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Kiara@WFF
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· Nov 6
Circle the wagons. Take care of each other. Self care is battle armor. We're all tired, but the fight is just beginning. I'll survive because fuck those fuckers. I hope you do, too.
Diamine #Inkvent Day 6. Fir & Fog is marked as a chameleon ink. Gonna have to sketch something with it, bc I'm not seeing it in my swatch. A very pretty blue-green-gray shade though.
On a bit of Rhodia paper today bc I have. Um. Misplaced my swatch cards.
On a bit of Rhodia paper today bc I have. Um. Misplaced my swatch cards.
December 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Diamine #Inkvent Day 6. Fir & Fog is marked as a chameleon ink. Gonna have to sketch something with it, bc I'm not seeing it in my swatch. A very pretty blue-green-gray shade though.
On a bit of Rhodia paper today bc I have. Um. Misplaced my swatch cards.
On a bit of Rhodia paper today bc I have. Um. Misplaced my swatch cards.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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Your reminder that EotS is a snitch and part of the surveillance state and we do not teach our kids how to get used to being watched all the time. 😜
Santa's spy known as Elf on the Shelf is turning 20 this year. That's two decades of family memories and parental creativity and the occasional panic over where to move the elf to.
Parents under pressure offer creative tips for moving Santa's spy Elf on the Shelf
Santa's spy known as Elf on the Shelf is turning 20 this year. That's two decades of family memories and parental creativity and the occasional panic over where to move the elf to.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Your reminder that EotS is a snitch and part of the surveillance state and we do not teach our kids how to get used to being watched all the time. 😜
Diamine #Inkvent Day 4! Today's ink is scented! It's also called Smoky Tabacco, and yes the scent is what it says on the tin. Not sure I'm a fan. The ink itself is a medium gray-brown in the swatch but is a dark brown-black off my nib. Ignore the shine, that's just my lamp on wet ink.
December 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Diamine #Inkvent Day 4! Today's ink is scented! It's also called Smoky Tabacco, and yes the scent is what it says on the tin. Not sure I'm a fan. The ink itself is a medium gray-brown in the swatch but is a dark brown-black off my nib. Ignore the shine, that's just my lamp on wet ink.
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Heads up: @djangowexler.bsky.social's TWO EFFIN HOOTS of a book, How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi Book 1), is on US ebook sale for $3. I got some for random giveaway, because this book is TWO EFFIN HOOTS!
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Heads up: @djangowexler.bsky.social's TWO EFFIN HOOTS of a book, How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi Book 1), is on US ebook sale for $3. I got some for random giveaway, because this book is TWO EFFIN HOOTS!
Diamine #Inkvent Day 2 is Energy! Marked as a sheening ink, it is a deep plum that shades to an odd green gold. A drop of water brings out an eggplanty shade. Also, yes, I smudged this swatch card to hell.
December 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Diamine #Inkvent Day 2 is Energy! Marked as a sheening ink, it is a deep plum that shades to an odd green gold. A drop of water brings out an eggplanty shade. Also, yes, I smudged this swatch card to hell.
Seeing others report the glitter is gold. That may be right, and this is a color mixing issue, but it looks green to me! I'm willing to concede as far as green-gold. 😂
December 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Seeing others report the glitter is gold. That may be right, and this is a color mixing issue, but it looks green to me! I'm willing to concede as far as green-gold. 😂
It is time for the Inkening! Diamine Advent Calendar Day 1 is called Celestial Skies. Marked as a shimmer ink, it's a beautiful deep blue with a pine green shimmer. Also seeing some purple sheening under a lamp.
December 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
It is time for the Inkening! Diamine Advent Calendar Day 1 is called Celestial Skies. Marked as a shimmer ink, it's a beautiful deep blue with a pine green shimmer. Also seeing some purple sheening under a lamp.
We're back, baby. First review in a while because of The Horrors™. D&D: The Heir of Strahd by @delilahsdawson.bsky.social
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September 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We're back, baby. First review in a while because of The Horrors™. D&D: The Heir of Strahd by @delilahsdawson.bsky.social
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Time’s running out on the sale—grab it this weekend!
Print special from us until the end of the month: $9.99 (same price in the U.S. or Canada) for COYOYE RUN, a spiffy bookmark, a sticker that says to have a drink, pet that dog, read a book, defy fascism, & a profane postcard (only 20 left). It’s a nonstop thrill ride by @lilithsaintcrow.com!
September 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Time’s running out on the sale—grab it this weekend!
Still waiting for fairies? Me too. Come sit with me at WFF's new home on Ghost while we wait for the world to straighten itself out. waitingforfairies.com/i-guess-were...
I Guess We're Doing This
I'm getting old, you guys. Given the alternatives, I suppose getting old is the best outcome. But what I've realized lately is that I'm too damned old to be fighting with my hosting and trying out new...
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September 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Still waiting for fairies? Me too. Come sit with me at WFF's new home on Ghost while we wait for the world to straighten itself out. waitingforfairies.com/i-guess-were...
New review (Finally)! Spitfire Rekindled by Maya Kern. Publishing THIS Friday, pre-order your copy now.
