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Noëlle "Ellie" Anthony, writer, programmer, sometime artist and game designer.
Main website: https://noelle.codes
Mastodon: https://chat.noelle.codes/@noelle
Social media policy: https://noelle.codes/social_media_policy.html
Noëlle "Ellie" Anthony, writer, programmer, sometime artist and game designer.
Main website: https://noelle.codes
Mastodon: https://chat.noelle.codes/@noelle
Social media policy: https://noelle.codes/social_media_policy.html
At what point, I wonder, will people realize that he's not a luminary genius, he's a cheap car salesman who lies like a rug and who got lucky and used carnival hucksterism to convince his investors he was invaluable.
In other news, last night I rediscovered Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable".
In other news, last night I rediscovered Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable".
February 10, 2026 at 10:08 PM
At what point, I wonder, will people realize that he's not a luminary genius, he's a cheap car salesman who lies like a rug and who got lucky and used carnival hucksterism to convince his investors he was invaluable.
In other news, last night I rediscovered Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable".
In other news, last night I rediscovered Beyoncé's "Irreplaceable".
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A pleasure to share. Seriously: my concern is that (as mentioned in the post) writers still learning their craft are being warned off testing a technique that, because some like to frame it as “less fun”, could save them a TON of stress and grief. We want MORE of their work, and with less pain. 😀
February 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
A pleasure to share. Seriously: my concern is that (as mentioned in the post) writers still learning their craft are being warned off testing a technique that, because some like to frame it as “less fun”, could save them a TON of stress and grief. We want MORE of their work, and with less pain. 😀
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Lovely profile of a fantastic filmmaker, alongside everything else.
Cannot believe that I got to profile an extraordinary filmmaker, who happens to be the mother of NYC’s new mayor, and think about intersections of art and politics, and how familial love might produce a buffer against the corrosive politics and cynicism of our time. My story about Mira Nair:
What Mira Nair Taught Zohran Mamdani
The mayor’s famous filmmaker mother reveals the origins of his ferocious ambition.
www.vulture.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Lovely profile of a fantastic filmmaker, alongside everything else.
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God, no, NOTHING LIKE THOSE. *So* many people have thought outlining meant “like those” and staggered away in horror. Correctly! …*I* mean like this. https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2020/07/25/outlining-one-writers-approach/
Outlining: one writer's approach - Out of Ambit
A list-of-concepts-based approach to novel outlining, with examples of adapted submissions outlines for the querying writer
www.dianeduane.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
God, no, NOTHING LIKE THOSE. *So* many people have thought outlining meant “like those” and staggered away in horror. Correctly! …*I* mean like this. https://www.dianeduane.com/outofambit/2020/07/25/outlining-one-writers-approach/
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They're excellent, folks.
Got hit with a $3000.00 vet bill yesterday. Still looking for work. So, uh, buy my books, maybe?
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...
Eric Carter
Buy books online and find book series such as Eric Carter written by Stephen Blackmoore from PenguinRandomHouse.com
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:13 PM
They're excellent, folks.
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This is a super-cool premise for a game, a poignant inversion of the Tomb Raider-style fantasy.
Johannesburg’s Nyamakop Studios turns African artifact repatriation into a bold heist game.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Video game 'reloots' stolen artefacts, by reclaiming works of art from Western museums
www.france24.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:43 PM
This is a super-cool premise for a game, a poignant inversion of the Tomb Raider-style fantasy.
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*point*
Pet emergency.
Pet emergency.
Times are hard, but if you've got a few bucks to spare for the most charismatic member of the family (aka my mental health in 12-lb fuzzy form), we'd all appreciate it.
PayPal: KellyannWolfe
Venmo: @Kellyann-Wolfe
PayPal: KellyannWolfe
Venmo: @Kellyann-Wolfe
February 10, 2026 at 2:37 AM
*point*
Pet emergency.
Pet emergency.
