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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

On Batman Day??? (Actually I was saying something not too dissimilar to my boyfriend this afternoon.)

A screenshot of a discord message which reads: "I finished it and am having some half baked thoughts about how in America it's only ok to show an Evil Business Guy if you also show a Good Business Guy like how it used to be for Christians." (It has a laugh react because at least my boyfriend thinks I'm funny.)

Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If Dr Grant can explain frog DNA making dinosaurs turn male to two kids in PG movie then it can't be that hard to tell your children some people are gay or trans. Just sayin.

A close up shot of Dr Grant as he explains that some of the dinosaurs may have spontaneously changed sex in order to reproduce.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Dinosaur eats man, woman inherits the earth."

Doctors Sattler, Malcolm, and Grant (left to right and nearest to farthest) sit in a driverless jeep. Sattler has just delivered an iconic line and both men are staring at her, Malcolm with slight fear and Grant with unconcealed affection.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My sick ass just looked away from the screen briefly, looked back, and went "hey I know this scene! I've seen this movie before!" Like yeah, man, you're watching it right now!

Dodgson and Nedry sit at a table on a sun drenched patio. Dodgson holds his embarrassing hat while Nedry gleefully clutches a leather case which we know to be full of money.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Theodore, Jurassic Park is SOOTHING to you?" Well first of all I basically know the script by heart. Second of all, look at this calm, blue lighting.

A TV showing a frame from the opening scene of Jurassic Park, in which a desperate, grasping hand attempts to cling to safety shortly before being wrenched away by a velociraptor. It is lit (I believe) day for night, so quite blue.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I haven't been posting about this much here but I'm currently in glassblowing school (juuuuuuust starting out) and yesterday I made this sphere.

A clear tube of borosilicate glass with a small sphere at the end, held near the camera with the frameworking bench and its associated gear out of focus in the background.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I have gotten some DMs in the last ~week asking if I'm ok and if I'm taking care of myself. And, surprisingly, I'm holding up pretty well. I think that is 97% due to the support of my belovéd horror community pals, and 3% making myself an entire cake and going at it with a fork like an animal.

A chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and red decorative icing on a blue and white plate. There is a fork next to it, and it looks like some feral beast has carved a chunk out of one side using only that fork and his feral appetite......did I mention it's chocolate funfetti? I had no idea they made that.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I'm trying to talk my boyfriend into watching it also.

A discord screenshot of a message from Theo (me!) timestamped "yesterday at 8:50 PM." The text of the message reads: "You should watch Leverage. This guy is in it and he punches everyone."

Attached is a photo of a TV displaying a close shot of a handsome white man with long hair, glasses, and stubble (Elliot, for those who know).

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Felt like showing off an old cross stitch of mine today for no reason.

A cross stitch in a silver frame, in red thread on black fabric. Text reads "your pain will be legendary even in hell" and it is framed by a hook on a chain stitched in gray thread.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The good news is I got to use a belt sander. 🥰

On a cork shelf, a stack of ten small rectangular pieces of glass in approximately the same size, each with carefully but amateurly beveled edges.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

This is a CATEGORY 5 BLORBO EVENT, everyone. NOT A DRILL!!!!

A sort of blurry photo of a TV, onscreen Dr Julian Bashir puzzles over a mysterious machine as Lieutenant Commander Data approaches from the hall.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

When you hit the one recipe from the cookie book you've actually used.

A close-up photo of a cookbook, propped open on a seated person's lap (mine). The page of the book is discolored with food dye and flour has fallen from the open book onto the dark colored fabric of my pants.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This is as good an opportunity as any to show off the dinosaur I finished on Saturday! Still needs to be ironed.

A cross stitched tyrannosaurus Rex constructed of geometric blocks of color, mostly blues, purples, and browns, with one shock of red in its mouth.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Ok so I (purple) was advised to my friend (gray) to watch The Amazing Digital Circus and accidentally did it in one sitting.

A text screenshot with me (purple baloons) on the right and my friend (gray balloons) on the left. At the top it is indicated that the conversation took place today.

Me: Oh this is fucked up. I'm obsessed. (2 episodes in)
Friend: it gets better/worse
Me: Yeah um. I finished it.
Friend: Thoughts (eyes emoji)
Me: I am going to start biting people

(The top of a further purple bubble is shown, to indicate the conversation continued.)

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Everyone will be delighted to know exactly how professional the clowns' behind the scenes communications are. Everyone read "Rawdogging Wellness" by @joellekillian.bsky.social today!

A text message screenshot from Sunday April 12th (today).

Cassandra (gray bubble): I posted rawdogging this morning!

Theodore (teal bubble): What an amazing text to receive in a professional capacity.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Ok I put this on insta (trying to use that more for school reasons) but for those who aren't following me there, behold: the ikea chocolate bunny.

A flat cardboard box labeled "VÅRKÄNSLA" in classic ikea style. Pictured on the box, the three componant parts and finished shape of a flatpack chocolate bunny.

The contents of the box: the three flat, chocolate pieces that will build the rabbit, and the two-step instructions much like those you'd find in any ikea furniture box.

The fully assembled chocolate rabbit, standing on a blue and white, floral dessert plate.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I gave my email address at the hardware store today and whyyyyy is this so gender affirming?? 🤣

A screenshot of a mailing list email from Harbor Freight (red text on a white background). An array of tools (power drill, generator, mallet, tool chest) are pictured below some text (in white on red) which reads "THEO, Thanks for Choosing America's #1 Tool Store."

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Help I cannot stop giggling I decided it would be good for my gender if I got one of those super manly temporary tattoos for 50 cents at the laundromat and LOOK AT IT! I can't wait to get home and put it on. 🤣

A temporary tattoo (still unused and in packaging). The illustration is a very scary dog (German shepherd perhaps?) pictured mid-bark in front of crossed bones. It's black and white, with text that reads TOP DOG (or will once it's reversed).

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

With all this AI talk, has anyone tried drawing for fun? You don't actually have to be good at it for it to be fun. I drew this in like ~5 minutes the other day and I was giggling the entire time. Just like....you can make art for fun? Fuck AI, werewolf bakers forever.

A pen on paper drawing of a werewolf offering chocolate chip cookies to his friends (Bigfoot and Mothman). This is a critical step in his baking process since he is trying to perfect the recipe and cannot eat chocolate.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I had to hunt through my camera roll for this but that pigeon in the center has some of the prettiest pigeon coloration I've ever seen.

Four pigeons, two of which are fully visible. At the top right, a pigeon with a shiny great head is sitting. In the center, a pigeon with very interesting coloration (a lot of browns on the wings) is pecking at the ground.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Last but not least, the final step in my Imperial Radch binge earlier this year. This was my favorite of the lot, though I loved them all. The characters, the world, the struggle. So much discovery, self and other. Typing this is making me want to read it again but my copy is in NJ aaaaah.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

This book peeled my brain like an onion and I cried through like a third of it. If you love stories about memory, you'll love it. This was also my scariest audiobook experience to date, bar none. The audiobook is a work of art. It's going to hurt you cognitively and emotionally. Read it immediately.

The cover of There Is No Antimemetics Division by QNTM. The title is in white text taking up the whole cover space. Behind it, a massive stone monolith rises out of a foggy forest.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I was feral for this book. The worldbuilding was rich and effortless. The characters were fascinating, and complemented each other in evolving ways no matter how they changed. Horrifying and hungry, desperate and divine. Such spectacular sensory detail that as I type this I taste honey on my tongue.

The cover of The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling. On a black background, a hooded figure holds an apiary plate with honeycomb and bees. Its hands are golden and its face is several faces in one. Behind its head, a golden sun.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

My first (absolutely not last) novel by Alix E. Harrow. The richness of the prose had my heart in its fist from the opening lines, and the characters swept me up seconds later. I was a blissful wreck reading this. If I close my eyes I can see Eden. If I listen close I can smell the smoke.

The cover of Starling House by Alix E. Harrow. Dark blacks and purples and greens and blues, starlings flying and fighting clutching yellow flowers and golden keys. The title is in white text.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

If you know me, you know I am a Rachel Harrison fanboy. But this book is something really special. Complexly told and SO scary, also carrying out the trend of all her books going right for my jugular in particular. Deep and untidy analysis of who gets to control the narrative when things go wrong.

The cover of Play Nice by Rachel Harrison. On a textured, whiteish background, centered, a purple illustration of an old, dilapidated house. Wrapped around the house, is a black devil tail with dripping blood on its pointed tip.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I'm not sure there was anything that could have prepared me for this book. The writing was delicious, delirious, and every freak in its magnificent cast was linguistically adored. File under books I would chew on if I had a spare. File under books I would have a summer fling with if they'd have me.

The cover of Freakslaw by Jane Flett. On a teal background, yellow text. In the center, a yellow shape that looks like a yellow eye in magenta flames with a black ferris wheel for an iris. The perfect, magnificent logline reads: "Lock up your daughters, lasso your sons."

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I read this in one day and it hurt. It was so good. It hurt so bad. This is cosmic horror and sci fi and a love story and it has so much humanity and desperation and wonder and humor and love, and love, and love. I had to clutch it to my chest and pace the kitchen crying for a bit after I finished.

