Rosamund Lannin
@rosamund.bsky.social
reading and writing and domestic life in Chicago. #amquerying a YA (?) novel about live action role-playing (LARP). // rosamund.co
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cta buses should switch to better lighting after sunset imo. i am too pretty for bright overhead fluorescent at 9pm
March 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
cta buses should switch to better lighting after sunset imo. i am too pretty for bright overhead fluorescent at 9pm
happy St. Patrick’s day!
Decades before Irish were Chicago political royalty, they lived in a ramshackle slum called Kilgubbin. Always enjoy reading a @robertloerzel.bsky.social story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/16/i...
Decades before Irish were Chicago political royalty, they lived in a ramshackle slum called Kilgubbin
Nineteenth century Irish arrivals in Chicago lived in a ramshackle slice of the city dubbed Kilgubbin.
www.chicagotribune.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
happy St. Patrick’s day!
reading at this next Sunday! come through! 20x2.org/chicago/inde...
20x2 Chicago: What's the Mission?
The show where 20 creative people get two minutes each to answer the same question.
20x2.org
March 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
reading at this next Sunday! come through! 20x2.org/chicago/inde...
this week has been a lot, she thought for the 10th week in a row
March 14, 2025 at 4:40 AM
this week has been a lot, she thought for the 10th week in a row
me defending my no plot, just vibes short stories
March 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
me defending my no plot, just vibes short stories
[my husband wakes up from a six-month coma]
our daughter: hey dad can you draw me a princess. and a witch
our daughter: hey dad can you draw me a princess. and a witch
March 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM
[my husband wakes up from a six-month coma]
our daughter: hey dad can you draw me a princess. and a witch
our daughter: hey dad can you draw me a princess. and a witch
got a short speculative story up in @lunastation.bsky.social, please spread the word far and wide! www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/061/
Luna Station Quarterly
Stellar short fiction by women-identified writers since 2010
www.lunastationquarterly.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
got a short speculative story up in @lunastation.bsky.social, please spread the word far and wide! www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/061/
related to that last post
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February 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
related to that last post
last night I made my first Star Wars joke; I asked if Sean could freeze me in carbonite for a couple months.
"You're a good dad, it'll be fine."
"Porter's going to be like, 'Where's mom? Is she okay?' and I'll remind her about Han Solo. We'll go look at you in the second bedroom."
"Great."
"You're a good dad, it'll be fine."
"Porter's going to be like, 'Where's mom? Is she okay?' and I'll remind her about Han Solo. We'll go look at you in the second bedroom."
"Great."
February 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
last night I made my first Star Wars joke; I asked if Sean could freeze me in carbonite for a couple months.
"You're a good dad, it'll be fine."
"Porter's going to be like, 'Where's mom? Is she okay?' and I'll remind her about Han Solo. We'll go look at you in the second bedroom."
"Great."
"You're a good dad, it'll be fine."
"Porter's going to be like, 'Where's mom? Is she okay?' and I'll remind her about Han Solo. We'll go look at you in the second bedroom."
"Great."
“She went to Mayo, maybe she thinks she’s hot shit.” God I love eavesdropping on gossip
February 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“She went to Mayo, maybe she thinks she’s hot shit.” God I love eavesdropping on gossip
this is not the worst year of my life but it is certainly the most brutal February.
February 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
this is not the worst year of my life but it is certainly the most brutal February.
I am doing this on Sunday! I hope to see you there! It should be fun!
February 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I am doing this on Sunday! I hope to see you there! It should be fun!
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hey, free speech bros. where you at www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
hey, free speech bros. where you at www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...
in lieu of most social media I have become that friend that texts you Reddit posts at odd hours
February 10, 2025 at 4:57 AM
in lieu of most social media I have become that friend that texts you Reddit posts at odd hours
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Support my friends at @challengers.bsky.social !!! You can also order online! A great time to get some signed MAYOR GOOD BOY books!!
Starts TODAY at 11am! In-store AND online at challengerscomics dot com.
February 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Support my friends at @challengers.bsky.social !!! You can also order online! A great time to get some signed MAYOR GOOD BOY books!!
I feel like there's this macho, very American idea of progress must always come at a terrible cost. like yes things need to get better but we can think about the human / animal / living creature / nature toll.
it's been a week
it's been a week
February 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I feel like there's this macho, very American idea of progress must always come at a terrible cost. like yes things need to get better but we can think about the human / animal / living creature / nature toll.
it's been a week
it's been a week
I fear I’m going to become an evangelist for unplugging from social media. it’s going to be so annoying — there’s nothing worse than a born-again.
February 6, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I fear I’m going to become an evangelist for unplugging from social media. it’s going to be so annoying — there’s nothing worse than a born-again.
I asked too many questions about Time Trax and now @seandove.bsky.social is making me watch videos about Time Trax
February 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I asked too many questions about Time Trax and now @seandove.bsky.social is making me watch videos about Time Trax
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The @chicagoreader.com still needs your help. Thanks to all who have shared, donated, become monthly donors, and/or taken out a classified ad or a display ad with us in the last weeks. Every dollar and share counts and we are grateful. donorbox.org/save-the-chi...
Save the Chicago Reader - Salem Collo-Julin's Fundraiser on Donorbox
Imagine a teenager in a study carrel at a Chicago Public Library branch. It’s the late end of the 1980s, and a stack of newspapers is on a table nearby. Standing up to stretch after an hour of pretend...
donorbox.org
February 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The @chicagoreader.com still needs your help. Thanks to all who have shared, donated, become monthly donors, and/or taken out a classified ad or a display ad with us in the last weeks. Every dollar and share counts and we are grateful. donorbox.org/save-the-chi...
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We were never able to write a second hit because of dei
February 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
We were never able to write a second hit because of dei
a really important article from pal Ines, who is not on here so I'm acting as her hype man: hellogloria.com/health/how-t...
How to Avoid Financial Ruin After a Medical Emergency
By Ines Bellina In late March of 2024, I woke up with a persistent ache in my upper torso that I immediately recognized as a biliary colic. I had been dealing with those symptoms since January and was...
hellogloria.com
February 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
a really important article from pal Ines, who is not on here so I'm acting as her hype man: hellogloria.com/health/how-t...
I do not have the time or energy to go through my unearned thousands of followers. Can someone just tell me who to follow?
February 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I do not have the time or energy to go through my unearned thousands of followers. Can someone just tell me who to follow?
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I’m $346.87 away from cracking $21k for my part of the Save the Reader fundraiser, donate if you can!
I’m 21 individual donations away from hitting 350–will you be one of the people to help meet that number by the end of the day?
donorbox.org/save-the-chi...
donorbox.org/save-the-chi...
January 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I’m $346.87 away from cracking $21k for my part of the Save the Reader fundraiser, donate if you can!