Thys was my Heated Rivalrye

I enjoy being someone whose personality is mostly books UNTIL it's time to move to a new place (send help)

Illinoisans: Dick Durbin's office numbers: 202-224-2152 (DC) 217-492-4062 (Springfield) Tammy Duckworth's office numbers: (202) 224-2854 (DC) (217) 528-6124 (Springfield) Not one more cent to this government until ICE is defunded. No excuses.

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.

Hmmm. Don't care for that

Oh HELL yes

DO YOUR HORMONES DO NOT SUCCUMB TO THE HELLWORLD STAY ON YOUR HORMONE SCHEDULE YOU'RE ONLY GONNA GET HOTTER

[Exit Bastard.]

Please hit pause, I need a second

Catch my poem "No Kings / No Soldiers" in today's issue of Uncanny Magazine! (And while you're there, check out the rest of the issue!) www.uncannymagazine.com/article/no-k...

Enough of the Van Helsing descendants who are sexy, badass professional vampire hunters. I'd like to suggest a version who's truer to the spirit of the original character: Ricky Van Helsing, a sleazy, eccentric rock band manager who keeps accidentally running into real vampires in the goth scene.

The Megan hyperfixation menu includes, but is not limited to: -Mesozoic marine life -Arts movements ~1880-1920 (Pre-Raphaelites, Aesthetic Movement, Nouveau, Deco, etc) -Cephalopods generally -Minoan Crete -18th and 19th century vampire fiction

Pallas Athena (after Rembrandt).

The old Meg is dying; the new Meg struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters

snakes leave behind whole skins. all manner of flying creatures, not just butterflies, do them one better, whole new selves from wriggling worms. rocks into gems. mystics die to the flesh to be reborn in the spirit. rebirth is the rule, not the stray exception, if we can grasp it

2025 recapped

Having a cat is so cool. There is a little creature in my bed who loves me and vibrates like a tiny motorcycle and is so fuzzy and wants to snuggle. How could I want anything else

Come on Illinois! You KNOW Durbin will vote for this shit despite Illinois codifying gender affirming healthcare Senate phone: (202) 224-2152 District Office: (312) 353-4952 [email protected] #Illinois #Chicago

if the mta sold F/M swap merch they'd be funded for the next decade

this is stuck in my head (which is a good thing). maybe it should be stuck in yours too

Moebius, "Nighthawks"

All things considered I can maybe not recommend going through a breakup, the loss of a parent, and COVID within the space of 1 (one) month

I misread this image so badly that I can only really hope to illustrate what I saw. ( Also a good excuse for an #art study )

this is the most 8:30 PM a 6:15 PM has felt in a long time

I've been meaning to make this candied ginger apple pie for like two weeks, and it got put slightly on hold by my entire life turning upside down in that same two weeks, but dammit, tonight we are making it HAPPEN

Slipper lobsters.

Uncredited 1977 cover art for 'A Medicine for Melancholy,' by Ray Bradbury

It's Trans Day of Remembrance. I don't know a single trans person who hasn't lost another trans person in their circle. Please hold them in your hearts today, even if their names are new to you. And remember all of us who are out here, doing the best we can.

i once saw graffiti on the bathroom stall that said “tomorrow needs you”. i think about it every time i get into a bad headspace. happy trans day of remembrance.

with alt text, because everyone deserves a good cry. come over.

I love how Chicagoans just DO NOT FUCK with these boondoggles

Mood

For groundbreaking synthetic music pioneer Wendy Carlos' birthday, enjoy her in her home studio with cats and friends

In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice. KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond. His reply was a doozy.

NOW YOU'RE JUST SOME BODIES THAT I USED TO KNOW

I would do anything for love, but I won't Douthat

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

Haymarket Books are amazing, 80% off is such a bargain, please go browse

As a Chicagoan it's against the law for me to be happy for/envious of NYC, but I'll allow it tonight, as a li'l treat

I see Cuomo's election night party is going well

today mamdani has let his haters become his waiters at the table of success

shout out chicago.

carmilla (1872) 🩸 #art #vampires

Sticking with the maritime theme! This time a Minoan octopus vase inspired design. I'm hoping to display this one coming out of water, so I tweaked the angle. I have photographed this one, but I might wait and do it again tomorrow, because this is a very *wet* pumpkin (unintentional storytelling).

democrats of all stripes should be rallying around kat abughazaleh asap. it doesnt matter where you stand ideologically. trying to jail dissenters is fundamentally unamerican and 100% fascist. democratic leaders at all levels should be making noise about it. you dont need a poll or focus group.

you do not have to be king you do not have to make your knees into trunkless legs of stone looking upon your works and despairing you only have to let the level sands surround your body boundless and bare announcing your place in the antique landscape of things

🎵Ozy I met a man For your reverence he'd beg Now he's just a pair of legs Ozy Life had just begun Now the lone and level sands stretch far away 🎵