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Psionic Alienation @ushdubsar.northsky.social · 14/10/2026

Emergency y time I have to hospital I need lyft money now Paypal is dimmekur@gmail.com When I say emergency I fucking mean it I could be having sepsis on its way to my heart rn (tooth apocalypse redux)

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Liam U. Taylor @liamtaylor.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I'm now quite a ways into DARWIN AND THE QUEER ORIGINS OF LIFE @rossbrooks.co.uk Really enjoying it. We've come through a wave of "penguins can be gay!" writing that has left many young people excited about queer biology, but with few real weapons to face the world about it. This book will help!!

Darwin and the queer origins of life by Ross Brooks

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Crow Cards for today: 6 of Earth 3 of Water Sharing and Caring <3

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Okay. The savoury bread pudding is in the oven. I have the last of the coleslaw to put together, plus two gravies, and a cheese plate to get sorted. However, I'm also running the dishwasher for the second time today, and the whisk is in there, so the gravy will have to wait.

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Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

We call it the "Stone Age" because rocks don't rot. But 85–95% of hunter-gatherer toolkits were organic. Rare Pleistocene wood finds prove Neanderthals were master carpenters—not crude cave brutes. How #Neanderthal woodworking breaks the illusion: deephistory.substack.com/p/the-wood-a...

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The Wood Age: How Neanderthal Carpentry Smashed Prehistory’s Greatest Illusion

For two centuries, we called it the “Stone Age” because rocks don’t rot. A stunning trove of 60,000-year-old wooden tools from a Spanish cliff proves Neanderthals weren’t knuckle-dragging cave brutes—

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Which brings me to: It's time to take the squash puff out of the oven, and start getting the table ready for when people arrive. There will be a cheese plate, plus cranberry juice, white wine, and 0% Nosecco available as well.

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Turkey gravy: Same as veggie gravy. Use turkey fat instead of butter, skip the marmite entirely, and make a LOT more of it. Pumpkin pie: 1C mashed pumpkin 3 eggs 2/3 C vanilla yoghurt 1/3 C maple syrup 1 C each whipping cream Spices Blend, then bake in a (pre-baked) pie shell at 350F for 1.5 hrs

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Turkey: Take one fully-thawed 5kg turkey Take the giblets out of the turkey and reserve for Samhain breakfast Put the whole turkey (unstuffed) into a giant cast iron casserole Roast, covered, at 350F for 3hrs. Remove cover for the last half-hour of cooking time.

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Veggie gravy: Blend 1/2 C milk SLOWLY into 1 tbsp MARMITE Make a roux (1tbsp flour, 1 tbsp butter, 1/4 C milk) Add the marmite mix to the roux, WHISKING LIKE HELL Add garlic powder and/or smoked paprika if you wanna Continue to whisk, while adding milk until desired consistency is achieved.

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Cranberry sauce = 2C frozen/fresh whole cranberries, a splish of water (or white wine), 1 tsp ground ginger, ground spicebush berries, and 1/2 C granulated sugar (which I nearly forgot). Yes, it's on the sour side.

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Take one potato per person. Peel, dice, and over-boil. Mix with butter, parmesan, plain yoghurt, a little whipping cream, and some salt. Blend with an electric mixer until smooth.

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Some years I do a 50/50 yoghurt/mayo dressing with a little soy sauce and some oil to thin it out. Others I get a bottle of vegan cesar dressing from the store. This year, I'm doing an oil and cider vinegar, with a little soy sauce thrown in. Mashed Potatoes are a vehicle for fake/cheese and gravy

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Coleslaw is coleslaw. It's a crunchy thing to complement all the long-cooked and eggy stuff. Mine, this year, is green cabbage, dried currants (raisins, basically) because we couldn't find dried crans, crumbled walnuts, and a diced apple.

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Toss all the veggies, plus some pumpkin seeds and crumbled walnuts, in oil. Add jar garlic, garden sage, nutmeg, and ground spicebush berries. Roast in a pan until they're cooked (call in an hour at 350F - but more like 3 if you're slow-roasting at 250F) Mix in the cooked wild rice and you're good

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Wild Rice Pilaf means cook the wild rice (and, if space in the fridge allows, the veggies) the day before. Today, I parboiled 1/3 of the veggies (celeriac, turnip, onion) and used pre-cut frozen (butternut squash, sweet potato, brussels sprouts, cranberries) for the rest.

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Rough chop everything Sautee it all in a frying pan Grease a casserole dish really well Layer veggies / bread / parmesan (or NYF for no dairy) 2-3 times in the casserole Beat 6-8 eggs and blend with cream/milk/oatmilk Pour the eggs mix over everything. Top with parmesan/nyf 350F, covered, for 1hr

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Savour bread pudding is also an egg-heavy dish. I wouldn't make this vegan. I'd do something else - like a stove-top stuffing with bonus tinned romano beans in lieu of the eggs. In this case, it's diced sourdough bread + diced peppers, mushrooms, jar garlic, and (this year) baby bok choi and onions

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Plus a little cornstarch, a splish of white wine, winter savoury from the garden, salt, pepper, ground spicebush berries, and ground sumac berries. Blend like hell, fold in the beaten whites, top with diced sourdough cubes (they do not have to be stale), and bake at 350F for 1.25 hrs.

