Sandra Tayler
@sandratayler.bsky.social
Writer of words, Maker of books, Caretaker of many things, Structuring Life to Support Creativity. http://onecobble.com http://sandratayler.com she/her
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Hey all, if you know anyone who loves family history research and has Scottish roots, please let them know about my Edinburgh research trips. The next one is coming up in June and still has some space left.
Just booked my flights to Edinburgh in June! Super excited to meet up with a group of family history researchers June 13-20 to help them deepen their knowledge of their Scottish roots. There's still time to join me! scottishgenealogy.ca
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Genealogy research trips to Edinburgh, Scotland, with a professional genealogist. Unlock your family history and experience a taste of Scotland.
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February 9, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Hey all, if you know anyone who loves family history research and has Scottish roots, please let them know about my Edinburgh research trips. The next one is coming up in June and still has some space left.
How life feels today.
February 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
How life feels today.
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If you'd like to purchase the digital version now, I have it up on my shop:
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The Unfamiliars - Digital Download - PDF and ePub Version
Save a tree and download The Unfamiliars in a glorious digital edition. This is a story for anyone who has ever had to deal with having to come to terms with their favorite creator being a less than a...
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February 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
If you'd like to purchase the digital version now, I have it up on my shop:
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I am so angry about this.
We here in Utah voted overwhelmingly to un-gerrymander our House districts. The Legislature ignored that and made the gerrymandering even worse. They were sued and lost. The judge ordered them to comply with the law. And so now they are adding two more justices to the Utah Supreme Court.
This hasn’t received nearly enough attention:
Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court after it ruled against their congressional gerrymander.
Cox could appoint two more justices before the court hears the GOP’s latest appeal to preserve their gerrymander
Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court after it ruled against their congressional gerrymander.
Cox could appoint two more justices before the court hears the GOP’s latest appeal to preserve their gerrymander
February 2, 2026 at 8:06 PM
I am so angry about this.
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January 31, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Remember folks:
If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
Doesn’t matter if it’s awful
Doesn’t matter if it’s nice
If it confirms your bias, check it twice!
::clap clap::
::clap clap::
If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
Doesn’t matter if it’s awful
Doesn’t matter if it’s nice
If it confirms your bias, check it twice!
::clap clap::
if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
::clap clap::
if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
::clap clap::
look, we’ve all been fooled before
when a deep-fake makes us sore
but kindly doublecheck your source, it might be fake
::clap clap::
::clap clap::
if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
::clap clap::
look, we’ve all been fooled before
when a deep-fake makes us sore
but kindly doublecheck your source, it might be fake
::clap clap::
January 27, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Remember folks:
Weather hitting hard in Utah.
(Not actually joking. The lack of snow this year is going to be very bad for water reserves next summer.)
(Not actually joking. The lack of snow this year is going to be very bad for water reserves next summer.)
January 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Weather hitting hard in Utah.
(Not actually joking. The lack of snow this year is going to be very bad for water reserves next summer.)
(Not actually joking. The lack of snow this year is going to be very bad for water reserves next summer.)
I am having a completely over-scheduled January. One of the things I am using this January to do is plan how to not be over-scheduled next January.
If I want a cozy leisurely January in 2027, I have to block that out on my calendar now and arrange my work differently.
If I want a cozy leisurely January in 2027, I have to block that out on my calendar now and arrange my work differently.
January 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I am having a completely over-scheduled January. One of the things I am using this January to do is plan how to not be over-scheduled next January.
If I want a cozy leisurely January in 2027, I have to block that out on my calendar now and arrange my work differently.
If I want a cozy leisurely January in 2027, I have to block that out on my calendar now and arrange my work differently.
Join me TODAY January 22 for a discussion on the principles of friendship! 5-7pm Mountain time. We'll talk for about 45 minutes and then Co-work.
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January 22, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Join me TODAY January 22 for a discussion on the principles of friendship! 5-7pm Mountain time. We'll talk for about 45 minutes and then Co-work.
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Utah's legislative session is underway. While it can be nerve-wracking, here are some things you can do:
📌 Stay informed with the ACLU bill tracker
www.acluutah.org/legislation/...
📌 Come to our Read-In at the capitol on Feb. 13 to show our legislators just how many of us oppose censorship laws.
📌 Stay informed with the ACLU bill tracker
www.acluutah.org/legislation/...
📌 Come to our Read-In at the capitol on Feb. 13 to show our legislators just how many of us oppose censorship laws.
www.acluutah
January 21, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Utah's legislative session is underway. While it can be nerve-wracking, here are some things you can do:
📌 Stay informed with the ACLU bill tracker
www.acluutah.org/legislation/...
📌 Come to our Read-In at the capitol on Feb. 13 to show our legislators just how many of us oppose censorship laws.
📌 Stay informed with the ACLU bill tracker
www.acluutah.org/legislation/...
📌 Come to our Read-In at the capitol on Feb. 13 to show our legislators just how many of us oppose censorship laws.
I just had to re-start my computer and it closed all my tabs.
I instantly feel less overwhelmed.
Note to self: sometimes keeping tabs open creates stress. You have other ways to track what is important. Some of those tabs were things that OUGHT to be let slip through the cracks.
I instantly feel less overwhelmed.
Note to self: sometimes keeping tabs open creates stress. You have other ways to track what is important. Some of those tabs were things that OUGHT to be let slip through the cracks.
January 21, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I just had to re-start my computer and it closed all my tabs.
I instantly feel less overwhelmed.
Note to self: sometimes keeping tabs open creates stress. You have other ways to track what is important. Some of those tabs were things that OUGHT to be let slip through the cracks.
