The Barbarienne
@thebarbarienne.bsky.social
Book production queen. Occasional writer. Amateur jeweler. Spoonie. I post pictures of my cats and food. I love to RT art, but only if it has decent alt-text.
🦖TRANS RIGHTS OR I BITES 🦕
🦖TRANS RIGHTS OR I BITES 🦕
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I say it all the time:
FUNCTIONAL LITERACY IS NOT THE SAME AS AN ABILITY TO WRITE.
People who don't understand this will never be any good as fiction writers.
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FUNCTIONAL LITERACY IS NOT THE SAME AS AN ABILITY TO WRITE.
People who don't understand this will never be any good as fiction writers.
13/x
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The Last Breath, an art print by Martin Mottet
Gallery Quality Prints
www.inprnt.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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The spam continues, I hope it's not too anoying, turns out I had a lot to add as available prints ;)
Would you maybe be interested in some more dragon?
Would you maybe be interested in some more dragon?
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The spam continues, I hope it's not too anoying, turns out I had a lot to add as available prints ;)
Would you maybe be interested in some more dragon?
Would you maybe be interested in some more dragon?
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What if we subverty subvert the tropity tropes by giving a film noir a happy ending? That would be some winsauce
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
What if we subverty subvert the tropity tropes by giving a film noir a happy ending? That would be some winsauce
AUGH, GINNY, QUIT DRINKING THE PAINT WATER
At least she went for the "clean" water jar, rather than the "wash" or "rinse" jars.
At least she went for the "clean" water jar, rather than the "wash" or "rinse" jars.
November 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
AUGH, GINNY, QUIT DRINKING THE PAINT WATER
At least she went for the "clean" water jar, rather than the "wash" or "rinse" jars.
At least she went for the "clean" water jar, rather than the "wash" or "rinse" jars.
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answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior
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Italian researchers did a study where they looked at whether more people would give up their seat on a train for a pregnant passenger if Batman were present.
The answer is yes. People are more likely to engage in prosocial behavior when Batman’s around.
Now. How do we apply this to vaccination?
The answer is yes. People are more likely to engage in prosocial behavior when Batman’s around.
Now. How do we apply this to vaccination?
Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect
Prosocial behavior, the act of helping others, is essential to social life, yet spontaneous environmental triggers for such behavior remain underexplored. This study tested whether an unexpected event, such as the presence of a person dressed as ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Italian researchers did a study where they looked at whether more people would give up their seat on a train for a pregnant passenger if Batman were present.
The answer is yes. People are more likely to engage in prosocial behavior when Batman’s around.
Now. How do we apply this to vaccination?
The answer is yes. People are more likely to engage in prosocial behavior when Batman’s around.
Now. How do we apply this to vaccination?
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Shipping costs have gotten expensive, but today (Nov 23), you can get free ground shipping for U.S. orders.
My #wildlife photography is available as #wallart, puzzles, mugs, totes, and more.
I also have three canvas prints on a limited time promotion.
laurel-gale.pixels.com
#giftideas
My #wildlife photography is available as #wallart, puzzles, mugs, totes, and more.
I also have three canvas prints on a limited time promotion.
laurel-gale.pixels.com
#giftideas
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Shipping costs have gotten expensive, but today (Nov 23), you can get free ground shipping for U.S. orders.
My #wildlife photography is available as #wallart, puzzles, mugs, totes, and more.
I also have three canvas prints on a limited time promotion.
laurel-gale.pixels.com
#giftideas
My #wildlife photography is available as #wallart, puzzles, mugs, totes, and more.
I also have three canvas prints on a limited time promotion.
laurel-gale.pixels.com
#giftideas
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A wild turkey on full display among the autumn leaf litter. There were no hens around, but he was still strutting his stuff and posing for me.
Full res preview, prints, and more images here: laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/wil...
#birds #wildlife #nature 📷
Full res preview, prints, and more images here: laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/wil...
#birds #wildlife #nature 📷
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A wild turkey on full display among the autumn leaf litter. There were no hens around, but he was still strutting his stuff and posing for me.
Full res preview, prints, and more images here: laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/wil...
#birds #wildlife #nature 📷
Full res preview, prints, and more images here: laurel-gale.pixels.com/featured/wil...
#birds #wildlife #nature 📷
A video! Note: these were swatched on cellulose hot press and they still got this kind of granulation. Imagine them on cold press cotton?
#watercolor
#watercolor
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A video! Note: these were swatched on cellulose hot press and they still got this kind of granulation. Imagine them on cold press cotton?
#watercolor
#watercolor
Dear self: Can you afford to buy every single-pigment #watercolor available?
Me: Can I afford NOT to?
(Note: I'm not trying to duplicate things; I really only need one PV23, but I had to buy PV37 also!)
*shakes fist at Schminke, the only guys making a PV62 single-pigment*
Me: Can I afford NOT to?
(Note: I'm not trying to duplicate things; I really only need one PV23, but I had to buy PV37 also!)
*shakes fist at Schminke, the only guys making a PV62 single-pigment*
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Dear self: Can you afford to buy every single-pigment #watercolor available?
Me: Can I afford NOT to?
(Note: I'm not trying to duplicate things; I really only need one PV23, but I had to buy PV37 also!)
*shakes fist at Schminke, the only guys making a PV62 single-pigment*
Me: Can I afford NOT to?
