Rook Lafetra
@rooklafetra.bsky.social
Author of SFF and historical fiction. Rambler about paleontology and animal facts. Snuggler of cats, dogs, and deeply confused chickens.
Patreon: patreon.com/rooklafetra
Patreon: patreon.com/rooklafetra
There's something very funny about the fact that before I rescued them said I never wanted sled dogs because of the noise they make and the one morning they don't sing I'm paranoid about what's wrong.
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
There's something very funny about the fact that before I rescued them said I never wanted sled dogs because of the noise they make and the one morning they don't sing I'm paranoid about what's wrong.
Normally my alarm is Ham and Honey singing (and Pepper trying to join in with her horrifying dingo yodel), but this morning it was just Honey making noise with her alarm bark. She appears physically fine, it doesn't look like anything is wrong in the house, but she's frantic.
I am...unsettled.
I am...unsettled.
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Normally my alarm is Ham and Honey singing (and Pepper trying to join in with her horrifying dingo yodel), but this morning it was just Honey making noise with her alarm bark. She appears physically fine, it doesn't look like anything is wrong in the house, but she's frantic.
I am...unsettled.
I am...unsettled.
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
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"All of this, food bloggers say, erodes the simple promise of a recipe: that someone has actually cooked it before you have."
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"All of this, food bloggers say, erodes the simple promise of a recipe: that someone has actually cooked it before you have."
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These French babies arguing 🤣
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
These French babies arguing 🤣
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I will take this dumb take as a flimsy springboard to show the absolutely exquisite apple pie that my friend made of me and my husband for our wedding
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I will take this dumb take as a flimsy springboard to show the absolutely exquisite apple pie that my friend made of me and my husband for our wedding
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The squash were ejected from the microwave and shot across the dining room to explode against the wall by the hutch.
The entire dining room was covered in watery, hot squash goo. Including me.
She'd forgotten to pierce the squash and they turned into gourd missiles.
The entire dining room was covered in watery, hot squash goo. Including me.
She'd forgotten to pierce the squash and they turned into gourd missiles.
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The squash were ejected from the microwave and shot across the dining room to explode against the wall by the hutch.
The entire dining room was covered in watery, hot squash goo. Including me.
She'd forgotten to pierce the squash and they turned into gourd missiles.
The entire dining room was covered in watery, hot squash goo. Including me.
She'd forgotten to pierce the squash and they turned into gourd missiles.
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I heard the microwave make a weird noise. I turned to look at it, and on some bit of instinct born of pure survival, I dropped to the floor as the microwave door flew open and two hot butternut squash flew at me like they were shot out of a gourd howitzer. +
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I heard the microwave make a weird noise. I turned to look at it, and on some bit of instinct born of pure survival, I dropped to the floor as the microwave door flew open and two hot butternut squash flew at me like they were shot out of a gourd howitzer. +
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My Momma wanted to make squash to add to some dish. She'd read about softening it in the microwave, so she put two butternut squash in there, cranked it, and set it working.
I was coming out of the back of the house, passing in front of the kitchen where it opened into the dining room. +
I was coming out of the back of the house, passing in front of the kitchen where it opened into the dining room. +
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
My Momma wanted to make squash to add to some dish. She'd read about softening it in the microwave, so she put two butternut squash in there, cranked it, and set it working.
I was coming out of the back of the house, passing in front of the kitchen where it opened into the dining room. +
I was coming out of the back of the house, passing in front of the kitchen where it opened into the dining room. +
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Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
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This speaks to my post yesterday that it's not entirely good that our art is so divorced from both anything physical and from the places we live and the people we know..
The small town kid in me who read everything good at the library rejoices, but I think some connections need to be reforged too.
The small town kid in me who read everything good at the library rejoices, but I think some connections need to be reforged too.
Our relationship to owning art (be it film, literature, TV, etc) is so screwed right now. There are the "pirating everything is a moral good actually" crowd. Then there are corporations willing to let you pretend you own things digitally while they're really only renting them to you.
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This speaks to my post yesterday that it's not entirely good that our art is so divorced from both anything physical and from the places we live and the people we know..
The small town kid in me who read everything good at the library rejoices, but I think some connections need to be reforged too.
The small town kid in me who read everything good at the library rejoices, but I think some connections need to be reforged too.
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“Seventy years ago, Mamie Till said, ‘Let them see.’ And today, with the preservation of the barn by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, the world will see,” Shonda Rhimes said in a statement that the Emmett Till Interpretive Center given to the Mississippi Free Press on Nov. 24.
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Barn Where White Men Murdered Emmett Till to Be Preserved as a ‘Reverent, Sacred Site’
The barn in Drew, Miss., where two white men murdered 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955 will be preserved as a “sacred site.”
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“Seventy years ago, Mamie Till said, ‘Let them see.’ And today, with the preservation of the barn by the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, the world will see,” Shonda Rhimes said in a statement that the Emmett Till Interpretive Center given to the Mississippi Free Press on Nov. 24.
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"I've talked to you about this," I said, and cracked ice off my gloves. Plunging my hand into the creek had coated them with clear, cold water that had frozen immediately on contact with the air. "Several times."
The naiad grinned at me and flicked her tail. My necklace gleamed around her waist.
