Jan M 📚
@jayelle.bsky.social
Queen 👑 of the Children's Library. Newfoundlander by choice.
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Children are the most inherently vulnerable group on earth and taking umbrage with the presence of babies/children in public spaces (like airplanes or restaurants) is antisocial.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Children are the most inherently vulnerable group on earth and taking umbrage with the presence of babies/children in public spaces (like airplanes or restaurants) is antisocial.
16 years of Great British Bake Off and it's still the same credit sequence - the toddler in it is like a adult by now!
two women are sitting at a table talking to each other and one of them is covering her nose .
ALT: two women are sitting at a table talking to each other and one of them is covering her nose .
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September 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
16 years of Great British Bake Off and it's still the same credit sequence - the toddler in it is like a adult by now!
When I find myself in times of trouble,
Nintendo comes to me
Speaking words of comfort
Play AC
Nintendo comes to me
Speaking words of comfort
Play AC
September 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
When I find myself in times of trouble,
Nintendo comes to me
Speaking words of comfort
Play AC
Nintendo comes to me
Speaking words of comfort
Play AC
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End of the World
a poem by Paul Moffett
We have all always lived in the end times
all that has ever been behind us
before us nothing we can see
how strange to remember
that we all walk blind
with so much confidence
and nothing guiding us but faulty memory
how strange to remember
how strange
a poem by Paul Moffett
We have all always lived in the end times
all that has ever been behind us
before us nothing we can see
how strange to remember
that we all walk blind
with so much confidence
and nothing guiding us but faulty memory
how strange to remember
how strange
September 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
End of the World
a poem by Paul Moffett
We have all always lived in the end times
all that has ever been behind us
before us nothing we can see
how strange to remember
that we all walk blind
with so much confidence
and nothing guiding us but faulty memory
how strange to remember
how strange
a poem by Paul Moffett
We have all always lived in the end times
all that has ever been behind us
before us nothing we can see
how strange to remember
that we all walk blind
with so much confidence
and nothing guiding us but faulty memory
how strange to remember
how strange
This apple looked at felt so normal and crunchy on the outside and then was absolutely rotten.
So horrible that it feels like a metaphor.
So horrible that it feels like a metaphor.
September 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This apple looked at felt so normal and crunchy on the outside and then was absolutely rotten.
So horrible that it feels like a metaphor.
So horrible that it feels like a metaphor.
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Can’t believe we’re gonna live through that moment in the V for Vendetta movie where Stephen Fry gets executed for doing a really bad Benny Hill sketch
September 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Can’t believe we’re gonna live through that moment in the V for Vendetta movie where Stephen Fry gets executed for doing a really bad Benny Hill sketch
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I don’t use AI because I’m infuriated for the artists and writers and philosophers who’ve had their intellectual property stolen.
I also hate boring and impersonal shit. If someone can’t be bothered to write something, why should I be bothered to read it?
I also hate boring and impersonal shit. If someone can’t be bothered to write something, why should I be bothered to read it?
September 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I don’t use AI because I’m infuriated for the artists and writers and philosophers who’ve had their intellectual property stolen.
I also hate boring and impersonal shit. If someone can’t be bothered to write something, why should I be bothered to read it?
I also hate boring and impersonal shit. If someone can’t be bothered to write something, why should I be bothered to read it?
My child was two months old when Obama was elected president.
My child is about to start Grade 12.
My child is about to start Grade 12.
a woman in a white shirt and tie is on a screen that says does time even exist
Alt: JANELLE MONAE in a white shirt and tie is on a screen that says does time even exist
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August 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My child was two months old when Obama was elected president.
My child is about to start Grade 12.
My child is about to start Grade 12.
"Stories generated by this app in particular are “like serving them powdered orange juice made in an unregulated factory and feeling good about it.”"
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Google Launches Personalized Gemini Storybook App to Industry Concern
Earlier this month, Google launched the AI-powered Gemini Storybook, offering personalized stories with read-aloud narration as an option, prompting concern among creators and book publishing professi...
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August 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"Stories generated by this app in particular are “like serving them powdered orange juice made in an unregulated factory and feeling good about it.”"
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
I love my new little guy who knits while I'm not looking!
August 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I love my new little guy who knits while I'm not looking!
Raise your hand if you were personally victimized by the NYT Strands puzzle today!
a cat sitting on a chair in a living room looking at the camera
ALT: a cat sitting on a chair in a living room looking at the camera
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August 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Raise your hand if you were personally victimized by the NYT Strands puzzle today!
