Taylor FitzGerald
@tgfitzgerald.bsky.social
Lover of imaginary kingdoms and failed emperors. Reads & writes.
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
Tonight, I was hugging my 1 yo baby during bedtime putdown, and I told him how sweet he'd been and how much I loved him. He spat out his pacifier and gave me a big, wet, open-mouth kiss on the cheek.
I was very touched and a bit teary.
Then it turned into a raspberry.
Ahh, parenthood.
I was very touched and a bit teary.
Then it turned into a raspberry.
Ahh, parenthood.
October 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Tonight, I was hugging my 1 yo baby during bedtime putdown, and I told him how sweet he'd been and how much I loved him. He spat out his pacifier and gave me a big, wet, open-mouth kiss on the cheek.
I was very touched and a bit teary.
Then it turned into a raspberry.
Ahh, parenthood.
I was very touched and a bit teary.
Then it turned into a raspberry.
Ahh, parenthood.
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Major Avengers: Domesday spoilers....
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So after 1066, William the Conqueror realizes he needs a team of heroes to survey a newly conquered England, and there's only one crew heroic enough to compile a complete census of the English polity
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So after 1066, William the Conqueror realizes he needs a team of heroes to survey a newly conquered England, and there's only one crew heroic enough to compile a complete census of the English polity
October 3, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Major Avengers: Domesday spoilers....
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So after 1066, William the Conqueror realizes he needs a team of heroes to survey a newly conquered England, and there's only one crew heroic enough to compile a complete census of the English polity
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So after 1066, William the Conqueror realizes he needs a team of heroes to survey a newly conquered England, and there's only one crew heroic enough to compile a complete census of the English polity
TIL that Robert Redford was married to a historian (Lola Van Wagenen) for 25+ years.
Don't ever let them tell you history isn't sexy, kids.
Don't ever let them tell you history isn't sexy, kids.
September 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
TIL that Robert Redford was married to a historian (Lola Van Wagenen) for 25+ years.
Don't ever let them tell you history isn't sexy, kids.
Don't ever let them tell you history isn't sexy, kids.
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Had the pleasure of reading the first draft of this story a few years ago and loved it then, but I love the final version even more! There's so much heart and soul in it. I'm so excited for Spencer that this one has now found its publishing home.
my story "Diary of a High School Necromancer" is out today in Worlds of Possibility! this is a story ripped from my heart, a voicey epistolary YA heartbroken necromancer story with many bones and jokes and goo and heartbreak and also many more bones! link below, followed by more grateful gushing
May 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Had the pleasure of reading the first draft of this story a few years ago and loved it then, but I love the final version even more! There's so much heart and soul in it. I'm so excited for Spencer that this one has now found its publishing home.
Having a baby has ruined me, because time I read about a "crooked smile" or "she tilted her head to one side" I'm like TORTICOLLIS! That character had undiagnosed torticollis as a baby and now they're asymmetrical.
April 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Having a baby has ruined me, because time I read about a "crooked smile" or "she tilted her head to one side" I'm like TORTICOLLIS! That character had undiagnosed torticollis as a baby and now they're asymmetrical.
My baby, 3am: Ugh, I want to be asleep again.
My baby's brain: Time to blow bubbles, just like we've done all day.
My baby: But--
Baby's brain: BUBBLES. NOW.
At least it's not the pterodactyl screech in the night (yet).
My baby's brain: Time to blow bubbles, just like we've done all day.
My baby: But--
Baby's brain: BUBBLES. NOW.
At least it's not the pterodactyl screech in the night (yet).
February 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
My baby, 3am: Ugh, I want to be asleep again.
My baby's brain: Time to blow bubbles, just like we've done all day.
My baby: But--
Baby's brain: BUBBLES. NOW.
At least it's not the pterodactyl screech in the night (yet).
My baby's brain: Time to blow bubbles, just like we've done all day.
My baby: But--
Baby's brain: BUBBLES. NOW.
At least it's not the pterodactyl screech in the night (yet).
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Thanks to @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social for reminding me of this Ursula K. le Guin quote.
February 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Thanks to @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social for reminding me of this Ursula K. le Guin quote.
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Terry Pratchett had this one nailed in Feet of Clay
we don’t do kings here
we don’t do kings here
February 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Terry Pratchett had this one nailed in Feet of Clay
we don’t do kings here
we don’t do kings here
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Discworld QOTD, from Mort
February 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Mort
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But thei were all of them deceivid for anothir environment-killinge plagiarism machyne was made
January 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
But thei were all of them deceivid for anothir environment-killinge plagiarism machyne was made
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seal emotions (2022)
January 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
seal emotions (2022)
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At the end of the day, don’t we all just want a bookshelf with a rolling ladder?
November 26, 2024 at 5:52 PM
At the end of the day, don’t we all just want a bookshelf with a rolling ladder?
