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Crow Hellum

@crowtoed.bsky.social

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Historian, costumer, cook, warm beverage enthusiast. They/Them Married to @thekroog.bsky.social .

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 1d

Reporting to you live from War Ravaged Portland

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kara @karawra.bsky.social · 1d

#emmrichweek2025 : Day 7 - Free Day!

I decided to depict Emmrich's wonder for travel, how he always wanted to get out of Nevarra and see the world but never took the opportunity to do so before now.

#dragonage #datv #emmrichvolkarin

Three paneled illustration
panel 1: Emmrich stares up in wonder as Neve smiles, looking back at him in Minrathous. It's raining, and the Archon's Palace can be seen above. There's a blue sign on the right and a market stall on the left.
panel 2: Emmrich and Harding trek through the woods. Harding is excited and happy. Emmrich less so. He's sweating and carrying an obscenely large backpack.
panel 3: At the Rivaini coast. Emmrich is in the distance, soaking in the sunset, as Davrin and Taash look on. On the left, Manfred is chasing Assan.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 1d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 1d

The beloved Saleh Al-Jafarawi has been murdered. We are absolutely devastated. For 2 years he reported on the genocide of his people, just for him to be murdered during the ‘ceasefire’

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 2d

The post con bar consensus tonight:

The holy trinity of cinematic T4T coded relationships

Roger Rabbit/Jessica Rabbit
Gomez Addams/Morticia Addams
Seymour Krelborn/Audrey

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Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · 14d

☞☞ Hands-on reading ☜☜

The manicules in #rarebooks are fantastically diverse. Some are tiny & discreet, others take up half the margin; some have flowing sleeves, or even little faces.

They’re glimpses into the personality of readers/scribes highlighting passages worth reading.
#bookhistory 💙📚📜

Detail of a manicure and a little face gesturing towards the handwritten text of a manuscript in gothic script written on parchment. The man depicted seems angry. The manicure has a sleeve

A manicule with a stretched sleeve drawn in red in the margins pointing towards a text in Gothic script written on parchment

A manicule used to highlight a rubricated section title in a medieval manuscript written in gothic script on parchment

A very large vaguely drawn manicule pointing towards text in gothic script written on parchment

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The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · 2d

Late night doodle. 🖖🏻

star trek voyager fan art of the episode "Bride of Chaotica!" Captain Janeway is dressed as the villainess Arachnia. She's standing in front of Dr Chaotica's cliff-side castle stronghold.

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 2d

When people ask me what I think about using AI in writing I’m going to send them this screenshot

A screenshot of a post that reads David Simon, creator of *The Wire*, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro, NPR

And then a screenshot of a conversation that goes like this:

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

Crow Hellum @crowtoed.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like ICE challenged Portland to a dick-measuring contest, unaware of their comically massive glittery strap-on.

Crow Hellum @crowtoed.bsky.social · 2d

This also blows because Dragon Age: Veilguard and Emmrich Volkarin plucked me out of my post-election depression and got me to actually create things again... and now I'm just losing it.

Crow Hellum @crowtoed.bsky.social · 2d

I'd now like to apologize to the SCSC folks who felt left out because they weren't in my friend group's micro-discord.

Crow Hellum @crowtoed.bsky.social · 2d

The worst is thinking: Oh, it can't have pretty much everyone who actively posts in the Tumblr tag as a member...

And yeah... yeah... it pretty much is.

I AM 37, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING THESE FEELINGS.

Crow Hellum @crowtoed.bsky.social · 2d

Really not a fan of the discord-ification of fandom because my god does it make you feel like shit when you aren't a member of the server and nobody's ever invited you.

Yes, this is about Emmrich. It's actually kinda soured me on working on my fics because what's the goddamn point.

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 2d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 7d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Nicholas @thekroog.bsky.social · 2d

Cute pumpkin outside our local fabric store. 🎃🪡

A pumpkin dressed up to look like one of those classic "tomato" pin cushions. It has multiple giant "pins" stuck in it.

Crow Hellum @crowtoed.bsky.social · 3d

Current list of possible boy names for Boy, taken from medieval sources:

-Oswyn
-Wilfred 'Wilf'
-Bertram 'Bertie'
-Ambrose
-Cuthbert 'Cuddy'

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Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento @pridewasariot.bsky.social · 4d

Now with #AltText

A black background has white text at the top that says “amphifa.” Two flags over each other, common antifa flags, have a black flag and a green one. An image of a green frog facing left with a blue ascot sits on the black flag. Circling the flags is the text, “amphibians against fascism.”

Crow Hellum @crowtoed.bsky.social · 3d

Picture of a medium-haired black cat with green eyes lazily laying on an orange kick-a-roo toy.

Crow Hellum @crowtoed.bsky.social · 3d

WE HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR THE BOY!

Unfortunately we can't take him home yet because he's FIV+ and was acting a little lethargic today, so they wanted to put him under observation until they're sure he's up for the scenery change.

BUT WE GOT THE BOY!

Crow Hellum @crowtoed.bsky.social · 3d

Should I count chickens- no. Am I making a list of medieval names that I like- yes.

Crow Hellum @crowtoed.bsky.social · 3d

Our application's been approved, now to see if we submitted it in time to get the Boy (TM).

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 3d

Please stop saying the problem is only Netanyahu. The Israeli electorate is deeply radicalized and this is a major problem.

www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-l...

Netanyahu’s Likud enjoys slight bump in support on heels of Gaza deal, poll shows

Ex-PM Bennett, who has been largely silent on the truce-hostage agreement, sinks to lowest number of Knesset seats in potential election since first being included in Maariv survey

www.timesofisrael.com

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 3d

Today, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens at AA Gallery in London! Curated by Sarah Shin and Harriet Jennings, the exhibition presents a selection of Ursula's maps, including some that have never been exhibited before.

A photo of the entrance to The Word for World exhibition, with two banners hanging vertically down outside the doorway to a brick building with white-paned windows. A row of bicycles are parked in front. The banners are purple and white and say the name of the exhibition and Ursula K. Le Guin's name.

A cord-wrapped rock rests on a vivid blue background next to a map of and program for The Word for World exhibition.

A stack of copies of The Word for World book, which shows the title in vivid blue against a black cloth cover.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 4d

the administration is laser-focused on making sure Americans don't get clean energy, so Saudi Arabia (Trump's paymaster) has someone to sell their oil to in 10 years when the rest of the world has moved on to solar+batteries

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 4d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 4d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing