Helen Moffett (Dr)
@heckitty.bsky.social
Author and hedgewitch.
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Last night at Salon Hecate | Noordhoek Art Point – a celebration of Short Story Day Africa, its fabulous founder, Rachel Zadok, and our latest SSDA anthology, CAPTIVE: New Short Fiction from Africa, and @heckitty.bsky.social's Beatles birthday.
September 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Last night at Salon Hecate | Noordhoek Art Point – a celebration of Short Story Day Africa, its fabulous founder, Rachel Zadok, and our latest SSDA anthology, CAPTIVE: New Short Fiction from Africa, and @heckitty.bsky.social's Beatles birthday.
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August 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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When medicine is reduced to data, protocols, apps, diagnostics or treatments something vital is lost
The art of medicine is understanding the humanity, the whole person & that people are all different
Respect for humanity can be restored by those who understand the art involved
The art of medicine is understanding the humanity, the whole person & that people are all different
Respect for humanity can be restored by those who understand the art involved
August 21, 2024 at 8:21 AM
When medicine is reduced to data, protocols, apps, diagnostics or treatments something vital is lost
The art of medicine is understanding the humanity, the whole person & that people are all different
Respect for humanity can be restored by those who understand the art involved
The art of medicine is understanding the humanity, the whole person & that people are all different
Respect for humanity can be restored by those who understand the art involved
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The bankers are going to be the end of us all.
What are we even doing here?
"A 63-year-old climate activist and professional cellist faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested on Thursday while performing a Bach solo outside the headquarters of one of the world’s largest fossil fuel financier Citibank in downtown New York"
"A 63-year-old climate activist and professional cellist faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested on Thursday while performing a Bach solo outside the headquarters of one of the world’s largest fossil fuel financier Citibank in downtown New York"
Cello-playing climate activist arrested at New York Citibank protest as crackdown escalates
Second activist also arrested during ‘summer of heat’ protest against second largest financier of fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2024 at 7:15 PM
The bankers are going to be the end of us all.
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After a long period of abstaining from consuming news of US politics aka soap opera-shit show (because mental health), I cannot tell you how nice it is to be giggling at reports from over the pond again.
John Oliver calling JD Vance "Great Lakes Ron DeSantis" kind of ended me.
July 29, 2024 at 8:04 PM
After a long period of abstaining from consuming news of US politics aka soap opera-shit show (because mental health), I cannot tell you how nice it is to be giggling at reports from over the pond again.
Non-US citizen here, reflecting more-or-less the response of the world outside North America: WTAF???? Is this a joke? Photoshop?
This removes a safe free place for kids. The law is around obscene materials in libraries in Idaho. That includes anything a patron finds objectionable. If the material isn't removed or put in an adult only area then library workers can be sued. This is the solution
July 28, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Non-US citizen here, reflecting more-or-less the response of the world outside North America: WTAF???? Is this a joke? Photoshop?
In the interests of morale-boosting.
July 28, 2024 at 7:21 PM
In the interests of morale-boosting.
Awwwww.
all the effort i went to to make that frame is worth it when i see zola lounging underneath her portrait like royalty
July 27, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Awwwww.
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Extremely symbolic seeing the Refugee Olympic Team enter the Games in a boat
July 26, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Extremely symbolic seeing the Refugee Olympic Team enter the Games in a boat
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Libraries are awesome.
July 24, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Libraries are awesome.
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My toxic trait is I want every human to be sheltered, fed, clothed and provided healthcare at no direct cost to themselves. I DO NOT CARE if some people then do nothing for the rest of their lives. Mazletov, god bless. I don't care if a few people figure out ways to game the system. People need help
YOU CAN'T JUST HELP PEOPLE--
Sure you can.
BUT PEOPLE MIGHT ABUSE THE HELP--
Sure.
BUT THAT'S WRONG--
Who cares.
BUT WHAT IF THEY WERE LYING--
So what.
BUT THEY DIDN'T EARN-
Money is made up.
BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR-
So what, you want to stop helping people because a few people might abuse it? Fuck off.
Sure you can.
BUT PEOPLE MIGHT ABUSE THE HELP--
Sure.
BUT THAT'S WRONG--
Who cares.
