Stars Up
@starsup.bsky.social
Knitting, books, LSGP
Trans rights are human rights
Trans rights are human rights
I picked this up today and I am so excited to fall in love with a vampire or smash capitalism or something!
COVER REVEAL 🍷🩸🫀🌒✨ A new choose-your-own romance for adult readers, out this September.
- Dating sim vs gothic novel energy
- Be & romance any gender
- Multiple endings for the main vampires + lots more romanceable NPCs
Pre-orders & INCREDIBLE guest art previews: hari-illustration.com/natvc #natvc
- Dating sim vs gothic novel energy
- Be & romance any gender
- Multiple endings for the main vampires + lots more romanceable NPCs
Pre-orders & INCREDIBLE guest art previews: hari-illustration.com/natvc #natvc
December 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I picked this up today and I am so excited to fall in love with a vampire or smash capitalism or something!
If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
If you see this, we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
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oh HEY peeps -- Cold Magic at $2 on Kindle. Book one of my Afro-Celtic post-Roman regency icepunk fantasy adventure trilogy, with Phoenician spies, well-dressed men, revolutionary women, and (of course) lawyer dinosaurs.
Oooh! Ooh, Cold Magic, the first in Kate Elliott's Spiritwalker trilogy, is on $2 sale on Amazon! I am not a bit exaggerating when I say these books helped save my sanity, I was re-reading them when the hurricane hit and in the aftermath they gave me a wonderful place to escape to.
Cold Magic (The Spiritwalker Trilogy Book 1)
Cold Magic (The Spiritwalker Trilogy Book 1) - Kindle edition by Elliott, Kate. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Cold Magic (The Spiritwalker Trilogy Book 1).
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December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
oh HEY peeps -- Cold Magic at $2 on Kindle. Book one of my Afro-Celtic post-Roman regency icepunk fantasy adventure trilogy, with Phoenician spies, well-dressed men, revolutionary women, and (of course) lawyer dinosaurs.
I mean, who am I going to ignore while I am out if I don’t live in a city? People have to be around for me to ignore them.
we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out
October 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I mean, who am I going to ignore while I am out if I don’t live in a city? People have to be around for me to ignore them.
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'Normal' Person Guide to Rarkin
1. NO
-eye contact
-small talk
-touching! Exceptions; sparring &Merin (She exempts herself)
2. Do NOT provoke (teasing is fine)
3. Action/danger welcome!
4. Can be depended on to prevent you getting eaten by serpents
5. Hates getting your pronouns wrong
#UnhingedPit
1. NO
-eye contact
-small talk
-touching! Exceptions; sparring &Merin (She exempts herself)
2. Do NOT provoke (teasing is fine)
3. Action/danger welcome!
4. Can be depended on to prevent you getting eaten by serpents
5. Hates getting your pronouns wrong
#UnhingedPit
September 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
'Normal' Person Guide to Rarkin
1. NO
-eye contact
-small talk
-touching! Exceptions; sparring &Merin (She exempts herself)
2. Do NOT provoke (teasing is fine)
3. Action/danger welcome!
4. Can be depended on to prevent you getting eaten by serpents
5. Hates getting your pronouns wrong
#UnhingedPit
1. NO
-eye contact
-small talk
-touching! Exceptions; sparring &Merin (She exempts herself)
2. Do NOT provoke (teasing is fine)
3. Action/danger welcome!
4. Can be depended on to prevent you getting eaten by serpents
5. Hates getting your pronouns wrong
#UnhingedPit
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Sesame Street, Mr Rogers, Reading Rainbow, Living Planet, Cosmos
None of these are radical, or they shouldn't be. And yet they formed the core of my "radical" beliefs in being kind, learning, respecting peopleness over things.
So no, nothing radicalized me, what made you abandon kindness?
None of these are radical, or they shouldn't be. And yet they formed the core of my "radical" beliefs in being kind, learning, respecting peopleness over things.
So no, nothing radicalized me, what made you abandon kindness?
August 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Sesame Street, Mr Rogers, Reading Rainbow, Living Planet, Cosmos
None of these are radical, or they shouldn't be. And yet they formed the core of my "radical" beliefs in being kind, learning, respecting peopleness over things.
