say yes to your own ideas & make friends with people who uplift you
it's been a while since we last did this, so please quote this post & say something encouraging to other writers!
Dee Laundry
@deelaundry.bsky.social
https://deelaundry.carrd.co/ Shill for Big Humanity My gender is Friend (she/they) and my appearance is No. I stan* interestingly boring people including Robert Sean Leonard. *If I understand correctly what "stan" means
say yes to your own ideas & make friends with people who uplift you
it's been a while since we last did this, so please quote this post & say something encouraging to other writers!
@elitistsemicolon.bsky.social -- This was meant for you, although I hadn't realized we weren't actually mutuals at the time.
Who's my mutual who posts about misused words in fic? Here's one I've noticed lately: "Wringer" is what you get put through. "Ringer" is an impostor*, usually one with greater talents than typical, or if dead, a lookalike. *This is the primary spelling, but "imposter" is now also correct.
Jack Lowden has competition! Amazon MGM Narrows List Of James Bond Candidates To 6 Actors, 1 Extremely Suave Ferret — theonion.com/amazon-mgm-n...
Amazon MGM Narrows List Of James Bond Candidates To 6 Actors, 1 Extremely Suave Ferret
CULVER CITY, CA—Amidst intense speculation over who would next portray the iconic secret agent, a source within Amazon MGM Studios revealed Wednesday that producers had narrowed down their list of Jam...
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1. You should listen to this because it's great and hilarious. 2. I have decided (with the input of River) that weather is neurotypical, with its constant hate-crimes against autistic people. Climate used to be autistic but climate change is mutating it -was The Grand Neurotypical involved?
Imagine a world where the neurotypicals were… uh… um… even more in charge?? Chapter Six of It’s a Superpower?? is out now and contains the silliest parody ABBA medley ever written, a @watsoncomedian.bsky.social crossover and SO MUCH CUSTARD!
Omg so adorable!!! Their little teeth! Their overall friendly demeanor! 💜💜💜
I did it
Useful resource. I first read it as "Submission Grindr" but yeah, that's how I am.
For newer F&SF writers, here's a resource you may not be aware of, the Submission Grinder. It helps you find markets and track your submissions - and even publishes some fiction. Free to use, but if you use it a lot, consider supporting their Patreon. #booksky thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
Just heard this phrase "Shill for Big Humanity" 👍 brb, adding to my bio
I have a lot I want to nominate this year, so I'm crossing my fingers someone else will nominate Ride of Die, Hacks, and Pluribus.
Festivids nominations are open! Nominate at the AO3: archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/315... Before you nominate, check out the nomination resources and list of disqualified fandoms at: dw festivids.dreamwidth.org/164012.html tumblr: www.tumblr.com/festivids/82...
I am still salty/bitter about word processing programs not showing the formatting codes the way WordPerfect did. (Is this my most Gen X complaint? It might just be.)
In the late 90's people started using WYSIWYG editors like Dreamweaver to make websites, instead of by hand, and the html produced was famously complete dogshit. There were weird <br> tags everywhere, it'd look normal but be a huge pain in the ass to modify or figure out what fucked up, etc
Why are you thirst-trapping me, man? I've got enough going on in my life. I don't need another inappropriately-young-for-me crush, okay?
Ahh man. In spite of the infinite selfies etc, I'm never happy about the way i look, but god damn does @writing-in-rags.bsky.social ever take a good picture of a fella. Good grief.
I found a Rarity-81 word worth 94 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 814 points · 10 rare words. Only 27 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 5 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/NKQXBK
OUTLIER · Day 102
dee_laundry scored 814 on Day 102. Can you beat them?
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I found a Rarity-64 word worth 88 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 828 points · 10 rare words. Only 4 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 2 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/KFG9FL
OUTLIER · Day 98
dee_laundry scored 828 on Day 98 — can you beat them?
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My gen X opinion as well. People said a lot of shit when I was young that wasn't right then and it isn't right now that people feel emboldened to come back to it.
I guess my most millennial opinion is i still dont like when people use the r slur, dont think there's any good excuse to use it, and will still think less of you for using it
Kid the Younger (who is in his 20s) heard me listening to this episode--specifically a Bums and Horb scene--and said, "It's like the British version of The Office." Me: Yeah? KtY: Because of the accents. And the swearing.
This week’s It’s a Superpower?? contains one of our fave @frasergeesin.bsky.social illustrations, the prettiest singing you’ll ever hear & a young upstart called @pattonoswalt.bsky.social playing a talking hamster named Herbert. thedailytism.com/itsasuperpow...
lmao My parents refused to tell me what my IQ was. My mom said, "It's enough." 😂 My GMAT score qualifies me for a club of the top half-percent of IQ scores. That and $7 will buy me a cup of coffee. Me using that phrase should tell you how old I am. 😂
I was IQ tested when I was a kid and rode that high until Briggs-Myers tests came into vogue and then I reveled in being an INTP and now I recognize that both are basically the nerd equivalents of zodiac signs, but then that's a very Taurus thing to say, isn't it
I don't write fiction to self-express I write fiction so I can put words like "coruscating" in front of people in a forum where theyre not allowed to give me a wedgie about it
These make great pencil bags! Sturdy and lightweight both.
In case you ever looked at the listing for the flat zipper feedbags and thought "man, that's too confusing and I can't figure out which bag is which", I have now numbered the bags better AND Ko-Fi rolled out a "match picture with variant" function. ko-fi.com/s/0e48638f99
PROFOUNDLY DISABLED PEOPLE HACE BEEN UNDER THE BUS SINCE THE BUS WAS INVENTED. We're not the ones who threw them under. Yell at the government not funding support programs, not people with needs. (Alex's point is so correct)
True! And once an early-diagnosed kid with low support needs in the US hits adulthood they get NOTHING. Ask me how I know.
People say this shit about autism, too. There. Are. No. Supports. Provided. To. Late. Diagnosed. Neurodivergent. Adults. Might get tiny gestures of accommodation at work, but more likely mistreated. There are *very limited* supports made available to neurodivergent children with early diagnosis.
1. It's not true. 2. We've seen The Expanse! Moon-mining would be a sucky, dangerous job!!!
“there will be a large human workforce on the moon by the early 2030s” no there won’t that isn’t true
Ok, now I'm upset that none of us can stay in the Previously On section where it's safe. If you could see me, you'd see I'm stamping my feet and frowning like the toddler who's realized she's fucked it.
A prophecy foretelling an evil supervillain called The Grand Neurotypical is an easy thing to forget to tell the people who are supposed to defeat her, right?? Drell from Sabrina the Teenage Witch guest stars in Chapter Four of It’s a Superpower??
“What causes autism?” It’s usually inherited, but actually, it doesn’t f***ing matter. Learn how to be the parent your autistic child needs. We can help. #autism #parenting #neurodiversity
Kid the Younger referred to the Road Runner Show as "Coyote and the Meep" and that is now its name forever.
"meep meep ass location" i cannot breathe omfg 💀
Please, please save all your docs before you upgrade to Woke 2, I was on Woke 1.91 and lost a ton of work.