Mikaela
@mikaelal.bsky.social
I am a swedish writer from Stockholm that writes fantasy and likes history and mythology.
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Maybe someday we'll get the entire Fated Mates collection into BookBub, but that day is not today. We did, however, just add 808th book. That's not nothing!
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December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Maybe someday we'll get the entire Fated Mates collection into BookBub, but that day is not today. We did, however, just add 808th book. That's not nothing!
Me: 10 people before it is my number? I'll wait.
Also me: What do you mean it has been 45 minutes?!
Anyway, I have enough meds for the next three months or so.
Also me: What do you mean it has been 45 minutes?!
Anyway, I have enough meds for the next three months or so.
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Me: 10 people before it is my number? I'll wait.
Also me: What do you mean it has been 45 minutes?!
Anyway, I have enough meds for the next three months or so.
Also me: What do you mean it has been 45 minutes?!
Anyway, I have enough meds for the next three months or so.
So I probably got rid of the kitchengrade wood oil that I could open but kept the bottle I couldn't open. sigh.
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
So I probably got rid of the kitchengrade wood oil that I could open but kept the bottle I couldn't open. sigh.
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Minneapolis, New Orleans, it’s your turn to show the rest of America how you crush your ice.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Federal agents begin immigration operations in New Orleans and Minneapolis
The operations were launched a day after President Donald Trump said he’d be sending National Guard troops to New Orleans and disparaged Somali immigrants in Minneapolis.
www.nbcnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Minneapolis, New Orleans, it’s your turn to show the rest of America how you crush your ice.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Me: I really need to clear out the freezer.
Also me: cooks white turkey chili with the intention of freezing it.
Also me: cooks white turkey chili with the intention of freezing it.
December 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Me: I really need to clear out the freezer.
Also me: cooks white turkey chili with the intention of freezing it.
Also me: cooks white turkey chili with the intention of freezing it.
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If you cave in to the bigots, guess what that makes you!
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If you cave in to the bigots, guess what that makes you!
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Many years ago, I was feeling stressed by the state of the world and I started a Holiday Fairies thing where people sent me their wishlists and I publicized them to try to get everyone gifts for the holidays.
@shelflove.bsky.social skillfully took it over and made it An Actual Thing!
Like SRSLY!
@shelflove.bsky.social skillfully took it over and made it An Actual Thing!
Like SRSLY!
Holiday Fairies
Romancelandia holiday fairies is a mutual aid effort for the romance novel reader community.
shelflovepodcast.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Many years ago, I was feeling stressed by the state of the world and I started a Holiday Fairies thing where people sent me their wishlists and I publicized them to try to get everyone gifts for the holidays.
@shelflove.bsky.social skillfully took it over and made it An Actual Thing!
Like SRSLY!
@shelflove.bsky.social skillfully took it over and made it An Actual Thing!
Like SRSLY!
So I have had caffeine, iron and B-12 today. Normally they make me energetic. Not today. My body decide that the proper response was napping. Bodies are weird.
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
So I have had caffeine, iron and B-12 today. Normally they make me energetic. Not today. My body decide that the proper response was napping. Bodies are weird.
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We are doing a massive sale on all our spooky season items to clear out some space for the end of the year and our 2026 new adventures!
Get 35% off these adorable clicky keychains!
http://thebrokencirc...
Get 35% off these adorable clicky keychains!
http://thebrokencirc...
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We are doing a massive sale on all our spooky season items to clear out some space for the end of the year and our 2026 new adventures!
Get 35% off these adorable clicky keychains!
http://thebrokencirc...
Get 35% off these adorable clicky keychains!
http://thebrokencirc...
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Tonight at 9pm ET, 8pm CT, the Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night starring Lupita Nyong'o, Sandra Oh, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and directed by Saheem Ali will be on PBS Great Performances.
You can stream at pbs.org/gperf or on the PBS app.
You can stream at pbs.org/gperf or on the PBS app.
Twelfth Night ~ About | Great Performances | PBS
The Shakespearean comedy of mistaken identity starring Lupita Nyong'o, Sandra Oh, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Junior Nyong'o and more.
www.pbs.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Tonight at 9pm ET, 8pm CT, the Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night starring Lupita Nyong'o, Sandra Oh, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and directed by Saheem Ali will be on PBS Great Performances.
You can stream at pbs.org/gperf or on the PBS app.
You can stream at pbs.org/gperf or on the PBS app.
Me: *whines about the weather being rainy and gloomy*
Also me: It isn't raining. Yay! *looks at weather app* ... What do you mean it is 2 C feels like -2?!
Also me: It isn't raining. Yay! *looks at weather app* ... What do you mean it is 2 C feels like -2?!
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Me: *whines about the weather being rainy and gloomy*
Also me: It isn't raining. Yay! *looks at weather app* ... What do you mean it is 2 C feels like -2?!
Also me: It isn't raining. Yay! *looks at weather app* ... What do you mean it is 2 C feels like -2?!
Me: Ooohhh. I should go into town. Just wander around. Maybe buy christmas gifts
Also me: *realizes it is raining and I forgot my phone* Actually. I'll just buy some milk at the corner store and head home.
Also me: *realizes it is raining and I forgot my phone* Actually. I'll just buy some milk at the corner store and head home.
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Me: Ooohhh. I should go into town. Just wander around. Maybe buy christmas gifts
Also me: *realizes it is raining and I forgot my phone* Actually. I'll just buy some milk at the corner store and head home.
