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Minerva Zimmerman

@grumpymartian.bsky.social

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Pretend human and own worst enemy. What am I doing here? Where is this? Do I really need to share my opinion on anything? Why should anyone care? Ignore the creature behind the curtain!!! Do not perceive!

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · Jan 21

Nope.

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 1h

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 5h

guess what?

it's TOC'O TUESDAY!! 🌮 💀

and issue 40 is AMAZING

featuring guest fiction editor @vajra.me!!

are you ready?

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The Cat Hive @thecathive.bsky.social · 1d

The Criminal

Doodle of an orange cat with a piece of crumpled plastic in his mouth. He is running away quickly, wide-eyed. There is text from someone shouting "WHO IS EATING PLASTIC!!!"

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 4h

You gotta. You just gotta.

Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 6h

This freshly-hatched horror story has possibly my favorite title of any story I've ever written. I give you....

"Courtney Lovecraft's Book of the Dead"

Free to read, at @nightmare-magazine.com !!

www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/cour...

Courtney Lovecraft’s Book of the Dead - Nightmare Magazine

Honey, the spirits are here with us tonight and they are deeply disappointed. [audience laughter] Momma, do you not own a mirror? Did you think you looked cute when you walked out of your house tonigh...

www.nightmare-magazine.com

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 15h

‘96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children’s anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation after the children played with the set.‘

‘Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.’

Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 15h

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment

Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.

www.cnbc.com

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 5h

Is cat— so I assume it depends on the time of day and contents of food bowl

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Nina Fairweather @ninafairweather.com · 6h

Reanimate your darlings

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 6h

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Colton the fish squeezer🐟🪴📚🏕️🐝 @fishsqueezer.bsky.social · 5h

I'm fine with Bluesky being the last hurrah of social media but clearly the bubble has burst. This should be at the top of everyone's feed, but it's crickets.

YOU CAN USE A SALMON CANNON

ROSE @milkshakemotel.bsky.social · 2d

Portland art lovers and fans of unusual fish transportation MUST go see Sasha Fishman’s SHAD MODE at ILY2, there is a functional salmon cannon in the gallery with realistic weight hot pink rubber salmon you can chuck into it

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿 @ commissions open! @nooskadraws.bsky.social · Dec 28

remembering that booktuber who read van gogh's diaries and letters and hated it bc she expected inspirational quotes when in reality most of it is vincent writing about needing money

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 5h

And for the love of Bob don’t drive into running water over roads especially in underpasses. Pretend your car is a damned vampire.

Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 6h

I have been doing this all morning.

Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 6h

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 17h

👍 I gotchu.

Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 18h

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Trung Le Nguyen in conversation with Victoria Ying to celebrate Angelica and the Bear Prince

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 18h

There's so many TV detectives who have drawn on aspects of his portrayal for other detectives. He's a fussy little man.

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 18h

YES!!!

Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 18h

This is the Agatha Christie series I imprinted on the hardest FWIW

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 18h

always will repost this list.

Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 21h

If you need a go-to Wikipedia page this is a great one

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

List of inventors killed by their own invention - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 18h

this is a lovely spooky little story. Recommended!

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 1d

Anyway I keep forgetting to yell about this book when it is 🍂seasonal 🍂 but THE APPLE-TREE THRONE (a little vanity project I self-pubbed in 2018) is also available on Kobo and in audio!

A young soldier returned from war is haunted by the ghost of his commanding officer (a posh git)

The Apple-Tree Throne

Buy The Apple-Tree Throne: Read Kindle Store Reviews - Amazon.com

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 18h

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG you've never seen it????

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 18h

some of them were dodging debts, some spouses, some just going no contact with family

Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 19h

also based on West Coast history research-- A LOT of people changed their names to have a "new start" even moving from East Coast to West Coast.

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 19h

eep.

Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 19h

I have found the manifests to be more reliable than census data for sure. Manifests of travel by sea even between Canada and the US has been invaluable in tracking people down in my research.

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Minerva Zimmerman @grumpymartian.bsky.social · 19h

Its like someone shook the etch-a-sketch of habits