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Freelance Editor (http://dianagilleditorial.com), formerly at HarperCollins, PRH, and Tor/Macmillan. One of first trained KonMari consultants. Needs: caffeine. Wants: plane tix. Opinions mine. She/her. Stop hate.
@blackamazon.bsky.social and I are available for consulting on this topic. We could prevent so much harm and bullshit in return for housing security and no more student loans!!!
Sharing tips on how to write a query letter, step by step, in my latest newsletter: nepheletempest.substack.com/p/crafting-a...
"Two charismatic marsupial species that had been thought extinct for 6,000 years are alive in rainforest in remote West Papua."
Oh yeah this is super cool as both the pygmy long-fingered possum and ring-tailed glider were previously only known from fossils 🤯🧪🐀
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Why do you want to have a 1970s music pavilion at the Shakespeare festival?"
"It features wine made by the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party!"
"But how does that make it anything to do with Shakespeare?"
"Mao is the vintner of our disco tent!"
[Exit, pursued by a bear]
Still trying. Eviction starts on the 10th. Late fees accrue every day til then.
My statement on Secretary Noem's firing:
As one of your voting constituents, THANK YOU
There used to be an old sign by the path, warning passers-by of the local sleeping willow, which would trap the unwary with fatigue, engulf them while they slept, and release them a hundred years later.
There was a new sign:
"This sleeping willow is full."
And a map of other locations to try.
Twelfth Night. Midsummer. The Henriad (wrote my BA on it)/Henry V.
Now I gotta reread
FIRE FROM HEAVEN!!!!!!
I will just note that I finally gave in and got a refurbished Litter Robot (because they are $$$), and it has been the best purchase ever/worth every penny. I have a finicky diva and now I just have to empty the bag and replace it like every 3+ weeks (would be sooner with 2, but).
[Exit Murderer.]
specific guys aside—it is politically and morally bankrupt to be told we must seriously consider how many is too many pieces of nazi flair
Important terms for World Book Day
Abibliophobia: fear of running out of reading matter
Tsundoku 🇯🇵: letting books pile up without reading them
Librocubicularist: a person who reads in bed
Déjá-lu: you’re reading something you have already read
Bibliobibuli: someone who reads alot/drunk on books
a pack of kittens closes in a a large dog standing on a chair
David Attenborough [whispering]:
“As the predators close in on their helpless prey, we can only watch in silent horror, for it is not man’s role to interfere in the hierarchy of nature.”
An intricate octopus cut from a single piece of paper
Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda hand-cut this life-sized octopus from one sheet of paper. Known as Kirie in Japanese (translated as “cut picture”), the art form involves cutting intricate forms from a single sheet of white paper and then contrasting it against a black background to reveal the design.
Sadly, never not relevant.
Gorgeous ikebana flower arrangement--A black metal hoop surrounds pink striped phalenopsis orchids (1 cluster at the top, one lower) in the center. Black bamboo behind it, with green leaves and green variegated pothos in the center and lower left.
Grey cat with green eyes sit. on a pale comforter, with an aqua wall and white window frame in the background. His front paws are tucked beneath him. Half Russian blue and all diva.
Hey, y’all, want to support queer & trans youth in Wisconsin schools? From now to 6pm CST, a matching donor is TRIPLING all contributions to GSAFE, an org I can strongly endorse since I’ve been working with them for almost 20 years: tinyurl.com/tbscabell26
Happy happy pub day! I've been meaning to tell you how much I enjoyed reading it....
I've got a copy of this and already making notes on some things to switch. It's great.
Northern California’s first condor egg in 100 years reported in redwood tree
Who COULDN’T use some good news? ‘ Scientists with the Yurok Tribe say that two of dozens of condors released to the wild in Humboldt County since 2022, to reestablish the endangered birds, have paired up, built a nest in a redwood tree and appear to be tending to an egg.”
#californiacondor
Still need help.
$10/$5,500
I saw a few Black women crowdfunding for 3+ years and even longer than that and still not funded. Like, fuck. This shit is crazy.
Sharing helps this post bust out the tiny bubble and reach people with the resources to help. So, please do.
Thank you 💛
for those of you who werent adults during iraq, its hard to overstate how much the media loves war porn. they salivate over pentagon spin briefings. they love stories about all the bombs and how supposedly infallible they are. they love the notion of the commander in chief, in the situation room etc
Bumping this. Also, much gratitude to those who have helped me get the word out.
I hate this timeline so much
We’re still running this fundraiser—if you or someone you know needs a query critique, jump in!
The Voyageurs Wolf Project of Northern Minnesota tags & documents grey wolf ecology & behavior: www.voyageurswolfproject.org
The video you see here is confirmatory proof:
Wolves. Love. Blueberries.
As much as 83% of a wolf's calories in summer months comes from eating berries.
just became aware of this--the regime wants to clear-cut massive chunks of Oregon's old growth forests in the name of timber production.
you have until March 23rd to comment.
i know we have endless fucking things to scream at politicians about--this is an important one too.
