Malda Marlys 🍉
@aardwyrm.bsky.social
sentient curio cabinet. writes sffh, spams dog nonsense. slush reader for giganotosaurus. the bird's name is rambo. hwa, codexian, ey/em
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https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/aardwyrm
the idea that stories with a twist need to surprise you completely is pernicious but there is another extreme where every answer is broadcast so hard in the text that you want to shake all the oblivious characters until their teeth rattle
February 12, 2026 at 11:59 PM
the idea that stories with a twist need to surprise you completely is pernicious but there is another extreme where every answer is broadcast so hard in the text that you want to shake all the oblivious characters until their teeth rattle
scrivener is the best for many reasons but today the power flickered mid-sentence and i didn't lose a word. i was in the middle of an egregiously lurid description of a tree and i only had time to curse out the computer like twice before i knew my gothic dithering was safely rescued
February 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM
scrivener is the best for many reasons but today the power flickered mid-sentence and i didn't lose a word. i was in the middle of an egregiously lurid description of a tree and i only had time to curse out the computer like twice before i knew my gothic dithering was safely rescued
i know i've been marginally responsible lately because all the burrito taxi apps are in my inbox like "hey bestie been a hot minute you want a coupon that sounds like it's really good but isn't particularly?"
February 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM
i know i've been marginally responsible lately because all the burrito taxi apps are in my inbox like "hey bestie been a hot minute you want a coupon that sounds like it's really good but isn't particularly?"
due to convergent evolution, aquatic ambush predators across clades frequently exhibit similar anatomy and behavior
February 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
due to convergent evolution, aquatic ambush predators across clades frequently exhibit similar anatomy and behavior
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Happy birthday to Charles Darwin (1809-1882)! Today is Darwin Day to celebrate his birthday, science and evolution. 🧪🐡 #histsci
“The inhabitants believe that these animals are absolutely deaf; certainly they do not overhear a person walking closely behind them. I was always amused, when overtaking
“The inhabitants believe that these animals are absolutely deaf; certainly they do not overhear a person walking closely behind them. I was always amused, when overtaking
February 12, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Happy birthday to Charles Darwin (1809-1882)! Today is Darwin Day to celebrate his birthday, science and evolution. 🧪🐡 #histsci
“The inhabitants believe that these animals are absolutely deaf; certainly they do not overhear a person walking closely behind them. I was always amused, when overtaking
“The inhabitants believe that these animals are absolutely deaf; certainly they do not overhear a person walking closely behind them. I was always amused, when overtaking
unfettered access to crowd sourced public domain audiobooks have been one of the purest joys of the internet, and now you have to make sure they're either at least a few years old or from a trusted source. ai is even messing with my ability to passively absorb virginia woolf
February 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
unfettered access to crowd sourced public domain audiobooks have been one of the purest joys of the internet, and now you have to make sure they're either at least a few years old or from a trusted source. ai is even messing with my ability to passively absorb virginia woolf
huh, 2k might be the most followers i've ever had on a thing? (even allowing for how many are SINGLE GRANDMA TO 2 GAY ANGORA RABBITS, FUCK THE ORANGE SCOURGE IN THE EAR, DES MOINES FOREVER or ai-shellacked young ladies looking for companionship.) so, uh, hi? that's a choice you've made.
a person is looking out of a window with a blue object in the foreground .
Alt: sam the eagle from the muppets looks through a door, proclaims "you are all weirdos" and departs
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February 12, 2026 at 2:58 PM
huh, 2k might be the most followers i've ever had on a thing? (even allowing for how many are SINGLE GRANDMA TO 2 GAY ANGORA RABBITS, FUCK THE ORANGE SCOURGE IN THE EAR, DES MOINES FOREVER or ai-shellacked young ladies looking for companionship.) so, uh, hi? that's a choice you've made.
trans gretchen would be a good drag name
February 12, 2026 at 2:05 PM
trans gretchen would be a good drag name
i do want everyone to know that the cheetos one was the only one of these delivered to my 2nd period class. it was in a cute cellophane bag with hearts on it and the recipient was sincerely pleased
February 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
i do want everyone to know that the cheetos one was the only one of these delivered to my 2nd period class. it was in a cute cellophane bag with hearts on it and the recipient was sincerely pleased
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It is International Day of Women in Science! For this ocassion, a thread on influential women that illustrate prehistoric life🧵
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 AM
It is International Day of Women in Science! For this ocassion, a thread on influential women that illustrate prehistoric life🧵
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
Marta Szubert. Creator of one of the first to-scale feathered dinosar models (1997). If you've been to Poland or Slovakia, you've probably seen her models on display.
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Overcoming is a process. Bite by Bite and Lie by Lie by Malda Marlys, To Save, To Break, To… by Emily Scharff, and The Founding of Zeget by Diana Dima show us that we make history. Let's make it good.
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Bite by Bite and Lie by Lie - Small Wonders
In a land replete with small gods and smaller miracles, a barefoot stranger in devotional robes was an afternoon’s amusement.
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January 26, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Overcoming is a process. Bite by Bite and Lie by Lie by Malda Marlys, To Save, To Break, To… by Emily Scharff, and The Founding of Zeget by Diana Dima show us that we make history. Let's make it good.
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will never get over my shock when i see someone say casually "12000 words to go on this manuscript" or whatever. like. did a fairy come and tell you that? did you read it in burnt bones and tortoise shells? do you have a time machine? have you met god?
February 11, 2026 at 3:09 AM
will never get over my shock when i see someone say casually "12000 words to go on this manuscript" or whatever. like. did a fairy come and tell you that? did you read it in burnt bones and tortoise shells? do you have a time machine? have you met god?
i have a geology degree so when i say i want to eat this more than any other rock i have ever seen, i have seen some fuckin rocks
Welcome back to #TrilobiteTuesday
Here is Asaphus lepidurus from the Middle Ordovician rocks of St. Petersburg, Russia. Trilobites from these limestones have a beautiful caramel colored shell and are preserved three-dimensionally!
