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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 2h

The Universe seriously needs to give you a break.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 2h

Glad to have you back on the internet, even for a little. You've been missed.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 2h

Those people have been like that for so long that it legit shows up in movies from the damned 80s.

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Autumnborn Crone🦉🍃🪻🧶 @autumnborncrone.bsky.social · 5h

Look, look, look! It's live! Perfumes!

Folks, I love these so so so much and I'm so excited to release them out into the world!

Rising Peace LLC @risingpeace.bsky.social · 5h

From forested dusk to radiant light, this collection is a sensory sanctuary. Worn with intention, layered in story.
Let scent become sanctuary.

#SanctuaryInScent #RisingPeaceRituals #FragranceSky #MagicalBazaar
#MysticalFragrance #SeasonalRitual

Available now at www.risingpeace.com

A photo of 5 perfume sprays. Jasmine Eclipse, Twilight Resin, Lumen Hollow, Flora Sanctum, and Tea & Grace.

A photo of a hand holding a perfume spray.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 15h

For those who haven't heard, there's catastrophic flooding in Western Alaska right now. Entire towns under water, demolished homes, etc.

S. J. Tucker, Song Shaper @sjtuckermusic.bsky.social · 16h

Donate to the Alaska Community Foundation's Western Alaska Recovery Fund:
tinyurl.com/zrfe7xzx

/erp/donate/create/fund

tinyurl.com

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no! Here's to a swift and easy recovery!

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 1d

The entire album kicks ass, tbh.

Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 1d

Paint It Black - Firewater (Songs We Should Have Written)

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 1d

Without saying Hurt, fav Cover Song?

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 1d

He's very sneaksy and *such* a good hider, isn't he?

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, someone dropped that skit in here already. First thing I thought of, too.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 1d

Púca says that it's chilly.

The side of a distorted black hoodie, with a small black cat tail sticking out of one side. The hoodie is still being worn by a person.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 2d

One of the local apple orchards sells fresh, hot apple crisp at their farmstand. Yesterday I had an bowl of apple crisp that is the stuff of legends and dreams. The apples had cooked down to a perfectly custard-like consistency, and I need to find out how to get mine to do that.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 2d

Magic always exists in a cultural context because believers in it are never free from their point in time and space. Yet the cultural context of magic also comes from distant places and periods. We embrace this paradox to explore practices that are simultaneously modern and cave-old. - Dr. M. Benn

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

"The cap was on!"

John Lechner @johnlechner.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Cannot undo flatten layers. 👻

Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 2d

Share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Share your marketing strategy! :)

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 4d

Not answering text messages from a potential partner shouldn't fly with anyone. That's a bright, shiny, red flag. Like, missing one, or having something not come through is one thing, but just not answering in a reasonably timely fashion? Oh fuck no. Get thee gone.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 4d

Remember, the fewer projects you bring to start with, the more you can acquire while there!

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 5d

Turning a battleship is such a great metaphor but one I feel people don't really understand viscerally so let's do a little mental exercise. We've all seen a semi turning right, yes? We can remember that?

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 5d

There was never going to be a moment when everyone—everyone in government, everyone in media, everyone in the population—was roused to action at the same time. We're turning a battleship. And Pritzker understands that.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 5d

I love the idea of modular walls, so that I could open and close off rooms as needed. It would make heating and cooling so much easier.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 5d

Them: "Cats are aloof and unaffectionate!"

Me, every morning, trying to type around Púca shoving himself between me and the keyboard, rubbing his face against my nose and glasses, purring so hard he's drooling on everything: "........"

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 6d

So many...Haverhill, Worcester, any word that has an R in it...

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 6d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 6d

we take our blessings where they come in these dark times

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 6d

Chatbots and AI slop are going to ruin countless brains. Yours doesn't have to be one of them. Study history. Read poetry. Get acquainted with Bach, Shakespeare, George Eliot. In a time when people are rapidly getting dumber, we need communities devoted to the life of the mind.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 7d

100% yes on the zine.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 7d

*happy zombie noises*

I win! Now I'm going back to bed.

A slightly soggy notebook and pen on a low granite wall in the pale grey light of a drizzly dawn.

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Melissa "Auntie Yaga" @riversdaughter.bsky.social · 7d

*sleepy zombie noises*

I should not be awake before the birds. It's unnatural.