Mae Walters
@medieval-coconut.bsky.social
Just a mom who cant stop thinking about the medieval Indian Ocean Trade
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incredible stuff over at r/ididnthaveeggs
It’s a eggnog recipe
It’s a eggnog recipe
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
incredible stuff over at r/ididnthaveeggs
It’s a eggnog recipe
It’s a eggnog recipe
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen is gorgeous! Its the first time I’ve loved a book for its descriptions, although the worldbuilding, themes, pacing and characters are all really strong. #specfic #diversebooks #bookrecs
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen is gorgeous! Its the first time I’ve loved a book for its descriptions, although the worldbuilding, themes, pacing and characters are all really strong. #specfic #diversebooks #bookrecs
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I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung
After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...
ivacheung.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.
Please spread the word! 🍗
ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...
At parent teacher conferences i was blown away by the dedication, precision and love from our teachers! Public schools rock!
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
At parent teacher conferences i was blown away by the dedication, precision and love from our teachers! Public schools rock!
My retelling of The Ebony Horse from 1001 Nights. An inventor makes a flying horse and gives it to the caliph. What if instead of the prince stealing the horse, it was an enslaved woman escaping to freedom?
I felt stuck writing it as a short story, so I drew it instead. #illustration #arabiannights
I felt stuck writing it as a short story, so I drew it instead. #illustration #arabiannights
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My retelling of The Ebony Horse from 1001 Nights. An inventor makes a flying horse and gives it to the caliph. What if instead of the prince stealing the horse, it was an enslaved woman escaping to freedom?
I felt stuck writing it as a short story, so I drew it instead. #illustration #arabiannights
I felt stuck writing it as a short story, so I drew it instead. #illustration #arabiannights
When the Portuguese got back from sailing around Africa for the first time with all those spices from India… the spices were spoiled and they had to throw them out.
I find that very satisfying.
I find that very satisfying.
November 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
When the Portuguese got back from sailing around Africa for the first time with all those spices from India… the spices were spoiled and they had to throw them out.
I find that very satisfying.
I find that very satisfying.
What do you do when you have so much research for your WIP that it would take weeks to explain but all your plot ideas feel like dried leaves?
#wipwriting #writerslife
#wipwriting #writerslife
June 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
What do you do when you have so much research for your WIP that it would take weeks to explain but all your plot ideas feel like dried leaves?
#wipwriting #writerslife
#wipwriting #writerslife
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So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
Please read and share this thread.
May 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
Please read and share this thread.
300,000 people have died from cuts to usaid
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
300,000 people have died from cuts to usaid
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They say it can’t be done, but here we are, California is generated 106% of California’s entire state electricity demand from renewables.
California has a population bigger that 154 other countries around the world. It’s the 4th largest economy, in the world.
Let that sink in.
#energysky #greensky
California has a population bigger that 154 other countries around the world. It’s the 4th largest economy, in the world.
Let that sink in.
#energysky #greensky
May 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
They say it can’t be done, but here we are, California is generated 106% of California’s entire state electricity demand from renewables.
California has a population bigger that 154 other countries around the world. It’s the 4th largest economy, in the world.
Let that sink in.
#energysky #greensky
California has a population bigger that 154 other countries around the world. It’s the 4th largest economy, in the world.
Let that sink in.
#energysky #greensky
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If The Continent matters to you, it might matter to someone you know. It’s free and you get a copy delivered straight to your device.
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May 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
If The Continent matters to you, it might matter to someone you know. It’s free and you get a copy delivered straight to your device.
Books about Black history in the Medieval Indian Ocean world.
Descriptions below…
Indigenous Black Iraqis by VKY
The Revolt of African Slaves in Iraq by Alexandre Popovic
City States of the Swahili Coast
The Blacks of Premodern China, Don J Wyatt
#indianoceantrade #blackhistory #history
Descriptions below…
Indigenous Black Iraqis by VKY
The Revolt of African Slaves in Iraq by Alexandre Popovic
City States of the Swahili Coast
The Blacks of Premodern China, Don J Wyatt
#indianoceantrade #blackhistory #history
May 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Books about Black history in the Medieval Indian Ocean world.
