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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

unexpected side effect of being a nuclear nerd: any video that has "sparkle" effect added to it immediately registers as "oh shit the radiation levels in this location are significant enough to mess with the camera sensor, gtfo" bit dissonant when applied to, for example, 80s Barbie unboxing

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I found a Rarity-81 word worth 92 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 843 points · 10 rare words. 3 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/UATPCR

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OUTLIER · Day 131

ceruleancynic scored 843 on Day 131. Can you beat them?

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I found a Rarity-79 word worth 91 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 855 points · 10 rare words. Only 28 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 8 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/GY2HMU

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OUTLIER · Day 130

ceruleancynic scored 855 on Day 130. Can you beat them?

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

unpacking is like the world's weirdest, elongated Christmas morning right now I wanna know where the fuck Santa put a) my blue Le Creuset cereal bowls and b) my drywall-anchor sword bracket

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I found a Rarity-81 word worth 92 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 838 points · 10 rare words. 5 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/8BKQ5Q less good, sigh

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OUTLIER · Day 129

ceruleancynic scored 838 on Day 129. Can you beat them?

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I found a Rarity-82 word worth 93 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 864 points · 10 rare words. Only 18 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 3 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/XHY92L fuckin-a, EURYHALINE

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OUTLIER · Day 128

ceruleancynic scored 864 on Day 128. Can you beat them?

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I found a Rarity-80 word worth 92 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 824 points · 10 rare words. Only 4 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 2 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/Q8JYEK want a goddamn E

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OUTLIER · Day 127

ceruleancynic scored 824 on Day 127. Can you beat them?

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I found a Rarity-80 word worth 92 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 853 points · 10 rare words. No one else in Outlier has ever found it. 5 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/8HZXGT MEH. this one was annoyingly hard.

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OUTLIER · Day 124

ceruleancynic scored 853 on Day 124. Can you beat them?

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I found a Rarity-76 word worth 90 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 848 points · 10 rare words. Only 33 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 5 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/4K6MUW

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OUTLIER · Day 123

ceruleancynic scored 848 on Day 123. Can you beat them?

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I found a Rarity-82 word worth 93 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 849 points · 10 rare words. Only 50 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 8 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/LZSX7P Not great, not bad

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OUTLIER · Day 122

ceruleancynic scored 849 on Day 122. Can you beat them?

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I found a Rarity-86 word worth 95 pts in OUTLIER. OUTLIER · 902 points · 10 rare words. Only 37 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 10 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/6ARVSN geology always wins <3

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OUTLIER · Day 121

ceruleancynic scored 902 on Day 121. Can you beat them?

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I found a Rarity-82 word worth 93 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 857 points · 10 rare words. Only 2 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 5 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/8MCTKM

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OUTLIER · Day 120

ceruleancynic scored 857 on Day 120. Can you beat them?

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I found a Rarity-77 word worth 90 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 818 points · 10 rare words. Only 10 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 5 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/WTTBEN

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OUTLIER · Day 119

ceruleancynic scored 818 on Day 119. Can you beat them?

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I found a Rarity-80 word worth 92 pts in OUTLIER. EAGLE EYES · 848 points · 10 rare words. Only 30 players have ever found it in all of Outlier. 3 finds no one else found today. OUTLIER: the daily word hunt where the rarest words win. Can you beat me? playoutlier.com/s/NP6C5W

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OUTLIER · Day 118

ceruleancynic scored 848 on Day 118. Can you beat them?

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

there is something so odd and lovely about how -fast- my brain resets to this coast when I was a child we spent a lot of holidays in the west, mostly Utah, trundling around various national parks and being astonished by the stark goddamn beauty of the place: red rock desert is one of my deep loves

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

hello NYC I am in you this time to stay <3 <3 <3

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It is an annoying truth that it's possible to be excited about moving to a place where I don't have to have a car and do not need one WHILE BEING sad about not having my car anymore. I just really love this car, and it will feel so incredibly strange not to have one available at all times --

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

somehow I think Dolly would join the hell in on the chorus: DON'T DREAM IT, BE IT. my deep gratitude to both Dolly and Tim for all the lovely and terrible and brilliant places they took us, and -balls- to the stupid gracelessness of death.

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Bubonicon is still one of my favorite conventions ❤️ having a lovely time

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

hello Bubonicon I am in you or at least in the marriott

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

how much do I love it that the real actual ALICE COOPER has a gig as the DJ on the local radio and how much more do I love it that he's just straight up playing Stairway to Heaven because nobody is gonna tell him what to do <3 <3 <3

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

things I will not miss about Santa Fe: goddamn wildfire smoke we had this in NYC a couple of weeks ago and it felt like the apocalypse had already come and gone, I -expect- it out here but that doesn't mean I don't hate it we even had torrential rain last night! but today, SMOKE

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Holy shit you guys are rockstars and I have to source MORE MAILING SUPPLIES <3 (keep it up, I'm enjoying having to pack up all these objects to send instead of haul back to Santa Fe) ~TODAY ONLY everything is HALF OFF~

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! ONE DAY ONLY! 50% OFF SALE ON ALL BLEEDING HART STUDIO ITEMS! We're moving, so now's your chance to snag a piece for 50% off its original price, FRIDAY ONLY. Tell your friends! Shout it in exuberance from the top of something very high! www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin...

