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A small digital study in the style of Bosch. I like doodling while listening to a video call as it helps my brain latch onto what people are saying, and I've got a great love of Bosch's Garden of Unearthly Delights. So here we have a small detail.

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If you're a fan of Slavic-style myths and legends flavouring your YA fantasy fiction, then Where the Dark Stands Still by AB Poranek is a book that I'll wholeheartedly recommend. In terms of themes, it recalls quite strongly Noami Novik's Uprooted, which I adored. #bookreview

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Swordsman

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In which I have Some Opinions about hustle culture, give a mini-review of Sam Wilson's latest book, and then share two Cape Town events that promise to be a treat for bookish folks. nerinedorman.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-... #blogging

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It's hilarious. An absurd, hyperbolic statement I made about anticipating an email in a month's time just landed me a "do you need help?" message from the FB suicide watch. Oh dear.

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Do I have any South African book bloggers lurking here on Bsky?

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Promising email is promising. Nevertheless, I'm about to chew my arm off until I hit my elbow.

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The other big problem with using generative AI to help you write is that it makes you a huge fuckin loser

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I uploaded 282 high quality scans (1200dpi, greyscale) of animal etchings on the Internet Archive. They are from the book "Éléments De Zoologie" published in 1885, so feel free to use them for your projects ! archive.org/details/elem...

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I noticed that my MS Word got really laggy after the Copilot update. Disabled Copilot. Word is working fine again. Surprise-surprise. At least they've made it so that Mac users can turn the darned thing off. That wasn't the case, initially.

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Oh dear oh dear, I never had... Let me check... An alleged democracy turning into a monarchy overnight on my bingo card. Well, there we have it, folks. What's even more terrifying is what's waiting in the wings when the Naartjie Emperor turns up his toes.

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Has anyone tried switching it off and turning it back on again to see if it works, or are we going to nuke it from orbit?

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This song has my energy right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y4T...

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I have PTSD every time the Hueys fly overhead. Another big fire today. The choppers are back. Amun wept.

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I am doing QA on a book about the potential for nuclear war and the environmental impact of that as well as what would happen if a planet-killing asteroid would hit us.

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A bastion of knowledge, The Bibliotheca Alexandrina was founded in 2001 and is dedicated to recapturing the spirit of openness and scholarship of the original great library of Alexandria.

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zOMG! I'm having a proper book launch for my behrk. AT a big bookstore. Ehrmagard. Exqueeze me while I hyperventilate and promptly faint. Someone pass me cake and smelling salts.

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I'm busy dealing with people at the SABC for a project I'm researching and oh my gosh, glaciers are faster than this.

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Magister Dorian Pavus. Based on Veilguard artbook concept art. #DragonAge

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The bird distribution system has brought me a concussed red-eyed dove I suspect was hit by a car outside our road. They've taken a little bit of bird porridge and I'm keeping them under observation.

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You know what's giving me life right now? That since I've started blogging again, people are actually messaging me to tell me how much they love my blog posts. It's a lost art, I tell you. One that I fear has been largely killed by this insane need to put out newsletters.

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When you're so adult you and your other half each have 1/8 of a large watermelon for lunch. It's that sort of weather here in Cape Town, in case anyone was wondering.

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I wonder what fresh hell I'll wake up to in a few hours. Stay safe Skywriters.

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I think I may have found the ghost kitty in Treviso.

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It's here! And now I have the full set! Worth every penny! #DragonAgeTheVeilguard

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Some people just ... don't get the message. If I don't respond to you because your behaviour in the past has severely peeved me, don't come at me a decade later to ask a dumb question about something on my blog you feel is aimed at you. I don't tolerate disingenuous behaviour.

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