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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have some artwork in a group show down in Georgetown, starting Oct. 3. What art? Uh, I forgot to take pictures. So it's a surprise for you and, by the time the show closes, possibly also me. I swear I'll get better about that.

Dramatic graphic text reading "Side Rail gallery presents the BIG SHOW of small works 2026" overlaid on a blurred, bold graphic of a red circle trailing a jade tail like a comet. Below, in small dark text reads "Art Attack: Oct 10, Nov 14, Dec 12 Saturdays 4-8. Open Oct 3-Dec 19, Saturdays 12-4. 5511 1/2 Airport Way S -siderailcollective.com"

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A friend very kindly tried to send me a fountain pen ink sample and I am devastated to share with you the beautiful paper towel that came wrapped around the almost empty vial.

A wadded up paper towel completely saturated in dried Nagasawa Kobe City Loop Green, rendering it lovely shades of deep teal and the vial, unseen, almost empty.

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AMR - Alexis Mercedes Rinck @alexis4seattle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Take action now against two harmful initiatives that will be on the Washington ballot in November! You can help by sharing this video, donating to No Hate in Washington State, or telling someone the truth about these initiatives. nohateinwastate.org

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am never not going to be mindblown by Josh Johnson's format, but also sometimes I feel like our brains are on the exact same wavelength (only he is funny).

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Are We Building Our Own Extinction?

YouTube video by Josh Johnson

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sometimes a friend and I become mutually reminded that mcsweeney's exists and I swear it leads to calumny every time.

Text dialog reading:
Sender: "I was stuck in a chimney"
Me: "You were a petit parisien? I don't really see you that way "
Sender: "Je suis le gros parisien. That's how I got stuck."

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Me, buying a blind bag of stickers: I'm going to share these with all my pen pals Me, opening up my blind bag of stickers:

The Bilbo Baggins meme where he says "After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?" as his happy charm transforms into almost sinister covetousness, warped by the One Ring as pretty much everything is.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's started raining, so this is the first day in Seattle that actually feels like autumn to me (rather than hinting boldly at it; the smell started a couple weeks ago and leaves have been turning here and there). Weepy persistent rain is a core part of the season for me.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We no longer invite Tabitha over.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Dreamed last night that I made a Venn diagram comparing Schumer and Merz and they both thought it was complimentary. Sometimes I wish I dreamed about my teeth falling out or going out in public naked.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

(busily scheduling emails so it doesn't look like I do my best adulting after midnight)

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I had a conversation with a guy who mentioned he was a certified arborist and instead of being normal the first words out of my mouth were a whispered, "tree law!"

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It's a sad fact but I just shouldn't be trusted around gorilla glue. I can take every precaution, wear latex gloves, and still manage to put a finger in it.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

On the bus home tonight I overheard a woman explaining collective bargaining to a child, who caught on immediately, and sometimes the world can be good.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Tonight the moon has decided to hide from me. And not, like, the way you might expect it to during a lunar eclipse.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My feeder, every single winter.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I've signed onto an open letter of authors (and publishers) who support the striking workers of the Cleveland Public Library system. If you're an author or publisher and want to sign on too, there's information about how to do so! Tell your friends, etc. tinyurl.com/cplsolidarity

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I use the Submission Grinder to track my short story submissions, and it is a great and convenient tool. Incidentally they have a "recent activity" section on the main page and I wanted to send congratulations into the wider internet for this one person in particular:

Line of text reading "Acceptance from Die Laughing Magazine (52 days) Details: (Congratulations portal 2 is the greatest video game of all time and also FUCK ICE!!!)

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I love that my notebooks don't have to be comprehensible to anyone else. Baba Yaga, I write. I add a question mark and underline it all significantly. Then I draw a little house with chicken legs. Do I actually explain? I do not.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 21/08/2026

My Ukrainian publisher Ranok asked me to pass along the news that on 8/1 a warehouse was bombed by Russia, burning about 8 million books, including the print runs of their translated Murderbot editions, + The Cloud Roads & Witch King. This really hurts the publishing house, and 1/-

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The first four minutes of The Last Fifteen Minutes, a marionette musical short film by @shing.bsky.social and @jayackley.bsky.social.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Delta, presumably: please, Seattle, please spend your money on an international summer vacation. The Irish, presumably: you know it's like 15c and rainy right now, right? The Summerlands, obviously: come child, step into the stone circle and dance among us, never to tire or worry or return...

