Azasloth
@azasloth.bsky.social
When you could end reality from your throne of primordial chaos, but you'd rather just take a nap and maybe eat some leaves later. Antifa cottagecore. She/her.
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Warming the Drums at the Round Dance
Allen Sapp ~ Cree
1988
Allen Sapp ~ Cree
1988
February 12, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Warming the Drums at the Round Dance
Allen Sapp ~ Cree
1988
Allen Sapp ~ Cree
1988
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I was a picky kid, and I've taken some pride in overcoming most of that. I still don't like mustard or horseradish. I still don't eat olives (I don't need to love another salty thing). I don't entirely understand most shellfish, unless large amounts of garlic butter are involved.
Do we still do Trash Tuesday food takes?
Love strawberries, hate strawberry-flavored things.
Love peaches, hate peach-flavored anything.
Love bananas, hate banana-flavored things.
Mounds are good. Almond Joys are fine.
Love strawberries, hate strawberry-flavored things.
Love peaches, hate peach-flavored anything.
Love bananas, hate banana-flavored things.
Mounds are good. Almond Joys are fine.
February 10, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I was a picky kid, and I've taken some pride in overcoming most of that. I still don't like mustard or horseradish. I still don't eat olives (I don't need to love another salty thing). I don't entirely understand most shellfish, unless large amounts of garlic butter are involved.
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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I'm quoting this so you don't have to see Neil Gaiman's picture to know the lawsuit dismissals were because the (for legal purposes, alleged) crimes were in New Zealand and these suits were in the US.
Dismissed because of jurisdictional confusion, it should be stressed, rather than any new revelation that would discredit the survivors of sexual assault who have come forward.
Federal judges have dismissed three lawsuits accusing British author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting his children's nanny in New Zealand.
February 10, 2026 at 7:04 PM
I'm quoting this so you don't have to see Neil Gaiman's picture to know the lawsuit dismissals were because the (for legal purposes, alleged) crimes were in New Zealand and these suits were in the US.
This technique is amazing. I made the milk buns yesterday, and I couldn't believe how well they came out, soft and fluffy: www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2018/03...
Introduction to tangzhong, the secret to softer bread
How can you elevate your favorite dinner rolls to new levels of pillow-y softness — in one simple step? Ditto your old-fashioned sandwich bread, tender cinnamon rolls, and gooey sticky buns. The answe...
www.kingarthurbaking.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:59 PM
This technique is amazing. I made the milk buns yesterday, and I couldn't believe how well they came out, soft and fluffy: www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2018/03...
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Natron purifies your body from evil, your lips are pure as those of the calf the day its mother gave birth to it. (OGC)
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Natron purifies your body from evil, your lips are pure as those of the calf the day its mother gave birth to it. (OGC)
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Fir Trees
Emily Carr
1935
Emily Carr
1935
February 9, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Fir Trees
Emily Carr
1935
Emily Carr
1935
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White Raven
Quavavau Manumie ~ Inuk
2015
Quavavau Manumie ~ Inuk
2015
February 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
White Raven
Quavavau Manumie ~ Inuk
2015
Quavavau Manumie ~ Inuk
2015
Okay but this is fantastic. I enjoy my spot between Queer Leftist Artists & Shitposters and British Wildlife and Birding Community (?).
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Okay but this is fantastic. I enjoy my spot between Queer Leftist Artists & Shitposters and British Wildlife and Birding Community (?).
I've just watched the final Project Hail Mary trailer, and I am concerned that this film is going to Own Me. They seem to have understood why I love that book?
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
I've just watched the final Project Hail Mary trailer, and I am concerned that this film is going to Own Me. They seem to have understood why I love that book?
David Attenborough voice: this male has found a different way to excel…
I read earlier that male Winter Olympics athletes were injecting acid into their penises and wondered what on earth that was about, but it turns out that the answer is even dumber than I'd imagined
February 6, 2026 at 11:04 PM
David Attenborough voice: this male has found a different way to excel…
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We've just had half a crab delivered to the back door by a kindly gull, how's your Friday afternoon going?
February 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
We've just had half a crab delivered to the back door by a kindly gull, how's your Friday afternoon going?
