Todays moth: Horama plumipes Found from Central America to Texas! Wingspan around 4.5cm! Family Arctiidae #moths #mothposting

The Dogbane Patch: Pipevine Swallowtail #ButterflyWeek #butterflies #nativeplants #photography

PUT AWAY YOUR AXE, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE SELF DOUBT. AND YOU WILL WIN.

Okay. I am officially going on brain-cation. You may or may not hear from me for a few weeks as I limit screen time. More details at my PillowFort. www.pillowfort.social/posts/7954799

Today's motivation

My mood, as of late. Self-publishing can be so cruel and stressful. The past two weeks have had me waking up, wondering why I still do this to myself. 'For the joy of storytelling,' I repeat like a mantra, hoping it will keep me sane.

Todays moth: Calleta Silkmoth (Eupackardia calleta) Found in Mexico, Guatemala, and the USA (Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas) Wingspan ranges 8cm-11cm! Family Saturniidae #moths #mothposting

Lost internet for 23 hours. Thought I was going to die. Got lots of other stuff done. Huh. Maybe I should unplug my router...

Brain vacation, day 3. Puzzle done. Another book read. Hours wasted in Guild Wars 2. Brain still toasty. Anxiety still spinning. Self-doubt lingering. Sleep remains elusive. Body tired. Will try again tomorrow.

In my case, this is a lie: he didn't even register on my scope until he bought Twitter, at which point he basically shit his pants repeatedly in public. But it's a funny post, so there's that!

With their eyes turned up towards the heavens but their hearts still very much on the ground 'Rock Boy' Joey and 'Great Bear' Ken are no star-crossed lovers. My latest novel Ursa Major is available to download today on Kindle Unlimited at tinyurl.com/mkw5869m

Todays moth: Satin White Palpita (Palpita flegia) Found in South America, Central America, and Southern regions of North America (Mexico to Florida) Wingspan around 4.5cm! They belong to the Crambidae family #mothposting #moths

Current status of writing vacation - a little buggy... Puzzle: Kaleido Beetles from Mudpuppy (great quality, unique peices)

You gotta write, and you gotta write your own stuff, and you have to write stuff you'd want to read. Enjoy writing for its own sake and enjoy what you write, because if you don't, no one else will either.

NEWS: Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building antenna. They are holding a banner that reads: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace”

Contrary to SCOTUS’s dismal yet predictable ruling on trans athletes, trans women and girls are not a threat to women’s sports. In fact, sports were never “fair” in the first place. @rachelbrowne.ca

Spiraling, rest, and a brain reset. I plan on doing absolutely nothing for the next two days. We'll see how well that goes. *twitches* Read the why of it all here www.pillowfort.social/posts/7897131

O_O This looks good, and the trailer is so well done. Major Tom to ground control... New Illumination Studios movie - Not Alone www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtUd...

World Watercolor Month is almost upon us. I haven't done any art in a while, maybe I'll do a few prompts. Details here: worldwatercolormonth.com/prompts/

Another photo in the garden of the luna moth caterpillar using the pattern by mrs.crowlet! 🧶 #crochet #caterpillar #bugart #amigurumi #lunamoth #fiberart

Happy 100th birthday today to the legendary Mel Brooks! 🥳

buying spacex bonds is like buying nfts.

Tufted Globetail #pollinatorweek #nature #photography

The good news is that Elon Musk is no longer a trillionaire; the bad news is that we've inched ever closer to a global financial meltdown By @willem-moore.bsky.social

Well camouflaged female Stenotus binotatus. #Bugs #Hemiptera #VC55

Morning coffee: Have you heard of Fintech banks? Me either, but they might be more dangerous than the AI or private equity real estate bubbles. If you use online payment or savings aps, beware. They aren't what you probably think they are, including FDIC insured. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiE7...

So majestic #nature #photography #trees

New DOJ memo questions PWD rights, inclusion and equality progress over last 50 years; wants to give states the right to force PWD into facilities instead of having to fund programs that ensure inclusion, equality & accessibility. The reflecting pool is a distraction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWV6...

If visible neglect is appearing even in the capital, the decline may be more advanced than people realize.

Close up of a Scorpion Fly seen at Uffmore Wood Worcestershire UK - 16-06-26 #photography #insects #canon #macro #naturephotography #nature #uknature

What a dumb time to be alive. The whole article is just absurd.

Gah. I swear... I searched yesterday for videos of authors showing the new KDP Groundwood paper books... & now my feed is full of the bad side of AuthorTube - the MAKE MONEY, DO THIS ONE TRICK, MLM crap for those who publish to make quick cash instead of share stories. Ew. Have to take a shower now.

Honestly, with the way things have been going, I'm surprised they didn't try to blame transpersons using the 'wrong reflecting pool' for this debacle. Truth: They painted it with truckbed liner paint, didn't let it cure, then dumped hydrogen peroxide into the water, which lifted the paint.

Fvck Newsome. He shouldn't even be in consideration. If you want Dems to lose again, go with Newsome. We've had 8 years of a corrupt casino owner president. I don't want even 4 years of a slimy used car salesman who is only liberal when it makes him comfortable or money.

After saying I wasn't going to do it, I've started prepping The Stables series 2nd Editions for print. I hates it. HATES IT. Book 1 done, proof ordered. Trying the new groundwood paper KDP is offering and different trim size. Worried about the margins. *crossing fingers*

Look at this goofball sticking its tongue at you! This leafhopper nymph (Amblyscarta) is one of the most brightly colored insects you can find in the Amazon region. This is a freshly hatched nymph.

Troubled Liberty www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFWk...

This spectacular cockroach (Panchlora aurora) came to the light trap at Igapó's International Fieldwork Course in Manaus, Brazil. The colors and texture of this species are unreal. The pastel blue & yellow together with the smooth and shiny surface makes it look like it is made out of porcelain!

should i go out there and get pieces to sell on ebay

For years I've tracked billionaire excess. Each year I show students a chart that blows their minds. This year I had to redraw it for a trillionaire: Elon Musk, $1.32T. Depressing that we're here. Silver lining: couldn't have happened to a less deserving person, proof that wealth ≠ merit.

#TooSoon...

I love that glorious feeling when you finally find a way to write yourself out of the corner you wrote yourself into days ago. It's a tiny little gasped eureka!, and I live for it. #writerproblems

looks comically intentional

The 2026 Battletech Pride Anthology is out! (and it's free) prideanthology.itch.io/2026

Some men turn 80 and plant a tree knowing they’ll never sit in its shade. Others turn 80 and strip the orchard bare, cut all the trees down to sell the lumber, pocket the cash, and blame the hungry for not inheriting fruit.

Good morning!

Damnatio memoriae! Let the disgrace be removed, his works toppled, and his name erased from every place it has been written.

Writing with the flow, and why I'm not working on the WIP I had planned to be working on... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7811959