malorie ✨❄️
@malorienilson.com
Editor, writer, lover of dinosaurs, chaotic energy, poltergeist in a human disguise. Just like any modern ghoul trying to have it all—I only wish I had more time to seek out the dark forces and join their hellish crusade.
they/them
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Tomorrow is self-made writing retreat day, so I will be imposing a total social media ban for the duration. But then, as I was thinking about that, I thought...hey, why not start now? So, I am starting now. See you in 2026. 😌
December 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Tomorrow is self-made writing retreat day, so I will be imposing a total social media ban for the duration. But then, as I was thinking about that, I thought...hey, why not start now? So, I am starting now. See you in 2026. 😌
I don’t want to jinx it, but IT IS SNOWING!!! ❄️ 🌨️ ❄️
December 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I don’t want to jinx it, but IT IS SNOWING!!! ❄️ 🌨️ ❄️
It can be a bit wacky navigating it from the author side—when surges like this happen, agents/editors will buy heavily (PM shows sales), but for the past 6 months I’ve seen a slow down (anecdotally, from authors on submission) in interest. Makes me wonder what next fall will look like.
There's something that feels a bit faddish -- or at least, boom and bust -- about the sudden eruption of these kinds of books. Not in the genres themselves, but in the way publishers go all-in on flooding the market on them
December 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It can be a bit wacky navigating it from the author side—when surges like this happen, agents/editors will buy heavily (PM shows sales), but for the past 6 months I’ve seen a slow down (anecdotally, from authors on submission) in interest. Makes me wonder what next fall will look like.
She seems like a Tabitha to me
Name your fav song lyric.
December 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
She seems like a Tabitha to me
Camel! 🐪
And if you want to know more about rad prehistoric camels, I recently wrote about them for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social (with some photos by yours truly, too).
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Camel! 🐪
Hm…sounds like a scam.
😅
😅
To have written a book you actually have to…write the book? Are you sure about that? That doesn’t sound right.
December 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hm…sounds like a scam.
😅
😅
As an atheist, I would just like to say to everyone who has atheist/skeptic in their bio that it does not make you interesting to define yourself by the things you don’t like or disbelieve. At a certain point, it is just reinforcing the status quo (à la Foucault).
December 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
As an atheist, I would just like to say to everyone who has atheist/skeptic in their bio that it does not make you interesting to define yourself by the things you don’t like or disbelieve. At a certain point, it is just reinforcing the status quo (à la Foucault).
It is a good day when you make three different kinds of soup for freezer lego (roasted fall vegetable, butternut squash and apple, tuscan vegetable). ☺️
December 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It is a good day when you make three different kinds of soup for freezer lego (roasted fall vegetable, butternut squash and apple, tuscan vegetable). ☺️
I saw an edit that was made by Google's AI, and honestly, the real thing is so much better than the stupid AI image. Moon is the Solstice God. Worship her!
Here is a link to a video of the real cat instead of an AI slop recreation:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNuE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNuE...
Cat steals the spotlight at Stonehenge winter solstice celebration
YouTube video by USA TODAY
www.youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I saw an edit that was made by Google's AI, and honestly, the real thing is so much better than the stupid AI image. Moon is the Solstice God. Worship her!
The push I have seen from corporate entities in power grid and water management specifically to implement LLMs into coding processes is deeply worrying, and this "loosening up" is not my favorite idea ever proposed, ngl! [extreme understatement]
We have come full circle from "of course we only use AI for prototypes" over "AI is amazing but obviously it needs experts checking on the output and extensive refacoring" to "let's just ship the slop".
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The push I have seen from corporate entities in power grid and water management specifically to implement LLMs into coding processes is deeply worrying, and this "loosening up" is not my favorite idea ever proposed, ngl! [extreme understatement]
The thing getting me through record high temperatures right at this moment is looking forward to the master naturalist class schedule starting in January. Let's get so hype for paleontology units!!! 🪨🦖💃🕺🦕🌱
December 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The thing getting me through record high temperatures right at this moment is looking forward to the master naturalist class schedule starting in January. Let's get so hype for paleontology units!!! 🪨🦖💃🕺🦕🌱
T likes to find me perfect wrapping paper. The red fair isle pattern is good, but the sparkle dinosaur paper was perfectly made for me (their [correct] assessment). 🥹
Apparently, they went into the shop thinking "if only there was sparkly dinosaur paper" & manifested it into existence.