Descriptions below…
Indigenous Black Iraqis by VKY
The Revolt of African Slaves in Iraq by Alexandre Popovic
City States of the Swahili Coast
The Blacks of Premodern China, Don J Wyatt
#indianoceantrade #blackhistory #history
Descriptions below…
Indigenous Black Iraqis by VKY
The Revolt of African Slaves in Iraq by Alexandre Popovic
City States of the Swahili Coast
The Blacks of Premodern China, Don J Wyatt
#indianoceantrade #blackhistory #history
Black history from the Medieval Indian Ocean world, book roundup! Descriptions below.
Indigenous Black Iraqis
The Revolt of African Slaves in Iraq
City States of the Swahili Coast
The Blacks of Premodern China
Indigenous Black Iraqis
The Revolt of African Slaves in Iraq
City States of the Swahili Coast
The Blacks of Premodern China
May 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Black history from the Medieval Indian Ocean world, book roundup! Descriptions below.
Indigenous Black Iraqis
The Revolt of African Slaves in Iraq
City States of the Swahili Coast
The Blacks of Premodern China
Indigenous Black Iraqis
The Revolt of African Slaves in Iraq
City States of the Swahili Coast
The Blacks of Premodern China
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MAKE NOISE ON THIS ONE‼️
They didn’t just deport him—they sent him to CECOT in El Salvador.
Agelviz came here legally through the refugee resettlement program—fully vetted. But when he landed in Houston, CBP snatched him over a tattoo: a clock and a rose.
No charges. No record. Just a suspicion.
They didn’t just deport him—they sent him to CECOT in El Salvador.
Agelviz came here legally through the refugee resettlement program—fully vetted. But when he landed in Houston, CBP snatched him over a tattoo: a clock and a rose.
No charges. No record. Just a suspicion.
May 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
MAKE NOISE ON THIS ONE‼️
They didn’t just deport him—they sent him to CECOT in El Salvador.
Agelviz came here legally through the refugee resettlement program—fully vetted. But when he landed in Houston, CBP snatched him over a tattoo: a clock and a rose.
No charges. No record. Just a suspicion.
They didn’t just deport him—they sent him to CECOT in El Salvador.
Agelviz came here legally through the refugee resettlement program—fully vetted. But when he landed in Houston, CBP snatched him over a tattoo: a clock and a rose.
No charges. No record. Just a suspicion.
Still waiting for the comic when Calvin turns 30 and is just like his parents
May 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Still waiting for the comic when Calvin turns 30 and is just like his parents
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absolutely true.
In the circles they move in, angry liberals yelling at you is a mark of credibility. It's a status symbol, a kind of badge that shows you're savvy, one of the insiders. It's a perfectly insular, sealed, self-reinforcing worldview/industry.
May 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
absolutely true.
What should I post about? History of the Medieval Indian Ocean Trade and its cross cultural shenanigans? Hidden gem children’s books?
May 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
What should I post about? History of the Medieval Indian Ocean Trade and its cross cultural shenanigans? Hidden gem children’s books?
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Terrific and technically sound thread on a big advance in vaccine development. The work focuses on HIV but likely is more broadly applicable. Many years ago senior author, Bill Schief, started down this path as a postdoc with David Baker here at UW biochemistry. Thrilling progress on a hard problem!
THIS IS HUGE! TWO Phase I HIV vaccine clinical trials have demonstrated that a stepwise mRNA-based vaccination strategy can SUCCESSFULLY activate AND advance immune responses toward producing broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs), a CRITICAL milestone in HIV prevention. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
May 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Terrific and technically sound thread on a big advance in vaccine development. The work focuses on HIV but likely is more broadly applicable. Many years ago senior author, Bill Schief, started down this path as a postdoc with David Baker here at UW biochemistry. Thrilling progress on a hard problem!
