Charlotte Henley Babb
@charlottebabb.bsky.social
Writer, Artist, Fairy Godmother (she/her cishetwhtoldfat)
From fractured fairy tales to space opera to steampunk, I am creating my own worlds because reality sucks.
From fractured fairy tales to space opera to steampunk, I am creating my own worlds because reality sucks.
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Step 1: Sign up for a FREE library card at your local library today.
Step 2: Enter a world of possibilities.
Step 3: Share some of the library joy that is sure to come.
Step 2: Enter a world of possibilities.
Step 3: Share some of the library joy that is sure to come.
fry from futurama says " and it 's all thanks to the books at my local library .. "
ALT: fry from futurama says " and it 's all thanks to the books at my local library .. "
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November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Step 1: Sign up for a FREE library card at your local library today.
Step 2: Enter a world of possibilities.
Step 3: Share some of the library joy that is sure to come.
Step 2: Enter a world of possibilities.
Step 3: Share some of the library joy that is sure to come.
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i have been rereading all my favorite books like, all in a row. i just finished "seven surrenders"
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
i have been rereading all my favorite books like, all in a row. i just finished "seven surrenders"
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
Episode 34: A Listening Device
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For once, Stubbings was good as his word. “That should keep your brain well-nourished,” he said. “The boss is getting impatient with your progress.”
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For once, Stubbings was good as his word. “That should keep your brain well-nourished,” he said. “The boss is getting impatient with your progress.”
Episode 34: A Listening Device
She tries to explain the design flaws to Stubbings
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November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Episode 34: A Listening Device
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For once, Stubbings was good as his word. “That should keep your brain well-nourished,” he said. “The boss is getting impatient with your progress.”
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/episode-34...
For once, Stubbings was good as his word. “That should keep your brain well-nourished,” he said. “The boss is getting impatient with your progress.”
The Indian in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I was so happy at the end.
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Indian in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I was so happy at the end.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Monochrome Photography
Todd Stoll ©
November 24th, 2025
Realme Q3 Pro 5G
#Photography
#ManualFocus
#ManualExposure
Todd Stoll ©
November 24th, 2025
Realme Q3 Pro 5G
#Photography
#ManualFocus
#ManualExposure
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Monochrome Photography
Todd Stoll ©
November 24th, 2025
Realme Q3 Pro 5G
#Photography
#ManualFocus
#ManualExposure
Todd Stoll ©
November 24th, 2025
Realme Q3 Pro 5G
#Photography
#ManualFocus
#ManualExposure
At’The Word for the World’ exhibition of Le Guin’s maps and it includes what reads as a very irate note to her cover artist about how a dragon should look.
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
Episode 33: The Mauvertons Inquire
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The Mauverton detectives disrupted every aspect of the compound from the chambermaids to the clerks, to the butler and the groundskeepers, detaining everyone from their jobs.
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/episode-33...
The Mauverton detectives disrupted every aspect of the compound from the chambermaids to the clerks, to the butler and the groundskeepers, detaining everyone from their jobs.
Episode 33: The Mauvertons Inquire
No one knows where Berenice is, No leads.
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Episode 33: The Mauvertons Inquire
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The Mauverton detectives disrupted every aspect of the compound from the chambermaids to the clerks, to the butler and the groundskeepers, detaining everyone from their jobs.
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/episode-33...
The Mauverton detectives disrupted every aspect of the compound from the chambermaids to the clerks, to the butler and the groundskeepers, detaining everyone from their jobs.
Reposted by Charlotte Henley Babb
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Turtle Quotes from Famous People
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Human beings can learn valuable lessons in conservation of necessary personal resources for accomplishing the fundamental tenants of life by observing a judiciously paced turtle.
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
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Human beings can learn valuable lessons in conservation of necessary personal resources for accomplishing the fundamental tenants of life by observing a judiciously paced turtle.
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
Turtle Quotes from Famous People
I love turtles, and I have some fun AI pix of them.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Turtle Quotes from Famous People
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/turtle-quo...
Human beings can learn valuable lessons in conservation of necessary personal resources for accomplishing the fundamental tenants of life by observing a judiciously paced turtle.
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/turtle-quo...
Human beings can learn valuable lessons in conservation of necessary personal resources for accomplishing the fundamental tenants of life by observing a judiciously paced turtle.
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
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Stop calling it a "peace plan". It's a genocide plan with some business side deals thrown in for our corrupt "leadership".
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Stop calling it a "peace plan". It's a genocide plan with some business side deals thrown in for our corrupt "leadership".
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This time of year can be especially difficult. Folks, please take good care of yourself and each other this winter.
And remember: if you or a loved one is in crisis, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free, confidential help 24/7.
www.waow.com/news/lincoln...
And remember: if you or a loved one is in crisis, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free, confidential help 24/7.
www.waow.com/news/lincoln...
Lincoln County pushes for more awareness amid rising suicides
MERRILL, Wis. (WAOW) - A warning out of Lincoln County as officials say suicide rates are on the rise this year, raising concern across the community.
www.waow.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This time of year can be especially difficult. Folks, please take good care of yourself and each other this winter.
