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If someone told me to cook something in [x] minutes, I would simply cry and hide under the counter BUT if you have an ingredient you wanna get used up/need to work into your diet, I will ABSOLUTELY brainstorm good ways to get it into your meals 👀 So I'm not NOT an iron chef...well...bronze chef...

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 23h

My other favorite depression meal? Homemade poké bowl. Rice, lox, seaweed snack pack, shredded carrots, pickled ginger, soy sauce. Combine in a bowl. Congrats, you've made dinner and honestly probably lunch for tomorrow as well, and you didn't even have to cook anything

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 23h

I will forever maintain risotto is the optimal depression meal. Staring at a wall for twenty minutes? Unacceptable behavior. Staring at a wall for 20 minutes bc you're making risotto? As you were, sorry to disturb you. Also, at the end, you have hot, filling, cheesy goodness

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 23h

Friend: idk about this 'veggie medley' thing you want me to make... Me: ah. But you see Me: you drown the vegetables in cheese. As is good and proper Her: OH! Okay, thats...maybe I'll try it, in that case

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 23h

I really enjoy helping ppl learn to cook, and to do it with dishes that are healthy, tasty, and mental illness friendly. It means a lot to me to know that the people I care about eat well, esp if I'm not in a position to cook for them

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Me, any time anyone asks me what they think is going to be a reasonably straightforward, binary yes/no question about Greek mythology/culture:

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a cartoon pirate is sitting at a table giving a thumbs up and saying `` well yes '' .

Alt: Gif of a claymation pirate captain saying "Well yes, but actually no"

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Thinking about this more, and just Gen: I once saw my grandfather take a man's head off that way Teleus: I didn't realize [your maternal grandfather] was so warlike Gen: Gen: Like most men, Teleus, I have *two* grandfathers Boy cannot escape the legacy of EITHER SIDE OF HIS FAMILY

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Another sign I'm doing Super Well Mentally right now is that the line "Because I only have one hand and it's not even the right one!" has been echoing in my head on a loop for the past like half hour? (to be fair to me, tho, it's the energy I'm bringing to an RP i'm doing with a friend rn)

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Listen, it's fine, i'm fine, everything's fine, I am very extremely normal about this I swear, yes it is midnight, shut up

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Two young men whose homes are under threat of being consumed by their neighbors, two young men with deeply complicated relationships with their fathers, who have gods looking over their shoulders and befriend the heirs of other kingdoms trying to save their homes

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Little Wolf is hitting especially hard because it's a reference to Telemachus' grandfather (whose name was literally 'The Wolf Himself', Autolycus), so two young men who are constantly defined by the names & deeds of their grandfathers and I just

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Started relistening to Epic The Musical and accidentally started thinking about The Thief and I am too mentally ill for the emotions it's causing me to experience

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Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

moby-dick, his eyes enormous: from hell's heart you STAB at moby? for hate's sake you spit your last BREATH at moby? oh! oh! the great shroud of the sea for ahab! the great shroud of the sea rolling on as it rolled five thousand years ago!!!!

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theredseraph @theredseraph.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Hey folks guess who commissioned new art completely forgetting what yesterday was? That's right it's this fire. Anyway, happy belated #TDOV I hope, like me, you continue to be, even in a world that elicts fear. Art is by @starlightnoelle.bsky.social

An image of a fully armored knight wtih a surcoat and six blazing wings stands center frame. Flames and sparks and leaping off the wings and the knight's helmet and surcoat. The knight's left hand is held out in an offeratory position to the viewer. The knight's helmet glows from within, white along the visor and beneath the colors of the trans flag glow through openings in the lower face guard. A word bubble from the knight reads as follows:
Be afraid if you must. But BE.

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Like, you can't think of ANY other options? Really??? *None*??? What did you do before you had AI and you ran into this problem? And I know the answer is "bc it's less work for them, humans love the easy out" but there are TRULY no upsides to using it

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Talking to people about why I don't use AI and have concerns about it always results in the other person saying some variation of "But you don't understand! I *HAD* to use it! I'd tried nothing and was all out of ideas!" and it makes me want to SCREAM

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Barbarian sounds so much less cool when you realize it's just ancient greek for "blahblahbian"

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

For a second playthrough, make me an ancient crone. The game of keeping me alive clearly won't be difficult enough for you otherwise

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Alright, try not to kill me first i guess

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

anyway, based on this clearly very large and robust sample size that is definitely indicative of larger populations, we can conclude that orange = human-friendly, but when paired with the x chromosome or white gene, it's coupled with assholery. totally how genetics work, trust me, i'm a historian

