Laura D
@lduerr.bsky.social
Writer, hoarder of hobbies, book gremlin, cocktail witch // Codex, Futurescapes '21 // https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheEmbroideryBard // lauraduerr.wordpress.com // she/her
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Laura D
@lduerr.bsky.social
· Oct 10
www.castofwonders.org
It's Banned Books Week and I'm celebrating seeing my first story published in 4 years 🥳📚 I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it, because it felt really, really good to write.
Thanks @castofwonders.org for being a source of joy this week.
www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...
Thanks @castofwonders.org for being a source of joy this week.
www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...
How is it so dark out. Why do I forget this every year. Wake me up when the new Mummy movie comes out
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
How is it so dark out. Why do I forget this every year. Wake me up when the new Mummy movie comes out
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ICYMI: Cast of Wonders 658: Your Hold is Ready by @lduerr.bsky.social narrated by @danicutler.bsky.social produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social hosted by @chesneycat.bsky.social
www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...
#bannedbooksweek
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#bannedbooksweek
October 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
ICYMI: Cast of Wonders 658: Your Hold is Ready by @lduerr.bsky.social narrated by @danicutler.bsky.social produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social hosted by @chesneycat.bsky.social
www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...
#bannedbooksweek
www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...
#bannedbooksweek
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
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this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
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"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it
I also did not get my ass kicked this year when historically I have very much gotten my ass kicked (Moderna moreso than Pfizer). Although I'm never getting both C+flu shots on the same day again like I did last year, whew that was rough
as usual ymmv with side effects but the irl people i know who usually got knocked down didn’t this time and i rode 20 miles that night and the next, so you can maybe plan for less coping!
(also benadryl 15 minutes beforehand helps minimize reactions for real)
(also benadryl 15 minutes beforehand helps minimize reactions for real)
Reminder to get your flu and Covid vax (just got mine)
October 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I also did not get my ass kicked this year when historically I have very much gotten my ass kicked (Moderna moreso than Pfizer). Although I'm never getting both C+flu shots on the same day again like I did last year, whew that was rough
It's Banned Books Week and I'm celebrating seeing my first story published in 4 years 🥳📚 I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it, because it felt really, really good to write.
Thanks @castofwonders.org for being a source of joy this week.
www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...
Thanks @castofwonders.org for being a source of joy this week.
www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...
www.castofwonders.org
October 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It's Banned Books Week and I'm celebrating seeing my first story published in 4 years 🥳📚 I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it, because it felt really, really good to write.
Thanks @castofwonders.org for being a source of joy this week.
www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...
Thanks @castofwonders.org for being a source of joy this week.
www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...
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Lil friends on Mars who will soon be wearable after a journey to the fiery depths of the kiln 🔥
Join the newsletter to be notified when they drop. @sciencesocks.bsky.social and I can't wait to share the final results!
sciencesocks.co/pages/amy-ra...
#SciArt #bsnm 🔭
Join the newsletter to be notified when they drop. @sciencesocks.bsky.social and I can't wait to share the final results!
sciencesocks.co/pages/amy-ra...
#SciArt #bsnm 🔭
October 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Lil friends on Mars who will soon be wearable after a journey to the fiery depths of the kiln 🔥
Join the newsletter to be notified when they drop. @sciencesocks.bsky.social and I can't wait to share the final results!
sciencesocks.co/pages/amy-ra...
#SciArt #bsnm 🔭
Join the newsletter to be notified when they drop. @sciencesocks.bsky.social and I can't wait to share the final results!
sciencesocks.co/pages/amy-ra...
#SciArt #bsnm 🔭
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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
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K-Pop Demon Hunters is legitimately the global cultural phenomenon of 2025 and honestly there are far worse things to be a cultural touchstone this year than a trio of young women fighting literal soul-sucking hegemony through the power of their art
Oh crap, it's back at #1 in movies again today on Netflix too. That's awesome!
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
K-Pop Demon Hunters is legitimately the global cultural phenomenon of 2025 and honestly there are far worse things to be a cultural touchstone this year than a trio of young women fighting literal soul-sucking hegemony through the power of their art
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October 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Didn't make it into the Women of the Weird West anthology but at least made it into the second round. Takes the sting out of rejection a bit to know someone still enjoyed the story.
October 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Didn't make it into the Women of the Weird West anthology but at least made it into the second round. Takes the sting out of rejection a bit to know someone still enjoyed the story.
I wrote about our batshit media landscape and all the ads that keep trying to convince us stuff like taking a vitamin or using toilet paper is ✨self care✨ lauraduerr.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/s...
Six Companies Control 90% Of Our Media And They All Want You To Watch LiMu Emu Ads
Once upon a time, streaming services didn’t have ads. (Once upon an even further time, they mailed you DVD discs! Remember that? I want that model back!) Now they have ads. And still we pay m…
lauraduerr.wordpress.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I wrote about our batshit media landscape and all the ads that keep trying to convince us stuff like taking a vitamin or using toilet paper is ✨self care✨ lauraduerr.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/s...
