Mikaela
@mikaelal.bsky.social
I am a swedish writer from Stockholm that writes fantasy and likes history and mythology.
So I have had caffeine, iron and B-12 today. Normally they make me energetic. Not today. My body decide that the proper response was napping. Bodies are weird.
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 PM
So I have had caffeine, iron and B-12 today. Normally they make me energetic. Not today. My body decide that the proper response was napping. Bodies are weird.
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We are doing a massive sale on all our spooky season items to clear out some space for the end of the year and our 2026 new adventures!
Get 35% off these adorable clicky keychains!
http://thebrokencirc...
Get 35% off these adorable clicky keychains!
http://thebrokencirc...
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We are doing a massive sale on all our spooky season items to clear out some space for the end of the year and our 2026 new adventures!
Get 35% off these adorable clicky keychains!
http://thebrokencirc...
Get 35% off these adorable clicky keychains!
http://thebrokencirc...
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Tonight at 9pm ET, 8pm CT, the Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night starring Lupita Nyong'o, Sandra Oh, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and directed by Saheem Ali will be on PBS Great Performances.
You can stream at pbs.org/gperf or on the PBS app.
You can stream at pbs.org/gperf or on the PBS app.
Twelfth Night ~ About | Great Performances | PBS
The Shakespearean comedy of mistaken identity starring Lupita Nyong'o, Sandra Oh, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Junior Nyong'o and more.
www.pbs.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Tonight at 9pm ET, 8pm CT, the Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night starring Lupita Nyong'o, Sandra Oh, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and directed by Saheem Ali will be on PBS Great Performances.
You can stream at pbs.org/gperf or on the PBS app.
You can stream at pbs.org/gperf or on the PBS app.
Me: *whines about the weather being rainy and gloomy*
Also me: It isn't raining. Yay! *looks at weather app* ... What do you mean it is 2 C feels like -2?!
Also me: It isn't raining. Yay! *looks at weather app* ... What do you mean it is 2 C feels like -2?!
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Me: *whines about the weather being rainy and gloomy*
Also me: It isn't raining. Yay! *looks at weather app* ... What do you mean it is 2 C feels like -2?!
Also me: It isn't raining. Yay! *looks at weather app* ... What do you mean it is 2 C feels like -2?!
Me: Ooohhh. I should go into town. Just wander around. Maybe buy christmas gifts
Also me: *realizes it is raining and I forgot my phone* Actually. I'll just buy some milk at the corner store and head home.
Also me: *realizes it is raining and I forgot my phone* Actually. I'll just buy some milk at the corner store and head home.
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Me: Ooohhh. I should go into town. Just wander around. Maybe buy christmas gifts
Also me: *realizes it is raining and I forgot my phone* Actually. I'll just buy some milk at the corner store and head home.
Also me: *realizes it is raining and I forgot my phone* Actually. I'll just buy some milk at the corner store and head home.
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Snap up my complete Harwood Spellbook boxed set now as part of this amazing StoryBundle curated by Charlotte English, with books by @tillywallace.bsky.social , @tansyrr.bsky.social , @victoriagoddard.bsky.social, R.J. Blain, @kristadb1.bsky.social & more:
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Snap up my complete Harwood Spellbook boxed set now as part of this amazing StoryBundle curated by Charlotte English, with books by @tillywallace.bsky.social , @tansyrr.bsky.social , @victoriagoddard.bsky.social, R.J. Blain, @kristadb1.bsky.social & more:
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
storybundle.com/fantasy
#romancelandia
Swedish iron age historian: "All Viking age dogs shorter than 40 cms were just pets."
Me: Yeah. No. That's wrong. A) All domestic animals were way smaller in the Viking age. B) Dachshund and Svensk Vallhund already existed then.
Me: Yeah. No. That's wrong. A) All domestic animals were way smaller in the Viking age. B) Dachshund and Svensk Vallhund already existed then.
