Mona
@monanotlisa-mnl.bsky.social
The artist formerly and also still known as monanotlisa. If you remember Better Buffy Fics, or Livejournal, you're in the right place.
I agree, and view all these careless people's feelings as what they are: a profoundly selfish attachment to nostalgia that is hollow with rot. Let it go; the rot is poisoning people in the here and now.
And I cannot fathom how you can consider yourself a not bad (much less good) person when trans people have been saying for years "This author's work materially hurts me and funds hate movements designed to drive me out of public life" and you still go "B-b-but my childhood!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I agree, and view all these careless people's feelings as what they are: a profoundly selfish attachment to nostalgia that is hollow with rot. Let it go; the rot is poisoning people in the here and now.
This is probably calling out into the void, since my network here is so SMOL, in tumblr terms, but here we go:
Any advice for obtaining high-quality posters or other printed material featuring pencil or charcoal portrait drawings that are at least page-sized, up to two pages? Basically A0 to A1.
Any advice for obtaining high-quality posters or other printed material featuring pencil or charcoal portrait drawings that are at least page-sized, up to two pages? Basically A0 to A1.
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is probably calling out into the void, since my network here is so SMOL, in tumblr terms, but here we go:
Any advice for obtaining high-quality posters or other printed material featuring pencil or charcoal portrait drawings that are at least page-sized, up to two pages? Basically A0 to A1.
Any advice for obtaining high-quality posters or other printed material featuring pencil or charcoal portrait drawings that are at least page-sized, up to two pages? Basically A0 to A1.
![[Me, on the condition of my vegetable order]
Yeah, four of the cucumbers were gross and slimy and bendy.
One had black mold on top of that.
[Customer Service]
I am so incredibly sorry to hear about the condition of your cucumbers! That is completely unacceptable! Receiving four cucumbers that are slimy and bendy, with one having black mold on top, is a serious quality failure and definitely not the Goo dEggs quality we want you to have! I've processed a full credit for the cucumbers ( $19.98 ). You should see it reflected in your account shortly! please let me know if you'd prefer a refund or a redelivery, Best, [Redacted]@GoodEggs
[Me]
Refund, please.
Also, your AI answer is a bit over the top. You may want to adjust its settings.
Thanks!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ex5t4cglzinjkwumpmhylyra/bafkreicuhwfuhuorpes7xhej7say6auzpoe5nlyte5e75hh46akhdosd6y@jpeg)
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We need some kind of barrier between all these named Give Us Your Money days, because right now I’ve got Giving Tuesday, Cyber Monday, and Black Friday emails arriving at the same time, and you know what? It’s too much. Deletion isn’t a healthy hobby for a person my age.
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
We need some kind of barrier between all these named Give Us Your Money days, because right now I’ve got Giving Tuesday, Cyber Monday, and Black Friday emails arriving at the same time, and you know what? It’s too much. Deletion isn’t a healthy hobby for a person my age.
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time to stop making excuses and cross the bridge
December 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
time to stop making excuses and cross the bridge
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Here's a gift article of a very interesting look at the problems with the mirror-test which has been held as the gatekeeper for which creatures possess theory of mind. Besides working with Elsie, it makes me think about SF creatures & if they would pass the test.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
The Mirror Test Is Broken
Either fish are self-aware or scientists need to rethink how they study animal cognition.
www.theatlantic.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Here's a gift article of a very interesting look at the problems with the mirror-test which has been held as the gatekeeper for which creatures possess theory of mind. Besides working with Elsie, it makes me think about SF creatures & if they would pass the test.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
California hike after what was a lot yet not too much food; I stopped myself and the wife (who had been feeling quite ill when we got home last year).
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
California hike after what was a lot yet not too much food; I stopped myself and the wife (who had been feeling quite ill when we got home last year).
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Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
Fingertips are optional, right?
(My poor wife finished peeling and slicing the crudités without my mortally wounded self.)
(My poor wife finished peeling and slicing the crudités without my mortally wounded self.)
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Fingertips are optional, right?
(My poor wife finished peeling and slicing the crudités without my mortally wounded self.)
(My poor wife finished peeling and slicing the crudités without my mortally wounded self.)
While I wait for my two apple crisps to be done, can I just say that Tasha Suri's THE LOTUS EMPIRE is wildly compelling, just like the two previous volumes of the Burning Kingdoms trilogy. It has everything I want in epic fantasy and is such a rich read. <3
www.hachettebookgroup.com/series/tasha...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/series/tasha...
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
While I wait for my two apple crisps to be done, can I just say that Tasha Suri's THE LOTUS EMPIRE is wildly compelling, just like the two previous volumes of the Burning Kingdoms trilogy. It has everything I want in epic fantasy and is such a rich read. <3
www.hachettebookgroup.com/series/tasha...
www.hachettebookgroup.com/series/tasha...
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timeline cleaning
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
timeline cleaning
Just signed up, despite the long and arduous trip west! Bound to be an uplifting event.
There are a few FREE seats left for this amazing event, next Tuesday in San Francisco @booksmith.bsky.social! Grab 'em quick!
Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Just signed up, despite the long and arduous trip west! Bound to be an uplifting event.
