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editor and writer of offbeat sf and fantasy stories featuring time travelling rabbits, carnivorous unicorns and pink werewolves. she/they. SJV finalist 2022
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I don't know who this guy is but he's absolute right.

Ooo... Trudeau is getting snarky. I live for polite Canadian snark. All of his comments are gold, tbf, but the truly undrinkable... LOL!

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

And to be so very clear, JKR has openly stated that the money she makes from Harry Potter (in all its forms, right now) goes directly to conservative and specifically anti-trans causes. Do not financially engage with Harry Potter. Don't even engage with it for free. It's a Faustian IP, do not.

Tell me about it... thesicktimes.org/2025/03/03/f...

The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card.
Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks 
The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available." www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...

I've done well on growing a steady supply of tasty little tomatoes this summer, despite the weather.

Editing projects completed this month: nonfiction books on time management, Amazon ads, and retirement. Short fiction: a short story (romance) and a novella (erotica). Fiction: fantasy novel (set in Australia for a change), werewolf fantasy, & a dragon shifter romance. Phew.

How to change a swastika that cant be removed

I can't stop thinking about her... #anglerfish

The trouble is, once I started imagining they were taking selfies I couldn’t unsee it

Escape

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when the situation is bad but the memes are 👌

Holy shit this is an incredible story!

New national flag just dropped

I laughed

Me: you know they used to kill horses for glue? Friend: no way [flashback to 1953] Farmer: [cocks gun] Horse: [holding tube of Elmer's] no I need this for my crafts

It's not a kiwi summer without people moaning about how we didn't gave a summer, and usually I just roll my eyes, but it's 9 degrees this morning! In mid-February!

With Valentine's Day coming up, A Twitter thread about saying "I love you" in neurodivergent that I want to share over here:

Someone on Facebook asked advice for a coverup tattoo for a Gaiman quote (and fair enough!) and a tattoo artist got chatting and said they do so many HP coverups these days too. That made me very happy. Then they said: "I donate the money from hp coverups to trans advocacy groups" and I got happier.

Unicorn spawning season is such a sad time. They make a valiant effort to swim upstream and lay their eggs, and then they die.

I put some info from a website into zine form so you can print them and have fun. It's all happening on www.littlemouse.fun

So a while ago I transplanted what I thought was a pumpkin plant that popped up in some compost. Today I discovered it’s a zucchini plant, so now I have three zucchini plants, which is two too many 🌱🌱🌱

I can’t believe it’s already time to flip the calendar to a new hedgehog of the month.

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Editing projects completed this month: dragon shifter romance, grumpy mountain man romance, nonfiction book on health insurance, and a poetry collection. Coming up: another dragon shifter romance (going to need some werewolves for variety, I think), and the second book in an erotica series.

A Mississippi state senator has filed a bill called the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act,” which would make it “unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo”

This Cybertruck did not crash. It made a heartfelt and perhaps ill-advised gesture that, in the moment, might have been misinterpreted as a crash, but we should not rush to judgement.

When editing sex scenes, I suppose adding a comment saying “Based on my personal experience, that’s not gonna work” is probably over sharing…

I can not stress enough how incredibly important this is. :)

I would like to give a company 'money' and own an 'item' in exchange Instead of renting or subscribing to it for perpetuity and watching it degrade as I pay more for it every month It is a shocking concept AND YET what if... it could work

Look at this! And these two editing!!!! 🥰🥰🥰

JITTERS MOVIE: Detective Collymore, a single divorced father, stumbles upon a mysterious case involving the death of Tiffany, Digging deeper, he discovers Jitters, psychological twists. Trailer: youtu.be/VqxrQh4mblQ crowdfund: www.indiegogo.com/projects/jit...

Overheard on the bus: Driver: So it’s all filled with pus then? Passenger:Yep Driver (with disturbing enthusiasm): Aww yeah, I love that.

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Sometimes I enjoy the contrast when Facebook tells me what events my friends are interested in. Oh, Sue is off to a card making workshop? And Tina’s going to dance naked round a bonfire to celebrate the solstice? Cool, cool.

Hello! I’m excited to announce I’m releasing a new book! Slices of Heaven: Uniquely Kiwi Comics about Aotearoa is a collection of warm and witty comics about the DNA of Aotearoa, celebrating our quirks, institutions, identity, and shared experiences! danielvernon.bigcartel.com/product/slic...