And remember: if you or a loved one is in crisis, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free, confidential help 24/7.
www.waow.com/news/lincoln...
And remember: if you or a loved one is in crisis, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free, confidential help 24/7.
www.waow.com/news/lincoln...
When Sh*t Does Not Happen
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So things aren’t going the way you’d like, Baby? Sh*t happens. And what if it doesn’t?
The un-com-fart-able bloating, the blocked thinking, the anal-retentive (we even have a word for sh*t not happening) compulsiveness...
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/when-sht-d...
So things aren’t going the way you’d like, Baby? Sh*t happens. And what if it doesn’t?
The un-com-fart-able bloating, the blocked thinking, the anal-retentive (we even have a word for sh*t not happening) compulsiveness...
When Sh*t Does Not Happen
Are you stuck in some blocked attitude or uncomposted thinking?
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November 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
When Sh*t Does Not Happen
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/when-sht-d...
So things aren’t going the way you’d like, Baby? Sh*t happens. And what if it doesn’t?
The un-com-fart-able bloating, the blocked thinking, the anal-retentive (we even have a word for sh*t not happening) compulsiveness...
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/when-sht-d...
So things aren’t going the way you’d like, Baby? Sh*t happens. And what if it doesn’t?
The un-com-fart-able bloating, the blocked thinking, the anal-retentive (we even have a word for sh*t not happening) compulsiveness...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This story is nuts.
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."
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Weird how this works
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An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Weird how this works
EVERY
SINGLE
TIME
EVERY
SINGLE
TIME
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New #WriterBeware blog post: Among the most frequent publisher complaints I receive: non-payment of royalties and failure to provide sales reports. A look at three recent offenders, who collectively owe thousands that it seems unlikely authors will be able to recoup writerbeware.blog/2025/11/21/r...
Royalties in Arrears: Mango Publishing / Blushing Books / Bottlecap Press - Writer Beware
Publishers do a lot of bad things (as the archives of this blog attest), but among the most infuriating–and, often, the hardest to remedy–is the failure to pay authors the money they are due. Non-paym...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New #WriterBeware blog post: Among the most frequent publisher complaints I receive: non-payment of royalties and failure to provide sales reports. A look at three recent offenders, who collectively owe thousands that it seems unlikely authors will be able to recoup writerbeware.blog/2025/11/21/r...
Quantum Physics
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At 2:14 am she is lying in bed, curled up between her cat and a long pillow. She moves. The cat licks itself.
Many universes exist: in some, he never asked.
In others, she said “yes.”
But in all of them, she ended up alone.
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/quantum-ph...
At 2:14 am she is lying in bed, curled up between her cat and a long pillow. She moves. The cat licks itself.
Many universes exist: in some, he never asked.
In others, she said “yes.”
But in all of them, she ended up alone.
Quantum Physics
“Quantum physics is stranger than science fiction.”
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November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Quantum Physics
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/quantum-ph...
At 2:14 am she is lying in bed, curled up between her cat and a long pillow. She moves. The cat licks itself.
Many universes exist: in some, he never asked.
In others, she said “yes.”
But in all of them, she ended up alone.
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/quantum-ph...
At 2:14 am she is lying in bed, curled up between her cat and a long pillow. She moves. The cat licks itself.
Many universes exist: in some, he never asked.
In others, she said “yes.”
But in all of them, she ended up alone.
Episode 32: The Baron Interviews Lord Bruce
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Baron Moxham had called in the Mauverton detectives because all the devices Berenice had created were missing.
Possibly, someone else took them and Berenice. That pointed to Stubbings.
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/episode-32...
Baron Moxham had called in the Mauverton detectives because all the devices Berenice had created were missing.
Possibly, someone else took them and Berenice. That pointed to Stubbings.
Episode 32: The Baron Interviews Lord Bruce
The search widens as there are no good leads.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Episode 32: The Baron Interviews Lord Bruce
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/episode-32...
Baron Moxham had called in the Mauverton detectives because all the devices Berenice had created were missing.
Possibly, someone else took them and Berenice. That pointed to Stubbings.
charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/episode-32...
Baron Moxham had called in the Mauverton detectives because all the devices Berenice had created were missing.
Possibly, someone else took them and Berenice. That pointed to Stubbings.
Reposted by Charlotte Henley Babb
You and I, in quiet harmony.
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#CatsofBluesky #CatMom #CatHumor #blueskyねこ部#AIART
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
You and I, in quiet harmony.
#RoyalCat #CatEmperor #MeowQuotes
#Caturday #kitten #pet #cat #cats #cozy #CatLife #Meow #catlover #CatsOfInstagram
#CatsofBluesky #CatMom #CatHumor #blueskyねこ部#AIART
#RoyalCat #CatEmperor #MeowQuotes
#Caturday #kitten #pet #cat #cats #cozy #CatLife #Meow #catlover #CatsOfInstagram
#CatsofBluesky #CatMom #CatHumor #blueskyねこ部#AIART