Heraty Law
@heratylaw.bsky.social
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Heraty Law
@heratylaw.bsky.social
· Mar 18
…calmly looking on, he thought his own thoughts
- Moby Dick
- Moby Dick
when a task presents itself and you think ‘i’ll just do it now, it won’t take long’ and it turns into multiple hours of admin tasks 🫠
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
when a task presents itself and you think ‘i’ll just do it now, it won’t take long’ and it turns into multiple hours of admin tasks 🫠
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this poem. this feeling.
November 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
this poem. this feeling.
one solution to the internal cringey feeling of self-promotion is to put together a group that will promote each others’ work
(not sure if the apostrophe belongs there but i’m keeping it)
(not sure if the apostrophe belongs there but i’m keeping it)
Self promo is my bane; it makes me feel like an immense tit when I post stuff about my writing (thanks to upbringing - never blow your own horn), but it is increasingly apparent that all it means is that I'm utterly invisible as a writer...
So, anyway.
I have books and stories out there.
So, anyway.
I have books and stories out there.
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
one solution to the internal cringey feeling of self-promotion is to put together a group that will promote each others’ work
(not sure if the apostrophe belongs there but i’m keeping it)
(not sure if the apostrophe belongs there but i’m keeping it)
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
has anybody noticed more public violence/breakdowns lately (not counting the fed abductions etc)
just normal people losing their shit, more than usual?
just normal people losing their shit, more than usual?
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 AM
has anybody noticed more public violence/breakdowns lately (not counting the fed abductions etc)
just normal people losing their shit, more than usual?
just normal people losing their shit, more than usual?
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Our biggest sale of the season is ON.
Art is a gift that lasts forever, and an indie biz like ours is a better place for your dollars than any of those icky oligarch-run outfits.
Art is a gift that lasts forever, and an indie biz like ours is a better place for your dollars than any of those icky oligarch-run outfits.
We just kicked off our whopper of a Black Friday sale (we can't believe it's that time already)! Take up to 40% off all discount eligible art and custom framing through Tuesday, Nov. 25th at 11:59 PT! The details:
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Our biggest sale of the season is ON.
Art is a gift that lasts forever, and an indie biz like ours is a better place for your dollars than any of those icky oligarch-run outfits.
Art is a gift that lasts forever, and an indie biz like ours is a better place for your dollars than any of those icky oligarch-run outfits.
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A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A pair of snowy owls on the coast of Chicago
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Eleanor, Chicago http://www.moma.org/collection/works/57859
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Eleanor, Chicago http://www.moma.org/collection/works/57859
TIL: the name of the maternal grandmother of Eleanor of Aquitaine was Dangereuse (of L'Île-Bouchard)
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
TIL: the name of the maternal grandmother of Eleanor of Aquitaine was Dangereuse (of L'Île-Bouchard)
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The TRiiBE is doing incredible work in Chicago and this is an amazing opportunity for someone with audience experience.
We’re hiring!
The TRiiBE is currently experiencing an exciting period of audience growth, which requires a leader to capture new readers and pipeline them into our membership program.
Come work with our independent and Black-owned newsroom ✊🏾✨
thetriibe.com/jobs
The TRiiBE is currently experiencing an exciting period of audience growth, which requires a leader to capture new readers and pipeline them into our membership program.
Come work with our independent and Black-owned newsroom ✊🏾✨
thetriibe.com/jobs
We're hiring!
The TRiiBE is hiring! Take a look at our Chicago-based employment opportunities and apply today!
thetriibe.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The TRiiBE is doing incredible work in Chicago and this is an amazing opportunity for someone with audience experience.
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Just a reminder that if you want some help figuring out what to do right now, I wrote a book for you. It’s basically organizing 101 with a creative twist!
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/shann...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/shann...
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Just a reminder that if you want some help figuring out what to do right now, I wrote a book for you. It’s basically organizing 101 with a creative twist!
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/shann...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/shann...
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Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
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This is what you're actually looking at, btw. An exceptionally cool piece by David Wallace Haskins called Image Continuous. 3 sides are mirrors, but the 4th is this, a view of the sky framed by a reflection of the woods. It is ever changing, ever responsive to the conditions above & around the cube.
November 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
This is what you're actually looking at, btw. An exceptionally cool piece by David Wallace Haskins called Image Continuous. 3 sides are mirrors, but the 4th is this, a view of the sky framed by a reflection of the woods. It is ever changing, ever responsive to the conditions above & around the cube.
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©️Maarten Inghels
November 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
©️Maarten Inghels
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The owner of this business is a old, wonderful friend & a former employer of mine, so please, I need all of my Pacific Northwest followers keeping an eye out for this stuff, especially if you run in nerd circles, so that his dream business, built via decades of grinding, can keep running.
KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
GAME OVER: $25k+ of tech stolen from Kent arcade
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of vintage video game equipment was stolen from a Kent arcade this week.
www.kiro7.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The owner of this business is a old, wonderful friend & a former employer of mine, so please, I need all of my Pacific Northwest followers keeping an eye out for this stuff, especially if you run in nerd circles, so that his dream business, built via decades of grinding, can keep running.
All Praise to the Lunch Ladies
by Jennifer Justus
photos by Houston Cofield
Portraits from at Peabody High School and Trenton Elementary School in Trenton, Tennessee.
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...
by Jennifer Justus
photos by Houston Cofield
Portraits from at Peabody High School and Trenton Elementary School in Trenton, Tennessee.
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...
All Praise to the Lunch Ladies — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
Blessed are the women who watch over America’s children.
bittersoutherner.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
All Praise to the Lunch Ladies
by Jennifer Justus
photos by Houston Cofield
Portraits from at Peabody High School and Trenton Elementary School in Trenton, Tennessee.
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...
by Jennifer Justus
photos by Houston Cofield
Portraits from at Peabody High School and Trenton Elementary School in Trenton, Tennessee.
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...
my entire career has been:
(a) DIY, and
(b) facilitating DIY
and at some point about 8 years ago a slow pivot started to happen where people just wanted to become employees(why?!) and I’m hoping the tide will turn back to DIY
(a) DIY, and
(b) facilitating DIY
and at some point about 8 years ago a slow pivot started to happen where people just wanted to become employees(why?!) and I’m hoping the tide will turn back to DIY
Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 AM
my entire career has been:
(a) DIY, and
(b) facilitating DIY
and at some point about 8 years ago a slow pivot started to happen where people just wanted to become employees(why?!) and I’m hoping the tide will turn back to DIY
(a) DIY, and
(b) facilitating DIY
and at some point about 8 years ago a slow pivot started to happen where people just wanted to become employees(why?!) and I’m hoping the tide will turn back to DIY
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Oh...! futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
futurism.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Oh...! futurism.com/artificial-i...
i wonder what Hamilton would think of this Bank of New York stablecoin development
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNY#Ban...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNY#Ban...
BNY has launched a stablecoin reserve money market fund for institutional self custody of digital assets - we’re really doing this I guess
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
i wonder what Hamilton would think of this Bank of New York stablecoin development
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNY#Ban...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNY#Ban...
Every Tree Chicago
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Every Tree Chicago