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BeccaM @becca.net · 22/06/2026

I really did not need that visual.

Gray and yellow parrot labeled 'me' takes a big sip of iced, green 'unsee juice.'

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BeccaM @becca.net · 20/05/2026

Made a new local friend. He let me get within about 20 feet and never bolted.

New Mexico jackrabbit, with ears fully up

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BeccaM @becca.net · 15/05/2026

Semi-invented recipes brag: Heard roughly about this, then set about just doing by trial-and-success (no failure): Cheddar broc egg-white muffins. Very high protein each. Made 'em last night, had to try one as the photo shows.

Cheddar broccoli egg-white high-protein muffins, 2 dozen, minus one with its paper wrapper left behind

Cheddar broccoli egg-white high-protein muffins, 2 dozen, looking all yummy

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BeccaM @becca.net · 12/05/2026

Trust me, I know...

Boots with heels, slip-on, black leather

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BeccaM @becca.net · 13/04/2026

The finished project, btw...

New 4-post canopy bed fully assembled in my bedroom. Gotta get curtains or some means of decorating it.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 04/04/2026

Photos of the boxes outside and in, plus one of me from last month while I was in Ste. Genevieve, MO as an illustration of my general smol-ness. OTOH, I spent a lot of time this past year working out though... Lost weight, got a little swole. In better shape now than 20 yrs ago.

Two large, heavy furniture boxes containing parts for an all-wood canopy bed. They are outside my garage.

Two large and very heavy furniture boxes containing my new all-wood canopy bed, having been moved from outside to in by me only.

Cropped photo of me, otherwise unretouched, having a late afternoon snack with some dear friends in Sirros, a great little restaurant in Ste. Genevieve, MO, in early March '26.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 05/03/2026

Yes. Often more than we know.

There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this: Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction.
Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they’ve already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
And then remember this: The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.
And know this: the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire’s authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege.
Remember this. Try.

- Karis Nemek, Andor

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BeccaM @becca.net · 27/02/2026

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

Supposedly no context is to be provided, but I always do alt text, so this is a photo of a Pacific Ocean beach near the town of Davenport, CA.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 03/02/2026

Unless they're doing a screen test and tell you to go ahead and try on a hairpiece to see how it looks on camera.

Patrick Steward during an early pre-Star Trek: TNG screen test sporting light, thin blonde hair. You can tell precisely how he feels about it.

It's not a good feeling.

NO, this is a legit photo, not AI or any of that nonsense. Google it already if you have to "Picard with hair"—it's right there.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 30/01/2026

Yourself, but as a cartoon

A 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' rendition of the post's author.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 29/01/2026

Full version of that 'hey, that's not half bad' selfie from last weekend... (Alt text included, of course.) I think I'll keep this one for a while.

Photo of me from 24 January 2026. Hair courtesy of a Shark styling dryer and my learning how to use the danged thing. Makeup via decades of practice. Okay skin despite the ravages of time credited to a vampiric sun-avoiding lifestyle.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 26/01/2026

My favorite car remains the 1995 Miata 'M-edition' I owned about 20 years ago, but had to sell because I was moving out of the country for a long while. It was a total blast to drive on mountain roads.

Mazda Miata MX-5 M-edition I used to own, and to this day wish I hadn't had to sell

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BeccaM @becca.net · 21/01/2026

World is too frickin' nuts lately...I'm gonna go for a long walk, again. Meantime here's a photo of a combination sun-dog and fire cloud that I took two days ago. Other than cropping, it's exactly as was taken at the time, no filters. Gotta find sustenance wherever we can.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 18/01/2026

Some days, I'm doing and feel okay and fine, generally contented even. Other days can feel like I'm holding myself together with duct tape, patch kits, random lengths of wire, and force of will. Or somewhere in between.

Pacific ocean waves crashing into a rock just offshore at Brookings, Oregon, photo 2002, all rights reserved, no AI use authorized

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BeccaM @becca.net · 19/12/2025

Time for another photo from the collection... A view from the Sandia Crest, next to Albuquerque, New Mexico, looking south. Altitude: Over 11k feet. Not a problem if you're locally acclimated, rather more difficult if you're not.

View south from the Sandia Crest, near Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 18/12/2025

Brain hamsters, Gray. Welcome to the club.

Labeled brain diagram showing all the important components and lobes, including the all important "Hamster Lobe" that exists in the middle of Becca's brain.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 08/12/2025

#WritingPrompts Word for Dec 7 is "empty". Source: "Indistinguishable" (Volume 1 of a 5 volume completed speculative fiction series, currently in 'seeking representation phase; pro editing & alpha/beta reviews done, entire series is draft complete)

Alternate text:
Stunse locked the door behind him, sorrowful and frowning. He held up a capped, empty syringe. “I gave her something to sleep,” he explained, as he returned it to his pocket. “Nora assures me it’s safe now and again, just not too often. Sometimes it’s the only rest she gets, otherwise she sings all the time until her voice gives out and she can’t sing anymore. Says it helps keep the deem-hans out of her head.”

“Demons.” I shook uncontrollably, my eyes growing moist. “I’m pretty sure she means demons. To her, that’s what I am—the embodiment of pure evil.”

“We should go. The guard on duty will be back soon.”“We need to talk.” My voice quavered but remained firm. “Back upstairs. Now.”

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BeccaM @becca.net · 07/11/2025

Imma stealin' that.

Meme acquisition receipt from the Ank-Morpork Thieves Guild.

It reads: Your receipt from the Thieve's Guild, Your Professional Meme Re-allocators. This is to inform you that one or more of your memes was of sufficeint quality to warrant appropriation by the Ankh-Morpork Thieves Guild (Posts and Memes Division). Licensed thief, serial number, Have a nice day. This receipt must be left with the client. Issued by the Licensing Office, Guild Administration Dept, and then some Discworld and Terry Pratchett boilerplat at the bottom disavowing any connection with the trademarked properties.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 25/10/2025

Gee, I wonder where I was born then (early 1960s). (This particular Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh PA was founded in 1887 and has undergone a number of incarnations and building changes since then. But it very much exists.)

Facade and entrance to Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA

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BeccaM @becca.net · 17/10/2025

Well, no question which one is my personal favorite. Already posted it before. And yes, I know how to follow directions, FGM / MSFGB. Photo goes into a QUOTE of the post, not a reply.

The post's author looking rather intentionally witchy during an event, while perched on a throne-like chair.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 05/10/2025

My brother's other dog, Loki, a black lab. He's older and much more gentle and calm tempered.

Loki, my brother's other dog, a black lab

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BeccaM @becca.net · 05/10/2025

Just got back from a week-long trip to visit family, and it was amazing, but I'm glad also to be back home. Alas, this rambunctious fellow, Ranger (chocolate lab, 18mo, my brother's dog), accidentally pranged my right knee pretty hard a couple nights ago. He's both sorry and sad I had to go.

Ranger, my brother's dog, a young male chocolate labrador retriever

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BeccaM @becca.net · 04/09/2025

Hmm...let's see if Nope Badger works.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 21/08/2025

Special evening snack treat today: Chocolate Almond Crush Pocky. OMG, they're so good. (One serving = 7 sticks = 110 cal, 12g carbs, 2g protein, 6g fat.) (Not a paid endorsement, just me rando-posting.)

Almond Crush Chocolate Pocky, aka 'Heaven on a Biscuit Stick.'

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BeccaM @becca.net · 20/08/2025

My 'signature' hat, which for some reason keeps generating compliments, even though I bought it on a lark from a touristy shop in Half Moon Bay, CA about 25 years ago. Seriously, it's not fancy or expensive or anything. Just a plain felt hat.

Me and Mattie the Wonder Horse, and this is frequently my PFP. Still have the hat, although I lost the blue cloth at some point. It was a remanant of a Burning Man trip, so not part of it originally.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 12/08/2025

Even older gals can still get a bit swole if we work at it... (Results of roughly 4mo of daily intense workouts, starting from an extremely sedentary lifestyle.)

Unaltered photo of my right arm doing the flexy-flex thing.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 12/08/2025

Passage from 'Impossible', vol 4 of my recent series, regarding what laws can and can't do. Namely enforce themselves.

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Harrington stopped about ten yards away, his men arrayed behind and beside him, the captain nearest. “You asked to parlay,” he said, his voice surprisingly mellow and even. “Let’s hear it.”

“My offer is a simple one,” I said. “Release everyone, allow us to board the train and to continue on to Sacrament. Once we’re there, Lady Boland and I will speak to the Board on your behalf and explain this was all a terrible misunderstanding. We’ll tell them you wouldn’t have knowingly made the mistake of interfering with the free travel of a Lady of the realm and Executive Committee member, her family, or her guests, if not for the fact the Wessex gave you an order you didn’t know was illegal.”

“Huh,” he grunted. “Y’know, Lady Boland made the same offer half an hour ago, and I’ll give you the same answer I gave her: No. Funny thing about laws, you see. They only mean a tinker’s damn if someone bothers to enforce them. And out here—” Harrington waved, gesturing at everything. “Away from Sacrament, the law is generally whatever the strong say it is. I assume you’re familiar with our reputation.”

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BeccaM @becca.net · 12/08/2025

Reminds me of MLK Jr's Letter from a Birmingham Jail, and a particular quote regarding 'moderates'.

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr's famously quoted passage in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail in which he pilories white moderates for being more devoted to order than justice.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 10/08/2025

This passage in particular resonated:

Alt text: "By illuminating the journeys of those who dance gracefully with solitude, we reveal a profound truth: being alone isn't the absence of connection, but rather a powerful connection with oneself. This isn't a state to be pitied, but a realm to be explored with wonder and reverence—a conscious choice that holds treasures for those brave enough to unlock its mysteries."

