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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew

@planecrazy.bsky.social

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A strange assortment of knowledge, caprice, and whims. Throw in steel pens and DnD, shake, strain and serve. He/Him/Hey You https://thesteelpen.com/ https://theesterbrookproject.com/

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · Feb 15

I'll make this a table of contents post for my steel pen posts. They seem to be reasonably popular, but I only post them periodically, so they may get buried. Here are the ones I've posted so far. I'll keep adding as I go.

Also, more info in my alt text.

The original.
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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · Dec 18

Thought I'd try something, see if anyone is interested.

Let's look at a single object, humble and everyday for it's time, and unpack some of its context and importance.

This is a "steel pen" from Gillott. They were sold by the gross in small paper boxes.
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A photo of a shiny steel dip pen nib. It is laid out on a millimeter scale and is approximately 3.1 centimeters long. The imprint on the pen says, "Double Elastic. 604F. Joseph Gillott's" and "England" along the heel of the pen. It is a straight shaped pen with a strong grind, two shoulder slits and long tapered point which help with it's elasticity.

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 11m

Or thought it was "antidiluvian" as in "against diluvian" and therefore "un-diluvian."

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WOLFSKULLJACK @wolfskulljack.bsky.social · 10h

It’s #portfolioday once again! Hi, my name is Michelle and I’m a British artist in the UK! Clients have included Metallica, Magic! The Gathering, Boom!, Werewolf the Apocalypse and more!
My website is wolfskulljack.com

My art digital, surreal a women and a skeleton

My art digital a large goddess with wings for eyes and a glowing shape of a women with a single antler

A collection of posters that I’ve done for Metallica Volbeat and Trivium

My art digital a women looks into the jaws of a beast

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 5d

Today’s mandatory faculty mental health slideshow, “Going Through the Motions: How to Function Despite the Fact Your Supervisors Hate You and Your Job Is Destroying You Spiritually,” has been postponed again.

The Faculty Mental Health Fair Has Been Postponed Again

Dear Faculty: Due to concerns expressed by the students, parents, and staff, you are invited to attend a mandatory emergency mental health fair in ...

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 19m

You laugh so that you don't start crying.

(That was slide 43 in the 200-slide deck they were going to share as part of the fair.)

Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 21m

I love the fancy-pants Caleb at the wedding, and Yasha looks fantastic as well. (the whole piece is amazing, frankly)

Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 23m

As the filters start to go, watch for him to be seen in open gaggles like this less and less. I remember when my mother's dementia began to break down her filters. She went from always proper and polite to "interesting" at times.
"She just wants to fuck your father" pointing to my sister-in-law.

digby @digby56.bsky.social · 1h

This is the second time in 24 hours he's said something like this. Yesterday he made that quip saying about Karoline Leavit, "those lips --- they move like a machine gun."

He's losing all inhibitions. Not that he ever had many to begin with.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 5h

May the angels support his every step. He will need all the help he can get. But if he's able to do even half of what he wants it will be the most successful NYC mayoralty in ages, and give hope to many.

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crystal @ Nerdsbian Creations @nerdsbian.bsky.social · 21h

I'm trying to pay off a $200 vet bill. So if you're in the market for a custom eva foam cosplay prop, checkout my shop! #cosplay #props #maker #foamsmith #bsnm
nerdsbiancreations.etsy.com/listing/7213...

Two shots of a eva foam replica of Jinx's Zap Blaster from Arcane. A steam punk style handgun. It has a silver and copper barrel with gold accents and a brown "wooden" grip. There is hot pink and blue paint splatters all over the barrel. Top photo is under normal light, the bottom is under blacklight showing glowing paint splatters.

A collage of eva foam prop replicas. Top: the Morningstar Whip from Castlevania. Bottom left: Majora's Mask. Bottom right: Lie Ren's Stormflower pistols from RWBY.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5h

Last Sunday, @demiforillinois.bsky.social, @raygunsite.com and I hosted a No Kings protest sign-making party with the best problem:

So many people showed up, we ran out of table space.

This is what community care looks like.

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 9h

Hello hello #portfolioday
My name is Yorgos, I'm Greek and I make book covers. I'm available for new projects from December onwards.

Here's some of my work!

Painting of a woman with a facial tatoo in long black robes holding a Zweihander

Painting of a woman wearing a crown, in a field of rye. A wolf stands besides her, mostly in shadow.

