El is in the Details
@elsbells.bsky.social
Copy and line editor*, queer, 24/7 nerd, political. Reads, writes, sings, plays D&D. Passionate. Occasionally hopeful. Loves music — & dogs, most especially my own giant floof. They/them.
*Expect typos in posts; I’m using my thumbs.
*Expect typos in posts; I’m using my thumbs.
Nyri is an author and historian doing extraordinary work in unenviable circumstances—not least of which is simply being herself in the current U.S. environment.
She’s raising money for her top-surgery down payment, and could use our help:
She’s raising money for her top-surgery down payment, and could use our help:
Thanks to you I got a consult; now I'm clear for top surgery! In order to get a surgery date, I need to make a $1000 down payment by 12/14.
Now at $415 of $1000. Every dollar is appreciated, via the links below!
Thanks for helping me reclaim my mountains ⛰️⛰️
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Now at $415 of $1000. Every dollar is appreciated, via the links below!
Thanks for helping me reclaim my mountains ⛰️⛰️
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November 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Nyri is an author and historian doing extraordinary work in unenviable circumstances—not least of which is simply being herself in the current U.S. environment.
She’s raising money for her top-surgery down payment, and could use our help:
She’s raising money for her top-surgery down payment, and could use our help:
I needed this, and know some of you will love it. It is indeed little jewels—and small animals, and flowers.
We’ll share these little gems individually over the next while. All take just a few minutes (or less) to read. How else will you spend those 1-4 minutes? Doom scrolling? Worrying? Rage-baited? Scared? Lonely? How about a little trade?
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JOY, Temple in a City special pop-up edition
Temple in a City literary journal of flash fiction, poetry, art and letters
templeinacity.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I needed this, and know some of you will love it. It is indeed little jewels—and small animals, and flowers.
Fantastic birds, in both senses of the word. I’m particularly taken with the choice of a vulture for Temperance—and looking forward to Matt Spencer’s “Courtly Beasts” tarot deck.
If you see this, post your bird art!
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Fantastic birds, in both senses of the word. I’m particularly taken with the choice of a vulture for Temperance—and looking forward to Matt Spencer’s “Courtly Beasts” tarot deck.
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There was a lot of gossip. Not because they were both very old, and famous. Not only because both used the same pronouns. Mostly because they were different species.
How do they do it?
"Like everybody else," the heir to the Elven throne said.
The dragon smiled. "With love, care, and enthusiasm."
How do they do it?
"Like everybody else," the heir to the Elven throne said.
The dragon smiled. "With love, care, and enthusiasm."
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
There was a lot of gossip. Not because they were both very old, and famous. Not only because both used the same pronouns. Mostly because they were different species.
How do they do it?
"Like everybody else," the heir to the Elven throne said.
The dragon smiled. "With love, care, and enthusiasm."
How do they do it?
"Like everybody else," the heir to the Elven throne said.
The dragon smiled. "With love, care, and enthusiasm."
Do you need a sticker of a Japanese house bat slurping udon? What about a common blossom bat lovingly clutching a piece of fairybread?
—Tallulah’s got you.
—Tallulah’s got you.
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Do you need a sticker of a Japanese house bat slurping udon? What about a common blossom bat lovingly clutching a piece of fairybread?
—Tallulah’s got you.
—Tallulah’s got you.
Want to see the prettiest tiny snails?
Snails! Dirty beachcombing fingernail for scale 😅
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Want to see the prettiest tiny snails?
I’m at the tail end of the respiratory virus I caught in Oct., and I have a migraine—a combo that means I keep sneezing and it makes my head throb.
I would like to send today back. It did not arrive in acceptable condition.
I would like to send today back. It did not arrive in acceptable condition.
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I’m at the tail end of the respiratory virus I caught in Oct., and I have a migraine—a combo that means I keep sneezing and it makes my head throb.
I would like to send today back. It did not arrive in acceptable condition.
I would like to send today back. It did not arrive in acceptable condition.
This is a really sweet little project. Go be told something nice about yourself. 💕
I made a random compliment generator today because I wanted to make something nice :)
Compliments 💖
You deserve to hear this
dr.eamer.dev
November 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is a really sweet little project. Go be told something nice about yourself. 💕
Is weasel. Is also darling.
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
November 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Is weasel. Is also darling.
This is why you need editors.
(I would never have let one of my clients embarrass themself like this.)
(I would never have let one of my clients embarrass themself like this.)
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This is why you need editors.
(I would never have let one of my clients embarrass themself like this.)
(I would never have let one of my clients embarrass themself like this.)
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“how do you do that?”
