I had a thought. I've been questioned many times, why I put Trinidadian dialect in my novella that is set centuries in the future. The main refrain was, wouldn't that have been phased out? And my thought was...would ppl make the same comment if I had used latin? or something latin sounding?

Look, everybody! Northwestern is run by a bunch of shitbird cowards!

Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild Crocodile Coyote Basilisk Bighorn sheep Coatimundi

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: Moose Humpback whale Leafcutter ant White face capuchin monkey Blue morpho butterfly

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you e seen in the wild: Badger Humpback Whale Swamp Wallaby Grizzly Bear Echidna

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: Leafy seadragon Southern right whale Tasmanian Devil Wedge tailed eagle spotted-tail quoll

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: Serval Caiman Grey wolves Whooping crane African rock python

"Hey I should take a pic of my progress on repairing that quilt" The dogs: "did you hear about the new wrestling venue that just opened?"

This dude also now available 🐡🪶🎨

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If you're like "hmm I need to get some cool queer novellas but where should I start?", might I recommend: Let the Mountains Be My Grave The Transitive Properties of Cheese The Iron Below Remembers The Dreaming of Man The Oblivion Bride The Dragonfly Gambit

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I once made an alarm on one of these go off when I moved it because it was blocking the sidewalk on the UC Berkeley campus for a person in a wheelchair, and since that day I have felt nothing but visceral disgust for any company using them.

Me: "hey there's a car outside with its hazards lights on, plate []" Customer service: "oh no!" *stand there* "there isn't really anything ai can do?" Me: *baffled* "you could...make an announcement so they can go turn them off?" CS: "oh? I guess?" *proceeds to not make an announcement*

All chess is 4D chess that's why they have that time clock thingy.

There was a speaker this semester who did this throughout their presentation and went significantly over time, and despite them being A Big Deal in the field, my students continue to absolutely roast them for it every time the topic comes up.

Phocidae Otariidae Odobenidae

Fan of Jeni's ice cream? Well, their workers in Columbus, Ohio are trying to unionize its eight retail stores across the region.

I hadn’t seen any lizards bust in from outside to steal cat food in so long that I started thinking perhaps they forgot how. Nope! An old friend from a year ago let itself inside today

Remember to buy from smaller shops today. Celebrate! Consume! Rebel! Abolish the Bezos! Get my discounted books at: www.joaquinbaldwin.com

This #thanksgiving, snap up 3 of Solaris' Indigenous Fantasy Books from @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Caskey Russell & @karinlow.bsky.social for just 0.99 each, (website exclusive) geni.us/Solarissale#thanksgiving, And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future! 1/2

My book GHOST DAYS is a lushly illustrated love letter to Appalachian folklore, witchcraft, and pulpy paranormal adventure. It's got incredible @tiffanyturrill.bsky.social art, and a wandering witch I *love* writing. On sale now for over 50% off! There's only 35 books left...

Random thought: In worlds where Vampires obey "invitation only" rules, can you invite them in on a room by room basis ie "you can come into the porch" If so, is thr popularity of open plan living a vampire conspiracy?

I taught (and co-taught) a course on human population genetics from 2000-2024. Having retired, I'm now making all the course materials public: github.com/alanrogers/p... #popgen #evbio

Their getaway vehicle? Escargo

If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487 Visit girightshotline.org for more information

Ittttttts Gävlebocken‬ time! Straw goats for all! People, the goat survived last year. *gestures at 2025*. We cannot let this happen again.

Fairbanks "White" Holidays since 1930: Labor Day: 0% (1980 day after Labor Day had 1 inch snow on the ground) Halloween: 90% (half of the no-white Halloweens since 2016) Thanksgiving: 100% Christmas: 99% (only 1934 not even 1 inch snow depth) Easter: 86% Memorial Day: 0%

I need to sell 28 more of these before Christmas if I want to break even on the design. We're over half way there so fingers-crossed that new people keep wanting them!

Here are some ways to support relief efforts for Western Alaska, where Indigenous people are dramatically disproportionately impacted by total devastation of what remained of Typhoon Halong.

Asking folks to look out for Alaska Natives this holiday who are still dealing with the devastation of miles & miles of their homes, villages, traditions, foods, & ways of life & their displacement & instability continues.

These guys are great! I donate every year and may I suggest that some of the crafts they sell on behalf of the elders make great Christmas presents?

@artologica.net a squirrel for your consideration

Bonus for my "Recently deceased List" - anyone have this thoughts on this one?

A4. Green and Black Poison Dart Frog

Look at its little face 🥹

Given my jaw is still too swollen to really want to go all-out on a holiday focused on food (not to mention the mixed feelings I have about said holiday), i'm hanging out at home and making something a little more manageable. Time for a cooking thread!

She's forgiven me for not stopping the earthquake that woke her up this morning 😆

Anything that fell over in the quake is just getting packed at this point, too close to moving to be bothered resetting anything.

happy Quakesgiving, Anchorage!

Felt #earthquake: 6.0 #quake Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 38 mi northwest of Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, Alaska, United States, 10 minutes ago - 101 reports so far. Did you feel it? Send a report!

Good morning Anchorage! Anyone else scream and dive under table at that shaker? Just me? #alaskasky Haha. Happy thanksgiving!

OH THAT ONE IS AN EARTHQUAKE

#sciart friends (and art friends more broadly)- what's the process like for getting prints made of paintings? A local store is interested in some of my art but I've never actually had prints made, so I'm a little intimidated.

Gentle reminder to everyone trying to figure out gift ideas for their hard-to-shop-for fam: This website has hoodies, t-shirts, and other clothes printed with vintage vhs cassette graphics! hoodielab.com/search-resul...

I know life happens but if you say you're going to be at my house at 5:30 for a thing that requires me to let the dogs out, you better actually be here at 5:30, especially if it's too cold to actually leave the dogs out for prolonged periods?

Nothing makes you feel old like people earnestly explaining to your country ass that wild turkeys can fly in response to a seasonal WKRP reference.

This is possibly my favorite product answer yet: Q: Will this deodorizing spray get rid of dead animal smell? A: Yes, but you need to remove the dead animal or you will need to keep applying it.

I have...very strong feelings about how my employer's systems require access to my personal device (and that said device be of a certain type, i.e. smartphone instead of flip) in order to log in