So no, nothing radicalized me, what made you abandon kindness?
None of these are radical, or they shouldn't be. And yet they formed the core of my "radical" beliefs in being kind, learning, respecting peopleness over things.
So no, nothing radicalized me, what made you abandon kindness?
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“...sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.
“It’s a lot more complicated than that . . .”
“No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they mean they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth...”
“It’s a lot more complicated than that . . .”
“No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they mean they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth...”
August 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
“...sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.
“It’s a lot more complicated than that . . .”
“No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they mean they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth...”
“It’s a lot more complicated than that . . .”
“No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they mean they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth...”
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"What radicalized you?"
Nothing. I refuse to bow to the framing that my beliefs are "radical."
Kids should be fed not bombed or shot
Schools should be safe places.
Reading is an unalloyed good.
The world is amazing and should be cherished.
Science and medicine is star stuff understanding itself.
Nothing. I refuse to bow to the framing that my beliefs are "radical."
Kids should be fed not bombed or shot
Schools should be safe places.
Reading is an unalloyed good.
The world is amazing and should be cherished.
Science and medicine is star stuff understanding itself.
August 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"What radicalized you?"
Nothing. I refuse to bow to the framing that my beliefs are "radical."
Kids should be fed not bombed or shot
Schools should be safe places.
Reading is an unalloyed good.
The world is amazing and should be cherished.
Science and medicine is star stuff understanding itself.
Nothing. I refuse to bow to the framing that my beliefs are "radical."
Kids should be fed not bombed or shot
Schools should be safe places.
Reading is an unalloyed good.
The world is amazing and should be cherished.
Science and medicine is star stuff understanding itself.
Kate Elliott’s books are always a great read. On my list!
My grimsweet fantasy road trip (on foot) lands today w/ a humble deputy courier forced to guide uppity court officials on a back country route that includes a ravenous fungal ghost plague, court intrigue, & a mysterious haunt.
First of a duology (bk 2 in Nov).
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
First of a duology (bk 2 in Nov).
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
June 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Kate Elliott’s books are always a great read. On my list!
June 8, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Were You Followed is a female-led indie start-up studio based in Melbourne (Naarm), Australia. We want to explore themes of intimacy and vulnerability in games. Currently, we're seeking funding support for our first title, 'Incarnal'. Excited for the future!
Were You Followed is a female-led indie start-up studio based in Melbourne (Naarm), Australia. We want to explore themes of intimacy and vulnerability in games. Currently, we're seeking funding support for our first title, 'Incarnal'. Excited for the future!
May 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Is it pinned post time?
Were You Followed is a female-led indie start-up studio based in Melbourne (Naarm), Australia. We want to explore themes of intimacy and vulnerability in games. Currently, we're seeking funding support for our first title, 'Incarnal'. Excited for the future!
Were You Followed is a female-led indie start-up studio based in Melbourne (Naarm), Australia. We want to explore themes of intimacy and vulnerability in games. Currently, we're seeking funding support for our first title, 'Incarnal'. Excited for the future!
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March 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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For some reason this kid's book (very seussish) that I wrote with my daughter when she was much younger has sold 30 copies on Audible this mont. Make her a bestseller? It's very cheap, about 3 minutes long, and narrated by Chris Patton.
Perilous Pink PcGee
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The REAL Pink PcGee lives on Katie's bed. He's a stuffed pig that came to live with her one Valentine's day. She also has the Arrrrbor seal, but she's still...
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March 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For some reason this kid's book (very seussish) that I wrote with my daughter when she was much younger has sold 30 copies on Audible this mont. Make her a bestseller? It's very cheap, about 3 minutes long, and narrated by Chris Patton.
OMG I loved this book SO MUCH!
Now THIS is news www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Sale of Ellen Raskin Estate Reveals Unpublished 'Westing Game' Sequel
International Literary Properties has acquired Raskin’s estate and, along with it, two previously unpublished manuscripts by the late author, including a sequel to her Newbery Award–winning mystery, '...
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March 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
OMG I loved this book SO MUCH!
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A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
March 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩🔬
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If you would like to make an argument that the above is not an equal protection violation, please do!
February 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If you would like to make an argument that the above is not an equal protection violation, please do!
