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'The saying Life is just one damn thing after another, is a gross overstatement. The damn things overlap.' - Cincinnati Enquirer, Feb. 21, 1947.
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This is happening again all over the world.
Idiots who think the Nazis won't come for them next, who doesn't have an ounce of empathy, compassion nor rational thinking capacity.
And yes: those are STILL called Nazis.
Idiots who think the Nazis won't come for them next, who doesn't have an ounce of empathy, compassion nor rational thinking capacity.
And yes: those are STILL called Nazis.
December 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This is happening again all over the world.
Idiots who think the Nazis won't come for them next, who doesn't have an ounce of empathy, compassion nor rational thinking capacity.
And yes: those are STILL called Nazis.
Idiots who think the Nazis won't come for them next, who doesn't have an ounce of empathy, compassion nor rational thinking capacity.
And yes: those are STILL called Nazis.
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To paraphrase something Charlie Kellner once told me (yes, THAT one): Good speculative fiction *is* philosophy, "what ifs" made more digestible by hanging them on a scaffolding of story.
September 24, 2025 at 5:14 AM
To paraphrase something Charlie Kellner once told me (yes, THAT one): Good speculative fiction *is* philosophy, "what ifs" made more digestible by hanging them on a scaffolding of story.
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Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
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I might need to frame this on my wall
December 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I might need to frame this on my wall
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This is the actual fucking answer and it’s said much more succinctly than I ever do when I’m asked, which I get asked a lot and now I’m going to steal Ms Fox’s answer and make it my own.
Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
December 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This is the actual fucking answer and it’s said much more succinctly than I ever do when I’m asked, which I get asked a lot and now I’m going to steal Ms Fox’s answer and make it my own.
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Fritz Leiber with his wife Jonquil (Johnny) Stephens Leiber, the inspiration for his greatest works, Conjure Wife and (after her death) Our Lady of Darkness. A poet and weird fiction fan in her own right. Bonus cat doodles by Fritz from the Lilly Library’s Leiber archive. 🖤
December 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Fritz Leiber with his wife Jonquil (Johnny) Stephens Leiber, the inspiration for his greatest works, Conjure Wife and (after her death) Our Lady of Darkness. A poet and weird fiction fan in her own right. Bonus cat doodles by Fritz from the Lilly Library’s Leiber archive. 🖤
They just need $402,000 before January 1! They're 92% of the way to paying off their mortgage.
I know one of you has to have a billionaire’s phone number, $1m to save one of the best fossil collections in the country is a bargain. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/s...
December 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
They just need $402,000 before January 1! They're 92% of the way to paying off their mortgage.
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I know one of you has to have a billionaire’s phone number, $1m to save one of the best fossil collections in the country is a bargain. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/s...
December 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I know one of you has to have a billionaire’s phone number, $1m to save one of the best fossil collections in the country is a bargain. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/s...
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UPDATE: maker (and wearer) is michellelikesbirds; she apparently has not printed the pigeon sweater pattern yet but is writing is up! www.instagram.com/michellelike...
December 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
UPDATE: maker (and wearer) is michellelikesbirds; she apparently has not printed the pigeon sweater pattern yet but is writing is up! www.instagram.com/michellelike...
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@rosemarymosco.com a jeopardy contestant today is wearing a pigeon sweater!
December 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
@rosemarymosco.com a jeopardy contestant today is wearing a pigeon sweater!
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I have made a Discovery in the bathroom and this may be controversial, but I actually unironically love it
December 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I have made a Discovery in the bathroom and this may be controversial, but I actually unironically love it
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My favorite historical costume designer is Sandy Powell, and she has an amazing trick that it took me years to realize: Be conservative with color and lean into modern shapes with your hero, and put your villain in the most outrageously period-specific costume you can.
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
My favorite historical costume designer is Sandy Powell, and she has an amazing trick that it took me years to realize: Be conservative with color and lean into modern shapes with your hero, and put your villain in the most outrageously period-specific costume you can.
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Always mad that at a certain point everyone (wrongly) thought it would be cool to just default to leather for everything (looking at you, Netflix Trojan War show).
I wrote a short essay about it more than a decade ago:
schweizercomics.tumblr.com/post/7405113...
I wrote a short essay about it more than a decade ago:
schweizercomics.tumblr.com/post/7405113...
BBC’s The Musketeers and the Problem of Leather
Having just finished watching the first episode of BBC’s The Musketeers, I have to ask:
Are we seriously still on this leather armor thing?
