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Ella "RATTLE ME BONES" M 💀
@ecmsquared.bsky.social
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Game writer (most recently Baldur's Gate 3 at Larian & Plarium). Former Total War community content editor and ESL senior editor. I like TRPGs, theme parks, and spooky things. My cat is prettier than you. https://linktr.ee/ellamcconnell
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1) Another excellent video (of course)
2) The Goddess of Ignorance tho 👀👑🔥
A screengrab from Philosophy Tube's latest video essay You're Wrong About Birth Rates & Aging Populations showing Abigail Thorn wearing a stunning asymmetrical black dress with long trailing shrug, black sparkly visor-like headpiece, and shiny metallic makeup.
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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The lip products are easily startled, but they'll soon be back - and in greater numbers.
Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Rick Martinez did a really lovely series on Día de Muertos this year 💖 chefrickmartinez.substack.com/t/pan-de-mue...
A photograph of Rick Martinez's hand, nails painted a gorgeous glittery blue, holding some pan de muerto: a round enriched bread with decorations resembling bones and a sparkling sugar crust. The grey concrete and red brick wall behind, slightly out of focus, has "PANADERIA" ("bakery") painted on it.
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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An illustration of a witch holding a torch and lighting an urn on fire. She wears a black dress (with her chest exposed), white sash with symbols on it, and holds a wand in her other hand. The table has twisty legs and is decorated with skull and bone motifs. Text above the image reads: "Cauldron Fire: lit Spell: cast Titties: out"
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Sound on for sleepy Mori noises
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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It's especially funny as he usually looks like this - I challenge you to find one single brain cell (you cannot)
A close-up of the face of my cream British Shorthair cat Mori as he sits on my lap, big orange eyes half closed and tongue poking out in a tiny blep
November 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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It was Mori's birthday on Sunday but he was in a cattery (I was away for a few days and my mum is still recovering from her knee operation) so we left him cards and they took this photo 😭
A photo of my cream British Shorthair cat Mori in a cattery, standing on a shelf covered in a grey blanket. Leaning up against the edge of the pen are two birthday cards: one is a grey cat in a hooded bath towel with a rubber duck which says "It's your birthday - pamper yourself!" and the other is a cartoon cowboy cat saying "Meowdy pawtner! Have a rootin' tootin' birthday!"
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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🔥
A Playmobil version of the ancient Greek goddess Hestia sitting on my desk. She is wearing white and blue hooded robes and is holding a lantern while standing behind a large flaming brazier. There is a stone plinth to the side with her name on in Greek and a golden amphora on top of it.
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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It's spooky season! The perfect time to get a silly little tarot reading, right? 🎃👻💀🦇🧙🌕✨

I now have a bit more time for these again and remain very unemployed, so check out the below for more info!

📚 Find out more here: materiamagica.carrd.co#tarot
🔮 Get yer reading here: ko-fi.com/ellamcco/com...
My cream British Shorthair cat Mori sitting on my lap with The Empress card from the Universal Waite tarot deck tucked between his forepaws (supported by my left hand). He is gazing into the camera and blepping, as is tradition.
October 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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My day one tip would be to enable this in your Settings - writing alt text for images is super helpful for partially sighted users, and this makes it easy to remember 🙂
A screenshot of the Bluesky Accessibility Settings menu, which reads: Accessibility Alt text Require alt text before posting [a ticked checkbox] Display larger alt text badges [an unticked checkbox]
October 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Mfw I have no one to discuss the Gen V season two finale with
A screengrab from season two of Gen V showing Cipher (Hamish Linklater) looking at himself in a gilded public bathroom mirror. He is wearing a black suit, tie, and white shirt, and appears to be staring intently at his own reflection.
October 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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IT'S HAPPENING 🤡
A screenshot of the Space Station 14 Steam page: Space Station 14 Disasters, enemies, and incompetence conspire to make each shift aboard the station a unique and hellish experience. Sign up today to explore intricate game mechanics and enjoy limitless player interaction! (Nanotrasen Inc. is not responsible for injury, death, or worse).
October 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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"Why are you squirting at the séance?" - @trixiemattel.bsky.social, 2025

