meej (spooky)
@meej.dragonsworn.net
Elf enjoyer, fountain pen & ink dork, loves shouting and fantasy novels and shouting about fantasy novels. Sometimes I post pictures of my ridiculous dogs. Pretty sure my Axolotl is actually Ursula Vernon’s. She/her. Shiny. High strung.
Live your life so that when your friends find a “We Didn’t Start The Fire” parody for the Silmarillion, they know to send it to you immediately
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Live your life so that when your friends find a “We Didn’t Start The Fire” parody for the Silmarillion, they know to send it to you immediately
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I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
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Just a friendly PSA if you want to commission artists for Christmas presents, which is a great idea btw, you have to get on the ball about it BEFORE Thanksgiving. Like do it today. I'm not doing commissions personally I just want to save you panic or disappointment. Get on that dream artist ASAP 💛
November 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Just a friendly PSA if you want to commission artists for Christmas presents, which is a great idea btw, you have to get on the ball about it BEFORE Thanksgiving. Like do it today. I'm not doing commissions personally I just want to save you panic or disappointment. Get on that dream artist ASAP 💛
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I may as well have a blindfold on
Driving at night is super fun after 40.
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I may as well have a blindfold on
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Speaking of things that were trendy despite being basically poison and got shoehorned in where they were unwanted and unneeded during the 20's, one of my local friends has begun referring to genAI as "radium"
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Speaking of things that were trendy despite being basically poison and got shoehorned in where they were unwanted and unneeded during the 20's, one of my local friends has begun referring to genAI as "radium"
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It always cheers me up to contemplate the fact that least-worst member of the Golden Dawn, W.B. Yeats, threw Aleister Crowley down the stairs once.
He had it coming.
He had it coming.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It always cheers me up to contemplate the fact that least-worst member of the Golden Dawn, W.B. Yeats, threw Aleister Crowley down the stairs once.
He had it coming.
He had it coming.
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I’m genuinely starting to fear hedgehogs
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I’m genuinely starting to fear hedgehogs
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November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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🕯️ today is Trans Day of Remembrance. 🕯️
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
In Memoriam — Trans Remembrance Project
www.transremembrance.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🕯️ today is Trans Day of Remembrance. 🕯️
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
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This is not the worst book we've ever read but it is the meanest episode we've ever done.
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is not the worst book we've ever read but it is the meanest episode we've ever done.
The pilot custom heritage 92 fountain pen has only two flaws to me: first, it’s a piston filler with big ink capacity so I get bored of the ink before it runs out in nearly any fill; and second, it is VERY slightly smaller than my preference so I end up gripping it too tightly.
Still a great pen!
Still a great pen!
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The pilot custom heritage 92 fountain pen has only two flaws to me: first, it’s a piston filler with big ink capacity so I get bored of the ink before it runs out in nearly any fill; and second, it is VERY slightly smaller than my preference so I end up gripping it too tightly.
Still a great pen!
Still a great pen!
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Don't be evil, kindness is good, make your memorial last through love of you. (Instruction of Merikare) (ALL)
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Don't be evil, kindness is good, make your memorial last through love of you. (Instruction of Merikare) (ALL)
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This has brought up a question I actually don't know - when did the specific form "the fae" become so popular in English?
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This has brought up a question I actually don't know - when did the specific form "the fae" become so popular in English?
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
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Thursday 20th of November is the international date of Transgender Day of Remembrance. Remembering all of my friends, trans sisters and trans brothers, who are sadly no longer with us. ⚧️ 🏳️⚧️ 💜 🙏 #TDOR #TDR #TransgenderDayOfRemembrance #TransLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Transgender #TG
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Thursday 20th of November is the international date of Transgender Day of Remembrance. Remembering all of my friends, trans sisters and trans brothers, who are sadly no longer with us. ⚧️ 🏳️⚧️ 💜 🙏 #TDOR #TDR #TransgenderDayOfRemembrance #TransLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Transgender #TG
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Apple: Here, use some AI
Scrivener: I would prefer not to.
Scrivener: I would prefer not to.
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Apple: Here, use some AI
Scrivener: I would prefer not to.
Scrivener: I would prefer not to.
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Hey while we're making and remaking Stephen King movies (that is NOT a complaint), can someone do The Jaunt?
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Hey while we're making and remaking Stephen King movies (that is NOT a complaint), can someone do The Jaunt?
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There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
I have decided that today warrants a third cup of coffee
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I have decided that today warrants a third cup of coffee
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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
June 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
Not all who wander are lost.
Server refused the connection:
Port 22 no route to host.
Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart Cork is who I holler at when history’s greatest monster, our middle corgi Bonny Prince Charlie, is obstreperous
do you make up ridiculous longform versions of your dog's name? if so please share. I've been calling lambo "lamborghini wigglesworth" (mr. wiggles for short)
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart Cork is who I holler at when history’s greatest monster, our middle corgi Bonny Prince Charlie, is obstreperous
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A sneak peek of the revised "Random Creeds" table from the forthcoming playtest draft 0.7.0 of "Eat God" (penguinking.itch.io/eat-god).
Text version for screen reader users here: penguinking.games/files/eat-go...
Text version for screen reader users here: penguinking.games/files/eat-go...
November 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
A sneak peek of the revised "Random Creeds" table from the forthcoming playtest draft 0.7.0 of "Eat God" (penguinking.itch.io/eat-god).
Text version for screen reader users here: penguinking.games/files/eat-go...
Text version for screen reader users here: penguinking.games/files/eat-go...
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I get why it happens but goddamn do I wish anything could hit as hard on the timeline as something that sucks that everyone hates written by or about the worst person you know. I wish something good or interesting was able to get anywhere near the traction some shit that sucks does.
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I get why it happens but goddamn do I wish anything could hit as hard on the timeline as something that sucks that everyone hates written by or about the worst person you know. I wish something good or interesting was able to get anywhere near the traction some shit that sucks does.
Based on some of these writing samples floating around, not impossible I was in some PBeM games with Olivia Nuzzi twenty years ago
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Based on some of these writing samples floating around, not impossible I was in some PBeM games with Olivia Nuzzi twenty years ago