Pudacat
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Hawaii, relocated for convenience
January 17, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Hawaii, relocated for convenience
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sharing again for the morning crowd!
January 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
sharing again for the morning crowd!
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you will have to pry the millennial “lol” from my cold dead hands. i don’t know how else to express minor despair. if i didn’t say “lol” after admitting i’m a husk inside, i’d have to develop emotional resilience, and i simply don’t have time for that
January 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
you will have to pry the millennial “lol” from my cold dead hands. i don’t know how else to express minor despair. if i didn’t say “lol” after admitting i’m a husk inside, i’d have to develop emotional resilience, and i simply don’t have time for that
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for which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?
January 15, 2026 at 2:53 PM
for which of my bad parts didst thou first fall in love with me?
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Friends...do you have eels, & no idea what to do? Here's a 1670 recipe for eel pie to help you out:
Flay the eel
Cut off the flesh & mince it
Mix w/ minced pear
Season w/ ginger, pepper, cloves, mace, & salt
Add currants, raisins, prunes, dates
Add verjuice, butter, & rose-water
🗃️🧪
Flay the eel
Cut off the flesh & mince it
Mix w/ minced pear
Season w/ ginger, pepper, cloves, mace, & salt
Add currants, raisins, prunes, dates
Add verjuice, butter, & rose-water
🗃️🧪
![Meme. Photograph of an eel pie. The crust of the pie has been sculpted to show a raised eel, it's mouth open, curling across the top of the pie. This is not stargazy pie, so you can't see any of the actual eels. Just the image of an eel, to tell you what you're getting yourself into.
The eel here is reminiscent of Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, hanging from the wall in Jaba's palace. Imagine if he had been placed into a pie, instead? That would have changed the trajectory of the original films, and the subsequent ones, two. It leads one to imagine Boba Fett not as a bad-ass bounty hunter, living on the fringes of legality, but rather as a bad-ass pastry chef, hunting and making pies from the Most Dangerous Game. Carrying this line of thought through to The Mandalorian is an interesting experiment.
"This is the way [to make a Baby Yoda pie]."
Meme text reads:
"A round eel pie has no angles
but lots of anguilles"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vtulckfwhlh3ndn4iqfcg3an/bafkreiahwsoyggxadmfaxtnceetmtu4dlaz5js7zkj74xl35bw5etu7z7a@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Friends...do you have eels, & no idea what to do? Here's a 1670 recipe for eel pie to help you out:
Flay the eel
Cut off the flesh & mince it
Mix w/ minced pear
Season w/ ginger, pepper, cloves, mace, & salt
Add currants, raisins, prunes, dates
Add verjuice, butter, & rose-water
🗃️🧪
Flay the eel
Cut off the flesh & mince it
Mix w/ minced pear
Season w/ ginger, pepper, cloves, mace, & salt
Add currants, raisins, prunes, dates
Add verjuice, butter, & rose-water
🗃️🧪
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This is incredible news. I can't stress enough how amazing KJ Charles is as not only an author in her own right, but as a bringer of insight, guidance, and sheer editorial know-how. Writing advice from her is for sure going to be GOOD.
January 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM
This is incredible news. I can't stress enough how amazing KJ Charles is as not only an author in her own right, but as a bringer of insight, guidance, and sheer editorial know-how. Writing advice from her is for sure going to be GOOD.
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[interrogation]
DETECTIVE: tell us the truth!
ME: [smugly] I am.
DETECTIVE: I'll have you know it's a crime to give false information to a police officer!
ME: oh really? What if I told you my name was... MICROSOFT CO-PILOT???
DETECTIVE: [quietly] oh shit he's got us, that's completely legal
DETECTIVE: tell us the truth!
ME: [smugly] I am.
DETECTIVE: I'll have you know it's a crime to give false information to a police officer!
ME: oh really? What if I told you my name was... MICROSOFT CO-PILOT???
DETECTIVE: [quietly] oh shit he's got us, that's completely legal
January 14, 2026 at 11:35 AM
[interrogation]
DETECTIVE: tell us the truth!
ME: [smugly] I am.
DETECTIVE: I'll have you know it's a crime to give false information to a police officer!
ME: oh really? What if I told you my name was... MICROSOFT CO-PILOT???
DETECTIVE: [quietly] oh shit he's got us, that's completely legal
DETECTIVE: tell us the truth!
ME: [smugly] I am.
DETECTIVE: I'll have you know it's a crime to give false information to a police officer!
ME: oh really? What if I told you my name was... MICROSOFT CO-PILOT???
DETECTIVE: [quietly] oh shit he's got us, that's completely legal
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So you're supporting stolen work. Good to know.
I'll be sure to tell my libraries, and to encourage everyone else to do it too.
Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, needs novels (and books/magazines/audiobooks) in general written by slop. Please support REAL human beings instead.