So many of the horses on gradient.horse feel like cave-art paintings. It's fun to watch them go by.
gradient.horse
Draw a horse, watch it run!
gradient.horse
February 10, 2026 at 2:29 AM
So many of the horses on gradient.horse feel like cave-art paintings. It's fun to watch them go by.
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Read this and then get the book: “Bad Bunny showed us that when he said, “We are Americans” at the Grammys, he wasn’t merely referring to citizenship status. He was challenging this country’s ever-narrowing definitions of who is — and is not — American.” #GiftLink
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
February 10, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Read this and then get the book: “Bad Bunny showed us that when he said, “We are Americans” at the Grammys, he wasn’t merely referring to citizenship status. He was challenging this country’s ever-narrowing definitions of who is — and is not — American.” #GiftLink
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
My dude you can't even build a system that will allow people to get to the grocery store
Of all the things that won’t happen, this won’t happen the most
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
My dude you can't even build a system that will allow people to get to the grocery store
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Ok friends, final push:
We got married, and it was wonderful!
I'd like to spread the good news around to some wonderful science, conservation, and education charities I love.
Please consider making a donation in honor of David and Eileen's wedding:
www.southernfriedscience.com/im-getting-m...
We got married, and it was wonderful!
I'd like to spread the good news around to some wonderful science, conservation, and education charities I love.
Please consider making a donation in honor of David and Eileen's wedding:
www.southernfriedscience.com/im-getting-m...
I’m getting married! Want to honor us? Here are some great charities you can donate to.
Some, as they say, personal news: I’m getting married! I’d love to use this happy occassion to spread good news around. To that end, if you’re so inclined to make a donation ̶…
www.southernfriedscience.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Ok friends, final push:
We got married, and it was wonderful!
I'd like to spread the good news around to some wonderful science, conservation, and education charities I love.
Please consider making a donation in honor of David and Eileen's wedding:
www.southernfriedscience.com/im-getting-m...
We got married, and it was wonderful!
I'd like to spread the good news around to some wonderful science, conservation, and education charities I love.
Please consider making a donation in honor of David and Eileen's wedding:
www.southernfriedscience.com/im-getting-m...
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I would really like to write the story I've been solicited to write for this collection. (Space opera! Fashion! Politics!)
But it needs to get funded for that to happen.
But it needs to get funded for that to happen.
We have 12 days to go on our crowdfund for WHAT ELEGANT STARS and still need to raise about $7k. We've just added a reward "add-on" for a short story critique with editor dave ring if that would be of interest.
We also still have two Benefactor Rewards at $1k that would be incredibly impactful.
We also still have two Benefactor Rewards at $1k that would be incredibly impactful.
February 8, 2026 at 10:14 PM
"This is a good start, but where are the tests?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Will this make the reader throw up in their mouth a little?"
"Will this make the reader throw up in their mouth a little?"
February 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
"This is a good start, but where are the tests?"
This I believe: if we really want to heal society, we need to get rid of the belief that scientists are really just high priests of Science, the conviction that corporations should get to do whatever they want, and the mortal terror that someone might get help they "don't need".
February 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
This I believe: if we really want to heal society, we need to get rid of the belief that scientists are really just high priests of Science, the conviction that corporations should get to do whatever they want, and the mortal terror that someone might get help they "don't need".
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Alright, where are my gifted kids at? You were smart and you never had to study and then you went to college and suddenly had to learn a new skillset overnight, that everybody else had years to learn, or flame out spectacularly?
That’s what talent is like.
That’s what talent is like.
In my experience, talent is a *detriment* to learning.
I didn't have to practice early on so I *didn't know how*. I didn't start to learn how to practice until my 30s! (When much of my life was taken up with parenting, so I didn't have time!)
I didn't start to improve as a musician until my 40s!
I didn't have to practice early on so I *didn't know how*. I didn't start to learn how to practice until my 30s! (When much of my life was taken up with parenting, so I didn't have time!)
I didn't start to improve as a musician until my 40s!
