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Nospheratt 🏳️‍🌈

@nospheratt.bsky.social

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Joy instigator. https://nospheratt.com/the-quest-for-joy/ Romance & fic writer. Stucky forever. 🏳️‍🌈 Any pronouns. Anxiety + depression, Notion app, writing, books, people. I tell stories, drink mate & talk too much.

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Nospheratt 🏳️‍🌈 @nospheratt.bsky.social · Apr 10

And.... IT IS FINALLY DONE 🌿🌿🌿

You can now subscribe to my weekly Quests for Joy!

Come, join me. We are not pretending everything is fine (it's not, it's really fucking not 🫠) but we need joy to keep going. 💚

nospheratt.com/newsletter/

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 5d

And to also let you know:

That the picture book based on this essay is being released in July of next year...

And I really can't wait for all of you to read it, and I'm forever grateful to Ann Marie and Kate at Henry Holt for believing it could be a picture book too.

The Great Pumpkin Pancake Party

Amazon.com: The Great Pumpkin Pancake Party: 9781250375995: Pewter, Celeste, Wu, Kelly: Libros

www.amazon.com

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 5d

I'm still working on this proposal. But before I get back to it:

I want to follow my annual tradition of sharing this essay I wrote about my grandfather's favorite Halloween tradition in 2019 -

(I always miss him more this time of year!)

My Grandfather’s Halloween Treat Changed Our Block Forever

How my grandfather won Halloween with this Chinese pumpkin pancakes.

www.thrillist.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4d

What, if anything, did the No Kings protests accomplish?

I've seen that pop up in everything from genuine inquiry to sneering dismissal. For anyone asking or facing that question, here's an answer.

Everything isn't all fixed, of course. But the protests accomplished at least these seven things:

7 Things the No Kings Protests Accomplished

The political emergency isn't over, of course, but who thought it would be. Here are seven things this weekend's protests accomplished.

www.arcdigital.media

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Nospheratt 🏳️‍🌈 @nospheratt.bsky.social · 21d

💔 No. Words.

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🎬 ScreenMedia 🎞 @screenmedia.bsky.social · 25d

Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer “THE SOUND OF MUSIC” (1965)dir. Robert Wise

🎬 20th Century-Fox
#JulieAndrews90

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Nospheratt 🏳️‍🌈 @nospheratt.bsky.social · Sep 22

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I am deeply saddened and I know many, many people in the community are heartbroken as well.

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SonomaLass ⚾ 🍺 🌮 @sonomalass.bsky.social · Sep 22

Folks can DM me or @ me if you want your name and a sentiment on a big card for @isobelcarr.com. So many folks in the romance community will miss her and want to let her know how much she meant to them. Communicating those thoughts is a task I can take on.

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Nospheratt 🏳️‍🌈 @nospheratt.bsky.social · Sep 22

I'm just. I have no words. 💔

If you could include me in the card, I'd be eternally grateful. I will miss her and keep her memory in my heart. I'm glad to have known her, even through all this distance.

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Nospheratt 🏳️‍🌈 @nospheratt.bsky.social · Sep 19

It's hard and awkward at first, but "fake til you make it" works here. Just keep writing things down, even when you are not really sure it counts (it always does). Even when you're not really feeling it, or you think you're kidding yourself.

Every little bit of "I am enough" helps.

Nospheratt 🏳️‍🌈 @nospheratt.bsky.social · Sep 19

It may sound trite, but journaling. Writing about how I feel and countering those negative thoughts *in writing*. Writing down things I've done, stuff people said and moments when I felt like enough and worthy.

Making it a place I can return to and find positive information about myself. 💚

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Nospheratt 🏳️‍🌈 @nospheratt.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you bb!! 💙💚💛🧡❤️🥰

two cats hugging each other with a heart above them

Alt: cartoon of two cats hugging each other with a heart above them

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Nospheratt 🏳️‍🌈 @nospheratt.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙

a drawing of a person loading a virtual hug

Alt: a drawing of a person loading a virtual hug

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Aug 28

Yeah just do this

Do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus? Answer YES

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.”

Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment.

No questions asked.

No proof required.

Pass it on.

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Nospheratt 🏳️‍🌈 @nospheratt.bsky.social · Sep 3

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

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TrueRef by Abbey Esparza @trueref.bsky.social · Sep 2

New references drop Thursday!
Idrissou makes his return. ⚔🖤

art pose reference of a man holding a large greatsword.

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Nospheratt 🏳️‍🌈 @nospheratt.bsky.social · Sep 2

I absolutely loved Thunderbolts. It was fun and smart in all the best ways - probably my favorite Marvel anything since CATWS 🥰

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no context our flag means death @ofmdnocontext.bsky.social · Sep 1

Three screenshots from OFMD S1E4

1st. Izzy Hands: It's September 1st, boss.

2nd. Edward Teach: What's that, mate?
Izzy: It's September the 1st.

3rd. Ed: Dickfuck, no, it's not.

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Kristy Baxter @kbax.bsky.social · Aug 31

I know it's just the oddities of old punctuation, but man that looks like a winky smile when discussing the ONE INSTANCE, slippery pavement, when an unmarried lady may take an unmarried gentleman's arm

;)

Etiquette for Ladies
by Lady of New York
1845
Internet Archive

An unmarried lady should not take the arm of an unmarried gentleman (unless at night, or when the pavement is slippery ;) if she takes his arm, it is to be presumed that she is engaged to him.

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Cen Galdre @cengaldre.com · Aug 30

just b/c it didn't happen yesterday, doesn't mean it won't happen today, or the next

the spirit of it-mas lives in your heart

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Nospheratt 🏳️‍🌈 @nospheratt.bsky.social · Aug 30

AMEN

Dylan Macri, Cadhla182, Commissions Open @dylanmacri.bsky.social · Aug 30

Doomscrolling is a lot more fun when you're rooting for the doom

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'Nathan Burgoine 👻 (Boo-goine!) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · Aug 30

Oh. He’s here. Duh. @tastinghistory.bsky.social.

Go follow.

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Nospheratt 🏳️‍🌈 @nospheratt.bsky.social · Aug 30

Absolute joy of a channel, I'm a longtime fan! 💜💜💜💜

'Nathan Burgoine 👻 (Boo-goine!) @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · Aug 30

Today’s joy-scrolling is a YouTube channel we often follow, "Tasting History." Max Miller recreates recipes from all over history.

He’s funny, and does little history lessons alongside the recipes.

What it was like to visit a Medieval Tavern

YouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller

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Nospheratt 🏳️‍🌈 @nospheratt.bsky.social · Aug 30

I absolutely love Tasting History. I've turned several people into fans 😁

YAY that he's here, thanks for the tip! 💜