(From Trixie Holds a Séance! w/ Roz Hernandez, Kelly Mantle, and Meatball: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIG-...)
A screenshot from the YouTube video Trixie Holds a Séance! In it, Trixie Mattel and Roz Hernandez sit side by side at Trixie's dining room table with various spooky accoutrements scattered around. Roz is laughing while Trixie is looking across the table at Meatball with mock disapproval.
October 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Waking up in a cold sweat at the memory of Buffy's season 3 fringe
A screenshot of Buffy the vampire slayer (Sarah Michelle Gellar) in season 3, wherein she had a ludicrously tiny, spiky micro fringe (AKA bangs for my dear American friends)
October 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Managed to survive what would've been a one-hit kill thanks to a bizarre twist from the dice gods last night 😬
A screenshot showing the results of a couple of dice rolls in a virtual TRPG. The first says: Shrike (my character) STRENGTH CHECK: FAILURE! You rolled 90 or higher, which is always considered a failure. 1d100 < 52 94 Stress increased from 6 to 7. The second says: Grotesque Chokespawn (a giant horrific mass of flesh and metal) GROTESQUE RENDER: FAILURE! You rolled 90 or higher, which is always considered a failure. 1d100 < 65 94
October 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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meowdy
My cream British Shorthair cat Mori sitting on my lap wearing a tiny brown crocheted cowboy hat. He is looking at the camera with mild curiosity. My cream British Shorthair cat Mori sitting on my lap wearing a tiny brown crocheted cowboy hat. He is looking off to one side, eyes narrowed slightly in either sleepiness or confusion. My cream British Shorthair cat Mori sitting on my lap wearing a tiny brown crocheted cowboy hat. He is looking off to one side almost in profile, appearing a little majestic (and/or done with this shit). My cream British Shorthair cat Mori sitting on my lap wearing a tiny brown crocheted cowboy hat. He is looking just above the camera now, face especially round and mouth open slightly - he has now entered baby mode.
October 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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I heard this in The Chosen's voice then remembered this video exists
October 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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I think someone is a little jealous
A photo of my cream British Shorthair cat Mori lying on his belly on the blue carpeted floor with his head on his forepaws. A few cat toys are scattered around him, most notably a bright yellow Yeowww! catnip banana just in front of his big round face. The way he's looking up at the camera makes him seem rather forlorn.
October 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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I need you all to appreciate this card I got for my mum after her full knee replacement
A photo of a greeting card sitting on a windowsill in a hospital room. There is a cartoon picture of a bone knee with a replacement joint, flanked by the text: "A-knee excuse for some time off! Get well soon"
October 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Whenever I see AI content anywhere (and/or it is otherwise mentioned positively) it is EXACTLY like this meme for me 🙃
A screenshot of a tumblr post by tearlessrain - it says: sometimes someone will casually mention using chatgpt or some other generative ai thing and I can actually feel the little [An image of the Sims negative social interaction icon: a silhouette of two people holding hands with two red minus symbols next to them] above my head
October 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Excuse me, just rolling my eyes ALL the way back in my head
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October 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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when the scritches hit
A close-up photo of the big round face of my cream British Shorthair cat Mori - my hand is just out of shot scritching his head. His eyes are mostly closed and his mouth is partially open with his little pink tongue lolling out in a not insignificant blep. A second close-up photo of the big round face of my cream British Shorthair cat Mori - my hand is just out of shot scritching his head, which is slightly more tipped back in this image creating a halo effect with the lamp behind him. His eyes are mostly closed and his mouth is partially open with his little pink tongue lolling out in a not insignificant blep.
October 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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This the way 🙏
A screenshot showing a Steam forums post by CA Ella - it reads: [These are quoted posts] Originally posted by Aaron O'Regan: Originally posted by THEDOSSBOSS: Also ella will lock this thread when she sees for being 'sexist' That thread was not locked but he did get banned. [End of quoted posts] SavageSavant actually got banned for his actions in another thread (along with a couple of others), but having looked over this thread I'm confident in that decision. This thread isn't quite as much of a garbage fire as that one but it's not far off. Firstly, I'll say it again: Total War games are historically authentic, not historically accurate - if having female units upsets you that much you can either mod them out or just not play. People saying they won't buy the game because there are too many women in it is fine with us - if that's their reason, we'd rather they didn't anyway. Reasonable, civil discussions don't get locked. Discussions that spiral into personal attacks and prominently feature words like "cuck", "SJW", "feminazi", and any directions are locked for a reason. Just be nice to each other, guys. That's all.
October 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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A photo of my cream British Shorthair cat Mori, sitting on my lap being petted. His mouth is open wide, captured mid-meow.
October 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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A screenshot of the Fallout "[Everyone disliked that.]" popup
October 9, 2025 at 5:09 AM