I instantly feel less overwhelmed.
Note to self: sometimes keeping tabs open creates stress. You have other ways to track what is important. Some of those tabs were things that OUGHT to be let slip through the cracks.
This is my energy going into the next few weeks. Stand my ground and find my bat.
January 20, 2026 at 6:19 PM
This is my energy going into the next few weeks. Stand my ground and find my bat.
Join me Thursday January 22 for a discussion on the principles of friendship! We'll talk for about 45 minutes and then Co-work.
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January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Join me Thursday January 22 for a discussion on the principles of friendship! We'll talk for about 45 minutes and then Co-work.
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Art and writing is a form of protest. It is a form of empowerment. It is part of being human.
That is why you write when the world is on fire.
That is why you write when the world is on fire.
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Art and writing is a form of protest. It is a form of empowerment. It is part of being human.
That is why you write when the world is on fire.
That is why you write when the world is on fire.
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But the bigger reason that you should write and make art, is that your work is someone else's respite.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
But the bigger reason that you should write and make art, is that your work is someone else's respite.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
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If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
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Your brain is a hallucination engine. Feed it a steady diet of shit, and it will build you a shit world. So what happens when you change what you feed it? www.kameronhurley.com/were-fucked-...
"We’re Fucked" Feels Like a Profound Insight. It’s Actually a Trap. - Kameron Hurley
I recently watched a documentary about that reaffirmed many changes I made last few years to my mental outlook (I read a LOT of brain books the last few years). Brains are hallucination engines. If th...
www.kameronhurley.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Your brain is a hallucination engine. Feed it a steady diet of shit, and it will build you a shit world. So what happens when you change what you feed it? www.kameronhurley.com/were-fucked-...
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Read this. Save it as a favourite. Read it.
Years ago my doctor said that the hardest part of my intense depression was how *convinced* I was by what the filter of depression told me. together we found something that the filter couldn’t deny, and I used that as a tool.
Years ago my doctor said that the hardest part of my intense depression was how *convinced* I was by what the filter of depression told me. together we found something that the filter couldn’t deny, and I used that as a tool.
Watching doc about resilience that reaffirms many changes I made last few years to my mental outlook (I read a LOT of brain books). Brains are hallucination engines. If the story is the world is shit, everything is fucked, brain reframes every interaction this way. It impacts behavior; shuts us down
January 11, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Read this. Save it as a favourite. Read it.
Years ago my doctor said that the hardest part of my intense depression was how *convinced* I was by what the filter of depression told me. together we found something that the filter couldn’t deny, and I used that as a tool.
Years ago my doctor said that the hardest part of my intense depression was how *convinced* I was by what the filter of depression told me. together we found something that the filter couldn’t deny, and I used that as a tool.
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We like to endlessly dunk on bad takes and narratives. But all that does is promote more of the bad take.
Make your own good take. Promote that.
It's the difference between driving a conversation and reacting to one.
Make your own good take. Promote that.
It's the difference between driving a conversation and reacting to one.
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 AM
We like to endlessly dunk on bad takes and narratives. But all that does is promote more of the bad take.
Make your own good take. Promote that.
It's the difference between driving a conversation and reacting to one.
Make your own good take. Promote that.
It's the difference between driving a conversation and reacting to one.
I've posted the first part of this tutorial. "Principles of Friendship"
Free to read on my Patreon.
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Free to read on my Patreon.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I've posted the first part of this tutorial. "Principles of Friendship"
Free to read on my Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/januar...
Free to read on my Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/januar...
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Spend six amazing days at a Writing Retreat in Bangkok, Thailand with myself, Piper J. Drake, and Dan Wells from January 20-25, 2026!
Register Here: www.thedanwells.com/store/p9/Wan...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Spend six amazing days at a Writing Retreat in Bangkok, Thailand with myself, Piper J. Drake, and Dan Wells from January 20-25, 2026!
Register Here: www.thedanwells.com/store/p9/Wan...
Register Here: www.thedanwells.com/store/p9/Wan...
January 6 seems like a good day to re-watch Amanda Gorman speak her poem The Hill We Climb.
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WATCH: Amanda Gorman reads inauguration poem, 'The Hill We Climb'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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January 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
January 6 seems like a good day to re-watch Amanda Gorman speak her poem The Hill We Climb.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ05...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ05...
This is one of my favorite approaches to examining media, to ask what it was trying to do and whether it succeeded.
I've learned how to better critique a piece of media by asking the Roger Ebert question about what exactly a piece of work is trying to be, and what's it's trying to say? For all the hiccups and episodes that were all at least 15-20 min too long, it succeeded, to me, at what it set out to achieve
January 6, 2026 at 1:55 AM
This is one of my favorite approaches to examining media, to ask what it was trying to do and whether it succeeded.
Characters on screen saying "give us the room" and making everyone leave so they can have a private conversation.
I get socially anxious about the people and tasks that were interrupted.
I get socially anxious about the people and tasks that were interrupted.
#FilmSky, a quick question; what is the pettiest thing you have had to be annoyed at a film? I ask because I am watching The Gift from 2000, and the main character does divination with Zener Cards, which are not the same thing as Tarot at all. Why go for a more boring looking option?
January 5, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Characters on screen saying "give us the room" and making everyone leave so they can have a private conversation.
I get socially anxious about the people and tasks that were interrupted.
I get socially anxious about the people and tasks that were interrupted.
If you missed out on my New Year Launch, I've written up a self-guided version that is available for free!
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January 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
If you missed out on my New Year Launch, I've written up a self-guided version that is available for free!
www.patreon.com/posts/self-g...
www.patreon.com/posts/self-g...