(Note: I'm not trying to duplicate things; I really only need one PV23, but I had to buy PV37 also!)
*shakes fist at Schminke, the only guys making a PV62 single-pigment*
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In the US, Catholic sisters return Wisconsin land to Ojibwe tribe in a historic first. The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred a lakefront property to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for the same $30,000 they paid in 1966.
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
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For the first time, Catholic sisters return land to a Tribal nation
"This return represents more than the restoration of land — it is the restoration of balance, dignity, and our sacred connection to the places our ancestors once walked."
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November 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In the US, Catholic sisters return Wisconsin land to Ojibwe tribe in a historic first. The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have transferred a lakefront property to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for the same $30,000 they paid in 1966.
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Happy Polyamory Day!
On the utopian planet Refuge, visit a cozy space opera filled with pastries and therapy as exiled rebel guerillas Talia, Miki, and Faigin dredge hope from the ashes of their defeat. #hopepunk #specfic #sf #cozy #romancelandia #sapphicbooks #QueerBooks 💙📚 🌈📚🪐
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November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Happy Polyamory Day!
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and all because it literally pays to be racist on X.
The more racisms you do the more you earn in revenue.
*snaps*
The more racisms you do the more you earn in revenue.
*snaps*
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
and all because it literally pays to be racist on X.
The more racisms you do the more you earn in revenue.
*snaps*
The more racisms you do the more you earn in revenue.
*snaps*
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All of us who used to fight disinformation on Twitter knew that most of the online MAGA movement was a bunch of foreign troll accounts.
We knew.
We knew.
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
All of us who used to fight disinformation on Twitter knew that most of the online MAGA movement was a bunch of foreign troll accounts.
We knew.
We knew.
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Fake fake fake. The sad thing is that this works, which is why our enemies do it.
November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Fake fake fake. The sad thing is that this works, which is why our enemies do it.
LOL.
By the second sentence I knew this wasn't written by an American. That's not American English syntax.
By the second sentence I knew this wasn't written by an American. That's not American English syntax.
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
LOL.
By the second sentence I knew this wasn't written by an American. That's not American English syntax.
By the second sentence I knew this wasn't written by an American. That's not American English syntax.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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I love this line: if we restored the famous tower of Pisa to a fully upright position, "then it wouldn't be itself."
It's simple and true and beautiful. We love it because it leans. It wouldn't be its own special self if it didn't.
It's simple and true and beautiful. We love it because it leans. It wouldn't be its own special self if it didn't.
Now we have the capacity today to have restored it to a completely upright position, as it was built! But then it wouldn’t be itself. So they stabilised it to a lean of 3.97 degrees instead.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I love this line: if we restored the famous tower of Pisa to a fully upright position, "then it wouldn't be itself."
It's simple and true and beautiful. We love it because it leans. It wouldn't be its own special self if it didn't.
It's simple and true and beautiful. We love it because it leans. It wouldn't be its own special self if it didn't.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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This should scare the shit out of you. Mask up.
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 AM
This should scare the shit out of you. Mask up.
Today's task: inventory the remaining bulbs and get them in the dirt.
(There are more coming this week, for the shady beds. Gotta finish the sunny part today.)
(There are more coming this week, for the shady beds. Gotta finish the sunny part today.)
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Today's task: inventory the remaining bulbs and get them in the dirt.
(There are more coming this week, for the shady beds. Gotta finish the sunny part today.)
(There are more coming this week, for the shady beds. Gotta finish the sunny part today.)
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This supposed traditional artist and musician followed me. Despite having an explicit "fuck ai" in his bio, something about him set off my bullshit detector.
So, I checked out his Bandcamp. Over 70 albums and EPs, all done since March of this year.
Come on, man, at least be subtle about it.
So, I checked out his Bandcamp. Over 70 albums and EPs, all done since March of this year.
Come on, man, at least be subtle about it.
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This supposed traditional artist and musician followed me. Despite having an explicit "fuck ai" in his bio, something about him set off my bullshit detector.
So, I checked out his Bandcamp. Over 70 albums and EPs, all done since March of this year.
Come on, man, at least be subtle about it.
So, I checked out his Bandcamp. Over 70 albums and EPs, all done since March of this year.
Come on, man, at least be subtle about it.
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Like, do you like it because it’s sparkly, or do you like it because someone on the other side of the planet probably suffered while prying it out of a rock? Is that the important part?
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Like, do you like it because it’s sparkly, or do you like it because someone on the other side of the planet probably suffered while prying it out of a rock? Is that the important part?
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The fact that anyone, anywhere, ever, that gives a fuck about diamonds/rubies/etc. actually CARES whether or not their stone is natural or lab grown is the ultimate testament to human irrationality.
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The fact that anyone, anywhere, ever, that gives a fuck about diamonds/rubies/etc. actually CARES whether or not their stone is natural or lab grown is the ultimate testament to human irrationality.
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So remember how we banned smoking in restaurants because we realized second hand smoking was really harmful and decided as a society that one person’s convenience shouldn’t outweigh everyone else’s right to clean healthy air that won’t hurt them?
When did that change?
When did that change?
October 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
So remember how we banned smoking in restaurants because we realized second hand smoking was really harmful and decided as a society that one person’s convenience shouldn’t outweigh everyone else’s right to clean healthy air that won’t hurt them?
When did that change?
When did that change?