I find it so weird - not surprising so much as maddening and unsettling - that mentioning COVID-19 or the pandemic is considered such an intense marketing faux pas

me, working out on the machines: haha I’m such a gym rat yeah I’m so stronk me, doing (1) calisthenic: I am noodle baby

I can vouch for Archita, who recently lost her father to cancer & is the sole caregiver for her mother who's also suffering from cancer & needs extensive and very costly treatment. She's all alone and struggling to bear the costs. Please share widely & donate if you can:

Archita Mittra@architamittra.bsky.social · last wk.

Neither my physical nor mental health is great, but I'm NOT giving up. I urgently need funds for our healthcare, so please circulate/donate if you can, and if you're able to help out in any other way, pls DM. You can donate via Gpay/UPI QR code (if you're in India) or ko-fi: Ko-fi.com/architamittra

HELLO this is a note that the agent scammers have reached me, so watch out for anyone claiming to be a CAA agent emailing from a Gmail account and especially if they’re emailing you as though you wrote a manuscript that’s actually by your friend

Down to $300 remaining on the rent shortfall. Any size job welcome to get there.

Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They)@gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 4d ago

Trying to raise funds on a holiday weekend is always something to be avoided. But not much choice here. So if anyone has editing (or writing, not picky) work to pass along/needs something done, I need (minimum $500 worth of total work) asap. Freelancing rates, etc. at: mathesonfreelancing.com

they’re so close to hitting the base goal, who wants to bring this one home so we can start tackling stretch goals? 👀👀

Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · last wk.

You can back the crowdfund here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

It’s a new story day for me! Poison It, Burn It, Cut It Out is in Issue IV of Waxen, available today! This horror story has a cancer/chemotherapy content warning. www.waxen.org/store/p/waxe...

journalling prompt for those of you like me who journal: inside jokes you have with your friends / family / loved ones!

we require everyone's gay dollars please process them here (if you have straight dollars we will take them as well but the exchange rate is weird so you should give us twice as many)

Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · last wk.

You can back the crowdfund here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

I can't believe Deb posted this picture of me. I had no idea anyone could even SEE me in here.

debbshock@debbshock.blue · 6d ago

this owl has just about had it with the bullshit and me too

good afternoon I am at 52%, I worked through a very challenging section at lunch and (I hope) will work through this last very big challenging section later today before sending it off (the remaining work after this is medium-challenging or easy-but-time-consuming - the long tail)

Straith 🍉@straith.ca · 7d ago

ok I did it I hit 40% of comments cleared!!! still have stuff I want to do tonight, but first: a break

god I need to go back and rewatch this it's been probably over a decade. my friends were all rocky horror kids but I was a priscilla fiend

Straith 🍉@straith.ca · 6d ago

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

No donations for 3 days (the last from a very kind monthly supporter). Let's not forget Adham, though that is what Bluesky wants you to do, as it does for every Palestinian its admins delete repeatedly until they're too exhausted to return.

Indrapramit Das@indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Adham is raising funds to escape via the Rafah crossing. The costs are $15k /person. 'I know this amount is enormous, & I am not asking anyone to carry this burden alone...We have escaped death countless times. I do not want to reach the end alone. Please...Do not leave us. Even one dollar.'

You can help the Jamil family survive Israel's genocide by sharing & donating. They have 5 children they're struggling to feed, the father has a shrapnel injury & the mother has heart problems and severe shoulder inflammation. They urgently need help to get treatment & food:

Help us Survive the War(om jameel)

northern Gaza, in the yellow zone under occupation.

chuffed.org

Memento Mori Povich 🇵🇸❤️‍🔥@paradis3gained.bsky.social · last wk.

Om jameel:Although I need injections for my injured shoulder&suffer from a heart valve problem,I have5 kids who are suffering from hunger.My husband was injured in war,& his wounds have become severely worse after surgery.urgent need 200$ treat condition critical danger🥹🥹 chuffed.org/project/1839...

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Priscilla Drag Desert Bus Monster

Alt: In a moment from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Felicia (played by Guy Pearce) lip syncs on top of the tour bus as it drives through the desert. She’s dressed all in silver with a huge amount of silver fabric trailing behind her.

static.klipy.com

Andy W. Taylor@sooguy68.bsky.social · 6d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

I'M AT 37% I THINK I CAN HIT 40% TONIGHT (this really is me trying to pack SO much revision in before wedding weekend when I will be out of commish)

Straith 🍉@straith.ca · last wk.

starting a big focus "sprint" (not really a sprint, just a work session) trying to hit 35%

starting a big focus "sprint" (not really a sprint, just a work session) trying to hit 35%

Straith 🍉@straith.ca · last wk.

I'm at 30% hoping to hit 35% or 40% today so I can send this off to someone... FINGERS CROSSED

can't believe I use the word "beloved" 34 TIMES in this draft but looooook it's such a good WORRRRRD

I am absolutely through 20% of the comments (early even!) but uhhh how many of those comments were low-hanging fruit? do not ask me for the answer I know not and am unwilling to divine

Straith 🍉@straith.ca · last wk.

I am as of this morning through 15% of my revision comments can I hit 20% before I get married on friday let's fckin gooooo

as someone writing a Gawain that WILL piss people off (I know because I have seen them posting in spaces where I hang out) I am really appreciating all the talk on epics and adaptations today

If we were not passionate about the history of the world's myths and stories, if we did not see our own lives entwined and tangled with them, if we did not have strong opinions...it would be a lot of dry and crumbling work. No one would know these stories for what they are. Big entertainment.

In truth, if you're not going to piss anyone off, you probably don't have enough passion to do a translation or adaptation of said famous epic. it's totally normal & appropriate to feel passionately about other people's versions of an epic. It's part of the tradition to shout about epics in public.

Thing about working with famous epics is that they're famous epics for a reason. Tons of people have had opinions about them for millennia. If you're going to work with one, you know your version is going to piss some people off. Even a *sedate* famous epic inflames some of its audience.

You don't actually have to be faithful to the source material. Like, ever. The source material can be turned and twisted and you can see how light reflects off it and bounces if you do this or that, and that gives us a better, richer, more lively understanding of the source material.

this is genuinely my greatest fear about writing historical fiction. I'll spend a bunch of time researching, do my best, and some fucking chicken expert will be like "chickens are wrong"

Kristi Yamaguccimane@wapplehouse.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is the best film complaint I’ve ever seen

HELP I JUST ACCIDENTALLY CLICKED THE CANVA "shuffle brand palette" BUTTON AND THEN "APPLY TO ALL PAGES" IN A DECK LIKE 80 SLIDES LONG LMAOOOOO they're all SO UGLY NOWWW

I am as of this morning through 15% of my revision comments can I hit 20% before I get married on friday let's fckin gooooo

something satisfying about leaving a book like this

I’m not saying ANYTHING except that this is accurate to MY canon (EVERY YEAR THE SUMMER, going on sub eventually/soon)

back at it for round 2