Evan May
@gianttourtiere.bsky.social
Tiny writer. I wrote 'Easter Pinkerton and the Case of the Heretic Blood' and some other stuff. Can*Con bridge crew, still. Avatar art by Jay Odjick. Only a fool would complain. He/Him.
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Evan May
@gianttourtiere.bsky.social
· Oct 18
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Easter Pinkerton and the Case of the Heretic Blood by Evan May
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Yes hello if you would enjoy reading a story about a female version of James Bond taking on a Lovecraftian death cult in 19th century London then you might like my most recent book, 'Easter Pinkerton and the Case of the Heretic Blood'.
... there's also a sword cane.
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... there's also a sword cane.
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Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 5: Heyyyy, you want me to change the air filter and do the plugs while I’m getting the evil out of your droid?
As long as I got him up in the chair anyway, right?
As long as I got him up in the chair anyway, right?
December 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 5: Heyyyy, you want me to change the air filter and do the plugs while I’m getting the evil out of your droid?
As long as I got him up in the chair anyway, right?
As long as I got him up in the chair anyway, right?
I made a run out for supplies and when I got home was a bit confused to see absolutely zero birds at any of the feeders.
Then I saw the Cooper's hawk sitting on the fence.
Ah. Hello, murderbird friend.
Then I saw the Cooper's hawk sitting on the fence.
Ah. Hello, murderbird friend.
December 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I made a run out for supplies and when I got home was a bit confused to see absolutely zero birds at any of the feeders.
Then I saw the Cooper's hawk sitting on the fence.
Ah. Hello, murderbird friend.
Then I saw the Cooper's hawk sitting on the fence.
Ah. Hello, murderbird friend.
Huh, turns out having your body match your gender identity has significant mental health benefits.
So weird.
So weird.
Conservatives on gender-affirming care:
✅ cis men
❌ trans men
It's the exact same surgery. The only difference is transandrophobia.
✅ cis men
❌ trans men
It's the exact same surgery. The only difference is transandrophobia.
Exclusive | Meet the men getting breast reductions — which is now the most popular plastic surgery among guys in the US
“It looked very much like [I had] a pair of women’s breasts,” one gynecomastia patient told The Post.
nypost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Huh, turns out having your body match your gender identity has significant mental health benefits.
So weird.
So weird.
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 4: Pit Crew droid!
They are currently booked 24/7 doing winter tire changes.
They are currently booked 24/7 doing winter tire changes.
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 4: Pit Crew droid!
They are currently booked 24/7 doing winter tire changes.
They are currently booked 24/7 doing winter tire changes.
Ok so I've been sick this week (sinus infection) and have missed some class. Normally when this happens my students are (of course) delighted.
Last night I got an email from one of the students in my current events class saying that they hoped we'd still have our final class tomorrow...
Last night I got an email from one of the students in my current events class saying that they hoped we'd still have our final class tomorrow...
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Ok so I've been sick this week (sinus infection) and have missed some class. Normally when this happens my students are (of course) delighted.
Last night I got an email from one of the students in my current events class saying that they hoped we'd still have our final class tomorrow...
Last night I got an email from one of the students in my current events class saying that they hoped we'd still have our final class tomorrow...
I've been watching Stargate while I've been sick this week and I forgot that there's an episode with Armin Shimmerman in it.
Man, with the SGC's eagerness to trade for new technology, Quark would have taken them to the cleaners for a box of magic beans.
Man, with the SGC's eagerness to trade for new technology, Quark would have taken them to the cleaners for a box of magic beans.
December 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I've been watching Stargate while I've been sick this week and I forgot that there's an episode with Armin Shimmerman in it.
Man, with the SGC's eagerness to trade for new technology, Quark would have taken them to the cleaners for a box of magic beans.
Man, with the SGC's eagerness to trade for new technology, Quark would have taken them to the cleaners for a box of magic beans.
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 3: It’s Sith-infested C-3P0!
A friend turning homicidally evil because of the demands placed upon them is the real lesson of the holiday season.
A friend turning homicidally evil because of the demands placed upon them is the real lesson of the holiday season.
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 3: It’s Sith-infested C-3P0!
