Monk vulgaris
@vulgarmonk.bsky.social
WNC Appalachian artist & fire addict. Fairie tales, folklore, and wilderness are where I find peace and "Home." Trying to find my way back to happy.
Words are hard (aphasia).
they/them, ♿️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈, 🌱 zone 7b
Words are hard (aphasia).
they/them, ♿️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈, 🌱 zone 7b
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Monk vulgaris
@vulgarmonk.bsky.social
· Oct 21
From Merriam-Webster:
Vulgar:
4: vernacular: the vulgar name of a plant.
5a: of or relating to the common people.
As for "monk," christianity doesn't have a monopoly on the word.
...Or, to say it the way I did when I was 20: "There's people out there...but there's also fireflies."
Vulgar:
4: vernacular: the vulgar name of a plant.
5a: of or relating to the common people.
As for "monk," christianity doesn't have a monopoly on the word.
...Or, to say it the way I did when I was 20: "There's people out there...but there's also fireflies."
My favorite reusable bottles are wide-mouthed and dishwasher safe. I handwash, it's just nice to know it's been tested for the heat cycle (top rack only) so I have a rough idea of what kind of abuse it can take.
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who don’t. www.wired.com/story/people...
People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year
Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily basis ingest far more microplastics than those who...
www.wired.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
My favorite reusable bottles are wide-mouthed and dishwasher safe. I handwash, it's just nice to know it's been tested for the heat cycle (top rack only) so I have a rough idea of what kind of abuse it can take.
I...think the memory therapy is starting to show results. Maybe. How much of a difference does an extra second of reliable memory make when you only have two? I'm trying to be vigilant against confirmation bias.
Tick...tock...tick...?
#TBI
Tick...tock...tick...?
#TBI
December 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I...think the memory therapy is starting to show results. Maybe. How much of a difference does an extra second of reliable memory make when you only have two? I'm trying to be vigilant against confirmation bias.
Tick...tock...tick...?
#TBI
Tick...tock...tick...?
#TBI
As someone who strives to keep my exposure to AI to as little as possible...do phones with chatg...whatever it is...installed on the lock screen listen passively? Is there such a thing as "setting it up the right way"?
Not asking in any hypothetical sense. Not my phone.
Not asking in any hypothetical sense. Not my phone.
December 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
As someone who strives to keep my exposure to AI to as little as possible...do phones with chatg...whatever it is...installed on the lock screen listen passively? Is there such a thing as "setting it up the right way"?
Not asking in any hypothetical sense. Not my phone.
Not asking in any hypothetical sense. Not my phone.
Got myself an audiobook. Here's hoping it's a decent one. Governments, kings, wars, blah, blah...I want to know what was going through the public's heads. I have so many questions to answer.
At least I can listen at my own pace and repeat chapters. No passive absorption this time around.
At least I can listen at my own pace and repeat chapters. No passive absorption this time around.
December 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Got myself an audiobook. Here's hoping it's a decent one. Governments, kings, wars, blah, blah...I want to know what was going through the public's heads. I have so many questions to answer.
At least I can listen at my own pace and repeat chapters. No passive absorption this time around.
At least I can listen at my own pace and repeat chapters. No passive absorption this time around.
I'm sorry...what did you put on Superman's tits?
:checks the translation:
...Oh, you put something under your seat. Noted. Yes, I'll be VERY certain to learn that word next.
...Oofda. 😳😆
Learning languages with screwy wiring upstairs. At least it never gets boring...? 🤷🏼
:checks the translation:
...Oh, you put something under your seat. Noted. Yes, I'll be VERY certain to learn that word next.
...Oofda. 😳😆
Learning languages with screwy wiring upstairs. At least it never gets boring...? 🤷🏼
December 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm sorry...what did you put on Superman's tits?
:checks the translation:
...Oh, you put something under your seat. Noted. Yes, I'll be VERY certain to learn that word next.
...Oofda. 😳😆
Learning languages with screwy wiring upstairs. At least it never gets boring...? 🤷🏼
:checks the translation:
...Oh, you put something under your seat. Noted. Yes, I'll be VERY certain to learn that word next.
...Oofda. 😳😆
Learning languages with screwy wiring upstairs. At least it never gets boring...? 🤷🏼
Everything has to start somewhere, yes? I'll call him Tomas.
December 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Everything has to start somewhere, yes? I'll call him Tomas.
"If these shadows have offended, think but this and all is mended."
Point of order, Sir Puck.
One of the mainstays of the changeling exchange program is humans get a glimpse of magic; faeries get an anchor in this world. Shadows fade, but damage stays.
Point of order, Sir Puck.
One of the mainstays of the changeling exchange program is humans get a glimpse of magic; faeries get an anchor in this world. Shadows fade, but damage stays.
