Michaela Deas
@adamantinelady.bsky.social
Reluctantly ageing lover of words and herder of cats. Shit at bios.
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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Presumably Andrew, with the help of the French, will then raise an army and march south, to be met in battle by the English army somewhere around Leeming Bar Services. As is traditional.
King Charles may be planning to send Prince Andrew to a castle in the Scottish Highlands, according to reports 👀
Prince Andrew faces exile to Highland town amid pressure to give up mansion
www.thenational.scot
October 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Presumably Andrew, with the help of the French, will then raise an army and march south, to be met in battle by the English army somewhere around Leeming Bar Services. As is traditional.
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This is the coolest thing I have ever heard
In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”
October 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is the coolest thing I have ever heard
Maverick being sickeningly handsome again
October 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Maverick being sickeningly handsome again
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Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
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WIFE: The new neighbors were kind enough to invite us to dinner. Please try to be normal.
ME: of course.
[later]
ME (using a fork to put a layer of butter between two potato chips): You know, buildings are really insects — their skeletons are on the outside to protect the teeming life within
ME: of course.
[later]
ME (using a fork to put a layer of butter between two potato chips): You know, buildings are really insects — their skeletons are on the outside to protect the teeming life within
August 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
WIFE: The new neighbors were kind enough to invite us to dinner. Please try to be normal.
ME: of course.
[later]
ME (using a fork to put a layer of butter between two potato chips): You know, buildings are really insects — their skeletons are on the outside to protect the teeming life within
ME: of course.
[later]
ME (using a fork to put a layer of butter between two potato chips): You know, buildings are really insects — their skeletons are on the outside to protect the teeming life within
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Adding "Epistemicide" to my vocabulary! We're in the midsts of the largest organized destruction of knowledge imaginable.
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge
This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…
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August 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Adding "Epistemicide" to my vocabulary! We're in the midsts of the largest organized destruction of knowledge imaginable.
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Life goals...
A tombstone in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, photographed by Andy Darby.
Note the border inscription.
Note the border inscription.
August 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Life goals...
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Them: you’re incredibly stoic
Me: Thanks, I was brought up to believe my personal needs were less important than what strangers think of me
Me: Thanks, I was brought up to believe my personal needs were less important than what strangers think of me
July 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Them: you’re incredibly stoic
Me: Thanks, I was brought up to believe my personal needs were less important than what strangers think of me
Me: Thanks, I was brought up to believe my personal needs were less important than what strangers think of me
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I want to tell you something about my Doctor Who book.
If you open it, you'll find it's dedicated to Katrina.
Katrina was a friend of mine with profound intellectual disability, which came bundled with a whole bunch of physical disabilities.
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If you open it, you'll find it's dedicated to Katrina.
Katrina was a friend of mine with profound intellectual disability, which came bundled with a whole bunch of physical disabilities.
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July 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I want to tell you something about my Doctor Who book.
If you open it, you'll find it's dedicated to Katrina.
Katrina was a friend of mine with profound intellectual disability, which came bundled with a whole bunch of physical disabilities.
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If you open it, you'll find it's dedicated to Katrina.
Katrina was a friend of mine with profound intellectual disability, which came bundled with a whole bunch of physical disabilities.
1/
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
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The Queen of Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms just once a year at night and only for a few hours.
July 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Queen of Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooms just once a year at night and only for a few hours.
It's been over a month since my NIN London gig but I *still* think about how amazing it was. Just. So. Good.
Likely my 'Best Gig of 2025'
#NIN
Likely my 'Best Gig of 2025'
#NIN
July 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It's been over a month since my NIN London gig but I *still* think about how amazing it was. Just. So. Good.
Likely my 'Best Gig of 2025'
#NIN
Likely my 'Best Gig of 2025'
#NIN
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Today is World Listening Day so it's a good time to share this again...
July 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Today is World Listening Day so it's a good time to share this again...
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I first heard about Unbound via the video of Daniel "Nerdcubed" who was like the top "cash cow" of theirs but was screwed over massively
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLWs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLWs...
£40,000 gone. Why I'm not being paid for my book
YouTube video by OfficialNerdCubed
www.youtube.com
July 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I first heard about Unbound via the video of Daniel "Nerdcubed" who was like the top "cash cow" of theirs but was screwed over massively
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLWs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLWs...
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My favourite Bob the Builder episodes
May 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
My favourite Bob the Builder episodes
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Felt incandescently angry, might delete later.
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Rage, rage against the dying of the mic!
Look, I have a book I should be writing, but I have so many other words screaming in my head that I need to write them down first. Buckle up, my darlings, because this post is breaking my social media...
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May 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Felt incandescently angry, might delete later.
enewman.co.uk/rage-rage-ag...
enewman.co.uk/rage-rage-ag...
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Please enjoy this photograph of a recently arrived immigrant
May 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Please enjoy this photograph of a recently arrived immigrant
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Everyone knows standard wombats have cube-shaped stools. Did you know our "D&D wombats" have specialized sphincters that let them poop 20-sided icosahedrons?
April 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Everyone knows standard wombats have cube-shaped stools. Did you know our "D&D wombats" have specialized sphincters that let them poop 20-sided icosahedrons?
Good Lord, so much this!
How we’re being asked to live now is objectively insane
March 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Good Lord, so much this!
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The alphabet, arranged symmetrically designed by Scott Kim.
This is unimaginably pleasing.
This is unimaginably pleasing.
March 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The alphabet, arranged symmetrically designed by Scott Kim.
This is unimaginably pleasing.
This is unimaginably pleasing.
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No idea who made this, but this is exactly the sort of thing I loved working on when we were designing the Starfinder RPG. You just *know* every shirren has an incredibly specific micro-genre they can't wait to tell you about...
February 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
No idea who made this, but this is exactly the sort of thing I loved working on when we were designing the Starfinder RPG. You just *know* every shirren has an incredibly specific micro-genre they can't wait to tell you about...
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Owning a cat just once in your life means you will forever be seeing cats out of the corner of your eye until the day you die whether they're actually there or not.
March 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Owning a cat just once in your life means you will forever be seeing cats out of the corner of your eye until the day you die whether they're actually there or not.