Dylan Morrison
@dylanthyme.bsky.social
Queer romcom author, snack connoisseur, Terry Pratchett enthusiast, neurotic optimist. 🎥 RECIPE FOR TROUBLE 🍳 and 🍎 FALL INTO YOU 🌳 available now! https://www.dylanmorrison.net/
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not too late for a flu shot btw, flu historically often peaks in february and by all accounts it is pretty bad this year
Flu deaths exceeded COVID deaths last winter and we may be on track for the same thing this year!
I can speak anecdotally that at the hospital I work at we’ve had very low covid census. We test anyone experiencing respiratory symptoms, and we’ve had very few people with Covid who have needed to be hospitalized. Which is a relief because we are absolutely inundated with flu rn
December 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
not too late for a flu shot btw, flu historically often peaks in february and by all accounts it is pretty bad this year
i can't hear any part of this song or see any mention of the person who sings it without imagining this. for those wondering which word schmidt mispronounces, it's 'beekeeping.' thank you for your time
December 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
i can't hear any part of this song or see any mention of the person who sings it without imagining this. for those wondering which word schmidt mispronounces, it's 'beekeeping.' thank you for your time
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Oh, and incidentally. Those other writers, they are not your competition. They are your colleagues, and the kinder, more generous you are to them the better things will go for you.
2/2 "fame" is not evenly temporally distributed; some people are hot out of the gate, some build over time, some get hot years or even decades after their debut. Every writer you meet, "famous" or not, will remember how you treated them, their friends, and why. Treat everyone as having value.
December 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Oh, and incidentally. Those other writers, they are not your competition. They are your colleagues, and the kinder, more generous you are to them the better things will go for you.
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A little longer now and you'll get to go to the rave celebrating his death. Just a little bit longer
trans people if you did nothing else this year you made it through 12 months of the federal government having your extermination not low on its list of priorities and you can feel really good about that it’s a big deal
December 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A little longer now and you'll get to go to the rave celebrating his death. Just a little bit longer
muppet 'bond' movie: entirely original spy plot, kermit as like 'plames blond' and it's a running gag that he has to keep repeating it. miss piggy as second lead/love interest (a barely fictionalized version of herself), gonzo as q. entirely muppet cast except for the villain, played by daniel craig
December 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
muppet 'bond' movie: entirely original spy plot, kermit as like 'plames blond' and it's a running gag that he has to keep repeating it. miss piggy as second lead/love interest (a barely fictionalized version of herself), gonzo as q. entirely muppet cast except for the villain, played by daniel craig
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Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
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still my favorite christmas post
December 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
still my favorite christmas post
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Tiny Tim, who did NOT hit her. He did not. Oh hi, ghost
December 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Tiny Tim, who did NOT hit her. He did not. Oh hi, ghost
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Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
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I feel, perhaps predictably, strongly about this. If you also do, this post shows a way to steer your borrowing with Libby to books with a real person doing the audiobook reading.
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I feel, perhaps predictably, strongly about this. If you also do, this post shows a way to steer your borrowing with Libby to books with a real person doing the audiobook reading.
