Kalira
@kalira.bsky.social
❧she/her | they/them ❧30+ ❧Writer, geek, cat mama, autoimmune spoonie, collector of interesting facts. Strange and proud!
If you enjoy my work, please consider supporting me! http://ko-fi.com/kalira
If you enjoy my work, please consider supporting me! http://ko-fi.com/kalira
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The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025!
survey.gendercensus.com
It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
survey.gendercensus.com
It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
July 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025!
survey.gendercensus.com
It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
survey.gendercensus.com
It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
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And even MORE fun,,, i wanna do a giveaway of 1 custom Choppy per 100 likes on this post! To enter:
🔪 repost by April 4th
🖤 reply with a heart the color of your Choppy!
📫 be in us for shipping
🔪 repost by April 4th
🖤 reply with a heart the color of your Choppy!
📫 be in us for shipping
March 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
And even MORE fun,,, i wanna do a giveaway of 1 custom Choppy per 100 likes on this post! To enter:
🔪 repost by April 4th
🖤 reply with a heart the color of your Choppy!
📫 be in us for shipping
🔪 repost by April 4th
🖤 reply with a heart the color of your Choppy!
📫 be in us for shipping
Rewatching Underworld/Underworld: Evolution and reminded that Michael is . . . mostly a cardboard cutout of a character. . . I don't find Selene terribly compelling as a character, myself, but at least she feels like one!
(Among reasons I far more often just watch Rise of the Lycans than- >.>)
(Among reasons I far more often just watch Rise of the Lycans than- >.>)
January 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Rewatching Underworld/Underworld: Evolution and reminded that Michael is . . . mostly a cardboard cutout of a character. . . I don't find Selene terribly compelling as a character, myself, but at least she feels like one!
(Among reasons I far more often just watch Rise of the Lycans than- >.>)
(Among reasons I far more often just watch Rise of the Lycans than- >.>)
My #crochet practise continues (with occasional questions sent to pepper my very gracious friend, who has answered all of them); I started this on December 31st as lie-flat circle practise, and it's currently intended to be a rune reading/casting mat!
January 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
My #crochet practise continues (with occasional questions sent to pepper my very gracious friend, who has answered all of them); I started this on December 31st as lie-flat circle practise, and it's currently intended to be a rune reading/casting mat!
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Everyone needs a hand to hold on to.
Whether that hand is fleshy, furry, feathery, leathery, clawed, or tentacled and covered in ancient witch-fire is up to you.
Whether that hand is fleshy, furry, feathery, leathery, clawed, or tentacled and covered in ancient witch-fire is up to you.
January 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Everyone needs a hand to hold on to.
Whether that hand is fleshy, furry, feathery, leathery, clawed, or tentacled and covered in ancient witch-fire is up to you.
Whether that hand is fleshy, furry, feathery, leathery, clawed, or tentacled and covered in ancient witch-fire is up to you.
One excellent thing about having an SSD is my anxiety while running updates (or just rebooting) (look two laptops went to toast in reboots, it's an anxiety unfortunately rooted in experience) goes wayyy faster.
Feature update put me through anxiety for 28 minutes downloading; 5 minutes to restart.
Feature update put me through anxiety for 28 minutes downloading; 5 minutes to restart.
January 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
One excellent thing about having an SSD is my anxiety while running updates (or just rebooting) (look two laptops went to toast in reboots, it's an anxiety unfortunately rooted in experience) goes wayyy faster.
Feature update put me through anxiety for 28 minutes downloading; 5 minutes to restart.
Feature update put me through anxiety for 28 minutes downloading; 5 minutes to restart.
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I think this will be another great year to read and write about the same people falling in love in thousands of different little ways.
January 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I think this will be another great year to read and write about the same people falling in love in thousands of different little ways.
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in times of war, a wise general will furnish their soldiers with chocolates and other little treats to maintain the morale sufficient to perform in combat. Do you imagine your own effectiveness is less dependent on such small luxuries? Go, get yourself a treat today, lest Stalingrad fall
January 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
in times of war, a wise general will furnish their soldiers with chocolates and other little treats to maintain the morale sufficient to perform in combat. Do you imagine your own effectiveness is less dependent on such small luxuries? Go, get yourself a treat today, lest Stalingrad fall
I have continued reading a book I was in the middle of, but a friend gave me this one tonight (I cackled with delight) and I think it's going to be my first new read of the year. XD #booksky
January 4, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I have continued reading a book I was in the middle of, but a friend gave me this one tonight (I cackled with delight) and I think it's going to be my first new read of the year. XD #booksky
I have just finished my annual Fandom(/AO3) Year in Review!
