swordbearing
@swordbearing.bsky.social
they/them - your friendly neighborhood sword cryptid
be bisexual, eat hot chip, and shitpost
may or may not actually be the chicago mothman
be bisexual, eat hot chip, and shitpost
may or may not actually be the chicago mothman
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if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
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need-a-penny, take-a-penny
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
need-a-penny, take-a-penny
tfw you get an email titled "Pilsen Community Books has sent you a package" and then you have to remember what the heck you order in *checks email* ..June. Anyway, happy This Is How You Lose The Time War (Deluxe Edition) to me I guess?
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
tfw you get an email titled "Pilsen Community Books has sent you a package" and then you have to remember what the heck you order in *checks email* ..June. Anyway, happy This Is How You Lose The Time War (Deluxe Edition) to me I guess?
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did someone say PIGEONS??????
campmustelid.shop
campmustelid.shop
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
did someone say PIGEONS??????
campmustelid.shop
campmustelid.shop
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These guys have suction cups and can stick to your preferred smooth surface!
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
These guys have suction cups and can stick to your preferred smooth surface!
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
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This entire article highlights one of the big reasons I love this fucking city even though it's got more problems than you can shake a stick at
I’m howling.
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This entire article highlights one of the big reasons I love this fucking city even though it's got more problems than you can shake a stick at
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For those who missed it, I'm crowdfunding for the revised edition of this handbook of mine. We've reached the funding goal but there are still rewards and add-ons to be had... #bookarts
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
For those who missed it, I'm crowdfunding for the revised edition of this handbook of mine. We've reached the funding goal but there are still rewards and add-ons to be had... #bookarts
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happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
Wolfenoot is this Sunday. How are you planning to celebrate?
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Wolfenoot is this Sunday. How are you planning to celebrate?
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Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
.
Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
.
Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
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I’m enjoying imagining that the crow refused to sign a waiver
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I’m enjoying imagining that the crow refused to sign a waiver
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Are you ready to buy the biggest book you've ever seen?
This project has 2 goals:
1. To publish Thibault’s illustrations in as close to their original size as possible — to do this, we need 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝙥𝙧𝙚-𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨.
2. To fund the digitization of complete, painted illustrations to release on Wiktenauer.
This project has 2 goals:
1. To publish Thibault’s illustrations in as close to their original size as possible — to do this, we need 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝙥𝙧𝙚-𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨.
2. To fund the digitization of complete, painted illustrations to release on Wiktenauer.
The Thibault Project — HEMA Bookshelf
This project has two goals! 1) To publish Girard Thibault’s spectacular illustrations in as close to their original size as possible — to do this, we need at least 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬. 2) To fund the purch...
www.hemabookshelf.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Are you ready to buy the biggest book you've ever seen?
This project has 2 goals:
1. To publish Thibault’s illustrations in as close to their original size as possible — to do this, we need 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝙥𝙧𝙚-𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨.
2. To fund the digitization of complete, painted illustrations to release on Wiktenauer.
This project has 2 goals:
1. To publish Thibault’s illustrations in as close to their original size as possible — to do this, we need 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝙥𝙧𝙚-𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨.
2. To fund the digitization of complete, painted illustrations to release on Wiktenauer.
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Hi, it's me - your annual reminder to not give the Salvation Army a fucking dime this bell-ringing season.
It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.
Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Hi, it's me - your annual reminder to not give the Salvation Army a fucking dime this bell-ringing season.
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I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
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I'm SO EXCITED to see that fantastically talented artists @bettyjiang.bsky.social and @arthurgain.bsky.social were commissioned to make paintings for this movie! I wonder who else did work for GdT's Frankenstein?!
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I'm SO EXCITED to see that fantastically talented artists @bettyjiang.bsky.social and @arthurgain.bsky.social were commissioned to make paintings for this movie! I wonder who else did work for GdT's Frankenstein?!
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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The Goodreads Choice Awards are upon us & I'm honestly really staggered & thrilled to see THE RIVER HAS ROOTS made it into the first round of Fantasy picks! It's in tremendous company, & y'all should go vote for your faves if you're so inclined! The first round runs from Nov 11 - 23.
Opening Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Fantasy of 2025!
Discover the Readers' Favorite Fantasy in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
www.goodreads.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Goodreads Choice Awards are upon us & I'm honestly really staggered & thrilled to see THE RIVER HAS ROOTS made it into the first round of Fantasy picks! It's in tremendous company, & y'all should go vote for your faves if you're so inclined! The first round runs from Nov 11 - 23.
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You guys wanna see a dead body?
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You guys wanna see a dead body?