The ability to recognize the suffering of others and offer assistance is not only honorable, but it will serve you well in many situations, some unexpected. Compassion is a transferable skill.

Also Xena (barely) fits in @leavesdancing.bsky.social’s recliner!

Mazikeen has a collection of squeaky plushies in @leavesdancing.bsky.social’s bedroom, where they’re guarded by the scary cats (so Aleya can’t steal them). She brought down the tiny monster to share a fleece blanket in comfort.

Cat!

When the selkie returned to the beach, a man was holding her sealskin. "Is this yours?" he asked. "May I borrow it?" "You want to be a seal?" "No, but when I take it off, I'll be a woman, right?" "My heart, you already are," the selkie said. "That skin is mine, but I can help you find yours."

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Wishing you a kind week ahead 🐾🤍

The smallest act of defiance may be all it takes to bring forth the hidden courage inside of you. Snarl in the face of your fears, let them cower at what they've unleashed.

Wishing you a peaceful day. 🐾🤍

Meet Crumb, Button, and Clover. A friend in the Bay Area found them behind a gas station. Unfortunately, she isn't able to keep them, so if she can't find someone to adopt them, they will be going to a shelter. Can you help me find them a home? They are in good health and very tame.

As you strive for an honorable life, know that you will make mistakes, that you will stumble. So will everyone seeking to do the right thing. Honor is a path through the complex landscape of life, not a fence to keep out trespassers.

someone on tumblr said it better than i could

A federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to reinstall exhibits and signs relating to slavery ​and climate change that it ⁠had removed from ​parks and monuments nationwide

Sleepyzoi x 2.

The sound of meowing 🐾

Some huge scientific news announced in my house this morning.

Heads up, #UglyDogs. @ravenmae.bsky.social had to take Kieran to the vet ER for breathing difficulties. He’s been fighting watery eyes, reverse sneezes, and sniffles for a while, and when he sleeps, it sounds like he’s got sleep apnea. No clue what it’ll cost yet, but Aleya is worried.

Alex and Baz, littermates who appreciate the merits of a nice fleece blanket and a room currently free of dogs. #Caturday

Share your mood for the weekend!🖤

Picture a better version of yourself. Look up to that person, make note of what needs to change for you to become them. It seems trite, but if you can't envision someone you can grow into, you may never grow at all.

The thing that absolutely burns my biscuits about this is that human writers don't "sound like 'AI'". The fucking slopgrift machines sound like us because it STOLE MASSIVE TRANCHES OF OUR WORK. It's blaming the *victims of* the theft for the grift *built on* the theft.

Adorable young kestrels surprised by a butterfly.

Status report, "For #PrideMonth" dep't: Just to let folks know that for all of June 2026, the #Ebooks Direct #Pride Package has been really *ridiculously* discounted! Details here: www.tumblr.com/dduane/81834...

“I owe him my life a dozen times over. Isn't that worth a career?” ~ Kirk Amok Time
Stardate: 3372.7 Or even a starship.

David Tennant, Billie Piper and Alex Kingston are going to be to Dragon Con in Atlanta in early September. 👀 secretatlanta.co/david-tennan...

Every year for Pride, I repost Hue. I made him to send love and comfort to those who feel Pride isn’t for them because they aren’t out. You matter, you are valid, and it’s ok if you aren’t ready yet. Coming out is not a requirement for being part of this community. Happy Pride 🌈

Reminder that Klingons say TRANS RIGHTS BRING HONOR TO YOUR HOUSE

Happy Pride Month!

Wishing you a happy June 😽🌼🤍

You know what we don't talk enough about? Queen & Annie Lennox/David Bowie rehearsing 'Under Pressure' in 1992. So much going on! Everyone's clothes, Bowie with a lit cig throughout, where Annie PROPER GOES FOR IT, George Michael singing along in the background. The amazing vocals. Yes, please!

Happy International Hug Your Cat Day. Unless your cat doesn’t like to be hugged, then Happy International Don’t Hug Your Cat Day. 😹😽🤍

"It’s going to be people with substance versus people with shallow knowledge. It’s going to be mastery versus faking it. It’s going to be people with good taste versus tacky. I trust you will put in the work necessary to be on the right side of those battles.”

"After years of painstaking research in ancient grimoires and microcontroller logic, I have perfected it!" the professor exclaimed. "What?" "All printers are possessed. I've made a PDF which performs an exorcism." "So you print it, and then the printer works?" "Yes!" "What if it won't print?"

Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring will be shown in Osaka, later this year, and the press conference was as Japanese as you’d expect #Vermeer

...So: time to go online and order new ones. Meanwhile, for those desiring to assist: #Ebook bundles are still on sale at the ebooks.direct store, folks! And *baby needs new shoes!* 😂 ebooks.direct/collections/... (6/6)

"Never forget, human, your primary job is 'couch'"

Confidential to the folks who think "Golden Age" SF/F writers would be sad about current SF/F writers' lack of excitement over "AI": Why would you think the generation of writers who founded SFWA to defend the rights of working SF/F writers would somehow be cool with the plagiarism machine?

Menwhile, spotted at Tumblr... www.tumblr.com/depsidase/81...