Else
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sometimes I write. sometimes I stare at birds.
photographs/art my own unless otherwise stated.
queer. it/its and she/her in unequal measure. 🔞
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photographs/art my own unless otherwise stated.
queer. it/its and she/her in unequal measure. 🔞
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Else
@else.social
· Jan 4
"A prayer, offered in avarice," the cyst-mother murmurs in a voice that is not her own. Her sutured lips are stained by pollen and thin honey; her words emerge from the wasps dancing through her gall-laden hair. "What a delicious thing. I think I will keep you."
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The natural result of understanding what words are and how they work is either learning to fundamentally mistrust them or adopting the belief that, if you can just find the Right Words, people will finally understand you and everything will be better.
... and if you fail, that's your own fault.
... and if you fail, that's your own fault.
October 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The natural result of understanding what words are and how they work is either learning to fundamentally mistrust them or adopting the belief that, if you can just find the Right Words, people will finally understand you and everything will be better.
... and if you fail, that's your own fault.
... and if you fail, that's your own fault.
I'm not going to tell you about the difference between "corrasive" and "corrosive", but "corrade" and "corrode" have tangibly different meanings and it sucks that "corrode" won the war.
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I'm not going to tell you about the difference between "corrasive" and "corrosive", but "corrade" and "corrode" have tangibly different meanings and it sucks that "corrode" won the war.
Sometimes I wonder what people would be like in a kinder world, without all the structural pressures grinding them down. Who they would be if housing was a right, if medical care was never in question, if having enough to live and thrive was simply a baseline ...
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Sometimes I wonder what people would be like in a kinder world, without all the structural pressures grinding them down. Who they would be if housing was a right, if medical care was never in question, if having enough to live and thrive was simply a baseline ...
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me: why am i freaking out?
brain: idk ^-^
me: it's trauma isn't it?
brain: maybe :3
me: c-can you tell me what happened?
brain: no ;) also ur a different person now uwu
brain: idk ^-^
me: it's trauma isn't it?
brain: maybe :3
me: c-can you tell me what happened?
brain: no ;) also ur a different person now uwu
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
me: why am i freaking out?
brain: idk ^-^
me: it's trauma isn't it?
brain: maybe :3
me: c-can you tell me what happened?
brain: no ;) also ur a different person now uwu
brain: idk ^-^
me: it's trauma isn't it?
brain: maybe :3
me: c-can you tell me what happened?
brain: no ;) also ur a different person now uwu
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i found out beneath
the crone mothers moon
when the sky was filled
with the pinks and blues
of the sun’s daily death
like a cheap grocery store
birthday cake
that you can either choose
happiness or regret
and happiness
does not pay
the rent
the crone mothers moon
when the sky was filled
with the pinks and blues
of the sun’s daily death
like a cheap grocery store
birthday cake
that you can either choose
happiness or regret
and happiness
does not pay
the rent
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 AM
i found out beneath
the crone mothers moon
when the sky was filled
with the pinks and blues
of the sun’s daily death
like a cheap grocery store
birthday cake
that you can either choose
happiness or regret
and happiness
does not pay
the rent
the crone mothers moon
when the sky was filled
with the pinks and blues
of the sun’s daily death
like a cheap grocery store
birthday cake
that you can either choose
happiness or regret
and happiness
does not pay
the rent
[...] a place of the beloved dead, twisted and made vile in mockery of their memory [...]
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 AM
[...] a place of the beloved dead, twisted and made vile in mockery of their memory [...]
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"This one is on the dollstack!!"
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 AM
"This one is on the dollstack!!"
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these are fabulously joyful: do read them and cheer yourself up: "Hatless and barefoot under my parasol on a summer day, I watch a burly fellow working a well-pump and singing Suzhou folk songs. The water comes up in a sudden burst, like a spill of silver coins or a gust of snow"
In 1657, Jin Shengtan 金聖嘆 broke off from his commentary on 'The Romance of the Western Chamber' to list "33 Nice Things" 不亦快哉三十三則.
It's one of the most likable things I know of in any language. I translated it to cheer myself up a while ago, if anyone could use it. www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
It's one of the most likable things I know of in any language. I translated it to cheer myself up a while ago, if anyone could use it. www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
November 8, 2024 at 8:38 AM
these are fabulously joyful: do read them and cheer yourself up: "Hatless and barefoot under my parasol on a summer day, I watch a burly fellow working a well-pump and singing Suzhou folk songs. The water comes up in a sudden burst, like a spill of silver coins or a gust of snow"
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Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Pointed out by my friend @carloshasanax.bsky.social . There's something weird and unsettling about a fairly homogeneous culture spread out across Europe that then collapses into an orgy of genocide.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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the dolls have latched on to a new phrase and are taking turns excitedly saying it
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
the dolls have latched on to a new phrase and are taking turns excitedly saying it
You know how Pokemon can have two types? Like a bug dragon or whatever.
