HandOfCrystal
@handofcrystal.bsky.social
On the Internet, nobody knows you're a cat (avatar currently eldritch cat.exe). They/them. Over 18.
Moving over from @HandOfCrystal on twitter slowly.
Moving over from @HandOfCrystal on twitter slowly.
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Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
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think about miss piggy's place in popular culture and she's just universally acknowledged as a total babe. now think about the fact that this was a gag ("lipstick on a pig") when the muppet show started. she is a pioneer that moved that needle via sheer grind
she really did this. she's really her.
she really did this. she's really her.
December 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
think about miss piggy's place in popular culture and she's just universally acknowledged as a total babe. now think about the fact that this was a gag ("lipstick on a pig") when the muppet show started. she is a pioneer that moved that needle via sheer grind
she really did this. she's really her.
she really did this. she's really her.
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in the long run open wins. water stronger than stone etc etc
December 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
in the long run open wins. water stronger than stone etc etc
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
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Reading this from the Acela, like the fastest that we got, and which is going like 60 mph.
December 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Reading this from the Acela, like the fastest that we got, and which is going like 60 mph.
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Book stores and cats are always a winning combination.
December 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Book stores and cats are always a winning combination.
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Seems to me this is a pathetic exhortation but an air-tight confession of guilt
Steve Bannon: "If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included."
December 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Seems to me this is a pathetic exhortation but an air-tight confession of guilt
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As we start romanticizing art & community again, can we also romanticize writing as a communal activity instead of a elitist loner one?
I write best with friends. I love sharing messy WIPs. The most rewarding part of writing is getting to see other people's reactions to what I've made.
I write best with friends. I love sharing messy WIPs. The most rewarding part of writing is getting to see other people's reactions to what I've made.
December 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
As we start romanticizing art & community again, can we also romanticize writing as a communal activity instead of a elitist loner one?
I write best with friends. I love sharing messy WIPs. The most rewarding part of writing is getting to see other people's reactions to what I've made.
I write best with friends. I love sharing messy WIPs. The most rewarding part of writing is getting to see other people's reactions to what I've made.
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you wanna see a dead body
FFC review: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (2025), by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/12/avat...
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
ZERO STARS/****starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winsletscreenplay by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silverdirected by James Cameron by Walter Chaw I think, for white ...
filmfreakcentral.net
December 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
you wanna see a dead body
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it's unironically this bit except the teacher got fired for giving Calvin a zero
December 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
it's unironically this bit except the teacher got fired for giving Calvin a zero
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Since Mark Cuban is still saying universal healthcare is impossible, here’s how to do it in 4 simple steps:
Lower the Medicare eligibility age to zero.
Keep Medicare income-adjusted premiums.
Create a portal where employers can pay their employees' premiums.
Keep Medicaid or offer subsidized premiums for those below a certain income/wealth level.
Four steps to get from where we are today to M4A
Keep Medicare income-adjusted premiums.
Create a portal where employers can pay their employees' premiums.
Keep Medicaid or offer subsidized premiums for those below a certain income/wealth level.
Four steps to get from where we are today to M4A
Almost all of them switched decades ago or longer. Tell me how we are going to move from where we are today , to where you want to go ?
Saying you want it is easy. All I'm asking is how are we going to get there ?
If Bernie's M4A passed under Biden, RFK jr would be running M4A today.
Saying you want it is easy. All I'm asking is how are we going to get there ?
If Bernie's M4A passed under Biden, RFK jr would be running M4A today.
December 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Since Mark Cuban is still saying universal healthcare is impossible, here’s how to do it in 4 simple steps:
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The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
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Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
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Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice
December 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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Here's a particularly juicy nugget I found in my reporting . . .
December 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Here's a particularly juicy nugget I found in my reporting . . .
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it's funny twitter users are apparently like "I can't use bluesky it's wholesome chungus website" and while I do have my own criticisms of this place, I prefer that much more than the nonstop bigotry, harassment, and disconcern for creatives on that platform.
December 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
it's funny twitter users are apparently like "I can't use bluesky it's wholesome chungus website" and while I do have my own criticisms of this place, I prefer that much more than the nonstop bigotry, harassment, and disconcern for creatives on that platform.
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This is going to significantly change the site and it’s all downwind of AI image editing stuff. Incredible own goal from X.
potential EME alert 🚨- apparently the Japanese are signing up to bluesky in droves. If you check the newskies feed 99% of posts are now Japanese
cc: @surfdude29.ispost.ing @laurenshof.online
cc: @surfdude29.ispost.ing @laurenshof.online
December 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is going to significantly change the site and it’s all downwind of AI image editing stuff. Incredible own goal from X.
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(🦋) BLUESKY NEWS: The South African Sociopath—everyone knows who I mean—has apparently just made a series of changes to Twitter that launched a new exodus. The per-second growth rate here at BlueSky is now *more than triple* what it was yesterday.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
December 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
(🦋) BLUESKY NEWS: The South African Sociopath—everyone knows who I mean—has apparently just made a series of changes to Twitter that launched a new exodus. The per-second growth rate here at BlueSky is now *more than triple* what it was yesterday.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
So welcome, Twitter refugees! This is *way* better.
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💯💯💯💯💯
‘How the South Won the Civil War’ 💯🎯
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
💯💯💯💯💯
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POTUS Dementus actually said these words to an American child on the telephone today
December 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
POTUS Dementus actually said these words to an American child on the telephone today
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Liberals: don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good
Me: yeah fair ok, show me the good
Liberals: this isn't the time for fucking purity tests you little shit
Me: yeah fair ok, show me the good
Liberals: this isn't the time for fucking purity tests you little shit
September 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Liberals: don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good
Me: yeah fair ok, show me the good
Liberals: this isn't the time for fucking purity tests you little shit
Me: yeah fair ok, show me the good
Liberals: this isn't the time for fucking purity tests you little shit
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Gamers. It’s time
December 24, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Gamers. It’s time