Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 18hI would send you some, but I suspect that they would not be appreciated by the time they got there… Thankfully we just have to deal with rats/squirrels/raccoons/groundhogs here, not deer. 010
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026In good news, the indoor/outdoor plants are all weeded and hosed down, and we might even bring them inside sooner than “it’s dark and raining but it’s supposed to freeze tonight” (but let’s not be too hasty). 020
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026And that’s not counting all the cherry tomatoes that had split and fallen on the ground. 120
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026“It’s October in Massachusetts,” I said. “The garden will be slowing down,” I said. “Surely I can start harvesting twice a week instead of every two days.” Well. 240
Reposted by MiriamK.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 07/10/2026Vote as early as possible. In person, if possible. Make it so all ballot fuckups and cheats come from the GOP side. And be the annoying friend who never shuts up about this. 59249
Reposted by MiriamVirginiaM - owlet @virginiam.bsky.social · 06/10/2026ONE WEEK UNTIL IT IS UNLEASHED UPON THE WORLD!! PREPARE prepare for... coziness justice good-faith curiosity a very cute house books and snacks BE READY 0116
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026@annleckie.com Typo report: You briefly lose Shtel’s pronouns on page 262 of RADIANT STAR. 000
Reposted by MiriamJulia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026do you love Ann Leckie? do you love Lois McMaster Bujold? have you somehow never read C. J. Cherryh? you have an enormous treat ahead of you in this Humble Bundle! #BookSky 💙📚 89551
Reposted by MiriamAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I don't mean what I'm about to say in a sappy way, but a fairly hard-nosed one: natural ecosystems are often remarkably good at recovering from serious local natural disasters *if they are given the chance.* 21422405
Reposted by MiriamDiane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 30/09/2026Over at #Ebooks Direct: our #Autumn #Sale is on! All our #sciencefiction and #fantasy #ebook bundles have had prices cut to make it easier for you to pick up some new-season reading. And you get our free lifetime replacement guarantee! Do stop by and take advantage of us. dduane.link/AutumnEbookS... 05740
Reposted by MiriamSkye Kilaen @skyekilaen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Queer authors, if you will be publishing a book on ITCH DOT IO and/or KOBO PLUS between now and Dec 31, please make that book known to me below. Especially if you're not publishing on the Evil River! Pre-order link is best, itch profile is great (so I can follow you), or whatever ya got. 🌈📚 21119108
Reposted by MiriamSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We have *six days* left until the Academy of Natural Sciences, North America's oldest Natural History museum, is scheduled to close it's doors. Here are *six reasons* why we cannot - and will not- let that happen. 1465380
Reposted by MiriamPolenth Blake @polenth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The preorders are live in most places now. The ones pending are Kobo and Apple. Active ones include Smashwords, Bookshop, Barnes & Noble and Amazon. I also have the itchio one up: polenth.itch.io/wereconiferpolenth.itch.ioWereconifer by Polenth BlakeA novella of aliens and trees. 134
Reposted by Miriamrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The three horsemen of every internet outage are DNS, BGP, and the Greater North American Cable Seeking Backhoe 615835
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Oh, but think how much time it’s saving you, Claudie! (/sarcasm) 120
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Oh, that’s David Weisner! I hadn’t put that together before. (I have some of his picture books.) 120
Reposted by MiriamTiny Elf Arcanist✨ @tinyelfarcanist.com · 19/09/2026The #IndieInkAwards2025 ceremony is about to start! Stay tuned for the winners that I'll be sharing in this thread: 1157
Reposted by MiriamNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 181141086480
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I like what you’re playing with in the art in the last one. (The art in the others is good too, but this one is different.) 100
Reposted by MiriamFreya Marske @freyamarske.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Last chance to read the first four chapters before the book's release tomorrow! This week: meet Jehan, for whom I really SHOULD have invented a fantasy vocab word for Le Messy Ex-Situationship. 25111
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I’m glad to hear that bat warfare is working out better for you (and the bats?) than it did historically. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomben.wikipedia.orgBat bomb - Wikipedia 000
Reposted by MiriamYes That Eleri @eleritmlh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This one's for @tkingfisher.com theneedling.com/2026/08/04/h...theneedling.comHome Gardening Virtuoso Successfully Turns $800 into a Side SaladAs Seattle’s home gardeners begin their fall harvest this month, today one mistro of the local homegrown produce scene impressed his family and friends after successfully turning $800 into a … 412323
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026You say that, but I’m actually quite pleased with how the necromantic possession foreshadowing is going in the current project. 010
Reposted by MiriamJRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt. 6861072008
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026We ate a lot of tongue that year. Tongue is delicious, as long as you don't think too hard about what those bumpy bits are. And I make sure to pick up some sliced tongue for my mom every year at Rein's New York Style Deli on Route 84, to be sure to prevent a re-occurrence. 010