Well, Ralph, it's kinda like that, except her typing is bpd and depressive. And that gives her a bunch of weaknesses, sure, but, Ralph? Listen to me. It means she's gonna fucking kill you if you get too close. So don't.
Well, Ralph, it's kinda like that, except her typing is bpd and depressive. And that gives her a bunch of weaknesses, sure, but, Ralph? Listen to me. It means she's gonna fucking kill you if you get too close. So don't.
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
You know how Pokemon can have two types? Like a bug dragon or whatever.
Well, Ralph, it's kinda like that, except her typing is bpd and depressive. And that gives her a bunch of weaknesses, sure, but, Ralph? Listen to me. It means she's gonna fucking kill you if you get too close. So don't.
Well, Ralph, it's kinda like that, except her typing is bpd and depressive. And that gives her a bunch of weaknesses, sure, but, Ralph? Listen to me. It means she's gonna fucking kill you if you get too close. So don't.
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It’s happening to everybody
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It’s happening to everybody
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any pill can become any other pill with enough hypnosis
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
any pill can become any other pill with enough hypnosis
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Me: Yeah I'm soakmodeing
My grass-touching consultant: You're not "modeing" anything you forgot an umbrella
Me: I'm drenchmaxxing. I'm an Aqua Female.
Consultant: You're going to get sick
Me: Drygirls stay coping. My gender is pathetic wet woman.
Consultant: Go inside and dry off
My grass-touching consultant: You're not "modeing" anything you forgot an umbrella
Me: I'm drenchmaxxing. I'm an Aqua Female.
Consultant: You're going to get sick
Me: Drygirls stay coping. My gender is pathetic wet woman.
Consultant: Go inside and dry off
June 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Me: Yeah I'm soakmodeing
My grass-touching consultant: You're not "modeing" anything you forgot an umbrella
Me: I'm drenchmaxxing. I'm an Aqua Female.
Consultant: You're going to get sick
Me: Drygirls stay coping. My gender is pathetic wet woman.
Consultant: Go inside and dry off
My grass-touching consultant: You're not "modeing" anything you forgot an umbrella
Me: I'm drenchmaxxing. I'm an Aqua Female.
Consultant: You're going to get sick
Me: Drygirls stay coping. My gender is pathetic wet woman.
Consultant: Go inside and dry off
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this is my game, I Don’t Remember When I Started Killing Bugs Again. to play, you log it every time you kill an insect. this is also available as a web app @transwron.gs made with me. people tell me it changed their behavior- they think twice about hurting insects when they remember the rules.
October 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
this is my game, I Don’t Remember When I Started Killing Bugs Again. to play, you log it every time you kill an insect. this is also available as a web app @transwron.gs made with me. people tell me it changed their behavior- they think twice about hurting insects when they remember the rules.
a horrible premonition strikes me, dear reader, that I may perhaps find myself moving to nyc
but I will never let myself become one of Them
but I will never let myself become one of Them
Introducing myself as "a sickly and ill-favoured creature with an uncommon affection for moths and rot" so that new yorkers know exactly where they stand with me
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 AM
a horrible premonition strikes me, dear reader, that I may perhaps find myself moving to nyc
but I will never let myself become one of Them
but I will never let myself become one of Them
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Introducing myself as "a sickly and ill-favoured creature with an uncommon affection for moths and rot" so that new yorkers know exactly where they stand with me
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Introducing myself as "a sickly and ill-favoured creature with an uncommon affection for moths and rot" so that new yorkers know exactly where they stand with me
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how to crawl into her lap in a cool way that maintains my feline dignity and mystique
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
how to crawl into her lap in a cool way that maintains my feline dignity and mystique
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it's a full-time job, climbing into girls' laps and purring. it's hard fucking work and it'd do you well to respect it
October 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
it's a full-time job, climbing into girls' laps and purring. it's hard fucking work and it'd do you well to respect it
Introducing myself as "a sickly and ill-favoured creature with an uncommon affection for moths and rot" so that new yorkers know exactly where they stand with me
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Introducing myself as "a sickly and ill-favoured creature with an uncommon affection for moths and rot" so that new yorkers know exactly where they stand with me
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any day can be floors doll if you truly believe
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
any day can be floors doll if you truly believe
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literally everyone is. it's like pineapple. or ionizing radiation
i think i’m allergic to florida
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
literally everyone is. it's like pineapple. or ionizing radiation
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happy floors doll to those who celebrate
July 5, 2023 at 4:26 AM
happy floors doll to those who celebrate