Lev Mirov
@thelionmachine.bsky.social
poet, novelist, graduate student, time traveler. in my sock knitting era. Jewish genderfluid bone wizard writing queer trans speclit in hell. Medievalist inexplicably writing a dissertation about Anna Akhmatova's queerness. no English pronouns, thanks.
I've been cleared to take the dissertation proposal coursework and the writing my lit review coursework and it sure makes me feel like an imposter because im aware of a bunch of books I know exist but have only recently been able to access due to uhhh
Political situations, we'll say.
Political situations, we'll say.
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I've been cleared to take the dissertation proposal coursework and the writing my lit review coursework and it sure makes me feel like an imposter because im aware of a bunch of books I know exist but have only recently been able to access due to uhhh
Political situations, we'll say.
Political situations, we'll say.
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Question for academic-sky: in an essay I'm writing, I make reference to the practice of "reading against the grain" in historic sources. I'd like to cite whoever originated that phrase but (due to a lack of formal historian training) I'm having a hard time tracing it. Any help?
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Question for academic-sky: in an essay I'm writing, I make reference to the practice of "reading against the grain" in historic sources. I'd like to cite whoever originated that phrase but (due to a lack of formal historian training) I'm having a hard time tracing it. Any help?
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$1473 left now! We can get there a dollar at a time if we need to y'all, all it takes is enough people with a few bucks to spare seeing the need and meeting it 💜
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
I was just laid off for the second time this year. It's going to be a hard fall and winter. My safety net, as is the case for too many of us especially these days, is the kindness and generosity of friends and strangers. Anything helps.
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
$1473 left now! We can get there a dollar at a time if we need to y'all, all it takes is enough people with a few bucks to spare seeing the need and meeting it 💜
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
Love to spend $12 on a week worth of snacks to read the package and find that contrary to the PHOTOS OF SAID PACKAGING online at the grocery store their first ingredient is oat flour
I know it's not a big deal but I just want a fucking cookie that won't make me sick
I know it's not a big deal but I just want a fucking cookie that won't make me sick
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Love to spend $12 on a week worth of snacks to read the package and find that contrary to the PHOTOS OF SAID PACKAGING online at the grocery store their first ingredient is oat flour
I know it's not a big deal but I just want a fucking cookie that won't make me sick
I know it's not a big deal but I just want a fucking cookie that won't make me sick
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Please help me raise $1000 to move by Dec 1. I need to escape my family’s financial and emotional abuse. I am hiring a moving truck and movers because I am disabled and moving 200 miles. Please help me, I have raised 0 so far. Dec 1 is coming quick!
I gratefully accept tips, donations, whatever you want to call them
Cshpp $ThreeRaccoonsInACoat
Vnm @ Sarah-Moose-Moose
Kofi Ko-fi.com/moosefriend
Cshpp $ThreeRaccoonsInACoat
Vnm @ Sarah-Moose-Moose
Kofi Ko-fi.com/moosefriend
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Please help me raise $1000 to move by Dec 1. I need to escape my family’s financial and emotional abuse. I am hiring a moving truck and movers because I am disabled and moving 200 miles. Please help me, I have raised 0 so far. Dec 1 is coming quick!
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I was just laid off for the second time this year. It's going to be a hard fall and winter. My safety net, as is the case for too many of us especially these days, is the kindness and generosity of friends and strangers. Anything helps.
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I was just laid off for the second time this year. It's going to be a hard fall and winter. My safety net, as is the case for too many of us especially these days, is the kindness and generosity of friends and strangers. Anything helps.
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
Hello my fellow US Southerners, how are we all doing with the cold snap? Has this chill wind revealed you need gloves, or a winter hat, or new wool socks? Did you find out like I did yesterday that my winter jacket is now too small? Have you discovered a crack in the seal of your window?
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Hello my fellow US Southerners, how are we all doing with the cold snap? Has this chill wind revealed you need gloves, or a winter hat, or new wool socks? Did you find out like I did yesterday that my winter jacket is now too small? Have you discovered a crack in the seal of your window?
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I need $1000 to escape an abusive and exploitive living situation, please share and help me escape!
I am moving Dec 1, about 200 miles back to metro detroit with my Vampire Boyfriend. The moving truck and movers will cost about $4000. I have $3000 of it. I am short about $1000. Anything extra will go to gas and snacks. Please help me escape! Thank you!
I gratefully accept tips, donations, whatever you want to call them
Cshpp $ThreeRaccoonsInACoat
Vnm @ Sarah-Moose-Moose
Kofi Ko-fi.com/moosefriend
Cshpp $ThreeRaccoonsInACoat
Vnm @ Sarah-Moose-Moose
Kofi Ko-fi.com/moosefriend
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I need $1000 to escape an abusive and exploitive living situation, please share and help me escape!
