Brandy Schillace
@bschillace.brandyschillace.com
Author, Historian, Mystery Novelist. Host of Peculiar Book Club. As seen on THE UNBELIEVABLE & SECRETS DECLASSIFIED. Latest mystery: THE DEAD COME TO STAY Nonfiction: THE INTERMEDIARIES @SciAm @WSJ @wired #Autistic #NB she/her
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Are you a professor planning to incorporate THE INTERMEDIARIES (medical #history, Weimar, #Jewish history, #transgender history, #LGBTQ fighting Nazis) into your course? I have pdf to share, additional teaching materials, images, and resources for use. Please ping me.
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HEY! Want some #GoodNews? How about #weird news… weird is good, too. I tell stories about my bizarre childhood and top it off with science factoids and sometime ghost stories because why not. I put them in my newsletter. It’s free. I’m amusing. What have you to lose?
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But it turned out there was more to Jim's arrival than we had initially assumed. He had actually been invited over to our house by our cat Charles, to work full-time as a personal valet for Charles.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
But it turned out there was more to Jim's arrival than we had initially assumed. He had actually been invited over to our house by our cat Charles, to work full-time as a personal valet for Charles.
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
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It happened. It finally happened. One of the old cables I keep in a drawer today turned out to be one we urgently needed for something. TODAY IS MY DAY
a man in a black suit is sitting in a chair and pointing at something
ALT: a man in a black suit is sitting in a chair and pointing at something
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December 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It happened. It finally happened. One of the old cables I keep in a drawer today turned out to be one we urgently needed for something. TODAY IS MY DAY
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HEY! Want some #GoodNews? How about #weird news… weird is good, too. I tell stories about my bizarre childhood and top it off with science factoids and sometime ghost stories because why not. I put them in my newsletter. It’s free. I’m amusing. What have you to lose?
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December 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Are you an #author with a newsletter? I’ll add you to the OP if you give me a yell.
@diane.dianeduane.com do you have a newsletter or blog? I’m doing a boost today
December 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
@diane.dianeduane.com do you have a newsletter or blog? I’m doing a boost today
HEY! Want some #GoodNews? How about #weird news… weird is good, too. I tell stories about my bizarre childhood and top it off with science factoids and sometime ghost stories because why not. I put them in my newsletter. It’s free. I’m amusing. What have you to lose?
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December 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
HEY! Want some #GoodNews? How about #weird news… weird is good, too. I tell stories about my bizarre childhood and top it off with science factoids and sometime ghost stories because why not. I put them in my newsletter. It’s free. I’m amusing. What have you to lose?
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Pretty sure we all have brain fog right now. I mean. I am menopausal so obviously I’ve got it, but between Covid, Long Lyme, internet fatigue, and the onslaught of OMG here in the US… add holiday stuff and… Damn.
December 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Pretty sure we all have brain fog right now. I mean. I am menopausal so obviously I’ve got it, but between Covid, Long Lyme, internet fatigue, and the onslaught of OMG here in the US… add holiday stuff and… Damn.
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*A Cambrian Explosion of AGI superintelligences, they're all chart-bustingly "intelligent," yet they're as radically different as Burgess Shale mud-blob things, gelatinous, spikey, toothy, seven different eyes, spikes for legs
December 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
*A Cambrian Explosion of AGI superintelligences, they're all chart-bustingly "intelligent," yet they're as radically different as Burgess Shale mud-blob things, gelatinous, spikey, toothy, seven different eyes, spikes for legs
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When I put this on Substack Notes a year or two ago a bunch of literalists got enormously upset at the idea of me stealing this sheep - which I actually met and photographed in Suffolk, UK, in 2020 - and illegally taking it through customs with the intention of living a new life in its company.
This sheep I met for the first time today is now in my car with me and we are heading over the border into Mexico, with no firm plans.
December 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
When I put this on Substack Notes a year or two ago a bunch of literalists got enormously upset at the idea of me stealing this sheep - which I actually met and photographed in Suffolk, UK, in 2020 - and illegally taking it through customs with the intention of living a new life in its company.
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Happy Kwanzaa to all who celebrate ❤️🖤💚!
December 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Happy Kwanzaa to all who celebrate ❤️🖤💚!
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Sketch for another watercolor painting I'm going to attempt. It feels nice working on things for myself again 😊
December 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sketch for another watercolor painting I'm going to attempt. It feels nice working on things for myself again 😊
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Hallo! Here are some tips on making the most of Bluesky - and especially its lack of a central algorithm: bsky.app/profile/bsch...
Greetings #Newskies! With another wave of refugees from #twitter, a useful primer:
1. You can use sky follower bridge to pull contacts
2. Engagement means conversation here, not follows
3. Feeds are how you can curate your experience (from science to fountain pens)
4. A word on starter packs below
1. You can use sky follower bridge to pull contacts
2. Engagement means conversation here, not follows
3. Feeds are how you can curate your experience (from science to fountain pens)
4. A word on starter packs below
Sky Follower Bridge
Instantly find and follow the same users from your 𝕏 followers on Bluesky
www.sky-follower-bridge.dev
December 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Hallo! Here are some tips on making the most of Bluesky - and especially its lack of a central algorithm: bsky.app/profile/bsch...
