a cartoon seal is looking up at the sky ALT: a cartoon seal is looking up at the sky

Evidently knowledge is wasted on the willfully ignorant. Your sea lion efforts are exhausting.

Do you just not understand how writing and literature work? These types of stories have been told for centuries. Frozen isn't new. This is a common trope of overcoming a personal flaw and the enemies to lovers story. It's a hero's journey tale.

I have a literal master's degree in this and boy do I have bad news for you about how stories work and the history of literature.

Happy National Poetry Month. Thanks to everyone here for giving me a place to share writing and writers I love.

From Linda Pastan's book, Queen of a Rainy Country.

#poem #nationalpoetrymonth #books #writing

From Pat Schneider's book, The Weight of Love: bit.ly/weightofloveLB

#poem #books #writing

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Seeing lots of misinfo flying around on the left recently. Three different things on bluesky this morning that are either factually wrong or so utterly devoid of context that they might as well be.

We're not immune to this, and it's important to read the article and check sources.

Damn bro. This is crazy. I can't believe no one warned them that this would happen. AHAHAHAHAHAHA

My friend @jaymichaelson.bsky.social shared some key info on the Zuckerbook.

Important. Quoting him. Follow him. Don’t give up. We fight. 1/x 🧵

“Hello! I'm posting in response to the many sincerely anguished claims that not enough is being done to stop Trump. This is not reflected in the facts.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro's full post ordering an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods, says he doesn't really like traveling to the U.S. because it's “a bit boring” and invokes the ancestors

A bunch of fascists stand behind a woman who has just quoted scripture and, calling for mercy, as Christ did. They are angry, confused, and despicable because they are all weak little piss babies. The caption reads "Trump's furious beause as a Bishop, Budde can move as far as she wants diagnoally, but as a Russian pawn he can only move one square at a time." The awards for this caption are not present, but clearly implied.

No notes.

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Louisiana is already adapting

US lawmakers: let's ban TikTok, what's the worse that can happen? There’s a collage of posts from a social media site Americans watching Chinese grocery hauls on XHS Rednote and realizing how much we're struggling to just eat real food in this country... THIS is what they were afraid TikTok would do - radicalize Americans to the truth 04.4K Q160 C264 722 watching grocery hauls on rednote is realizing people in China are paying le than $1 for a pound of corn and we pa more than $7 for the same amount... AND THE CORN IS GROWN HERE. • Chinese people on RedNote are finding out Americans actually have to work two jobs to survive, something previously believed was just government propaganda Someone on Rednote asked if it's true that in America, schools have active shooter drills and train teachers to figh against armed students or if that's just fearmongering propaganda from the news Someone in the comments of REDNOTE asked if people in the USA really had to pay for an ambulance in America or if that was just Chinese propaganda.... we've fallen so far behind as a country.

Fuck around and find out

TIRED: "well obviously this thing Biden did on his way out will be overturned immediately, so it means nothing"
WIRED in a way that's *useful*: "Biden says the ERA is ratified, and if [when] SCOTUS says it's not, they're illegitimately taking rights away from women and we need to demand them back"

Oops it's me.

I read this entire goddamn article after finding out my mom has cancer and now I regret having woken up and gotten out of bed this morning. The only thing I have to say about this is that predators will be in plain sight and people will tie themselves in knots to ignore and hide them.

this report of leaks regarding what actually happened at hugo awards shows a disgusting way. years of buckaroos working in and around hugo awards popularizing phrases like 'chuck tingle made the hugos illegitimate' when the rot was starting with them. file770.com/the-2023-hug...

when someone notices your copy of 'gay t-rex law firm: executive boner'

Wow, my garbage fire of a personal life just improved by 100% today knowing that Kris Kristofferson - absolute legend and all around nice guy - has outlived fake patriot bro Toby Keith.

My Cooked Apples Recipe Will Bring All The Apple Monsters to The Yard I have been asked for this recipe and so I shall supply it, in accordance with The Law of Internet Acquiescence. To remind, I have noted that I make killer (not literally) cooked apples, and so I&#…

HELLO here is an apple recipe. For cooked apples. Which is really easy. But mine are really good. Behold my Strong Apple Opinions (aka "applepinions"):

I've basically just been sitting on this account and not actually doing anything on this alternative hellsite, but apparently I have POTS and I have to do a huge cardiology workup. RIP my bank account from all the recent ER bills to get this prelim dx from my PCP.

Awkward photo of the back of my head. I'm wearing a slouchy hat I crocheted out of deep burgundy yarn.

Photo of my face and front profile of the hat. It's styled in a way that leaves just the front edge of my hair visible. The brim is slightly rolled and you can see the rest slouched on the back of my head.

I continue to only be here for cute animal pics but it would be nice if this app actually sent notifications to my phone so I could remember I even have it.

Anyway, here's my face. I actually finished a crochet project this year instead of leaving it unfinished in a box for a decade. lolol

why the fuck do people miss DMs so much. this shit is for goofing off in public, get right with the Lord

I have a necklace similar to the bone necklace below and it's amazing. Y'all need this jewelry.

This makes me feel like I need more toys because my collection isn't nearly as big.

I also need to point out that photos like this are kind of traumatizing for me because my dad is NEVER this happy to see me or my brother or my mom, and he's perpetually disappointed/disgusted with us. MEANWHILE he's totally excited about being home with his family.