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A chunky unicorn who lives on a cloud. Assistant to three cats. Pushes keys for a living
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Chapters of Lion & Snake Book 2, The Summer Pass, will go live on Ream, Monday mornings starting November 10! Need to reread Book 1? Follow along in the forum on Ream, where I’ll be posting new notes and extras daily. reamstories.com/ajdemas
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Chapters of Lion & Snake Book 2, The Summer Pass, will go live on Ream, Monday mornings starting November 10! Need to reread Book 1? Follow along in the forum on Ream, where I’ll be posting new notes and extras daily. reamstories.com/ajdemas
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The birding trip to Baker Wetlands ended up being a bugging trip.
September 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The birding trip to Baker Wetlands ended up being a bugging trip.
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#Booksky It’s Pride StoryBundle Day #2! Looking for #Fridayreads, #weekendreads or awesome queer books? Get 14 great books - cyberpunk to gay romantic fantasy, fantastical mysteries to short stories by award-winning authors! At the $25 level, you can support Rainbow Railroad! storybundle.com/pride
June 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
#Booksky It’s Pride StoryBundle Day #2! Looking for #Fridayreads, #weekendreads or awesome queer books? Get 14 great books - cyberpunk to gay romantic fantasy, fantastical mysteries to short stories by award-winning authors! At the $25 level, you can support Rainbow Railroad! storybundle.com/pride
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Drumroll please...
I am very pleased to share the cover of ALL OF US MURDERERS, coming Oct 2025 from @sourcebooks.bsky.social @poisonedpen.bsky.social, with utterly stunning cover art by Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social!
I am very pleased to share the cover of ALL OF US MURDERERS, coming Oct 2025 from @sourcebooks.bsky.social @poisonedpen.bsky.social, with utterly stunning cover art by Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social!
May 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Drumroll please...
I am very pleased to share the cover of ALL OF US MURDERERS, coming Oct 2025 from @sourcebooks.bsky.social @poisonedpen.bsky.social, with utterly stunning cover art by Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social!
I am very pleased to share the cover of ALL OF US MURDERERS, coming Oct 2025 from @sourcebooks.bsky.social @poisonedpen.bsky.social, with utterly stunning cover art by Marcela Bolívar @tropicalgloom.bsky.social!
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the "this fucking guy" theory of history is extremely compelling!!
i don’t believe in the great man of history theory, but i do kind of believe in a stupid asshole theory of history where one dumb motherfucker ruins things for everyone
May 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
the "this fucking guy" theory of history is extremely compelling!!
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Fly like an eagle ray!! #spottedeagleray #eagleray #stingraysofcoralcity #flyover #overhead #soar #flapflap #elasmobranch #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf
April 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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We spent some quality time with a color changing squid today #caribbeanreefsquid #reefsquid #squid #colorchanging #chromatophores #cephalopod #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf
April 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We spent some quality time with a color changing squid today #caribbeanreefsquid #reefsquid #squid #colorchanging #chromatophores #cephalopod #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf #kbcf
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I actually prefer “we’ve had” in this case, exactly because it is less dramatic. Lovell was a guy who did not panic, and “we’ve had a problem” is an almost comically calm way to describe what was happening. Less dramatic, but there’s a reason he said it as he did.
Apr 13th 1970 - "Houston we have a problem". This was a deliberate misquote in the movie. The writers as thought the original spoken line of "we've had a problem" wasn't as dramatic.
📽️📅 Depicted in Apollo 13 (1995)
📽️📅 Depicted in Apollo 13 (1995)
April 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I actually prefer “we’ve had” in this case, exactly because it is less dramatic. Lovell was a guy who did not panic, and “we’ve had a problem” is an almost comically calm way to describe what was happening. Less dramatic, but there’s a reason he said it as he did.
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My big news, in the Bookseller!
Tor, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, has acquired How to Fake it in Society plus two as-yet-untitled novels by bestselling historical romance author KJ Charles. 👇 #BookSky
Tor signs KJ Charles’ queer historical romance in three-book deal
www.thebookseller.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
My big news, in the Bookseller!
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'Dandelions,' was painted by the Danish artist Bertha Wegmann around 1910. It wasn't an arbitrary choice of a plant to paint: the dandelion was used to promote the women’s liberation movement in Scandinavia because of its capacity for uncontrolled, strong-willed growth.
April 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
'Dandelions,' was painted by the Danish artist Bertha Wegmann around 1910. It wasn't an arbitrary choice of a plant to paint: the dandelion was used to promote the women’s liberation movement in Scandinavia because of its capacity for uncontrolled, strong-willed growth.
I have Whomp! There It Is stuck in my head, and no, no I cannot dig it
April 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I have Whomp! There It Is stuck in my head, and no, no I cannot dig it
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Whole herd of at least half a dozen manatees cruised past the Camera today. We love to see it! 🥹〰️🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮〰️ #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #manatees #seacow #herd #seapotato #squad #welovetoseeit #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity
April 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Whole herd of at least half a dozen manatees cruised past the Camera today. We love to see it! 🥹〰️🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮〰️ #manatee #manateesofcoralcity #manatees #seacow #herd #seapotato #squad #welovetoseeit #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity
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the birds in question: bsky.app/profile/rspb...
WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
The results tell us a lot!
Extracts below... 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
the birds in question: bsky.app/profile/rspb...
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Ken Burns’ The Internet: A Series of Unfortunate Events
A slow pan over a blurry JPEG of a dancing baby, accompanied by a somber violin score.
A dramatic reading of a 1999 forum post.
A slow pan over a blurry JPEG of a dancing baby, accompanied by a somber violin score.
A dramatic reading of a 1999 forum post.
March 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Ken Burns’ The Internet: A Series of Unfortunate Events
A slow pan over a blurry JPEG of a dancing baby, accompanied by a somber violin score.
A dramatic reading of a 1999 forum post.
A slow pan over a blurry JPEG of a dancing baby, accompanied by a somber violin score.
A dramatic reading of a 1999 forum post.
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Scorpio: Today you will envy someone until you realize that they are on fire. The fact that you set them on fire while envying them is irrelevant.
March 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Scorpio: Today you will envy someone until you realize that they are on fire. The fact that you set them on fire while envying them is irrelevant.
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Golden eyes of the Caribbean reef squid at the golden hour in Coral City 💛🦑🦑👀🌇 #caribbeanreefsquid #reefsquid #squid #goldenhour #goldeneye #cephalopodsofcoralcity #cephalopod #chromatophores #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #coralcity
March 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Golden eyes of the Caribbean reef squid at the golden hour in Coral City 💛🦑🦑👀🌇 #caribbeanreefsquid #reefsquid #squid #goldenhour #goldeneye #cephalopodsofcoralcity #cephalopod #chromatophores #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #bfi #coralcity
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A friend of Laura's posted this on FB. I leave it here so you can laugh as hard as we did.
March 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A friend of Laura's posted this on FB. I leave it here so you can laugh as hard as we did.
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I feel like not enough people know that Bruce Campbell had an action-adventure series where he played a Revolutionary War hero turned secret agent fighting Napoleon's plans for world conquest as a masked vigilante.
It was called Jack of All Trades and it was big dumb fun.
It was called Jack of All Trades and it was big dumb fun.
March 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I feel like not enough people know that Bruce Campbell had an action-adventure series where he played a Revolutionary War hero turned secret agent fighting Napoleon's plans for world conquest as a masked vigilante.
It was called Jack of All Trades and it was big dumb fun.
It was called Jack of All Trades and it was big dumb fun.
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An LLM chatbot's literal entire job— what it is designed, built, & trained to do— is to respond to you using words which, in tone & connotation, you are statistically most likely to accept, based on what you've said to it & how you said it.
It's just stats & bullshit.
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It's just stats & bullshit.
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March 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
An LLM chatbot's literal entire job— what it is designed, built, & trained to do— is to respond to you using words which, in tone & connotation, you are statistically most likely to accept, based on what you've said to it & how you said it.
It's just stats & bullshit.
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It's just stats & bullshit.
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Hy-vee's yummy gooey cookies are deeply disappointing. Much like their cheese cake
March 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Hy-vee's yummy gooey cookies are deeply disappointing. Much like their cheese cake
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ME (to volunteer who led me to bathroom): Thank you! They tell you to stay hydrated, but…
VOLUNTEER: Oh, I know. I’m a kidney doctor.
ME: …
DR: I once had a man come in who said “I haven’t urinated in five days. Should I be worried?”
ME: ……
DR: I have no medical explanation for how he was alive.
VOLUNTEER: Oh, I know. I’m a kidney doctor.
ME: …
DR: I once had a man come in who said “I haven’t urinated in five days. Should I be worried?”
ME: ……
DR: I have no medical explanation for how he was alive.
March 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
ME (to volunteer who led me to bathroom): Thank you! They tell you to stay hydrated, but…
VOLUNTEER: Oh, I know. I’m a kidney doctor.
ME: …
DR: I once had a man come in who said “I haven’t urinated in five days. Should I be worried?”
ME: ……
DR: I have no medical explanation for how he was alive.
VOLUNTEER: Oh, I know. I’m a kidney doctor.
ME: …
DR: I once had a man come in who said “I haven’t urinated in five days. Should I be worried?”
ME: ……
DR: I have no medical explanation for how he was alive.
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do you wish laundry was an adversarial activity?
consider kittens!
consider kittens!
March 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
do you wish laundry was an adversarial activity?
consider kittens!
consider kittens!
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Not fabric or stitching related - but I attended a sea glass succulent workshop last night at Hammer and Stain and it was so much fun and I absolutely love how they turned out.
March 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Not fabric or stitching related - but I attended a sea glass succulent workshop last night at Hammer and Stain and it was so much fun and I absolutely love how they turned out.
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I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.