A Small Gnome
@small-gnome.bsky.social
A fan of SFF, small creatures, and long walks
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Block the absolute shit out of this nazi filth. Do it with an ancient curse on your lips, with black lightning coursing through your blocking finger. Or just do it the regular way. Point being: block ‘em.
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January 17, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Block the absolute shit out of this nazi filth. Do it with an ancient curse on your lips, with black lightning coursing through your blocking finger. Or just do it the regular way. Point being: block ‘em.
After telling my Darling for years that he would like Murderbot , he has started the audio books and blown through them in the past two weeks.
I cannot confirm or deny that the words “I told you so” were uttered.
I cannot confirm or deny that the words “I told you so” were uttered.
January 12, 2026 at 5:02 AM
After telling my Darling for years that he would like Murderbot , he has started the audio books and blown through them in the past two weeks.
I cannot confirm or deny that the words “I told you so” were uttered.
I cannot confirm or deny that the words “I told you so” were uttered.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
I had a choir director in grade school who asked on the first day who could read music. Anyone who said yes were put in alto or lower.
January 5, 2026 at 1:11 AM
I had a choir director in grade school who asked on the first day who could read music. Anyone who said yes were put in alto or lower.
That feeling when the cat yells at you until you give her snuggles.
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
That feeling when the cat yells at you until you give her snuggles.
Apologies for the typo, it should read as “boring people.”
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Apologies for the typo, it should read as “boring people.”
“I want to look at stars” reads as complaining to some, “this way will save us money and work better” is sometimes a better argument against people who are boing and do not care about looking at stars.
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“I want to look at stars” reads as complaining to some, “this way will save us money and work better” is sometimes a better argument against people who are boing and do not care about looking at stars.
That last best option puts more light near the ground where you would *want* it to be: illuminating the ground. I bet you use use a smaller wattage of bulb, use less electricity, and get more lumens too.
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
That last best option puts more light near the ground where you would *want* it to be: illuminating the ground. I bet you use use a smaller wattage of bulb, use less electricity, and get more lumens too.
Why would they? It is bright and easy to spot in a crowd or across a playground, in addition to being entirely functional for its intended use.
Also it looks very cool. 🙂
Also it looks very cool. 🙂
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Why would they? It is bright and easy to spot in a crowd or across a playground, in addition to being entirely functional for its intended use.
Also it looks very cool. 🙂
Also it looks very cool. 🙂
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Absofuckinglutely this. And if you have Sinclair/Nextar station, post the local ads to spread the word. It's helpful if you identify the date/time/program.
September 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Absofuckinglutely this. And if you have Sinclair/Nextar station, post the local ads to spread the word. It's helpful if you identify the date/time/program.
I’ve been thinking of older songs that have aged like the finest of depressing wine and keep coming up with “Only a Lad” by Oingo Boingo.
September 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I’ve been thinking of older songs that have aged like the finest of depressing wine and keep coming up with “Only a Lad” by Oingo Boingo.
It is always a good day to post a bumblebee butt hanging out of a flower.
August 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It is always a good day to post a bumblebee butt hanging out of a flower.
One by one on that album has aged like the finest of depressing wines.
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
One by one on that album has aged like the finest of depressing wines.
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I remember once astonishing a colleague’s husband when he naively asked why we (historians) couldn’t just look something up on the internet and we had to explain that WE are the ones who find the stuff and add it to the internet
“How does the computer know something happened if no one tells the computer about it” is the easy-reader way to explain why we still need human reporters and data-collectors
And I also find it genuinely alarming that even some people on this website don’t seem to grasp this
And I also find it genuinely alarming that even some people on this website don’t seem to grasp this
I firmly believe that if you’d said to someone in 2015 that in 10 years, “a lot of people will believe there’s no need for human field reporters because they think that entirely online-based AI chat bots can replace them”, they’d have called you insane.
August 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I remember once astonishing a colleague’s husband when he naively asked why we (historians) couldn’t just look something up on the internet and we had to explain that WE are the ones who find the stuff and add it to the internet
It looks like a darling little otocinclus. They are so cute!
April 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
It looks like a darling little otocinclus. They are so cute!
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Unsolicited writing advice no. 13:
No artist needs artificial intelligence if they have the real thing.
No artist needs artificial intelligence if they have the real thing.
April 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Unsolicited writing advice no. 13:
No artist needs artificial intelligence if they have the real thing.