I'll be sure to tell my libraries, and to encourage everyone else to do it too.
Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, needs novels (and books/magazines/audiobooks) in general written by slop. Please support REAL human beings instead.
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January 14, 2026 at 8:20 AM
So you're supporting stolen work. Good to know.
I'll be sure to tell my libraries, and to encourage everyone else to do it too.
Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, needs novels (and books/magazines/audiobooks) in general written by slop. Please support REAL human beings instead.
I'll be sure to tell my libraries, and to encourage everyone else to do it too.
Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, needs novels (and books/magazines/audiobooks) in general written by slop. Please support REAL human beings instead.
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A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com. To order my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats', see here: www.tomgauld.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:20 PM
A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com. To order my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats', see here: www.tomgauld.com
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Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, died #OnThisDay 858. But what happened next, you ask?
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, died #OnThisDay 858. But what happened next, you ask?
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"Get worse." 🫠
📸 Mo Quirk
📸 Mo Quirk
January 12, 2026 at 12:33 AM
"Get worse." 🫠
📸 Mo Quirk
📸 Mo Quirk
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The periodic table mapped according to lickability
January 10, 2026 at 12:36 PM
The periodic table mapped according to lickability
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Please note: Every element can be licked once
January 10, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Please note: Every element can be licked once
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Heads up @shakespeare.lol , they could be coming for you.
But I bet I know what you'd say:
"a college of wit-crackers cannot flout me out of my humour."
But I bet I know what you'd say:
"a college of wit-crackers cannot flout me out of my humour."
Researchers and artists at Sorbonne University trained an artificial intelligence to emulate Molière's themes, structures and humor, producing a new play.
Can A.I. Match Molière’s Wit? These Researchers Think So.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Heads up @shakespeare.lol , they could be coming for you.
But I bet I know what you'd say:
"a college of wit-crackers cannot flout me out of my humour."
But I bet I know what you'd say:
"a college of wit-crackers cannot flout me out of my humour."
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This slouching Grendel is one of my favorite free-form drawings that I did last year. This, and my Grumpy Raven.
January 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
This slouching Grendel is one of my favorite free-form drawings that I did last year. This, and my Grumpy Raven.
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beowulf is very funny because the narrator will be like "beowulf kills grendel" [4 lines] and then "hrengar son of hrongol uses the legendary bucket clænthong to wash his underwear" [82 lines, 10 footnotes]
January 9, 2026 at 5:58 PM
beowulf is very funny because the narrator will be like "beowulf kills grendel" [4 lines] and then "hrengar son of hrongol uses the legendary bucket clænthong to wash his underwear" [82 lines, 10 footnotes]
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New Data Analysis: More Bluesky users excited to be sent to bug planet than threads users. However, enthusiasm for bug planet remains high across both social media platforms.
January 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
New Data Analysis: More Bluesky users excited to be sent to bug planet than threads users. However, enthusiasm for bug planet remains high across both social media platforms.
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I love when a new person finds the ancient lore.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:35 PM
I love when a new person finds the ancient lore.
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I have just been reminded of this, and let the record show that I did so, it is in HEMLOCK & SILVER, available wherever fine books are sold.
January 6, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I have just been reminded of this, and let the record show that I did so, it is in HEMLOCK & SILVER, available wherever fine books are sold.
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May is a terrific editor and book doctor. I absolutely rely on her and you should too.
I’m actively taking new editing clients!
Whether you’re stuck on a book, want help with a project idea, or simply have a manuscript you want to make the best it can be, check out my website for info about services and fees!
www.maypetersonbooks.com/editorial/
Whether you’re stuck on a book, want help with a project idea, or simply have a manuscript you want to make the best it can be, check out my website for info about services and fees!
www.maypetersonbooks.com/editorial/
January 7, 2026 at 7:05 AM
May is a terrific editor and book doctor. I absolutely rely on her and you should too.
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From Twelfth Night, if memory serves.
January 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM
From Twelfth Night, if memory serves.
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Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
January 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
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Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it
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Two people buried at two different sites in England in the 7th century CE have been shown to have West African ancestry, probably a paternal grandfather in both cases.
Remember this if someone says that a historical novel set in the UK is "unrealistic" because it includes characters of color.
Remember this if someone says that a historical novel set in the UK is "unrealistic" because it includes characters of color.
West African Roots Found in Seventh-Century England, DNA Studies Shows - Medievalists.net
Archaeologists have analysed the DNA of two unrelated individuals buried in seventh-century cemeteries on England’s south coast, revealing that both had recent ancestors—likely…
www.medievalists.net
January 2, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Two people buried at two different sites in England in the 7th century CE have been shown to have West African ancestry, probably a paternal grandfather in both cases.
Remember this if someone says that a historical novel set in the UK is "unrealistic" because it includes characters of color.
Remember this if someone says that a historical novel set in the UK is "unrealistic" because it includes characters of color.