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Minerva Zimmerman

@grumpymartian.bsky.social

600 followers 270 following 11K posts

Pretend human and own worst enemy. What am I doing here? Where is this? Do I really need to share my opinion on anything? Why should anyone care? Ignore the creature behind the curtain!!! Do not perceive!

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · Jan 21

Nope.

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 3m

Ok if you were time traveling to the end of the Bronze Age and you could only take a total of 20lbs of equipment and your clothing/shoes/time travel device weigh 3.5 lbs of that leaving 16.5lbs. What would you bring?

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1h

People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇

(Published Dec. 2024)

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...

www.propublica.org

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 3h

The only reason to get rid of interlibrary loan is that you prefer ignorance and illiteracy.

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 1d

“ALL of Florida lost its [interlibrary loan] services as of October 1. This, of course, most harms those in rural communities. That means those with the most to lose and with the weakest access to education and entertainment materials are now wholly dependent on what their own library owns…”

The Current State of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (October 2025 Edition)

Grant money that should be going to library projects is going to state-sponsored propaganda, among other IMLS updates.

buttondown.com

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 2h

This is part of the reason I don't think I can do the gray-grow out from shaving my head.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 5h

the Bajoran version of the Bechdel test is “do two named women talk to each other about something other than murder” and I love “Deep Space Nine” because it fails almost every episode

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 5h

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 5h

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 7h

hey, so if you love what we do

(and boy, do we love putting amazing work out there!!)

consider joining our patreon (as little as $2 a month!): www.patreon.com/c/the_deadla...

or supporting our coin fundraiser (this year's is SO GOOD): psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 11h

guess what?

it's TOC'O TUESDAY!! 🌮 💀

and issue 40 is AMAZING

featuring guest fiction editor @vajra.me!!

are you ready?

thread/

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The Cat Hive @thecathive.bsky.social · 1d

The Criminal

Doodle of an orange cat with a piece of crumpled plastic in his mouth. He is running away quickly, wide-eyed. There is text from someone shouting "WHO IS EATING PLASTIC!!!"

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 10h

You gotta. You just gotta.

Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 12h

This freshly-hatched horror story has possibly my favorite title of any story I've ever written. I give you....

"Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead"

Free to read, at @nightmare-magazine.com !!

www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/cour...

Courtney Lovecraft’s Book of the Dead - Nightmare Magazine

Honey, the spirits are here with us tonight and they are deeply disappointed. [audience laughter] Momma, do you not own a mirror? Did you think you looked cute when you walked out of your house tonigh...

www.nightmare-magazine.com

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 20h

‘96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children’s anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation after the children played with the set.‘

‘Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.’

Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 21h

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment

Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.

www.cnbc.com

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 11h

Is cat— so I assume it depends on the time of day and contents of food bowl

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Nina Fairweather @ninafairweather.com · 11h

Reanimate your darlings

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 12h

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Colton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 11h

I'm fine with Bluesky being the last hurrah of social media but clearly the bubble has burst. This should be at the top of everyone's feed, but it's crickets.

YOU CAN USE A SALMON CANNON

ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 2d

Portland art lovers and fans of unusual fish transportation MUST go see Sasha Fishman’s SHAD MODE at ILY2, there is a functional salmon cannon in the gallery with realistic weight hot pink rubber salmon you can chuck into it

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿 @ commissions open! @nooskadraws.bsky.social · Dec 28

remembering that booktuber who read van gogh's diaries and letters and hated it bc she expected inspirational quotes when in reality most of it is vincent writing about needing money