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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Mulligrubs [MUL-ih-grubz] (n.pl.) - A state or fit of depression; low spirits. Also: a bad temper or mood. - Sulky or ill-tempered persons (singular is a mulligrube). (n.) - A stomach ache, colic; diarrhoea.

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Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com · 29/06/2024

It was painted by Mr Josh Kirby, who painted all the Discworld covers.

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Amy Mays @amychan.bsky.social · 30/06/2024

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com wishful thinking on my part. It may end up as one of my assignments for school, but will most likely land on AO3. I’m in love of every single one of these characters. Thank you for being a genius.

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Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 10/05/2024

People, @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com is entirely right here. This is important, and not only to writers (or other artists). but for writers it’s an aspect of caring about your work, and about the people who matter in your life, and those you trust.

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Amy Mays @amychan.bsky.social · 11/05/2024

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com this question comes to me during my fourth rewatch of Dead Boy Detectives, episode 7. Which might be one of my favorite episodes of any show I’ve ever seen.

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Amy Mays @amychan.bsky.social · 11/05/2024

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com how do you write such depths? There are things in your stories that I’ve had hidden deep in my worst intrusive thoughts, and you put them on paper and show the world. I want to do that. How do you face the terror of facing the darkness and uncomfortable truths within?

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 28/01/2024

Beautifully simple and true.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

A friend of ours suffered an unimaginable tragedy when his sister Amy was murdered by her ex yesterday. If you can, please consider a donation to their small Vermont farm sanctuary to give them financial breathing room to grieve and take a break from fundraising. www.instagram.com/p/C0MKQeMOI64/

Photo of a cute juvenile goat with a white a grey striped coat, standing on a stump in a grassy lawn, with his head down like he's ready for jumping and mischief.

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Amy Mays @amychan.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com will you repost this for my librarian friend? www.donorschoose.org/project/scie...

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Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com · 27/09/2023

"Teabreak is over", as Terry Pratchett used to say, "back on our heads..."

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 27/09/2023

One of the best parts of the WGA deal: AI has now hit a brick wall in Hollywood, *and that includes adaptations.* Based on the deal, AI can't be source material. So if you're a publisher, AI novels or graphic novels or whatever just became that much less appealing because *they can't be optioned.*

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Amy Mays @amychan.bsky.social · 15/09/2023

My first official rejection letter for my writing. Why do I want to frame it?

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Amy Mays @amychan.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

Wherever I be, my Growlery comes with me. *grumble grumble*

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Amy Mays @amychan.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

I've been on hold with my insurance company with 38 minutes to renew because my account was disabled for being inactive. I really just want to be able to get my meds and not die, why is this so consistently miserably difficult and complicated?

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Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com · 10/09/2023

It's not often I'm simpatico with a fucking church sign, but this one... Yeah. I'm down with this Grace Methodist Church.

Sign outside a Grace Methodist Church: "8 MEN HAVE AS MUCH WEALTH AS 3.6 BILLION PEOPLE, BUT SURE, THE SINGLE MOM ON FOOD STAMPS IS THE PROBLEM." I'm not big on churches, but this sign, I'll co-sign.

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It's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 10/09/2023

reskeet with a tweet you still think about

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

my favorite Miss Manners column (from 2002) was on my fridge for years and it finally gave up the ghost. found it to print it out again, and it seemed selfish not to share.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A couple of years ago, my wife and I attended the wedding of two people who had been friends of ours for years. One year ago, the woman left the man for another man. We heard all about it from the man but heard nothing from the woman as we live in separate towns.
We received a Christmas package from the woman who made no reference to her infidelity -- an act that affected all who were friends of the pair.
I felt the need to thank her for the gift and card, but I didn't feel as if I should ignore the issue of her leaving her husband. In the end, I wrote a thank-you note and told her what I thought of the situation -- not in excoriating terms but in bluntly honest ones. Was this boorish?
GENTLE READER: Yes. Had you wished to register your disapproval you could have written her a dry letter of thanks; had you wished to register extreme disapproval, you could have returned the present. Miss Manners is afraid that “Thanks, slut," is not a proper communication.

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Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com · 09/09/2023

It's definitely a summary of the Campbell patterns. It doesn't fit many of my favourite stories though. It doesn't fit Alice Through the Looking Glass or The Third Policeman, The Man Who Was Thursday or The Master and Margarita, The Saragossa Manuscript. Or films like Drowning By Numbers or "If..."

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

Effulgent [ih-FUHL-juhnt] (adj.) -Brightly shining, radiant, resplendent -(of a person or their expression) emanating joy or goodness Used in a sentence: “Whenever I’m sad or lonely, your effulgent smile always makes me feel so much better.” Check out my new book: bit.ly/GWOTDbook

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Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

I think this is my favourite photo of Ori. It certainly best captures his vibe.

A tuxedo cat lying belly up, biting a man's hand.

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Amy Mays @amychan.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

Customer service would be a fine job, except, as the Man Randall said, "For all the customers."

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Amy Mays @amychan.bsky.social · 04/09/2023

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Hey Neil! Will you reshare another of my friend's library fundraisers? m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

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Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com · 01/09/2023

I don't like it because it's hard enough being an old author: a 92 year old author seeing a story they published at 22 being filmed or reprinted while they are starving would be wrong. (This is less hypothetical than you might imagine: authorsleaguefund.org)

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Home - Authors League Fund

Homepage for the Authors League Fund.