A friend turning homicidally evil because of the demands placed upon them is the real lesson of the holiday season.
A friend turning homicidally evil because of the demands placed upon them is the real lesson of the holiday season.
I will always hear the Raccoon Dance music from 'The Great Outdoors' when seeing clips of raccoons doing their thing.
Timeline cleanse, please enjoy a minute with the local raccoons.
Raccoon interactions as snow softly falls in the garden.
#mammals
Raccoon interactions as snow softly falls in the garden.
#mammals
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I will always hear the Raccoon Dance music from 'The Great Outdoors' when seeing clips of raccoons doing their thing.
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Frog knocked at Toad’s door. “Toad, wake up,” he cried. “Come out and see how wonderful the winter is!”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Frog knocked at Toad’s door. “Toad, wake up,” he cried. “Come out and see how wonderful the winter is!”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 2: A workstation for yesterday’s droid mechanic, including a giant cup of coffee.
We’re gonna mess around with so many sentient forms of life, kids.
We’re gonna mess around with so many sentient forms of life, kids.
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 2: A workstation for yesterday’s droid mechanic, including a giant cup of coffee.
We’re gonna mess around with so many sentient forms of life, kids.
We’re gonna mess around with so many sentient forms of life, kids.
Teefs
I will post an extinct animal every day until the 24th!
Day 1: Velociraptor
Chomp chomp! This guy was actually as small as a housecat.
#artadventcalendar #paleoart #art #digitalart #dinosaur #velociraptor
Day 1: Velociraptor
Chomp chomp! This guy was actually as small as a housecat.
#artadventcalendar #paleoart #art #digitalart #dinosaur #velociraptor
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Teefs
So I heard via my sister who works in a high school about a kid who they’ve been having trouble getting to read things but picked up my ‘King in Darkness’ and enjoyed it a lot.
Yeah, I’ll take that.
Yeah, I’ll take that.
December 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
So I heard via my sister who works in a high school about a kid who they’ve been having trouble getting to read things but picked up my ‘King in Darkness’ and enjoyed it a lot.
Yeah, I’ll take that.
Yeah, I’ll take that.
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 1: this lil droid mechanic guy has no idea how much danger he is in from cats.
May the Force be with this tiny dude.
May the Force be with this tiny dude.
December 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 1: this lil droid mechanic guy has no idea how much danger he is in from cats.
May the Force be with this tiny dude.
May the Force be with this tiny dude.
Reposted by Evan May
Excellent, clear analysis.
“This is as close to a pure, uncontested case study as one is ever likely to see in modern military operations.”
“This is as close to a pure, uncontested case study as one is ever likely to see in modern military operations.”
Hegseth's "Kill Everybody" Drug Strike Order and the Duty to Refuse That Didn’t Happen. A Deeper Look Analysis.
In recent days, information has surfaced that provides what appears to be a textbook example of an unlawful order that could have—and should have—been refused.
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Excellent, clear analysis.
“This is as close to a pure, uncontested case study as one is ever likely to see in modern military operations.”
“This is as close to a pure, uncontested case study as one is ever likely to see in modern military operations.”
The timescale of these creatures always puts things in perspective.
10 million years of Allosaurus?
Hell, the world won't even notice I was ever here at all.
(Also if I ever have a short fiction collection, 10 million years of Allosaurus would be a good title)
10 million years of Allosaurus?
Hell, the world won't even notice I was ever here at all.
(Also if I ever have a short fiction collection, 10 million years of Allosaurus would be a good title)
Allosaurus was around about 155 million years ago, back in the Late Jurassic, and they roamed around for about 10 million years before they went extinct.
The first flowering plants, or angiosperms, didn’t appear until about 130 million years ago, in the Early Cretaceous.
👇👇
The first flowering plants, or angiosperms, didn’t appear until about 130 million years ago, in the Early Cretaceous.
👇👇
November 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The timescale of these creatures always puts things in perspective.
10 million years of Allosaurus?
Hell, the world won't even notice I was ever here at all.
(Also if I ever have a short fiction collection, 10 million years of Allosaurus would be a good title)
10 million years of Allosaurus?
Hell, the world won't even notice I was ever here at all.
