Magister Astrid D
@astridsdream.bsky.social
Quiet and crafty. She/her. Profile pic based on art from blaseball, cross-stitched by me. Banner is from original Link's Awakening.
Concerns over fake phenomena cannot be held in good faith. There's no such thing as "good faith" concern over razorblades in Halloween apples or vaccines causing autism. If you still have 'concerns' about these issues you are uninformed, a bigot or being manipulated. No other option.
I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”
All this said, I do think I have a harder time finding good games on mobile than I do on, like, Steam. My best finds have been from other people telling me their fave games. So here's a #MobileRecs thread of my favorite mobile games that are specifically for smartphones:
Magister Astrid D@astridsdream.bsky.social · 3w agoAlso, finding real good games on any platform is rough! Mobile games are monetization trash heaps, Switch games only sorta work, and Steam games are expensive as hell. And that's BEFORE we get into matters of taste.
Right, so, I don't agree with this. Is it extremely hard to find a good mobile game? YES A THOUSAND TIMES. Are they all trash garbage? No of course not. Should good mobile games have been designed for console from the jump? NOPE.
This, from food safety attorney Bill Marler, is so much better than anything I've seen from the FDA.
Taylor Farms Posted Its Own Recall. It Went to 27 States, Not 5 — and the List Includes Bags Sold in Grocery Stores.
Taylor Farms has posted a recall notice on its own website. As of this morning it is still not on FDA's recalls page, which means the only
marlerblog.com
odyssey this, odyssey that. some of you fellas odda see a dang therapist
As soon as you build a mechanism to take human rights from someone based on how they voted, it will be turned against you. It is a gun that you have built and it will, like any gun, eventually be used for murder. You will not have control of it forever.
This is a really useful post about what you need to know about Cyclospora. I learned things. You will too
Explosive foodborne outbreak
It's a real shit show out there: What we know, don't know, and what it means for you.
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
I really, truly, with my whole heart, need people to internalize the fact that there are so many different reasons why an author might want to explore a Thing in fiction - reasons which are often directly contradictory! - that, by itself, the Thing tells you little to nothing about that person.
Micah@rincewind.run · 4w agothis really is baffling, it's incredibly difficult to read Piers Anthony and think anything but "please check this man's hard drive" and yet, not a single whisper IRL that I know of props for putting it all on the page (?) I guess (??)
Just sent out notices to second-place bidders where the donor offered a second opportunity for the next closest to the auction winner. Check your email (or spam) to see if you are one!
okay there was a surprising degree of interest in “gossip about people we don’t know,” so if we hit $30k I’m doing the bracket but for $35k I’ll spill Portland Catholic tea and name names
Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · last mo.honestly I would LOVE to talk for an extra hour about all the different dramas that unfolded over the past three years at different Catholic parish schools in the diocese and just blow up everybody’s spot, but it would be crushingly boring if you don’t know anyone on the PTA at Christ the King
need you all to see this deeply indescribable cooking video
And for everyone saying “well isn’t there space for someone who changed their mind?” Sure. We can talk about that when we have that guy. We don’t.
One of the things I am often saying about art, any art, is to find the thing you enjoy the doing of, even when the finished product is "bad". Because if you enjoy doing it, you will keep doing it, and you will gain the experience that improves your finished work.
Alex Wellerstein@wellerstein.bsky.social · last mo.I'm a big believer in the "any fool can be taught how to write pretty well if they work at it" because I am one of those fools and I do OK and I can tell you from experience that it is not "natural talent" so much as, well, experience, that does the trick.
Okay y'all, auction's ending soon, you have less than an hour to get this up to at least $50 www.32auctions.com/organization... (plz plz the other one's up to $50 and I wanna say I brought in $400 for democracy) (the other $300 is in the SOLD OUT hedgies I already made as a buy-it-now) (PLZ)
Custom Beaded Crochet Hedgehog #2
Auction item 'Custom Beaded Crochet Hedgehog #2' hosted online at 32auctions.
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As are the sparkly blue de-icer bottle earrings! www.32auctions.com/organization...
De-Icer Earrings
Auction item 'De-Icer Earrings' hosted online at 32auctions.
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On the same theme, if you wanna snag some nifty earrings without having to bid, trans colored parfait cups are up! www.32auctions.com/organization...
Trans Parfait Earrings
Auction item 'Trans Parfait Earrings' hosted online at 32auctions.
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Okay my budget for Romancing the Vote this year is minuscule (😭) and I spent it all already so here is a thread of things I would bid on if I were made of money:
auction.romancingthevote.com has your back on this one. go for it.
Romancing the Vote 2026
Silent auction 'Romancing the Vote 2026' hosted online at 32auctions.
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lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · last mo.the next thing you impulse buy WILL change your life. do NOT wait or second guess yourself, this time it IS going to be different
Take me out to the soccer Take me out to the pitch Buy me a beer and some fish ’n chips I don’t care if my jersey gets ripped Let me root root root for the home team If they don’t win they might tie For it’s no! goals! sometimes get scored By the soccer guys
So @romancingthevote.com bidding is open and you can bid on these screen used props from Leverage, as of now.
Leverage Screen-Used Props
Auction item 'Leverage Screen-Used Props' hosted online at 32auctions.
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DO NOT LISTEN TO JESSIE STAY FAR AWAY THIS ONE IS MINE
Jessie Mihalik@jessiemihalik.com · last mo.It’s true!! And I’ve since heard there won’t be widely printed ARCs, *BUT* my publisher is custom printing a few bound manuscripts for me to give away, so if you want an early *printed* copy of ROSES & STONE, this is one of very few opportunities—as long as you go bananas in the bidding. :)
