Jean
@jeanjauthor.bsky.social
Published author (fantasy romance, military science fiction, and other genres all over the place), genderfluid she/they, gamer geek (D&D and others since 1981), supporter of the arts, liberal-af, Respect Me & I'll Respect You, yes?
*nyooms right on over* CAT RESCUE!!
Pics, or it never purred!!!
This is Roy, my sister's cat, he's VERY much a ginger, NOT a rescue (though his momma was, iirc), and he still thinks I'm scary (I disciplined him as a kitten) but he INSISTS on getting SOME attention from me anyway.
Pics, or it never purred!!!
This is Roy, my sister's cat, he's VERY much a ginger, NOT a rescue (though his momma was, iirc), and he still thinks I'm scary (I disciplined him as a kitten) but he INSISTS on getting SOME attention from me anyway.
September 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
*nyooms right on over* CAT RESCUE!!
Pics, or it never purred!!!
This is Roy, my sister's cat, he's VERY much a ginger, NOT a rescue (though his momma was, iirc), and he still thinks I'm scary (I disciplined him as a kitten) but he INSISTS on getting SOME attention from me anyway.
Pics, or it never purred!!!
This is Roy, my sister's cat, he's VERY much a ginger, NOT a rescue (though his momma was, iirc), and he still thinks I'm scary (I disciplined him as a kitten) but he INSISTS on getting SOME attention from me anyway.
The irony of these two posts, accidentally juxtaposed on my timeline:
It's abhorrently wrong to shoot a political activist...
(and I don't deny that)
...but children live every single day of their lives in fear of being shot just like this,
yet somehow it's 100% acceptable in politics?
It's abhorrently wrong to shoot a political activist...
(and I don't deny that)
...but children live every single day of their lives in fear of being shot just like this,
yet somehow it's 100% acceptable in politics?
September 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The irony of these two posts, accidentally juxtaposed on my timeline:
It's abhorrently wrong to shoot a political activist...
(and I don't deny that)
...but children live every single day of their lives in fear of being shot just like this,
yet somehow it's 100% acceptable in politics?
It's abhorrently wrong to shoot a political activist...
(and I don't deny that)
...but children live every single day of their lives in fear of being shot just like this,
yet somehow it's 100% acceptable in politics?
Finally, a perfectly suitable job for modern-day vampires:
August 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Finally, a perfectly suitable job for modern-day vampires:
Sometimes we just need an image of truth & beauty to pause and admire...
August 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Sometimes we just need an image of truth & beauty to pause and admire...
Notice, this does not say "illegal" and it does not say "have to", just "may" do the thing, but...considering the bill to gut public broadcasting made it through the Senate, I thought this might give people a laugh:
July 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Notice, this does not say "illegal" and it does not say "have to", just "may" do the thing, but...considering the bill to gut public broadcasting made it through the Senate, I thought this might give people a laugh:
A moment of beauty on Canada's Highway 5 yesterday, headed southbound...
(For perspective, my car is pointed downhill at a bit of an angle.)
(And yes, it was still a moment of beauty even in the midst of stop-and-go construction traffic.)
(For perspective, my car is pointed downhill at a bit of an angle.)
(And yes, it was still a moment of beauty even in the midst of stop-and-go construction traffic.)
July 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A moment of beauty on Canada's Highway 5 yesterday, headed southbound...
(For perspective, my car is pointed downhill at a bit of an angle.)
(And yes, it was still a moment of beauty even in the midst of stop-and-go construction traffic.)
(For perspective, my car is pointed downhill at a bit of an angle.)
(And yes, it was still a moment of beauty even in the midst of stop-and-go construction traffic.)
A beautiful picture found on the internet (not mine) for you to admire & enjoy.
June 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A beautiful picture found on the internet (not mine) for you to admire & enjoy.
A moment of visual beauty to enjoy for a little while:
May 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A moment of visual beauty to enjoy for a little while:
And yes I know it's not even noon on the West Coast...
April 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
And yes I know it's not even noon on the West Coast...
Just a lovely little reminder of how not to hurt your own hand when delivering a powerful statement. Shake out your hands for several seconds, then make a snatching grab, compare the resultant shape with the picture, and impact accordingly.
Any other way could fracture the bones in your hand.
Any other way could fracture the bones in your hand.