Since the early 2000s we’ve seen a slew of “period” pieces.....
schweizercomics.tumblr.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Always mad that at a certain point everyone (wrongly) thought it would be cool to just default to leather for everything (looking at you, Netflix Trojan War show).
I wrote a short essay about it more than a decade ago:
schweizercomics.tumblr.com/post/7405113...
I wrote a short essay about it more than a decade ago:
schweizercomics.tumblr.com/post/7405113...
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support a museum with actual moral fiber right here: priweb.donorsupport.co/page/FUNWALK...
Save the Museum of the Earth and PRI – Secure Its Future!
In these challenging times, places like the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) stand as beacons of hope, fostering understanding of the natural world and inspiring action for a sustainable fut...
priweb.donorsupport.co
December 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
support a museum with actual moral fiber right here: priweb.donorsupport.co/page/FUNWALK...
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Still $400,000 short of its goal to save the Museum of the Earth.
Pocket change for a billionaire, but nobody's coming to save it but us. Still a couple weeks to get another 10,000 people to donate $40 though.
Pocket change for a billionaire, but nobody's coming to save it but us. Still a couple weeks to get another 10,000 people to donate $40 though.
support a museum with actual moral fiber right here: priweb.donorsupport.co/page/FUNWALK...
Save the Museum of the Earth and PRI – Secure Its Future!
In these challenging times, places like the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) stand as beacons of hope, fostering understanding of the natural world and inspiring action for a sustainable fut...
priweb.donorsupport.co
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Still $400,000 short of its goal to save the Museum of the Earth.
Pocket change for a billionaire, but nobody's coming to save it but us. Still a couple weeks to get another 10,000 people to donate $40 though.
Pocket change for a billionaire, but nobody's coming to save it but us. Still a couple weeks to get another 10,000 people to donate $40 though.
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An Engine of Fossil Discovery Fights Its Own Extinction
A funding crisis at the Museum of the Earth and the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, N.Y., could scatter priceless specimens and end nearly a century of pioneering research.
A funding crisis at the Museum of the Earth and the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, N.Y., could scatter priceless specimens and end nearly a century of pioneering research.
An Engine of Fossil Discovery Fights Its Own Extinction
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
An Engine of Fossil Discovery Fights Its Own Extinction
A funding crisis at the Museum of the Earth and the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, N.Y., could scatter priceless specimens and end nearly a century of pioneering research.
A funding crisis at the Museum of the Earth and the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, N.Y., could scatter priceless specimens and end nearly a century of pioneering research.
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My first “planned pooling” #knitting project. (Use specially dyed yarn and tension adjustment so the color stretch pools together.)
Fabulous yarn from @whimsicalwoodyarn.bsky.social. 🧶💜
Fabulous yarn from @whimsicalwoodyarn.bsky.social. 🧶💜
December 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
My first “planned pooling” #knitting project. (Use specially dyed yarn and tension adjustment so the color stretch pools together.)
Fabulous yarn from @whimsicalwoodyarn.bsky.social. 🧶💜
Fabulous yarn from @whimsicalwoodyarn.bsky.social. 🧶💜
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Day 17 #ArtAdventCalendar
Back Country
36 × 36, acrylic on canvas
A study of still water, shifting light. This piece explores reflection and movement through pattern and color.
#VisualArt #ContemporaryArt #FineArt #Painting
#Landscape #NatureArt #AcrylicPainting
#ArtistOnBluesky #ArtSky
Back Country
36 × 36, acrylic on canvas
A study of still water, shifting light. This piece explores reflection and movement through pattern and color.
#VisualArt #ContemporaryArt #FineArt #Painting
#Landscape #NatureArt #AcrylicPainting
#ArtistOnBluesky #ArtSky
December 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Day 17 #ArtAdventCalendar
Back Country
36 × 36, acrylic on canvas
A study of still water, shifting light. This piece explores reflection and movement through pattern and color.
#VisualArt #ContemporaryArt #FineArt #Painting
#Landscape #NatureArt #AcrylicPainting
#ArtistOnBluesky #ArtSky
Back Country
36 × 36, acrylic on canvas
A study of still water, shifting light. This piece explores reflection and movement through pattern and color.