December 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"If these shadows have offended, think but this and all is mended."
Point of order, Sir Puck.
One of the mainstays of the changeling exchange program is humans get a glimpse of magic; faeries get an anchor in this world. Shadows fade, but damage stays.
Point of order, Sir Puck.
One of the mainstays of the changeling exchange program is humans get a glimpse of magic; faeries get an anchor in this world. Shadows fade, but damage stays.
I just discovered how to create a custom palette in Procreate.
...I didn't know you could do that. That's it. I'm getting a book, finding a community class, something.
...I didn't know you could do that. That's it. I'm getting a book, finding a community class, something.
December 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I just discovered how to create a custom palette in Procreate.
...I didn't know you could do that. That's it. I'm getting a book, finding a community class, something.
...I didn't know you could do that. That's it. I'm getting a book, finding a community class, something.
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I love painting holiday cards for our friends and family. This one of a Winter elf, is a favorite.✨🎄✨
December 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I love painting holiday cards for our friends and family. This one of a Winter elf, is a favorite.✨🎄✨
From NC with love: elbows up. 😈🍁
Re the CECOT segment "accidentally" being available in Canada...I would not underestimate just how pissed off Canadians are at the US right now.
December 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
From NC with love: elbows up. 😈🍁
Early new year's resolution:
Self, you overshare. I know, you get excited over a thingit, you want to share with friendlies before you forget...BUT.
We suspect you're driving people away. Those left get a heavier dose of a slightly more panicked...you.
It's a vicious cycle. Stop.
#HealThyself
Self, you overshare. I know, you get excited over a thingit, you want to share with friendlies before you forget...BUT.
We suspect you're driving people away. Those left get a heavier dose of a slightly more panicked...you.
It's a vicious cycle. Stop.
#HealThyself
December 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Early new year's resolution:
Self, you overshare. I know, you get excited over a thingit, you want to share with friendlies before you forget...BUT.
We suspect you're driving people away. Those left get a heavier dose of a slightly more panicked...you.
It's a vicious cycle. Stop.
#HealThyself
Self, you overshare. I know, you get excited over a thingit, you want to share with friendlies before you forget...BUT.
We suspect you're driving people away. Those left get a heavier dose of a slightly more panicked...you.
It's a vicious cycle. Stop.
#HealThyself
My Oma, whose family immigrated when she was a child, died before I was born. I asked Dad where her family is from.
I have a surname and a town & a warning not to expect much, that it's not like genealogy or even records keeping like I'm used to.
I have a surname and a town & a warning not to expect much, that it's not like genealogy or even records keeping like I'm used to.
December 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
My Oma, whose family immigrated when she was a child, died before I was born. I asked Dad where her family is from.
I have a surname and a town & a warning not to expect much, that it's not like genealogy or even records keeping like I'm used to.
I have a surname and a town & a warning not to expect much, that it's not like genealogy or even records keeping like I'm used to.
Okay...I think I figured how to say this properly, but the photo is gonna take a while to stage.
In the meantime, I gave my word I'd make gingerbread cookies this year.
...I get to eat the gingerbread scraps. Therefore, cookies win over photography.
...For meow.
😸
In the meantime, I gave my word I'd make gingerbread cookies this year.
...I get to eat the gingerbread scraps. Therefore, cookies win over photography.
...For meow.
😸
I had no idea that Taylor Momsen from the punk bank "The Pretty Reckless" was the actress that played Cindy Lou Who in "The Grinch." So...the song whose lyrics break me every time...that's not just a movie sample...that's ALSO her voice.
That really drives it home.
youtu.be/emQR5uPavic?...
That really drives it home.
youtu.be/emQR5uPavic?...
The Pretty Reckless - Where Are You Christmas? (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by The Pretty Reckless
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Okay...I think I figured how to say this properly, but the photo is gonna take a while to stage.
In the meantime, I gave my word I'd make gingerbread cookies this year.
...I get to eat the gingerbread scraps. Therefore, cookies win over photography.
...For meow.
😸
In the meantime, I gave my word I'd make gingerbread cookies this year.
...I get to eat the gingerbread scraps. Therefore, cookies win over photography.
...For meow.
😸
I had no idea that Taylor Momsen from the punk bank "The Pretty Reckless" was the actress that played Cindy Lou Who in "The Grinch." So...the song whose lyrics break me every time...that's not just a movie sample...that's ALSO her voice.
That really drives it home.
youtu.be/emQR5uPavic?...
That really drives it home.
youtu.be/emQR5uPavic?...