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*walking in a winter wonderland*
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
December 16, 2023 at 4:33 PM
*walking in a winter wonderland*
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
as a child i 100% believed gaston was Like That bc of the sheer volume of eggs he ate, like over a certain volume they were a neurotoxin? i distinctly remember treating one of my stuffed animals for what i believed to be the very real condition of Egg Brain lmao. disney can't take this from me
I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
as a child i 100% believed gaston was Like That bc of the sheer volume of eggs he ate, like over a certain volume they were a neurotoxin? i distinctly remember treating one of my stuffed animals for what i believed to be the very real condition of Egg Brain lmao. disney can't take this from me
right i promise this is the last time i'm going to announce a book this year haha, however I DID WRITE ONE MORE. it comes out in may! it's full of love and warmth and feelings and jokes and deli sandwiches and a dog named pastrami! i hope you like it! in may! geni.us/1469-al-aut-ch
December 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
right i promise this is the last time i'm going to announce a book this year haha, however I DID WRITE ONE MORE. it comes out in may! it's full of love and warmth and feelings and jokes and deli sandwiches and a dog named pastrami! i hope you like it! in may! geni.us/1469-al-aut-ch
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“If you’ve got autism or ADHD just get into the habit of setting loads of reminders for yourself”
The reminders:
The reminders:
Well I've got no fucking idea what this reminder was for
December 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
“If you’ve got autism or ADHD just get into the habit of setting loads of reminders for yourself”
The reminders:
The reminders:
a drum i've beaten before: the number of trans people in this country is roughly the same as the number of active scuba divers (ie, people who have done a dive in the last year). if you cut the garbage, the average voter thinks/cares about trans issues about as much as they do about scuba issues
I took on the mythology of the "Kamala is for they/them" ad. Since the morning after the 2024 election, trans people have been scapegoated for Harris' loss, with that infamous ad at the centre of recriminations.
But a deeper analysis shows that voters are largely indifferent to trans people.
But a deeper analysis shows that voters are largely indifferent to trans people.
Trans Panic? More Like Trans Apathetic
2025 shows trans rights aren't electoral poison. The truth? Most people just don't care that much.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
a drum i've beaten before: the number of trans people in this country is roughly the same as the number of active scuba divers (ie, people who have done a dive in the last year). if you cut the garbage, the average voter thinks/cares about trans issues about as much as they do about scuba issues
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
also: the library! it will still be free! at the library! you can use a variety of apps/sites to access! the library! you needn't go to a location! to enjoy the library! if you request the books of authors at the library it helps us! if you check them out it helps us! and also the library! LIBRARY
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
also: the library! it will still be free! at the library! you can use a variety of apps/sites to access! the library! you needn't go to a location! to enjoy the library! if you request the books of authors at the library it helps us! if you check them out it helps us! and also the library! LIBRARY
unironically: if you were to boil down all the conversations i've had in my life to their most basic essentials, this sentiment would cover roughly 1/3 of them. no ragrets lmao
Shoutout to food. Yall ever had food? stuff is spectacular.
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
unironically: if you were to boil down all the conversations i've had in my life to their most basic essentials, this sentiment would cover roughly 1/3 of them. no ragrets lmao
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"read but i need to read them again when the adhd is cooperating"
I want to be able to mark emails neither read nor unread, but another, secret third thing.
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"read but i need to read them again when the adhd is cooperating"
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FFS, if you don't want to use Amazon, use Kobo. Or pay a dollar on Itchio.
And if you're really skint, borrow from the library! Yes, libraries have ebooks, and Libby is a free app!
And if you're really skint, borrow from the library! Yes, libraries have ebooks, and Libby is a free app!
"Fuck Amazon, it's not like they aren't screwing over authors!!"
Amazon pays me 70% royalties on ebooks. You downloading my shit from Anna's pays me *nothing* you dumbass little shit.
"I'm so poor" - And? A bunch of you are steal from my poor friends who are struggling to buy groceries, too.
Amazon pays me 70% royalties on ebooks. You downloading my shit from Anna's pays me *nothing* you dumbass little shit.
"I'm so poor" - And? A bunch of you are steal from my poor friends who are struggling to buy groceries, too.
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
FFS, if you don't want to use Amazon, use Kobo. Or pay a dollar on Itchio.
And if you're really skint, borrow from the library! Yes, libraries have ebooks, and Libby is a free app!
And if you're really skint, borrow from the library! Yes, libraries have ebooks, and Libby is a free app!
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a world without trans people has never existed and never will
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
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poem that my dear friend @arcanumb.bsky.social wrote & published this week ❤️🔥🏳️⚧️
March 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
poem that my dear friend @arcanumb.bsky.social wrote & published this week ❤️🔥🏳️⚧️
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A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.
This is updated regularly!
This is updated regularly!
November 10, 2024 at 7:30 PM
A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.
This is updated regularly!
This is updated regularly!
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Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.