Seo Helrune
@elfbotherer.bsky.social
Writer of unhinged stories & teacher of obscure subjects. Witch. Heathen. Enjoyer of special interests & talking smack about Ælfric of Eynsham.
Website: https://seohelrune.com/
Hel-Mail: https://mailchi.mp/4c26d2a59388/hel-mail
Website: https://seohelrune.com/
Hel-Mail: https://mailchi.mp/4c26d2a59388/hel-mail
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reminder that the 'read & return' lifehack actively harms authors, especially self published authors.
Also please consider that
1 Libraries exist and are free
2 Authors will not continue writing books you like if they aren't making any money or think it doesn't sell
www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1...
Also please consider that
1 Libraries exist and are free
2 Authors will not continue writing books you like if they aren't making any money or think it doesn't sell
www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1...
Authors are protesting Amazon's e-book policy that allows users to read and return
Authors say readers are exploiting Amazon's seven-day return policy by using Amazon like a library and returning books after reading them.
www.npr.org
August 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
reminder that the 'read & return' lifehack actively harms authors, especially self published authors.
Also please consider that
1 Libraries exist and are free
2 Authors will not continue writing books you like if they aren't making any money or think it doesn't sell
www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1...
Also please consider that
1 Libraries exist and are free
2 Authors will not continue writing books you like if they aren't making any money or think it doesn't sell
www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1...
Try to make sure as many folks see this as possible, but especially MAGA. A lot of the stages described in this video are already familiar. Draw those parallels. Make those points. You may not get far with them, but they are not your audience.
youtu.be/8K6-cEAJZlE?...
youtu.be/8K6-cEAJZlE?...
Post-WW2 Anti-Fascist Educational Film | Don't Be a Sucker | 1947
YouTube video by The Best Film Archives
youtu.be
August 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Try to make sure as many folks see this as possible, but especially MAGA. A lot of the stages described in this video are already familiar. Draw those parallels. Make those points. You may not get far with them, but they are not your audience.
youtu.be/8K6-cEAJZlE?...
youtu.be/8K6-cEAJZlE?...
Weird recent discovery. Sharing here in case it's helpful for others too.
Whenever your brain starts throwing out disaster scenarios, instead of trying to ignore them or reframe, try challenging your brain to imagine even worse.
Like, "Okay, you wanna do this? Let's fucking go!"
1/2
Whenever your brain starts throwing out disaster scenarios, instead of trying to ignore them or reframe, try challenging your brain to imagine even worse.
Like, "Okay, you wanna do this? Let's fucking go!"
1/2
August 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Weird recent discovery. Sharing here in case it's helpful for others too.
Whenever your brain starts throwing out disaster scenarios, instead of trying to ignore them or reframe, try challenging your brain to imagine even worse.
Like, "Okay, you wanna do this? Let's fucking go!"
1/2
Whenever your brain starts throwing out disaster scenarios, instead of trying to ignore them or reframe, try challenging your brain to imagine even worse.
Like, "Okay, you wanna do this? Let's fucking go!"
1/2
Imagine being the White House demon right now and having to live with Temu Louis XIV with his shitty gold applique obsession.
August 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Imagine being the White House demon right now and having to live with Temu Louis XIV with his shitty gold applique obsession.
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I don't think everyone gets that there is no going back to how things were at this point.
The good/bad news is that everything is crumbling.
The good/bad news is that we need to figure out what kind of society to build next.
And we all need to start imagining that "next" now.
The good/bad news is that everything is crumbling.
The good/bad news is that we need to figure out what kind of society to build next.
And we all need to start imagining that "next" now.
August 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I don't think everyone gets that there is no going back to how things were at this point.
The good/bad news is that everything is crumbling.
The good/bad news is that we need to figure out what kind of society to build next.
And we all need to start imagining that "next" now.
The good/bad news is that everything is crumbling.
The good/bad news is that we need to figure out what kind of society to build next.
And we all need to start imagining that "next" now.
New blog post just dropped. As you can probably tell from the title, I'm being super subtle. Very diplomatic. My take on the shaping force of worldview & the impossibility of remaining apolitical.
Also: a feral disaster groundhog.
Apolitical = Shit - Seo Helrune share.google/nJenwrEl2zQf...
Also: a feral disaster groundhog.
Apolitical = Shit - Seo Helrune share.google/nJenwrEl2zQf...
Apolitical = Shit - Seo Helrune
It's Tower Time/the Wolf Age (pick one). Calls for apolitical discourse are shit. Red flags all round. Read more to find out why.
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August 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New blog post just dropped. As you can probably tell from the title, I'm being super subtle. Very diplomatic. My take on the shaping force of worldview & the impossibility of remaining apolitical.
Also: a feral disaster groundhog.
Apolitical = Shit - Seo Helrune share.google/nJenwrEl2zQf...
Also: a feral disaster groundhog.
Apolitical = Shit - Seo Helrune share.google/nJenwrEl2zQf...
Oh hai, Bluesky! I kinda forgot this app existed.
Watched Sinners last night, and omg what an amazing movie! Definitely the kind of film that lives in your mind long after the end credits are done.
Watched Sinners last night, and omg what an amazing movie! Definitely the kind of film that lives in your mind long after the end credits are done.
June 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Oh hai, Bluesky! I kinda forgot this app existed.
Watched Sinners last night, and omg what an amazing movie! Definitely the kind of film that lives in your mind long after the end credits are done.
Watched Sinners last night, and omg what an amazing movie! Definitely the kind of film that lives in your mind long after the end credits are done.
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This is what patriotism looks like - marching toward the Capitol with pride, purpose, and the promise of liberty for all.
June 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This is what patriotism looks like - marching toward the Capitol with pride, purpose, and the promise of liberty for all.
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Los Ángeles is only the first city, MAGA and Trump don’t have enough troops to keep up the pace. Mayors and governors need to back the American people over the Trump regime ICE forces.
June 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Los Ángeles is only the first city, MAGA and Trump don’t have enough troops to keep up the pace. Mayors and governors need to back the American people over the Trump regime ICE forces.
No shit, Beanhead. Almost like there was a reason for that whole "separation of powers" thing.
GOP Rep. Bacon: "We made a mistake. We passed legislation that gave the president some temporary tariff authorities. I think we should look back and maybe restore the power back from Congress and take away the authorizations."
March 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
No shit, Beanhead. Almost like there was a reason for that whole "separation of powers" thing.
To this day, this remains my favorite academic paper title.
March 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
To this day, this remains my favorite academic paper title.
I keep thinking about a vid by @parkroseperma.bsky.social about the need for artists in the movement. She's 100% right. Art is important, and not only for marketing purposes. It can also help us to envision futures and ways of being outside of the neoliberal box.
Imagination -> innovation.
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Imagination -> innovation.
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March 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I keep thinking about a vid by @parkroseperma.bsky.social about the need for artists in the movement. She's 100% right. Art is important, and not only for marketing purposes. It can also help us to envision futures and ways of being outside of the neoliberal box.
Imagination -> innovation.
1/3
Imagination -> innovation.
1/3
Help, the kid has an electric guitar! The dog is TRAUMATIZED. I'm not sure my emotional support human skills are up to this task.
March 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Help, the kid has an electric guitar! The dog is TRAUMATIZED. I'm not sure my emotional support human skills are up to this task.
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Get ready for a continuous occupation of the National Mall until Donald Trump is impeached and removed from office. #3E #EndOligarchy #USProtests
March 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Get ready for a continuous occupation of the National Mall until Donald Trump is impeached and removed from office. #3E #EndOligarchy #USProtests
THIS is the energy.
Tax the rich. Corporations are not people.
Tax the rich. Corporations are not people.
NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”
NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*
(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
March 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
THIS is the energy.
Tax the rich. Corporations are not people.
Tax the rich. Corporations are not people.
This is the second time she's posted against going to war.
It makes me wonder about the internal convos about Iran, because between this and Rick Scott going on TV talking about how we "need" to destroy Iran because of nukes, I'm going to be watching this one closely.
It makes me wonder about the internal convos about Iran, because between this and Rick Scott going on TV talking about how we "need" to destroy Iran because of nukes, I'm going to be watching this one closely.
March 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is the second time she's posted against going to war.
It makes me wonder about the internal convos about Iran, because between this and Rick Scott going on TV talking about how we "need" to destroy Iran because of nukes, I'm going to be watching this one closely.