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Squash puff, in my case, usually means "canned pumpkin puff", although this year there's also mashed baked butternut squash in the mix. Mashed winter squash + cream cheese (or fake version), and 6 eggs (I do not know if it's possible to make this with aquafaba, but you need to beat the whites)...

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

There's a turkey, and turkey gravy. Outside of that we have: Squash Puff (IIRC my maternal great grandmother's recipe) Savoury bread pudding (ft my girlfriend's sourdough) Wild rice pilaf w/ root veggies, walnuts, and pumpkin seeds Coleslaw Mashed spuds Veggie gravy Cranberry sauce

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The polycule and extended leather/chosen family include a couple of vegetarians + someone who can't do dairy + someone else who can't do eggplant or quinoa. So basically, depending on the guest list, I do a LOT of egg-heavy or vegan "side" dishes (veggie mains) and sometimes use NYF/Fake Cheese too

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Okay. So, because I have a polycule, I started hosting thanksgiving chez moi... I think in 2019(?) in the interests of having My People at thanksgiving without also putting my mom in the position of having more guests than she can handle (she was nearly 70 when I decided it was my turn, basically)

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If you don't want to hear me Going On about the traditional foods of my household, this is the thread to mute.

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Mo Schoenfeld @moschoenfeld.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

shine...well...you need rain for that #7syllables #7SyllableSentence #7SyllableSquad

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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is a great thread, and an excellent broad overview. I will note that a year's exclusivity on print rights is the upper edge. By sheer volume of markets who use it, 4 to 6 months exclusivity is the average. With carve outs for year's best/anthology reprints. Also, work-for-hire is tricky. ->

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anne Carson. Yes. Just absolutely, yes.

THE PARIS REVIEW

INTERVIEWER
In the writing world, particularly in and around M.F.A. programs, there's a lot of discussion around things like "character" and "perspective," the mechanics of narrative. Do you think about
"craft" in these terms?

CARSON
Never. I don't think about it. I think people should just quit that stuff. Just think about something and follow it down to where it gets true.

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nothing goes harder than Anne Carson's translation of Euripides:

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Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

At one point last year I was like, did I just make up Anne Carson being nonbinary, because I clearly remember her saying that, but Google brought up nothing. I just tried again and this blog post has SOURCES. (Definitely more than just "hinting at" fwiw) the-niche.blog/2017/02/21/t...

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Top Five Times Anne Carson Hinted That She Might Be Trans

#5: When she said (repeatedly) she only learned ancient Greek in order to be more like Oscar Wilde: Carson did admit, in the end, that part of her desire to learn Greek came from her childho…

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Crow Cards for today: Two of Fire + The Moon "You have a decision to make, and everybody (the squirrels) is watching... How's your psychology feel about that?"

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ogre-g 👹 @libidinalspaces.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

she's got that joie de leave

A thin, red leaf on concrete. It's on its side such that it looks like a pair of lips

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Crow Cards for Today: Seven of Wands Eight of Cups

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Mmm. Drinking fennel tea. Got company coming for dinner this evening, and the house is starting to smell delicious.

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Mikayla Gallant @mikgal1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

meanwhile Ontario is releasing studies on privatization not benefiting ER wait times or surgery wait times and there’s countless other examples of failed private healthcare around the world.

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New story! "Children of Calliope" by Seanan McGuire! buff.ly/MjZp8qT

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Okay, but quark combined with like pumpkin or something for extra moisture.

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Congratulations!! (Also: Woo, ice cream!)

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Crow Cards for today: The Fool Seven of Water I can't tell if this is "You're about to go on an adventure" or "Maybe actually consider your choices here, friend".

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sass Jordan has gone to the angels. She was a driving force in Canadian music. Legend. Thank you for the great songs and spirit. youtu.be/DNRenpS7QKY?...

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Sass Jordan- Tell Somebody (Official Music Video) [4K Ultra HD]

YouTube video by SassJordan

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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Put another way, Ford wants to spend more on removing bike lanes in Toronto ($48M) than he's spent protecting all of Ontario's businesses from an international trade war. Ontario deserves serious leadership, that follows through on promises, and actually puts people before profits.

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EveryHeron 𓅣 @everyheron.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

She wears the Moon well. 🌙

The moon is a loyal companion.
It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it’s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be Heron.
Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.
~ Tahereh Mafi

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Decals are up. My windows, while streaky, having been this clean in a WHILE

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Crow Card for today: 7 of Air (Ugh. Not my favourite card by a long shot) ~*~ In other news: UV-reflective anti-colision decals have arrived. Hopefully this means no more birds running into our windows.

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