I was all of five feet from this muskrat and it couldn't have given fewer fucks. All it cared about was the tasty piece of cattail stem it was eating.

Hi folks! Update on our situation in the next posts, but tl;dr -- we have sought legal representation to resolve our ongoing financial nightmare, but we need to pay for it! Check out our geeky shop or chip in below. 💓 shop: http://thebrokencirc... kofi: ko-fi.com/kitrocha venmo: @kitrocha

When Sir Ian McKellen was a sprightly forty years of age. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGbZ...

Five major publishing houses and the bestselling author are suing Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly training its Llama generative AI models on millions of copyrighted materials. n.pr/42OZBGt

This is hilarious and charming. And such a good visual of just how much space travel sucks lol

Happy May the Fourth to all who celebrate. I've got four playlists full of excellent Star Wars fanvids (edits, AMVs, whatever you call them) up on my YouTube channel. This one's theme is particularly on point, obviously.

Roseate skimmer. I love that shade of pink!

Yet another bird making a very weird shape. What a lumpy loaf (affectionate) (Mourning Dove) #birds 🌿

This thread is everything.

ballpark estimate given over the phone for the surgery was $1k- if anyone would like some art, it'd help me cover the cost greatly 🐈‍⬛💗 🌻 general donations (unlocks sketchbook pages!): ko-fi.com/superaenbow 🛒 shop: superaenbow.shop 🎨 comms: vgen.co/superaenbow (take a quiz, get a surprise creature!)

We have a wild hedgehog who lives in our garden and is friends with our cat (this isn’t their first meeting, they know each other well)

If you’re mad about Louisiana, you can do something to help us in Louisiana. I literally grant write and fundraise alone so I can put women & girls through school, pay their rents, & provide them menstrual products. Don’t talk about us in Louisiana like we’re dead. tpfwoman2woman2026.funraise.org

I started work on this one in March and went overboard (including the big write up on AO3 where I overshared probably). Still wild to me how many Star Wars fanvids there are now compared to back in the day. Cool to have so many to choose from.

Heard a-snufflin' by the bins... THREE HEDGEHOGS

Ebooks still on sale in the USA and other markets! Honestly I had so much fun writing this. This and the sequel trilogy are my love letter to Leiber, Moore, early Martha Wells, Barbara Hambly, and the swashbuckling like.

A thank you to everyone, plus an update on my birthday this week, what's next on my healthcare schedule, and some fun news. (I have a new short story out!) Feel free to boost and share. And thank you for your donations! Every little bit helps. www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

*Fuck cancer* Hailey is the best and this is a horrible situation. Please do help if you can spare a few bucks... <3

Alright, it's almost midnight here so I guess I'll wrap up #Invertefest with an epic millipede we found on a night hike in Mindo, Ecuador. More birds and bugs to come...

Turning the lights out on a harvester - this gif transitions from normal light to UV light. Compounds in the exoskeleton absorb and re-emit ultraviolet light as visible light. This phenomenon is called biofluorescence. #invertefest (Phareicranaus sp.) Refugio del Intag, Ecuador

Beautiful sky at sunset in Minnesota #Landscapes #Nature #Minnesota

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$135 left to go to complete this rent!

Doomscrolling break. #TinyJoys If, like us, you've been wondering if the hedgehogs pay attention to what's happening outside the new feeding hut that has a window - I'd say we have an answer now.

LOOK WHO'S BAACCCCCK 🪶 🐣

LET ME HELP YOU

How it feels to be left behind by Ai:

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Families here REALLY need the kindness of those in other communities to come through as much as we can in order to weather some of what we've been through here.

Our Photography instructor yesterday joked that by the time he was done sharing tips, he'd have us staying up all night to edit photos, and everyone in the class laughed, but now here I am... 😂 Watching this Reddish Egret hunt was one of the coolest and also silliest things I've ever seen. #birds

Since the ICE surge, Frey has: •Vetoed an eviction moratorium •Tried to get a cop city in Minneapolis •Vetoed a decriminalization of drug paraphernalia (which would have merely brought Minneapolis in line with state law) •Attended the WHCD, to honor the fascist who terrorized his own city

I have a week to make rent and I'm still £364 short. You get literally 1000s of posts, over 900 recipes for £5 and more added every day. 16% off if you sign up annually! Please just give it a try. You improve my life and can cancel anytime.

Sunrise through the birch trees in Minnesota #Nature #Minnesota

Our friends at @onthemedia.bsky.social tell us to expect this www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Just checked and the final Anthropic status update is in place with # of claims received. 440,490 claims received means roughly something like $2678 per work ($1339 when split between publisher and author).

I, I just - I desperately need us to not ... move on, from these.

Another thrilling installment of CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATS! INNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN! BOXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXES!

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“Hey look, the humans got something right!” Osprey were once in danger of disappearing but conservation efforts brought them back. Thank goodness, just look at these charmers #birds 🌿

My birthday is this week! (I'm turning 53.) And to celebrate, I'd like to do another fundraiser so how about I give away another pre-release copy of OBSTETRIX?

Best Novelette “Kaiju Agonistes” by @scottlynch78.bsky.social (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 62) “Never Eaten Vegetables” by @hhpak.bsky.social (Clarkesworld, Issue 220) “Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy” by @marthawells.com (Reactor, July 10, 2025) 5/

I'm making one last push to let people know about this online talk -- sponsored by the British Library in conjunction with their current exhibition on fairy tales. The live stream starts at 7:30 tonight, but if you buy a ticket *before* the event you can watch it any time over the next 7 days.

This is going to make the next month even harder. So if you want to do something to help, now is a great time to support my Patreon.

If you folks like sterling and handmade goods and are not already following my twelve wonderful jewelry goblins while we fling shiny stuff into the universe, I would implore that you do so. This is our main revenue stream, and our community is great! @peculiarityshop.bsky.social

Today is day 140 of the ICE occupation of MN. Cases like these are why it feels like every Minnesotan is raising mutual aid rent relief. (You can help at StandWithMinnesota.com)

Moth faces are so cute. Here’s a moth in the genus Trosia

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

There are some important things to remember in terms of Awards-shortlist day etiquette. A short thread. Even folks I really like and respect make some blunders on this stuff. 1) Allow people to enjoy the shortlist. Avoid dismissing the finalists (whomever they are) for at least a month.

Hawk moth! Hawk moth! Hawk moth! 🌱

Look at this pidge who is the color of morning light.