Millennium

@milliesquilly.com

(she/they) Call me Millie, for short. I can also be found on several other websites. I make e-zines in Decker at zine.milliesquilly.com and write blog posts at milliesquilly.com

Omigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him.

From DISCVR blog's Facebook page, a momma bear & a yearling cub on her back in the shallow water.  I think the background has been swapped out, and I can't rule out some AI use there?  God, Facebook has become the social media for AI slop : (

The title of the article, which I link below, is "How Bear 89 earned the name Backpack"
Alaska Public Media@alaskapublic.org · 2d ago

Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.

Every so often I get an email from Bandcamp telling me I haven't had any sales yet, which is funny because like the reason is I do not have anything that's possible to buy, just a few things for free download

i am begging people to make gamefaqs for new releases... make me an ascii map, even be opinionated about how much you hate a certain mechanic, anything to save us from 500 websites listing the same information chock full of ads

Watching Thunderbirds and I think one thing I love and find inspiring about this show is how it's not afraid to have mechanical design stuff that's just a bit silly, like how the palm trees flip back when Thunderbird 2 launches. And it gets away with it!

ranting on mastodon because i feel like they would get this more than my bluesky on average, but perhaps this will resonate

having a website rules so fucking hard

yeah its a lot more friction than posting on social media

but its so goddamn empowering having a space you control in every fucking way

a space just for you, not other people. not the FUCKING news. not some stupid fucking "take". no "retwets" to turn off. no fascist owners. no trending topics. as many images as you want in whatever quality and format you upload (we support .webp in this house)

GOD DO YOU HAVE ANY FUCKING IDEA HOW SUFFOCATING IT FEELS BEING ON SOCIAL MEDIA

i pity the children who have never known a life online from before social media ruined everythign

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