J. Lily Corbie 🦇
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
Soup witch, ace lesbian spinster, horror and fantasy author, possible alien sleeper agent
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J. Lily Corbie 🦇
@jlilycorbie.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Come to the Water
Written for the lonely teenager I was, who badly needed to see some happy endings. Happy coming out day.
jlilycorbie.wordpress.com
Life has been...rough for a while, and I haven't been able to write much for too long, but if you're curious about what I've got, here are a few links to some short stories.
Here's a story with a little horror and a little hope that young me needed. jlilycorbie.wordpress.com/2020/10/11/c...
Here's a story with a little horror and a little hope that young me needed. jlilycorbie.wordpress.com/2020/10/11/c...
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Absolutely brutal report just out from National Association of Realtors on the utterly broken US housing market.
First-time homebuyers fell to a historic low of just 21% of all homebuyers, and their median age was an all-time high of 40 years old.
The American Dream is dead.
First-time homebuyers fell to a historic low of just 21% of all homebuyers, and their median age was an all-time high of 40 years old.
The American Dream is dead.
November 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Absolutely brutal report just out from National Association of Realtors on the utterly broken US housing market.
First-time homebuyers fell to a historic low of just 21% of all homebuyers, and their median age was an all-time high of 40 years old.
The American Dream is dead.
First-time homebuyers fell to a historic low of just 21% of all homebuyers, and their median age was an all-time high of 40 years old.
The American Dream is dead.
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oh yeah the new york city subway is so fucking scary, you never know what kind of weirdo you'll have to share a train with
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
oh yeah the new york city subway is so fucking scary, you never know what kind of weirdo you'll have to share a train with
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hey! if I send you an invoice, shut the fuck up. do not mention NSFW stuff or even the word "furry" or anything, Paypal is company of dickbags searching for any excuse to harass creators. using invoices is the smartest/best/safest way of working as a comm artist, and this is explicit targeting
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
hey! if I send you an invoice, shut the fuck up. do not mention NSFW stuff or even the word "furry" or anything, Paypal is company of dickbags searching for any excuse to harass creators. using invoices is the smartest/best/safest way of working as a comm artist, and this is explicit targeting
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my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
As a direct result of President Trump's Big Ugly Bill, almost 300 jobs will be cut from Providence Swedish's First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, and Issaquah hospitals and clinics. These are not the only layoffs we've seen in our health care system in Washington state in recent months.
Providence Swedish to eliminate nearly 300 positions
The cuts will affect jobs at Providence Swedish’s First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard and Issaquah hospitals and nearby clinics.
www.seattletimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
my wife and her entire team were fired over Zoom from their program manager jobs at a local nonprofit Seattle hospital this Spring because Trump just stopped paying Medicaid reimbursements. and this is a relatively affluent urban center
we're really not prepared for what's coming
we're really not prepared for what's coming
I have realized that maybe the correct medium for making a gingerbread Baba Yaya house is cinnamon clay.
Still wire and paper clay for the chicken feet, though.
Might have to experiment with a small gingerbread house and some more traditional cinnamon ornaments first.
Still wire and paper clay for the chicken feet, though.
Might have to experiment with a small gingerbread house and some more traditional cinnamon ornaments first.
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I have realized that maybe the correct medium for making a gingerbread Baba Yaya house is cinnamon clay.
Still wire and paper clay for the chicken feet, though.
Might have to experiment with a small gingerbread house and some more traditional cinnamon ornaments first.
Still wire and paper clay for the chicken feet, though.
Might have to experiment with a small gingerbread house and some more traditional cinnamon ornaments first.
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From the people who brought you the financial crisis, Theranos, and Juicero: say hello to data center financial engineering!
I'm pretty nervous about this ending badly, but everyone's dug in because AI is the only pulse in the economy.
prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
I'm pretty nervous about this ending badly, but everyone's dug in because AI is the only pulse in the economy.
prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
The AI Bubble Is Bigger Than You Think - The American Prospect
It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath.
prospect.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
From the people who brought you the financial crisis, Theranos, and Juicero: say hello to data center financial engineering!
I'm pretty nervous about this ending badly, but everyone's dug in because AI is the only pulse in the economy.
prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
I'm pretty nervous about this ending badly, but everyone's dug in because AI is the only pulse in the economy.
prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
When I tell people I'm not a mind reader, I mean I checked.
In 8th grade, my BFF and I spent months on experiments testing if either of us were telepathic, and failing that, if we could develop a telepathic bond between us.
No dice.
In 8th grade, my BFF and I spent months on experiments testing if either of us were telepathic, and failing that, if we could develop a telepathic bond between us.
No dice.