#VisualArt #ContemporaryArt #FineArt #Painting
#Landscape #NatureArt #AcrylicPainting
#ArtistOnBluesky #ArtSky
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Today for the #ArtAdventCalendar and #13 in my Top 25 countdown - High Drama
This October 1 sunset was one of a series of late September and early October sunsets with great light in the sky and on the water. What a streak!
Wolverine Lake, Michigan […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
This October 1 sunset was one of a series of late September and early October sunsets with great light in the sky and on the water. What a streak!
Wolverine Lake, Michigan […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Today for the #ArtAdventCalendar and #13 in my Top 25 countdown - High Drama
This October 1 sunset was one of a series of late September and early October sunsets with great light in the sky and on the water. What a streak!
Wolverine Lake, Michigan […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
This October 1 sunset was one of a series of late September and early October sunsets with great light in the sky and on the water. What a streak!
Wolverine Lake, Michigan […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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The wheel turns; the summer ends.
The light departs, the cold descends,
And we are left to hold the light
Against the cold and longest night.
The wind that howls around the door,
The tracks of snow upon the floor.
Reach for your loves and hold them tight
Against the cold and longest night.
The light departs, the cold descends,
And we are left to hold the light
Against the cold and longest night.
The wind that howls around the door,
The tracks of snow upon the floor.
Reach for your loves and hold them tight
Against the cold and longest night.
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The wheel turns; the summer ends.
The light departs, the cold descends,
And we are left to hold the light
Against the cold and longest night.
The wind that howls around the door,
The tracks of snow upon the floor.
Reach for your loves and hold them tight
Against the cold and longest night.
The light departs, the cold descends,
And we are left to hold the light
Against the cold and longest night.
The wind that howls around the door,
The tracks of snow upon the floor.
Reach for your loves and hold them tight
Against the cold and longest night.
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There is no thaw without the freeze.
The ferryman will have his fees,
So light your lamps and keep them bright
Against the cold and longest night.
For this we know: the fire burns.
The winter dies. The sun returns.
And all if we stand, and if we fight,
We can survive the longest night.
The ferryman will have his fees,
So light your lamps and keep them bright
Against the cold and longest night.
For this we know: the fire burns.
The winter dies. The sun returns.
And all if we stand, and if we fight,
We can survive the longest night.
December 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
There is no thaw without the freeze.
The ferryman will have his fees,
So light your lamps and keep them bright
Against the cold and longest night.
For this we know: the fire burns.
The winter dies. The sun returns.
And all if we stand, and if we fight,
We can survive the longest night.
The ferryman will have his fees,
So light your lamps and keep them bright
Against the cold and longest night.
For this we know: the fire burns.
The winter dies. The sun returns.
And all if we stand, and if we fight,
We can survive the longest night.
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'Nova', 2023, acrylic on canvas. A gift for my niece when she was born.
Gilded the trees and stars with glow in the dark paint.
#ArtAdventCalendar
Gilded the trees and stars with glow in the dark paint.
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
'Nova', 2023, acrylic on canvas. A gift for my niece when she was born.
Gilded the trees and stars with glow in the dark paint.
#ArtAdventCalendar
Gilded the trees and stars with glow in the dark paint.
#ArtAdventCalendar
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Determining accurately which foods are histamine liberators: also extremely fucking hard, because again, the Wellness Industrial Complex has seized on it, plus there's no validated lab assay test to determine it. The SIGHI list notes *some* of them: www.mastzellaktivierung.info/downloads/fo...
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December 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Determining accurately which foods are histamine liberators: also extremely fucking hard, because again, the Wellness Industrial Complex has seized on it, plus there's no validated lab assay test to determine it. The SIGHI list notes *some* of them: www.mastzellaktivierung.info/downloads/fo...
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we have an Our Lady of the Lake here in the suburb of Lake Oswego, and our church when we go to the beach is St. Mary by the Sea, so I suppose you can kind of glue any words to her you want to for the vibes 😂 but it does IMMEDIATELY tell you these guys think they’re soldiers in a holy war
and speaking of names i also feel like the name of the church is so clever because for a lot of non-catholics "our lady of perpetual fortitude" probably sounds plausible but all the catholics in the audience immediately were like "well that doesn't sound right"
December 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
we have an Our Lady of the Lake here in the suburb of Lake Oswego, and our church when we go to the beach is St. Mary by the Sea, so I suppose you can kind of glue any words to her you want to for the vibes 😂 but it does IMMEDIATELY tell you these guys think they’re soldiers in a holy war