BUT WHAT IF THEY WERE LYING--
So what.
BUT THEY DIDN'T EARN-
Money is made up.
BUT THAT'S NOT FAIR-
So what, you want to stop helping people because a few people might abuse it? Fuck off.
November 2, 2023 at 6:55 PM
My toxic trait is I want every human to be sheltered, fed, clothed and provided healthcare at no direct cost to themselves. I DO NOT CARE if some people then do nothing for the rest of their lives. Mazletov, god bless. I don't care if a few people figure out ways to game the system. People need help
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whenever these big gop oppo lists come out it always looks like this, like god please give us the scary candidate you made up
July 22, 2024 at 9:26 PM
whenever these big gop oppo lists come out it always looks like this, like god please give us the scary candidate you made up
This cat has the correct response to *waves hands around*
July 15, 2024 at 5:20 PM
This cat has the correct response to *waves hands around*
In all the ongoing devastation around us, this piece is its own quiet statement of devastation.
#Metoo ruined lives: the women’s. For the summer issue of Bookforum, I wrote about Christine Blasey Ford’s memoir “One Way Back,” the aftermath of disclosure, and what it means to be a public survivor when storytelling has proven futile. www.bookforum.com/culture/disp...
Disposable Heroes
Christine Blasey Ford’s memoir captures the hazards of “coming forward” – Moira Donegan
www.bookforum.com
July 7, 2024 at 11:24 AM
In all the ongoing devastation around us, this piece is its own quiet statement of devastation.
IT ME. My lovely late gynae used to call my file "the phone book".
As someone whose PCP describes me as her “favorite medical train wreck” (love her—she’s wonderful and hilarious), this will always be true for me.
July 2, 2024 at 10:43 PM
IT ME. My lovely late gynae used to call my file "the phone book".
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A job I was looking forward to just fell through because I requested a very basic “please don’t feed my work into the AI garbage chute pls” clause in the contract
That was apparently against company policy and non-negotiable
If anyone needs a book cover I have an opening in my schedule
That was apparently against company policy and non-negotiable
If anyone needs a book cover I have an opening in my schedule
wow, standing on principle sure is expensive
July 2, 2024 at 10:08 PM
A job I was looking forward to just fell through because I requested a very basic “please don’t feed my work into the AI garbage chute pls” clause in the contract
That was apparently against company policy and non-negotiable
If anyone needs a book cover I have an opening in my schedule
That was apparently against company policy and non-negotiable
If anyone needs a book cover I have an opening in my schedule
Fantasy is not my regular jam, but I've read some superb fantasy (grew up on The Once and Future King, Terry Pratchett is a touchstone) and few things get up my nose more than readers who are snobby about it. Here's the incomparable Ursula Le Guin.
The reissued The Language of the Night, with a new intro from Ken Liu, is now available from Scribner.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-La...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-La...
June 29, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Fantasy is not my regular jam, but I've read some superb fantasy (grew up on The Once and Future King, Terry Pratchett is a touchstone) and few things get up my nose more than readers who are snobby about it. Here's the incomparable Ursula Le Guin.
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One of my favourite throwaway bits from Daddy-Long-Legs:
June 28, 2024 at 10:07 PM
One of my favourite throwaway bits from Daddy-Long-Legs:
My second favourite tripod cat in the universe. (My fave is lying pressed up against me, purring.)
The weather was supposed to be pretty trash today, but we have wind and sunbeams regardless - so all in all, not a bad #Caturday thus far.
June 15, 2024 at 9:07 PM
My second favourite tripod cat in the universe. (My fave is lying pressed up against me, purring.)
And another Strangely Wholesome Cat repost.
Not even five am and his modesty tail is already hard at work
June 13, 2024 at 10:38 AM
And another Strangely Wholesome Cat repost.
Reposting as a public service. You're welcome.
Public Service Announcement: this is the best cat purring white noise video on YouTube.
I have sampled them all.
I have sampled them all.
White Noise - Cat Purring (8 Hours)
8 hours of white noise generated by a purring cat. Many people find white noise to be soothing, and various studies show it helps babies, infants, children,...
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June 13, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Reposting as a public service. You're welcome.