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When spring comes but the weather stays wintering, I always feel like it’s because Persephone is back home with Demeter but at that locked away in her room/not speaking to her mom stage. Then when it’s nice for a day it’s like, Aw, did the ice thaw as they shared a moment over coffee this morning?

Rhubarb is emerging in the garden like little alien eggs.

BookBindr: a dating app where you submit a list of your most beloved books and it matches you with people whose favorites overlap with and/or complement yours. Importantly, you could also pick authors and books that would be automatic disqualifiers ❌

Four childhood favorite novels that stuck with me into adulthood

I'm visiting Mammoth Cave National Park and surrounding area, and the redbuds and spring ephemerals are putting on a show!

Book (well, short story) recommendation! "The Bookstore at the End of America" by Charlie Jane Anders. @charliejane.bsky.social You can read it here: reactormag.com/the-bookstor...

I recently read @tananarivedue.bsky.social's short story "Summer," which I have assigned to my students as part of a module on writing monsters & ghosts. Tananarive remains one of the sweetest women with the most unsettling imaginations I know. *shudder* www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/summ...

Writers write. Writers also submit!

Post a ship that's not Star Wars or Star Trek.

Gen AI ys a great waye to destroye the environment yn order to pay fewer wryteres

Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover.

If you could commission one fictional character to fix the current US political problems, who would it be?

Things I'm looking forward to this spring: Yesterday - Wheel of Time April 8 - Handmaid's Tale April 10 - Black Mirror April 13 - The Last of Us April 22 - Andor May 15 - Murderbot

I will not buy eight new games in the steam spring sale i will not buy eight new games in the steam spring sale I will not

The problem with Steam sales for me now is that I'm much more interested in buying time to play games.

the year is 2025 and i’m still mad about how society treated monica lewinsky

Wrapped up vacation and finished the very excellent The Calculating Stars by @maryrobinettekowal.com! Oh it had me simmering with feminine rage for a good 75% of it but like any good slow burn, it all paid off.

Skipping my regularly scheduled life this week and taking a vacation. 🌴

This is such a cool project.

get to know your moots 10 things you like: No particular order 1. cheese 2. libraries 3. games 4. pruning tomatoes 5. drawing 6. new art supplies 7. travel 8. indoor gardens 9. bookstores 10. donating stuff

I love this so much! Many artists have a tendency to see only the flaws. What a joyful reminder for you to appreciate your growth! Good advice for everyone, actually!

Got completely sidetracked from the question I was actually searching.

Realized I have put 30 hours into #Subnautica and I'm only halfway through the story. Same delicious feeling as getting lost a book and knowing I'm nowhere near the end.

Waiting for this magnificent German pancake / Dutch baby to finish baking like mmmmmmm

"Library" I unearthed some poetry this morning while moving some old boxes around. It was written by my late sister when she was in 9th grade. I love the words but also just really love seeing her handwriting.

Not normally a sportsball etc. spectator, much less commenter, but that halftime show was