whimsea
@shadhahvar.bsky.social
most of the world is just beautiful bullshit anyway | 💜🩶🤍 | they/she | 30+ | voracious reader, long pause writer, early day hiker, recreational photographer, animal fosterer
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#art | #writinglog | #fanfic | #dragonage | #pets | #foster | #photos
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There's a free documentary on youtube that just came out called "Listers" and it's so amazing. It's about birdwatching with two brothers who have never birdwatched and do it for a YEAR IN A VAN, it's stellar. Best thing I've watched in a long time. Bonus excellent mullet. youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo?...
LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching
YouTube video by owen reiser
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
There's a free documentary on youtube that just came out called "Listers" and it's so amazing. It's about birdwatching with two brothers who have never birdwatched and do it for a YEAR IN A VAN, it's stellar. Best thing I've watched in a long time. Bonus excellent mullet. youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo?...
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SALE EXTENDED: 40% off of almost everything at effinbirds.threadless.com until September 9th. T-shirts for $13! Mugs for $11! Prints for $9!
September 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
SALE EXTENDED: 40% off of almost everything at effinbirds.threadless.com until September 9th. T-shirts for $13! Mugs for $11! Prints for $9!
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My Morrigan keychain and sticker, Merrill pin and sticker, Blackwall pin and sticker and Flemeth pin and sticker are available for preorder! All the stickers I already have so those are ready to ship! #DragonAge
September 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My Morrigan keychain and sticker, Merrill pin and sticker, Blackwall pin and sticker and Flemeth pin and sticker are available for preorder! All the stickers I already have so those are ready to ship! #DragonAge
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The whale is at the point of no return in the Matrix.
Which one should I munch on, the blue or red snack? 😋
A Southern Right Whale, estimated to be around 18 meters long and weighing 80 tons, caught on camera. Stunning.
These whales are relatively harmless and they are known to interact with humans.
Amazing creatures.
#southernrightwhale #sealife
A Southern Right Whale, estimated to be around 18 meters long and weighing 80 tons, caught on camera. Stunning.
These whales are relatively harmless and they are known to interact with humans.
Amazing creatures.
#southernrightwhale #sealife
September 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The whale is at the point of no return in the Matrix.
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I mean many people do not understand that pasteurization is fancy boiling, either. It’s very, very common for someone in these circles to be like “I just boil the milk for a minute before I drink it!” and if you *tell* them that’s sterilization they don’t believe you.
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I mean many people do not understand that pasteurization is fancy boiling, either. It’s very, very common for someone in these circles to be like “I just boil the milk for a minute before I drink it!” and if you *tell* them that’s sterilization they don’t believe you.
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September 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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It was nice working with smart humans. Now if I could just keep them all alive.
September 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It was nice working with smart humans. Now if I could just keep them all alive.
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Gift link.
Harvard Secures a Court Victory in Its Fight With Trump
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Gift link.
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My fave comic
Just shared it with k2, danger hugs is now an official house meme
Just shared it with k2, danger hugs is now an official house meme
September 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My fave comic
Just shared it with k2, danger hugs is now an official house meme
Just shared it with k2, danger hugs is now an official house meme
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"From illusion I learned skepticism, and from skepticism, a demand for evidence. It was not enough for something to merely look true. I wanted to know the actuality that lay underneath."
When Your Father Is a Magician, What Do You Believe?
A childhood spent under the spell of sleight-of-hand taught me skepticism, curiosity, and the habit of looking beneath appearances.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
September 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"From illusion I learned skepticism, and from skepticism, a demand for evidence. It was not enough for something to merely look true. I wanted to know the actuality that lay underneath."
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This week's word is...
✨ SEARCH ✨
Find the word in any WIP & share the sentence containing it. All writers welcome. #wordgamewednesday
✨ SEARCH ✨
Find the word in any WIP & share the sentence containing it. All writers welcome. #wordgamewednesday
September 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This week's word is...
✨ SEARCH ✨
Find the word in any WIP & share the sentence containing it. All writers welcome. #wordgamewednesday
✨ SEARCH ✨
Find the word in any WIP & share the sentence containing it. All writers welcome. #wordgamewednesday
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It seems like federal district courts are in full revolt against SCOTUS. I've never seen such direct scathing criticism of SCOTUS like this from the bench over their shadow docket rulings quietly overturning precedent without explanation.
From the Harvard decision today.
From the Harvard decision today.
![A screenshot of page 28 of a legal document discussing the difficulty lower courts face when interpreting unclear or rapidly evolving guidance from the Supreme Court.
The following phrases and sentences are highlighted in yellow:
* "That said, the Supreme Court’s recent emergency docket rulings regarding grant terminations have not been models of clarity, and have left many issues unresolved."
* "California was a four-paragraph per curiam decision issued in the context of a stay application."
* "The outcome, which no party had requested, was, thus, inconsistent with the views of eight justices"
* "the issues are complex and evolving."
* "this Court, not the district courts or courts of appeals, will often still be the ultimate decisionmaker as to the interim legal status of major new federal statutes and executive actions."
* "...it is unhelpful and unnecessary to criticize district courts for “defy[ing]” the Supreme Court when they are working to find the right answer in a rapidly evolving doctrinal landscape, where they must grapple with both existing precedent and interim guidance from the Supreme Court that appears to set that precedent aside without much explanation or consensus."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sefgphqp2xqwh2hawaixykwz/bafkreigccsnzzzeeozgxugdllvfylmdjlrmifsf34rgsubkhl5f2viivzu@jpeg)
September 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It seems like federal district courts are in full revolt against SCOTUS. I've never seen such direct scathing criticism of SCOTUS like this from the bench over their shadow docket rulings quietly overturning precedent without explanation.