Book cover for the novel EPIPHANY. It depicts a woman half submerged in water with flowers growing around her.

A book cover for the novel "The Moss," showing a girl covered in flowers and moss with glowing white eyes.

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 7h

His other reactions to the official music videos are also a delight. I've watched so many of these, and his are some of my favorites.

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 23h

These are the same kind of weasels who would’ve called George Washington & America’s revolutionaries “terrorists.” They spend their days sucking up to King Trump & demonizing peaceful protest just as some in America sought to appease King George III.

Looking forward to No Kings Day.

Johnson describes planned No Kings rally as ‘hate America,’ ‘pro-Hamas’ gathering

Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.

www.politico.com

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 7h

If you want to be very Genji-coded (as the kids today would say), you now need to sit under such a tree, catch a falling leaf on your fan, and write a quick poem on the fan about the transience of life, and the sadness of lost love, and present the fan and leaf to your beloved.

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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 7h

I’m delighted to now have the word kuchiba in my vocabulary to describe these hues. Currently looking at every tree in kasane terms as they each turn differently…

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 7h

100% agree.

Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 9h

More people should write in books they own. Annotations are a gift.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 9h

If you want to know more about our use of handwritten text recognition software (Transkribus) on the wills project, tune in on Zoom next week 👇

All welcome (not just postdocs!).

#EarlyModern 🗃️ #DigitalHumanities #HTR #CitizenScience

The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social · 9h

Project Research Fellows Harry Smith and Emily Vine are looking forward to speaking as part of the Warwick History 'Post-Doc' Club series, next Wed 22 October @ 17.00.

They'll be discussing 'Digitization & Citizen Science'📜💻

Follow this link for Zoom details:
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...

A poster with a white background and black text, with a blue border at the top of the poster, and photographs of manuscripts. The title of the poster reads Warwick History ‘POST-DOC’ CLUB METHODOLOGIES SERIES. Online Meeting: Weds 22 October at 5pm
DIGITIZATION & CITIZEN SCIENCE: Inviting collaborative research to transcribe handwriting. With Harry Smith and Emily Vine of the Material Culture of Wills, 1540-1790 project at the University of Exeter.

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Betty Cracker of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · 8h

Some folks awaken to a rooster's "cock-a-doodle-do." Here in the swamp, we get synchronized dinosaur yelling. #birds #sandhills

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 9h

Every once in a while, rarer and rarer these days, some little parts of our system seem to still be working despite the oligarchs trying to take it all away. youtu.be/sWubIXe_1Fw?...

One Year, One Movement

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Hannah Mayhem @makingmayhem.bsky.social · 11h

Creating cord was a massive first step in the evolution of homo sapiens, if you can create cord, you can carry more things, which means you don't have to move around as much. It's also longer and more versatile than leather strips. This combined gives you scope and time to
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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 9h

Autumn + medieval guild hall =

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We are looking at a section of a medieval building featuring orange bricks glowing in the autumn sunshine and a stone mullion window. A bench sits in front of the window and the ground is strewn with leaves.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

gene kelly is antifa

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Takuo Matsuzawa @matsuzawa.bsky.social · 20h

The Colors and Metalwork of NIKKO
Revealing the mystery behind the architectural beauty of its shrines and temples
nikko.dougukan.jp/en/tokyo/#top

The exhibition is now on at the Tokyo National Museum.
I hope you’ll see the craftsmanship behind the majestic shrines and temples of Nikko.

東京会場 | 日光の彩色と金工 —社寺建築の美しさの謎を解く

nikko.dougukan.jp

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Adam 🍎 @adapples.bsky.social · 1d

Yes

For instance: the first bite from this thing is giving haunted scarecrow vibes. It has this faintly burlap-sacky cornfield crow-fear taste — it is autumnal in a deeper, more eldritch way than simply “oh dry leaves and cider spice.”

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 1d

He is far from alone.
Do you know how many people I know, journalists, thinktankers, civil servants, politicians, who always excel at explaining to you why what is currently happening was always bound to happen, from which they conclude that it should happen?

Feelingantsy 🇬🇧🇩🇪. Maker of Puns @feelingantsy.bsky.social · 1d

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Writing our Destiny aka Andrew @planecrazy.bsky.social · 1d

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Leah from South Dakota @leahfromsd.bsky.social · 1d

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Share:
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Brett Nicholson @aggiebrett.bsky.social · 1d

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— Sazerac
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— MY FAIR LADY