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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

My partner hosts a cookie swap around Christmas every year. This year, she opted to try her hand at candied oranges. It took a couple of attempts and a bit more science than we initially expected, but they came out perfectly.

Candied orange slices dipped in dark chocolate

(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

My partner was on a clean today and discovered this abandoned kitten, officially bringing our feline tally up to three. No clue what we'll name her, any suggestions?

(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This might be the best dinner I've ever made. Squid ink risotto, scallops and shrampies.

A spread of black squid ink risotto in a white dinner bowl with gloriously pan-seared scallops and shrimp.

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

What do you do when you're 40 years old and develop a spot of vitiligo in the shape of a ghost on your arm?? Obviously:

The furry arm of a man featuring a notably hairless patch. Within said patch is a very small black outline of a tiny ghost.

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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 23/11/2024

PSA: MODERATION LISTS ARE MIGRATING FROM THIS ACCOUNT to @skysentry.bsky.social If you're subscribed to any of the lists, please re-subscribe to them at the new owner by November 30th, after which I will no longer be maintaining them, and the lists will be removed from this account. Thank you.

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

What’s a single frame from a film that could hang in an art gallery? #filmsky

Image from 2006 film, "The Fountain". It features the silhouette of a bald robed man in mediation against an exploding star

(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Some nights when I lie beside you, I listen to your breath. Through the darkness I can just make out the movement of your chest, rising and falling. Before I drift off, my mind wanders to what comes next. When the time comes that your eyes or mine resist the dawn, where will we find ourselves?

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Anybody else find an odd joy in making your grocery lists a lil weird?

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I've had the urge to draw recently but not badly enough to track down my art supplies. Instead, I downloaded Draw With Friends. I was pleased with this one.

(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Shit. Yeah, this pretty much sums it up.

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 19/11/2024

"Resistance...is about survival, resilience, persistence, and the joy of building with others and creating deep connections. The denser our networks of relationships, the stronger and less isolated we are... [and] the more creative and effective we can be." - Scot Nakagawa

antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com

Recommendations for Anti-Authoritarian Resistance

We Must Adapt, Not Assimilate

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I like to write. For years I've been down on myself because that fact hasn't been enough to actually *get* me to write. I've told myself it's because I don't have any ideas, or anything to say.

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I'm not usually one to post cat pics, but COME ON

Tan colored kitten sleeping on his back snuggled in a mauve blanket with his lil feet up in the air

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Are there any mobile friendly versions of #pictionary out there? I've been possessed of an urge to play but digging through the play store hasn't yielded much that feels worth a damn. Give me #drawful on Android, dammit

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Picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline

Trail in the Appalachians brimming with fall colors

(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

God, I love emergent storytelling

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

"Um." - the first horse that got ridden

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 14/11/2024

I wrote "not a lot of reasons to sing, but enough" during the first trump admin. It's an abolitionist sci-fi poetry book following two poets (one of whom is a robot) as they make their way from village to village, across a prison colony moon. *And* it's got @marcheriest.bsky.social's gorgeous art.

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Describe yourself using 5 things that are probably in your purse/backpack at any given moment: 1. An embarrassing amount of fountain pens. 2. Upwards of 1 million notebooks 3. A rotating cast of art supplies 4. Hefty power bank 5. A single player ttrpg, currently "Be like a crow"

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

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So, I read smart people. There is a playbook for this next chapter. I believe we can do this. It won’t be easy, but the map is there. Featuring resources & wisdom from Dr. Erica Cheoweth, @prisonculture.bsky.social @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @jaclynf.bsky.social & more.

lifeisasacredtext.com

On Organizing

time to level up / an early draft of a playbook

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

I'm seeing a lot of generalities in my time line... "Take action", "prepare", "get ready" vis a vis life between now and inauguration day. Can anyone point me to any resources or threads that gets more specific? What does getting ready actually look like? How does one resist effectively?

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

-Mall Elf (fired for misappropriation of custom buttons) -Freezer Monkey -Graphic Designer -Terrible Waiter -Customer Service for Evil Corporations -Compliance Label Maker -Front End Web Dev -IT Tech Support -Middle Manager

(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 12/10/2024

Plz halp, WHAT IS HIS NAME?! We've been circling around Gossamer or Gulliver, but still waiting for that "Aha, that's been your name the whole time" moment.

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 22/09/2024

The untangling continues as I begin delving into when, how, and why I stopped believing my life was worthy of romanticization. This post was both lovely and a very helpful place to start. ❤️

(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

I'd be hard pressed to think of a worse fate. At that time I was still subsisting off of contemporary christian music and had DC talk and audio adrenaline on repeat. I deconstructed a decade ago, but my musical knowledge is still stunted. I *did* discover NIN in earnest last year, that was exciting.

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Can we take a minute to appreciate the portrait a friend's 12 year old daughter did of my family? I love it so much! 🤯😍

(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

I bought a notebook and pens and started writing privately for the first time in years. My original intention was to explore how and why my relationship with writing got so fucked, but it has morphed and is now an exploration of why and how I make myself smaller to accommodate others.

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 08/09/2024

I know that older movie trailers used to say way too much about the movie, but the modern practice of creating visual tone poems that are only vaguely plot related isn't a favorite either.

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 05/09/2024

As somebody who has been primarily writing via blogs since 2005, I've just now discovered everything I've ever written or thought about writing has been done with an invisible "audience" in mind. I think I need to learn how to write for myself. Any #writers relate?

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 03/09/2024

10 games to get to know me: ☄️ Earthbound ⚜️ Saint's Row 3 🛸 Outer Wilds 🌌 Outer Worlds ☢️ Worms Armageddon 💣 Fallout 1-3 🚀 Space Quest 🐻 TripleTown ⛓️ Road Rage 🐛 Hollow Knight

(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

#Writers, what's your relationship with writing like? I'm beginning to realize I think mine is pretty fucked and I think it's getting in the way.

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

I tried writing about our cat passing away and ended up with a marginally macabre poem that seems to hint at the protagonist murdering his wife? Maybe?

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

Hey #writers of blue sky-- what do you look for in a notebook and why do you have dozens of empty or mostly empty ones at home?

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

After 17 years we had to say goodbye to our cat, Ego. We got him the day after our wedding. He was with us as we learned how to be grownups. He was with us as we made houses into homes, and when the hairless noisy cat (our son) joined us. May your next life be filled with tuna, catnip, and love.

(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 14/07/2024

Nice void you've got here. Be a shame if someone screamed into it.

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 11/07/2024

I bought a gaming laptop in 2016. Days ago, best I can tell, the GPU died. Gaming appears to be off the table, but it will still run graphically. Considering installing Linux. Any recommendations for a good distro?

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 21/06/2024

as for me and my house we are goated with the sauce

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 19/06/2024

In my teens, during the peak of traditional blogging, I posted a silly stream of consciousness. A person I admired pulled me aside and chastised me for "inflicting my brainspew" upon the world.

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 08/06/2024

I was recently gifted a Nikon FG; this is my first foray into using film since the early 2000's... How are we getting film developed these days?

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(The) Paul @ooothepaul.bsky.social · 13/04/2024

I'm sitting at a coffee waiting for my drawing class to start. This week's homework was #drawing two handbags. These were supposed to be #contourline drawings, but I really only began grasping the depth of the concept last night after watching some videos.