rae moriendi
@raemoriendi.bsky.social
pen name for a horror-obsessed phd candidate.
they/them | 30s | horror historian/specialist | southern goth | non-binary/bi/neuroweird | dissertating while drafting.
raemoriendi.carrd.co
they/them | 30s | horror historian/specialist | southern goth | non-binary/bi/neuroweird | dissertating while drafting.
raemoriendi.carrd.co
brains are so funny. I'm just sitting here reading in silence while my cat naps on my foot and inside my head the chorus from van morrison's "moondance" has been on a loop for an hour.
like okay buddy, sure, get down with that flute in the background!! I have no idea why that song, but whatever!
like okay buddy, sure, get down with that flute in the background!! I have no idea why that song, but whatever!
August 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
brains are so funny. I'm just sitting here reading in silence while my cat naps on my foot and inside my head the chorus from van morrison's "moondance" has been on a loop for an hour.
like okay buddy, sure, get down with that flute in the background!! I have no idea why that song, but whatever!
like okay buddy, sure, get down with that flute in the background!! I have no idea why that song, but whatever!
General observation, but I feel like a lot of irl horror stories for people in their 30s start with them going camping.
Maybe I'm biased bc I am an indoorsy type person, but that seems to be the basis for a lot of instances where things go from chill to "Oh No." 🤔
Maybe I'm biased bc I am an indoorsy type person, but that seems to be the basis for a lot of instances where things go from chill to "Oh No." 🤔
August 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
General observation, but I feel like a lot of irl horror stories for people in their 30s start with them going camping.
Maybe I'm biased bc I am an indoorsy type person, but that seems to be the basis for a lot of instances where things go from chill to "Oh No." 🤔
Maybe I'm biased bc I am an indoorsy type person, but that seems to be the basis for a lot of instances where things go from chill to "Oh No." 🤔
The left is completely silent on the subject of non-binary people eating cheese - which, generally speaking, they are v interested in doing and will continue to be interested in regardless of whether anyone ah you get the bit
🧀🤍💜🖤
🧀🤍💜🖤
August 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The left is completely silent on the subject of non-binary people eating cheese - which, generally speaking, they are v interested in doing and will continue to be interested in regardless of whether anyone ah you get the bit
🧀🤍💜🖤
🧀🤍💜🖤
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IT'S OFFICIALLY SPOOKY SEASON AND THE FINAL DAYS OF SUMMERWEEN! Ghouls, go get your lives!
August 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
IT'S OFFICIALLY SPOOKY SEASON AND THE FINAL DAYS OF SUMMERWEEN! Ghouls, go get your lives!
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There's a direct line from "no kink at Pride" and "no sex in movies and books unless it Serves The Plot" to payment processors feeling completely empowered to censor art globally
July 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
There's a direct line from "no kink at Pride" and "no sex in movies and books unless it Serves The Plot" to payment processors feeling completely empowered to censor art globally
Did one always used to have to take out all their piercings for a passport photo? Or did the US only recently decide that its citizens couldn't have nose rings or earrings on official documentation? 🤔
July 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Did one always used to have to take out all their piercings for a passport photo? Or did the US only recently decide that its citizens couldn't have nose rings or earrings on official documentation? 🤔
(Re lrt: hell, consider that the non-binary gaze also. My goth ass is desperate for some Gomez joie de vivre.)
July 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
(Re lrt: hell, consider that the non-binary gaze also. My goth ass is desperate for some Gomez joie de vivre.)
(Keep having to remind myself this place exists.)
I got back to my place yesterday after a week away and found my mailbox full of stuff about insurance and my teeny tiny retirement fund.
I guess I'm inescapably an adult now
∠( ᐛ 」∠)_ Yay?
I got back to my place yesterday after a week away and found my mailbox full of stuff about insurance and my teeny tiny retirement fund.
I guess I'm inescapably an adult now
∠( ᐛ 」∠)_ Yay?
