First shirtless postworkout photo since surgery recovery? Maybe? The workout was so rough after a few rough workouts since Sunday. Working off some (10 lbs of?) fluff while adding back some (5 lbs?) muscle, but starting to feel more normal! Feels good. Second photo has a little #jocktober peekaboo

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

I feel like we would all be better off if pop music now had a one minute instrumental break for no reason like in the late 90s

There is a prevalent kind of arrogance among some Christians that sees all negative things happening to them as "attacks from Satan, who hates us for being close to Jesus" and never "God is allowing me to suffer the consequences of my own crap behaviour in hopes that I will reflect and change".

Over the weekend, I joined the Boycott Target D.C. Coalition on the picket line in front of one of the busiest Target locations in the U.S. We are not backing down. We are still not shopping at Target. peoplesworld.org/article/turn...

worth applying to politics as well. when you're criticizing an action people take "taking the better action next time" is only one of the alternatives people will consider, and worth remembering that "not bothering at all" is another.

Former US Sen. Kyrsten Sinema lobbies for data center developer at Chandler AZ Plan Commission. Says she's working "hand in glove" w Trump Admin & warns city to embrace DCs or face federal intervention. City Council vote on Sinema's DC scheduled for Nov. 13.

When the goddess work is tired of waiting

Finally got Expedition 33: Clair Obscur, so goodbye to my hopes of a productive end to the weekend. (But seriously, I have so much to do this week. Why did I do that? Creativity inspiration recharge!)

The regime tried to scare people and failed. That's good.

No one: My hot take: I think we should call American Evangelicals Xians — like Xmas — because they’ve taken the Christ out of their Christianity.

this is a joke for like maybe 3 people but I'm making it anyway

Did a little #oracledeck interview for the #dnd themed True Sight Oracle by @elliamvi.bsky.social www.hermitsmirror.com/musings/deck...

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

In this new era of de-Instagrammed (still there but way less), I sometimes forget that I have #tarot and #oraclespreads I can share here. They’re all on my blog, but here’s one inspired by the #9ofswords and requested by Patreon peeps. For the Patreon post: www.patreon.com/posts/139231...

Happy #jocktober! A little post workout peekaboo courtesy of my Bike built in shorts.

I don’t really understand the phrase “X bodied Y,” but I think I the Full Moon has fully bodied me this week.

Something about tonight’s Full Moon feels different. I put *all the things* out for charging. The vibes for tomorrow look … challenging. But then the rest of the week is feeling good, so gird your loins and charge up! #fullmoon #witchsky #crystals

Just had a fun and fast first webinar in my brand new Topics in Tarot series! There are six each semester. Fall focuses on the majors and Spring on the minors. You can sign up separately or do the whole Semester Class Pass and get them with everything else. www.hermitsmirror.com/classes/p/to...

Let's be clear a what's happening here: the "censorship" and "bias" narrative is being extended to Wikipedia bc the far right knows that getting bullshit into LLMs is how to shape reality as "answer engines" replace search engines. Wikipedia is core to that fight so the grievance blitz is here.

1. A new The 19th/SurveyMonkey Poll finds that a majority of Americans are against trans youth care bans. This includes a majority of Independent voters, casting doubt on the narrative that Democrats need to pull back on transgender people. Subscribe to support our journalism.

GREAT first class if I say so myself! 🥰

Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station. List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/

And fittingly, my Semester of Divination kicks off with Intro to Astrology tomorrow: www.hermitsmirror.com/classes/p/in... The first special-topic workshop is Tarot for Role-playing on Saturday Other www.hermitsmirror.com/semester courses: Signs of Meaning, Working the Spread, Reading by the Book

Them: You really believe in astrology? Me: I believe in astrology the way I believe in English. It’s all made up, yet if we learn it, we can make meaning from it. And if we practice it, we can make magic with it. #astrology #witchsky

lot of people immediately able to grasp why this is bad still making excuses for posting on twitter

Sloponomics. That’s how I the described corporate production mindset to a friend who’s thinking of rejoining the corporate workforce. It feels like a word that probably exists in a @wired.com article somewhere.

From today until the Equinox on September 22nd I encourage you to do personal divination for what you need to be doing for the remainder of this year and for 2026. The astrology next year is quite intense and unprecedented and whether it is for good or ill is about your choices and preparation.

New milestone! I think last year I got 100k visits to my site hermitsmirror.com (or close to and I’ll get that this year), but a million impressions in the last month? I assume bots and AI are to thank for that, even though I have settings to dissuade them. #tarotsky

I keep saying “Beep beep. It’s Suzie Toot.” To myself, at home, alone. 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️

My morning headache says this seems about right for today

An art piece formed from lines. #art #ink #lines #drawing

I don’t know why people have to be poking around looking at black holes in the universe. Something’s going to poke back one of these days, and then it’s game over. This is my lizard brain fear. Even in a video game like Mass Effect Andromeda, I get shivers passing by one.

NEW EVENT! Join me for 30 days of meditation kicking off on the (first) new moon in Virgo on Friday, August 22nd. As a BONUS, participants will get $10 off the price of the ticket for the upcoming Spiritual New Year event. Sign up here: app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php...

It’s also on Steam for Mac, so needless to say, I’ve read half a real book in the time I read three real books since downloading it. Granted this half book is not cozy, and I just need the cozy vibes/want minimal brain processing right now. May put on Murder, She Wrote in the background

Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act. TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets! Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963

Boo mentions new game I would love, seen on TikTok (Tiny Book Shop) It’s on the Switch 2 Boo looks up buying Switch 2 ☠️ Boo reads comments, “they say if you like this game, read Bookshop on the Corner.” I borrowed the book from Libby and am halfway done already

Friendly reminder that school administrators tend to take complaints from parents much more seriously than the same complaints from teachers. So if your kids’ school district is using PragerU stuff, please speak up.

One of my random ass favorite things is listening to soundtracks of movies I’ve never seen and imagining what’s happening. I sewed a quilt-style Mondrian duvet cover to bring to college one summer, largely thanks to Planet of the Apes OST. Couldn’t care less about watching the movie though.

RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775. I'd also call your senators/reps as well.

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

“The president cut your health care so he could build himself a golden ballroom” is a pretty easy message to sell

Hi #PortfolioDay I'm Simon, and I'm homesick for a world that never existed. Take a look if you want to daydream for a short time. So I draw my own world called "Argenta" and write lore about it on Patreon. I also sell prints if you'd like to have one. Have a nice day! 🌿

I’ve started watching X-Files for the first time (saw the movie several times but never the show), and it stands up. (I’m playing Monster of the Week and need inspo.) But also, there are ads watching it on Disney+ and every ad that isn’t for a prescription feels like a fever dream.

Oh, and here’s a postworkout thirst trap since it’s been a minute. There’s even a zoomed-in back reflection since I never see my back and was like, “Oh! She’s strong.”

Just wrapped up the second workshop of the summer, and it was so great. Again! First one was on Using the Tarot de Marseille This one was on using divination tools for magical grids + foci (and spells/energy workings) The August workshop is on archetypes, personas, and masks for pers/prof devo

Ever gotten lost about what should happen next in your #dnd game? Here's some tips that help me get unstuck!

Tell me you’re staying at your parents’ house without telling me you’re staying at your parents’. I’ll go first. I’m not even sure if they lived in this house back then.