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Swedish iron age historian: "All Viking age dogs shorter than 40 cms were just pets."
Me: Yeah. No. That's wrong. A) All domestic animals were way smaller in the Viking age. B) Dachshund and Svensk Vallhund already existed then.
Me: Yeah. No. That's wrong. A) All domestic animals were way smaller in the Viking age. B) Dachshund and Svensk Vallhund already existed then.
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y'all can't even stand up to Schumer and Durbin.
Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
y'all can't even stand up to Schumer and Durbin.
Today I adulted and went to the dentist. My reward? I get to go again next week to extract a wisdom tooth. Love that for me.
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today I adulted and went to the dentist. My reward? I get to go again next week to extract a wisdom tooth. Love that for me.
I just got an invite to a fashion industry networking meeting. On the west coast. Wrong coast and a century too late. (A century ago my dad's family owned a boutique in Gothenburg)
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I just got an invite to a fashion industry networking meeting. On the west coast. Wrong coast and a century too late. (A century ago my dad's family owned a boutique in Gothenburg)
I am not sure if was the cream cheese or the sugar free gummies, but... whatever it was I ate earlier today my stomach did not like it. Moments like this I am glad for my IBD meds.
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I am not sure if was the cream cheese or the sugar free gummies, but... whatever it was I ate earlier today my stomach did not like it. Moments like this I am glad for my IBD meds.
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Thus you have learned: everyone who says a thing in the name of him who said it, brings deliverance into the world (Avot 6:6).
OH MY GOD JEWS
CITE YOUR SOURCES WHEN YOU WRITE
is it so hard
really come on
CITE YOUR SOURCES WHEN YOU WRITE
is it so hard
really come on
October 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thus you have learned: everyone who says a thing in the name of him who said it, brings deliverance into the world (Avot 6:6).
So i spent the weekend at the cottage filled with chaos and fun. Sick niece, cranky toddler nephew, a grumpy older nephew. Oh and the kitchen light didn't work.
But also fun with football with the nephew, reading for the toddler and thrifting.
Here is hoping that I don't get my niece's infection.
But also fun with football with the nephew, reading for the toddler and thrifting.
Here is hoping that I don't get my niece's infection.
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
So i spent the weekend at the cottage filled with chaos and fun. Sick niece, cranky toddler nephew, a grumpy older nephew. Oh and the kitchen light didn't work.
But also fun with football with the nephew, reading for the toddler and thrifting.
Here is hoping that I don't get my niece's infection.
But also fun with football with the nephew, reading for the toddler and thrifting.
Here is hoping that I don't get my niece's infection.
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Guillermo del Toro speaks for so many of us.
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Guillermo del Toro speaks for so many of us.
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
(Can this please become a meme?
Thank you very much. And fuck AI.)
Woman in an ad: "You don't need to escape. All you need is exercise."
Me: That is easy to say when you live in a sunny climate."
*salty*
Me: That is easy to say when you live in a sunny climate."
*salty*
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Woman in an ad: "You don't need to escape. All you need is exercise."
Me: That is easy to say when you live in a sunny climate."
*salty*
Me: That is easy to say when you live in a sunny climate."
*salty*
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I have done my local food bank donations (and switched some to recurring) but I could really use some collective rage/compassion to fuel me into next week, so if you also made a donation please drop a link to where in the replies!
October 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I have done my local food bank donations (and switched some to recurring) but I could really use some collective rage/compassion to fuel me into next week, so if you also made a donation please drop a link to where in the replies!
Dinner was tasty... until I bit into a piece of beef that had that soil-y taste when something has started going bad. No idea if it was the beef or if I missed something. sigh. Not keeping the leftovers, though. Dang it.
October 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Dinner was tasty... until I bit into a piece of beef that had that soil-y taste when something has started going bad. No idea if it was the beef or if I missed something. sigh. Not keeping the leftovers, though. Dang it.