Highlights include:
~86 new stories posted to AO3
~158,158 words posted to AO3
~26 fandoms (11 new!)
~5 new fandom tags started on AO3
~37 romantic ships (17 new)
kalira.dreamwidth.org/52817.html
www.tumblr.com/kalira/77143...
Highlights include:
~86 new stories posted to AO3
~158,158 words posted to AO3
~26 fandoms (11 new!)
~5 new fandom tags started on AO3
~37 romantic ships (17 new)
kalira.dreamwidth.org/52817.html
www.tumblr.com/kalira/77143...
Fandom Year in Review (2024)
It's the very last day of 2024, so it's time for my annual look back at my year in fandom - and specifically on AO3! And some stats, of course. ;)
(Then I'll get back to writing before the new year!…
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January 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I have just finished my annual Fandom(/AO3) Year in Review!
Highlights include:
~86 new stories posted to AO3
~158,158 words posted to AO3
~26 fandoms (11 new!)
~5 new fandom tags started on AO3
~37 romantic ships (17 new)
kalira.dreamwidth.org/52817.html
www.tumblr.com/kalira/77143...
Highlights include:
~86 new stories posted to AO3
~158,158 words posted to AO3
~26 fandoms (11 new!)
~5 new fandom tags started on AO3
~37 romantic ships (17 new)
kalira.dreamwidth.org/52817.html
www.tumblr.com/kalira/77143...
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Happy reading to all <3 🌈📚
hope you had as much fun with QLL this year as we did
hope you had as much fun with QLL this year as we did
December 31, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Happy reading to all <3 🌈📚
hope you had as much fun with QLL this year as we did
hope you had as much fun with QLL this year as we did
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wooden snakes for lunar new year 2025 and the patreon rewards for december.
The first three snakes are stickers and the one with the background is a postcard print.
Each snake is inspired by a pace I visited or want to visit.
www.patreon.com/juliartworld
The first three snakes are stickers and the one with the background is a postcard print.
Each snake is inspired by a pace I visited or want to visit.
www.patreon.com/juliartworld
December 30, 2024 at 3:42 PM
wooden snakes for lunar new year 2025 and the patreon rewards for december.
The first three snakes are stickers and the one with the background is a postcard print.
Each snake is inspired by a pace I visited or want to visit.
www.patreon.com/juliartworld
The first three snakes are stickers and the one with the background is a postcard print.
Each snake is inspired by a pace I visited or want to visit.
www.patreon.com/juliartworld
I have spent a chunk of today (with the help of a friend via DM) beginning to learn a new skill! I knit, but never managed to #crochet successfully - today I have!
This was beginner practise; the wonkiness it developed lent itself to a stocking shape, so I improvised a small ornament. ^.^
This was beginner practise; the wonkiness it developed lent itself to a stocking shape, so I improvised a small ornament. ^.^
December 30, 2024 at 8:00 PM
I have spent a chunk of today (with the help of a friend via DM) beginning to learn a new skill! I knit, but never managed to #crochet successfully - today I have!
This was beginner practise; the wonkiness it developed lent itself to a stocking shape, so I improvised a small ornament. ^.^
This was beginner practise; the wonkiness it developed lent itself to a stocking shape, so I improvised a small ornament. ^.^
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i don't think millennials and gen xers "feel like sellouts" I think authors think the job of "writing the book" is an entire fucking job and marketing it is a second entire fucking job and doing the first means you shouldn't also be expected to do all of the second
Normalise going to publishers and asking them "What do you even do?" in a very aggressive strained tone.
