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Author and avid reader of eerie Australiana, scifi and horror. She/her. https://www.bpgregory.com/
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Oh good new fear unlocked www.sciencealert.com/study-reveal...

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

Met my younger self for coffee but it just ended with the two of us wrestling over the coffee I never got less addicted to caffeine when I die my grave is going to be jittery

Varuna Fellowships for First Nations writers. www.varuna.com.au/for-writers/...

I have been so excited since I found out this would be announced today! RIP any ability for me to concentrate: www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2...

I think the most distressing thing about this new job's all hot-desking setup is I can't have* a whimsical mug that sits on my desk and expresses who I am as a person. Like, why do we even HAVE offices, then? * because I'm not going to carry it every day in my handbag

I want to shake the hand of whoever programmed elevator doors to open very slightly longer when you press the close button than if you'd just waited. That level of diabolism is *chef's kiss*

Achievement Unlocked: Horrifying my coworker with how quickly I can inhale a sandwich

Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"

You: They did the math. Me: ᵀʰᵉʸ ᵈⁱᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ᵐᵒⁿˢᵗᵉʳ ᵐᵃᵗʰ You: What was that? Me: Nothing. Me three hours later in a whisper: ᴵᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵃ ᵍʳᵃᵛᵉʸᵃʳᵈ ᵍʳᵃᵖʰ

Back on my bullsh*t again and by bullsh*t I mean compulsively buying books based on the cover alone

Happy Library Lovers' Day ❤️

Normally I don't believe in creating a tulpa, but the sheer LONGING the entirety of Melbourne is directing toward the BOM radar to will that cool change in is overwhelming

The trust and love of my little cat tucking herself behind my knees to sleep even though we both know its only a matter of time before I fart on her

Evacuated down one of the nicest fire stairwells I've ever had the pleasure of being in today, as my manager pointed out it didn't smell even a bit like urine

Lecturer: You're going to need a physical calculator to check that your spreadsheets are correct Me: *blinking rapidly*

This is how you do it. Thank you, @tupelopress.bsky.social!!!

A unique voice and one hell of a talented writer 👇

A scorned lover trapped underground. Three corporate citizens become lost in the woods and they are so very hungry. Enjoy the stories Kendall Reviews called "An acid-dipped blend of Blair Witch and Cabin Fever with a sprinkling of Cannibal Holocaust for good measure" www.bpgregory.com/vu-ja-de

Coworker: Hey are you ok? Me: *testing and repairing this spreadsheet with all the expressiveness and verbalisations of Blair dissecting the Dog-Thing* Yeah fine

"Blacklisting trans, intersex, and non-binary perspectives will rob us of a vital literature yet to be written while insulting the dignity of LGBTQIA+ people everywhere" www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Me too bro www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Me finding out that lemurs have two tongues and then not being able to sleep for DAYS knowledge is a curse not a blessing

Be the hot eldritch horror you wish to see in the world

NOT NOW, MELVILLE. READ THE ROOM.

Yes I am a very serious corporate person but also if Paint isn't installed on this laptop I'm going to flip the desk

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

Doctor: Yep that's gallstones Me: *adds "geologist" to my Linkedin*

I love cdramas they're so relatable

The young people calling post-modernism "pomo" pleases me so much

Summoning Candyman to fix the pollinator collapse crisis

This is a great promotional idea, so I'm going to do two things. First: Follow Meatbags on backerkit. Second: Steal it. Here are 5 terrible reasons to read the adventures of the Fermi! linktr.ee/fermisprogress

Authors post something related to your last publication or WIP without context

[Mulder softly whispering "I want to" at every exhibit in the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum.]

Things I never get tired of writing: fart jokes. autocannibalism. the inevitable transmogrification of flesh as the spirit corrodes. loveable supporting characters. foul protagonists. hostile nature. detailed food. obsession. fart jokes.