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.
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Still at $400 of my $1000 mini goal for this month's debt payment. Three more days before I transfer whatever is in my paypal to my credit card payment. Thank you so much. 💙
PayPal.me/thelionmachine
PayPal.me/thelionmachine
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Still at $400 of my $1000 mini goal for this month's debt payment. Three more days before I transfer whatever is in my paypal to my credit card payment. Thank you so much. 💙
PayPal.me/thelionmachine
PayPal.me/thelionmachine
Detective Anna. There were plans for a third season and then the war made that impossible. I'm gonna die mad about it.
Name your fav show that was cancelled too soon
January 3, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Detective Anna. There were plans for a third season and then the war made that impossible. I'm gonna die mad about it.
If you're gonna look directly at me and say "Satan is leading you to damnation" as I lead my spouse by the hand in a public square but you refuse to actually make eye contact with me, you are a coward. You are an embarrassment. Either you believe it enough to let me respond or you know it's wrong.
January 3, 2026 at 11:11 PM
If you're gonna look directly at me and say "Satan is leading you to damnation" as I lead my spouse by the hand in a public square but you refuse to actually make eye contact with me, you are a coward. You are an embarrassment. Either you believe it enough to let me respond or you know it's wrong.
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Help me get rent paid as I climb out of this unemployment hole?
The total left to raise is $3130, but to have rent covered we only need $1530 now!
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/Venmo: showupforthis
gofund.me/bb286cf54
The total left to raise is $3130, but to have rent covered we only need $1530 now!
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/Venmo: showupforthis
gofund.me/bb286cf54
Donate to Surviving 2025's Losses, organized by Gin Z
Hey, friends! 2025 has been quite a year. I was laid off this summer, started a new job about a month la… Gin Z needs your support for Surviving 2025's Losses
gofund.me
January 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Help me get rent paid as I climb out of this unemployment hole?
The total left to raise is $3130, but to have rent covered we only need $1530 now!
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/Venmo: showupforthis
gofund.me/bb286cf54
The total left to raise is $3130, but to have rent covered we only need $1530 now!
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/Venmo: showupforthis
gofund.me/bb286cf54
If the crushing injustice of the world seems unbearable and you feel absolutely powerless, just $3 can help a Gazan have hot food and clean water. If you have $3 you can help keep people alive.
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
Help Give 1M Meals to Palestinian Families! | LaunchGood | LaunchGood
For $3 a Meal, we can Feed, Hydrate and help deliver much needed items for a family in Palestine. Take part in this legacy today!
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January 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
If the crushing injustice of the world seems unbearable and you feel absolutely powerless, just $3 can help a Gazan have hot food and clean water. If you have $3 you can help keep people alive.
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...
Still at $400 of my $1000 mini goal for this month's debt payment. Three more days before I transfer whatever is in my paypal to my credit card payment. Thank you so much. 💙
PayPal.me/thelionmachine
PayPal.me/thelionmachine
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Still at $400 of my $1000 mini goal for this month's debt payment. Three more days before I transfer whatever is in my paypal to my credit card payment. Thank you so much. 💙
PayPal.me/thelionmachine
PayPal.me/thelionmachine
I have a stress craving for beef salami and it's 3AM and NOLA doesn't have a 24hr grocery store.
January 3, 2026 at 9:14 AM
I have a stress craving for beef salami and it's 3AM and NOLA doesn't have a 24hr grocery store.
Oh look it's time for me to block news websites and social media and knit for 10+ hours a day again
January 3, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Oh look it's time for me to block news websites and social media and knit for 10+ hours a day again
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Dance studio AND recovery spa, since I can't use a dance studio if I can't use recovery tools for my muscles after
if you could have one absolutely ridiculous thing in your house, money is no issue, what would you add?
January 3, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Dance studio AND recovery spa, since I can't use a dance studio if I can't use recovery tools for my muscles after
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We are at $400 for the Jan 6 payment and I am overwhelmed with gratitude. Sometime in the near future my rent is going up ~$50 and knowing this debt will have at least some momentum to build on is a huge relief for stabilizing monthly costs.
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
January 2, 2026 at 7:48 PM
We are at $400 for the Jan 6 payment and I am overwhelmed with gratitude. Sometime in the near future my rent is going up ~$50 and knowing this debt will have at least some momentum to build on is a huge relief for stabilizing monthly costs.
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
The way I just went "ohhh that explains everything" after a chaotic and weird walk home lmao
The first full moon of the year: the wolf moon, also the ice or old moon. Traditionally, a bright first moon of the year forecasts a bountiful harvest (the farmers will be glad of that!) 🌝
The current moon phase is full moon with 99.60% illumination. Because it is January, the full moon is called the "Wolf Moon".
