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sirena73.bsky.social
@sirena73.bsky.social
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Third generation Californian and former Angeleno, now living in the middle of nowhere.
Renegade storyteller with a fresh-ass mouth.
I have more books than you and have read them all. Twice.
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punkrockhistory.bsky.social
44 years ago
Poison Ivy and Lux Interior, photo published in the Los Angeles Times, December 1981

Awesome 🔥❤️

#punk #punks #punkrock #thecramps #poisonivy #luxinterior #history #punkrockhistory
December 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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paintingsoflondon.bsky.social
'London, Houses in Snow' (1920s) by Janet Cumbrae Stewart

(National Gallery of Victoria)
December 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Remembering Shuhada Sadaqat aka Sinead O'Connor on her birthday. Here in 1992 by photographer Jane Bown #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a white woman head and shoulders looking down, the figure has cropped hair
December 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Land artist Sonja Hinrichsen, epic scale Snow Drawings - Briancon, France, 2014 #womensart
Photo of a snow covered rural landscape viewed from above, the land is covered in large spirals circles and connecting lines drawn into the snow
December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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scalzi.com
Every now again someone tries to diss me by calling out my style of humor as "millennial" and I get indignant, SIR, I am Gen-X, the millennials got their humor from watching me
a close up of a young man 's face with headphones on .
Alt: "I learned it from watching you!"
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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bodleian.ox.ac.uk
St Nicholas, shown here resurrecting three boys from a pickling tub, became known for genorosity and protecting children.

Such stories shaped Europe’s Sinterklaas, which evolved into Santa Claus and eventually, Father Christmas. 🎅

MS. Douce 51 fol. 069v

#MedievalMonday
A manuscript depicting St Nicholas standing over a tub with three young boys inside who he has resurrected, set within the letter B on a page.
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
Title: The street tom waits grew up on. Image: a shabby, broken down old timey American street. Caption: Buildings (left to right): vern's all-nite pizza 'n' tattoo, accordion players' graveyard, abandoned clown-shoe factory, divorced salesmen's polka club, tomb of the unknown cabbie, bootleg ice-cream warehouse, saint frank's hobo orphanage, illegal umbrella incinerator.
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Crochet mandala street decorations, a collective creation by women in Licata, Italy #WomensArt
(via Howtofeelgood. net)
Photo looking up at suspended circular differently patterned and coloured crochet work, in a band above a street at night with Italian houses on either side
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'40 Below 0' painting by painter, singer and musician Joni Mitchell #WomensArt
Painting of a gold dawn breaking over an icey track with bare shrubs in snow either side
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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davallone.bsky.social
Free advice: if you find Quentin Tarantino bashing you in the press… repeat after me.

“I was unaware that Harvey Weinstein’s best friend was so critical of me and my work.”
December 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Irish stained glass artist Wilhelmina Geddes, Rose Window (1938), St Martin's Cathedral, Ypres, Belgium, #WomensArt
Circular multicoloured catherdral stained glass window
December 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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bodleian.ox.ac.uk
The Bodleian made Christmas gifts for people who’d happily live in a library.

Take a look: https://bodleianshop.co.uk/collections/a-library-christmas
A variety of Bodleian Libraries merchandise displayed on a wooden ledge by a window overlooking historic buildings. Items include a tote bag, mugs, and replica buildings.
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Carol Long, contemporary US ceramicist who draws influences from plant and animal life and also art nouveau #womensart
Photo of a ceramic vase with wide rounded body and tiny neck, decorated with bold fish design abd organic lines
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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richardkadrey.bsky.social
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
The Salvation Army is not a charity. They are an evangelical church that uses donated money to actively oppress gay rights. They've been especially cruel to trans people.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
sirena73.bsky.social
This is what I was referencing earlier.
wgawest.bsky.social Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 4d
Joint Statement of the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.
The world’s largest streaming company swallowing one of its biggest competitors is what antitrust laws were designed to prevent. The outcome would eliminate jobs, push down wages, worsen conditions for all entertainment workers, raise prices for consumers, and reduce the volume and diversity of content for all viewers. Industry workers along with the public are already impacted by only a few powerful companies maintaining tight control over what consumers can watch on television, on streaming, and in theaters. This merger must be blocked.
December 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
sirena73.bsky.social
I hope to one day be as cool as this bodega cat.
December 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
sirena73.bsky.social
Definitely boosting the signal on this one, because it's exactly right. I'm glad to see my former place of employment ringing the bell on it.
sethanikeem.bsky.social M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 4d
There’s a whole lot of alarms to sound about this, but one that really sticks with me is hearing from associates in the business who have produced through Netflix

And how they are never allowed to release physical media of their work

So Netflix can control every aspect of access. Forever.
wgawest.bsky.social Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 4d
Joint Statement of the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix.
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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diogooldskull.bsky.social
So this happened…

I am White Wolf’s new Lead Game Designer!