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

It is stupid how much I miss salad. (yes, I know there are relatively safe methods of sourcing lettucey things, I do know, but ffs sometimes all I want is a crunchy goddamn SALAD at a restaurant)

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

happy There Will Come Soft Rains Day to all who celebrate!

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

periodical reminder to check out Bleeding Hart Studio on Etsy for all your beaded necklace and earring needs! www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin... :) Shipping a little slower than usual, but we're still open for business! SOME EXAMPLES ~

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Every time I get my hair cut in a NYC barbershop I’m astonished at how gay it is possible for one person’s hair to look it’s delightful 😁 now I just need to get the bleach and black streak redone

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

today's WTF, Subway Ad moment: someone actually thought "moomoo" was a good name for an actual real-life serious company that deals with real-life actual people money, not dollhouse currency how the actual fuck anyone can seriously say "I work for Moomoo" without wanting to die escapes me

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

so did anyone else know they have a post-exposure prophylactic antiviral for the plague www.xocova.com THIS IS KIND OF A BIG DEAL

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

just saw the Iris van Herpen show at the Brooklyn Museum and holy shit it’s amazing (don’t like the shoes but practically everything else blew my mind)

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

so for the record Cafe Boulud's French restaurant week menu is ENTIRELY worth it strongly recommend the saucisse volaille provencale, would go back to try the pate en croute chocolate tarte fantastic but could have been half the size for its richness 😁 😁 😁 SO GOOD

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

hey @wiswell.bsky.social I just mainlined DRAGON in one afternoon and it is absolutely glorious, you are awesome and you should feel awesome <3 you had me from practically the very first page and you stuck the hell out of the landing, -well done-.

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

omg it's raining ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GROUND ...living in the desert changes your normal <3

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

today's travel PSA is due to the fact that the foil wrapping on expensive chocolate bars is radiopaque I was selected for Extra Screening because they saw a big blank rectangle in my carry-on which could have been Suspicious, and in fact had to open the foil and reveal the Lindt within for scrutiny

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

SHOP UPDATE So @byzantienne.bsky.social and I are spending several weeks in NYC this summer, and I don't feel like shutting down the shop for that long, so it's coming with us <3 Shipping will be slower than usual until mid-August, but I'll be open starting July 15 (and making new pieces!)

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

was this individual trying to turn into a Bit from the original 1982 Tron or was that just how you max(x) your look(s) regardless, nailed the Darwin, no notes

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

REMINDER -- everything on Bleeding Hart Studio is 25% off through Friday! Get your earrings, your single-strands, your three-strands, and your MASSIVE STATEMENT PENDANTS while they're on sale! www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin... I want some of this rock to go to other people, I have too much of it 🖤

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Fellow authors: without context, what's the first line of your current WIP? 1: On the deeds it was called Wincanton's Bargain. 2: From the nearest station it took two standard weeks of travel to reach the Valaros system: four individual jumps, and full sublight acceleration between jump points.

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

hey, who remembers rear-projection TVs and how they were supposed to be the shit but were, in fact, shit recently I learned that the largest consumer CRT tv was only 43 inches so Weird Al had it DOWN with Frank's magnificent groundbreaking model <3 imagine the electron gun for that one

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

25% off SHOP-WIDE SALE at BLEEDING HART STUDIO! So we're moving to New York this fall and I want to move some of the shop inventory! I'll be running several moving sales over the summer, so keep an eye out! 25% off the ENTIRE STORE this week through Friday 10 June ❤️ www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin...

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

in other news we just saw a (probably AI) video of a giant boat consuming a smaller boat via a sort of hatchway in its side me: omg look my wife: CANNIBOAT me: *dissolves in mirth* marry a writer, y'all

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

anyone out there know why tf Santa Fe air quality has gone comprehensively to shit over the course of the day? White haze nearly blocking out the mountains completely. Some kind of fallout from Colorado fire? Second Coming? Mystery Smog?

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

y'all excommunicated like he said y'all would be god, it's so sweet to actually witness consequences <3 <3 <3

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

the only view on modern catholicism I'm familiar with is Alice Thomas Ellis which is to say I have a peculiar set of things I know and do not know about current schismatic activity <3 but two popes USED to mean twice the stunning eccesiastical art and architecture, not like that's true today

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

me: doop dee dooo, looking at blue-green-teal gem options since I don't want to pay for Montana sapphire for a ring internet: hey did you know YAG comes in paraiba and it's cheap bc lab, here's a huge trillion that just sold me: HOLY SHIT, I SEE THE LIGHT

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

FINALLY! All my stock of new glass bead necklaces is up on Bleeding Hart Studio -- if you didn't get a chance to snag one at 4th Street Fantasy, now's your opportunity. Czech glass in all kinds of colors and finishes. The best thing? They're stackable <3 www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin...

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

oh, shoes. every now and then I get motivated to write about shoes, because they're slightly holy, and they matter, and that they came with you on your various journeys also matters. I wrote a story for my MFA thesis that was just about shoes. perhaps it is time to do it again, years later. <3

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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

that moment when you actually turn a corner in Trying to Play Your Damn Guitar from "how is this so impossible" to "hey, this hurts less than it did last time I tried, plus my fingers can remember wtf they're supposed to be doing even if they can't do it" is kinda cool

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