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$1493 needed now to cover November bills! Any and everything helps, y'all, no lie. Every dollars gets us closer and every share can make a difference.
Thank you so much for your kindness and caring during this obnoxiously hard time. It's been a real heckuva year.
Thank you so much for your kindness and caring during this obnoxiously hard time. It's been a real heckuva year.
I was just laid off for the second time this year. It's going to be a hard fall and winter. My safety net, as is the case for too many of us especially these days, is the kindness and generosity of friends and strangers. Anything helps.
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
$1493 needed now to cover November bills! Any and everything helps, y'all, no lie. Every dollars gets us closer and every share can make a difference.
Thank you so much for your kindness and caring during this obnoxiously hard time. It's been a real heckuva year.
Thank you so much for your kindness and caring during this obnoxiously hard time. It's been a real heckuva year.
It makes me SO angry that people use the human suffering in Gaza to scam people who just want to help. This text is not being posted at you by a real person in Palestine asking for help. They have stolen images and life stories from real Palestinians, it is disgusting and horrifying.
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It makes me SO angry that people use the human suffering in Gaza to scam people who just want to help. This text is not being posted at you by a real person in Palestine asking for help. They have stolen images and life stories from real Palestinians, it is disgusting and horrifying.
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Ever heard of the time a ninja visited the White House and threw shade at the President's fashion choices? I covered it years ago on Friday Night History, but this year, I did a revised and expanded version at #Tekko2025-- you can listen and read via the link:
www.patreon.com/posts/friday...
www.patreon.com/posts/friday...
(Friday Night History) Special: "Ninjas in the White House" | Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian
Get more from Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian on Patreon
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November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Ever heard of the time a ninja visited the White House and threw shade at the President's fashion choices? I covered it years ago on Friday Night History, but this year, I did a revised and expanded version at #Tekko2025-- you can listen and read via the link:
www.patreon.com/posts/friday...
www.patreon.com/posts/friday...
I have discovered while grocery shopping that THREE of my previous safe foods now contains oats in an unlabeled recipe change
I am reminding you to read the ingredient list EVERY time
I am reminding you to read the ingredient list EVERY time
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I have discovered while grocery shopping that THREE of my previous safe foods now contains oats in an unlabeled recipe change
I am reminding you to read the ingredient list EVERY time
I am reminding you to read the ingredient list EVERY time
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Your generosity helped me get a consult and now I've been cleared for top surgery! You can help me raise the $1000 for a down payment by Dec 14th, via the links below!
Thank you for helping me reclaim my mountains ⛰️⛰️
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Thank you for helping me reclaim my mountains ⛰️⛰️
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November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Your generosity helped me get a consult and now I've been cleared for top surgery! You can help me raise the $1000 for a down payment by Dec 14th, via the links below!
Thank you for helping me reclaim my mountains ⛰️⛰️
buff.ly/Fm2Gv6O
buff.ly/nPdjHzP
Thank you for helping me reclaim my mountains ⛰️⛰️
buff.ly/Fm2Gv6O
buff.ly/nPdjHzP
Moose really needs help finding $1000 to move from an abusive family situation to a safe place with a supportive partner by December. Please share!
I gratefully accept tips, donations, whatever you want to call them
Cshpp $ThreeRaccoonsInACoat
Vnm @ Sarah-Moose-Moose
Kofi Ko-fi.com/moosefriend
Cshpp $ThreeRaccoonsInACoat
Vnm @ Sarah-Moose-Moose
Kofi Ko-fi.com/moosefriend
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Moose really needs help finding $1000 to move from an abusive family situation to a safe place with a supportive partner by December. Please share!
I nagged Rook to post this request because I know how hard it is to pay groceries rn. Let's get Rook some safe food for bad pain days, y'all.
Food request! I need shelf stable diabetes-friendly food & medical supplies I cannot afford with my health issues. There aren't local food banks that can help me. All my food aid is from your kindness!
Here is my list if you'd like to help this disabled queer trans artist. Thank you!
#MutualAid
Here is my list if you'd like to help this disabled queer trans artist. Thank you!
#MutualAid
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I nagged Rook to post this request because I know how hard it is to pay groceries rn. Let's get Rook some safe food for bad pain days, y'all.
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No progress today. Help keep a disabled queer trans artist fed?
Food request! I need shelf stable diabetes-friendly food & medical supplies I cannot afford with my health issues. There aren't local food banks that can help me. All my food aid is from your kindness!
