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Multipurpose Goddess
@skaredoff.bsky.social
Possibly the only Skaredoff in the sky
just here to read, really
Buffista
If you think you might remember me from ye olde internet, you’re probably right
minus t
This s high quality
How doth Ea-nāṣir saye goodbye?

Cu later!
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Linguists describe language and its use, rather than prescribe its use. I understand. Nevertheless, for the love of all that is holy, this thing / is not a "backslash." Come on, people.
February 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Can’t believe none of these have found good homes yet! They are all on handmade, recycled paper & made w/ sumi ink. All are name your own price! I’m currently running on a negative bank account & any sales are incredibly appreciated. Thank you for looking/sharing! <3
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Double entendre title of the week. This book is from 2005 and appears to be from a UK or HK publisher but I really think someone should have told them.
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Vintage dollhouse cat from my collection. Pictured on Francie for no particular reason at all.
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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This essay about Cinder House is definitely the most vulnerable, personal thing I've ever written; it took me over a year to get to the point where I wanted to tell this particular story. Thanks to @booktrib.bsky.social for giving it a home! 🏠🔥

booktrib.com/2025/11/18/h...
Housing the Heroine in “Cinder House” | BookTrib.
If you asked me today, and if you'd asked me two years ago, I'd tell you I'm very fond of my house. It's nothing special. It's a townhouse surrounded by other townhouses that look just like it, formin...
booktrib.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Not easy to get my head at a good angle to show them off, but I love these earrings from @cvkvlv.com !Bat!
November 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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If you live in Oakland PLEASE consider writing in via this extremely easy form to our city officials to urge them to REJECT a contract w FLOCK surveillance cameras, which shares data directly with ICE and DHS.

Keep our neighbors safe.

FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND

actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
Tell City Council: No FLOCK Surveillance for ICE in Oakland
The Oakland Police Department is looking to push through a $2.25M contract to expand its surveillance network under the privately-owned company FLOCK Safety — and we need you to show up and demand the...
actionnetwork.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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#NewOrleans #NOLA "How to Report ICE" zine is up!

(You can find a link to all the zines plus an assembly how-to in my bio.)

drive.google.com/file/d/1K6Vv...
New-Orleans-SALUTE-zine-11-17.pdf
drive.google.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
None of the cities where I might typically hit a Starbucks are on this list, but I’m getting my coffee elsewhere meanwhile. Forgoing my beloved gingerbread latte is a sacrifice
Is your Starbucks on strike? Maybe!

I just checked, so I thought I'd share:

sbworkersunited.org/union-starbu...
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Folks, I did it. I made the Cooks Illustrated competing pear crisps, and then I made my friends judge them blind.
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨

Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I just got it! Pips #91 Hard 🔴
38:05
November 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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New earrings!

Ekv-fone (Skull) Nerē (Night) Bead Soup Beaded Dangle Earrings

cvkvlv.com/products/ekv...

- These earrings are extra long and extra sparkly! Made with silver-lined glass beads that catch the light like glitter ✨ 💙 💜 🖤

- Approximately: 8 3/4 inches (22 cm)

#Beadwork #Art #Mvskoke
November 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
nerdlegame 1397 2/6

🟪🟪⬛🟪🟪🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Feels like a while since I’ve had one of these
November 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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people don't even notice how at the beginning of the last chapter of The Lord of the Rings, Frodo defunds the police
February 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Kobo is doing a 30 day free trial promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus for new subscribers (not sure if this is US only), if you like queer indie books, small press SFF, and backlist SFF from large publishers there's a lot to choose from on this service that's not on KU!
Rakuten Kobo
www.kobo.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?

Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?

Now available for free!

Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!

Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Little treat for me, Fire earrings from @cvkvlv.com on this rainy day
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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If you have small people & live in NYC, the Holiday Nostalgia Train returns to NYC Sunday, Dec 7, 14, 21 & 28. For the cost of a regular fare, you get to ride New York Transit Museum’s 1930s R1/9 cars complete with rattan seats, vintage ads, and paddle fans.
www.nytransitmuseum.org/holidaynosta...
Holiday Nostalgia Rides
The New York Transit Museum's Holiday Nostalgia Train will transport straphangers back in time every Sunday in December!
www.nytransitmuseum.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Submit them to Aurorasaurus!!! They're an NSF funded project out of University of New Mexico that takes crowdsourced aurora observations for research purposes:
www.aurorasaurus.org
Aurorasaurus - Reporting Auroras from the Ground Up
Friends, see my real-time #aurora report on the aurorasaurus.org map! Follow us on www.facebook.com/aurorasaurus.org. Reporting #northernlights and #citizenscience from the ground up since 2012!
www.aurorasaurus.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM