Jen
@faitelle.bsky.social
Junior software dev | Channel Islander | Book Lover (🦇 Fantasy ⚔️) | Mycologist | Ttrpgs | Autiste | Mental Illness | ME/CFS | Bi | she/they
iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/faitelle
iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/faitelle
I'm not good enough at being a human to get a passing grade - could I apply to be a cat or something instead? #ActuallyAutistic
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I'm not good enough at being a human to get a passing grade - could I apply to be a cat or something instead? #ActuallyAutistic
Small selection of today's finds :)
Camera-phone becoming less & less functional :/ but today was more about finally getting out of the house!
I'd also hoped to see the rosy earthstars - I had a feeling they'd be out - & I'm so happy that I found them 🙂🩷🍄
#mycology #mushrooms #fungi
Camera-phone becoming less & less functional :/ but today was more about finally getting out of the house!
I'd also hoped to see the rosy earthstars - I had a feeling they'd be out - & I'm so happy that I found them 🙂🩷🍄
#mycology #mushrooms #fungi
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Small selection of today's finds :)
Camera-phone becoming less & less functional :/ but today was more about finally getting out of the house!
I'd also hoped to see the rosy earthstars - I had a feeling they'd be out - & I'm so happy that I found them 🙂🩷🍄
#mycology #mushrooms #fungi
Camera-phone becoming less & less functional :/ but today was more about finally getting out of the house!
I'd also hoped to see the rosy earthstars - I had a feeling they'd be out - & I'm so happy that I found them 🙂🩷🍄
#mycology #mushrooms #fungi
December 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
October was an amazing month of reads for me - with more than one 'Book of the Year' contender!
Robert Jackson Bennett is a new favorite author for sure :)
Will be interesting to compare this to November...where I've been in more of a readig slump.
#Books #reading #sffl @thestorygraph.com
Robert Jackson Bennett is a new favorite author for sure :)
Will be interesting to compare this to November...where I've been in more of a readig slump.
#Books #reading #sffl @thestorygraph.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
October was an amazing month of reads for me - with more than one 'Book of the Year' contender!
Robert Jackson Bennett is a new favorite author for sure :)
Will be interesting to compare this to November...where I've been in more of a readig slump.
#Books #reading #sffl @thestorygraph.com
Robert Jackson Bennett is a new favorite author for sure :)
Will be interesting to compare this to November...where I've been in more of a readig slump.
#Books #reading #sffl @thestorygraph.com
Finally fixed the Alexa in our bedroom - so it can return to its life purpose.
(Playing Phil Colins' 'Dance into the Light' on repeat until I get out of bed).
(Playing Phil Colins' 'Dance into the Light' on repeat until I get out of bed).
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Finally fixed the Alexa in our bedroom - so it can return to its life purpose.
(Playing Phil Colins' 'Dance into the Light' on repeat until I get out of bed).
(Playing Phil Colins' 'Dance into the Light' on repeat until I get out of bed).
Having a ~*day~* :|
Took 3 hours to convince myself to shower...so starting work very late.
Now trying to avoid having a melt-down over laundry.
Aggghhh
#Autism #Neurodivergent
Took 3 hours to convince myself to shower...so starting work very late.
Now trying to avoid having a melt-down over laundry.
Aggghhh
#Autism #Neurodivergent
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Having a ~*day~* :|
Took 3 hours to convince myself to shower...so starting work very late.
Now trying to avoid having a melt-down over laundry.
Aggghhh
#Autism #Neurodivergent
Took 3 hours to convince myself to shower...so starting work very late.
Now trying to avoid having a melt-down over laundry.
Aggghhh
#Autism #Neurodivergent
On the executive function struggle bus again.
It's like my brain ran out of energy years ago, it coped with a lot and now it just can't anymore.
Massive guilt as can't force my brain to work.
Also; waiting to hear back about something important and I can't help but feel it's not going to go my way.
It's like my brain ran out of energy years ago, it coped with a lot and now it just can't anymore.
Massive guilt as can't force my brain to work.
Also; waiting to hear back about something important and I can't help but feel it's not going to go my way.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
On the executive function struggle bus again.
It's like my brain ran out of energy years ago, it coped with a lot and now it just can't anymore.
Massive guilt as can't force my brain to work.
Also; waiting to hear back about something important and I can't help but feel it's not going to go my way.
It's like my brain ran out of energy years ago, it coped with a lot and now it just can't anymore.
Massive guilt as can't force my brain to work.
Also; waiting to hear back about something important and I can't help but feel it's not going to go my way.
Any #CPTSD folks got advice on getting shit done?
Over a decade into my sympathetic nervous system shutting me down every time I so much as try to write an email or leave the house...& I'd quite like to get my life back.
Over a decade into my sympathetic nervous system shutting me down every time I so much as try to write an email or leave the house...& I'd quite like to get my life back.
October 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Any #CPTSD folks got advice on getting shit done?
Over a decade into my sympathetic nervous system shutting me down every time I so much as try to write an email or leave the house...& I'd quite like to get my life back.
Over a decade into my sympathetic nervous system shutting me down every time I so much as try to write an email or leave the house...& I'd quite like to get my life back.
What are fungi except nature's psychopomps? Leading the dead and discarded along their proper path, a Samsaric decomposition...Valhalla in decay.
A micro-poem for my friend's D&D character: Mildred #poetry #DnD #mushrooms #mycology
A micro-poem for my friend's D&D character: Mildred #poetry #DnD #mushrooms #mycology
October 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
What are fungi except nature's psychopomps? Leading the dead and discarded along their proper path, a Samsaric decomposition...Valhalla in decay.
A micro-poem for my friend's D&D character: Mildred #poetry #DnD #mushrooms #mycology
A micro-poem for my friend's D&D character: Mildred #poetry #DnD #mushrooms #mycology
October 14, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Sometimes the reference pics I send my group of my D&D characters are hours of carefully curated images arranged into a beautiful mood board.
Sometimes they're pure shitposts.
Yohko gets both 😅 (Yuan'Ti Sorceror).
(Snake photos are the beautiful Marshmallow the Hoggie)
#DungeonsAndDragons #OC #DnD
Sometimes they're pure shitposts.
Yohko gets both 😅 (Yuan'Ti Sorceror).
(Snake photos are the beautiful Marshmallow the Hoggie)
#DungeonsAndDragons #OC #DnD
October 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Sometimes the reference pics I send my group of my D&D characters are hours of carefully curated images arranged into a beautiful mood board.
Sometimes they're pure shitposts.
Yohko gets both 😅 (Yuan'Ti Sorceror).
(Snake photos are the beautiful Marshmallow the Hoggie)
#DungeonsAndDragons #OC #DnD
Sometimes they're pure shitposts.
Yohko gets both 😅 (Yuan'Ti Sorceror).
(Snake photos are the beautiful Marshmallow the Hoggie)
#DungeonsAndDragons #OC #DnD
September 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Pregabalin Sun ☀️ - Clomipramine Moon 🌙 - Estradiol Rising 😘
(My meds are very memeable at the moment).
(My meds are very memeable at the moment).
September 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Pregabalin Sun ☀️ - Clomipramine Moon 🌙 - Estradiol Rising 😘
(My meds are very memeable at the moment).
(My meds are very memeable at the moment).
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Still in single-digit margins!
Horribly, we’ve found that campaigning to bring in new or occasional-voters is key to building a lead when a match has stayed this close for this long.
Horribly, we’ve found that campaigning to bring in new or occasional-voters is key to building a lead when a match has stayed this close for this long.
#MinCup25 Quarterfinal 1: Colourful phoenix #Haüyne goes against heavyweight industrial powerhouse #Hematite.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r3...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote in Quarterfinal 1 — Mineral Cup
Click here to vote in Haüyne vs Hematite Photo credits: Jean-François Ferrandon and John Sobolewski
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September 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Still in single-digit margins!
Horribly, we’ve found that campaigning to bring in new or occasional-voters is key to building a lead when a match has stayed this close for this long.
Horribly, we’ve found that campaigning to bring in new or occasional-voters is key to building a lead when a match has stayed this close for this long.
Reposted by Jen
#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 6: It's more exciting versions of familiar favourites as emerald #dioptase is pitted against silvery #molybdenite.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
www.mineralcup.org
September 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
#MinCup25 Round 2 Match 6: It's more exciting versions of familiar favourites as emerald #dioptase is pitted against silvery #molybdenite.
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r2...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...
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A simpler solution: stop making tenure a reward (that's what promotions are), and make it the default for everyone who needs professional autonomy to do their job. I'm fine with a probationary period, but tenure isn't something to earn; it's something institutions should stop withholding.
It’s Time to Rethink the Academic Tenure Process
Opinion | To fight the war on science, higher education needs to reimagine the most important career milestone for faculty.
undark.org
September 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A simpler solution: stop making tenure a reward (that's what promotions are), and make it the default for everyone who needs professional autonomy to do their job. I'm fine with a probationary period, but tenure isn't something to earn; it's something institutions should stop withholding.
September 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Specimen 1 from my walk the other day - this vivid orange beauty - with my field notes in a 2nd post below. Getting some second opinions on ID at the moment - but thought sharing my thought process when finding something unexpected would be neat?
Channel Islands, Europe.
#mycology
Channel Islands, Europe.
#mycology
September 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Specimen 1 from my walk the other day - this vivid orange beauty - with my field notes in a 2nd post below. Getting some second opinions on ID at the moment - but thought sharing my thought process when finding something unexpected would be neat?
Channel Islands, Europe.
#mycology
Channel Islands, Europe.
#mycology
Things that are good about outside:
- The fungi are there
- It is cold
Things that are bad about outside:
- There are people there
This has been an update from ●•°~*♡ Autism ♡*~°•●
#Mushrooms #Autism
- The fungi are there
- It is cold
Things that are bad about outside:
- There are people there
This has been an update from ●•°~*♡ Autism ♡*~°•●
#Mushrooms #Autism
September 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Things that are good about outside:
- The fungi are there
- It is cold
Things that are bad about outside:
- There are people there
This has been an update from ●•°~*♡ Autism ♡*~°•●
#Mushrooms #Autism
- The fungi are there
- It is cold
Things that are bad about outside:
- There are people there
This has been an update from ●•°~*♡ Autism ♡*~°•●
#Mushrooms #Autism
Reading July 2025:
faitelle.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/r...
faitelle.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/r...
Reading July 2025
Gods; it’s been a long time since I last wrote a blog post!To get me back on the horse – as it were – here’s my reading for July 2025 :)I now track my books using StoryGraph…
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August 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reading July 2025:
faitelle.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/r...
faitelle.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/r...
My @thestorygraph.com reading wrap-up for May.
Fell into a horrible reading slump mid-month - but recovered my normal excitement before month end - phew! 😁📚
Fell into a horrible reading slump mid-month - but recovered my normal excitement before month end - phew! 😁📚
June 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
My @thestorygraph.com reading wrap-up for May.
Fell into a horrible reading slump mid-month - but recovered my normal excitement before month end - phew! 😁📚
Fell into a horrible reading slump mid-month - but recovered my normal excitement before month end - phew! 😁📚
Can I share a secret BlueSky?
Despite having a Master's in Physics + Astrophysics, I'm *terrible* at basic astronomy.
But tonight, I looked out the window, saw Sirius, & *knew* which star it was :)
It's taken 33 years of trying - but I think this old(ish) dog has learned a new trick!
#Astronomy
Despite having a Master's in Physics + Astrophysics, I'm *terrible* at basic astronomy.
But tonight, I looked out the window, saw Sirius, & *knew* which star it was :)
It's taken 33 years of trying - but I think this old(ish) dog has learned a new trick!
#Astronomy
February 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Can I share a secret BlueSky?
Despite having a Master's in Physics + Astrophysics, I'm *terrible* at basic astronomy.
But tonight, I looked out the window, saw Sirius, & *knew* which star it was :)
It's taken 33 years of trying - but I think this old(ish) dog has learned a new trick!
#Astronomy
Despite having a Master's in Physics + Astrophysics, I'm *terrible* at basic astronomy.
But tonight, I looked out the window, saw Sirius, & *knew* which star it was :)
It's taken 33 years of trying - but I think this old(ish) dog has learned a new trick!
#Astronomy
My lovely boss gifted me 4 new stickers for my laptop!
I love decorating my things, makes me happy whenever I see them ☺️
#stickers #setup #softwaredev
I love decorating my things, makes me happy whenever I see them ☺️
#stickers #setup #softwaredev
February 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
My lovely boss gifted me 4 new stickers for my laptop!
I love decorating my things, makes me happy whenever I see them ☺️
#stickers #setup #softwaredev
I love decorating my things, makes me happy whenever I see them ☺️
#stickers #setup #softwaredev
Wanted my 1st post on bluesky to be bookish - so here's my @thestorygraph.com roundup for January!
#books #reading
#books #reading
February 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Wanted my 1st post on bluesky to be bookish - so here's my @thestorygraph.com roundup for January!
#books #reading
#books #reading