July 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
(Keep having to remind myself this place exists.)
I got back to my place yesterday after a week away and found my mailbox full of stuff about insurance and my teeny tiny retirement fund.
I guess I'm inescapably an adult now
∠( ᐛ 」∠)_ Yay?
I got back to my place yesterday after a week away and found my mailbox full of stuff about insurance and my teeny tiny retirement fund.
I guess I'm inescapably an adult now
∠( ᐛ 」∠)_ Yay?
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Ah, I love the internet.
July 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Ah, I love the internet.
I keep having to pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming but oh my actual god I got in. And I heard back far earlier than I thought I would.
Don't mind me, just going to be floating on clouds of bats for the next year... 🖤🦇
Don't mind me, just going to be floating on clouds of bats for the next year... 🖤🦇
July 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I keep having to pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming but oh my actual god I got in. And I heard back far earlier than I thought I would.
Don't mind me, just going to be floating on clouds of bats for the next year... 🖤🦇
Don't mind me, just going to be floating on clouds of bats for the next year... 🖤🦇
(also hi, I remembered this place exists, I've just been caught up writing elsewhere)
July 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
(also hi, I remembered this place exists, I've just been caught up writing elsewhere)
Submitted an application two days ago that I'm still thinking about and so so hopeful for, even though I'm trying to stay reasonable.
August 1st cannot come soon enough.
August 1st cannot come soon enough.
July 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Submitted an application two days ago that I'm still thinking about and so so hopeful for, even though I'm trying to stay reasonable.
August 1st cannot come soon enough.
August 1st cannot come soon enough.
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Understand this: if you outlaw the million or so trans people in America, all you’ll get is a million outlaws. We will not disappear and we will not be bullied out of public life. We will fight with everything we have and until our last breath because our very identities are at stake.
January 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Understand this: if you outlaw the million or so trans people in America, all you’ll get is a million outlaws. We will not disappear and we will not be bullied out of public life. We will fight with everything we have and until our last breath because our very identities are at stake.
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AI company: we trained this dog to talk. It doesn’t actually understand language, but it kinda sounds like it’s having a conversation by mimicking the sound of human speech.
CEO: awesome, I’ve fired my entire staff, how quickly can it start diagnosing medical disorders
CEO: awesome, I’ve fired my entire staff, how quickly can it start diagnosing medical disorders
April 2, 2024 at 6:00 PM
AI company: we trained this dog to talk. It doesn’t actually understand language, but it kinda sounds like it’s having a conversation by mimicking the sound of human speech.
CEO: awesome, I’ve fired my entire staff, how quickly can it start diagnosing medical disorders
CEO: awesome, I’ve fired my entire staff, how quickly can it start diagnosing medical disorders
I feel like I’m watching people talk about how they won’t touch the trolley lever bc then they can’t be blamed when it runs people over. this does nothing to stop it. if people are going to get hurt, don’t we have a responsibility if we can intervene to make sure it’s fewer? or am I insane?
April 3, 2024 at 1:43 AM
I feel like I’m watching people talk about how they won’t touch the trolley lever bc then they can’t be blamed when it runs people over. this does nothing to stop it. if people are going to get hurt, don’t we have a responsibility if we can intervene to make sure it’s fewer? or am I insane?
like. I get it. you want to make a statement that things as they are are un-fucking-acceptable. so do I.
*how do we do that if we do nothing now and let the other guy have carte blanche?*
**what the fuck does that accomplish??**
***what is your objective???***
*how do we do that if we do nothing now and let the other guy have carte blanche?*
**what the fuck does that accomplish??**
***what is your objective???***
April 3, 2024 at 1:35 AM
like. I get it. you want to make a statement that things as they are are un-fucking-acceptable. so do I.