Here is my list if you'd like to help this disabled queer trans artist. Thank you!
#MutualAid
Here is my list if you'd like to help this disabled queer trans artist. Thank you!
#MutualAid
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
No progress today. Help keep a disabled queer trans artist fed?
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$219 received. Desperate #UrgentNeed as they won't take payments past tomorrow. Please #HelpSky 💸 💕
#UrgentNeed Sonia just got a 3 day notice to pay her rent or get evicted - $1134 must be paid in full on Monday, plus she's still behind on her car. #MutualAid #BlackCrowdFund help a domestic violence victim who just got a stable situation stay in it 💸 💕 bsky.app/profile/pope...
this lady still needs help tp cover her car payment and upcoming November rent as well as her phone bill; she's starting a new job but needs some #MutualAid to make it through after her abuser wasn't required to pay her damages: paypal.me/MsSoniaD or cashapp $spunkylilminx
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
$219 received. Desperate #UrgentNeed as they won't take payments past tomorrow. Please #HelpSky 💸 💕
I ain't going into Wil Stancil's replies for shit, but boy do I love it when Boot Bluesky activates and we all get to talk about boots and the history of clothing and fashion
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I ain't going into Wil Stancil's replies for shit, but boy do I love it when Boot Bluesky activates and we all get to talk about boots and the history of clothing and fashion
I'm haunted by the extremely successful writer who said to me "I hate writing, I really don't enjoy it, but I love the attention writing gets me"
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I'm haunted by the extremely successful writer who said to me "I hate writing, I really don't enjoy it, but I love the attention writing gets me"
Reading about censorship in the Soviet Union always makes me think of people arguing that realistic depictions of systemic inequalities, tragedies, and atrocities is inappropriate in fiction and insufficiently morally uplifting and should be banned
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Reading about censorship in the Soviet Union always makes me think of people arguing that realistic depictions of systemic inequalities, tragedies, and atrocities is inappropriate in fiction and insufficiently morally uplifting and should be banned
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#UrgentNeed Sonia just got a 3 day notice to pay her rent or get evicted - $1134 must be paid in full on Monday, plus she's still behind on her car. #MutualAid #BlackCrowdFund help a domestic violence victim who just got a stable situation stay in it 💸 💕 bsky.app/profile/pope...
this lady still needs help tp cover her car payment and upcoming November rent as well as her phone bill; she's starting a new job but needs some #MutualAid to make it through after her abuser wasn't required to pay her damages: paypal.me/MsSoniaD or cashapp $spunkylilminx
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
#UrgentNeed Sonia just got a 3 day notice to pay her rent or get evicted - $1134 must be paid in full on Monday, plus she's still behind on her car. #MutualAid #BlackCrowdFund help a domestic violence victim who just got a stable situation stay in it 💸 💕 bsky.app/profile/pope...
Youtube please stop asking me if a video of someone talking about knitting which clearly is a real person with a high quality camera whose youtube presence predates AI slop is a "high quality AI video".
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Youtube please stop asking me if a video of someone talking about knitting which clearly is a real person with a high quality camera whose youtube presence predates AI slop is a "high quality AI video".
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I published my debut collection IS MY CHAINSAW A HEART: 13 CENTOS, found poetry from the work of @sgj.bsky.social , and it's the best thing I've ever done
but honorable mention to "The Giant Robot Prefers Not To" in @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social BRAINROT anthology (free) fifthwheelpress.com/brainrot
but honorable mention to "The Giant Robot Prefers Not To" in @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social BRAINROT anthology (free) fifthwheelpress.com/brainrot
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I published my debut collection IS MY CHAINSAW A HEART: 13 CENTOS, found poetry from the work of @sgj.bsky.social , and it's the best thing I've ever done
but honorable mention to "The Giant Robot Prefers Not To" in @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social BRAINROT anthology (free) fifthwheelpress.com/brainrot
but honorable mention to "The Giant Robot Prefers Not To" in @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social BRAINROT anthology (free) fifthwheelpress.com/brainrot
PSA for my gluten sensitive friends: Quaker Oat Butter Instant Grits contain oats???? Other flavors do not. That explains why I've been feeling like shit I guess.
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 AM
PSA for my gluten sensitive friends: Quaker Oat Butter Instant Grits contain oats???? Other flavors do not. That explains why I've been feeling like shit I guess.
Me when I wake up and Aleksei got up before me
Toad looked around.
He saw that Frog was not there.
“I AM ALL ALONE!” screamed Toad.
He saw that Frog was not there.
“I AM ALL ALONE!” screamed Toad.
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Me when I wake up and Aleksei got up before me