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So imagine two NSF grants:
1) “We study ailments in the male reproductive system using blah blah blah methodology.”
Grant allowed; funding disbursed.
2) “We study ailments in the female reproductive system using blah blah blah methodology.”
Grant cancelled; no funding.
1) “We study ailments in the male reproductive system using blah blah blah methodology.”
Grant allowed; funding disbursed.
2) “We study ailments in the female reproductive system using blah blah blah methodology.”
Grant cancelled; no funding.
February 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
So imagine two NSF grants:
1) “We study ailments in the male reproductive system using blah blah blah methodology.”
Grant allowed; funding disbursed.
2) “We study ailments in the female reproductive system using blah blah blah methodology.”
Grant cancelled; no funding.
1) “We study ailments in the male reproductive system using blah blah blah methodology.”
Grant allowed; funding disbursed.
2) “We study ailments in the female reproductive system using blah blah blah methodology.”
Grant cancelled; no funding.
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I need Americans to hate this administration the way Kendrick hates Drake so they can actually stand a chance of surviving
February 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I need Americans to hate this administration the way Kendrick hates Drake so they can actually stand a chance of surviving
I get to see a friend in person today who I haven’t seen in 2 years. This is the best feeling. It makes me actually want to go back to the US to see my two besties I have not seen in more than 15 years.
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I get to see a friend in person today who I haven’t seen in 2 years. This is the best feeling. It makes me actually want to go back to the US to see my two besties I have not seen in more than 15 years.
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A pattern for troubled times:
Row 1: put your phone down
Row 2: pick up your hobby supplies
Row 3: make something for at least an hour
Row 4: take a photo of your make
Row 5: share that photo to your timeline (with alt text)
Row 6: like others' makes.
Rep rows 1-6 until time for tea.
Row 1: put your phone down
Row 2: pick up your hobby supplies
Row 3: make something for at least an hour
Row 4: take a photo of your make
Row 5: share that photo to your timeline (with alt text)
Row 6: like others' makes.
Rep rows 1-6 until time for tea.
January 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A pattern for troubled times:
Row 1: put your phone down
Row 2: pick up your hobby supplies
Row 3: make something for at least an hour
Row 4: take a photo of your make
Row 5: share that photo to your timeline (with alt text)
Row 6: like others' makes.
Rep rows 1-6 until time for tea.
Row 1: put your phone down
Row 2: pick up your hobby supplies
Row 3: make something for at least an hour
Row 4: take a photo of your make
Row 5: share that photo to your timeline (with alt text)
Row 6: like others' makes.
Rep rows 1-6 until time for tea.
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I'm already really tired of my timeline being full of people disparaging winter, so, fellow winter lovers, let's share how wonderous this season is.
These photos were from one winter day along the Straight of Juan de Fuca.
These photos were from one winter day along the Straight of Juan de Fuca.
January 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I'm already really tired of my timeline being full of people disparaging winter, so, fellow winter lovers, let's share how wonderous this season is.
These photos were from one winter day along the Straight of Juan de Fuca.
These photos were from one winter day along the Straight of Juan de Fuca.
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It took slightly longer than expected, but THE BAG IS COMPLETE.
I used the empty space at the end to put in some charts, because I love reading data. Turns out embroidering a pie chart is a faff, but I think it was worth it.
I used the empty space at the end to put in some charts, because I love reading data. Turns out embroidering a pie chart is a faff, but I think it was worth it.
January 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
It took slightly longer than expected, but THE BAG IS COMPLETE.
I used the empty space at the end to put in some charts, because I love reading data. Turns out embroidering a pie chart is a faff, but I think it was worth it.
I used the empty space at the end to put in some charts, because I love reading data. Turns out embroidering a pie chart is a faff, but I think it was worth it.
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Poem by Joseph Fasano
November 29, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Poem by Joseph Fasano
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In 1975 Anni Albers made the sketch on the left. On the right is my attempt to bring it to life using a 3.5 crochet hook and some yarn. Over half way now. 🧶
November 22, 2024 at 2:38 PM
In 1975 Anni Albers made the sketch on the left. On the right is my attempt to bring it to life using a 3.5 crochet hook and some yarn. Over half way now. 🧶