*how do we do that if we do nothing now and let the other guy have carte blanche?*
**what the fuck does that accomplish??**
***what is your objective???***
*how do we do that if we do nothing now and let the other guy have carte blanche?*
**what the fuck does that accomplish??**
***what is your objective???***
like. I grew up in one of the reddest states. there is a difference. look at the stats for health, literacy, child wellness. that’s not an accident.
and you want to stand aside and let them have the whole country, again? let them have free reign over all the shit you want to protect? seriously?
and you want to stand aside and let them have the whole country, again? let them have free reign over all the shit you want to protect? seriously?
April 3, 2024 at 1:33 AM
like. I grew up in one of the reddest states. there is a difference. look at the stats for health, literacy, child wellness. that’s not an accident.
and you want to stand aside and let them have the whole country, again? let them have free reign over all the shit you want to protect? seriously?
and you want to stand aside and let them have the whole country, again? let them have free reign over all the shit you want to protect? seriously?
it is so fucking confusing watching people say they want progress and support marginalized communities swear they won’t do one minimal thing to make sure things can’t get drastically worse than they are now. it doesn’t have to be the only thing you do!
April 3, 2024 at 1:31 AM
it is so fucking confusing watching people say they want progress and support marginalized communities swear they won’t do one minimal thing to make sure things can’t get drastically worse than they are now. it doesn’t have to be the only thing you do!
like no, I don’t like the current guy, he has no spine and a lot of his policies are shitty, but it’s a lot more likely his lot begrudgingly gets their collective head out of their ass than it is ever getting through to the other one, who might not even leave this time if he gets in.
April 3, 2024 at 1:27 AM
like no, I don’t like the current guy, he has no spine and a lot of his policies are shitty, but it’s a lot more likely his lot begrudgingly gets their collective head out of their ass than it is ever getting through to the other one, who might not even leave this time if he gets in.
like. did we get collective amnesia. do we not remember what happened last time we didn’t “like someone enough.”
the rabid evangelicals voted anyway, because that’s what they always fucking do.
do we really want to be the country who let that guy in a second time, on top of everything else?
the rabid evangelicals voted anyway, because that’s what they always fucking do.
do we really want to be the country who let that guy in a second time, on top of everything else?
April 3, 2024 at 1:25 AM
like. did we get collective amnesia. do we not remember what happened last time we didn’t “like someone enough.”
the rabid evangelicals voted anyway, because that’s what they always fucking do.
do we really want to be the country who let that guy in a second time, on top of everything else?
the rabid evangelicals voted anyway, because that’s what they always fucking do.
do we really want to be the country who let that guy in a second time, on top of everything else?
call me crazy, but if the body is bleeding, you grab the nearest thing that passes for a tourniquet and apply pressure. you do not say “well that won’t close the wound so what’s the point” and do nothing to block the other motherfucker coming in with a chainsaw *a second time*
April 3, 2024 at 1:22 AM
call me crazy, but if the body is bleeding, you grab the nearest thing that passes for a tourniquet and apply pressure. you do not say “well that won’t close the wound so what’s the point” and do nothing to block the other motherfucker coming in with a chainsaw *a second time*
I love that so many of my rights are in the hands of people who want to talk loudly about how they won’t do the fucking minimum to defend them bc their self-image is more important.
I am sitting here as a queer person with a uterus in this very red state, not worried at all.
I am sitting here as a queer person with a uterus in this very red state, not worried at all.
April 3, 2024 at 1:18 AM
I love that so many of my rights are in the hands of people who want to talk loudly about how they won’t do the fucking minimum to defend them bc their self-image is more important.
I am sitting here as a queer person with a uterus in this very red state, not worried at all.
I am sitting here as a queer person with a uterus in this very red state, not worried at all.
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This whole interview with Judith Butler is great but I especially love their response to Remnick’s fairly concern trolly question about “hip” but anxious parents of gender-questioning kids, starting around 21:30 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
March 16, 2024 at 8:46 PM
This whole interview with Judith Butler is great but I especially love their response to Remnick’s fairly concern trolly question about “hip” but anxious parents of gender-questioning kids, starting around 21:30 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...