Now I've probably pissed off a lot of the writing community w/my thread on tropes... 😂❤️ I tried to watch a thing on YT by an expert claiming to tell what's good/bad about long sword fighting in movies. Talk about misrepresentation. I didn’t want to know if they liked them. I wanted information.

I really don't have the energy to heavily discuss it & y'all know that tropes aren't bad things, right? Humans have been using tropes since we first began telling stories. If you write, you're using tropes even if you think you aren't. Don't believe me? Go look at the list of tropes on tvtropes.org

A good 16 days of hell from whatever that un-masker gave me and my family. Still not completely well, but my brain is almost-not-really-yet working again. I read dissertations and scientific papers with breakfast, so it's obviously sputtering back to life. Heavy on the 'sputtering'.

Orion. Personal art, study.

I'm in PastsImperfect! along with a lot of very cool and exciting news 😍

WHAT IF WE JUST INVESTED IN ARTISTS AND AUTHORS LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES

Apparently loads of my work is being sold on that Ali Express, if you're an artist who tries to make a living from your work I suggest you check if your stuff is there too.

Thanks *so* much to whatever asshole didn't bother to mask who gave me and my family a wretched headcold. Y'all do know there are *a lot* of immunocompromised people out here? Covid kills our immune systems. Been sicker lately? Welp. Wearing a mask to protect others is just basic respect.

Uuuuugh. I have to carve a fucking pumpkin. I donwanna.

Wow. Have I been out of the loop about the s4 Witcher drama. I've been working on awareness of where my energy goes because I have so little of it. So I haven't been paying attention because I walked when Cavill did. I wasn’t really even a fan of Cavill before that role. (I wanted

More Vampire Rockstar Lucanis from Scarlet Kiss my Modern Day Vampire AU - in his outfit for the 2nd leg of the tour and the mesh top Altara picked for him XD 🚫Do Not Re-Upload/Edit My Shots/Art Without My Permission🚫 #fanart #art #lucanisdellamorte #scarletkiss #ficart #dragonageveilgaurd #myart

That would be ableism. Think you're not being ableist to disabled people? (General you're) I'd bet you are and don't even know it.

🐌 I guess National Snail Day is a good time to share the overwhelming diversity of •pelagic gastropods• we saw in the Gulf of California, Mexico, last month. We used scuba and trawls on the R/V Sally Ride, supported by NSF grants and expertise of Brad Seibel and Amy Maas. 🦑🧪

For my writer friends... Writer Beware did an article on the recent spate of fake book clubs trying to scam writers out of cash. Read this...it's quite enlightening. writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/r... #writers #writingcommunity #writing

Halloween themed pseudoscience horror!

✨️Witches✨️

I don't go for the big shiny displays, I prefer the mellow timber trays/units. This print tray is work in progress 🥰

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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

Today's Knowledge Commons free download "Viking camps in Ninth-Century Ireland: Sources, Locations and Interactions" works.hcommons.org/records/ee0z... #medievalsky #history #archaeology #vikings #ireland #dublin

I am also terrifying but easily bribed with a mince pie...

I've fallen down a research hole into Minoan fashion and cultural implications. Someone toss me some carrots, I'll be here a while. 🤣

SNAP is not the reason your taxes are high. SNAP recipients don’t need to “just go get a job”. Most of them work. The rest are disabled, elderly, children or caregivers. People need & deserve assistance Your taxes fund wars and tax cuts for the ultra rich Be mad about that

I had POTS before LC. It made it worse. Both kids developed it, too. Partner as well. They told me my embolism was likely caused by having had Covid more than once. I have to be on blood thinners for life, now. The side effects suck. People. Please. Covid isn't something

Fox and the Hound (he voiced Copper) Backdraft TOMBSTONE

The scars you carry... #dnd #art #oc #ocsky #dndcharacter #dndoc

It’s #AceWeek! Hi, I’m Jenni, I’m aroace, and I make fun things with yarn! #asexualpride #aceawareness #aceart #crochetsky

When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee. But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education. A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.

Solidarity with We the People should include, for those of us who are able, support for our local food banks as the administration looks like it's out to starve those on SNAP Gonna be a hungry Thanksgiving for a lot of folks.

Anyone can become disabled. Anyone can lose their job. Anyone can become homeless. Anyone can go hungry. These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant. Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize. We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.

Gentle Reminder … Autism is a Neurotype that Autistic people are born with. Autism Spectrum Disorder is a diagnosis of clinically significant challenges due to Autistic Traits and other requisites all subjectively assessed by a diagnostician. Ppl are born Autistic, some of us get a DX of ASD.

Timeline cleanse A leaf from one of my trees landed on another one of my trees, where it now rests after a long hard season of being a leaf 🥰

I'm seeing a lot of "why do you even care about the white house fuck that building lol", and like, the horror people are experiencing about it isn't because they somehow hold it in their heart and love it, the issue that he was able to do this without a plan or authorization in like 72 hours

I keep seeing Dems blamed for this guy's candidacy and I just want to point out that less than a week ago the complaint was that Dems weren't backing him. This is a case study in how easy it is to manipulate recent history.

@kadoore.com Do you happen to have a current queer book list? I'm behind.

One of the coolest things about my latest #Kickstarter are the local Japanese crafts made by artisans preserving 1500-year-old traditions. One of these is lacquerware. You can read about how my project intersects with traditional Echizen lacquerware here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/osa...

Your bullies & abusers never counted on you working a recovery that supports you in understanding what they did to you. You prioritizing your safety, stability, & self care w/ each decision you make today makes them increasingly less relevant or powerful in your story.

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b... If you want more of the latest news, research, and interesting reads in language and linguistics, check out my free weekly digest! Website: linguisticdiscovery.com/current-ling... Substack: linguisticdiscovery.substack.com/s/current-li...

So White House construction companies: ACECO (demolition): Deleted LinkedIn and Instagram profiles, took down their website with contact information entirely Clark Construction (construction): Limiting Insta comments and hiding or deleting critical ones. Do these companies think we'll all forget?

Heads up!

This is Herman. He learned how to eat corn on the cob today. And within 11 seconds, he became an expert. 13/10 (TT: devonjohnson07)

He knows. Most decent tattoo artists won't ink Nazi imagery. He'd have had to find one who would. And sadly, a lot of Scandinavian symbology has been stolen by the right. I've got ink. There's a process. He knows.

Misinformation has long fueled fear and misunderstanding about wolves, but science tells a different story. Share this to help replace fear with understanding and support wolf conservation.🐾 #mythvsfact #wolfawarenessweek

Le nouveau bras droit du président du RN, Jordan Bardella, fut l’un des poissons-pilotes du parti d’extrême droite en Russie. www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...

1000% this

Language as Hope -- a fabulous-looking, open access book by Daniel Silva and Jerry Won Lee, drawing from applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, & linguistic anthropology to illustrate "what language can teach us about the practice, logic, and feasibility of hope in the twenty-first century"

I was talking with someone who purports to be an expert (and talks a great game, but I don't know them offline so I can't independently verify) who said that the exemptions have limits: Here's the thread, with knowledgeable commentary by @ddmgembala.bsky.social

And the Russia report in the UK!!!

Re-upping this blog post, since I just heard from an author who hired what looked like a self-publishing service provider but actually was a ghostwriting scam, and just got hit up for $9,000 for a book order scam writerbeware.blog/2025/05/09/t...

🚨Dear white people who STILL wonder why black people are hesitant to trust, to feel safe marching in the streets, to do anything without the weight of oppression. The rules never changed. Hate never let up and crimes against POC will continue to rise. Being blinded by privilege is your decision. 1/2