Masnadies
@sff-fan-in-exile.bsky.social
Terminally online since 1993, in search of a place in the world. From Tolkien, Star Trek, Doctor Who, McCaffrey, Alexander, Good Omens, music with Lyrics, and everything else, mostly books. Not at Liberty to disclose much more, online for community.
The one negative to listening to a Michael (or David) audiobook is that sometimes you try to listen to one by someone else.
Erin Morganstern is a big name and Starless Sea is a major work but it's nowhere near the same quality narrator (many big stories aren't for some reason?)
Erin Morganstern is a big name and Starless Sea is a major work but it's nowhere near the same quality narrator (many big stories aren't for some reason?)
November 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The one negative to listening to a Michael (or David) audiobook is that sometimes you try to listen to one by someone else.
Erin Morganstern is a big name and Starless Sea is a major work but it's nowhere near the same quality narrator (many big stories aren't for some reason?)
Erin Morganstern is a big name and Starless Sea is a major work but it's nowhere near the same quality narrator (many big stories aren't for some reason?)
Why does my coffee seem strange?
Oh yes, it's 4pm, time to switch to tea.
Oh yes, it's 4pm, time to switch to tea.
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Why does my coffee seem strange?
Oh yes, it's 4pm, time to switch to tea.
Oh yes, it's 4pm, time to switch to tea.
I am reposting partly because this needs to stick around for a while and partly because I wonder if I'm the only person who checked out the title of the book and was amazed it was literary and not medical.
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I am reposting partly because this needs to stick around for a while and partly because I wonder if I'm the only person who checked out the title of the book and was amazed it was literary and not medical.
Me, seeing student watching phone instead of doing work, preparing to tell them off.
Them:
Me: Wait- is that Supernatural?!
(never seen it myself but 2 years on Tumblr)
Them: Yes?
Me: Well that's very good. Um. but do your work anyway
I mean, what else can one say sometimes?
Them:
Me: Wait- is that Supernatural?!
(never seen it myself but 2 years on Tumblr)
Them: Yes?
Me: Well that's very good. Um. but do your work anyway
I mean, what else can one say sometimes?
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Me, seeing student watching phone instead of doing work, preparing to tell them off.
Them:
Me: Wait- is that Supernatural?!
(never seen it myself but 2 years on Tumblr)
Them: Yes?
Me: Well that's very good. Um. but do your work anyway
I mean, what else can one say sometimes?
Them:
Me: Wait- is that Supernatural?!
(never seen it myself but 2 years on Tumblr)
Them: Yes?
Me: Well that's very good. Um. but do your work anyway
I mean, what else can one say sometimes?
So, my older daughter and I are both super private people (a lifetime of mockery)
I was watching YouTube when she came to say, "goodbye" on her way back to college, and (my slow reactions) caught the video I was watching
And she had just been watching the same one
How mortifying!
She's the best.
I was watching YouTube when she came to say, "goodbye" on her way back to college, and (my slow reactions) caught the video I was watching
And she had just been watching the same one
How mortifying!
She's the best.
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
So, my older daughter and I are both super private people (a lifetime of mockery)
I was watching YouTube when she came to say, "goodbye" on her way back to college, and (my slow reactions) caught the video I was watching
And she had just been watching the same one
How mortifying!
She's the best.
I was watching YouTube when she came to say, "goodbye" on her way back to college, and (my slow reactions) caught the video I was watching
And she had just been watching the same one
How mortifying!
She's the best.
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It took me well over a year, but I've finally finished my #GoodOmens human AU! The #AO3 curse hit hard. Like I went through a breakup the same week I was supposed to write a breakup chapter. And that wasn't even the worst thing. 😅
Anyway, it's done now! Yay!
archiveofourown.org/works/574314...
Anyway, it's done now! Yay!
archiveofourown.org/works/574314...
archiveofourown.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It took me well over a year, but I've finally finished my #GoodOmens human AU! The #AO3 curse hit hard. Like I went through a breakup the same week I was supposed to write a breakup chapter. And that wasn't even the worst thing. 😅
Anyway, it's done now! Yay!
archiveofourown.org/works/574314...