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Hey writers! If you want free in depth quality critiques of your work, check out critique.org
An online writing workshop. Give critiques, get critiqued. Strict policy on being helpful and respectful, open to any skill level. Our participation is down because google doesnt promote free sites
An online writing workshop. Give critiques, get critiqued. Strict policy on being helpful and respectful, open to any skill level. Our participation is down because google doesnt promote free sites
Critters Writers Workshop
Critique.org is an on-line workshop/critique group for serious writers, singers, musicians, songwriters, filmmakers, photographers, artists, web developers, app developers, etc. - think of an online creative writing course (or online songwriting course, singing course, photogrphy course, film course, etc.). Critters is the on-line workshop/critique group for serious Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror writers.
critique.org
May 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hey writers! If you want free in depth quality critiques of your work, check out critique.org
An online writing workshop. Give critiques, get critiqued. Strict policy on being helpful and respectful, open to any skill level. Our participation is down because google doesnt promote free sites
An online writing workshop. Give critiques, get critiqued. Strict policy on being helpful and respectful, open to any skill level. Our participation is down because google doesnt promote free sites
Hey writers! If you want free in depth quality critiques of your work, check out critique.org
An online writing workshop. Give critiques, get critiqued. Strict policy on being helpful and respectful, open to any skill level. Our participation is down because google doesnt promote free sites
An online writing workshop. Give critiques, get critiqued. Strict policy on being helpful and respectful, open to any skill level. Our participation is down because google doesnt promote free sites
Critters Writers Workshop
Critique.org is an on-line workshop/critique group for serious writers, singers, musicians, songwriters, filmmakers, photographers, artists, web developers, app developers, etc. - think of an online creative writing course (or online songwriting course, singing course, photogrphy course, film course, etc.). Critters is the on-line workshop/critique group for serious Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror writers.
critique.org
May 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hey writers! If you want free in depth quality critiques of your work, check out critique.org
An online writing workshop. Give critiques, get critiqued. Strict policy on being helpful and respectful, open to any skill level. Our participation is down because google doesnt promote free sites
An online writing workshop. Give critiques, get critiqued. Strict policy on being helpful and respectful, open to any skill level. Our participation is down because google doesnt promote free sites
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Column by another academic detained by ICE on tissue-tin grounds. Gift link.
Opinion | I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention.
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Column by another academic detained by ICE on tissue-tin grounds. Gift link.
Not gonna lie, I would love to see more hollow earth fiction. No pesky space suits or wavery magic doors appearing out of thin air. Just lots of manhole and digging jokes!
In seismology, the term for this is a USO: an Unidentified Seismic Object.
And perhaps if this discovery had leaked into mainstream news in the way potential alien biosignatures tend to do, we’d currently be seeing a big comeback for the HOLLOW EARTH ‘theory’.
Thankfully this wasn't the case.
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And perhaps if this discovery had leaked into mainstream news in the way potential alien biosignatures tend to do, we’d currently be seeing a big comeback for the HOLLOW EARTH ‘theory’.
Thankfully this wasn't the case.
2/
May 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Not gonna lie, I would love to see more hollow earth fiction. No pesky space suits or wavery magic doors appearing out of thin air. Just lots of manhole and digging jokes!
This is kind of adorable. Spoken word new age soundtrack, about how we’re originally from another planet stopped on earth for lunch and forgot to leave
May 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This is kind of adorable. Spoken word new age soundtrack, about how we’re originally from another planet stopped on earth for lunch and forgot to leave
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Looking at bread in the toaster:
Toast: I'm not ready
Toast: I'm not ready
Toast: I'm not ready
*Looks away for 30 seconds*
Toast:
Darkness has taken over me. I have walked through the fires of hell. I am now charcoal. You have abandoned me and I have now been scarred by the inferno.
Toast: I'm not ready
Toast: I'm not ready
Toast: I'm not ready
*Looks away for 30 seconds*
Toast:
Darkness has taken over me. I have walked through the fires of hell. I am now charcoal. You have abandoned me and I have now been scarred by the inferno.
May 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Looking at bread in the toaster:
Toast: I'm not ready
Toast: I'm not ready
Toast: I'm not ready
*Looks away for 30 seconds*
Toast:
Darkness has taken over me. I have walked through the fires of hell. I am now charcoal. You have abandoned me and I have now been scarred by the inferno.
Toast: I'm not ready
Toast: I'm not ready
Toast: I'm not ready
*Looks away for 30 seconds*
Toast:
Darkness has taken over me. I have walked through the fires of hell. I am now charcoal. You have abandoned me and I have now been scarred by the inferno.