Also me: *realizes it is raining and I forgot my phone* Actually. I'll just buy some milk at the corner store and head home.
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Snap up my complete Harwood Spellbook boxed set now as part of this amazing StoryBundle curated by Charlotte English, with books by @tillywallace.bsky.social , @tansyrr.bsky.social , @victoriagoddard.bsky.social, R.J. Blain, @kristadb1.bsky.social & more:
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Snap up my complete Harwood Spellbook boxed set now as part of this amazing StoryBundle curated by Charlotte English, with books by @tillywallace.bsky.social , @tansyrr.bsky.social , @victoriagoddard.bsky.social, R.J. Blain, @kristadb1.bsky.social & more:
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
Swedish iron age historian: "All Viking age dogs shorter than 40 cms were just pets."
Me: Yeah. No. That's wrong. A) All domestic animals were way smaller in the Viking age. B) Dachshund and Svensk Vallhund already existed then.
Me: Yeah. No. That's wrong. A) All domestic animals were way smaller in the Viking age. B) Dachshund and Svensk Vallhund already existed then.
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Swedish iron age historian: "All Viking age dogs shorter than 40 cms were just pets."
Me: Yeah. No. That's wrong. A) All domestic animals were way smaller in the Viking age. B) Dachshund and Svensk Vallhund already existed then.
Me: Yeah. No. That's wrong. A) All domestic animals were way smaller in the Viking age. B) Dachshund and Svensk Vallhund already existed then.
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y'all can't even stand up to Schumer and Durbin.
Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
y'all can't even stand up to Schumer and Durbin.
Today I adulted and went to the dentist. My reward? I get to go again next week to extract a wisdom tooth. Love that for me.
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today I adulted and went to the dentist. My reward? I get to go again next week to extract a wisdom tooth. Love that for me.
I just got an invite to a fashion industry networking meeting. On the west coast. Wrong coast and a century too late. (A century ago my dad's family owned a boutique in Gothenburg)
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I just got an invite to a fashion industry networking meeting. On the west coast. Wrong coast and a century too late. (A century ago my dad's family owned a boutique in Gothenburg)
I am not sure if was the cream cheese or the sugar free gummies, but... whatever it was I ate earlier today my stomach did not like it. Moments like this I am glad for my IBD meds.
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I am not sure if was the cream cheese or the sugar free gummies, but... whatever it was I ate earlier today my stomach did not like it. Moments like this I am glad for my IBD meds.
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Thus you have learned: everyone who says a thing in the name of him who said it, brings deliverance into the world (Avot 6:6).
OH MY GOD JEWS
CITE YOUR SOURCES WHEN YOU WRITE
is it so hard
really come on
CITE YOUR SOURCES WHEN YOU WRITE
is it so hard
really come on
October 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thus you have learned: everyone who says a thing in the name of him who said it, brings deliverance into the world (Avot 6:6).
So i spent the weekend at the cottage filled with chaos and fun. Sick niece, cranky toddler nephew, a grumpy older nephew. Oh and the kitchen light didn't work.
But also fun with football with the nephew, reading for the toddler and thrifting.
Here is hoping that I don't get my niece's infection.
But also fun with football with the nephew, reading for the toddler and thrifting.
Here is hoping that I don't get my niece's infection.
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
So i spent the weekend at the cottage filled with chaos and fun. Sick niece, cranky toddler nephew, a grumpy older nephew. Oh and the kitchen light didn't work.
But also fun with football with the nephew, reading for the toddler and thrifting.
Here is hoping that I don't get my niece's infection.
But also fun with football with the nephew, reading for the toddler and thrifting.
Here is hoping that I don't get my niece's infection.
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Guillermo del Toro speaks for so many of us.
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Guillermo del Toro speaks for so many of us.
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
Woman in an ad: "You don't need to escape. All you need is exercise."
Me: That is easy to say when you live in a sunny climate."
*salty*
Me: That is easy to say when you live in a sunny climate."
*salty*
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Woman in an ad: "You don't need to escape. All you need is exercise."
Me: That is easy to say when you live in a sunny climate."
*salty*
Me: That is easy to say when you live in a sunny climate."
*salty*
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I have done my local food bank donations (and switched some to recurring) but I could really use some collective rage/compassion to fuel me into next week, so if you also made a donation please drop a link to where in the replies!
October 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I have done my local food bank donations (and switched some to recurring) but I could really use some collective rage/compassion to fuel me into next week, so if you also made a donation please drop a link to where in the replies!
Dinner was tasty... until I bit into a piece of beef that had that soil-y taste when something has started going bad. No idea if it was the beef or if I missed something. sigh. Not keeping the leftovers, though. Dang it.
October 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Dinner was tasty... until I bit into a piece of beef that had that soil-y taste when something has started going bad. No idea if it was the beef or if I missed something. sigh. Not keeping the leftovers, though. Dang it.
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I'm fully aware it doesn't work this way & this is more idle observation than anything else, but when I saw this again this morning I was like, y'know, if a quarter of my followers here could support my Patreon at $10/m, this would be do-able. o.O
so, y'know, patreon.com/ce_murphy, just in case :)
so, y'know, patreon.com/ce_murphy, just in case :)
October 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I'm fully aware it doesn't work this way & this is more idle observation than anything else, but when I saw this again this morning I was like, y'know, if a quarter of my followers here could support my Patreon at $10/m, this would be do-able. o.O
so, y'know, patreon.com/ce_murphy, just in case :)
so, y'know, patreon.com/ce_murphy, just in case :)