December 29, 2024 at 4:32 PM
i don't think millennials and gen xers "feel like sellouts" I think authors think the job of "writing the book" is an entire fucking job and marketing it is a second entire fucking job and doing the first means you shouldn't also be expected to do all of the second
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December 28, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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'The moors' - a moorland landscape I did all the way back in 2021 but remains a favourite of mine :) this aerial embroidery took so long to do with all the tiny knots for the heather bushes!! Heather is a favourite feature I like to add but they're the most time consuming thing I sew #fibrearts
December 28, 2024 at 12:01 PM
'The moors' - a moorland landscape I did all the way back in 2021 but remains a favourite of mine :) this aerial embroidery took so long to do with all the tiny knots for the heather bushes!! Heather is a favourite feature I like to add but they're the most time consuming thing I sew #fibrearts
Sitting around poking writing and watching a movie in this chilly morning, with some soft, purry company. #cats
(Dora's beside me, obviously, as seen here; Tachi is draped over my lap and half under the edge of my worktable.)
(Dora's beside me, obviously, as seen here; Tachi is draped over my lap and half under the edge of my worktable.)
December 28, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Sitting around poking writing and watching a movie in this chilly morning, with some soft, purry company. #cats
(Dora's beside me, obviously, as seen here; Tachi is draped over my lap and half under the edge of my worktable.)
(Dora's beside me, obviously, as seen here; Tachi is draped over my lap and half under the edge of my worktable.)
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The energy I’m taking into 2025
December 26, 2024 at 4:30 PM
The energy I’m taking into 2025
Logically I know it's not really healthier, but lack of sleep due to stress (which then makes it easier to stress more when awake, due to lack of sleep making emotions wobbly) does make me kind of miss the ability to depression-sleep for 12-15 hours the way I did when stressed when I was younger. 🙈
December 26, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Logically I know it's not really healthier, but lack of sleep due to stress (which then makes it easier to stress more when awake, due to lack of sleep making emotions wobbly) does make me kind of miss the ability to depression-sleep for 12-15 hours the way I did when stressed when I was younger. 🙈
In addition to the usual irritation of subtitles that don't actually accurately represent the dialogue in movies, the last three movies I've watched on Disney+ have all had sections where the subtitles just . . . stop. They don't exist. At all. What the fuck? How did y'all consider this acceptable?
December 25, 2024 at 3:43 PM
In addition to the usual irritation of subtitles that don't actually accurately represent the dialogue in movies, the last three movies I've watched on Disney+ have all had sections where the subtitles just . . . stop. They don't exist. At all. What the fuck? How did y'all consider this acceptable?
Made three new spreadsheets and reorganised some data in other ways for later me, which was (hopefully) helpful and also did a way better job of soothing the despair spiral than I've done all week.
Cataloguing and data entry are such good things for me, though I often don't have enough of it to do.
Cataloguing and data entry are such good things for me, though I often don't have enough of it to do.
December 25, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Made three new spreadsheets and reorganised some data in other ways for later me, which was (hopefully) helpful and also did a way better job of soothing the despair spiral than I've done all week.
Cataloguing and data entry are such good things for me, though I often don't have enough of it to do.
Cataloguing and data entry are such good things for me, though I often don't have enough of it to do.
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Wishing you one moment today --even if it's short-- where you just feel quiet and content 💙
December 24, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Wishing you one moment today --even if it's short-- where you just feel quiet and content 💙
Watching a favourite uplifting/soothing movie this morning; truly #CaptainHarlock remains the most hopeful and uplifting movie despite its rather dark premise. . .
(It's also very pretty.)
(It's also very pretty.)
December 24, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Watching a favourite uplifting/soothing movie this morning; truly #CaptainHarlock remains the most hopeful and uplifting movie despite its rather dark premise. . .
(It's also very pretty.)
(It's also very pretty.)
I haven't slept all night (again), am still recovering from sick (flu?), and I've been stress spiralling.
What an excellent time this is to try and figure out a combinatorics problem. I don't think I was ever taught any form of combinatorics in school, even (which was Some Time Ago now). Thrilling!
What an excellent time this is to try and figure out a combinatorics problem. I don't think I was ever taught any form of combinatorics in school, even (which was Some Time Ago now). Thrilling!
December 24, 2024 at 2:13 PM
I haven't slept all night (again), am still recovering from sick (flu?), and I've been stress spiralling.
What an excellent time this is to try and figure out a combinatorics problem. I don't think I was ever taught any form of combinatorics in school, even (which was Some Time Ago now). Thrilling!
What an excellent time this is to try and figure out a combinatorics problem. I don't think I was ever taught any form of combinatorics in school, even (which was Some Time Ago now). Thrilling!