Lauren
@laurenthemself.bsky.social
Does stuff to words. Social justice bard. Queer. Aussie, but not a death spider. Living and working on Wurundjeri traditional land; sovereignty was never ceded. #OutliersWriters
Last night we had to say goodbye to Toby, our beloved 18-year-old silver tabby cat. He had been in palliative care for cancer due to his age and it was time for him to rest. If there's a cat afterlife, he's reunited with his loving brother Cedric and sister Ruri. Rest well little guy.
Lauren@laurenthemself.bsky.social · 5d agoHappy 18th gotcha day, Toby.
"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 4d agoEvery now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude
The Backerkit campaign for Teeth is in pre-launch & if you follow it you get one of the stories in the anthology for ✨FREE✨ instantly. Teeth is a queer SFF erotica anthology featuring five stories I'm so excited to share with the world because they're so good!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/o...
Teeth Anthology — Physical Edition!
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Do you want to read a vampire story by me? #TeethAnthology coming soon from @orpimentpress.bsky.social! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/o...
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Can someone who's got Crunchyroll in Australia please tell me if Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is on there?
Gen Con Quote Thread: 6:08am - “You can’t expense your wife”
We've got to apply kinktomato to genAI use in fic. Yes, genAI has unique issues, but at the end of the day, launching witch hunts against the authors doesn't achieve anything.
Mary@sharpestrose.bsky.social · last wk.If you're pissed at the idea of people using AI to write fic, that's obviously fine, but you don't have to drag them into the village square and throw rotten vegetables at them. You especially don't need to write about it in the fucking New York Times. Come on now.
In Vampire: the Masquerade, vampires can gain the powers of other vampires by drinking their blood and souls, a process known as diablerie. In the Nintendo games, beloved pink sphere Kirby likewise gains the powers of his enemies by eating them. implying Kirby is a diablerist. In this essay I will
Heard the weather forecaster the other night rhapsodising about how lovely the weekend would be, at 16 degrees and sunny, and I cannot overemphasise how irritated I am that winter is not allowed to be winter.
He was very weary; the day had been long, and full of dragons.
I want a Saw movie where the trapped techbros are only allowed to use ChatGPT hints to try to escape. Except Jigsaw is too ethical to use ChatGPT, so instead the 'output' is the response as given after all the apprentices have played Telephone with the actual answer.
Actually, the way GLP-1 agonists work for weight loss is that if you're paying for them, you can't also afford food.
'Presidential' alert? PRESIDENTIAL alert? Well, now I *am* fucking alarmed, at the lack of linguistic localisation to our country for #AusAlert.
I fucking love #TenCandles so much, youse mob. I love how the characters get built together and how they die together. The storytelling that comes out of a system that's set up where the outcome is guaranteed so the goal is telling the best story you can in the face of the inevitable delights me.
@stephendewey.bsky.social have you watched Project Ghostlight's 10 Candles (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og12...) yet? It's a thing of beauty so far and I'm only a little over an hour in.
10 Candles: Ranch of Hope
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TIL that the full phrase is or can be 'Rosie Palm and her five sisters' instead of 'Mrs Palmer and her five daughters' and I would like to say gods damn it, Sir Terry, it's been 11 years and you are still making me go 'oh of course!' #GNUTerryPratchett
Does anyone else do tim tam slams enough that when you just eat an unslamméd tim tam it's like no, this is raw
This story is heartbreaking, and heartbreakingly possible, even probable. Please share it so that maybe it will reach the hearts of the people who need to hear it, and not just those of us who already know this story.
Catherine Cowie 🏳️⚧️@64ordle.au · 3w ago/First Day./ A transgender girl’s first day back at an ordinary London high school, a little over a month from now, once new guidance and policies come into effect for the 2026/27 academic year. Please note the content warnings if that is needful for you. www.patreon.com/catherinecow...
When you have a new knee pain, and the doctor thinks it's caused by a temporary thing (torn meniscus) but then the scans show that actually it's caused by an existing thing (osteoarthritis) getting worse, you get to experience additional pain (grief) on realising that it's not going to go away.
Hello. I am posting the Taskmaster Australia Season 6 cast reveal video for, probably, obvious reasons. it will go to air next year youtu.be/dCG-wpR6_dY?...
Taskmaster AU: Season 6 Cast Reveal
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I wish I could unequip all the contents of my home and stash them in my inventory, just so that I could do a really deep clean and repaint the walls and ceiling.
The 13th annual international Gender Census 2026 is now open until at least 13th August 2026! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy. #LGBTQ
I've just found out that even Pinterest has its share of porn bots.