Idk, I just vibe with 100 colors of oil paint & a tiny brush lol
Idk, I just vibe with 100 colors of oil paint & a tiny brush lol
November 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
“how do you do that?”
Idk, I just vibe with 100 colors of oil paint & a tiny brush lol
Idk, I just vibe with 100 colors of oil paint & a tiny brush lol
Our leaders would sometimes call for unscheduled, “special” offerings during the music section of service, saying God had laid it on their hearts.
—I eventually realized we didn’t even have a food pantry.
—I eventually realized we didn’t even have a food pantry.
This does not surprise me. I left the church because of stuff like this. Our preacher was funneling money into his bank account and also built a state of the art GIANT church that wasn't needed at all. They said I wasn't "giving" enough and that I didn't love the lord.
so my town has been hosting an emergency food drive for snap recipients. the town, high school clubs, the Y, the churches (Episcopal, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Baptists, Unitarians, and the Catholics) & the synagogue, are involved.
You know who isn't participating? the fucking evangelicals.
You know who isn't participating? the fucking evangelicals.
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Our leaders would sometimes call for unscheduled, “special” offerings during the music section of service, saying God had laid it on their hearts.
—I eventually realized we didn’t even have a food pantry.
—I eventually realized we didn’t even have a food pantry.
Anyone else read Tad Williams’ Memory, Sorrow, & Thorn trilogy?
I’m halfway through the Dragonbone Chair, & desperately need someone I can both enthuse and complain to.
I’m halfway through the Dragonbone Chair, & desperately need someone I can both enthuse and complain to.
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Anyone else read Tad Williams’ Memory, Sorrow, & Thorn trilogy?
I’m halfway through the Dragonbone Chair, & desperately need someone I can both enthuse and complain to.
I’m halfway through the Dragonbone Chair, & desperately need someone I can both enthuse and complain to.
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Vindication of the right to beurre arms.
DC Sandwich guy Sean Dunn has been found not guilty in the felony footlong exploding onion and mustard case!
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Vindication of the right to beurre arms.
Me: I wish I were more creative.
Also me: What if I used the music of Disney's 1991 Beauty and the Beast to write lyrics about the last* Herald-Mage of Valdemar, and worked in references to famous musical-theatre numbers along the way?
Me: ...I wish I were more marketably creative.
*pre-Elspeth
Also me: What if I used the music of Disney's 1991 Beauty and the Beast to write lyrics about the last* Herald-Mage of Valdemar, and worked in references to famous musical-theatre numbers along the way?
Me: ...I wish I were more marketably creative.
*pre-Elspeth
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Me: I wish I were more creative.
Also me: What if I used the music of Disney's 1991 Beauty and the Beast to write lyrics about the last* Herald-Mage of Valdemar, and worked in references to famous musical-theatre numbers along the way?
Me: ...I wish I were more marketably creative.
*pre-Elspeth
Also me: What if I used the music of Disney's 1991 Beauty and the Beast to write lyrics about the last* Herald-Mage of Valdemar, and worked in references to famous musical-theatre numbers along the way?
Me: ...I wish I were more marketably creative.
*pre-Elspeth
In other words, be more like @auntiekristy.bsky.social . 💕
Your daily fortune:
Carry kindness with you, and also a dagger, for when your kindness wears thin.
Carry kindness with you, and also a dagger, for when your kindness wears thin.
November 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In other words, be more like @auntiekristy.bsky.social . 💕
New favorite portal just dropped.
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New favorite portal just dropped.
Had a dream about needing to honor the promises I make to myself—the “we’ll do something fun tomorrow, I really mean it this time” type of promises.
And I promised myself I’d bake pumpkin–cream cheese muffins tomorrow. (I’ve been wanting some all season.)
—Fingers crossed I’ll follow through.
And I promised myself I’d bake pumpkin–cream cheese muffins tomorrow. (I’ve been wanting some all season.)
—Fingers crossed I’ll follow through.
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Had a dream about needing to honor the promises I make to myself—the “we’ll do something fun tomorrow, I really mean it this time” type of promises.
And I promised myself I’d bake pumpkin–cream cheese muffins tomorrow. (I’ve been wanting some all season.)
—Fingers crossed I’ll follow through.
And I promised myself I’d bake pumpkin–cream cheese muffins tomorrow. (I’ve been wanting some all season.)
—Fingers crossed I’ll follow through.
I’ve been an admirer of Xander’s handmade greeting cards for some time—and right now, buying one directly helps you feed a family that lost SNAP benefits.
Designs are threaded after the initial post (I’m partial to the Winter Deer and Cat Tree holiday cards).
Designs are threaded after the initial post (I’m partial to the Winter Deer and Cat Tree holiday cards).