Anyway, it's done now! Yay!
archiveofourown.org/works/574314...
I had Azirafeast hot cocoa and tiramisu (the posh kind, as he has standards), which normally I'd never spring for.
The best part was celebrating a holiday nobody around me knew existed.
The best part was celebrating a holiday nobody around me knew existed.
November 20, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I had Azirafeast hot cocoa and tiramisu (the posh kind, as he has standards), which normally I'd never spring for.
The best part was celebrating a holiday nobody around me knew existed.
The best part was celebrating a holiday nobody around me knew existed.
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“If I lost everything I would just work harder and take any job to earn it all back”.
Cool story. Try doing that if you’re disabled and bedbound.
You know what often causes people to “lose everything”. Sudden catastrophic health issues.
You can’t “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” when sick.
Cool story. Try doing that if you’re disabled and bedbound.
You know what often causes people to “lose everything”. Sudden catastrophic health issues.
You can’t “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” when sick.
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
“If I lost everything I would just work harder and take any job to earn it all back”.
Cool story. Try doing that if you’re disabled and bedbound.
You know what often causes people to “lose everything”. Sudden catastrophic health issues.
You can’t “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” when sick.
Cool story. Try doing that if you’re disabled and bedbound.
You know what often causes people to “lose everything”. Sudden catastrophic health issues.
You can’t “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” when sick.
I would have a bigger mug. And still have several servings.
There can never be enough Aziraphale!
There can never be enough Aziraphale!
Happy Azirafeast Day! 🪽
Enjoy a day of art celebrating our favorite Angel Principality.
good-omens-gallery.tumblr.com
Enjoy a day of art celebrating our favorite Angel Principality.
good-omens-gallery.tumblr.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I would have a bigger mug. And still have several servings.
There can never be enough Aziraphale!
There can never be enough Aziraphale!
Have to wake up in 4 hours or so to go to work, but wanted to wish a Happy Azirafeast to all who celebrate!
May you feel half the delight that he would
May you feel half the delight that he would
a man with white hair and a bow tie is making a funny face and looking at the camera .
Alt: Aziraphale is giddy at the thought of taking Crowley dancing, and pulls him to the dance floor.
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Have to wake up in 4 hours or so to go to work, but wanted to wish a Happy Azirafeast to all who celebrate!
May you feel half the delight that he would
May you feel half the delight that he would
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Attention friends! As a Cyber Sec Specialist, I feel a need to share this. If you receive an email from Ao3, alerting you to a password reset attempt, DO NOT click on the links! This is a scam to get you to provide your current password. Absolutely terrible. Safe cyber smart! #ao3 #scamalert
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Attention friends! As a Cyber Sec Specialist, I feel a need to share this. If you receive an email from Ao3, alerting you to a password reset attempt, DO NOT click on the links! This is a scam to get you to provide your current password. Absolutely terrible. Safe cyber smart! #ao3 #scamalert
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The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
We had the talk with the daughter at college today.
Always have your phone with you. Check in early and often if anything weird is happening. Record everything.
Thursday, she was a super-introverted college kid, now she's in a city invaded by i¢e, trying to protect friends from her government.
Always have your phone with you. Check in early and often if anything weird is happening. Record everything.
Thursday, she was a super-introverted college kid, now she's in a city invaded by i¢e, trying to protect friends from her government.
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We had the talk with the daughter at college today.
Always have your phone with you. Check in early and often if anything weird is happening. Record everything.
Thursday, she was a super-introverted college kid, now she's in a city invaded by i¢e, trying to protect friends from her government.
Always have your phone with you. Check in early and often if anything weird is happening. Record everything.
Thursday, she was a super-introverted college kid, now she's in a city invaded by i¢e, trying to protect friends from her government.
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How have I not seen this before?
Michael Sheen & Tom Allen re-create four weddings and a funeral final scene
YouTube video by MummaVaulty
m.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
How have I not seen this before?
So a special "frozen-water" contingent is coming to a city near me today and rumours are we will see them next week-ish where I work.
Wish me (us) luck in knowing what to do if we have to act to protect co-workers, contractors, kids.
