Malda Marlys 🍉
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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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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.
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The quailhogs of the wheatworld are fierce pack hunting predators that, despite any hopes and dreams they may have to the contrary, don't get much bigger than a guinea pig.
February 6, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The quailhogs of the wheatworld are fierce pack hunting predators that, despite any hopes and dreams they may have to the contrary, don't get much bigger than a guinea pig.
aw fuck yeah, riches
February 6, 2026 at 10:08 PM
aw fuck yeah, riches
victorian ghost stories are like turkish delight—one can imagine circumstances where they might be worth selling your family to a witch but a little goes a long way and most of them are gummy and dull. but mr james has won me over with his loathing of golf
February 6, 2026 at 2:06 AM
victorian ghost stories are like turkish delight—one can imagine circumstances where they might be worth selling your family to a witch but a little goes a long way and most of them are gummy and dull. but mr james has won me over with his loathing of golf
small but significant victory: after nearly 2 years my classroom has working electricity throughout again!
February 5, 2026 at 2:11 PM
small but significant victory: after nearly 2 years my classroom has working electricity throughout again!
open. the gate.
stop. having it. be closed
stop. having it. be closed
fell victim to one of the classic blunders (opening threads) and was immediately subjected to whatever the fuck this is
February 5, 2026 at 3:08 AM
open. the gate.
stop. having it. be closed
stop. having it. be closed
every school year comes the moment where "ugh how am I gonna fill all that time" tips abruptly into "how am I gonna finish all this shit"
February 4, 2026 at 5:39 PM
every school year comes the moment where "ugh how am I gonna fill all that time" tips abruptly into "how am I gonna finish all this shit"
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I've said this before but I'll say it again, I suggest not submitting to publications that state "By submitting you agree to grant us publication rights".
Probably not legally binding but best not to submit anyway.
Biggest reason is they could just not even reply and claim to have pub rights
Probably not legally binding but best not to submit anyway.
Biggest reason is they could just not even reply and claim to have pub rights
February 3, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I've said this before but I'll say it again, I suggest not submitting to publications that state "By submitting you agree to grant us publication rights".
Probably not legally binding but best not to submit anyway.
Biggest reason is they could just not even reply and claim to have pub rights
Probably not legally binding but best not to submit anyway.
Biggest reason is they could just not even reply and claim to have pub rights
several kids in my 7th period were talking responsibly about college/life/future plans but at some point they shifted from "I'm gonna be an electrician" to "what if I became a wizard"
February 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
several kids in my 7th period were talking responsibly about college/life/future plans but at some point they shifted from "I'm gonna be an electrician" to "what if I became a wizard"