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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think a lot of people assume that when there's a cash bar, the host is also putting a tip on the total bill? Which they *can* do. But most don't. So it's really up to the attendees to do the actual tipping.

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Also, attendees at catered events don't tip much. Best I've done in a day is $50. But shoutout to the National Association of Gay Pilots for being the best tippers so far. It would help if we were allowed to put out a tip jar, but you know... *aesthetics.* 😡

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ultimately, I'd like to move into a real cocktail bar. I enjoy craft cocktails, both at bars and at home, and love the creativity that goes into them. What I mostly get to make now is like...vodka sodas. Experience the absence of flavor! It's refreshing when someone orders an Old Fashioned.

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's also very social work, which is good for me. I don't enjoy being alone much, as most of my work, both professional and personal, has required. Now, I'm home for my creative work, and out for my money work. It's a good separation. And the money work breaks up the solitude of the creative work.

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It gets me out of the house many more hours than teaching did, but the majority of my work hours when teaching were at home. And it was so hard to set boundaries around when I was working and when I wasn't. Now, I'm either working or not, and it's a clean divide.

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So in a radical career pivot, after not being invited back to teach this semester, I have taken up events bartending. It's been a little over a week now, but so far...I kinda really like it? It's so refreshing to have a job that I leave and go home, and don't have to keep doing!

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 16/09/2026

One week until Banned Book Club: Color Edition comes out from @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social! (It'll arrive in your local bookstore or library in 3 weeks) Every day until then, I'll share a #BannedBookClubFact Do I have enough facts to last? I dunno, I'm winging this. Let's see.

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The site wasn't just a portal to access the comic, it was part of the experience of the comic, with the whole framework aesthetically of a piece. I miss it!

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Same, at the peak of my webcomics days, I had separate bookmarks folders for daily, weekly, and monthly comics, and would start my day by opening one of the folders and clicking "Open all bookmarks." A lot of comics really tailored their sites to support their comic, so there was cohesiveness.

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Absolutely mind-boggling to me that this hasn't been a top-level dem priority every single time they have any amount of power.

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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The 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.

Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and white

Center square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettes

Block of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in marker

Carol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
2023
satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 06/09/2026

Status report, "Just Mentioning This..." Redux: I note an uptick in recent days in Discourse on alternative YA material about wizardry. So if you're interested, please note: the 9-book package of these are on #sale! 🙂bit.ly/YWNMESET

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YW New Millennium 9-Volume Box Set

Our New Millennium Editions box sets are optimized for each of the devices appearing under the price listing. Please click on one to choose the format you prefer.The New Millennium Editions of So You ...

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Meghan Fitzmartin @megfitz89.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This weekend is a reminder of the GREAT audio dramas coming this month. @woodenovercoats.bsky.social - Rudyard on the Moon (+ the mini series coming!) @tincanaudio.co.uk and @gejwatts.bsky.social have a new AD you can get on bandcamp - The Bird Roads @gabrielurbina.com - NEW HARBINGERS NEXT WEEK

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I picked up most of those Oreos last week! I've only tried the deep fried so far, and I'm a little annoyed by how much I actually like it. And it's got good visual design! The tan cookie stands in for the batter, while the cream inside has three layers--one white between two chocolate layers.

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 04/09/2026

Separating the art from the artist with JK Rowling is like separating the girl scout cookies from the girl scouts. Your opinion on the cookies is irrelevant, their purpose is to fund scouting. Which is good! But if every cent funded hate groups, it'd be bad, even if the cookies were yummy as hell

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Ha ha, okay, there you are, I see you. 🙂

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So anyway...that's some stuff going on. I had a good run as a teacher. 2008 -- 2026. I loved working with my students. Some of the relationships I built there continue on, and that's deeply gratifying. But moving on to something new feels good to.

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I got hired by a catering company for events bartending, so that's a starting place. I hope to find my way into a craft cocktail bar more longterm. I'm excited about this! I love making cocktails, especially when I get to be creative with it. And it'll be nice to have work that I can leave at work.

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So what's next? More sound design. Really focusing on finishing @greaterpodston.bsky.social. Plans with the good folks at Imploding Fictions. I expect to be available to take on more paid work if anyone needs a writer or sound designer. As a dayjob...I think I'm getting into bartending?

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

(I know the student who organized it follows me on here, but I'm not sure of his handle--I hope he knows how much it really meant to me!)

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I was open about what was happening with my students, and on the last day of the semester, I arrived to what turned out to be my surprise funeral! They all wrote eulogies for me, and it was about as heartwarming as you can imagine. Truly the best possible note to end on.

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

(It's nothing personal--the incoming class is very small, and they're overstaffed, so they just left all the adjuncts hanging in limbo. I suspect the goal is for us to self-select out so they don't have to actually terminate us.)

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

So, with the new semester about to start, Emerson still hasn't told me whether or not I have a job this semester. I'm going to go ahead and assume I don't. And even if they asked me this late, I'd decline. My teaching career has come to an end. I'm okay with this. I saw it coming from last semster.

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I am flirting with my wife via blue sky. That's how these things work. Now you know.

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

She's also really hot. Did you know my wife is hot? I certainly know it.

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My wife is drunk. But so am I. We are taking a Lyft.

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CocoEagle @cocoeagle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I cannot express this any better.... the frustration is real

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I knew it was coming this summer, but now it has officially happened. My baby boy is taller than I am. ♥️

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It was such a great time! I'm so glad I was able to be there!

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The Amelia Project @theameliaproject.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Still buzzing from our audio drama event on the Thames! So lovely to meet listeners and old friends, make new friends, and it was a special honour that @alexanderdanner.bsky.social came over from the US for the first screenings of Delivery after Dark! We hope to do something like it again next year!

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The Amelia Project @theameliaproject.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

What a week! 3 Amelia shows in which you voted for different outcomes every time. 2 previews of our horror “Motion Podcast” Delivery After Dark with sound designer @alexanderdanner.bsky.social An onstage talk about all things audio drama (which descended into sibling rivalry between Pip & Julia!)

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The sibling rivalry was truly the highlight! 😂

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

@greaterpodston.bluesky.social Wandering Brussels with my family. J: I want the liege waffle I had yesterday. B: I have no idea where that is from here. Me: If we wander the streets randomly enough, we'll find it. Let's try this way. (One block later) Me: There it is! (Dimitri is me.)

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

What even is the point of being married if you're not going to take a little time every day to annoy your wife?

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Alexander Danner @alexanderdanner.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I had a cave troll beer spiked with a shot of flaming absinthe! A couple of other things too, but that was the standout.

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The Amelia Project @theameliaproject.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Next week we’re taking over Theatreship in London, with a series of events! ⚓️ 3 interactive live shows! ⚓️ A talk hosted by an audio academic from Bucharest! (With @alexanderdanner.bsky.social) ⚓️ 2 screenings of our new “audio film!” 4th, 5th, 6th August! Join us on the Thames! theatreship.co.uk