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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Dune by Frank Herbert, really the whole series

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

#FaveLineFriday A bit of worldbuilding. Nothing really hard hitting this week

Lyn raised a skeptical eyebrow at Leo, "Where did you pick her up?"

"Long story..." While he was thinking of a way to explain the concept, Lyn filled the
void.

"That's what people eat in the slums. It's funny all the things your brain can make you believe. There was this old concept in medicine called a placebo where they would tell people they were treating their disease but only give them some salt water, but because they believed they were being treated and still got better."

Sophia's frown deepened. Leo could see her trying to piece things together. "So... they lie to people that they're eating food, and then their brains make that look like food." Smart girl.

"Yes, but it takes more than that... they send orders to your grey. It makes the lie easier, visual overlay, releasing chemicals to stimulate taste receptors, to make you think you smell the spices that aren't there." There was a hardness in her voice, not uncommon when Leo talked to people on his rounds, but she tried to cover it with a smile.

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#FaveLineFriday I didn’t get as much done as I wanted, but I think there was some good stuff done

Forcing a smile, she pointed towards a fancy looking whiskey near the top shelf, "On the
rocks please."
To his credit, he hid the doubt on his face well. She was good for it, at least for tonight. Tomorrow... she would worry about that tomorrow. It had just been one of those fucking days.

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Sounds fun 1 like = 1 book question 📚💙

book asks:
1. book you've reread the most times?
2. top 5 books of all time?
3. what is your favourite genre?
4. what sections of a bookstore do you browse?
5. where do you buy books?
6. what books have you read in the last month?
7. is there a series/book that got you into reading?
8. what is the first book you remember reading yourself?
9. when do you tend to read most?
10. do you have a guilty fav?
11. what non-fiction books do you like if any?
12. did you enjoy any compulsory high school readings?
13. do you have a goodreads?
14. do you ever mark/dog ear books you own?
15. recommend and review a book.
16. how many books have you read this year?
17. top 5 children's books?
18. do you like historical books? which time period?
19. most disliked popular books?
20. what are things you look for in a book?

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

#WIPSnip For necessary context, this is following a scene where the girls’ group tried to go independent and were met with a violent response from fans

Lyn could still smell the blood through miasma of cigar smoke. The cut wasn't deep, but it had taken an hour before her tears got all of it out of her eye. She coughed on the smoke as her manager got in the back of the agency limo. Some might have called Mr. Moreau handsome with his hard face and modest physique. The mustache would have ruined it for her if it needed to. Fortunately, she had no such delusions. He sat down across from her and opened a beer with a loud crack that cut through the awkward silence of the car, spilling ash from the edge of his cigar on Desta's skirt. Lyn felt Ana's hand tighten around hers from the seat next to her.

"Well," he dragged out, "That was quite a show out there, ladies." His hand reached
around Desta's shoulder, and she tried to hide a shudder. "It's just... no one told me about any of this. He shouted to the front, "Let's get going already Bruno," and the engine sputtered to life.

Lyn knew this would be coming, but she'd hoped she would be on the other side of it with a successful concert to show for Heavens Fall to back her case. The wind was in her face, but some| fights there's no running from, and she wanted this, all three of them wanted this so
badly.

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Made tacos with vegetables from the farmers market, and wow. I don’t think I can go back to grocery store tomatoes

Tacos de pescado with cotija cheese, purple cabbage, and fresh pico de gallo on soft corn tortillas

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I think my first attempt at using phyllo dough turned out decently. Had it with tzatziki sauce and spinach

Kreatopita - Greek meat pie with ground beef and feta cheese in phyllo dough

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

New job starts next Monday, but I got to go to the beach this week. Saw some wild horses. Hopefully I can get a better writing schedule with the new job #weeknightwriters

A group of 4 brown horses crossing sand dunes. The mare appears to be pregnant.

A lone pinto eating grass in the tidal marshes

A group of 4-5 horses far off into the tidal marshes

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

#Mememay Sophia would definitely have a Musharna From there… let’s give her three for the other main characters helping her… Pangoro as Leo, Arcanine as Aylan, Gothitelle as Lyn And then for the last two… eviolite Chansey and Mimikyu

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Yup, Terry Pratchett is Terry Pratchetting with this one #booksky

"We are not running the city," said a chair.
"But we care about the way it is going,
said another.
"Ah," said Mr. Pin. "Right. I remember.
You are concerned citizens." He knew about concerned citizens. Wherever they were, they all spoke the same private language, where
"traditional values" meant "hang someone.”

- The Truth by Terry Pratchett

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Time for more Discworld. Looks like the last standalone for a while. Next after this is the Death series #booksky

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Guilty pleasure: I don’t really believe in feeling guilty about games, but when I look at my playtime in Hyrule Warriors…

Cover art for Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition showing the core cast and characters who were originally DLC

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Underrated game: Ok, so basically it’s an Agatha Christie style murder mystery that may or may not have magic involved

Art of Umineko When They Cry showing the full cast posed against each other

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

First video game: It was an interesting Christmas present

Frogger’s Adventures Temple of the Frog for the Gameboy Advance

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Gotta love when you place a hold at the library, and the wait is 2 and a half years… #booksky

Library hold for Blood Meridian by Cormag McCarthy. 58th in line with one copy (loan term is 2-3 weeks)

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Reading Moving Pictures now, and right from the start, Pratchett has sass for Star Trek #booksky

WATCH…
This is space. It's sometimes called the final frontier.
(Except that of course you can't have a final frontier, because there'd be nothing for it to be a frontier to, but as frontiers go, it's pretty penultimate..

- Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

My cyberpunk’s still in the first draft, but currently: “God is dead” Because what I want to explore in it is how religion operates and adapts within hyper capitalism and the entertainment industry

God is dead. The words flashed across the TV screen hanging above the bar. Some ad for a new game, Aylan thought absently, too engrossed in his beer to really care. He’d hear all about it from the kids next door, through the paper thin walls of his apartment. The reality of the statement wasn’t something he really questioned. It just was. God is dead. Water is wet. Rent is due. It was background noise, those facts of life you don’t think about when you’re not three beers deep at some cheap bar that doesn’t even sell real food.

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Getting so close to the end of the Rincewind books. Australia time #booksky

Cover of The Last Continent: a Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Now there’s that Pratchett insight. I’ve been missing it in the Rincewind books #booksky

string . .. ah .
ah . . . accountant. Have you ever
killed anyone?"
"Not outright. But I've always thought you can do considerable damage with a well-placed Final Demand."
Mr. Saveloy beamed. "Ah, yes," he said.
"Civilization."

- Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Oh there’s the Terry Pratchett I know. May we all live to see boring times again #booksky

“They say it’s very boring there. Their biggest curse is ‘May you live in interesting times,’ apparently.”

- Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I’m now starting Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang. I’ve heard good things about this one #booksky

Cover of Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Merry Christmas. I got peak Discworld this year

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Started Monstrous Regiment. It’s really nice to have Vimes back, even for just one book. I’ll be going through more standalones to break up the Wizards books. Waiting on Pyramids and Small Gods from the library #booksky

Cover of Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

The Discworld’s coming fast recently, moving on to Eric. It’s more Rincewind, but at least it’s short. Next one will probably be Pyramids #booksky

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

It’s Discworld time again! I hope Rincewind gets more interesting this book than he was in the last two. I’m not expecting Vimes level writing, but… #booksky

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

So that’s $15, hopefully good decisions. Both of these were recommended by friends, so hopefully my friends have good taste #gaming

Nintendo switch home screen downloading AI The Somnium Files and Shantae the Pirate’s Curse

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

So it’s been a bit since I finished The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, but this bit won’t leave my head #booksky

“There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth,the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot. The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-like, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is wrath. In the soul of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage”

- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Quote with 2 female video game characters you like Well damn, guess I can’t choose Zelda… so

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

I think this is the closest I have to a celebrity picture, so uhh… not great

The you’re trying to kidnap what I’ve rightfully stolen meme from the princess bride

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Night Watch is feeling like a very timely read. It’s really good so far. #booksky

Coppers liked to say that people shouldn't take the law into their own hands, and they thought they knew what they meant. But they were thinking about peaceful times, and men who went around to sort out a neighbor with a club because his dog had crapped once too often on their doorstep. But at times like these, who did the law belong to? If it shouldn't be in the hands of the people, where the hell should it be? People who knew better? Then you got Winder and his pals, and how good was that?

- Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Finally following the trend. This title screen song is great #gaming #gamesky

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

So this was a bit uncanny to read in Night Watch by Terry Pratchett #booksky

These were not good times. Everyone knew Lord Winded was insane. And then some kid who was equally mad had tried to knock him off and would have done too, if the man hadn’t moved at the wrong moment.

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Definitely the best ones. An interesting thing I ran into on vacation made me like North Carolina too. Seeing it all around the water had me thinking how naval it was, and that was cool and a great change from their old confederate one

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

With very good timing, the library has now delivered The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence. The previous book is still fresh in my mind, and those multi month wait lists coming down so close together is really something I’m excited #booksky

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Library says it’s time for more Discworld. Hopefully this hits the same highs as Fifth Elephant, though it will be a bit sad to say goodbye to the Watch in 3 books #booksky

Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

Ready to borrow

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Really fun when you run into silly nonsense in video games. According to Final Fantasy 4 The After Years, this is a crossbow #gaming

Low poly female ninja character drawing a standard bow

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I don’t think I need to explain why this is incredibly damaging to public knowledge and the field of history or how closely it parallels authoritarian regimes throughout history. Public access to information is the core of a functional democracy. Fucking fascists… www.archives.gov/college-park

From the National Archives website:

Restricted-Access Federal Facility, Effective July 7, 2025

Effective July 7, 2025, the National Archives at College Park, MD, will become a restricted-access federal facility with access only for visitors with a legitimate business need. It will no longer be open to the general public. Security officers will enforce these restrictions, and your cooperation is appreciated.

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Stephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The library says I’m gonna be reading some Le Guin when I finish The Fifth Elephant #booksky

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin

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