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I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
Anyway have you ever tried screaming into a cat tummy, strongly recommend, I feel better and the cat is just nonplussed
September 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Anyway have you ever tried screaming into a cat tummy, strongly recommend, I feel better and the cat is just nonplussed
Botox ads are out there earnestly saying "women, your forehead wrinkles when you wrinkle it!! stop that!"
and that getting needles poked into your face every month is self-care actually
it's enraging and yet completely in line with Our Current Moment
and that getting needles poked into your face every month is self-care actually
it's enraging and yet completely in line with Our Current Moment
a man sitting in a field with the words we oughta leave this world behind below him
Alt: a man (Dary from Letterkenny) sitting in a field with the words "we oughta leave this world behind" below him
media.tenor.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Botox ads are out there earnestly saying "women, your forehead wrinkles when you wrinkle it!! stop that!"
and that getting needles poked into your face every month is self-care actually
it's enraging and yet completely in line with Our Current Moment
and that getting needles poked into your face every month is self-care actually
it's enraging and yet completely in line with Our Current Moment
I wonder how far back you have to go until telling someone that boycotting a company's actions involves cancelling subscriptions at three different, seemingly unrelated companies sounds insane again
September 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I wonder how far back you have to go until telling someone that boycotting a company's actions involves cancelling subscriptions at three different, seemingly unrelated companies sounds insane again
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Okay, people like these, so I painted a few more.
NO AI ONLY BRAIN and USE YOUR OWN BRAIN
artologica.etsy.com
NO AI ONLY BRAIN and USE YOUR OWN BRAIN
artologica.etsy.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Okay, people like these, so I painted a few more.
NO AI ONLY BRAIN and USE YOUR OWN BRAIN
artologica.etsy.com
NO AI ONLY BRAIN and USE YOUR OWN BRAIN
artologica.etsy.com
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Portland, OR, metro area folks, please keep an eye out for people who need help during this extended heat wave. If you're out and about, stick a couple of extra bottles of water in your tote bag and hand them to people who need them.
Here's a list of cooling centers with day and night hours.
Here's a list of cooling centers with day and night hours.
Here’s where cooling centers will open in all 3 Portland-area counties Friday
Soaring temps Friday prompt Portland area counties to offer cooling centers for some relief from the heat.
www.oregonlive.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Portland, OR, metro area folks, please keep an eye out for people who need help during this extended heat wave. If you're out and about, stick a couple of extra bottles of water in your tote bag and hand them to people who need them.
Here's a list of cooling centers with day and night hours.
Here's a list of cooling centers with day and night hours.
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There’s a thin line between staying as informed as you should and making yourself anxious in a way that is completely unproductive and every single day the news is trying very hard to push you over into the latter
August 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
There’s a thin line between staying as informed as you should and making yourself anxious in a way that is completely unproductive and every single day the news is trying very hard to push you over into the latter
I like to stitch up my patterns before I put them on Etsy. Unfortunately since I have both crappy hands and ADHD, this pattern won't arrive until shortly before the heat death of the universe.
August 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I like to stitch up my patterns before I put them on Etsy. Unfortunately since I have both crappy hands and ADHD, this pattern won't arrive until shortly before the heat death of the universe.
For sale, one impeccably photographed moody gothic Gilded Age estate: www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
138 Amenia Road, Sharon, CT 06069 | MLS #24119336 | Zillow
This 12057 square feet Single Family home has 9 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms. It is located at 138 Amenia Road, Sharon, CT.
www.zillow.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
For sale, one impeccably photographed moody gothic Gilded Age estate: www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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rewarding my microwave by letting it heat up a fork as a treat
just checking in with one of the most influential philosophers alive today
August 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
rewarding my microwave by letting it heat up a fork as a treat
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Right, since we're apparently doing "disabled people can't do art without AI" discourse again:
Got adaptive/assistive tech that helps you or someone you know do art/crafts? Drop it in the thread (bonus points if you can say what it's useful for and how much it costs)
Got adaptive/assistive tech that helps you or someone you know do art/crafts? Drop it in the thread (bonus points if you can say what it's useful for and how much it costs)
August 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Right, since we're apparently doing "disabled people can't do art without AI" discourse again:
Got adaptive/assistive tech that helps you or someone you know do art/crafts? Drop it in the thread (bonus points if you can say what it's useful for and how much it costs)
Got adaptive/assistive tech that helps you or someone you know do art/crafts? Drop it in the thread (bonus points if you can say what it's useful for and how much it costs)
At first I thought this said "quilts" but those too!
AI this, LLM that, I'm amped for the counterculture to ignite against this banal mediocrity.
Gimme handmade zines, let's write poems on the back of receipts, a watercolor using found pigments, book clubs on subway cars; let the revolution be not just analog but antiquated, baby. Bring back quills!
Gimme handmade zines, let's write poems on the back of receipts, a watercolor using found pigments, book clubs on subway cars; let the revolution be not just analog but antiquated, baby. Bring back quills!
August 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
At first I thought this said "quilts" but those too!