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I would LIKE folks to not to use AI generated graphics for environmental and ethical reasons, but here's a selfish social motivator:
if you DO use an AI image in your PFP/banner, you're probably gonna get added to this labeller and be muted/hidden or by everyone who subscribes to it
if you DO use an AI image in your PFP/banner, you're probably gonna get added to this labeller and be muted/hidden or by everyone who subscribes to it
Don't use AI images. Don't use them for your pfp. Don't use them for your banner. Don't use them for memes.
November 13, 2024 at 7:18 PM
I would LIKE folks to not to use AI generated graphics for environmental and ethical reasons, but here's a selfish social motivator:
if you DO use an AI image in your PFP/banner, you're probably gonna get added to this labeller and be muted/hidden or by everyone who subscribes to it
if you DO use an AI image in your PFP/banner, you're probably gonna get added to this labeller and be muted/hidden or by everyone who subscribes to it
After a reading (and writing) drought of almost a year, I have been absolutely loving the Murderbot Diaries! The audiobooks are keeping me sane through early morning feeds with my 1 month old. A great study of POV and character voice (and the audiobook narrator is also excellent).
November 12, 2024 at 9:43 AM
After a reading (and writing) drought of almost a year, I have been absolutely loving the Murderbot Diaries! The audiobooks are keeping me sane through early morning feeds with my 1 month old. A great study of POV and character voice (and the audiobook narrator is also excellent).
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Discworld QOTD, from Witches Abroad
"'I used to come over here quite often to look at her books,' Magrat confessed. 'And... and she liked to cook foreign food and no-one else round here would eat it, so I'd come up to keep her company.'
'Ah-ha! Curryin' favour!' snapped Granny."
"'I used to come over here quite often to look at her books,' Magrat confessed. 'And... and she liked to cook foreign food and no-one else round here would eat it, so I'd come up to keep her company.'
'Ah-ha! Curryin' favour!' snapped Granny."
Discworld QOTD, from Wyrd Sisters
October 29, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Witches Abroad
"'I used to come over here quite often to look at her books,' Magrat confessed. 'And... and she liked to cook foreign food and no-one else round here would eat it, so I'd come up to keep her company.'
'Ah-ha! Curryin' favour!' snapped Granny."
"'I used to come over here quite often to look at her books,' Magrat confessed. 'And... and she liked to cook foreign food and no-one else round here would eat it, so I'd come up to keep her company.'
'Ah-ha! Curryin' favour!' snapped Granny."
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This is your reminder that thesaurus dot com is (almost certainly) using AI to generate thesaurus entries, and you should, if you can, use Merriam Webster to avoid accidentally destroying the planet via the fuckery machine.
We now live in a world where I, a novelist, can no longer keep an open tab for thesaurus dot com because they autoplay video ads. I was immersed in chapter seven when an ad somehow broke through AdBlock Plus to scream at full volume. I hate, despise, and abhor this.
September 20, 2024 at 4:08 PM
This is your reminder that thesaurus dot com is (almost certainly) using AI to generate thesaurus entries, and you should, if you can, use Merriam Webster to avoid accidentally destroying the planet via the fuckery machine.
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So true. Especially the similes! "Lady Ramkin's bosom rose and fell like an empire" is still one of my favourite-ever lines of English literature.
this is such a key part of Discworld’s appeal
science fiction and fantasy, often unfairly, have a reputation as genres where prose takes a back seat to story and worldbuilding
Pratchett is one of the great wordsmiths of the English language, and if you love words you’ll find something there
science fiction and fantasy, often unfairly, have a reputation as genres where prose takes a back seat to story and worldbuilding
Pratchett is one of the great wordsmiths of the English language, and if you love words you’ll find something there
A thing I say when trying to entice people who are not into "genre" fiction to read Discworld is that Terry clearly loves the language, his writing can be a joy just for the experience of how he put words together. How often I would just go back and read a sentence over to enjoy it a second time.
September 1, 2024 at 11:08 AM
So true. Especially the similes! "Lady Ramkin's bosom rose and fell like an empire" is still one of my favourite-ever lines of English literature.
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A burglar who broke into an apartment in Rome was arrested after stopping in the middle of the robbery to read a book about Greek mythology.
Rome burglar caught after stopping to read book
A burglar who broke into a Rome apartment on Tuesday night was arrested after stopping in the middle of the robbery to read a book about Greek mythology.
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August 24, 2024 at 10:57 AM
A burglar who broke into an apartment in Rome was arrested after stopping in the middle of the robbery to read a book about Greek mythology.
The thing about being a foreigner living in smallish-town Denmark is that my name and accent stand out, sometimes embarrassingly. But there are benefits, including that the local bookseller remembers me and always looks happy to see me come in and order another obscure English fantasy book.
March 20, 2024 at 3:44 PM
The thing about being a foreigner living in smallish-town Denmark is that my name and accent stand out, sometimes embarrassingly. But there are benefits, including that the local bookseller remembers me and always looks happy to see me come in and order another obscure English fantasy book.