Here is Asaphus lepidurus from the Middle Ordovician rocks of St. Petersburg, Russia. Trilobites from these limestones have a beautiful caramel colored shell and are preserved three-dimensionally!
February 11, 2026 at 2:59 AM
i have a geology degree so when i say i want to eat this more than any other rock i have ever seen, i have seen some fuckin rocks
i have to update my damn cv for this masters program and i would rather be reincarnated as a wood louse. the "essay" portion took less than 20 minutes (they wanted 250 words max per answer; that's not even an essay that's a THOUGHT) but now i have to finish... this. what the fuck do i even, like, do
February 11, 2026 at 1:34 AM
i have to update my damn cv for this masters program and i would rather be reincarnated as a wood louse. the "essay" portion took less than 20 minutes (they wanted 250 words max per answer; that's not even an essay that's a THOUGHT) but now i have to finish... this. what the fuck do i even, like, do
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Messing around in boats
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Messing around in boats
my car: beep! it's cold!
me: sure is buddy
car: beep beep! danger!
me: you know I... I wasn't gonna hit anything but. I bet that would have helped if I was
car: beep! beeeep! emergency!
me: ?
car: alarms disabled! beep!
me: fuckin- you know what, bertram, yeah, good job. I needed to know that
me: sure is buddy
car: beep beep! danger!
me: you know I... I wasn't gonna hit anything but. I bet that would have helped if I was
car: beep! beeeep! emergency!
me: ?
car: alarms disabled! beep!
me: fuckin- you know what, bertram, yeah, good job. I needed to know that
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 AM
my car: beep! it's cold!
me: sure is buddy
car: beep beep! danger!
me: you know I... I wasn't gonna hit anything but. I bet that would have helped if I was
car: beep! beeeep! emergency!
me: ?
car: alarms disabled! beep!
me: fuckin- you know what, bertram, yeah, good job. I needed to know that
me: sure is buddy
car: beep beep! danger!
me: you know I... I wasn't gonna hit anything but. I bet that would have helped if I was
car: beep! beeeep! emergency!
me: ?
car: alarms disabled! beep!
me: fuckin- you know what, bertram, yeah, good job. I needed to know that
a fun thing about a lot of variously gnc people is how many of us just... didn't believe in the cis experience early on? kid brains universalize. if [gendered expectation] is being inflicted on me, surely that's how everyone feels! (the origin of a lot of "not like other girls" impulses, too)
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
a fun thing about a lot of variously gnc people is how many of us just... didn't believe in the cis experience early on? kid brains universalize. if [gendered expectation] is being inflicted on me, surely that's how everyone feels! (the origin of a lot of "not like other girls" impulses, too)
I was at a good bit in my book and did not go downstairs when the halftime show started, but the dog did, so I guess she's a big bad bunny fan
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I was at a good bit in my book and did not go downstairs when the halftime show started, but the dog did, so I guess she's a big bad bunny fan
small mammal dinnertime is ~6pm
any time i stand up, shift slightly, or breathe too hard from like 4:30 onward i will be immediately surrounded by enormous, eager eyes
any time i stand up, shift slightly, or breathe too hard from like 4:30 onward i will be immediately surrounded by enormous, eager eyes
February 8, 2026 at 11:16 PM
small mammal dinnertime is ~6pm
any time i stand up, shift slightly, or breathe too hard from like 4:30 onward i will be immediately surrounded by enormous, eager eyes
any time i stand up, shift slightly, or breathe too hard from like 4:30 onward i will be immediately surrounded by enormous, eager eyes
fuckin hell i did this when i was like 14 and starting a new mess of a "novel" every other week, only i set it up like a MASH game. apparently i was doing entrepreneurship
Back in the 80's there was a company that sold build-a-plot kits for writers, think D&D lookup tables and dice and roulette wheels and mad libs.
Shitty writers would buy one, promised that this was the ticket to true creative genius.
Shitty writers would buy one, promised that this was the ticket to true creative genius.
The AI art cult is functionally older than AI Art, it is the cult that has always wanted to replace things, sees art as having mechanical upgrades through time. That humanist renaissance art was "strictly better" than the medieval. Their sole objective is to capture what exists.
February 8, 2026 at 8:48 PM
fuckin hell i did this when i was like 14 and starting a new mess of a "novel" every other week, only i set it up like a MASH game. apparently i was doing entrepreneurship
me to my mom pointing at the yard: neighbor says there are coyotes nesting in those trees back there
mom: ...coyotes nest in trees?
mom: ...coyotes nest in trees?
February 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
me to my mom pointing at the yard: neighbor says there are coyotes nesting in those trees back there
mom: ...coyotes nest in trees?
mom: ...coyotes nest in trees?
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I encourage you to stop on in to the 'Shale and Well Met' for a pint of.. well, I'm not sure what. But boy is the company great!
February 8, 2026 at 1:08 AM
I encourage you to stop on in to the 'Shale and Well Met' for a pint of.. well, I'm not sure what. But boy is the company great!
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when a book makes me predict the twist, then talk myself out of the twist so hard I have to actively talk myself back into believing it as it's revealed
February 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
when a book makes me predict the twist, then talk myself out of the twist so hard I have to actively talk myself back into believing it as it's revealed
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It bums me out that there isn't more Paleolithic rock art of cave hyenas, especially considering they were all over the place. So I made some myself.
February 7, 2026 at 2:18 AM
It bums me out that there isn't more Paleolithic rock art of cave hyenas, especially considering they were all over the place. So I made some myself.