Me pretending I don't see the trans person's dead name when I register them for a blood donation 🫣🫣🫣

Halfway through Bridges of Madison County and I do not get how this became a modern classic. The most over hyped self-insert MMC with "grown man has realizations every woman had at 12" themes.

If it's really that important to say "unhoused" instead of "homeless" I need to hear it **from the people in the demographic.** I already got caught up in the white neoliberal "don't say Black" discourse of yesteryear, I cannot make that mistake again.

My channel is formally under review for monetization. Please excuse me as I look through every video I've ever posted, as if something inappropriate will suddenly appear. 😂

How does one milk an almond

Woke up to discourse. Everyone's vague posting. Gotta figure out if I need to block/unfollow anyone. brb

Let's talk how to discover what books you actually want to read. #booksky #booktube

I finally got enough watch hours on my YouTube channel to apply to be a partner!!!!!! Only took me nearly 8 years of running this thing. 😅😅😂😂

I stole this reaction image from Threads for those "why is no one talking about this" posts. And like a true Robin Hood, I give the spoils to y'all.

I'm probably one of the few readers relieved to find out an "enemies to lovers" book is actually a "miscommunication to lovers" book. #booksky

Another indie book review went live!! This time for "Civil Blood and Civil Hands" by Vivian Moira Valentine #booksky #bookreview

This is the Amnesty International report on the anti-rights groups. These anti-rights groups have immediately engaged in lawfare to bury this report. *be a shame if people kept sharing it. drive.google.com/file/d/1UggI...

I read three review books in a row?? Who is she??? #booksky

Reading a book on writing craft and super enjoying it, only for the author to bring up AI???????? Does she not realize people are trying to use LLMs specifically to replace people like her????? (Sit. Write. Here by April Davila, btw) #amwriting #booksky

The June mindful book haul has arrived! Where I started stocking up for HRCYED 3.0 #booksky #booktube

Threads is doing the discourse about nighttime libraries again. I feel like anyone who finds this feasible doesn't actually go to the library a lot. Because a library open throughout the night would instantly become an unofficial homeless shelter, with all the safety issues therein. #booksky

Another indie book review! This time for Civil Blood and Civil Hands by Vivian Moira Valentine #booksky #bookreview #bookblog

Another book review went live on the blog! This time for the memoir of a traveling veterinarian, "Far and Wild," by Cliff Redford! #booksky #bookreview

I love my characters the way little girls love their Barbies. They will endure the most melodramatic bullshit and there is a non-zero chance someone's head pops off. #amwriting

I'm used to baristas forgetting the second a but the double T is a new twist.

Had two lit agents say a manuscript's opening scene was the wrong place in the chronology to start. Only their ideas of where it *should* start were completely opposite. One said I needed to start much earlier in the chronology and another saying I needed to start much later. #amwriting

The second 75 Booked vlog is here! Where I sew a bunch of clothes and beat HRCYED 2.0 #booksky #sewsky #HRCYED

And remember to check in with local shelters/outreach orgs to see what items they're running low on before you donate. Some will post their current needs on sites like Facebook, or else you may need to call.

Since apparently this isn't making it beyond UK news yet, Rockstar petitioned a British court to section an 18 year old autistic kid under the mental health act for hacking their server and leaking a short GTA 6 clip a couple of years ago. No trial, no term of sentence, just locked up in hospital.

Cher must be the most positive person on the planet. Her biography is nonstop "I met this person and they were awesome and this person was so talented and this one is my absolute best friend" while talking about the times she was suffering severe poverty and an abusive relationship. #booksky

🎉🎉🎉 #booksky #HRCYED

If there's one thing the girlypops at the blood donation center are gonna do, it's put a bow on your wrap. 😂

"Put your hands up (if you're physically able)" - Nuancé

I didn't set out to make a group chat of queer, disabled, neurodivergent weirdos. I set out to make a group chat of indie authors. ... OH. #booksky

Rereading the series that you adore and realizing the quality of the later books gave you severe rose-colored glasses for the earlier ones. 😬 #booksky

If I have any "guilty pleasures" in music it's the indie musical with a 2000s YA paranormal romance plot and a "not like other girls" protagonist. Like, yes, the story is dated and derivative but it's the style of my teenaged years.

Here's your reminder that "don't speak ill of the dead" was meant to ward off spirits. And I can totally take Mitch McConnell's weak ass ghost so I WILL be talking shit about him when he dies.

Another day, another brainstorming session for the sapphic pro wrestling trilogy I'll write some day. #amwriting

They have zero sugar Baja Blast now????

I crocheted 4 hats in 3 days. The new hyperfixation has arrived. #crochetsky

I'm morbidly excited for GTA 6 to come out because there's no way it can meet the messianic zeal the industry and fans have for it and I NEED to see the reaction.

While I'm plugging old blog posts, I'd like to repost one of my favorites. A critique on the trope of sci-fi romances killing off all the alien women. Gonna turn this one into a video some day. #booksky

It is once again time for the shameless plug. #booksky

Once upon a time, thousands of 12 and 13 year olds learned what "irrevocably" meant just so they could quote the Twilight tagline with gusto. We have fallen so far. 😞

LOOK AT THIS. I HAND-SEWED this button up shirt. Sleeves, interfacing, button-holes, all on STRETCH FABRIC. BOW BEFORE MY SEWIST MIGHT. #Sewsky

Me with Sebastian Nothwell

My new sewing patterns arrived! Hopefully I can make my cute rainbow sundress before the family trip to St. Louis. #sewsky

THE LAST BOOK HAS BEEN FINISHED. I HAVE BEATEN HRCYED 2.0 🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳 #booksky

The fact someone shared the link to this in our group chat. 😂😂 The closest we can get to a meme. 😭😭

Billy Crystal didn't improv lines so funny Cary Elwes had to be replaced with a dummy so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."

A lot of people don't know this one was originally a flop in theaters. It gained its current beloved status through VHS rentals.

Does anyone else have an emotional support ambience video or is this flavor of neurodivergence specific to me?

With my debut indie book coming out next year, I asked established indie authors for some advice. Let's figure out How to Indie Author. #booktube #amwriting #writesky

Speaking of which, you know Audible is owned by Amazon, right? For those of you who like a good audio book and care where your money goes, @libro.fm is an excellent choice. We've just signed up so you can support us *and* treat your ears⤵️ libro.fm/ravenbooks

I love having a Little Free Library, and they do help in certain ways, but I can't believe they actually solve the problem of book deserts. If you have the excess income to install and stock one of these things, you're probably not in a book desert. #booksky