From the Harvard decision today.
From the Harvard decision today.
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We took a week of vacation after being one of the guests of honor at WorldCon, and this is one of the things we did.
September 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We took a week of vacation after being one of the guests of honor at WorldCon, and this is one of the things we did.
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A nice bundle for $8 with funds going to UNRWA 🇵🇸🎮
Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle by Junch and 248 others
Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle: 382 items for $8.00
itch.io
September 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A nice bundle for $8 with funds going to UNRWA 🇵🇸🎮
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I did say this and I said it about the Silmarillion, a book I will love forever.
It varies from project to project, but of late, I've held tight to something that the marvelous Emily Tesh once said of a fantasy classic: that the beautiful world is still broken, and the broken world is still beautiful. There always has to be at least a little joy.
On the subject of queer joy & queer suffering in fiction, I think of it as a spectrum, and each writer and each reader has a comfort zone on that spectrum, for whatever reason.
My sweet spot as an author is about 70% joy and 30% suffering, give or take 20% for either.
What’s yours?
My sweet spot as an author is about 70% joy and 30% suffering, give or take 20% for either.
What’s yours?
September 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I did say this and I said it about the Silmarillion, a book I will love forever.
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Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Green Woodpecker! 💚 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is Sept 24th.
Rules and Full Size Ref. Photo here: birdwhispererproject.com/participate/
Photo by
@kritzelich.bsky.social
#birds #BirdWhisperer #art
Rules and Full Size Ref. Photo here: birdwhispererproject.com/participate/
Photo by
@kritzelich.bsky.social
#birds #BirdWhisperer #art
September 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Green Woodpecker! 💚 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is Sept 24th.
Rules and Full Size Ref. Photo here: birdwhispererproject.com/participate/
Photo by
@kritzelich.bsky.social
#birds #BirdWhisperer #art
Rules and Full Size Ref. Photo here: birdwhispererproject.com/participate/
Photo by
@kritzelich.bsky.social
#birds #BirdWhisperer #art
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🔓 Stretch Goal UNLOCKED 🔓
The Qwydion Tower sticker will be upgraded with gold foil stamping! Thank you to everyone who ordered any of our packs to unlock this stretch goal 💜 #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine
✨ Click here to Order DAA 2026 NOW ✨
The Qwydion Tower sticker will be upgraded with gold foil stamping! Thank you to everyone who ordered any of our packs to unlock this stretch goal 💜 #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine
✨ Click here to Order DAA 2026 NOW ✨
September 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🔓 Stretch Goal UNLOCKED 🔓
The Qwydion Tower sticker will be upgraded with gold foil stamping! Thank you to everyone who ordered any of our packs to unlock this stretch goal 💜 #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine
✨ Click here to Order DAA 2026 NOW ✨
The Qwydion Tower sticker will be upgraded with gold foil stamping! Thank you to everyone who ordered any of our packs to unlock this stretch goal 💜 #DragonAge #DragonAgeAnnual #zine
✨ Click here to Order DAA 2026 NOW ✨
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September 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Hey, the Unbound for Gaza fundraiser is here, starting September 25th.
www.32auctions.com/unboundforga...
The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.
www.32auctions.com/unboundforga...
The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.
Unbound for Gaza
Silent auction 'Unbound for Gaza' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hey, the Unbound for Gaza fundraiser is here, starting September 25th.
www.32auctions.com/unboundforga...
The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.
www.32auctions.com/unboundforga...
The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.
this brings me such happiness in my soul
September 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
this brings me such happiness in my soul
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a long, long time ago (2018ish), @shadhahvar.bsky.social and i had this cursed idea of a #dai and #yoi crossover... the JJquisition. featuring JJ as the inquisitor, yuuri as the traumatised and tired army commander, and victor the smiling but deadly spymaster. (no JJ art yet because... priorities..)
June 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
a long, long time ago (2018ish), @shadhahvar.bsky.social and i had this cursed idea of a #dai and #yoi crossover... the JJquisition. featuring JJ as the inquisitor, yuuri as the traumatised and tired army commander, and victor the smiling but deadly spymaster. (no JJ art yet because... priorities..)
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Inprnt's doing a big sale thing right now. I added an extra 10% off cause i discovered the discount button lol (hopefully it works!)
Code: UBA3EN
www.inprnt.com/gallery/mogw...
Code: UBA3EN
www.inprnt.com/gallery/mogw...
April 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Inprnt's doing a big sale thing right now. I added an extra 10% off cause i discovered the discount button lol (hopefully it works!)
Code: UBA3EN
www.inprnt.com/gallery/mogw...
Code: UBA3EN
www.inprnt.com/gallery/mogw...
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The rehabilitation of Hammond is one of the greatest black marks of Spielberg's whole career
I could write a 10,000-word essay on how Jurassic Park is a very fun but exceptionally wrong-headed movie.
Like, it wasn't Frankensteinian science and chaos theory that doomed the park. It was Nedry.
Like, it wasn't Frankensteinian science and chaos theory that doomed the park. It was Nedry.
ppl keep mistaking Jurassic Park for a survival film against dinosaurs when it's actually a survival film against startup culture
April 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The rehabilitation of Hammond is one of the greatest black marks of Spielberg's whole career