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
When I tell people I'm not a mind reader, I mean I checked.
In 8th grade, my BFF and I spent months on experiments testing if either of us were telepathic, and failing that, if we could develop a telepathic bond between us.
No dice.
In 8th grade, my BFF and I spent months on experiments testing if either of us were telepathic, and failing that, if we could develop a telepathic bond between us.
No dice.
Too often, writers take the laziest possible way out of a story by killing a character/letting a character die.
Make people live with the events of the story. Make them live with what they did, what was done to them, what they went through.
Make people live with the events of the story. Make them live with what they did, what was done to them, what they went through.
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Too often, writers take the laziest possible way out of a story by killing a character/letting a character die.
Make people live with the events of the story. Make them live with what they did, what was done to them, what they went through.
Make people live with the events of the story. Make them live with what they did, what was done to them, what they went through.
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For me it's the way the press pool just quietly went along with it because he's the president
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
For me it's the way the press pool just quietly went along with it because he's the president
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
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Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it: I wish people who design vehicles would take into account the world they're expected to function in.
Headlight brightness and height. Blind spots. Length. Width.
Other people need to see. Vehicles need to fit in lanes, parking spaces, garages, etc.
Headlight brightness and height. Blind spots. Length. Width.
Other people need to see. Vehicles need to fit in lanes, parking spaces, garages, etc.
I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
Nearly all drivers say vehicles' lights are too bright in study
The study, commissioned by the Department for Transport, was completed by Berkshire's TRL.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it: I wish people who design vehicles would take into account the world they're expected to function in.
Headlight brightness and height. Blind spots. Length. Width.
Other people need to see. Vehicles need to fit in lanes, parking spaces, garages, etc.
Headlight brightness and height. Blind spots. Length. Width.
Other people need to see. Vehicles need to fit in lanes, parking spaces, garages, etc.
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If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.
BREAKING: Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair said the administration is eyeing ways to give millions of Americans $2,000 dividend checks from tariff revenue without congressional approval, per Bloomberg.
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.
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Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc being the only human character in a film of Muppets is, and I’m trying not to be dramatic here, the reason cinema was invented in the first place!
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc being the only human character in a film of Muppets is, and I’m trying not to be dramatic here, the reason cinema was invented in the first place!
I wish there were a way to filter out all recipes with protein powder in them.
I don't mind that the recipes exist, I just wish I didn't have to wade through so many of them and could somehow bypass them entirely.
I don't mind that the recipes exist, I just wish I didn't have to wade through so many of them and could somehow bypass them entirely.
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I wish there were a way to filter out all recipes with protein powder in them.
I don't mind that the recipes exist, I just wish I didn't have to wade through so many of them and could somehow bypass them entirely.
I don't mind that the recipes exist, I just wish I didn't have to wade through so many of them and could somehow bypass them entirely.
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My personal “Don’t give to the Salvation Army” story:
When I was homeless in 2019, the Salvation Army shelter refused to give me a bed (even though they were available), because I was on immunosuppressant meds and they didn’t want to be responsible or liable if I got more sick or died on premises. They’d rather I die on the street.
It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.
Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
My personal “Don’t give to the Salvation Army” story:
I think (one of) the biggest problem(s) with that whole 'if you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras' thing is the sheer number of medical professionals who will rule out horses and consider their job done.
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I think (one of) the biggest problem(s) with that whole 'if you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras' thing is the sheer number of medical professionals who will rule out horses and consider their job done.
Got a simmer pot on today (beef stock for Chinese beef noodle soup).
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Got a simmer pot on today (beef stock for Chinese beef noodle soup).
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Where are the learning loss people? It’s hard to learn at school if you’re afraid to go because the secret police might kidnap you.
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Where are the learning loss people? It’s hard to learn at school if you’re afraid to go because the secret police might kidnap you.
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
Not at all sad to be ace, but a little sad to not be the type of ace who loves writing smut. Like, it sounds like so much fun! But in practice, it is miserable and boring (to me).
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Not at all sad to be ace, but a little sad to not be the type of ace who loves writing smut. Like, it sounds like so much fun! But in practice, it is miserable and boring (to me).
Unrepentant seat thief.
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Unrepentant seat thief.
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Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Just heard re: some ICE agents who raided a Chicago taqueria, then went back to the same taqueria for lunch the following week and got confused when the owner kicked them out, and I realized "jesus these doofuses really do believe we're all living in a video game where the NPCs have no memory"
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some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
some other familiar grocery store names that are brands for producer-owned agricultural co-ops:
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
Blue Diamond
Bob's Red Mill
Land O'Lakes
Tillamook
Welch's
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I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
writerbeware.blog
November 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...