(Also if I ever have a short fiction collection, 10 million years of Allosaurus would be a good title)
In other news what had been just a little nagging soreness in one knee hurts so bad this morning that the pain woke me.
I had just really hit a good groove with the post-summer running and this is incredibly frustrating/discouraging.
Also painful.
Fuck.
I had just really hit a good groove with the post-summer running and this is incredibly frustrating/discouraging.
Also painful.
Fuck.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In other news what had been just a little nagging soreness in one knee hurts so bad this morning that the pain woke me.
I had just really hit a good groove with the post-summer running and this is incredibly frustrating/discouraging.
Also painful.
Fuck.
I had just really hit a good groove with the post-summer running and this is incredibly frustrating/discouraging.
Also painful.
Fuck.
Governments need to act. People should be going to jail.
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
ChatGPT-5 offers dangerous advice to mentally ill people, psychologists warn
Research finds OpenAI’s free chatbot fails to identify risky behaviour or challenge delusional beliefs
ChatGPT-5 is offering dangerous and unhelpful advice to people experiencing mental health crises, some of the UK’s leading psychologists have warned.
Research conducted by King’s College London (KCL) and the Association of Clinical Psychologists UK (ACP) in partnership with the Guardian suggested that the AI chatbotfailed to identify risky behaviour when communicating with mentally ill people. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Governments need to act. People should be going to jail.
@kevinhearne.bsky.social I just thought I should update you that the Caribbean place near here lets you order meat by the pound.
November 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
@kevinhearne.bsky.social I just thought I should update you that the Caribbean place near here lets you order meat by the pound.
Reposted by Evan May
I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
To me a big part of this is how we've constructed education as a transaction: I take the course to get the credit, the diploma, that gets me the job. It's often not 'to learn about X', just - give me the tick for this box, please.
Fixing this will require huge effort, if we decide it's a problem.
Fixing this will require huge effort, if we decide it's a problem.
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 2:17 PM
To me a big part of this is how we've constructed education as a transaction: I take the course to get the credit, the diploma, that gets me the job. It's often not 'to learn about X', just - give me the tick for this box, please.
Fixing this will require huge effort, if we decide it's a problem.
Fixing this will require huge effort, if we decide it's a problem.
Reposted by Evan May
100 BACKERS LET'S GOOOOOOO
November 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
100 BACKERS LET'S GOOOOOOO
Reposted by Evan May
We are not sure how feral Avi will get if this hits 100 backers bu it would probably be fun to find out?
Also this audiobook is going to be SO GOOD, friends - jump aboard!!
Also this audiobook is going to be SO GOOD, friends - jump aboard!!
i'm gonna shut up for a minute and eat something but i will continue screaming later between hades 2 runs bc hitting 100 backers would also be neat. i stg i am satisfied, i just like going as feral as humanly possible from time 2 time
feral-making machine: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...
feral-making machine: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...
The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming: An Orchestrated Audiobook
Help fund the long-awaited audiobook of this cult-classic fantasy novel, complete with musical accompaniment.
www.kickstarter.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
We are not sure how feral Avi will get if this hits 100 backers bu it would probably be fun to find out?
Also this audiobook is going to be SO GOOD, friends - jump aboard!!
Also this audiobook is going to be SO GOOD, friends - jump aboard!!
So I'm starting 'Pluribus' and immensely entertained by this writer character's existence but also that she has escaped The Thing apparently because she found the only bar in the world that serves you cola that doesn't come from a fountain
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
So I'm starting 'Pluribus' and immensely entertained by this writer character's existence but also that she has escaped The Thing apparently because she found the only bar in the world that serves you cola that doesn't come from a fountain
Made it back to the climbing gym for the first time in a while.
Very annoying that my brain keeps finding ways to persuade me not to do things that I always feel better for having done.
Stupid brain.
Very annoying that my brain keeps finding ways to persuade me not to do things that I always feel better for having done.
Stupid brain.
November 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Made it back to the climbing gym for the first time in a while.
Very annoying that my brain keeps finding ways to persuade me not to do things that I always feel better for having done.
Stupid brain.
Very annoying that my brain keeps finding ways to persuade me not to do things that I always feel better for having done.
Stupid brain.