The naiad grinned at me and flicked her tail. My necklace gleamed around her waist.
It's not until you've bundled inside, stomped ice from boots and burned lips on hot chocolate, that you realize you lost your necklace out there in the drifts. You suit back up, search in the waning light, but the necklace remains lost. What do you find instead?
#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"I've talked to you about this," I said, and cracked ice off my gloves. Plunging my hand into the creek had coated them with clear, cold water that had frozen immediately on contact with the air. "Several times."
The naiad grinned at me and flicked her tail. My necklace gleamed around her waist.
The naiad grinned at me and flicked her tail. My necklace gleamed around her waist.
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Things New Yorkers have tried to convince me they invented in no particular order:
Corner stores
Taking winter clothes off indoors
Multilingual neighborhoods
Street food
Sitting in front of where you live and talking to your neighbors
Public transit
Tsundere
Corner stores
Taking winter clothes off indoors
Multilingual neighborhoods
Street food
Sitting in front of where you live and talking to your neighbors
Public transit
Tsundere
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Things New Yorkers have tried to convince me they invented in no particular order:
Corner stores
Taking winter clothes off indoors
Multilingual neighborhoods
Street food
Sitting in front of where you live and talking to your neighbors
Public transit
Tsundere
Corner stores
Taking winter clothes off indoors
Multilingual neighborhoods
Street food
Sitting in front of where you live and talking to your neighbors
Public transit
Tsundere
I don't think I have a lot of people from New York following me. I'm going to test that.
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I don't think I have a lot of people from New York following me. I'm going to test that.
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Hey everyone. Hate that I have to post this. My dog was hit by a car tonight and suffered a shattered leg and damage to her intestines. Surgery and medical expenses are roughly $20,000. It’s been a rough year and anything helps.
gofund.me/29fd98bcc
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Donate to Surgery and recovery for Catcher, organized by Luke Tarzian
Hi everyone. My name is Luke. I’m starting this campaign for my dad and our dog. Catcher… Luke Tarzian needs your support for Surgery and recovery for Catcher
gofund.me
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Hey everyone. Hate that I have to post this. My dog was hit by a car tonight and suffered a shattered leg and damage to her intestines. Surgery and medical expenses are roughly $20,000. It’s been a rough year and anything helps.
gofund.me/29fd98bcc
gofund.me/29fd98bcc
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This anti-trans frathouse fuckmelon is on HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY?
Our motherfucking media is useless. How do you NOT mention this when he's arguing against trans health care?
And how do you print this fact here without immediately calling attention to his opposition to hormones for trans ppl?
Our motherfucking media is useless. How do you NOT mention this when he's arguing against trans health care?
And how do you print this fact here without immediately calling attention to his opposition to hormones for trans ppl?
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
This anti-trans frathouse fuckmelon is on HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY?
Our motherfucking media is useless. How do you NOT mention this when he's arguing against trans health care?
And how do you print this fact here without immediately calling attention to his opposition to hormones for trans ppl?
Our motherfucking media is useless. How do you NOT mention this when he's arguing against trans health care?
And how do you print this fact here without immediately calling attention to his opposition to hormones for trans ppl?
We can SEE HIM. Photography exists. You can't just invent a description of a person whole cloth.
This man looks like a microwaved testicle. That has nothing to do with how evil he is, BUT HE DOES.
This man looks like a microwaved testicle. That has nothing to do with how evil he is, BUT HE DOES.
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
We can SEE HIM. Photography exists. You can't just invent a description of a person whole cloth.
This man looks like a microwaved testicle. That has nothing to do with how evil he is, BUT HE DOES.
This man looks like a microwaved testicle. That has nothing to do with how evil he is, BUT HE DOES.
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This list thinks that Ace Ventura, Pet Detective is funnier than Blazing Saddles. There are very few matters of taste that I can say are absolutely definitely definitively wrong, but that is one of them.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This list thinks that Ace Ventura, Pet Detective is funnier than Blazing Saddles. There are very few matters of taste that I can say are absolutely definitely definitively wrong, but that is one of them.
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Was about to eat a delicious pasta dinner until I remembered Mussolini and the Mafia existed 😤😤😤
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Was about to eat a delicious pasta dinner until I remembered Mussolini and the Mafia existed 😤😤😤
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True alpha male, there. Responsible and committed to feeding the pack.
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
True alpha male, there. Responsible and committed to feeding the pack.
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If you're not promoting solutions like this, miss me with your "male loneliness epidemic" frothing.
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
If you're not promoting solutions like this, miss me with your "male loneliness epidemic" frothing.
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Any time corporate executives are in a room together and don't know they're being recorded, the transcript is like: "Christ, I hate our customers. We're agreed that we all hate our customers? Let's lie to the IRS, criminally. Did I mention the Holocaust never happened? Put more lead in our soda."
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Any time corporate executives are in a room together and don't know they're being recorded, the transcript is like: "Christ, I hate our customers. We're agreed that we all hate our customers? Let's lie to the IRS, criminally. Did I mention the Holocaust never happened? Put more lead in our soda."
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Yes, finally! You can preorder SideQuested Book 1 wherever books are sold! Here are convenient links to some of the big stores (but your local indie brick-and-mortar store will also…
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November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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