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@linear-bean.bsky.social
Julie, she/her. Historical fencer and transit enthusiast. One day I'll finish my book I swear.
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"This story doesn't need a sandworm"
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"This story doesn't need a sandworm"
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
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The Brownville's Food Pantry For Deer is back for the year! I've learned the community around it has recorded lore for recognizable deer like Shaggy; an actual factual gender nonconforming deer.
Nature is beautiful.
Nature is beautiful.
December 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The Brownville's Food Pantry For Deer is back for the year! I've learned the community around it has recorded lore for recognizable deer like Shaggy; an actual factual gender nonconforming deer.
Nature is beautiful.
Nature is beautiful.
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Neither is herpes, but I’ll keep doing my work without either.
AI is not going to go away
December 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Neither is herpes, but I’ll keep doing my work without either.
Disco Elysium ass name
move aside ann arbaugh, you have some competition for most hilarious name (ann arbor real estate agent subcategory)
December 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Disco Elysium ass name
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Very disappointed in the new Nebula Award eligibility information from SFWA that allows partially-generated works to be on the ballot. See 9.11.2.
www.sfwa.org/complete-neb...
This shouldn't be difficult. #noAI
www.sfwa.org/complete-neb...
This shouldn't be difficult. #noAI
December 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Very disappointed in the new Nebula Award eligibility information from SFWA that allows partially-generated works to be on the ballot. See 9.11.2.
www.sfwa.org/complete-neb...
This shouldn't be difficult. #noAI
www.sfwa.org/complete-neb...
This shouldn't be difficult. #noAI
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A petite, beautifully-faceted gem by a master of the craft -- Link never misses.
Wondering if anyone would be willing to blurb this post. It isn't a long read!
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A petite, beautifully-faceted gem by a master of the craft -- Link never misses.
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LEAVE BILL WATTERSON ALONE, YOU CREEP
![What's the title or IP that you have yet to land but want?
Calvin and Hobbes. I've been chasing that for years and years, and I just have gotten nowhere with [creator] Bill Watterson. I began writing letters to him over 20 years ago. He lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and I was actually contemplating just going out there and just staying at a local Best Western and seeing if he ever shows up at the [local] bookstore. All he does is these wood carvings for poetry readings, and every now and then he goes to the bookstore and does signings.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pkjt2otk4svponrxpxbphl4h/bafkreibwybykvvxcfsyyii3pvcjgsjdnpqnbzlgrsqu6h3r7gsl6qbsaqu@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
LEAVE BILL WATTERSON ALONE, YOU CREEP
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and tiny tim, who was NOT in the epstein files,
December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
and tiny tim, who was NOT in the epstein files,
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the most important thing any novel can have, though, is The Worst Woman In the World
December 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
the most important thing any novel can have, though, is The Worst Woman In the World
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Q: Well how would that even work? Have you thought of every single mechanic and eventuality of this scheme? Do you realize how hard it would be to accomplish?
A: oh then I guess we shouldn’t try. sorry
A: oh then I guess we shouldn’t try. sorry
December 14, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Q: Well how would that even work? Have you thought of every single mechanic and eventuality of this scheme? Do you realize how hard it would be to accomplish?
A: oh then I guess we shouldn’t try. sorry
A: oh then I guess we shouldn’t try. sorry
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“If the Messiah were born today, we would absolutely want him arriving in a way that minimizes the impact on our single-family neighborhoods.”
Montgomery County to Require 2.5 Parking Spaces per Nativity Set
WHEATON, MD – Citing concerns about holiday traffic, Montgomery County officials announced this week that all residential properties must now provide a minimum of 2.5 off-street parking space…
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December 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“If the Messiah were born today, we would absolutely want him arriving in a way that minimizes the impact on our single-family neighborhoods.”
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one of my longstanding takes is that car manufacturers should be forced to install mandatory speed limiters in every new vehicle and people react to that like I'm advocating to strip them of their right to free speech
December 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
one of my longstanding takes is that car manufacturers should be forced to install mandatory speed limiters in every new vehicle and people react to that like I'm advocating to strip them of their right to free speech
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When I was in high school we made 69 jokes but the economy is so bad kids these days can only joke about 67
December 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
When I was in high school we made 69 jokes but the economy is so bad kids these days can only joke about 67
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Have you been having trouble finding eel testicles? Worried you're doing it wrong? Don't fret...it's not just you!
Folks from Aristotle on tried & failed to sex eels. Young Sigmund Freud spent a summer in Italy dissecting 400 eels looking for their testes, without success. 1/6
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Folks from Aristotle on tried & failed to sex eels. Young Sigmund Freud spent a summer in Italy dissecting 400 eels looking for their testes, without success. 1/6
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December 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Have you been having trouble finding eel testicles? Worried you're doing it wrong? Don't fret...it's not just you!
Folks from Aristotle on tried & failed to sex eels. Young Sigmund Freud spent a summer in Italy dissecting 400 eels looking for their testes, without success. 1/6
🗃️🧪
Folks from Aristotle on tried & failed to sex eels. Young Sigmund Freud spent a summer in Italy dissecting 400 eels looking for their testes, without success. 1/6
🗃️🧪
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"When two-thirds of people are hit in crosswalks, we need to make our crosswalks safer. That's what's happening here [with the No Turn On Red signs]." - Councilmember @evanmglass.bsky.social
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December 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"When two-thirds of people are hit in crosswalks, we need to make our crosswalks safer. That's what's happening here [with the No Turn On Red signs]." - Councilmember @evanmglass.bsky.social
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Finally: candles for men
December 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Finally: candles for men
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Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair
December 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Nobody. I do not think you can eat chair
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nice argument, too bad I have depicted you as a long-haired commoner and myself as a handsome priest
December 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
nice argument, too bad I have depicted you as a long-haired commoner and myself as a handsome priest
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one thing that's making me feel particularly insane lately is how there is no longer any limit to the amount of wrong you can be
August 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
one thing that's making me feel particularly insane lately is how there is no longer any limit to the amount of wrong you can be