I would really love to edit a Greek myth and folklore anthology written by Greek, diaspora and BIPOC authors. If any publishers or powers that be are listening. I’m shooting my shot.
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Word nerd, telly addict, mischief lover. jj of all trades, master of the universe. Frivolous and opinionated. She/her
A few weeks ago, I snagged 5 sets of shelves on freegle, and (because me) decided they could be better. So I cut two in half, cut and moved the side supports, drilled new holes for shelf pins, then screwed them together into two solid units! I am so happy with how they've turned out!
Babe, what's wrong? You've hardly touched your shoe cheese
That's what I'm looking for in a cheese
GIRL SNAKE CATCHER. she makes a snug little income by securing reptiles for traveling shows SHE JUST GRABS THEM (The Washington Bee, Washington DC, November 8, 1902)
Is there a bluesky ballet presence? Or a bluesky theater presence? I admit I have been a bit disappointed with the Spider-Man talk. And esp sad about the Hadestown talk. Gonna have to pick one for myself and get to talking.
In childhood horrors news, Dave just showed me a picture of Noseybonk and within nanoseconds, on pure instinct, my hand shot out to cover the picture and I yelled "NO" Fucking Noseybonk
Please enjoy this beautiful story about rescuing a little dog. I've been watching it unfold all this week, and now it's all in one film 🥰
I Need Your Help Saving This Dog!
YouTube video by Laura Kampf
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airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027
Look the point is of theyre gonna try and destroy your life for saying something innocuous dont be stupid and say something that actually gives them legal cause they can get you with Thats not tone policing thats dont needlessly get arrested cause you wont control your temper
The very people who accuse others of "staying silent" are SILENT THEMSELVES ON 1000 issues a day which is NORMAL because you are ONE PERSON & simply cannot have takes on every single thing.
New month new post! A long look at life at #StarfleetAcademy, taking in both in-franchise history, and how real-world higher education has functioned past and present. Burning questions tackled include: why does a world with transporters insist on roommates, and why choose a lapling as a mascot?
12.1.3 The Oxbridge Academical Companion To Starfleet Academy, Chapter 3 (Academy Life)
It is difficult to examine Starfleet Academy without thinking about the future.
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my d'an? figrin. my nodes? modal. my wailing? *not* jizz
Extremely in need of a nice, kind, measured script to gently explain why my lovely pal using AI with her kids ‘to write stories’ is still… bad.
Hello! Does anyone know a good resource for Irish poetry by women, particularly in Irish?
I want to brush her and make the holiest jumper ever GEDDIT? HOLY? GEDDIT?
Rewatching Deep Space Nine has led to this happening.
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Outrage from Leeds residents as planning is approved for new Microsoft Datacentres
Proposed site Almost 7,000 people have now signed a petition against a Microsoft datacentre in Leeds.The petition states that ‘This proposed megasite, which has already been given conditional plann…
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Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
This is an excellent approach for all teaching. Expect students to make mistakes to develop. Sometimes ruined by continuous assessment of results.
Every so often I teach someone how to spin yarn on a spindle. And I always tell them that the first yarn you make will not be good yarn, and it's not meant to be, because right now you are not making wool into yarn, you're making yourself into a spinner.
Sewing Bee: "next week is Mexican week!" Me, remembering when Bake Off did Mexican week...
Yikes! David Rose's Cringeworthy Moment
Alt: Yikes! David Rose's Cringeworthy Moment
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QTP with a proof of life photo more believable than Mitch McConnell's
QTP with a proof of life photo more believable than Mitch McConnell's
QTP with a proof of life photo more believable than Mitch McConnell's
QTP with a proof of life photo more believable than Mitch McConnell's