iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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allsee @allsees.online · 13/10/2026

transport a corpse through obstacles in the Victorian streets in the dark-humor co-op game Fallbearers

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 14/07/2026

NONFICTION Dark Souls III and the Exhaustion of a Long Life, by Kelsey Nichols Ask a Necromancer, by @stillsostrange.bsky.social

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SinnamonS @sinnamonscouture.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Helen of Troy, Lupita Nyongo sparkles in Christian Cowan for the London premiere of #theodysseymovie.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Grab your ouija boards! The necromancer can't answer if you don't ask! Does anyone have death questions for the next issue of @thedeadlands.com ?

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Happiness is a fresh Champion order.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

As a person who has smelled a gangrenous corpse fart, my thoughts and prayers are with the Scalzi household now.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Stop by and support sad goths in the rain!

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

If you're in the Richmond area, stop by and support your local morticians!

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I'm attending a panel on item-writing for funeral service education. My conventions are very different these days.

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

hahahaha fuck them up!

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 15/04/2026

guess what, beloveds? our resident necromancer (and licensed mortician) @stillsostrange.bsky.social is attending the American Board of Funeral Service Education conference WHICH MEANS you can ask the BOARD ITSELF a DEATH question! for an issue of the deadlands 🫶 psychopomp.com/aan/

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Ask A Necromancer - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Got a question for our resident necromancer?

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

The world is a trash fire so I need more hobbies.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I want to love fungi. They're so amazing. But I cannot love cadaver mold.

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

If your child falls into the gorilla enclosure you’re gonna need a new child. We only have the one gorilla.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

I once worked with an embalmer who was so paranoid about bodies leaking that I used to joke I'd come into work one night and find she'd cocooned all of day shift in plastic wrap and hung them from the ceiling. This is now me and mold.

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 23/02/2026

"A job for every corpse; a cadaver for every school!" join us, beloveds, for a very special Ask a Necromancer with @stillsostrange.bsky.social C’est ici de l’empire de la Mort read on! psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

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Ask a Necromancer: C’est ici de l’empire de la Mort - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Like any necromancer, I’ve dreamed of building an empire of the dead.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Today's the day! I've added this photo to my Funeral History slides. Sometimes the internet was almost worth it.

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 13/01/2026

NON FICTION Bible Verses for the Dying and the Heathen by Robin Wheeler Ask a Necromancer: C’est ici de l’empire de la Mort by @stillsostrange.bsky.social

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Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

OH MY FUCKING GOD this is so good for renaissance music reasons for arranging reasons, DAMN for 'it's One Night in Bangkok as if Kit Marlowe wrote opera' reasons, especially

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Adding this to my slides on holy relics next semester!

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I need to set the arterial system to music so my students remember it.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I think the difference is going to them vs having them rushed past you like career speed dating.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

8th graders aren't really the age group I'd choose to talk to about a career in mortuary science, but it turns out they enjoy playing with modeling wax.

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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

What happens in the group chat stays in the group chat…until it doesn’t. CONFESSIONS FROM THE GROUP CHAT IS OUT NOW! Want copies of my cozy Deer Hill Anonymous books of your own? You can order from anywhere, request at your library, or get a signed copy from my friends at One More Page.

Me holding the book against a blue sky. Hair needs a trim. Cat sweater is cute though.

Me holding both Deer Hill Anonymous books against a blue sky. I'm looking...somewhere. Not at the camera.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

This week I'll be working a career fair for thousands of 8th graders. Pray for me.

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

As someone on day 3 of a migraine, this is a little too close to the bone

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The handsome skeleton on the left is Fred. His friend with the hat doesn't have a name yet. Suggestions?

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 11/08/2025

today we learn about formaldehyde with @stillsostrange.bsky.social in today's Ask A Necromancer! "To be clear, a dead body in and of itself is nothing to be afraid of, even a smelly one. [...] Dead is not the problem; it’s the pathogens that may still be alive." ⬇️💀🖤 psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

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Ask a Necromancer: Fun with Formaldehyde - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

To be clear, a dead body in and of itself is nothing to be afraid of, even a smelly one. We’ve moved beyond the miasma theory of medicine. Dead is not the problem; it’s the pathogens that may still be...

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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

"You know, as an example, red lead was used to make cheddar... A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt." Deborah Blum on our bad food past -- and how to avoid it being our future: buttondown.com/theswordandt...

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How to Not Get Poisoned in America

The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I'm sharing some of my early Ask a Necromancer essays on Patreon, and hopefully answering new questions. Check it out, all you morbid children. www.patreon.com/posts/130698...

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I forgot to share the final version of my emotional support severed head from last semester.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Remmick is a perfect gentleman about everything... except banana flavored amoxicillin. I'd probably choose violence too if someone tried to squirt that down my throat, so I can't really blame him.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Does anyone know anyone in a driveable-from-Richmond area who could adopt my handsome friend? My house is at cat-pacity, and I don't want to turn him back outside knowing he's FIV+.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Cat update: Remmick got in a carrier more politely than any cat I know. Poor baby is FIV positive and needs antibiotics for his mangled ear, but is otherwise doing well at the vet.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Guess who came in for dinner? Now I just have to convince him to get in a carrier tomorrow morning without murdering me.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

aedownum@gmail.com for PayPal, or @Amanticore at Venmo

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

This is Remmick. He believes in equality. He wants to come inside. He wants your stories and kibble. He's going to receive some bonus healthcare next week. If anyone has a few extra dollars they could contribute to fellowship and love (and vaccines and flea treatment), we would be truly grateful.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I'm going to start posting flyers around campus inviting people to join me in donning dinosaur costumes and benignly rampaging.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Yesterday I got MOHS surgery. The process was pretty cool and the doctor didn't mind my constant nerd questions. The local anesthesia and Tylenol have definitely worn off now, though.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

That's handled by the Federal Trade Commission. Mainly it says don't tell a family reanimation is necessary if it isn't, and don't tell them reanimation will last forever.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

If you're using the old school definition to mean invoking the spirits of the dead, only the soul should matter. If you're animating a corpse, the soul may not matter. Otherwise we're getting into tricky issues of soul vs. neurochemistry to define the self.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

It's only a golem if activated with a shem. Otherwise it's just a sparkling simulacrum.

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Amanda Downum @stillsostrange.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I love Pierce so much. Sadly, it turns out the company is run by several squirrels who aren't in the same trench coat. At least when my college tries to order from them.

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