🏳️⚧️🇨🇦 Valkyrie Eleison
@anitmata.bsky.social
@beneprism.rip's Canadian girlfriend and Polybius speedrun champion 2021.
Semiotics, Assyriology, literature, writing, and border collies.
Liberal. Words mean how they're used. Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions.
Semiotics, Assyriology, literature, writing, and border collies.
Liberal. Words mean how they're used. Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions.
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the Michelin man is kinda like a Greek god in the sense that he presides over tires and which restaurants are good
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
the Michelin man is kinda like a Greek god in the sense that he presides over tires and which restaurants are good
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My neighbor put a sign in her window asking what my cat’s name was. It was a lovely little bit of human interaction at a time when I really needed it.
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM
My neighbor put a sign in her window asking what my cat’s name was. It was a lovely little bit of human interaction at a time when I really needed it.
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My favorite ludicrous New Yorker style is that they print initialisms in full caps but acronyms (initialisms pronounced as words) in small caps, so in the days of CD-ROMs, they'd write the word like this:
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
My favorite ludicrous New Yorker style is that they print initialisms in full caps but acronyms (initialisms pronounced as words) in small caps, so in the days of CD-ROMs, they'd write the word like this:
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Mmmkay so, I went through and counted every single time they say the word "kill" in Legend of Korra
There's more of them than I thought!
But! It's literally never future tense. Not a single "I'll kill you," or "you'll have to kill him," not even "he'll kill you"
Almost all past tense
There's more of them than I thought!
But! It's literally never future tense. Not a single "I'll kill you," or "you'll have to kill him," not even "he'll kill you"
Almost all past tense
It's strange, I don't think we actually see anyone get killed on screen in ATLA? Maybe Combustion Man I guess? And Jet, just offscreen but heavily implied?
But they do actually say the word "kill" a few times
Whereas in Korra we DO see people get killed, but hoo boy do they dance around the word
But they do actually say the word "kill" a few times
Whereas in Korra we DO see people get killed, but hoo boy do they dance around the word
November 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Mmmkay so, I went through and counted every single time they say the word "kill" in Legend of Korra
There's more of them than I thought!
But! It's literally never future tense. Not a single "I'll kill you," or "you'll have to kill him," not even "he'll kill you"
Almost all past tense
There's more of them than I thought!
But! It's literally never future tense. Not a single "I'll kill you," or "you'll have to kill him," not even "he'll kill you"
Almost all past tense
It's important to work on your artistic goals every day
I made some porn today
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
It's important to work on your artistic goals every day
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Starting to prepare my next update to the Canada Anti-Trans Risk Map. It’ll be a delta update focusing on hateful bills in B.C. and Alberta + the conservatisation of other provinces (in particular Ont. and Qué.).
Any thoughts on what else should I make sure to include?
Any thoughts on what else should I make sure to include?
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Starting to prepare my next update to the Canada Anti-Trans Risk Map. It’ll be a delta update focusing on hateful bills in B.C. and Alberta + the conservatisation of other provinces (in particular Ont. and Qué.).
Any thoughts on what else should I make sure to include?
Any thoughts on what else should I make sure to include?
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Not to mention he was struck down by a Michael
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Not to mention he was struck down by a Michael
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i am not a christian but i have no idea why there isn't some big panic about a guy called "mr. beast" amassing tremendous amounts of fame and influence by literally getting people to do dangerous and degrading things
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
i am not a christian but i have no idea why there isn't some big panic about a guy called "mr. beast" amassing tremendous amounts of fame and influence by literally getting people to do dangerous and degrading things
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Weirdly, this is all part of a 50-year-long plan to get their parents back together
The identical twin brother of MAGA Texas Rep. Troy Nehls is hoping to replace his brother in Congress after Nehls announced his retirement on Saturday.
MAGA Rep. Tries to Hand Seat to Literally Identical Successor
Trever Nehls is hoping to replace his brother, Texas Rep. Troy Nehls, in Congress.
trib.al
November 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Weirdly, this is all part of a 50-year-long plan to get their parents back together
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One of the best worldbuilding guides you can read is Tolkien's notes on translation, where he talks about the fact that *everything* you write is in practice being translated into English; is is no more anachronistic to use the word "September" than it is use the word "sword" or "house" or "hello".
Not sure how I feel when a book tells me that instead of "12 months" they have "10 arcs," which are each 40 days long, and they all have names like Blossomarc, Flamearc Snowarc,.... I appreciate the world building, but couldnt we have just kept the calendar the same?
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 AM
One of the best worldbuilding guides you can read is Tolkien's notes on translation, where he talks about the fact that *everything* you write is in practice being translated into English; is is no more anachronistic to use the word "September" than it is use the word "sword" or "house" or "hello".
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The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
Atproto extension idea: filter that takes @jazzpomegranate's posts and replaces them the display name and picture
November 30, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Atproto extension idea: filter that takes @jazzpomegranate's posts and replaces them the display name and picture
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Thank you — your comment was the tipping point where I stopped being lazy and looked up where I'd seen that illustration before.
A bunch more here :
www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/14/i...
A bunch more here :
www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/14/i...
Vibrant Vintage Illustrations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey by Alice and Martin Provensen
Ancient Greek mythology meets mid-century art.
www.themarginalian.org
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Thank you — your comment was the tipping point where I stopped being lazy and looked up where I'd seen that illustration before.
A bunch more here :
www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/14/i...
A bunch more here :
www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/14/i...
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Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
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"I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better than to have us feel awful about who we are."
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"I keep thinking that evil would like nothing better than to have us feel awful about who we are."
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I linked her great Tenerife article but @kyracloudy.bsky.social is one of the best air crash writers around and she always covers human factors in depth
January 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I linked her great Tenerife article but @kyracloudy.bsky.social is one of the best air crash writers around and she always covers human factors in depth
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There's a bunch more of the Provensen's illustrations of Greek mythology here:
www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/14/i...
www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/14/i...
Vibrant Vintage Illustrations of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey by Alice and Martin Provensen
Ancient Greek mythology meets mid-century art.
www.themarginalian.org
November 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
There's a bunch more of the Provensen's illustrations of Greek mythology here:
www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/14/i...
www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/14/i...
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Alice and Martin Provensen
November 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Alice and Martin Provensen
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it’s not that the number 69 really is all that funny past the age of like twelve. it’s that it’s fun to pretend it is
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
it’s not that the number 69 really is all that funny past the age of like twelve. it’s that it’s fun to pretend it is
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I see incredible engagement in my popular seminar class, it’s been my best class ever. But that thread articulates what I’m seeing in my Gen ed classes. It feels like there are fewer students in the middle than ever.
November 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I see incredible engagement in my popular seminar class, it’s been my best class ever. But that thread articulates what I’m seeing in my Gen ed classes. It feels like there are fewer students in the middle than ever.
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fwiw this has not been my experience at all
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
fwiw this has not been my experience at all
I read this as "you are not a burden / you deserve supper" and yeah I do
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I read this as "you are not a burden / you deserve supper" and yeah I do
Sometimes you have to follow someone just because you like how they think
If medieval guilds and fraternities had inflatable balloon technology, they would have gone so hard. Gigantic balloon of the side wound of Christ, St Lucy with her eyes as two separate balloons, Margaret and her dragon
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Sometimes you have to follow someone just because you like how they think
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![Chris Wanka (@fyreman2006) on twitter:
"Can we get serotonin
My brain: we have serotonin
The serotonin at home: Cortisol"
[for every mention of a neurotransmitter the diagram is given]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreiarfslcqu4ls52wdgbsy722uyjsfn6yxkn4qr3ct2ztovi52gf72e@jpeg)