You killed it Pippen. It's dead now.
August 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
You killed it Pippen. It's dead now.
Living in the future is all well and good until your smart bulbs have a "service outage" and stop being able to dim.
August 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Living in the future is all well and good until your smart bulbs have a "service outage" and stop being able to dim.
Men! Pick your scent:
Tiger
Bear
Shark
Kracken
Wolf
Tiger
Bear
Shark
Kracken
Wolf
July 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Men! Pick your scent:
Tiger
Bear
Shark
Kracken
Wolf
Tiger
Bear
Shark
Kracken
Wolf
If there was a fiction where a king was so despirate for a son that he changes the religion of his kingdom only to have his rejected daughter reign for 45 years, people would call it woke.
a woman in a white dress stands in front of a red curtain and a throne
Alt: a woman in a white dress stands in front of a red curtain and a throne
It is Cate Blancett as Elizabeth I
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July 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If there was a fiction where a king was so despirate for a son that he changes the religion of his kingdom only to have his rejected daughter reign for 45 years, people would call it woke.
The further back in Royal History you go, the more amazing nonsense you find.
Merovech, 5th century King, was born 9 months after his mother swam with a sea serpent.
Maybe his father was the serpant, maybe his father was his human dad, who can say?
Merovech, 5th century King, was born 9 months after his mother swam with a sea serpent.
Maybe his father was the serpant, maybe his father was his human dad, who can say?
July 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The further back in Royal History you go, the more amazing nonsense you find.
Merovech, 5th century King, was born 9 months after his mother swam with a sea serpent.
Maybe his father was the serpant, maybe his father was his human dad, who can say?
Merovech, 5th century King, was born 9 months after his mother swam with a sea serpent.
Maybe his father was the serpant, maybe his father was his human dad, who can say?
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The Beowulf Course begins next Friday! Monsters, grudges, wrestling matches, poison, giant swords, dragons! This thing has got it all!
This course does not assume any prior knowledge, but does assume curiosity and thoughtfulness!
clockworksacademy.com/courses/beowulf-course
This course does not assume any prior knowledge, but does assume curiosity and thoughtfulness!
clockworksacademy.com/courses/beowulf-course
Beowulf Course — Clockworks Academy
An eight-week course on Beowulf, with Dr. Paul Moffett. In the Old English epic Beowulf, the title character fights three monsters: Grendel, Grendel’s mother, and a dragon. Together, we will explore t...
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July 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The Beowulf Course begins next Friday! Monsters, grudges, wrestling matches, poison, giant swords, dragons! This thing has got it all!
This course does not assume any prior knowledge, but does assume curiosity and thoughtfulness!
clockworksacademy.com/courses/beowulf-course
This course does not assume any prior knowledge, but does assume curiosity and thoughtfulness!
clockworksacademy.com/courses/beowulf-course
What's the matter sweetie? You haven't touched your crabissant.
July 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
What's the matter sweetie? You haven't touched your crabissant.
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If you don't like this Superman movie you don't like Superman. If you do like this Superman, guess what you've always liked Superman! This is what he is supposed to be like!
July 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
If you don't like this Superman movie you don't like Superman. If you do like this Superman, guess what you've always liked Superman! This is what he is supposed to be like!
You guys, Paul has been a Superman fan for decades.
This movie is it. It's finally a great one.
This movie is it. It's finally a great one.
July 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
You guys, Paul has been a Superman fan for decades.
This movie is it. It's finally a great one.
This movie is it. It's finally a great one.
Superman.
Go see it.
Go see it.
a dog wearing a red cape is standing next to a man in a superman costume
ALT: a dog wearing a red cape is standing next to a man in a superman costume
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July 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Superman.
Go see it.
Go see it.
Up tonight is The King!
I've skipped from Edward III to Henry V because I watched The Hollow Crown recently enough to know it's 10/10.
I've skipped from Edward III to Henry V because I watched The Hollow Crown recently enough to know it's 10/10.
I've embarked on a little project to watch movies/mini-series with depictions of every English monarch.
July 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Up tonight is The King!
I've skipped from Edward III to Henry V because I watched The Hollow Crown recently enough to know it's 10/10.
I've skipped from Edward III to Henry V because I watched The Hollow Crown recently enough to know it's 10/10.