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

TUXEDO dark orange cats alternate between being assholes and sweet cuddle bugs. There's no in-between. The one tuxedo light orange cat I know is an exception. He's actually a himbo. Completely brainless. Sweetest boy on planet earth. Except he also likes attacking feet, so kind of an asshole too

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

FEMALE all-orange cats are not himbos AT ALL. The one I've met was a butthead (affectionate) and the queen of the house, so clearly that definitely applies to all female all-orange cats too

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Male all-orange cats are *extremely* people friendly. Of the 5 male all-oranges I know, 3 of them are really mean to other cats. 2 of them waffle between being neutral and great with other cats, so it's kind of a 50/50 crapshoot

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I have lived with 5 orange cats (not simultaneously) and have extensive experience with 3 others, so I can say with some confidence that the himbo-ness of orange cats is overstated

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Podcast where hosts play and review mobile games (and no, not just the good ones)

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

A podcast where the hosts talk about their current media hyperfixation, but they don't say what it is, and they have to be vague enough about it that the other host could conceivably believe they're talking about the same IP

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

A podcast where certain words are banned from being said (an extended game of taboo)

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

It's fine to just not like musicals, that I have no issues with, it's the nitpicking about the singing that bugs me. Do people truly just lack that much joy in their hearts that they can't imagine that sometimes people just wanna sing?

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

idk, if ppl can wrap their heads around title screens & soundtracks & the lack of functional bathroom spaces in movies (to say nothing of dragons, magic powers, space ships, etc.), there's no reason to get hung up on the singing part

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

The numbers in a musical are providing the soundtrack AND the internal monologues of the characters AND the external dialogue of the scene all at the same time. They're multi-tasking to fit more story into a limited amount of time. They're a bit like a montage, honestly

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

"I don't like musicals bc I don't get why everyone's bursting into song all the time" so do you just not watch movies unless they have 100% diegetic soundtracks or...?

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Really underestimated how much of adult life was going to be explaining the same thing over and over again to different people, bc something *I* think of as a very basic concept is not that

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

My favorite meal to make when I'm depressed is (perhaps weirdly) risotto. Bc there's not a lot of other meals you can make that give you a legitimate excuse to stand there and stare at the wall for 30min straight. The only real prep is grating cheese & boiling stock, and then it's just

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Alt: Gif of the girl from monster's inc. just staring with a vacant, slack-jawed expression and blinking occasionally

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Procrastinating on math homework with different, harder math www.twitch.tv/nineofneals

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nineofneals - Twitch

Runnin? AND bunnin? In THIS economy???

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

-holds up Lestat like he's an angry, feral cat- Your honor, I love him, he's a petty little bitch who has has done every single thing wrong since he took his last breath, but is that REALLY any reason to punish the man?

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

You do not need to know anything about the setting to join, as it's gonna be a more relaxed place in terms of the canon. All you need to know is: Dragons, misfits and exiles, and a hidden community is on the brink of being rediscovered. Whether they want to be or not

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Hey all, I'm hosting a text-based rpg set in the Dragonriders of Pern series. The site officially opens in less than 2 weeks, but now is a great time to join just to get familiar with the setting: knollweyr.jcink.net

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Knoll Weyr

DRoP RP board set in a non-canon far northern weyr ruled by greens

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Bex 🖤🏴 @thinlyveiledtruth.cryptoanarchy.network · 11/01/2026

My "What You Need To Know About Tear Gas" thread: First, tear gas is a particulate, not an actual vapor or gas. In some cases, this means you can get some of the tear gas off your clothes by standing in a stiff breeze or strong fan.

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Fal @swordling.bsky.social · 30/01/2024

Sleepy Ike and Soren

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?" A list of ideas!

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

on a break, but I will be back shortly to beat up a fisherman

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Finished my homework readings for the week, so i'm gonna reward myself with some more run & bun in about 20min www.twitch.tv/nineofneals

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Twitch

Twitch is the world

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Everyone congratulate @theredseraph.bsky.social for testing negative for covid! Yay for its mask keeping it safe!

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I love how you and MK are both twisted up and Marn is beaming like the sicko staring in the window

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

2 decades ago, I got a shirt at a women's martial arts conference that says "I fight like a girl" bc it made me laugh. Today, I wore it to the pharmacy to pick up my testosterone, bc it STILL makes me laugh, just in a different way

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Nine @swordidnine.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Basically, CPA = knows finance stuff well enough to help detect & prevent fraud, needs to be knowledgeable in all areas. CFP = more focused on retirement funds & stonk stuff. Both should be able to handle taxes easy tho

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