Thank you for organising this week, Mary. And thank you all for joining - I know Matt would have loved your answers this week. 💝 Before I promote anything of my own, first, the Macmillan charity that has been raised in Matt's honour. www.justgiving.com/page/mattmas... #HorrorWritersChat

Buy Matt’s books!

20 of the Cutest Queer RomComs (or at least ones that I love)

My daughter misheard this Christmas classic one year and, well.

Got a new (& very me) kind of Advent calendar this year

Tom Stoppard. One of the great writers. An epic wordsmith whose craft was such that one only compares themselves to him aspirationally. ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. BRAZIL. EMPIRE OF THE SUN. BILLY BATHGATE. ANNA KARENINA. Stage, screen, print. A genius. Rest in peace.

The Song That Doesn’t End is like a horror story. “Some people started singing it, /not knowing what it was/ and they’ll continue singing it forever just because”. They didn’t know. They had no idea. They just started singing and now they’re doomed to sing forever.

Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild: white-tailed deer beaver fox merlin coyote

To think we spoke not even 1.5 months ago and that they were hopeful about treating him, and now, gone. Cancer is horrible, absolutely fucking horrible. Please, check out Matt's books to honour his memory and donate to his chosen charity 😞💜 (link in quote post thread) 📚💙

He's so cute! I want him!!!

"Don’t Take It Personally When I Have to Cancel Plans - Understand that I don’t cancel plans because I want to. It’s because I have to. I want to go but sometimes I just can’t & I already feel #guilty about that.": buff.ly/90X3KyT #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #empathy #friend

I’m sorry but I don’t have a sale today. My handmade pottery mugs are as cheap as I can price them without losing money. I’m only one person with one finite life and a full-time job hand-painting 30 blood drip layers on each mug. 🩸 Order by Monday for Christmas delivery: littleedenpottery.etsy.com

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Need some holiday gift ideas for the Muppet fan in your life? We've got a handy shopping guide for you! www.toughpigs.com/gift-guide-2...

If you rebooted RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK today with the same temporal margins, it’d be set in the 1980s. Neo-Nazi punks would have their faces melted by the opening of a forbidden arcade cabinet at the KB Toys at your local mall. Indiana Jones would wear a Hawaiian shirt and Chuck Taylor sneakers.

I am equally amazed at Erin’s creativity and horrified at what people have done to deviled eggs

On this day in 1927, Ernie Coombs was born. To generations of Canadians, he was Mr. Dressup. His show aired from 1967 to 1996 with 3,000 episodes. He died in 2001. Learn more 👇 canadaehx.com/2020/11/28/m...

Probably not the best way to start the day but I am ranting on Instagram

These threads are always good, but this one is brilliant!

Hello gays and theys, the end of the year approach-eth, so you know what that means: The second half of 🏳️‍🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️‍🌈 Organized by month again, because that seemed to work pretty well last time!

Signed books make great gifts. If you'd like to order mine, you can order personalized copies from @phoenixbooks.biz, a fabulous Vermont indie! You get to support a great store, encourage reading, and look super cool. Win-Win-Win! phoenixbooks.biz/catalog/darc...

Every year our family gets an Xmas ornament to represent our year. Couldn't find anything good this year, so I made one:

Love these!

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

Tories: We created a funding formula that doesn’t cover basic needs, and amalgamated boards into geographically massive entities, and we just can’t figure out why you can’t make it work!

The fog is crystallizing onto the trees.

Nothing like being pursued by a coyote first thing in the morning to get your adrenaline flowing.

Look, someone has to be the sickest person in any friend group, and it might as well be me

So true!

The Mummy

Less than 24 hours to pick up this bundle filled with stories trans self-discovery, love, friendship, trauma, healing, literal and metaphorical demons, magic, war, and/or the world itself! Snatch up the Trans People Take on the World bundle before it's gone! 📢📚 itch.io/b/3352/trans...

We’re snailposting, post your snails! An oil painting, and a photo I took.

“As if anyone would ever choose ill- #health, #isolation & all the other..aspects of living with painful chronic conditions..It’s already tough enough dealing with #pain & #illness, without the added burden of disbelief.": buff.ly/7fCnyXH by @apainprincess.bsky.social #ChronicIllness #awareness

No Northern Lights here, but there is a skeleton still hanging from a tree on the lawn across the street.

Uh... So apparently if the whisk attachment on your electric mixer breaks in the middle of whipping cream, it will spray half-whipped cream *everywhere* (including the stove, dishwasher, floors, counters, kids, dog, self, & probably the ceiling)

Share to scream about your illness without actually screaming

“For years, facilities were designed around men’s schedules and men’s teams. Women were told to make do. And now, just as women’s hockey has earned the right to think bigger, the city is planning to think smaller.” Lansdowne 2.0 is a bad deal for Ottawa on so many fronts.

Two things can be true at the same time, Canada. 1. Yes, I’m disappointed with some of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s approaches so far, particularly around climate action, and his definations of “nation-building.” We should expect better. 2. Carney is still light-years better than Pierre Poilievre.

Showing off the gift I made for a D&D-loving friend.

November PAINTING OF THE DAY No.4 Raven Tree #birds #raven #painting

Remember that while food banks welcome donations of food, they prefer $$$$$$$. They have deals with grocery stores and suppliers. You can only buy one dollar's worth of food for one dollar, but they can buy several dollars' worth. So don't, like, buy food to donate it, just give 'em the dough.

Got him back

*tapping side of head* don’t have to worry about your ability to run the bases if you hit the ball over the fence

Bichette!!!