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Intermittent writer, collector of shiny objects, and digital wanderer. Random interests from the top of my head: linguistics, fountain pens, subtitled anime from the 90s-early 2000s, YA/NA lit, watching memes mutate in real time, portal fantasy, etc.
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Ginormous franchise: “These two characters are similar! 😏” Me: “…I don't see it, tell me more.” GF: “Nah.” Me, 11 years later: “Okay, I see like three parallels now. There can't be much more than that.” *beat* “Aw, hell, now I have to actually write up a comparison.” …16 items in the list. 😭

EAT THE JURASSIC SCONE

The problem with being aware that a lot of people claim to end sentences with “lol” to show a lack of aggression is, when an online stranger is aggressive to me AND does the thing, it only serves to make me angrier. Who the hell taught you how to act in public? I want a refund for their efforts.

Today's unpleasant discovery: I haven't typed up the notes in my notebook of handwritten ideas since last September. On the other hand, I dug through the typed up version of the previous 9 months' worth of brainstorming and sorted it into the respective project reference files I keep in Notion.

William Gaines (and Al Feldstein) literally yelled "FUCK YOU!" into the phone Charles Murphy, hung up on his ass, and ran this as-is. The Comics Code Authority had no stated rules regarding this content, but tried to block it anyway, which is all you need to know about how the CCA was implemented.

Towards stars✨...wallpaper size, link in bio!

*sees an article about an enzyme that can break down a type of plastic* *immediate knee-jerk response of “Oh shit, the terrifying conceit of that Pandora's Genes novel I read in middle school where all the oil in the world is eaten up and modern society collapses is coming to pass!”* Every time. 😑

Someone asked us on @lingthusiasm.bsky.social a few years ago whether/how synesthesia was a thing in signed languages and at the time there wasn't research about it that anyone on old twitter knew about but now there is this!

I need a time machine so I can go back to like 2001 and, seemingly out of nowhere, message @idoracoaster.bsky.social “By the way, the cantina music in A New Hope is in-universe genuinely and canonically called 'jizz music'” because I hadn't known that she hadn't known until much later.

Getting to see callbacks to Terminator moments in Murderbot (TV) makes me a very happy nerd.

aight guys it’s been real but my psychopomps are here so

gourdenberg @kourge.net @manishearth.bsky.social

We report while the warmth of the afternoon is dissipating, the mix in temperatures in the air confusing our senses. The smells of early summer are strong in the fading light, grass, warm gravel, and the scent that is indescribable, but unique to this time of the year.

FRIEND: didn’t your dad ever teach you to throw a ball ME: of course *20 years earlier* My dad: the waltz is always in fashion

Night-blooming cactus early this morning ☀️🌵🏜️

Wandering sea🌊...wallpaper size, link in bio!

JOHN JOHN HOLY SHIT I AM SO PROUD OF YOU Everybody tell @wiswell.bsky.social he’s awesome!

No context: To Partner: “Not to be punny, but all the earmarks are there.” Partner: *ironic look*

We report as the rain just reaches a steady pace: it is no storm, but it is not a small amount of water. The sky is so opaque that the vibrant blue of yesterday seems like a distant memory. The low whistle of the rain accompanies us through the day.

Wandering Droid.

We report a little late in the day: every time we look at the sky, the wind shear is taking it to different places, and simultaneously too. As a result of these contradictory movements, we see a display of the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, rolling waves crowning the clouds.

Every odyssey has a destination

🍊/ᐠ˵- ⩊ -˵マ

One should not interrupt a leopard while it is feasting.

The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.

that one moment from #Thunderbolts #wintersoldier #buckybarnes

Look what the cat dragged in. Look what the dog hastily scrawled. Look what the baby quietly recited. The ritual has begun, take this knife

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Forever sad that among all of the silly skins available in Heroes of the Storm, my fave never got a “God of Death Metal” tie-in one when they re-released Warcraft 3. Missed opportunity!

sometimes the right thing to do is unrewarding, uncomfortable, and unsatisfying

Random upside to ebooks/audiobooks from the library: I can hit the Return Early button and say to the air, “There you go, next person” and hope momentarily that whoever they are, they'll be surprised to receive it earlier than expected and enjoy it.

In early writings on phonetics, voiceless consonants (like k) are called sharps and voiced consonants (like b) are called flats. This works on miltiple levels but especially because the most common form of tonogenesis is voiced consonants becoming low tones.

The problem with rotating a blorbo in my mind: directions unclear, it's now spinning at approximately 17,000 rpm. 🤔

"Do your sins weigh down upon your soul?" #dislyte #dislytefanart #DislyteMetaDrew

This is insanely funnier in my head where I'm hearing the T-800 imitate John's voice (again).

Due to budget cuts my secret passage is now guarded by one guy who tells only half-truths