New site software still under construction, please forgive the ugly URL> waitingforfairies.com/blog/blog/20...
New site software still under construction, please forgive the ugly URL> waitingforfairies.com/blog/blog/20...
Review: Spitfire Rekindled by Maya Kern – Waiting for Fairies
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July 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New review (Finally)! Spitfire Rekindled by Maya Kern. Publishing THIS Friday, pre-order your copy now.
New site software still under construction, please forgive the ugly URL> waitingforfairies.com/blog/blog/20...
New site software still under construction, please forgive the ugly URL> waitingforfairies.com/blog/blog/20...
The reason I keep trying to write reviews and then abandoning them is that wordpress now gives me the ick to use but I haven't found a replacement that I like
July 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The reason I keep trying to write reviews and then abandoning them is that wordpress now gives me the ick to use but I haven't found a replacement that I like
Yeah, it's been a minute. I've been on my personal account because there I can just repost things and say the F word a lot.
July 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yeah, it's been a minute. I've been on my personal account because there I can just repost things and say the F word a lot.
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Writers: gen ai is theft
Artists: gen ai is theft
Narrators: gen ai is theft
Environmentalists: gen ai is killing the planet
Scientists: gen ai is killing the planet
Tech bros: BUT MAKE BRAIN WORK MUCH HARD NEED MACHINE FOR BIG THOUGHT
Artists: gen ai is theft
Narrators: gen ai is theft
Environmentalists: gen ai is killing the planet
Scientists: gen ai is killing the planet
Tech bros: BUT MAKE BRAIN WORK MUCH HARD NEED MACHINE FOR BIG THOUGHT
April 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Writers: gen ai is theft
Artists: gen ai is theft
Narrators: gen ai is theft
Environmentalists: gen ai is killing the planet
Scientists: gen ai is killing the planet
Tech bros: BUT MAKE BRAIN WORK MUCH HARD NEED MACHINE FOR BIG THOUGHT
Artists: gen ai is theft
Narrators: gen ai is theft
Environmentalists: gen ai is killing the planet
Scientists: gen ai is killing the planet
Tech bros: BUT MAKE BRAIN WORK MUCH HARD NEED MACHINE FOR BIG THOUGHT
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This is the type of thing that poorly run private companies are doing on a smaller scale constantly and a great example of why “we gotta run government like a business” is a grade-A dumb guy’s idea of what a smart guy thinks
NYT: One estimate finds that DOGE’s “firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers” will actually COST taxpayers “upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.”
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April 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is the type of thing that poorly run private companies are doing on a smaller scale constantly and a great example of why “we gotta run government like a business” is a grade-A dumb guy’s idea of what a smart guy thinks
A long (too long) time coming, my review of Robert Jackson Bennett's A DROP OF CORRUPTION. (4.5/5 stars) Available here: waitingforfairies.com/2025/04/25/r...
Review: A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett – Waiting for Fairies
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April 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A long (too long) time coming, my review of Robert Jackson Bennett's A DROP OF CORRUPTION. (4.5/5 stars) Available here: waitingforfairies.com/2025/04/25/r...
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I also really hate this whole "you gotta hand it to these energy guzzling machines that only barely function by consuming all of history's art to sorta function."
Machine learning has been around for ages and there are useful applications. LLMs are worse versions of everything they're replacing.
Machine learning has been around for ages and there are useful applications. LLMs are worse versions of everything they're replacing.
April 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I also really hate this whole "you gotta hand it to these energy guzzling machines that only barely function by consuming all of history's art to sorta function."
Machine learning has been around for ages and there are useful applications. LLMs are worse versions of everything they're replacing.
Machine learning has been around for ages and there are useful applications. LLMs are worse versions of everything they're replacing.
It's been a couple of months. Not too soon for a re-read, right? Just don't tell the other 1500 books on my tbr list.
Space opera standalones for everybody! A little bit of hope, a little bit of sports, a whole lot of competence, and even more queer shenanigans.
They said write your own if you don't see yourself in what you read. So I did. Come join the #NeoG, hopeful spacepunk for difficult times.
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They said write your own if you don't see yourself in what you read. So I did. Come join the #NeoG, hopeful spacepunk for difficult times.
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April 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's been a couple of months. Not too soon for a re-read, right? Just don't tell the other 1500 books on my tbr list.
BREAKING NEWS: Rich idiot coddled as a child, never knew hardship, has no empathy for other people.
NEW RULE: if a rich lawyer didn’t hear of your medical condition when he was a kid six decades ago, THEN YOU’RE A DRAIN ON THE ECONOMY. also, pick up a gun and go die for my money, will you?
RFK JR: ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.
April 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Rich idiot coddled as a child, never knew hardship, has no empathy for other people.
If, perhaps, one needed (for some reason) a list of interesting ways to divest society of billionaires, there is no better such list in my experience than picking up a copy of @delilahsdawson.bsky.social GUILLOTINE. What a satisfying read and a truly amazing time to read it!
January 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If, perhaps, one needed (for some reason) a list of interesting ways to divest society of billionaires, there is no better such list in my experience than picking up a copy of @delilahsdawson.bsky.social GUILLOTINE. What a satisfying read and a truly amazing time to read it!