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026After several hours of phone calls, the tongue on the stove was ready to cool and peel, and we had arranged homes for almost all of the un-frozen tongues. Note: If you're going to freeze a tongue that large, cut it into chunks BEFORE it's a solid hunk. 000
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026We gave a few -- or portions of one -- to folks mom knew who'd also grown up in the country. We gave one to the woman from the islands who was everybody's grandma. We gave one to the fellow who'd been in Denmark during WWII and was willing to eat pretty much anything. 200
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026My mother also DOES NOT WASTE FOOD. There was no question of throwing out any of the tongues, or leaving them in the fridge until they went bad. Thus began the phone tree portion of the adventure. 110
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026My mother is the sort of highly organized person who actually has empty space in her freezer, but she only managed to fit three or four of the tongues before she ran out of room. The box fit in the fridge, but there was no way we were going to eat the remainder before it spoiled. 100
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The other thing about tongue is that it is not a ready-to-eat meat. You need to boil it for an hour or more to soften it up, and then you need to peel the skin off. My mother hacked one in half with her largest knife, stuck the halves in her largest pot, and started boiling. Leaving us with 11 more 100
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026An aside, for those of you who have never personally encountered a beef tongue outside of the creature. Beef tongue is LARGE. I have since acquired tongues that were more reasonably sized, but each of these was at least as long as my shoulder to my wrist, and in most places bigger around. 100
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026My mother gaped at it slightly, but she had, in fact, ordered it, and she really did want some tongue, so she forked over her $20 and asked me to carry the box to the car. It was HEAVY. When we got it home, we opened it up to find MANY beef tongues. 100
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Saturday dawned, and we went back to the halal butcher, who pulled out not a single piece of meat, but a box. Folks, this box was nearly the size of a couch cushion. The ones you sit on. I may be misremembering slightly, but as I recall it was that tall, almost that wide, & about 2/3rds that deep. 100
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Eventually, she struck gold at a halal butcher about a mile from out house. "I'm looking for beef tongue," my mom said, now a well-worn refrain. "I can order it," said the butcher. "Next Saturday. $20." Okay, my mom thought, they're good-sized, and it's a special order. She agreed. 100
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The local food co-op didn't have it and couldn't order it. (This is one of the few times that co-op has failed my mother.) None of the stores out in the country where my grandma lived had it. Mom took to roving the neighborhood, stopping at likely-looking meat establishments. 100
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026So, my mom grew up eating tongue (pork and beef), and every so often she gets a hankering for it. One of these times occurred when I was about 14. Mom wanted tongue, and the farmers market that used to sell it didn't anymore, so she went on a hunt. 100
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Did I ever tell you all about the time my mom wound up with 12 or 14 beef tongues? (Also, if tongue meat grosses you out, this is a good time to mute me for a bit.) 100
Reposted by MiriamClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026HOLY SHIT DUDES fucking with the environment is now not just a sin (which Francis also said), it is classed as a direct fuck-you to God and a central tenet of the reasoning is the need to care for "our common home," i.e. you are morally obligated to think about the other people who also live hereamericamagazine.orgVatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new documentThe more than 29,000 word text calls for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.” 981192360
Reposted by MiriamSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Attention Philadelphia! We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public. Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck! RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2 171411895
Reposted by Miriamrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Holy shiiiiiiit if you know anyone in North Carolina who may even know anyone who knows anyone who's been to an event by these people, get them to go get the rabies post-exposure prophylaxis shots RIGHT THE FUCK NOW, DO NOT WAIT, YOU CANNOT TREAT IT AFTER SYMPTOMS START 1019611823
Reposted by MiriamBodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 17/08/2026Ranking friendly-looking medieval animals by how much we'd trust them. #MedievalMonday 321172
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 10/08/2026We also have eleven large raised beds, and we STILL buy stuff at the farmers market pretty much every week. 010
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 10/08/2026But who knows what THEY’VE been eating (aside from my garden, which they eat very happily). 110
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Almost everything I grow is one food group. And that’s heavily weighted to the “veggies” part of “fruits and veggies.” Most years the bean harvest would not constitute a single serving of protein. I guess if I were better at catching rats and rabbits that could be additional protein… 130
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026My mother was standing right there when he said it, and she was SO PISSED. 110
Miriam @3rdragon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026After a fainting fit that we never did get a proper explanation for: “It was probably vapors in the bloodstream.” Did I mention that this was health services at a women’s college? In the current century? 120