It makes me wonder about the internal convos about Iran, because between this and Rick Scott going on TV talking about how we "need" to destroy Iran because of nukes, I'm going to be watching this one closely.
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How many innocents will need to die before everyone else accepts they are being intentionally culled by Trump and Musk? It's not incompetence. It's autogenocide. #3E #EndAutogenocide
End autogenocide: "Autogenocide is genocide that a population is coerced to perform on itself. Sometimes, this is a media incited war, often accompanied by wide availability of drugs and weapons to ensure maximum violence. #3E #EndAutogenocide
March 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
How many innocents will need to die before everyone else accepts they are being intentionally culled by Trump and Musk? It's not incompetence. It's autogenocide. #3E #EndAutogenocide
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Call to action: nationwide protests and sit-ins. Saturday April 5th.
“REMOVE REVERSE RECLAIM”
#3E #USprotests
“REMOVE REVERSE RECLAIM”
#3E #USprotests
March 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Call to action: nationwide protests and sit-ins. Saturday April 5th.
“REMOVE REVERSE RECLAIM”
#3E #USprotests
“REMOVE REVERSE RECLAIM”
#3E #USprotests
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Chuck Schumer just axed his book tour. One of the most entrenched powerful men in the Senate did that because the People got loud and pissed off. Do not let anyone fool you into thinking that we The People are not in charge. We run these rich fucks when we claim our power. We can stop this coup.
March 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Chuck Schumer just axed his book tour. One of the most entrenched powerful men in the Senate did that because the People got loud and pissed off. Do not let anyone fool you into thinking that we The People are not in charge. We run these rich fucks when we claim our power. We can stop this coup.
Few people are aware that Liberty locks eyes with a statue of Minerva, an armored goddess of war and the arts, at Green-Wood cemetery in Brooklyn.
Without Liberty, what is left?
Interesting how the response to that question is the same for circumstances and statuary alike.
Without Liberty, what is left?
Interesting how the response to that question is the same for circumstances and statuary alike.
France is calling for the US to return the Statue of Liberty because the US no longer represents the values that led France to offer the statue.
March 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Few people are aware that Liberty locks eyes with a statue of Minerva, an armored goddess of war and the arts, at Green-Wood cemetery in Brooklyn.
Without Liberty, what is left?
Interesting how the response to that question is the same for circumstances and statuary alike.
Without Liberty, what is left?
Interesting how the response to that question is the same for circumstances and statuary alike.
"Weird" how Trump tends to make these bullshit decrees after midnight. I know a lot of people are locked into the idea of him not sleeping because of too much Adderall (or whatever), but really, we should be thinking about this in terms of bot networks and Moscow local time.
March 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"Weird" how Trump tends to make these bullshit decrees after midnight. I know a lot of people are locked into the idea of him not sleeping because of too much Adderall (or whatever), but really, we should be thinking about this in terms of bot networks and Moscow local time.
They targeted the capital, ergo civilians.
Regardless of what you may think of the Houthis and their actions, this is just plain wrong. Evil. We shouldn't be bombing civilians, period.
Also, why does this feel like it's going to become the pretext for furthering some nefarious domestic agenda?
Regardless of what you may think of the Houthis and their actions, this is just plain wrong. Evil. We shouldn't be bombing civilians, period.
Also, why does this feel like it's going to become the pretext for furthering some nefarious domestic agenda?
Houthis say children among 32 killed after US fighter jets bomb Yemen.
The US raids come after Trump warned that ‘hell will rain down’ if Houthis attacked ships in the Red Sea www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...
The US raids come after Trump warned that ‘hell will rain down’ if Houthis attacked ships in the Red Sea www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...
Houthis say children among 32 killed after US fighter jets bomb Yemen
The US raids come after Trump warned that ‘hell will rain down’ if Houthis attacked ships in the Red Sea.
www.aljazeera.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
They targeted the capital, ergo civilians.
Regardless of what you may think of the Houthis and their actions, this is just plain wrong. Evil. We shouldn't be bombing civilians, period.
Also, why does this feel like it's going to become the pretext for furthering some nefarious domestic agenda?
Regardless of what you may think of the Houthis and their actions, this is just plain wrong. Evil. We shouldn't be bombing civilians, period.
Also, why does this feel like it's going to become the pretext for furthering some nefarious domestic agenda?