Do you have a forearm tattoo? Would love to see pics!
🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈⬛ ☕
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...and with that? Emotional support spaghetti. See you on the other side.
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Let's see... A writerly question... What do you write with when you're traveling? Do you always bring your laptop? Some other device? Software?
MOAR FUN THINGS! Yesterday I got so p'oed at the construction happening after sunset, I started blasting the soundtrack to Epic: The Musical. #IfYouKnowYouKnow
You know, the entire point of Empire Strikes Back is to tell Luke it's his destiny to destroy the Emperor... I grok that Vader is attempting to convince him and all, but he sounds earnest about it. It would've been nice if Palpatine actually stayed dead instead of clones. #nothingburger #randomthot
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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Yas! If you have a zoo in your area, recommend going. The animal ambassadors LOVE pumpkins and there'll be lots of events!
Rachel Holliday Smith@rachelholliday.bsky.social · 3d agoanimals-crushing-pumpkins season is actually so important to me. spiritually www.tiktok.com/t/ZTyVBE2hL/
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It's been a very long and chaotic couple of...months. Escaped today to get some words down, and am incredibly emotional. This is a series of quilts by a group of seniors displayed at a cafe called Java Cat. The theme was the 250th anniversary of the United States, and every quilt is a gut punch.
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No matter how educated, talented, rich or important you believe you are, how you treat animals tells me everything I need to know about you.
Join me for this craft-focused webinar to sharpen your dialogue skills & learn how to represent dialect on the page. I'll give some short lectures and lead you through hands-on exercises. 📅 Nov 21 🕘 10a–3:30p Pacific 💰 $175 - Scholarships available! writingtheother.com/dialogue-and...
"It's up to all of us to ensure that the illuminating power of the written word is not under malicious control." We're proud to have Honorary Chair Tony Weaver, Jr. leading #BannedBooksWeek! #LetBooksBe ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
In honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
...and by hilarious I mean absurd in all its myriad forms.
I do find it hilarious that books about poots and butts are banned... Like, have these politicians ever met a child? What do you think they find hilarious at age 8, I wonder?
“I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them.” How an Archeologist changed KURT VONNEGUT’s life.
This year for Halloween, I am walking the streets as a happy and well-adjusted GenX'er who doesn't wear black! Or a T-shirt! Or a sarcastic smirk! #TheHorror
While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended. Day 1 results.... #WomensArt
What's so F'd about this, is that this policy is literally what bankrupted "witches" during the 17th century.
Darryl Mott@gamerstavernshow.com · 2w agoOh hey it's that thing we got rid of in the Victorian era for being unnecessarily cruel by forcing an imprisoned person to pay for their own imprisonment and then re-imprisoning them when they couldn't afford to pay because they were then homeless and without income.
Makes sense. So what you're saying is that all of us are experiencing a mass hallucination since... *checks notes* COVID-19 debuted in 2019? Pretty please?
Scientific American@sciam.bsky.social · 2w agoAntibodies made by the immune system can sometimes attack the brain, producing psychiatric symptoms like hallucinations.
You know? Not really a fan of this timeline. 0 out of 10. Would not recommend.
Be patient and kind to those who are making art right now. We're all self-funded and the richest, worst people in the world are trying to plaster over and erase our hard work.