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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Realising that by the time I got to high school and formal IT classes I had already learned my slapdash typing style (it's not touch but it's also not quite hunt and peck) and been using it for maybe six or seven years doesn't make me feel any better about not learning to touch type 'properly'.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

You’ve never seen a cat so clearly roll its eyes. Original post

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's interesting how there are things that are suggestive to everyone and things that are suggestive only to certain minds. For example, my mum's friend S made everyone snicker when she referred to the cat shelter as 'Pussytown'.

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There are too many things I can do now without a little silver tabby head butting into my business and I hate being uninterrupted.

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Cecil @softestpunk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Well this funded before I had time to share it here (in just 13 hours!!) so now we're racing to see if we can double our author payments—and how many future anthologies it can secure (there's a poll, if you're curious about the possibilities) www.backerkit.com/c/projects/o...

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Teeth Anthology — Physical Edition!

Teeth is a queer SFF anthology about things that bite. It’s about the startling gleam of a fang in the moonlight, the vulnerability of soft flesh, the sensual pleasure of sinking your teeth into somet...

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Grinda 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 @grindagoat.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

the plight of the postmodern succubus

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#Dalliance is the spiritual successor to #FiveBedrooms is the spiritual successor to #SecretLifeOfUs. At least I assume so, I'm only halfway through Five Bedrooms, but the ads have got The Vibe.

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#Scrubs2026, OTOH, has catapulted me into a place of pure nostalgia and I'm only three minutes in. (I too am on call for work but it is absolutely not the same thing.)

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm enjoying #StuartFails so much. It turns out the episodes are short enough to fit one into a lunch break and I've been watching them one at a time rather than bingeing. They're ridiculous and delightful. Also I keep finding parallels between Kripke and Arnold Rimmer from Red Dwarf.

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Dots and Lines @dotsandlines.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If you: - ever earned a salary - enjoy salad, salsa, slaw, sauce, or sausage - have used halogen lights Then you etymologically (and sometimes directly) owe that to salt! #Halite #MinCup26

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Diversity win! The church missionaries on my doorstep were girls!

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Catching up on #ProjectGhostlight #PrivateNightmares episode 16 and the moment that Priscilla, Queen of the Desert got mentioned my brain went, 'Just what this show needs. A vamp looking camp with a lamp.'

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

so good I'm changing my display name during #MinCup26

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm going to go with a #CriticalRole bit for this round of #MinCup26. #Julienite 'dissolves easily in water or alcohol, where its distinctive blue transforms into a rosy pink.' Yeah, that's bicon Julien Davinos all right.

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ah yes #gypsum, aka my wife #selenite, hello beautiful! #MinCup26 (The only downside is she hates getting wet...)

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Absolutely fucking beautiful gambit on Kirby's part to choose banish again and it paid off beautifully. #TraitorsAU

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I love that #Hafnon is the only hafnium-containing mineral, but as an Australian polyamorous non-binary bisexual I simply must vote for the purple #Putnisite. I mean, 'These tiny purple cubes are a rare hydrated strontium-calcium-chromium sulfate-carbonate with hydroxide ions' SAME THO #MinCup26.

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Of all the beliefs I've had to suspend in my many years of consuming speculative media, the notion that Adaine Abernant can produce anxiety meds from her jacket that are worth less than 10GP and yet are functional and helpful is the one I simply cannot accept. #Dimension20 #FantasyHigh

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Kmart has its Christmas collection listed online already. Can we PLEASE have Halloween first? It's SEPTEMBER.

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Brushing Pippin. He jumps down off the ottoman, sticks his head in the bin, and attempts to fast-track a huge hairball by licking the wad of fur I'd just dropped in there. That's the opposite of why I'm grooming you, doofus!

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I can hear some lovely melodious magpie song outside. The thing is it's 11.30 at night. MATE IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT. GO TO SLEEP.

