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Susan

@spindilly.bsky.social

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I collect hobbies, fandoms, and projects like they're pokémon. No I will not put some back. (She/her)

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Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 1d

One of my coworkers asked how I memorised the barcode numbers for a set of keys.

"The bit they share is just repetition, and then key 9 ends in 4, and 9-4=5 so I remember that, key 18 ends in 5 and 8-5=3..."

And she just looks at me and very gently says "It's very busy inside your head, isn't it?"

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 3d

What do you MEAN the characters have acknowledged some of their feelings and kissed about it three books into a five book series?! That's a terrible sign! Stop that!

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 7d

Silent Hill f: WHY CAN THE CREATURES JUMP *sobs*

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 8d

Like the curses are cool, the male lead is a self-sacrificing lunatic, but goddddddd this is Certain Scientific Railgun all over again.

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 8d

My dear curse-casting vampiress: oh boy I wonder how far through this series I'll get before the lolicon and comedy pervy lesbian show up!

... Didn't even make it out of books one.

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 9d

Some of the kids want to shake hands after you help them and that is so! Incredibly! Cute!

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 9d

Sword of the demon hunter: The guy was twelve feet tall, had horns and red skin, and could punch hard enough to knock down trees.

"But most tellingly of all, he had glowing red eyes."

... Really Ginta. Was THAT the most telling clue that this guy was a demon.

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 9d

You see the problem we had when that specific lecture let out!

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 9d

This is the first time I have stopped moving since 11. Hi kids! Welcome back!

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 9d

Public request to all lecturers to check whether your university library has ebook copies of textbooks before you tell a class of 100+ first years that they can download all of them free at the library.

Sincerely, library staff who can't advocate piracy on company time

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 9d

The kids are BACK.

a young girl is eating a green lollipop with a spoon

ALT: a young girl is eating a green lollipop with a spoon

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Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 13d

(I have a kobo plus subscription so I didn't buy all of those at least, but fuck me sideways that was a shock.)

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 13d

UNREAD ebooks. Those are the books that I got and DIDN'T READ because WHAT IS MY LIFE.

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 13d

Me: I will allocate space for 600 prose ebooks to cover what I've acquired since 2022 and what I'll acquire next year!

My notebook: You have 506 prose ebooks right now. There's still three months of the year left.

Me:

elmo the sesame street character is sitting on a ledge

ALT: elmo the sesame street character is sitting on a ledge

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The Girl with the Green Ribbon 💀💀 (Jenny Hamilton) @readingtheend.bsky.social · 15d

deepest of deep breaths

feeling nervous about this one, friends! I've written about the mainstreaming of pull-to-publish, its impact on fandom, and what it means for an increasingly corporate and IP-driven creative landscape.

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 15d

"Feed fanfic into capitalism, and it comes out shaped like capitalism."

@readingtheend.bsky.social dissects the trend pulling fanfiction through the traditional publishing pipeline (and what it means for fandom):

reactormag.com/with-the-ser...

With the Serial Numbers Filed Off: The Problem with Trad Pub Fanfic - Reactor

Jenny Hamilton looks closer at three Dramione fics-turned-novels publishing this year.

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 15d

Babe I was so good about not tweeting I NEED TO BITE HIM

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 16d

Having one of those days where just

CUTE AGGRESSION

ABOUT MY HUSBAND

HE IS TOO FUCKIN CUTE HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THINGS WHEN HE'S OUT HERE BEING ADORABLE

a cartoon girl with blonde hair and red eyes is covering her mouth with her hands

ALT: a cartoon girl with blonde hair and red eyes is covering her mouth with her hands

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Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 16d

OKAY, I was 100% confused! I put an "and" in the blurb about priest's other books. Thank you for sorting me out!

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 16d

Okay so Word of Honor is steampunk? Is the power armour tv canon as well as book canon???

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 17d

This is my current layout and it could probably be more usable (E.g. having the maths pre-done), but I'm not sure HOW.

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 17d

BlueSky how do you lay out sewing measurements so they're legible? My brain isn't working and synthesising three measurement systems for different pattern block instructions is messy.

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 17d

I sure didn't forget the entire premise of Stars of Chaos and get startled by power armour.

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 21d

Me: Can I be bothered counting squares on all these pages to do markers for my tables and charts.

The humble scrap paper: May I offer a suggestion?

A piece of scrap paper next to a rough draft of a table on squared paper. The edge of the paper has pencil markings that line up with the columns.

A piece of scrap paper on a page of blank squared paper. The edge of the paper has pencil markings that line up with the columns, and pencil lines are drawn on the page to match.

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 21d

My diary is a day on two pages, and I may or may not have allocated every extra page until May.

Susan @spindilly.bsky.social · 21d

New diary is waiting for me at home and I am being SO NORMAL in planning my migrations.

A6 Midori Hibino with an absolute forest of page flags sticking out.