April 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Just a lovely little reminder of how not to hurt your own hand when delivering a powerful statement. Shake out your hands for several seconds, then make a snatching grab, compare the resultant shape with the picture, and impact accordingly.
Any other way could fracture the bones in your hand.
Any other way could fracture the bones in your hand.
Because we all need some positivity sometimes...
March 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Because we all need some positivity sometimes...
Something I did not expect (nor want) to see side by side today:
March 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Something I did not expect (nor want) to see side by side today:
I may write villains,
But I don't vote for them.
But I don't vote for them.
March 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I may write villains,
But I don't vote for them.
But I don't vote for them.
So apparently the muskrat is crying about being ostractized?
Good.
HE broke the social contract with all of us.
HE no longer gets to benefit from it.
Good.
HE broke the social contract with all of us.
HE no longer gets to benefit from it.
March 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
So apparently the muskrat is crying about being ostractized?
Good.
HE broke the social contract with all of us.
HE no longer gets to benefit from it.
Good.
HE broke the social contract with all of us.
HE no longer gets to benefit from it.
Also...those who know, know why. But once more from the top, to make sure nobody breaks their hands:
Shake out your hands several times, snatch them into a fist shape, and use the appropriate impact point.
'Nuff said.
Shake out your hands several times, snatch them into a fist shape, and use the appropriate impact point.
'Nuff said.
February 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Also...those who know, know why. But once more from the top, to make sure nobody breaks their hands:
Shake out your hands several times, snatch them into a fist shape, and use the appropriate impact point.
'Nuff said.
Shake out your hands several times, snatch them into a fist shape, and use the appropriate impact point.
'Nuff said.
There is no "paradox of tolerance" because it is a social contract that every single human being is entered into from the moment we are born--literally, you would not be alive if people didn't help you at birth.
So if you violate the contract...you don't get to benefit from its protections.
So if you violate the contract...you don't get to benefit from its protections.
February 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
There is no "paradox of tolerance" because it is a social contract that every single human being is entered into from the moment we are born--literally, you would not be alive if people didn't help you at birth.
So if you violate the contract...you don't get to benefit from its protections.
So if you violate the contract...you don't get to benefit from its protections.
Just a reminder that the Paradox of Tolerance isn't a Paradox!
If you refuse to treat other people with kindness, as if their lives no longer have worth and genuine value...then you yourself AREN'T covered anymore by the social contract that says you should get to enjoy being treated kindly, too.
If you refuse to treat other people with kindness, as if their lives no longer have worth and genuine value...then you yourself AREN'T covered anymore by the social contract that says you should get to enjoy being treated kindly, too.
December 6, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Just a reminder that the Paradox of Tolerance isn't a Paradox!
If you refuse to treat other people with kindness, as if their lives no longer have worth and genuine value...then you yourself AREN'T covered anymore by the social contract that says you should get to enjoy being treated kindly, too.
If you refuse to treat other people with kindness, as if their lives no longer have worth and genuine value...then you yourself AREN'T covered anymore by the social contract that says you should get to enjoy being treated kindly, too.
Here's the image that this is responding to, which some people want to ban simply because of the Not-See imagery...even though it is simply explaining why the fascists are terrible, and not promoting their ideologies in the least.
November 24, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Here's the image that this is responding to, which some people want to ban simply because of the Not-See imagery...even though it is simply explaining why the fascists are terrible, and not promoting their ideologies in the least.
Why it's not really a Paradox...
November 24, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Why it's not really a Paradox...
Cat tax time!
This is my sister's cat, Roy. He's very much a ginger, so he occasionally needs to go borrow the braincell from the other gingers, but he is also quite athletic. If he were a human, he'd be a Scotsman who practices the caber toss competitively.
This is my sister's cat, Roy. He's very much a ginger, so he occasionally needs to go borrow the braincell from the other gingers, but he is also quite athletic. If he were a human, he'd be a Scotsman who practices the caber toss competitively.
October 23, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Cat tax time!
This is my sister's cat, Roy. He's very much a ginger, so he occasionally needs to go borrow the braincell from the other gingers, but he is also quite athletic. If he were a human, he'd be a Scotsman who practices the caber toss competitively.
This is my sister's cat, Roy. He's very much a ginger, so he occasionally needs to go borrow the braincell from the other gingers, but he is also quite athletic. If he were a human, he'd be a Scotsman who practices the caber toss competitively.