I lost a friend yesterday. It was cancer. Listen to something classical; enjoy a walk outdoors; be supportive to the people around you. She was.
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I lost a friend yesterday. It was cancer. Listen to something classical; enjoy a walk outdoors; be supportive to the people around you. She was.
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Stream in Winter
J.E.H. MacDonald
1912
J.E.H. MacDonald
1912
February 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Stream in Winter
J.E.H. MacDonald
1912
J.E.H. MacDonald
1912
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Meanwhile back in a country that has a national news outlet with pressing news alerts
February 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Meanwhile back in a country that has a national news outlet with pressing news alerts
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you don't say? at some point we're going to acknowledge what every study ever on this subject has said, right? right? www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
Findings suggest physical performance in trans women converges toward that of cis women over time
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
you don't say? at some point we're going to acknowledge what every study ever on this subject has said, right? right? www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
I haven't wanted to see an exhibition this badly in a while! Pity about that ocean.
The “Samurai” exhibition has just opened at the British Museum!
They must have a lot of urushi-lacquered pieces on display, too.
www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
They must have a lot of urushi-lacquered pieces on display, too.
www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
Samurai
This major exhibition reveals the real story of the samurai, from medieval battlefields to modern blockbusters.
www.britishmuseum.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I haven't wanted to see an exhibition this badly in a while! Pity about that ocean.
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New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
when you're trying to network and you were unable to check your LinkedIn for several days and then find out your highest-status contact offered you a meeting for eighteen hours ago. 🤢
February 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
when you're trying to network and you were unable to check your LinkedIn for several days and then find out your highest-status contact offered you a meeting for eighteen hours ago. 🤢
[person] is in the files!
And then it turns out they're in the files much the same way Punxsutawney Phil is in the files, and less frequently.
And then it turns out they're in the files much the same way Punxsutawney Phil is in the files, and less frequently.
February 4, 2026 at 1:14 PM
[person] is in the files!
And then it turns out they're in the files much the same way Punxsutawney Phil is in the files, and less frequently.
And then it turns out they're in the files much the same way Punxsutawney Phil is in the files, and less frequently.
This is a great thread. I think about this a lot. I don’t further fund the work of predators and assholes, but I might someday go back and read the books and listen to the songs I loved. I keep them apart until I decide some day. I don’t know.
Thread.
Shitty people can make good and even great art. Likewise, dropping a favorite artist after you realize you can no longer support them can feel like a divorce or a friend breakup because they and their work were just that important to you. That shit hurts, even when it's necessary for you.
Shitty people can make good and even great art. Likewise, dropping a favorite artist after you realize you can no longer support them can feel like a divorce or a friend breakup because they and their work were just that important to you. That shit hurts, even when it's necessary for you.
A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
February 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
This is a great thread. I think about this a lot. I don’t further fund the work of predators and assholes, but I might someday go back and read the books and listen to the songs I loved. I keep them apart until I decide some day. I don’t know.
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Black slavery arrived in Canada with the loyalists. This is the story of the people who were enslaved, the woman whose defiance prompted the government to take action, and the threats of enslavement faced by Black Torontonians even after emancipation.
spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/Q8rOOSuvs0b
spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/Q8rOOSuvs0b
History of Black Slavery in Toronto by Muddy York: A Toronto History Podcast
Black slavery arrived in Canada with the loyalists. It would be limited in 1793, but not fully abolished until 1834. This is the story of the people who were enslaved, the woman whose defiance prompte...
spotifycreators-web.app.link
February 3, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Black slavery arrived in Canada with the loyalists. This is the story of the people who were enslaved, the woman whose defiance prompted the government to take action, and the threats of enslavement faced by Black Torontonians even after emancipation.
spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/Q8rOOSuvs0b
spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/Q8rOOSuvs0b
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Whenever I reread @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social's amazing poem "Jesus at the Gay Bar," it's hard not to imagine Jesus as this 1535 drawing "Christ Carrying the Cross," by the Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bazzi , which I'm teaching tomorrow in my Queer History class.
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Whenever I reread @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social's amazing poem "Jesus at the Gay Bar," it's hard not to imagine Jesus as this 1535 drawing "Christ Carrying the Cross," by the Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bazzi , which I'm teaching tomorrow in my Queer History class.