sidekickai.bsky.social what? an algorithm reply guy? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
the profile of @sidekicksi.bsky.social, that is boiling the earth to be the most annoying internet archetype ever
September 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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well, you could read a story instead. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The cover of Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark. A white pointed hood with open mouths for eyes on a red background. a pair of black hands raised and curled around the title, where the hooded person's mouth would be.
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Bluesky's guidelines ban this work.
First edition cover of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, a book in which the author relates the story of being raped as a child of single digit age in the first ten pages. A black silhouette of a bird in flight on a red background with a yellow circle rising (or setting) at the horizon of the bottom of the page.
September 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Bluesky's guidelines ban this work.
Titian, The Rape of Europa. Europa holds onto a bull's horns as it races away. Europa waves a red cloth, signaling distress. cherubs chase her, but the bull, who is Zeus in disguise, continues his kidnapping.
September 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Certified getting in good with Santa Claus 2025
A screenshot of a site that measures how often an account uses alt-text. I used my own account and i have an A plus 100% score.
September 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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okay, bored now
a screenshot of settings > moderation > Muted words & tags so you can not hear about anything or anyone who bores you
September 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Alas.
a screenshot of the navigator in Libre Office only showing Heading 1 entries, but not Heading 2 or 3.
September 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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no, because when I scroll through the document and click on the things I had set as headings, they register as the headings of the type I set, but my navigator does not look like that.
What i see when I choose Navigator in Libre Office. it's a tiny pop up window with nothing inside it.
September 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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No. Absolutely not. oubliette.
Obvious AI pfp Samuel @writerswingagency4.bsky.social O followers 406 following 0 posts Book Marketer @ Blue Sky | Helping authors turn stories into brands Marketing
September 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Reminded of this every day
Red poster with white lettering. “Keep Calm and carry on.” Allegedly a slogan the British invented for postering in public in case their nation was taken over by fascists.
August 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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The big nerd
English Musician Gary Numan, who released a genre changing hit song in 1979 and just kept being awesome.
August 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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August 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM