Julia L
@calenmir.bsky.social
SFF/horror #WritingCommunity + #TTRPG writer, pro GM. Wants to make #FriendPromotionFriday happen
Creative writing: https://jklafondwriter.wordpress.com/
GM profile: https://startplaying.games/gm/julia_lafond
Calenmir's RPGs: https://www.calenmirsrpgs.com/
Creative writing: https://jklafondwriter.wordpress.com/
GM profile: https://startplaying.games/gm/julia_lafond
Calenmir's RPGs: https://www.calenmirsrpgs.com/
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Julia L
@calenmir.bsky.social
· Mar 14
It is now #PiDay / #PieDay, so Sweet Dreams is now live!
A #TTRPG module for Apocalypse Keys pits Omen-class monsters against a candy landscape
Links
Calenmir’s RPGs: www.calenmirsrpgs.com/Shop/p/Sweet...
Itch: calenmirs-rpgs.itch.io/Sweet-Dreams
DriveThruRPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
A #TTRPG module for Apocalypse Keys pits Omen-class monsters against a candy landscape
Links
Calenmir’s RPGs: www.calenmirsrpgs.com/Shop/p/Sweet...
Itch: calenmirs-rpgs.itch.io/Sweet-Dreams
DriveThruRPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Today's thread highlighting people who have reached out for help via Bluesky. 12 today, no bonus posts
1. Abeer: bsky.app/profile/mmot...
1. Abeer: bsky.app/profile/mmot...
Dear Humanity❗️
Please… give my children another chance at life.
A chance for love.
A chance for peace.
A chance for safety.
I cannot watch them starve and die from despair 💔
Please 🙏 SHARE 🔁
🔗Please Donate 💲and Repost 🔁 🙏 ❤️ 👇🥺
tinyurl.com/hyp5vssw
Please… give my children another chance at life.
A chance for love.
A chance for peace.
A chance for safety.
I cannot watch them starve and die from despair 💔
Please 🙏 SHARE 🔁
🔗Please Donate 💲and Repost 🔁 🙏 ❤️ 👇🥺
tinyurl.com/hyp5vssw
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Today's thread highlighting people who have reached out for help via Bluesky. 12 today, no bonus posts
1. Abeer: bsky.app/profile/mmot...
1. Abeer: bsky.app/profile/mmot...
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If we tell them it's a flood zone or likely to burn down in wildfires, it hurts sales
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Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales
Site deletes feature after real estate agents and some homeowners say scores appear arbitrary and hurt sales
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
If we tell them it's a flood zone or likely to burn down in wildfires, it hurts sales
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heads up Portland!
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
Applications Open for Meyer’s Shared Office Space | Meyer Memorial Trust
Meyer is now accepting applications for the Workspace for Just Futures — our free office space designed to support powerful, community-centered work.
mmt.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
heads up Portland!
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming")
I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this
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"Eligible to New York City-based artists with children under the age of three, awardees will receive a grant for $25,000 to be used for childcare expenses with the provider of their choice." www.artistsandmothers.org/grant - Applications due by Jan 2.
Grant — Artists and Mothers
www.artistsandmothers.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Eligible to New York City-based artists with children under the age of three, awardees will receive a grant for $25,000 to be used for childcare expenses with the provider of their choice." www.artistsandmothers.org/grant - Applications due by Jan 2.
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probably "I know a lawyer joke, want to hear it?" I have heard it. I know the variants. I just work here. I don't think it's awesome that people think I'm a snake/shark/rat/first against the wall or whatever.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
probably "I know a lawyer joke, want to hear it?" I have heard it. I know the variants. I just work here. I don't think it's awesome that people think I'm a snake/shark/rat/first against the wall or whatever.
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I want to make a list of *short stories* (any genre) published by intersex authors in 2025 & hopefully going forward. I've been meaning to do this for a while, and I think now there are plenty of stories.
If you have some stories, let me know / if not, please repost to spread the word?
Thank you!
