Joanna B (she/her)
@thewelllostmind.bsky.social
Nonfiction writer, when brain cells allow.
I’m so baffled by the idea that the James Bond franchise is hindered by a continuity dilemma, as if there’s a seamless flow of backstory from Dr No to No Time to Die. You’re telling me that Jeffrey Wright’s Felix Leiter is an amputee from being fed to sharks after his wedding in License to Kill?
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I’m so baffled by the idea that the James Bond franchise is hindered by a continuity dilemma, as if there’s a seamless flow of backstory from Dr No to No Time to Die. You’re telling me that Jeffrey Wright’s Felix Leiter is an amputee from being fed to sharks after his wedding in License to Kill?
“If you gotta kill all my friends to survive, maybe it’s time for a change.”
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“If you gotta kill all my friends to survive, maybe it’s time for a change.”
Just saw a Google Gemini ad about a turkey booking a quick flight out of town for Thanksgiving. Because if anything is running smoothly right now it’s AI and air travel.
November 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just saw a Google Gemini ad about a turkey booking a quick flight out of town for Thanksgiving. Because if anything is running smoothly right now it’s AI and air travel.
🎶 My advice is always ruinnnnnnn the workplace 🎶
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🎶 My advice is always ruinnnnnnn the workplace 🎶
~*~ do you ever feel so alone that you could implode and no one would know? ~*~
It’s time to post moody, contextless lyrics like AIM statuses of yore
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
~*~ do you ever feel so alone that you could implode and no one would know? ~*~
It’s time to post moody, contextless lyrics like AIM statuses of yore
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It’s time to post moody, contextless lyrics like AIM statuses of yore
I have already planned what music I want to listen to on the subway when I’m next in NYC. Next will be what book I read. I miss usable public transportation so much.
November 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I have already planned what music I want to listen to on the subway when I’m next in NYC. Next will be what book I read. I miss usable public transportation so much.
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I keep thinking about this passage from THE AGE OF INNOCENCE.
October 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I keep thinking about this passage from THE AGE OF INNOCENCE.
It is chilly enough that I am drinking hot coffee. Rejoice.
(This isn’t to say that I won’t numb my fingers on an iced coffee in freezing temps, but variety is the pumpkin spice of life.)
(This isn’t to say that I won’t numb my fingers on an iced coffee in freezing temps, but variety is the pumpkin spice of life.)
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It is chilly enough that I am drinking hot coffee. Rejoice.
(This isn’t to say that I won’t numb my fingers on an iced coffee in freezing temps, but variety is the pumpkin spice of life.)
(This isn’t to say that I won’t numb my fingers on an iced coffee in freezing temps, but variety is the pumpkin spice of life.)
I did not forget how good it is to have my cat sitting next to me all day in chillier weather, but I’m still nicely overwhelmed by the feeling
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I did not forget how good it is to have my cat sitting next to me all day in chillier weather, but I’m still nicely overwhelmed by the feeling
October has been too hot, so I will not be relinquishing spooky season come November. In fact, it may just be a spooky new year, fuck it.
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
October has been too hot, so I will not be relinquishing spooky season come November. In fact, it may just be a spooky new year, fuck it.
Cute knitwear and a nice green jacket should not be my amongst my takeaways from Bring Her Back, but I am who I am
October 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Cute knitwear and a nice green jacket should not be my amongst my takeaways from Bring Her Back, but I am who I am
Cancelled one of my streamers and submitted some reimbursements for kitty diabetes expenses, which means it’s time to make a donation to a food bank because SNAP benefits may “pause” next week
October 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Cancelled one of my streamers and submitted some reimbursements for kitty diabetes expenses, which means it’s time to make a donation to a food bank because SNAP benefits may “pause” next week
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
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This from @kristenarnett.bsky.social's latest "Am I the Literary Asshole" is going to every single artist I know who has even ever been tempted by the machine: lithub.com/am-i-the-lit...
![You need to stop putting your work into these platforms, immediately.
[HIGHLIGHTED]I could get up on a high horse and give you a million reasons why you should not ever, under any circumstances be doing this when it comes to the greater collective (theft of others work and effort and time, the fact that it depletes our natural resources). But I only need tell you that you are ruining your chance at creative happiness. It’s ruining your brain. I know this because it’s making you bleed joy.[END HIGHLIGHTING]
Your letter troubled me, friend. I worry that you have decided to just let go of all thought and let a computer think for you. That’s not what writing and passion and creativity is about. It’s not art. You do not need generative AI to give you story ideas. You do not need a robot to tell you whether your work is good. Only you can do that. Stop roadblocking your own writing life.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3qwscvjsncjpibfnzmkoqvif/bafkreihwvqoxydedzbg3uvf5dz6a5hsaquykpyxt5huhkineb2wzu5zt7e@jpeg)
October 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This from @kristenarnett.bsky.social's latest "Am I the Literary Asshole" is going to every single artist I know who has even ever been tempted by the machine: lithub.com/am-i-the-lit...
Well this seems ominous
October 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Well this seems ominous
You know what’s more exciting than the time between ordering something and it being delivered? The time between sending someone a gift and them receiving it.
a dog is standing on its hind legs in a room with the words cant wait written on the floor .
Alt: A dog is excitedly spinning around in place, with the words “can’t wait!!!!!” written at the bottom
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October 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
You know what’s more exciting than the time between ordering something and it being delivered? The time between sending someone a gift and them receiving it.
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Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
October 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math
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You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't
There are at least seven deer in my backyard right now, I assume having some sort of conference. I am ready to accept whatever resolutions they pass.
October 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
There are at least seven deer in my backyard right now, I assume having some sort of conference. I am ready to accept whatever resolutions they pass.
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twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
“Does my supple Jurassic body not fill you with wonder?”
October 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“Does my supple Jurassic body not fill you with wonder?”
Rewatched Shakespeare in Love and let me get this straight:
In the end, Will is a sad boy but has achieved his goal of being “a hired player no longer” and gets to go on being Shakespeare.
Meanwhile Viola is married to an abusive man taking her to a new continent where she knows no one.
In the end, Will is a sad boy but has achieved his goal of being “a hired player no longer” and gets to go on being Shakespeare.
Meanwhile Viola is married to an abusive man taking her to a new continent where she knows no one.
September 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Rewatched Shakespeare in Love and let me get this straight:
In the end, Will is a sad boy but has achieved his goal of being “a hired player no longer” and gets to go on being Shakespeare.
Meanwhile Viola is married to an abusive man taking her to a new continent where she knows no one.
In the end, Will is a sad boy but has achieved his goal of being “a hired player no longer” and gets to go on being Shakespeare.
Meanwhile Viola is married to an abusive man taking her to a new continent where she knows no one.
I have seen my first labubu in the wild
September 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I have seen my first labubu in the wild
Share your favorite black and white movie
September 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Share your favorite black and white movie