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
books2read.com
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.
books2read.com/u/ba6P0q
... there's also a sword cane.
books2read.com/u/ba6P0q
Ahhh, one of my past lives
It must be hard being, simultaneously, dead, the only two known examples of your species, eaten by a fucking Spinosaur, sicked up and then fossilised, as what happened to these poor Pterosaurs in the Early Cretaceous. (Presumably, on a Thursday afternoon.)
Fossil vomit contains new species of pterosaur from Brazil
Filter-feeding flying reptile was likely devoured by a dinosaur during the early Cretaceous
www.science.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Ahhh, one of my past lives
Because I am still essentially 8 years old, i do find it charming that the new supermarket near here has chicken noises playing in the section with the eggs.
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Because I am still essentially 8 years old, i do find it charming that the new supermarket near here has chicken noises playing in the section with the eggs.
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 9: Droid Parts! Get yah pieces of sentient beings heah! We got odds *and* ends! Getcha droid parts heah!
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 9: Droid Parts! Get yah pieces of sentient beings heah! We got odds *and* ends! Getcha droid parts heah!
This is a) awful for obvious reasons but also b) might end up in a lot of these archives being taken down because of the ethics around subjects' data being used in this way.
Subjects are meant to explicitly consent to all the ways their data will be used, which is obviously not the case here.
Subjects are meant to explicitly consent to all the ways their data will be used, which is obviously not the case here.
Talking to somebody yesterday about a Cdn oral history archive that disappeared - turns out LLMs were scraping it so much it crashed their servers so it’s offline. Vile vulture technology.
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is a) awful for obvious reasons but also b) might end up in a lot of these archives being taken down because of the ethics around subjects' data being used in this way.
Subjects are meant to explicitly consent to all the ways their data will be used, which is obviously not the case here.
Subjects are meant to explicitly consent to all the ways their data will be used, which is obviously not the case here.
Hrrrrm.
I'm really *not* going to try entering the US any time soon.
I'm really *not* going to try entering the US any time soon.
Stay safe, US friends. The FBI is compiling a list of domestic terrorists and I for one satisfy the criteria in all five possible ways.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Hrrrrm.
I'm really *not* going to try entering the US any time soon.
I'm really *not* going to try entering the US any time soon.
Good words from my good friend who amazes me at her ability to just get all the things done.
Of course, she's young. That ... must be it.
Of course, she's young. That ... must be it.
I did a 2025 retrospective, chatting about thresholds crossed, lessons learned, and a few numbers! Plus, I talk about STICKERS and WASHI TAPE and also DEATH because it's good to balance things out. 💖
www.mariebilodeau.com/blog/2025retrospective
www.mariebilodeau.com/blog/2025retrospective
A 2025 Retrospective — Marie Bilodeau
Back in 2014, I quit my full-time job to try to make a go at writing full time. It’s been a journey, which I’ve chatted about here and there, but 2025 felt like a pivot year for me. I was having coff...
www.mariebilodeau.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Good words from my good friend who amazes me at her ability to just get all the things done.
Of course, she's young. That ... must be it.
Of course, she's young. That ... must be it.
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 8: Francis was as non plussed by this Buzz Bot as I was.
December 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 8: Francis was as non plussed by this Buzz Bot as I was.
I saw the Star Trek Academy trailer and yeah I have no idea what anything happening there is.
I remember there used to be ads for colleges at sea where you could allegedly do a degree on a cruise ship and I always wondered who was able to talk their parents into it.
I remember there used to be ads for colleges at sea where you could allegedly do a degree on a cruise ship and I always wondered who was able to talk their parents into it.
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I saw the Star Trek Academy trailer and yeah I have no idea what anything happening there is.
I remember there used to be ads for colleges at sea where you could allegedly do a degree on a cruise ship and I always wondered who was able to talk their parents into it.
I remember there used to be ads for colleges at sea where you could allegedly do a degree on a cruise ship and I always wondered who was able to talk their parents into it.
Reposted by Evan May
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
I hope someone brings this up the next time the argument is made about how Western museums are 'safeguarding' things
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Water leak in the Louvre damages hundreds of works, museum says
Open valve in heating system affects 300 to 400 items just weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised security concerns
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I hope someone brings this up the next time the argument is made about how Western museums are 'safeguarding' things
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Reposted by Evan May
Residential School denialism is another layer of the violence targeting Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island.
The Reconciliation Action Group recently wrote to the Calgary Public Library about the harm in supporting racist books.
See our full statement.
The Reconciliation Action Group recently wrote to the Calgary Public Library about the harm in supporting racist books.
See our full statement.
December 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Residential School denialism is another layer of the violence targeting Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island.
The Reconciliation Action Group recently wrote to the Calgary Public Library about the harm in supporting racist books.
See our full statement.
The Reconciliation Action Group recently wrote to the Calgary Public Library about the harm in supporting racist books.
See our full statement.
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 7: Honeeeey, it’s December, can we put out the Christmas droid *now*??
Fiiiiiiine
Fiiiiiiine
December 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 7: Honeeeey, it’s December, can we put out the Christmas droid *now*??
Fiiiiiiine
Fiiiiiiine
The comics industry continues to be a fucker, I see.
Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
December 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The comics industry continues to be a fucker, I see.
attn: @greenleejw.bsky.social
(I feel like Canada should just listen to the Indigenous on this one)
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
(I feel like Canada should just listen to the Indigenous on this one)
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
First Nations wonder if Canada's decision on eels is best for future of species | CBC News
After Canada announced Tuesday it wouldn’t list the American eel under the Species at Risk Act, some First Nations people with cultural and spiritual ties to the species are questioning the decision.
www.cbc.ca
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
attn: @greenleejw.bsky.social
(I feel like Canada should just listen to the Indigenous on this one)
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
(I feel like Canada should just listen to the Indigenous on this one)
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Fourteen Not Forgotten: Geneviève Bergeron, Helene Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte.
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Fourteen Not Forgotten: Geneviève Bergeron, Helene Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte.
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 6: Gonk cleaner droid! For when you find a Roomba too unobtrusive.
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Star Wars Lego Advent Calendar, Day 6: Gonk cleaner droid! For when you find a Roomba too unobtrusive.
I am sure this will go perfectly smoothly with zero insane things associated with it whatsoever
Iran to play at least one World Cup game on U.S. soil
Iran to play at least one World Cup game on U.S. soil
Iran to play at least one World Cup game on U.S. soil
www.independent.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I am sure this will go perfectly smoothly with zero insane things associated with it whatsoever
Yes
Send the water to the artists
Bring them to the drowned city to hear its songs of silence and forgetting
It can be like one of those retreat things
Send the water to the artists
Bring them to the drowned city to hear its songs of silence and forgetting
It can be like one of those retreat things
December 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Yes
Send the water to the artists
Bring them to the drowned city to hear its songs of silence and forgetting
It can be like one of those retreat things
Send the water to the artists
Bring them to the drowned city to hear its songs of silence and forgetting
It can be like one of those retreat things
Well at this point in the day my voice can best be described as 'abyssal' which I am sure to do with lingering illness and not all these tinctures and nostrums which I have been imbibing.
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Well at this point in the day my voice can best be described as 'abyssal' which I am sure to do with lingering illness and not all these tinctures and nostrums which I have been imbibing.
On this day in 1969, Fred Hampton was murdered by the FBI and Chicago Police.
"We’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism."
"We’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism."
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
On this day in 1969, Fred Hampton was murdered by the FBI and Chicago Police.
"We’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism."
"We’re going to fight racism not with racism, but we’re going to fight with solidarity. We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism."
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.