If you have some stories, let me know / if not, please repost to spread the word?
Thank you!
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I want to make a list of *short stories* (any genre) published by intersex authors in 2025 & hopefully going forward. I've been meaning to do this for a while, and I think now there are plenty of stories.
If you have some stories, let me know / if not, please repost to spread the word?
Thank you!
If you have some stories, let me know / if not, please repost to spread the word?
Thank you!
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ohe crimbus tree oaughe crizmass trëë
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
ohe crimbus tree oaughe crizmass trëë
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People who want to make the web accessible need to understand the many different ways that people with disabilities use the web. This W3C resource offers a good introduction to how disabled people navigate the web, and barriers they commonly encounter.
www.w3.org/WAI/people-u...
www.w3.org/WAI/people-u...
How People with Disabilities Use the Web
Introduces how people with disabilities, including people with age-related impairments, use the Web.
www.w3.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM
People who want to make the web accessible need to understand the many different ways that people with disabilities use the web. This W3C resource offers a good introduction to how disabled people navigate the web, and barriers they commonly encounter.
www.w3.org/WAI/people-u...
www.w3.org/WAI/people-u...
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What's on your mind?
1. wine & exhaustion
2. interdimensional bigfoot
3. ghost cats
4. secret cheeses of the world
1. wine & exhaustion
2. interdimensional bigfoot
3. ghost cats
4. secret cheeses of the world
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
What's on your mind?
1. wine & exhaustion
2. interdimensional bigfoot
3. ghost cats
4. secret cheeses of the world
1. wine & exhaustion
2. interdimensional bigfoot
3. ghost cats
4. secret cheeses of the world
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Tonight's December Moon. 🔭
December 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Tonight's December Moon. 🔭
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This is one of those stories that makes it clear that this is not Nazi Germany. Our leaders and institutions may be run by fascists and cowards but this a country that horror and necessity has turned into a nation full of heroes
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
December 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
This is one of those stories that makes it clear that this is not Nazi Germany. Our leaders and institutions may be run by fascists and cowards but this a country that horror and necessity has turned into a nation full of heroes
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Been thinking this morning about how if you're a US freelancer and you haven't increased your rates by about 6% since June 2025, you're taking a pay cut.
Which also means: if you're a publisher and haven't increased what you're paying by 6%, you've given your staff/freelancers a pay cut.
Which also means: if you're a publisher and haven't increased what you're paying by 6%, you've given your staff/freelancers a pay cut.
November 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Been thinking this morning about how if you're a US freelancer and you haven't increased your rates by about 6% since June 2025, you're taking a pay cut.
Which also means: if you're a publisher and haven't increased what you're paying by 6%, you've given your staff/freelancers a pay cut.
Which also means: if you're a publisher and haven't increased what you're paying by 6%, you've given your staff/freelancers a pay cut.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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day 1 #ArtAdventCalendar all aboard the posting beautiful things train! Let's make everyone's timelines joyful and inspiring!
December 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
day 1 #ArtAdventCalendar all aboard the posting beautiful things train! Let's make everyone's timelines joyful and inspiring!
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Just emailed Grove Atlantic with info and documentation on this scam, about which I've gotten two recent reports. It's being run by publishing scammer WestPage Press. Impersonating publishers with fake contract offers is a very common ploy for this type of scam.
ICYMI #WritingCommunity Grove Atlantic is trying to track down scammers, and if you've encountered them, they'd like your help
cc @victoriastrauss.com
cc @victoriastrauss.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Just emailed Grove Atlantic with info and documentation on this scam, about which I've gotten two recent reports. It's being run by publishing scammer WestPage Press. Impersonating publishers with fake contract offers is a very common ploy for this type of scam.
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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Opening shelter beds isn’t the same as ending unsheltered homelessness. We’re seeing more people become homeless than we can house, and we run the risk of creating a bottleneck if we spend all our money on increasing a resource that is meant to be temporary.
Mayor Wilson pledged to end unsheltered homelessness in Portland by Dec. 1.