The cover of Dear Stupid Penpal by Rascal Hartley. Mostly black, with text in the style of an old school computer. At the bottom, a figure sits in front of several monitors. From the monitors, a bright spot as communications travel away and into the vast blackness of space.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I had been anticipating this book for ages, and it did not disappoint. I have seldom been as stressed out by a book in my life. An absolute roller coaster of blood, sweat, gritted teeth, and knitting needles. A battle cry: love someone, make something, refuse to let the bastards get you down.

The cover of Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer. On a dark purple background, red and teal text that looks chalklike. In the center, a hand-crocheted pair of hands with rainbow nail polish are raised in prayer.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

This book was horrifying, devastating, and necessary. It was a painful and riveting exploration of the surge of anti-Asian racism at the height of the COVID lockdown, as well as a stewpot of grief, personal and community wide. It also had the best on-page depiction of OCD I have ever seen.

The cover of Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker. White text on a dark (black and teal) background. Centered, behind the text, a still life with a bat and flowers.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

This book is longer than I typically gravitate toward, but no words were wasted. The writing here is staggeringly gorgeous (I listened to it, and had to keep repeating lines back) and the story was one gut punch after another. This book feels important and I felt...well...basically everything.

The cover of The Antidote by Karen Russel. A photo of a farmhouse in the dust bowl, with patches of color across it, fading toward white as it nears farther right.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Nonfiction first. I started reading this on a whim, briefly wondered if it was too intense for me to handle at this point in time, and then was so glad I stuck with it. A complex analysis of Predator (the film) as well as a poignant exploration of what it means to be a man, for better and worse.

The cover of the book Predator: A Memoir, a Movie, an Obsession by Ander Monson. The text is white, and looks sci fi. The images are colorful shapes like jungle foliage, but with images of drawings of predators from the film Predator.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Well mine will be fresh!! To hold you over, please enjoy this meme.

A two panel meme featuring characters from Star Trek: Deep Space 9.

Top panel: Major Kira holds a gray device, text reading "hey check out my odometer" above her head.

Bottom panel: the device is pointing at Odo (a different character) and the monitor screen reads "yes".

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

"I'm returning two books to the library and really I just want one graphic novel so I can still leave with fewer books than I- oh goddamnit."

A track of four books with library binding. Top to bottom:

The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs
The Moss by Lisa Lueddecke
The Dead of Summer by Ryan La Sala
Grimoire Noir by Vera Greentea and Yana Bogatch

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Everyone check out the sick ink I got at the natural history museum the other day.

On my forearm, a really cool stegasaurus (clearly placed there with a rubber stamp).

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

"I'm bringing two books back to the library. If I come home with one or fewer, I'll still have reduced my total number of library books. It'll be fine!" -Theodore Hill, experiencing hubris

A stack of books in library binding, sitting atop an armoire. Titles from top to bottom follow.

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
A Light Most Hateful by Hailey Piper
Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity ed. Lee Mandelo
Our Winter Monster by Dennis Mahoney
Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
Immortality: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
Slashed Beauties by A. Rushby.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Is it an awards eligibility post? Is it a retrospective? I dunno, but here it is. I published some words this year. Check it out. (If there is anything you'd like to read and can't find, let me know and I'll get it to ya!) 🫀

A graphic with a gray, sort of cement-looking background with splatters of black ink.

Text transcript:
Theodore Hill, 2025 Releases.

“I Think I Have Lost Someone”
The Skull & Laurel, Horror (Flash), January.

“Rise”
Translunar Travelers Lounge, Sci Fi, February.

“Pirouette in Periwinkle”
The Ghastling, Horror (Flash), April.

“Other Duties As Required”
Cosmic Horror Monthly, Horror/Sci Fi, July.

“Hammerhead”
God’s Cruel Joke, Horrorotica, September.

“A Taste”
Whisper House Press, Horror (Flash), November.

Upcoming:
“More Famished Than My Means”
(Poem, God’s Cruel Joke, December).

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

"I am going to go to the library and get one book, or perhaps even two." -Theodore Hill, liar

A stack of not one, not two, but eight library books.

Top to bottom:
Model Home by Rivers Solomon
American Rapture by CJ Leede
Kill Creatures by Rory Power
Showstopper by Lily Anderson
The House of Quiet by Kiersten White
Their Monstrous Hearts by Yiğit Turhan
The October Film Haunt by Michael Wehunt
Renegade Rule by Ben Kahn, Rachel Silverstein, and Sam Beck.

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Theodore Hill (he/him) @probablyharmless.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Still not time for the party but I need you all to know that I also have bandaids on all my fingers (for authenticity).

A very concerned looking guy (glasses, brown hair), dressed as Seymour Krelborn in a plaid button up and blue sweater vest. The hand adjusting his glasses has a bandaid on each finger.

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