I will figure out how to post the whole text here, but there is a picture with the announcement and the alt text has the full thing!

#TTRPG #RPGLATAM #VtM #WoD #DnD #NotDnD #ShowYourWork
Fake it until you make it as they say. And I’ve been playing the role of a TTRPG game designer for about 12 years! Now the mask has become my very nature. I am going to play the Masquerade game with vampires, for real. After years of working as an independent game designer, like a good Anarch, I joined the Camarilla. I am now the Lead Game Designer at White Wolf, the legendary publisher that made me realize TTRPGs could be about a lot more than killing monsters. I can be one of them, and surprisingly be even more human! The first book I ever read in English was Vampire: The Dark Ages, and now I get to work as a game designer full time for the first time with the World of Darkness? I couldn’t be happier! To live and breathe the universe of Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, Hunter, Changeling, Wraith, and all other games every day, and be able to collaborate in shaping its future is a dream come true. These games were formative in my TTRPG industry, in the Brazilian TTRPG community, and are incredibly relevant to this day. Especially these days I would say. And with me I am bringing my game design philosophy of “playing more with less” to help make the game more accessible while honoring the more than 30 years of World of Darkness! I just want everyone to enjoy the game as much as they can, with as little effort as they can afford. Oh, and I am still an Anarch at heart, don’t worry! Me with a Bloodlines 2 tshirt setting in a throne under the Ankh banner! A castle with the ankh banner hanging from a window Me wearing a shadowy cloak
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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tyrantlzrdqueen.bsky.social
Happy #FossilFriday! I am absolutely thrilled to share the first new exhibit for the History Museum at the Castle to feature specimens from the Weis collection: bird evolution, flourite, & quartz. Many thanks to B Danz, T Green, & J Taylor for their photos & art!
A life model of Sinosauropteryx posed behind a real piece of fossilized Edmontosaurus skin. The entire exhibit cabinet featuring specimens from the Weis museum. The top halves display specimens and photographs that teach visitors about bird evolution. The lower halves of the cabinet feature flourite and quartz mineral specimens. The upper left section of the cabinet, which focuses on the common ancestry that birds share with dinosaurs. The upper right section of the cabinet, which calls attention to features and behaviors that visitors can observe in modern birds that they share with their reptile relatives.
December 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
sirena73.bsky.social
And once again, I thank @coinfitz.bsky.social for introducing me to Terry Pratchett. As a lifelong sci-fi/fantasy nerd, I had never dipped my toe into Pratchett and I don't know why. He was such a treasure of a storyteller and if you've never ventured into his world, please go do so now.
amyhoy.bsky.social Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 6d
exhibit #81823840 in my "Terry Pratchett should be recognized as one of our foremost worldly philosophers" file
December 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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kambriel.com
Check out Ali's post of new works eligible for Rhysling, Nebulas, & Hugo awards ~ including our co-written poem:

"I Know Why Ophelia Picked Her Own Bouquet" 🌒💐🌘

If you're the nominating type, we'd love you to consider nominating us as a pair for this wickedly wonderful little piece of our hearts!
Published edition of an original poem co-written by Ali Trotta + Kambriel ~ framed with a colourful bouquet of fresh flowers. (photo: Lisa Gill) Available here: https://enchantedlivingmag.com/collections/enchanted-living-back-issues/products/enchanted-living-issue-71-summer-2025-print
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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rowanclair.bsky.social
Aurora borealis on a winter night ✨

#art #illustration
Illustration of the aurora borealis, in vibrant colours against a starry winter night sky, with dark silhouettes of trees in the foreground.
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
my brother and I loved this so much that we both lose our minds laughing now whenever we hear the song
duncombe.bsky.social Duncombe @duncombe.bsky.social · 5d
I can't listen to the song without thinking of
Screenshot of tweet that says: "giddy up jingle horse, pick up your feet" sounds like something a homophobic gym teacher would say
December 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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punkrockhistory.bsky.social
45 years ago
Emmy award winner Kira Roessler with an original Rickenbacker 4001 in December 1980, 4 years before her Black Flag days.

Photo by Gary Leonard

#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #kiraroessler #blackflag #history #punkrockhistory
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 AM