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 25/08/2023

I’m going to let you in on a secret, it’s all farm-to-table, that’s how food works

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Hoggan @hoggan.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

Commission work for @AugarrWoof c: !

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Justin K. Thompson @shinypinkbottle.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

art critiques: "brutal" honesty is a form of negative reinforcement that stifles the vitality of individual creative impulses. true constructive feedback is supportive and instructive and leads to a more positive sense of enlightenment that invests an artist in the vitality of their own creativity.

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

Happy birthday Mary Shelley! Fondly remembering when @zdarsky.bsky.social uncovered the first edition of Frankenstein.

The final page of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The text reads:

"He sprang from the cabin window as he said this, upon the ice raft which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance."

Underneath, handwritten in pen by good ol' Chip, the following has been added:

"As he drifted away I could just make out his final words.

"It's okay if you just call me 'Frankenstein' instead of Frankenstein's Monster.

I really don't mind."

The end"

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Fraser @fraserwrites.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

No new pledges today on our Kickstarter campaign! Only 47 days left to reach our goal! Who can help us? www.kickstarter.com/projects/nig... 🐺🧚‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #supportindiefilm #fairytales #fantasy #scottish #scotland

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Faithful - A Scottish Fairytale Short Film

A simple story about a girl and her best friend... who happens to be the harbinger of death!

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kilgore trout @kilgoretrout.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

now this? this is exactly the right amount of weird online

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

Hiraeth (HEE-reyeth) (n.) -Homesickness tinged with grief/sadness over the lost/departed -An intense longing for a home you can’t return to, or that never was “Hiraeth has my heavisome heart haunted with a heaping helping of horrible homesickness.” 8th Annual Wall Calendar: bit.ly/GWOTD2024Cal...

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

The Daily Tar Heel is the independent student newspaper for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. their front page for 8/30 is texts sent and received by students during the active shooter lockdown. absolutely stunning.

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 28/08/2023

What I need the neighborhood trick-or-treaters to know, first and foremost, is that in this house, THE 👏 SKELETONS 👏 FUCK

Screenshot of an Amazon listing for a six foot inflatable of two concerningly horny skeletons making sensual skeleton love

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Zeebs/verilyvexed 🌈🖤 @verilyvexed.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

In other news, here’s the first piece of Good Omens fanart I ever did. I somehow missed the part about Aziraphale being plump and was firmly in my manga era.

a very Saiyuki-inspired Crowley and Aziraphale

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

Uhtceare [OOT-kee-AHR-ay] (n.) -That all-too-familiar variety of pre-dawn anxiety, when one is lying awake and worrying about things Used in a sentence: “It’s five in the morning and I’m lying here worrying about the effect uhtceare is having on my job performance!” Go here: bit.ly/GWOTD2024Cal...

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Amy Mays @amychan.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

Miss Sophie doing her best to protect against our AI overlords

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aliciaf.bsky.social @aliciaf.bsky.social · 28/08/2023

Help our Vikings learn new skills! www.donorschoose.org/project/viki...

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Escape Pod Comics @escapepodcomics.bsky.social · 28/08/2023

Right, I don't really have reach on here, Tagging Neil Gaiman just seems cheap... BUT... we're having a huge huge clearance sale on used books next week & I really need the space so I need people to come! There are @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com books in there, ok?! www.instagram.com/reel/Cwboxd_...

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Escape Pod Comics on Instagram: "We are having a #usedcomics #clearancesale #localcomicshop #indepen...

26 likes, 0 comments - escapepodcomics on August 26, 2023: "We are having a #usedcomics #clearancesale #localcomicshop #independentbookstore #usedmanga #mang..."

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Amy Mays @amychan.bsky.social · 27/08/2023

Sharing again because the response so far has been beautiful! Thank you all. Anything above the limit she will get to use toward future projects for her school library. She has been working hard all summer to get the library renovated. Being librarian is a dream come true for her.

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Amy Mays @amychan.bsky.social · 27/08/2023

Oh so it's not just me then.

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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 26/08/2023

the studios let the strike go for months and lost more money than what the WGA is asking (and then spent even more on PR firms fighting the strike) 12k people could get livable careers for AN INCREDIBLY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PROFITS WE MAKE THEM but that would mean less yachts for them so

a graph showing the WGA proposal costs as a percentage of revenue from eight studios that amount to 0.088%, 0.206%, 0.104%, 0.143%, 0.027%, 0.006%, 0.027%, 0.004%

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 14/08/2023

Weltschmerz [VELT-shmairts] (n.) -Mental depression/apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state “These days I can’t decide if I’m experiencing ennui, angst, or Weltschmerz, which I used to call a bad case of the Mondays, but now it’s every day.”

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

Floccinaucinihilipilification [FLOK-suh-NAH-sun-nee-HIL-uh-pil-uh-fi-KAY-shun] (n.) The act of estimating something to be without value (v.) To Estimate something/someone as worthless/trivial “What is it about garage sales and flea markets that trigger such strong floccinaucinihilipilification?”

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