Annie Bellet
@anniebellet.bsky.social
USA Today Bestselling fantasy author, artist, nerd, and armchair medievalist. She/her. www.anniebellet.com
The videogame guy I'm controlling? That's not me; I'm me. The main character in a novel I'm reading isn't me either. More and more I feel like this is an unusual attitude towards art.
@peculiarityshop.bsky.social I got my ring and I was so happy I even dreamed about it haha. Thank you. I will try not to lose this one in Paris 😊
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
euronews.com
“The Dollywood Foundation, which reported $141 million in assets last year, also offers local high school graduates $15,000 scholarships. ‘She gave cash gifts to people in need long before it was popular,’ Ms. Palmer said. ‘She trusted the people that she wanted to help.’”
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 3d agoDolly Parton’s Dollywood Foundation “was initially focused on reducing school dropout rates in Sevier County, in part by offering $500 gifts to graduates. Cold, hard cash proved a powerful incentive; high school dropout rates plummeted to just 6 percent in the county, from 35 percent.”
Look im not saying we should be setting more rich people's things on fire but I am not not saying it
CatDaMaMa@catdamama.bsky.social · yesterdayThe cherry trees are a symbol of DC. Huge number of tourists visit them each year and are a thing of beauty. But Trump cuts down the oldest cherry blossoms in DC for his golf course. He has ruined our city. www.alternet.org/trump-dc-gol...
I desperately want to read novels about how we prevent the worst of climate breakdown and build a better world that 1.) don't rely on untested tech to save the day, 2.) center mass protest movements using a wide variety of strategies and tactics, and 3.) have emotional depth.
Laura@tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 3d agoI really appreciate @simkern.bsky.social's critical analysis of The Ministry for the Future - both its bad science and its lack of understanding of how social change works, as well as its ignorance of Indigenous technologies for ecological restoration. youtu.be/o9V7hT01HvM
Nothing makes me leary of a recipe faster than it claiming you can caramelized onions in 10 mind. Like... where you cooking those? 9th level of hell?
Y'all. I know you're tired of my running on about this, and I *want* to give you a break over the weekend, but I CAN'T fail these cats. They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person.
Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · 5d agoORPHANED CATS NEED FOREVER HOME IN NORTHEAST (PLEASE READ *ENTIRE* THREAD) My wife's childhood friend died Thursday, leaving his two *mildly* special-needs cats. The elder, Wally, is about 13. ABSOLUTELY affectionate cat; GLORIOUSLY dim. His only issue is that he poops in bathtubs if given a chance
This is everything I have to say so...
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · yesterdayAnd there it is...
Be sure to wish your favorite marginalized games journalist a very The guy who did gamergate gets hoisted by his own petard day
Bay Area friends: A friend found these small kittens behind a gas station and we've been trying to find them a home for almost two months. For now, they live in a small bathroom. Would you consider adopting? They are vaxxed, neutered, and incredibly affectionate. Please help!
Centrists cannot bring people on the left "back in line." They have to quit it with this rhetoric. If they treat people on the left as a greater enemy than Trump, the thing that is going to happen is that people on the left will fucking fight them tooth and nail. Include me in that number.
Alt image: a chocolate bar with Lake Ontario on it If you don't know Peace by Chocolate, please look up their story. I always make a point of grabbing a few whenever I see them in stores. I didn't realize I could buy direct tho!
Peace by Chocolate@peacebychocolate.bsky.social · 2d agoWe created this bar to keep the name Lake Ontario visible as part of our long-standing Canada Collection. “ONTARÍ’IO” is an Indigenous name that existed long before today’s borders. That history should not be erased. peacebychocolate.ca/collections/...
“Ontario” is a Wendat word for beautiful water. The lake had that name long before Canada, the US, or Amerigo Fucken Vespucci were even out here. I don’t think she cares what this flapping neck says, he’ll be gone in a blink and she’ll still be here.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2d agoDonald Trump escalated his confrontation with Ottawa, ordering his government to 'immediately' change the name of Lake Ontario, which sits between Canada and the US, to 'Lake America'. ft.trib.al/0OevWwN
Still no takers. I don't *understand*, and it's killing me. LOOK AT THESE FACES.
Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · 5d agoORPHANED CATS NEED FOREVER HOME IN NORTHEAST (PLEASE READ *ENTIRE* THREAD) My wife's childhood friend died Thursday, leaving his two *mildly* special-needs cats. The elder, Wally, is about 13. ABSOLUTELY affectionate cat; GLORIOUSLY dim. His only issue is that he poops in bathtubs if given a chance
FWIW I have a monthly donation to @globalvoices.org , and seeing as US media is becoming ever more captured by fascists of various stripes, it's a good time to support independent international journalism. Just to get non-US viewpoints on a regular basis.
Global Voices@globalvoices.org · 3d agoCitizenship isn’t automatic, inevitable, or even uniform across different nations; the way it works is the result of a series of decisions. This spotlight on statelessness illuminates the ways those choices needlessly hurt millions of people. #GVSpotlight
Re-sharing this for today. Thanks, friends.
burnlittlelight (she/her)@burnlittlelight.bsky.social · 3d agoHey, all, I'm coming out of a period between steady work and had some unexpected expenses this month. I know money's tight for all of us these days; I would welcome any support gratefully, if you're so moved. Paypal is here: www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/... and Venmo here: venmo.com/u/burnlittle...
HELLO! Our "let Bree & Donna write a book AND pay the lawyers to maybe get their money back from The Fiasco" auction/pop-up shop is live! It will run through 9/2 at 8PM CDT! www.32auctions.com/KitRocha2026
First Dolly Parton, then Tim Curry, and now *Eeyore*? Oh, my heart.
Cartoon Brew@cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 3d agoRIP Peter Cullen, the legendary voice actor who brought Optimus Prime, Eeyore, Monterey Jack, and dozens of other memorable characters to life over the past half-century.
Just one more study, bro. We just need one more study...
Scott Santens@scottsantens.com · 3d ago"Research shows that for every dollar distributed, $2.50 of economic activity is created over the next 30 months and prices only rise marginally... Other benefits include a fall in child mortality, as pregnant women can pay for transport to clinics and stop working in the weeks before childbirth."
This is precisely the shit that college is good for: getting your mind blown about some random ass subject you'd never learn about on your own because someone is obsessed with it.
Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 3d agowell, Craig, we can't all be studying money and bitcoin now can we?
ORPHANED CATS NEED FOREVER HOME IN NORTHEAST (PLEASE READ *ENTIRE* THREAD) My wife's childhood friend died Thursday, leaving his two *mildly* special-needs cats. The elder, Wally, is about 13. ABSOLUTELY affectionate cat; GLORIOUSLY dim. His only issue is that he poops in bathtubs if given a chance
Dolly Parton was an uncredited producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. When she learned the only female producer was making less than her male counterparts, Dolly cut her a check for the difference, on the spot.
It's ME(Jaime)@exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 4d agoA literal saint:
