Jo
@lurkingjo.bsky.social
I love to read, and rarely write.
I sometimes talk, but hate to fight.
I love to gaze at stars and trees
And fluffy cats (which make me sneeze).
I’ll only rarely post my work
Cuz I am mostly here to lurk.
I sometimes talk, but hate to fight.
I love to gaze at stars and trees
And fluffy cats (which make me sneeze).
I’ll only rarely post my work
Cuz I am mostly here to lurk.
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It's the Seasonal Reposting Competition! Repost this over the weekend, and on Sunday one lucky person will win a signed copy of one of my books. For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 fiendish @theguardian.com #puzzles and all the stories behind them:
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It's the Seasonal Reposting Competition! Repost this over the weekend, and on Sunday one lucky person will win a signed copy of one of my books. For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 fiendish @theguardian.com #puzzles and all the stories behind them:
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...
Yesterday was a very lovely day for November, so I took a walk outside. While out, I came up with the theme, the starting lines, and one or two of the later lines for this poem, and had to stop and jot them down. I present the final product: Fallen Leaves. #poetry
November 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Yesterday was a very lovely day for November, so I took a walk outside. While out, I came up with the theme, the starting lines, and one or two of the later lines for this poem, and had to stop and jot them down. I present the final product: Fallen Leaves. #poetry
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The word "salary" comes from Ancient Rome when soldiers used to get paid every month in salamanders.
#etymology #linguistics #AncientRome
#etymology #linguistics #AncientRome
January 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The word "salary" comes from Ancient Rome when soldiers used to get paid every month in salamanders.
#etymology #linguistics #AncientRome
#etymology #linguistics #AncientRome
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GENRES ARE MARKETING TOOLS NOT RULES
different line of explains a lot than air is stuff, but literary genres are marketing tools, not rules ! also that ancient cultures interacted with each other
December 28, 2024 at 9:10 PM
GENRES ARE MARKETING TOOLS NOT RULES
Two random people followed me today despite the fact that I haven’t opened the app in several weeks. Thank you and here’s a picture of some ducklings on a log that I took on my vacation this summer! I will not make promises of further activity. :P
December 29, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Two random people followed me today despite the fact that I haven’t opened the app in several weeks. Thank you and here’s a picture of some ducklings on a log that I took on my vacation this summer! I will not make promises of further activity. :P
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December 1, 2024 at 7:14 AM
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tired: autistic and allistic
wired: 'tism and tisn't
wired: 'tism and tisn't
November 30, 2024 at 12:15 AM
tired: autistic and allistic
wired: 'tism and tisn't
wired: 'tism and tisn't
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🚫 Don’t: “Everyone is a little autistic.”
✅ Do: “Autistic traits are not exclusive to Autistic people
and it’s the cumulative constellation of traits that they have
that fundamentally differs from the lived experiences of Non-Autistic people.”
(A bit wordy, but maybe the nuance is worth it.)
✅ Do: “Autistic traits are not exclusive to Autistic people
and it’s the cumulative constellation of traits that they have
that fundamentally differs from the lived experiences of Non-Autistic people.”
(A bit wordy, but maybe the nuance is worth it.)
November 29, 2024 at 3:00 PM
🚫 Don’t: “Everyone is a little autistic.”
✅ Do: “Autistic traits are not exclusive to Autistic people
and it’s the cumulative constellation of traits that they have
that fundamentally differs from the lived experiences of Non-Autistic people.”
(A bit wordy, but maybe the nuance is worth it.)
✅ Do: “Autistic traits are not exclusive to Autistic people
and it’s the cumulative constellation of traits that they have
that fundamentally differs from the lived experiences of Non-Autistic people.”
(A bit wordy, but maybe the nuance is worth it.)
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Raise your hand if you're sure you read something great earlier this year but your memory is terrible!!
November 24, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Raise your hand if you're sure you read something great earlier this year but your memory is terrible!!
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Wishing the Elsevier editors who desk-accepted this all the best for their next career moves.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
November 22, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Wishing the Elsevier editors who desk-accepted this all the best for their next career moves.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
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November 19, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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We had over 6000 followers on Twitter before everything started falling apart there. Followers aren't everything, but I need to reach an audience to make a living off these games. If you want to help us build back our audience, please help us spread the word so we can keep making awesome games! 💚🐸
November 14, 2024 at 11:55 PM
We had over 6000 followers on Twitter before everything started falling apart there. Followers aren't everything, but I need to reach an audience to make a living off these games. If you want to help us build back our audience, please help us spread the word so we can keep making awesome games! 💚🐸
*posts right before I go to bed so my insecure cravings for validation don't leave me opening and closing the app 50 times in the next hour, checking for interactions*
November 18, 2024 at 4:13 AM
*posts right before I go to bed so my insecure cravings for validation don't leave me opening and closing the app 50 times in the next hour, checking for interactions*
This betta fish from December 2023 was a lot of fun. All the tiny lines that make up the fins and tail were so satisfying, evoking the joy of just doodling. Each color in the fins is a different layer, and each fin itself is a different group of layers. #krita #art #digitalart
November 16, 2024 at 9:08 PM
This betta fish from December 2023 was a lot of fun. All the tiny lines that make up the fins and tail were so satisfying, evoking the joy of just doodling. Each color in the fins is a different layer, and each fin itself is a different group of layers. #krita #art #digitalart
November 14, 2024 at 8:42 PM
First art post! (Finally.) This is one of the first digital art projects I did, about 2 years ago, and it's still one of my favorites. I use it as a profile picture in a lot of places, and I think it actually sparked the way dragonflies have become my Thing(tm). #krita #digitalart
November 14, 2024 at 5:43 AM
First art post! (Finally.) This is one of the first digital art projects I did, about 2 years ago, and it's still one of my favorites. I use it as a profile picture in a lot of places, and I think it actually sparked the way dragonflies have become my Thing(tm). #krita #digitalart
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Hello all: It is with a heavy heart that I remove my Starter Pack of "Trustworthy Mesopotamian Copper Ingot Merchants Within the City-State of Ur."
I have been informed about some pretty unfortunate oversights on my part and ultimately platformed some creators who should not have been platformed.
I have been informed about some pretty unfortunate oversights on my part and ultimately platformed some creators who should not have been platformed.
November 13, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Hello all: It is with a heavy heart that I remove my Starter Pack of "Trustworthy Mesopotamian Copper Ingot Merchants Within the City-State of Ur."
I have been informed about some pretty unfortunate oversights on my part and ultimately platformed some creators who should not have been platformed.
I have been informed about some pretty unfortunate oversights on my part and ultimately platformed some creators who should not have been platformed.
I think it’s kinda funny how I keep finding the most niche of starter packs in my discover feed. “Fluvial geomorphology starter pack”? Truly glad you can find your niche people in such a convenient way, but sometimes it just makes me giggle.
November 13, 2024 at 6:18 AM
I think it’s kinda funny how I keep finding the most niche of starter packs in my discover feed. “Fluvial geomorphology starter pack”? Truly glad you can find your niche people in such a convenient way, but sometimes it just makes me giggle.
I was going to post some of my art today or maybe a poem but I’m too unmotivated to go choose one and write a description for it. Have a picture I took of a tree instead!
November 12, 2024 at 1:11 AM
I was going to post some of my art today or maybe a poem but I’m too unmotivated to go choose one and write a description for it. Have a picture I took of a tree instead!
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One of my most favorite photos.
November 10, 2024 at 12:30 PM
One of my most favorite photos.