January 3, 2026 at 1:19 AM
The way I just went "ohhh that explains everything" after a chaotic and weird walk home lmao
"machine translation is good enough for reading"
The hell you say. This is from Russian wikipedia, run through Chrome's auto translate. If you think you know what this means, unless you are a field expert, the consequences of getting this wrong on a graded exam should give you pause.
The hell you say. This is from Russian wikipedia, run through Chrome's auto translate. If you think you know what this means, unless you are a field expert, the consequences of getting this wrong on a graded exam should give you pause.
January 2, 2026 at 10:27 PM
"machine translation is good enough for reading"
The hell you say. This is from Russian wikipedia, run through Chrome's auto translate. If you think you know what this means, unless you are a field expert, the consequences of getting this wrong on a graded exam should give you pause.
The hell you say. This is from Russian wikipedia, run through Chrome's auto translate. If you think you know what this means, unless you are a field expert, the consequences of getting this wrong on a graded exam should give you pause.
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Afternoon, folks! 4 days counting today to raise $1530 for rent before late fees start. Can you help? We need to raise at least $382 every day til Monday to get it paid, which is *a lot*, I know.
All we can do is try! And with y'alls help, I know there's hope 💜
Please share this if you see it!
All we can do is try! And with y'alls help, I know there's hope 💜
Please share this if you see it!
Good morning! We have $3130 left to raise total, but most urgent is rent, and if we can raise the $1530 needed by Monday we can avoid adding a $100 late ee to the pile.
Thank you so much for helping!!
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/Venmo: showupforthis
gofund.me/bb286cf54
Thank you so much for helping!!
Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/Venmo: showupforthis
gofund.me/bb286cf54
Donate to Surviving 2025's Losses, organized by Gin Z
Hey, friends! 2025 has been quite a year. I was laid off this summer, started a new job about a month la… Gin Z needs your support for Surviving 2025's Losses
gofund.me
January 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Afternoon, folks! 4 days counting today to raise $1530 for rent before late fees start. Can you help? We need to raise at least $382 every day til Monday to get it paid, which is *a lot*, I know.
All we can do is try! And with y'alls help, I know there's hope 💜
Please share this if you see it!
All we can do is try! And with y'alls help, I know there's hope 💜
Please share this if you see it!
Anyone else going to the Yarni Gras event at the end of this month? I had a great time last year. I've been putting aside yarn money for more Teeny Button yarns.
indieuntangled.com/yarni-gras/
indieuntangled.com/yarni-gras/
Yarni Gras - Indie Untangled
Join Indie Untangled and friends for shopping, community, crafting and FUN in fabulous NOLA! Our fourth annual Yarni Gras marketplace will take place on Saturday, January 31, 2026 from 12-3 p.m. at Ur...
indieuntangled.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Anyone else going to the Yarni Gras event at the end of this month? I had a great time last year. I've been putting aside yarn money for more Teeny Button yarns.
indieuntangled.com/yarni-gras/
indieuntangled.com/yarni-gras/
This is the thing that makes me saddest about trying to write queer spec romance. Because they mean "romance is for cishet women". Love stories with HEAs are for everybody. There's amazing queer and trans romance writers and we deserve what they will write if they have support to do it.
I see plenty of people insisting on "romance is for women" as a way of gatekeeping the genre against non-women, including and especially queer folks of all genders.
January 2, 2026 at 7:54 PM
This is the thing that makes me saddest about trying to write queer spec romance. Because they mean "romance is for cishet women". Love stories with HEAs are for everybody. There's amazing queer and trans romance writers and we deserve what they will write if they have support to do it.
We are at $400 for the Jan 6 payment and I am overwhelmed with gratitude. Sometime in the near future my rent is going up ~$50 and knowing this debt will have at least some momentum to build on is a huge relief for stabilizing monthly costs.
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
January 2, 2026 at 7:48 PM
We are at $400 for the Jan 6 payment and I am overwhelmed with gratitude. Sometime in the near future my rent is going up ~$50 and knowing this debt will have at least some momentum to build on is a huge relief for stabilizing monthly costs.
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
Our rent is going to go up ~$50 in the coming months and while our landlord says we can lock that in with a long lease renewal after it's raised, they have to raise it for maintenance cost reasons. Which is fair. But oof. On top of everything else. Oof.
January 2, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Our rent is going to go up ~$50 in the coming months and while our landlord says we can lock that in with a long lease renewal after it's raised, they have to raise it for maintenance cost reasons. Which is fair. But oof. On top of everything else. Oof.