My wife is currently making large amounts of cranberry sauce in the kitchen next to me, & while we will take a lot of it to the family + friends Thanksgiving tomorrow, there's always far more that she eats on bread, cheese, etc. for days.
She just turned to me and said, "Cranberry sauce is my jam!"
She just turned to me and said, "Cranberry sauce is my jam!"
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
My wife is currently making large amounts of cranberry sauce in the kitchen next to me, & while we will take a lot of it to the family + friends Thanksgiving tomorrow, there's always far more that she eats on bread, cheese, etc. for days.
She just turned to me and said, "Cranberry sauce is my jam!"
She just turned to me and said, "Cranberry sauce is my jam!"
@cofax.bsky.social, her book club bestie, and I will watch it tomorrow! Can’t wait.
*starts #Pluribus episode*
Yay it’s early this week!
*ends Pluribus episode*
Goddammit…now it’s a longer wait. Petard etc.
Yay it’s early this week!
*ends Pluribus episode*
Goddammit…now it’s a longer wait. Petard etc.
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
@cofax.bsky.social, her book club bestie, and I will watch it tomorrow! Can’t wait.
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Yep, that pretty much sums it up.
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Yep, that pretty much sums it up.
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Personally against dnd rogues using heavy armor
It would break all immersion.
Rogues can only stealth in medium or light armor, because it’s made of Hide.
It would break all immersion.
Rogues can only stealth in medium or light armor, because it’s made of Hide.
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Personally against dnd rogues using heavy armor
It would break all immersion.
Rogues can only stealth in medium or light armor, because it’s made of Hide.
It would break all immersion.
Rogues can only stealth in medium or light armor, because it’s made of Hide.
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Friends, this is a low hanging boycott action.
Similar to Hulu and Disney+ actions.
You can help turn the tide and it will make other platforms think twice.
The working class has much more power than they think.
Similar to Hulu and Disney+ actions.
You can help turn the tide and it will make other platforms think twice.
The working class has much more power than they think.
Spotify is helping ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. Stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops running ads for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Friends, this is a low hanging boycott action.
Similar to Hulu and Disney+ actions.
You can help turn the tide and it will make other platforms think twice.
The working class has much more power than they think.
Similar to Hulu and Disney+ actions.
You can help turn the tide and it will make other platforms think twice.
The working class has much more power than they think.
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This is a great piece. I have had five endometriosis surgeries and a c-section. Pelvic floor PT is a godsend.
I wrote this piece because I only learned about pelvic floors a few years ago, despite having had one all my life. And then it turned out to be where I store all my issues. And then that turned out to be true for a lot of people www.wired.com/story/the-pe...
The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem
Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with the pelvic floor—physical therapists, MAHA influencers, me. Could this deeply misunderstood body part really be the seat of so much modern dysfunction?
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is a great piece. I have had five endometriosis surgeries and a c-section. Pelvic floor PT is a godsend.
I only now realized that I didn't repost this artwork! Thanks again to @notjustanacrobat.bsky.social 'tis my Dragonborn cleric Thava Goldencrown, born in Candlekeep and fancying herself a scholar...with INT 8. But she's a sweetheart.
My comm for @monanotlisa-mnl.bsky.social
Let me know what you think!
#illustration #commission #commissionsopen #art #dndart #dndcommission #dragonborne
Let me know what you think!
#illustration #commission #commissionsopen #art #dndart #dndcommission #dragonborne
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I only now realized that I didn't repost this artwork! Thanks again to @notjustanacrobat.bsky.social 'tis my Dragonborn cleric Thava Goldencrown, born in Candlekeep and fancying herself a scholar...with INT 8. But she's a sweetheart.
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Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language wins global award.
#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBeAboriginalLand
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBeAboriginalLand
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language wins global awards
With only eight fluent Nyiyaparli speakers remaining, an Aboriginal group is racing against time to save its 41,000-year-old language.
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Game designed to save dying Aboriginal language wins global award.
#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBeAboriginalLand
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBeAboriginalLand
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Yes! I watched Teen Wolf for a while but stopped because the treatment of female characters within the storyline was too disappointing. Arden Cho was much better than that role.
pleased for her, she was badly used in the Teen Wolf tv show to the point that was where i went off it www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
KPop Demon Hunters star on how her life mirrored main character Rumi's journey
Korean-American actress Arden Cho tells BBC Global Women she struggled to feel accepted while growing up in Texas.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Yes! I watched Teen Wolf for a while but stopped because the treatment of female characters within the storyline was too disappointing. Arden Cho was much better than that role.
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Hiding from the real world in The X-Files, only for Scully to gut punch with “… there is a culture of lawlessness that has prevented me from doing my job. That the real target of this committee's investigation should be the men who are beyond prosecution and punishment…”
Me: *POINTS AT ‘90s SCI-FI*
Me: *POINTS AT ‘90s SCI-FI*
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Hiding from the real world in The X-Files, only for Scully to gut punch with “… there is a culture of lawlessness that has prevented me from doing my job. That the real target of this committee's investigation should be the men who are beyond prosecution and punishment…”
Me: *POINTS AT ‘90s SCI-FI*
Me: *POINTS AT ‘90s SCI-FI*