The Pretty Reckless - Where Are You Christmas? (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by The Pretty Reckless
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I had no idea that Taylor Momsen from the punk bank "The Pretty Reckless" was the actress that played Cindy Lou Who in "The Grinch." So...the song whose lyrics break me every time...that's not just a movie sample...that's ALSO her voice.
That really drives it home.
youtu.be/emQR5uPavic?...
That really drives it home.
youtu.be/emQR5uPavic?...
I wonder if there are better...no.
...
History is collective memory.
Memory = context.
...
Context gives connection.
Connection gives perspective.
Leads to understanding.
If I could just...no.
...
Words are HARD.
...
I miss connection. I crave context. There's got to be a way to learn.
#TinyProse
...
History is collective memory.
Memory = context.
...
Context gives connection.
Connection gives perspective.
Leads to understanding.
If I could just...no.
...
Words are HARD.
...
I miss connection. I crave context. There's got to be a way to learn.
#TinyProse
December 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I wonder if there are better...no.
...
History is collective memory.
Memory = context.
...
Context gives connection.
Connection gives perspective.
Leads to understanding.
If I could just...no.
...
Words are HARD.
...
I miss connection. I crave context. There's got to be a way to learn.
#TinyProse
...
History is collective memory.
Memory = context.
...
Context gives connection.
Connection gives perspective.
Leads to understanding.
If I could just...no.
...
Words are HARD.
...
I miss connection. I crave context. There's got to be a way to learn.
#TinyProse
Merry Yule. May you always have enough light to find your way.
December 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Merry Yule. May you always have enough light to find your way.
Merry midWinter.
"Give me your pain," said the Dark. "Give me your despair, your fear. I lay claim to your cold & your doubt. I HUNGER. Sacrifice their hold on your spirit. Give me my yearly due. Feed me and be free with my blessings," it whispered in the solitary starlight.
...So they did.
"Give me your pain," said the Dark. "Give me your despair, your fear. I lay claim to your cold & your doubt. I HUNGER. Sacrifice their hold on your spirit. Give me my yearly due. Feed me and be free with my blessings," it whispered in the solitary starlight.
...So they did.
December 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Merry midWinter.
"Give me your pain," said the Dark. "Give me your despair, your fear. I lay claim to your cold & your doubt. I HUNGER. Sacrifice their hold on your spirit. Give me my yearly due. Feed me and be free with my blessings," it whispered in the solitary starlight.
...So they did.
"Give me your pain," said the Dark. "Give me your despair, your fear. I lay claim to your cold & your doubt. I HUNGER. Sacrifice their hold on your spirit. Give me my yearly due. Feed me and be free with my blessings," it whispered in the solitary starlight.
...So they did.
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Someone else said it but it bears repeating:
"The Muppet Christmas Carol" is the best movie ever because Michael Caine treats the Muppets as fellow, human actors.
"Muppet Treasure Island" is the best movie ever because Tim Curry treats himself as a Muppet.
"The Muppet Christmas Carol" is the best movie ever because Michael Caine treats the Muppets as fellow, human actors.
"Muppet Treasure Island" is the best movie ever because Tim Curry treats himself as a Muppet.
December 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Someone else said it but it bears repeating:
"The Muppet Christmas Carol" is the best movie ever because Michael Caine treats the Muppets as fellow, human actors.
"Muppet Treasure Island" is the best movie ever because Tim Curry treats himself as a Muppet.
"The Muppet Christmas Carol" is the best movie ever because Michael Caine treats the Muppets as fellow, human actors.
"Muppet Treasure Island" is the best movie ever because Tim Curry treats himself as a Muppet.
I stand by the sentiment of a 10-year-old me, when asked about time travel. It was the question, "if you could change one thing in history...?"
"Gunpowder doesn't get invented."
"Gunpowder doesn't get invented."
December 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I stand by the sentiment of a 10-year-old me, when asked about time travel. It was the question, "if you could change one thing in history...?"
"Gunpowder doesn't get invented."
"Gunpowder doesn't get invented."
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it's strange to be in the era of Disney no longer protecting their IP. or anyone else for that matter
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
it's strange to be in the era of Disney no longer protecting their IP. or anyone else for that matter
First fire of winter. Welcome, Lady Winter. Greetings, Jack of the Frost. Please be kind to the least of us.
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
First fire of winter. Welcome, Lady Winter. Greetings, Jack of the Frost. Please be kind to the least of us.
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shoutout to all my fellow queers for whom family of origin sucks around holidays (and those of us who are still working on finding that found family). everything is pretty bad right now but being queer is still fucking amazing and you are amazing and not alone and i love you and am grateful for you
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
shoutout to all my fellow queers for whom family of origin sucks around holidays (and those of us who are still working on finding that found family). everything is pretty bad right now but being queer is still fucking amazing and you are amazing and not alone and i love you and am grateful for you
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Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.