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TV Network Refuses To Air ‘Miracle On 34th Street’ For Outdated Depictions Of Hope, Joy https://theonion.com/tv-network-refuses-to-air-miracle-on-34th-street-for-1848159248/
December 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
TV Network Refuses To Air ‘Miracle On 34th Street’ For Outdated Depictions Of Hope, Joy https://theonion.com/tv-network-refuses-to-air-miracle-on-34th-street-for-1848159248/
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A merry Christmas to you all—be safe and well; I know this is a complex holiday with many feelings. Be good to yourselves today.
December 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Cozy Hygge tales
The night is blustery, with the hint of mist that might turn to snow. It’s the sort of cold that frosts the grass, but just knowing you might wake to a white blanket has lent extra sweetness to your hearth fire. It’s burning bright with wood from a fallen tree, and casting a glow p1
The night is blustery, with the hint of mist that might turn to snow. It’s the sort of cold that frosts the grass, but just knowing you might wake to a white blanket has lent extra sweetness to your hearth fire. It’s burning bright with wood from a fallen tree, and casting a glow p1
December 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I hope it’s a restful day for you all.
December 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I hope it’s a restful day for you all.
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Also, making your own lists of folks you follow (or even those you don't): thematic lists of folks whose posts you want to run across, sorted by your personal head-space (science, SFF, nonfiction, histsci [history of science], whatever).
December 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Also, making your own lists of folks you follow (or even those you don't): thematic lists of folks whose posts you want to run across, sorted by your personal head-space (science, SFF, nonfiction, histsci [history of science], whatever).
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Also, newcomers should know that engaging with trolls is discouraged, and BlueSky users are quick to block.
December 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Also, newcomers should know that engaging with trolls is discouraged, and BlueSky users are quick to block.
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Greetings #Newskies! With another wave of refugees from #twitter, a useful primer:
1. You can use sky follower bridge to pull contacts
2. Engagement means conversation here, not follows
3. Feeds are how you can curate your experience (from science to fountain pens)
4. A word on starter packs below
1. You can use sky follower bridge to pull contacts
2. Engagement means conversation here, not follows
3. Feeds are how you can curate your experience (from science to fountain pens)
4. A word on starter packs below
Sky Follower Bridge
Instantly find and follow the same users from your 𝕏 followers on Bluesky
www.sky-follower-bridge.dev
December 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A merry Christmas to you all—be safe and well; I know this is a complex holiday with many feelings. Be good to yourselves today.
December 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A merry Christmas to you all—be safe and well; I know this is a complex holiday with many feelings. Be good to yourselves today.
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For anyone in any kind of recovery: My experience is that I get more ease around today if let go of what Xmas has to mean or how other people mark it (food, drink, family). It’s my day as much as theirs. Stay in the moment, be in your body, it’s always a good time to celebrate being here.
December 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
For anyone in any kind of recovery: My experience is that I get more ease around today if let go of what Xmas has to mean or how other people mark it (food, drink, family). It’s my day as much as theirs. Stay in the moment, be in your body, it’s always a good time to celebrate being here.
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Happy holidays to everyone who's in solitude today. You get to decide what this post-solstice 24 hours is like! You could mourn or reflect, give gratitude or binge-watch, join your chosen family or cozy up with your animals. You may not be surrounded by people, but a lot of us are in the same place.
December 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Happy holidays to everyone who's in solitude today. You get to decide what this post-solstice 24 hours is like! You could mourn or reflect, give gratitude or binge-watch, join your chosen family or cozy up with your animals. You may not be surrounded by people, but a lot of us are in the same place.
Greetings #Newskies! With another wave of refugees from #twitter, a useful primer:
1. You can use sky follower bridge to pull contacts
2. Engagement means conversation here, not follows
3. Feeds are how you can curate your experience (from science to fountain pens)
4. A word on starter packs below
1. You can use sky follower bridge to pull contacts
2. Engagement means conversation here, not follows
3. Feeds are how you can curate your experience (from science to fountain pens)
4. A word on starter packs below
Sky Follower Bridge
Instantly find and follow the same users from your 𝕏 followers on Bluesky
www.sky-follower-bridge.dev
December 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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(🦋) BLUESKY NEWS: The South African Sociopath—everyone knows who I mean—has apparently just made a series of changes to Twitter that launched a new exodus. The per-second growth rate here at BlueSky is now *more than triple* what it was yesterday.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
December 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
(🦋) BLUESKY NEWS: The South African Sociopath—everyone knows who I mean—has apparently just made a series of changes to Twitter that launched a new exodus. The per-second growth rate here at BlueSky is now *more than triple* what it was yesterday.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.