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I'm fully aware it doesn't work this way & this is more idle observation than anything else, but when I saw this again this morning I was like, y'know, if a quarter of my followers here could support my Patreon at $10/m, this would be do-able. o.O
so, y'know, patreon.com/ce_murphy, just in case :)
so, y'know, patreon.com/ce_murphy, just in case :)
October 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I'm fully aware it doesn't work this way & this is more idle observation than anything else, but when I saw this again this morning I was like, y'know, if a quarter of my followers here could support my Patreon at $10/m, this would be do-able. o.O
so, y'know, patreon.com/ce_murphy, just in case :)
so, y'know, patreon.com/ce_murphy, just in case :)
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I implore anyone who has an audience and speaks about genAI and LLMs to refer to them as products, not technologies, as much as possible.
Keep hammering that home.
Keep hammering that home.
I always try to write/talk critically about tech product design without focusing on particular products, or even product categories, but I continually find that LLM/GenAI products cover all the bases for what makes a bad product bad
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I implore anyone who has an audience and speaks about genAI and LLMs to refer to them as products, not technologies, as much as possible.
Keep hammering that home.
Keep hammering that home.
Cooking hack: Storebought gnocchi makes leftover stew feel fancy. Bonus for the fact that you can store an open bag in the freezer.
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Cooking hack: Storebought gnocchi makes leftover stew feel fancy. Bonus for the fact that you can store an open bag in the freezer.
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My GM of 30 years is offering a public Werewolf game set in the 1CE Lowlands on the border of the Roman Empire. Jamie does amazing, well-researched historical settings, highly recommended! startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
Join Werewolf: Pax Romana - Rage Across Gallia Belgica - Discord - Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition | StartPlaying Games
Werewolf: The Apocalypse is a roleplaying game in which players take on the role of Garou, werewolves who are partly of the spirit world, given the task of defending the world, Gaia, from the forces o...
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October 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
My GM of 30 years is offering a public Werewolf game set in the 1CE Lowlands on the border of the Roman Empire. Jamie does amazing, well-researched historical settings, highly recommended! startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
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Hey Colorado residents, particularly people in Fort Collins, but also those who are somewhat near: my sister and brother in law are running a study on an easy, portable method to help maintain indoor air quality during adverse outside events (like smoke or pollution).
Participate in our Clean Air Study | sapphires
humanenvironments.org
October 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Hey Colorado residents, particularly people in Fort Collins, but also those who are somewhat near: my sister and brother in law are running a study on an easy, portable method to help maintain indoor air quality during adverse outside events (like smoke or pollution).
Right now I am refreshing my delivery tracking and wondering how the driver managed to get lost. *checks* 100 m from my building.
October 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Right now I am refreshing my delivery tracking and wondering how the driver managed to get lost. *checks* 100 m from my building.
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See you all in Cork next year? :D <3 #Octocon
How exciting on so many fronts, but @cemurphy.bsky.social and @aptshadow.bsky.social as guests?! How wonderful!
See you all in Cork next October, I hope.
2025.octocon.com/announcing-o...
See you all in Cork next October, I hope.
2025.octocon.com/announcing-o...
Announcing - Octocon 2026 - Octocon 2025
Octocon is delighted to announce our 2026 venue and guests of honour! Clayton Hotel Cork City and Online Saturday 3rd October - Sunday 4th October, 2026
2025.octocon.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
See you all in Cork next year? :D <3 #Octocon
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MIT has more spine than the entire GOP. I mean, it’s not like that’s hard, but still. Respect.
www.nbcnews.com/news/educati...
www.nbcnews.com/news/educati...
MIT is 1st school to reject Trump administration's agenda in exchange for funding benefits
"With respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education,” the Massachusetts Institute of Technology president wrote in a letter.
www.nbcnews.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
MIT has more spine than the entire GOP. I mean, it’s not like that’s hard, but still. Respect.
www.nbcnews.com/news/educati...
www.nbcnews.com/news/educati...