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Other things many American school kids probably don't know how to do:
* Read Egyptian hieroglyphics
* Use an astrolabe
* Drive a horse-drawn carriage
* Calculate the date of Easter
* Create a protective jacket for their school books from a paper grocery bag
* Splice audio recordings on tape
* Read Egyptian hieroglyphics
* Use an astrolabe
* Drive a horse-drawn carriage
* Calculate the date of Easter
* Create a protective jacket for their school books from a paper grocery bag
* Splice audio recordings on tape
It's 2026.
Things many American school kids probably don't know how to do:
* Dial a rotary telephone
* Tell time from an analog clock
* Read or write cursive
* Decipher Roman numerals
* Navigate with a paper map or use a compass
* Balance a checkbook
(Please add more below)
Things many American school kids probably don't know how to do:
* Dial a rotary telephone
* Tell time from an analog clock
* Read or write cursive
* Decipher Roman numerals
* Navigate with a paper map or use a compass
* Balance a checkbook
(Please add more below)
January 2, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Other things many American school kids probably don't know how to do:
* Read Egyptian hieroglyphics
* Use an astrolabe
* Drive a horse-drawn carriage
* Calculate the date of Easter
* Create a protective jacket for their school books from a paper grocery bag
* Splice audio recordings on tape
* Read Egyptian hieroglyphics
* Use an astrolabe
* Drive a horse-drawn carriage
* Calculate the date of Easter
* Create a protective jacket for their school books from a paper grocery bag
* Splice audio recordings on tape
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By the way, Kaleidotrope is open again to cover art submissions. As with everything, nothing AI-generated or assisted, but reprints are more than acceptable. You'll find the full guidelines, along with where to email me links to your portfolios or galleries, here:
Guidelines
kaleidotrope.net
January 2, 2026 at 7:22 PM
By the way, Kaleidotrope is open again to cover art submissions. As with everything, nothing AI-generated or assisted, but reprints are more than acceptable. You'll find the full guidelines, along with where to email me links to your portfolios or galleries, here:
It brings me a very profound joy to block people who use their short precious time on this earth we share to tell other people their dialect is wrong. NO. It's not wrong, baby, it's just different and used in special use cases. Language is spoken in context, not all contexts are highest formality.
January 2, 2026 at 6:16 PM
It brings me a very profound joy to block people who use their short precious time on this earth we share to tell other people their dialect is wrong. NO. It's not wrong, baby, it's just different and used in special use cases. Language is spoken in context, not all contexts are highest formality.
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We do NOT have 9 ladies dancing but we DO have a full trio of queens in @natania.bsky.social 's QUEENS OF FATE series! Now complete, here's your opportunity to grab the full set!
Open to US/CAN/UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a 👑 in the comments to enter! Ends 11th Jan 2026 23:59 GMT🪐📚💙
Open to US/CAN/UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a 👑 in the comments to enter! Ends 11th Jan 2026 23:59 GMT🪐📚💙
January 2, 2026 at 5:10 PM
We do NOT have 9 ladies dancing but we DO have a full trio of queens in @natania.bsky.social 's QUEENS OF FATE series! Now complete, here's your opportunity to grab the full set!
Open to US/CAN/UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a 👑 in the comments to enter! Ends 11th Jan 2026 23:59 GMT🪐📚💙
Open to US/CAN/UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a 👑 in the comments to enter! Ends 11th Jan 2026 23:59 GMT🪐📚💙
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my check this week was only for 3 days because I don't get holiday pay and that leaves me about $800 short on the bills #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2025 paypal.me/popelizbet or $popelizbet on cashapp 💸 💕
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January 2, 2026 at 4:19 PM
my check this week was only for 3 days because I don't get holiday pay and that leaves me about $800 short on the bills #MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2025 paypal.me/popelizbet or $popelizbet on cashapp 💸 💕
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My credit card payment is on Jan 6 and whatever is in my paypal will go to paying off the debt from the year without income. Please consider helping us if you have the means. We already have $350, which is about the cost of monthly interest, every bit helps. 💙
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
Wonderful news, we are at $350/$1000, my first microgoal for paying off the credit card debt I discuss in this thread. Thank you to everyone who has so kindly shared and given. Every bit helps unbury us. 💙
PayPal.me/thelionmachine
PayPal.me/thelionmachine
January 2, 2026 at 1:44 AM
My credit card payment is on Jan 6 and whatever is in my paypal will go to paying off the debt from the year without income. Please consider helping us if you have the means. We already have $350, which is about the cost of monthly interest, every bit helps. 💙
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
Paypal.me/thelionmachine
Hi, I'm medical neglect and black ice 💀
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
Nice to meet you—I’m pregnancy.
Nice to meet you—I’m pregnancy.
Hi there! I’m a gun a relative was cleaning when I was four!
January 2, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Hi, I'm medical neglect and black ice 💀