Apparently, they went into the shop thinking "if only there was sparkly dinosaur paper" & manifested it into existence.
December 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
T likes to find me perfect wrapping paper. The red fair isle pattern is good, but the sparkle dinosaur paper was perfectly made for me (their [correct] assessment). 🥹
Apparently, they went into the shop thinking "if only there was sparkly dinosaur paper" & manifested it into existence.
Apparently, they went into the shop thinking "if only there was sparkly dinosaur paper" & manifested it into existence.
Seasonal depression but because it is 50 degrees and there is no snow. 😭
December 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Seasonal depression but because it is 50 degrees and there is no snow. 😭
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Because it’s the Wren’s Day in Ireland: the tale of how, in another universe, she is Queen of Birds: and how this didn’t work out the way she thought it would. https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/734724959207817216/wip-wednesday-why-the-wren-is-queen-of-birds
WIP Wednesday: "Why The Wren is Queen of Birds" | Diane Duane
WIP Wednesday: “Why The Wren is Queen of Birds”From the upcoming Tales of the Five #3: The Librarian: a fairy tale* of southern Arlen. *** In the south of our land, in the mountain-wall’s shadow near...
dduane.tumblr.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Because it’s the Wren’s Day in Ireland: the tale of how, in another universe, she is Queen of Birds: and how this didn’t work out the way she thought it would. https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/734724959207817216/wip-wednesday-why-the-wren-is-queen-of-birds
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The Devil's Bird.
They go out and hunt the wren, the old trickster and king of the birds, today, on St Stephen's Day.
And so, we go to Ireland in our 27th #Yulefolklore tale and meet one, too – read how that goes below!
🎨 Rosamund Fowler
They go out and hunt the wren, the old trickster and king of the birds, today, on St Stephen's Day.
And so, we go to Ireland in our 27th #Yulefolklore tale and meet one, too – read how that goes below!
🎨 Rosamund Fowler
December 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The Devil's Bird.
They go out and hunt the wren, the old trickster and king of the birds, today, on St Stephen's Day.
And so, we go to Ireland in our 27th #Yulefolklore tale and meet one, too – read how that goes below!
🎨 Rosamund Fowler
They go out and hunt the wren, the old trickster and king of the birds, today, on St Stephen's Day.
And so, we go to Ireland in our 27th #Yulefolklore tale and meet one, too – read how that goes below!
🎨 Rosamund Fowler
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Merryjingleballmasday !
December 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Merryjingleballmasday !
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Happy holidays, Bluesky! I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us.
www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-...
www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-...
Landslide; a ghost story
On March 27, 1964, a converted liberty ship named the SS Chena brought a shipment of supplies to the port of Valdez, Alaska. Valdez, which I need you to know is pronounced “valDEEZ,” sits at the end o...
www.wrecka.ge
December 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Happy holidays, Bluesky! I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us.
www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-...
www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-...
I will do this for any of my mutuals. :)
December 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I will do this for any of my mutuals. :)
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i had to drop what i was doing to make this
December 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
i had to drop what i was doing to make this
I find this to be very satisfying to look at. ☺️
December 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I find this to be very satisfying to look at. ☺️
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“Something like the plate tracker helps to encourage and promote legal transparency and legal accountability, especially when they're going around, switching plates, trying to hide, trying to be undetectable,” said Sherman Austin.
Full story: lataco.com/ice-license-...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
Full story: lataco.com/ice-license-...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
December 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“Something like the plate tracker helps to encourage and promote legal transparency and legal accountability, especially when they're going around, switching plates, trying to hide, trying to be undetectable,” said Sherman Austin.
Full story: lataco.com/ice-license-...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
Full story: lataco.com/ice-license-...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
This person is my kin, and I love them
December 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This person is my kin, and I love them
I didn't know how much I needed Snoopy skating to Mazzy Star.
December 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I didn't know how much I needed Snoopy skating to Mazzy Star.
Also, Nollaig shona dhaoibh, agus athbhliain faoi mhaise dhaoibh. Sláinte! ☺️🥂
December 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Also, Nollaig shona dhaoibh, agus athbhliain faoi mhaise dhaoibh. Sláinte! ☺️🥂