We lost our SNAP benefits and are struggling to get by on just my disability, let alone with food costs. I'm selling handmade cards to help make ends meet, $4.00 each, take your pick, first come first serve. All designs in the comments. Msg me and we can make it happen. Pls share & thnx!
North Pole
North Pole
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I’ve been an admirer of Xander’s handmade greeting cards for some time—and right now, buying one directly helps you feed a family that lost SNAP benefits.
Designs are threaded after the initial post (I’m partial to the Winter Deer and Cat Tree holiday cards).
Designs are threaded after the initial post (I’m partial to the Winter Deer and Cat Tree holiday cards).
Spirits need a lift? Here you go!
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Spirits need a lift? Here you go!
I woke up from a sick-person nap to see the good news for—and from—NYC.
I'm so happy for y'all.
I'm so happy for ALL of us.
I'm so happy for y'all.
I'm so happy for ALL of us.
November 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I woke up from a sick-person nap to see the good news for—and from—NYC.
I'm so happy for y'all.
I'm so happy for ALL of us.
I'm so happy for y'all.
I'm so happy for ALL of us.
D’s one of the many people dealing w/ SNAP uncertainty right now.
I’m sharing this post b/c it has her links; as of today I believe she’s at $61 of the $250 she’s trying to immediately raise.
I’m sharing this post b/c it has her links; as of today I believe she’s at $61 of the $250 she’s trying to immediately raise.
💸💕
holidays are coming up, grocery budget is going to be smaller and Still waiting for stable housing, just interesting times, if you would like to help me getting through them: cash.app/$grrlintersect
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holidays are coming up, grocery budget is going to be smaller and Still waiting for stable housing, just interesting times, if you would like to help me getting through them: cash.app/$grrlintersect
venmo.com/u/grrlinters...
www.paypal.me/dgrrl39
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
D’s one of the many people dealing w/ SNAP uncertainty right now.
I’m sharing this post b/c it has her links; as of today I believe she’s at $61 of the $250 she’s trying to immediately raise.
I’m sharing this post b/c it has her links; as of today I believe she’s at $61 of the $250 she’s trying to immediately raise.
Pleased to report it’s absolutely glorious outside.
Spent my coffee break sitting on the grass with Astra, listening to the wind shiver-shake the leaves of my neighbors’ huge sycamore, watching it make the Spanish moss sway and the top tree boughs dance.
Spent my coffee break sitting on the grass with Astra, listening to the wind shiver-shake the leaves of my neighbors’ huge sycamore, watching it make the Spanish moss sway and the top tree boughs dance.
November 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Pleased to report it’s absolutely glorious outside.
Spent my coffee break sitting on the grass with Astra, listening to the wind shiver-shake the leaves of my neighbors’ huge sycamore, watching it make the Spanish moss sway and the top tree boughs dance.
Spent my coffee break sitting on the grass with Astra, listening to the wind shiver-shake the leaves of my neighbors’ huge sycamore, watching it make the Spanish moss sway and the top tree boughs dance.
They’re detaining priests now, as well as shooting pastors in the head with pepper balls.
Of course, the targets are only those who care about the poor and oppressed.
White Evangelicals are safe.
Of course, the targets are only those who care about the poor and oppressed.
White Evangelicals are safe.
NEW from me: An Episcopal priest — a Kenyan national who works with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — has been detained by ICE, says diocese.
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
The area bishop, reached via email, told me church officials still “do not know yet why he was targeted.” religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
Episcopal priest has been detained by ICE in Texas, says diocese
(RNS) — 'We do not know yet why he was targeted', said the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, who leads the Diocese of Texas.
religionnews.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
They’re detaining priests now, as well as shooting pastors in the head with pepper balls.
Of course, the targets are only those who care about the poor and oppressed.
White Evangelicals are safe.
Of course, the targets are only those who care about the poor and oppressed.
White Evangelicals are safe.
Layoffs are devastating, and Gin’s hit at the worst possible time—not long after this new job promised recovery from her LAST layoff.
Gin has kids, too; please help if you can.
Gin has kids, too; please help if you can.
Good morning! November 2nd, and we have $1820 left to raise to cover November necessities. Last week, I was laid off for the 2nd time this year. I can't tell you what your help means, there aren't any words up to the task. Y'all make all the difference for my little family. Thank you for helping 💜
I was just laid off for the second time this year. It's going to be a hard fall and winter. My safety net, as is the case for too many of us especially these days, is the kindness and generosity of friends and strangers. Anything helps.
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
November 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Layoffs are devastating, and Gin’s hit at the worst possible time—not long after this new job promised recovery from her LAST layoff.
Gin has kids, too; please help if you can.
Gin has kids, too; please help if you can.