Lots of people out today. Coincidence?
I hate this so much!
Wish me (us) luck in knowing what to do if we have to act to protect co-workers, contractors, kids.
Lots of people out today. Coincidence?
I hate this so much!
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
So a special "frozen-water" contingent is coming to a city near me today and rumours are we will see them next week-ish where I work.
Wish me (us) luck in knowing what to do if we have to act to protect co-workers, contractors, kids.
Lots of people out today. Coincidence?
I hate this so much!
Wish me (us) luck in knowing what to do if we have to act to protect co-workers, contractors, kids.
Lots of people out today. Coincidence?
I hate this so much!
Speaking in front of large groups. Fun!
I was never afraid of jumping out of planes or landing them on my own.
Now, if only I could socialise, I'd be unstoppable
I was never afraid of jumping out of planes or landing them on my own.
Now, if only I could socialise, I'd be unstoppable
Question:
What is something that you were scared shitless of doing but once you did it you realized it really wasn’t that bad. Or you enjoyed so much there’s no going back
What is something that you were scared shitless of doing but once you did it you realized it really wasn’t that bad. Or you enjoyed so much there’s no going back
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Speaking in front of large groups. Fun!
I was never afraid of jumping out of planes or landing them on my own.
Now, if only I could socialise, I'd be unstoppable
I was never afraid of jumping out of planes or landing them on my own.
Now, if only I could socialise, I'd be unstoppable
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(And yes, I do believe that everyone should be given the opportunity to grow and change, but that requires actually expressing remorse and demonstrating changed behavior (and even then, the people who were mocked publicly are not obligated to forgive the people who did the mocking or encouraged it))
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
(And yes, I do believe that everyone should be given the opportunity to grow and change, but that requires actually expressing remorse and demonstrating changed behavior (and even then, the people who were mocked publicly are not obligated to forgive the people who did the mocking or encouraged it))
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two things that are not the same:
(1) having preferences for what kind of art/fic you enjoy or create (normal! okay! everyone does this!)
(2) mocking the things other people have worked hard to create in a public space and then hiding behind it being a "preference" (asshole behavior!)
(1) having preferences for what kind of art/fic you enjoy or create (normal! okay! everyone does this!)
(2) mocking the things other people have worked hard to create in a public space and then hiding behind it being a "preference" (asshole behavior!)
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
two things that are not the same:
(1) having preferences for what kind of art/fic you enjoy or create (normal! okay! everyone does this!)
(2) mocking the things other people have worked hard to create in a public space and then hiding behind it being a "preference" (asshole behavior!)
(1) having preferences for what kind of art/fic you enjoy or create (normal! okay! everyone does this!)
(2) mocking the things other people have worked hard to create in a public space and then hiding behind it being a "preference" (asshole behavior!)
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Once again I'm begging people to remember public bookmarks are also public to the author. I don't need to know how mid or unsatisfying you found a fic, if that's your opinion and it's irrepressibly important to state it, just private that shit.
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Once again I'm begging people to remember public bookmarks are also public to the author. I don't need to know how mid or unsatisfying you found a fic, if that's your opinion and it's irrepressibly important to state it, just private that shit.
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Who made this and why are you choosing nerd violence? ✍️ I mean, it is true, but still.
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Who made this and why are you choosing nerd violence? ✍️ I mean, it is true, but still.
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Happy birthday to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk, which first opened its doors #otd in 1602. 423 years young today!
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Happy birthday to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk, which first opened its doors #otd in 1602. 423 years young today!
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Look at him, directing. I love seeing shots of him telling his thoughts of what he believes a scene should be. The birth of an idea, collaborating, sharing visions. He's so smart and creative, and I feel a sense of pride in him that he has the ability to create whatever is in his head now. 🥰
November 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Look at him, directing. I love seeing shots of him telling his thoughts of what he believes a scene should be. The birth of an idea, collaborating, sharing visions. He's so smart and creative, and I feel a sense of pride in him that he has the ability to create whatever is in his head now. 🥰
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To start the weekend in a more positive way.
November 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
To start the weekend in a more positive way.