Today, people are still sleeping on Portland streets.
But Wilson did met one goal: He secured $$ to open his goal of 1,500 new beds. (Yet only 890 of those beds are currently open for use.)
Where we're at/what's next:
Today, people are still sleeping on Portland streets.
But Wilson did met one goal: He secured $$ to open his goal of 1,500 new beds. (Yet only 890 of those beds are currently open for use.)
Where we're at/what's next:
The state of Portland’s homelessness crisis, as mayor’s critical deadline passes
Mayor Wilson came into office with a pledge to end street sleeping by Dec. 1. Today, thousands still live outside.
www.opb.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Opening shelter beds isn’t the same as ending unsheltered homelessness. We’re seeing more people become homeless than we can house, and we run the risk of creating a bottleneck if we spend all our money on increasing a resource that is meant to be temporary.
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HUUUUGE Black bear caught on our garden cam in our backyard in Jersey the other night.
December 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
HUUUUGE Black bear caught on our garden cam in our backyard in Jersey the other night.
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"We’re still living in overlapping pandemics: COVID, Long COVID, HIV. These are not disconnected crises—all are shaped by interlocking systems of racism, poverty, criminalization, and medical neglect." Gabriel San Emeterio on World Aids Day.
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"We’re still living in overlapping pandemics: COVID, Long COVID, HIV. These are not disconnected crises—all are shaped by interlocking systems of racism, poverty, criminalization, and medical neglect." Gabriel San Emeterio on World Aids Day.
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Homestead Parklands County Park / St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA; traditional territory of the Wahpekute and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ nations / Explore more at bit.ly/homestead_20...
#photography #travel #Wisconsin #nature #forest #autumn
#photography #travel #Wisconsin #nature #forest #autumn
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Homestead Parklands County Park / St. Croix County, Wisconsin, USA; traditional territory of the Wahpekute and Očhéthi Šakówiŋ nations / Explore more at bit.ly/homestead_20...
#photography #travel #Wisconsin #nature #forest #autumn
#photography #travel #Wisconsin #nature #forest #autumn
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Goodnight my #bluesky friends! Sleep well and dream sweetly! ✨️💙🌊🌞✌️💙✨️
"Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run. There's still time to change the road you're on."
- Led Zepplin
#stairwaytoheaven #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #islandlife #beauty #ALTpoetry #westcoast
"Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run. There's still time to change the road you're on."
- Led Zepplin
#stairwaytoheaven #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #islandlife #beauty #ALTpoetry #westcoast
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Goodnight my #bluesky friends! Sleep well and dream sweetly! ✨️💙🌊🌞✌️💙✨️
"Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run. There's still time to change the road you're on."
- Led Zepplin
#stairwaytoheaven #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #islandlife #beauty #ALTpoetry #westcoast
"Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run. There's still time to change the road you're on."
- Led Zepplin
#stairwaytoheaven #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #islandlife #beauty #ALTpoetry #westcoast
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December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Happy new month, Bluesky! I have a new story in Clarkesworld titled 'Tomorrow. Today.' about a father and son on the eve of an important, life-altering procedure. Happy to share a TOC again with this group of incredible writers and artists.
The December 2025 issue of Clarkesworld features stories by R.T. Ester, Michelle Z. Jin, Anne Wilkins, Ferenc Samsa, Robert Reed, Rob Gillham, and Madeleine Vigneron.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_231
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December 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Happy new month, Bluesky! I have a new story in Clarkesworld titled 'Tomorrow. Today.' about a father and son on the eve of an important, life-altering procedure. Happy to share a TOC again with this group of incredible writers and artists.
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The average American income is below the poverty line in almost every major city. If you want people to shop, you need to pay them enough money that they can spend some of it. There is an actual limit to how many hours a day a person can work.
If you want people to spend more, pay them more.
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The average American income is below the poverty line in almost every major city. If you want people to shop, you need to pay them enough money that they can spend some of it. There is an actual limit to how many hours a day a person can work.