No artist needs artificial intelligence if they have the real thing.
So, clearly we all need to binge watch this show hard enough to get a season 2 and they will have to cast Worldhoppers. 😆
"The show-within-a-show stars John Cho, Jack McBrayer, Clark Gregg, and DeWanda Wise, sporting outrageous hairstyles and costumes that make the stylings of A Flock of Seagulls look like business casual." oh my God they're doing Sanctuary Moon, say thank you Apple TV+
‘Murderbot’ Would Hate You—But That’s Why You’ll Love It
A first look at Alexander Skarsgård’s sci-fi comedy series from ‘About a Boy’ filmmakers Chris and Paul Weitz.
www.vanityfair.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
So, clearly we all need to binge watch this show hard enough to get a season 2 and they will have to cast Worldhoppers. 😆
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I must not fedpost.
Fedpost is the skeet-killer.
Fedpost is the little meme that brings no-knock raids.
I will face my anger.
I will permit it to pass through me.
When the fedpost has past I will shitpost.
Where the fedpost has gone there will be nothing.
Only ToS compliant skeets will remain.
Fedpost is the skeet-killer.
Fedpost is the little meme that brings no-knock raids.
I will face my anger.
I will permit it to pass through me.
When the fedpost has past I will shitpost.
Where the fedpost has gone there will be nothing.
Only ToS compliant skeets will remain.
January 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I must not fedpost.
Fedpost is the skeet-killer.
Fedpost is the little meme that brings no-knock raids.
I will face my anger.
I will permit it to pass through me.
When the fedpost has past I will shitpost.
Where the fedpost has gone there will be nothing.
Only ToS compliant skeets will remain.
Fedpost is the skeet-killer.
Fedpost is the little meme that brings no-knock raids.
I will face my anger.
I will permit it to pass through me.
When the fedpost has past I will shitpost.
Where the fedpost has gone there will be nothing.
Only ToS compliant skeets will remain.
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What childhood was like before vaccines www.vox.com/health/40268...
What childhood was like before vaccines
The anti-vax movement has gone mainstream, but before these shots, grief and loss marked the lives of children.
www.vox.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
What childhood was like before vaccines www.vox.com/health/40268...
The people with the means to be Batman decided to be Lex Luther.
I’d rather do things that make Steve Rogers and Fred Rogers proud of us.
I’d rather do things that make Steve Rogers and Fred Rogers proud of us.
March 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The people with the means to be Batman decided to be Lex Luther.
I’d rather do things that make Steve Rogers and Fred Rogers proud of us.
I’d rather do things that make Steve Rogers and Fred Rogers proud of us.
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There it is: a six-word thesis of democracy. But if you have time for two more, allow me to suggest these for a punchy conclusion that sounds great when it's shouted by a crowd: NO EXCEPTIONS.
NO KINGS
NO SLAVES
NO NAZIS
gets you the three good American wars, in chronological order no less. sounds insane to argue against any of them and yet it is very clear which side you're on
NO SLAVES
NO NAZIS
gets you the three good American wars, in chronological order no less. sounds insane to argue against any of them and yet it is very clear which side you're on
I see the phrase "competitive authoritarianism" thrown around a lot on here and while that may be descriptive of the moment we're in I cannot stress enough that you should never say that phrase to a normal voter and instead just say Trump's trying to be king.
March 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There it is: a six-word thesis of democracy. But if you have time for two more, allow me to suggest these for a punchy conclusion that sounds great when it's shouted by a crowd: NO EXCEPTIONS.
I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying to: an absurd amount of the reasons we can’t have nice things in America that everyone else has boils down to racism, the puritans, or some combination of the two and it is so damned stupid.
February 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying to: an absurd amount of the reasons we can’t have nice things in America that everyone else has boils down to racism, the puritans, or some combination of the two and it is so damned stupid.
Been trying to teach my kid that cats do not want their belly petted when they show it to you. This is made a lot harder because every cat that has ever lived under our roof has happily let their belly be petted.
February 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Been trying to teach my kid that cats do not want their belly petted when they show it to you. This is made a lot harder because every cat that has ever lived under our roof has happily let their belly be petted.
They don’t want to take everyone back to the 1950s. They want to take us all back to the 1850s.
February 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
They don’t want to take everyone back to the 1950s. They want to take us all back to the 1850s.