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BeccaM @becca.net · 07/08/2025

We used to own a property in the Santa Cruz mountains that had 10 wooded, wild acres of redwoods, oaks, and madrones. I even made a desk out of a slab from an old-growth trunk I found there.

Old growth desktop I made from a single slab of old-growth redwood salvaged from a property I used to own.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 06/08/2025

Me, of course. I look great in hats.

BeccaM and Mattie the Wonder Horse. I still own the hat, as well as many others.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 27/07/2025

Yeah, but... it's still cool. (Enterprise NX-01 refit, of which I possess a model. I appreciated the fact that young Jean-Luc had one as a kid and somehow they got hold an Eaglemoss original, same as mine, for the scene.)

Star Trek Enterprise NX-01 refit model, which was planned to happen for season 5, which didn't happen.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 23/07/2025

Too tired to think = the fucking brain hamsters are too exhausted to chew at my psyche.

Becca's brain, with labels for all the important parts, including the everpresent hamster lobe.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 21/07/2025

That's my job, obviously.

Becca & Mattie, the wonder horse and frequent PFP choice. I'll leave it to you to decide which is the human and which the equine.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 21/07/2025

Today's photograph, actually taken last night: This is known generally a "Four O'Clock", aka Mirabilis, most notable in that when active, their flowers only open late in the day. They grow wild here. I love the intense color.

Four O'Clock flowers, also known as Mirabilis. They grow wild where I live and are most active at this time of the year.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 20/07/2025

Random observation: Adding running to my daily exercise regime has strongly suggested I need to find some way better full-support sports bras… The old ones just ain't doin' their job properly. (Ouch.) Anyway, here's a firecracker plant (Penstemon eatonii). They're related to regular penstemons.

Firecrcker plant, grows wild around here

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BeccaM @becca.net · 19/07/2025

Up late as usual. Weird mood, yet again. Feels like riding a rollercoaster of emotions at times, when I'd rather be all calm, cool, collected and in complete control of my unruly brain hamsters. Little fuckers are epinephrine, norepinephrine, and cortisol junkies.

Colorful, illustrated diagram of the human brain, mine specifically, including the all-important Hamster Lobe

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BeccaM @becca.net · 19/07/2025

Um... she's effective?

Xena: Warrior Princess (Lucy Lawless) screams I AM A FUCKING DELICATE FLOWER, DAMN IT, which is a very accurate representation of how I meet each day.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 17/07/2025

My head-canon has it that Barnabas Collins is the actual ur-vampire from whom all subsequent vampires in film, TV, and literature derived. "Right, Barnabas…everybody knows him." And, yes, would let her turn me:

Nadja, from What We Do in the Shadows (as played by Natasia Demetriou)

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BeccaM @becca.net · 07/07/2025

Yes, although it's not a TV or movie prop or whatever. I went a different direction, in that this definitely has cultural significance. It's an obsidian Clovis spear point I found completely at random while out on a solo hike. it's about 2"x2" (or 5x5cm).

Broken tip of a Clovis spearpoint. It's obsidian and aboutr 2" in each dimension (or 5x5cm). Found by me while hiking.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 30/06/2025

Interesting day. Slept late, but had the bonus of waking feeling fully rested. Thought lots of deep, introspective thoughts. Had a few personal revelations. Meanwhile, another photo from my collection... Yes, that is a very large rattlesnake I saw during a hike.

Western diamondback rattlesnake, curled upon itself among some limestone rocks in the Sandia mountains.

Yes, that is the curled-up, ready-to-strike, "I'll f*ck you up if you come any closer, lady" position.

I did not go any closer than I did to capture the photo, and then got the hell out of there.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 26/06/2025

It occurs to me that a lot of really nice people would be far happier if they stopped worrying so damned much all the damned time what other people think of them. Meanwhile, here's a pretty New Mexico sunset from my collection...

Sunset on a semi-cloudy day, in New Mexico, also known as The Land of Enchantment.

But also wind, storms, coyotes, bears, and the occasional rattlesnake.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 25/06/2025

Wonderful! Nice to see you here.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 20/06/2025

Let me introduce you to the abomination known as Altoona-Style Pizza. Yes, those are slice of the non-cheese known as 'American cheese' on a Sicilian crust with a layer of bland tomato sauce. (I grew up near where it's from, Altoona Pennsylvania.)

Altoona Pennsylvania pizza. It's truly as sticky and awful as it looks, and tastes worse.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 18/06/2025

I'm pretty sure I'm doing this right...

A nutrition info screenshot showing a rather extreme amount of protein intake, a little under 1/3 fat, and minimal carbs.

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BeccaM @becca.net · 12/06/2025

Hmm... Okay. They'll do.

Pretty near all the main character from Farscape, including, from left to right: Scorpius, Chiana, Rigel, Ka Dargo, Aeryn Sun, John Crichton, Zhaan, and Crais. (Uncredited/not shown: Moya & Pilot).

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