I'm going to say this again in case you haven't heard this one: I was a talented writer and it did *nothing whatsoever* because I hadn't put in the work, and I put in the work for ten years (subtracting the bit where I had to quit for my mental health) to write Witchmark
talent alone could *never*
talent alone could *never*
February 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Alright, where are my gifted kids at? You were smart and you never had to study and then you went to college and suddenly had to learn a new skillset overnight, that everybody else had years to learn, or flame out spectacularly?
That’s what talent is like.
That’s what talent is like.
I live just off Kalamazoo St. (named, naturally, for the city) and as someone with a Classics background, I wonder occasionally what καλαμαζόω might mean.
(Usually I settle on "good omen", from combining καλός "beautiful; useful; good" and θαυμάζω "I wonder, I am astonished".)
(Usually I settle on "good omen", from combining καλός "beautiful; useful; good" and θαυμάζω "I wonder, I am astonished".)
February 7, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I live just off Kalamazoo St. (named, naturally, for the city) and as someone with a Classics background, I wonder occasionally what καλαμαζόω might mean.
(Usually I settle on "good omen", from combining καλός "beautiful; useful; good" and θαυμάζω "I wonder, I am astonished".)
(Usually I settle on "good omen", from combining καλός "beautiful; useful; good" and θαυμάζω "I wonder, I am astonished".)
With the caveat that I don't read Rascal regularly or follow tabletop news particularly closely: I feel like it's a bad sign that every time I've heard about Rascal, it's in the context of "they fucked up the reporting on this issue and it's hurting people".
February 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
With the caveat that I don't read Rascal regularly or follow tabletop news particularly closely: I feel like it's a bad sign that every time I've heard about Rascal, it's in the context of "they fucked up the reporting on this issue and it's hurting people".
Envious of the people posting their 40s selfies today. I'm 46, two years of HRT has done almost nothing for me, and there hasn't been a day in the last 40 years when I haven't disliked my appearance (to put it mildly). I wish i could find the self-love I see others enjoying.
February 7, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Envious of the people posting their 40s selfies today. I'm 46, two years of HRT has done almost nothing for me, and there hasn't been a day in the last 40 years when I haven't disliked my appearance (to put it mildly). I wish i could find the self-love I see others enjoying.
Surprised to see the Noble Savage myth in the wild from a soi-disant leftist today.
Noble savage - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Surprised to see the Noble Savage myth in the wild from a soi-disant leftist today.
Please read.
I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.
A thread.
A thread.
February 6, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Please read.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Now, more than ever, we must remember the cemeteries are full of irreplaceable men.
February 5, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Poking my nose back onto Bsky for the first time in several hours.
My timeline: multiple posts labeled "timeline cleanse" or "I give up on today".
Me: :grandpa_simpson_enter_leave.gif:
My timeline: multiple posts labeled "timeline cleanse" or "I give up on today".
Me: :grandpa_simpson_enter_leave.gif:
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Poking my nose back onto Bsky for the first time in several hours.
My timeline: multiple posts labeled "timeline cleanse" or "I give up on today".
Me: :grandpa_simpson_enter_leave.gif:
My timeline: multiple posts labeled "timeline cleanse" or "I give up on today".
Me: :grandpa_simpson_enter_leave.gif:
I got halfway through thinking "surely most modern fonts weren't either" before I realized I needed to put my glasses on.
Iron Age forts simply weren't designed to deal with artillery barrages. It's a real flaw.
Following the circuit of Flowers Barrow Iron Age hillfort in Dorset is not recommended as there's occasional unexploded ordnance hereabouts 😱
📷 Feb 2022
It's vital that visitors check when it's not being shelled from Lulworth MoD Artillery Range:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
#HillfortsWednesday
📷 Feb 2022
It's vital that visitors check when it's not being shelled from Lulworth MoD Artillery Range:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
#HillfortsWednesday
February 4, 2026 at 11:37 AM
I got halfway through thinking "surely most modern fonts weren't either" before I realized I needed to put my glasses on.