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zenith-and-blade.bsky.social
Reader and general nerd. Passable long & short blade martial artist. Only a little cranky. She/Her. ❤️: SFF & horror, indie/self-pub, WH40k lore, plants, Chinese tea. https://linktr.ee/zen.and.blade [Banner image by Anato Finnstark]
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This is a new thing for me: an essay about the depiction of nature in sci-fi. It's a topic that's bugged me for awhile, and when @books-that-go-boom.bsky.social asked me a question about it last summer, I decided to write my thoughts down. zenandblade.wordpress.com/2025/02/22/t...

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OOOPS I forgot to post my obligatory "best of 2024" book list (trad & indie.) 💙📚 zenandblade.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/b...

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The gorgeous colors of my Laoshan green tea when steeped. ❤️ Looks like it was just picked. 🍵

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When someone tries to get me to go to Japan in the summer:

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Finding out Canada's hockey team beat America after American conservatives attempted to boo the Canadian anthem in the opening ceremony:

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I'll be gone for most of the week. Got a ton of stuff to do, and I need to return to the gym + polish up some hand-to-hand techniques because my previous class was...embarrassing. 😬 Have a great week!

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⚔️🩸BEHOLD🩸⚔️ my custom #Warhammer40k flask. I requested a red nebula pattern for Chaos, with gold glitter to signify the Imperium. The epoxy is thick enough that it gives a layered effect like blood floating in space. #wh40k

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