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The cameo lineup in Stuart Fails to Save the Universe is stellar. #StuartFails

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

So, I'm 12 minutes into the pilot of #StuartFailsToSaveTheUniverse, aka #StuartFails, aaka #SFTSTU, and I fucking love it. This feels like crack apocafic AU fan fiction of TBBT, and since that's one of my favourite things to write, I am HERE FOR IT.

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I did not spend this long thinking up something for KETAMINE to be an acronym for to get no reactions!!! #TheTraitorsAU #TraitorsAU pay attention to me on the paying attention to me site!!! it's a riff on Dicko's squad being LSD!!! FUCK

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I want to go on #TraitorsAU just to form a Faithful alliance called Killeen's Eager Traitor Annihilating Mercenary Incredibly Named Elite.

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I've decided against having my ashes scattered at sea because what if the thalassophobia is stored in the body?

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Storyteller Steve @vancitybynight.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-to... Hey everyone, I need your help, our kitty is in a bad way and we ran out of money on her insurance. Any help you can give is appreciated and helping to spread the word helps as well. You may have noticed her on some streams Thank you all! #vamily #ttrpg #rpg

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

What do you call an Indian serpentfolk? Naan-ti. What do you call a catfolk/serpentfolk hybrid? Nyan-ti. What do you call a serpentfolk who doesn't drink hot beverages? None-tea. What do you call a comedian serpentfolk? Mon-ti Python. #DungeonsAndDragons #puns

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I just saw Josh Earl's new stand-up show Coach. It was a slam dunk. #MelbourneComedy #ComedyRepublic #MICF27maybe???

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

'I'm talking to a calculator but the calculator is a superhero.' — my 4-y-o nephew on the train, where there is not in fact a calculator.

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Last night we had to say goodbye to Toby, our beloved 18-year-old silver tabby cat. He had been in palliative care for cancer due to his age and it was time for him to rest. If there's a cat afterlife, he's reunited with his loving brother Cedric and sister Ruri. Rest well little guy.

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."

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Cecil @softestpunk.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Backerkit campaign for Teeth is in pre-launch & if you follow it you get one of the stories in the anthology for ✨FREE✨ instantly. Teeth is a queer SFF erotica anthology featuring five stories I'm so excited to share with the world because they're so good!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/o...

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Teeth Anthology — Physical Edition!

Get notified when Teeth Anthology — Physical Edition! launches on BackerKit!

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Can someone who's got Crunchyroll in Australia please tell me if Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is on there?

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Good Time Society @goodtimesociety.com · 28/07/2026

Gen Con Quote Thread: 6:08am - “You can’t expense your wife”

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We've got to apply kinktomato to genAI use in fic. Yes, genAI has unique issues, but at the end of the day, launching witch hunts against the authors doesn't achieve anything.

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Vivian Moira Valentine @itsviviactually.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

In Vampire: the Masquerade, vampires can gain the powers of other vampires by drinking their blood and souls, a process known as diablerie. In the Nintendo games, beloved pink sphere Kirby likewise gains the powers of his enemies by eating them. implying Kirby is a diablerist. In this essay I will

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Heard the weather forecaster the other night rhapsodising about how lovely the weekend would be, at 16 degrees and sunny, and I cannot overemphasise how irritated I am that winter is not allowed to be winter.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

He was very weary; the day had been long, and full of dragons.

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I want a Saw movie where the trapped techbros are only allowed to use ChatGPT hints to try to escape. Except Jigsaw is too ethical to use ChatGPT, so instead the 'output' is the response as given after all the apprentices have played Telephone with the actual answer.

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Actually, the way GLP-1 agonists work for weight loss is that if you're paying for them, you can't also afford food.

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

'Presidential' alert? PRESIDENTIAL alert? Well, now I *am* fucking alarmed, at the lack of linguistic localisation to our country for #AusAlert.

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Lauren Gypsum @laurenthemself.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I fucking love #TenCandles so much, youse mob. I love how the characters get built together and how they die together. The storytelling that comes out of a system that's set up where the outcome is guaranteed so the goal is telling the best story you can in the face of the inevitable delights me.

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