A video ad in a light rail station. The text, in white on a blue background, reads "Delta. Chase an endless summer in Ireland. Shannon is ready when you are." Above it is a photo of rolling green hills and a person in blue jeans, presumably Shannon, frolicking in the grass.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Ah, the joy of a Seattle morning, roving the streets with an $8 coffee, listening to the bleating of lime scooters as the urban everyperson takes it upon themselves to make sure they're no longer blocking sidewalks, bus stops, and disabled access points.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 14/08/2026

Two married professors and their son are being held in ICE detention, despite being legal permanent residents and having no criminal records. All, apparently, because their mom/MIL was a translator for the Iranian hostage takers in 1979, before they were even born. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

thenation.com

One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention

My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

On this, the most special of days (ok, international left-handers day, which I didn't know was a thing until about three hours ago), one of my parents has finally done it: sent me AI slop. I knew this was coming. I was still not prepared.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I've seen Jimothy painted, animated, engraved, and carved in Fordite. The city's thrown impromptu award ceremonies, art contests, and raves in a raccoon's honor, and all I can think is that we should do more of this enthusiastic, creative community and less of... quite a lot really.

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Konner Knudsen @penzerker.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Hey comics people, The Dark Horse union needs your support right now. Senior editors do more work than most of you can possibly imagine and they deserve to be apart of the union. Some of them have been waiting a long time for this. Stand with them! Please sign and share this petition!

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

At 6:00 AM this morning, I woke to birdsong and sunlight, feeling refreshed, one of my cats nestled against my ribs. And then the other cat leaned over the headboard and puked on my foot. I'm not sure today will recover.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I snapped this photo a few weeks ago and finally got around to looking up the number. It's live. You can leave a voice message. Too millennial for phones, but need to liquidate a certain something? Try webuysouls.com; they're harvesting up and down the coast, I'm sure for good reasons.

Photo of a small sign attached to a telephone pole beneath the open mouth of a monster made from spray painted salvage materials. The sign looks like a low-budget advertising of services until you realize it reads "we buy souls! +1 213 293 9156"

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I don't understand how my Costco can stock century eggs and moon cakes, but the Mexican foods mostly taste like they were dreamed up during the infamous Great British Bake Off episode.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

People outside Seattle keep asking me if I've heard of Jimothy as if Seattle hasn't already adopted him as our mascot for all things civic responsibility.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

At the first hint of thunder my cats get up and walk in an orderly, unbothered procession under the bed, with one last glance at me as if to make sure that I know I'm being an idiot for not joining them.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I'm getting more ads like this and some of them aren't even targeted, like the ridiculous taskrabbit one I saw on the lightrail last week.

A screenshot of Yelp trying to lure me into using its app with the text "Not just another AI summary. Get the right answers based on customer... (Probably the missing word is reviews)

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Me, to my ficus: Oh hey buddy, looks like you'll get some better light if I move you three inches this way. Ficus: J'accuse! Betrayal. I'm going to punish you Me: Your distinct lean tells me you've been craving this light. Ficus: .... (drops a leaf) (drops another) (grows three more)

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 05/07/2026

If you are not already buying into Claire's talk trashing JD Vance's trash book, here is some additional incentive. Let's GOOOOOOO

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Well, at least the cats trust me to keep the scary booming noises outside the apartment.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

In other news, this is the sort of content I live for these days, and for the low, low price of $20 you can too.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I don't usually post game scores but this is a fun game that will expose you to a lot of human handcraft through the ages, and I'm slightly aghast at how I just vibe through it. "I feel like this is 500 CE," I say, clicking. Anthropeum.com · Jul 3 2026 🟨🟦🟩🟩🟦🟨🟦🟨🟩🟩 78,504 · top 7% of players today!

anthropeum.com

Anthropeum

A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I have had not one but two companies this week send me polls asking if I wasn't using their services more because AI is fucking it up one way or another, and I have to say, I like this trend very much.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I don't know what it is this summer but my windowless bathroom is haunted by giant moths. Three this week needing an escort back outside. One of them was almost three inches across and wanted to body its way into the nightlight but couldn't squeeze into the gap between it and the wall.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Nature outside my apartment has been a little too red in tooth and claw for my liking today.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I am sitting in a cafe listening to an incredibly white collar (let us be pedants : I mean bourgeois) co-worker lunch group talk about Bezos with an enmity that would have gotten me shocked looks five years ago. It's heartwarming.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I've successfully trained YouTube to run Nina Simone on repeat as it attempts to keep me listening after I've run through whatever I meant to listen to. It doesn't even try to throw in misc. podcasts. It just decides it's time to queue up three different renditions of Sinnerman.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Someone else please tell this blurry jerk that they'll be happier outside. They don't believe me.

Blurry photo of a large, white moth, with long, feathered feelers, a puffy white thorax, and lightly brindled wings, parked at the edge of a door where it might get its wings caught. Wingspan's at least three inches.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

If you missed the kickstarter you can still dream of kaiju.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Watched a pair of crows chase off not one, but two bald eagles this afternoon. One of the eagles was so eager to get away from the small loud asshole it left the other one at their mercy.

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Watson Neith @watsonneith.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Earlier this month I saw a surprisingly reasonably priced condo on the market and made the foolish mistake of looking into my chances on the housing market. I quickly learned my lesson, but ever since I've had recurring dreams about the cool squat I move into after the economy melts down.

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