The Barbarienne
@thebarbarienne.bsky.social
Book production queen. Occasional writer. Amateur jeweler. Spoonie. I post pictures of my cats and food. I love to RT art, but only if it has decent alt-text.
🦖TRANS RIGHTS OR I BITES 🦕
🦖TRANS RIGHTS OR I BITES 🦕
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I say it all the time:
FUNCTIONAL LITERACY IS NOT THE SAME AS AN ABILITY TO WRITE.
People who don't understand this will never be any good as fiction writers.
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FUNCTIONAL LITERACY IS NOT THE SAME AS AN ABILITY TO WRITE.
People who don't understand this will never be any good as fiction writers.
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Coupon code CHEER gets you 20% all Dover orders, no minimum. Includes my novel MOVE UNDER GROUND and my anthology WONDER AND GLORY FOREVER: AWE-INSPIRING LOVECRAFTIAN FICTION.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Coupon code CHEER gets you 20% all Dover orders, no minimum. Includes my novel MOVE UNDER GROUND and my anthology WONDER AND GLORY FOREVER: AWE-INSPIRING LOVECRAFTIAN FICTION.
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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Disabled people do not owe you their medical history.
They do not owe you their diagnosis.
They do not owe you an explanation.
Benefits are exceedingly hard to get and the process is punishing & dehumanizing.
No one is doing it for fun.
They do not owe you their diagnosis.
They do not owe you an explanation.
Benefits are exceedingly hard to get and the process is punishing & dehumanizing.
No one is doing it for fun.
December 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Disabled people do not owe you their medical history.
They do not owe you their diagnosis.
They do not owe you an explanation.
Benefits are exceedingly hard to get and the process is punishing & dehumanizing.
No one is doing it for fun.
They do not owe you their diagnosis.
They do not owe you an explanation.
Benefits are exceedingly hard to get and the process is punishing & dehumanizing.
No one is doing it for fun.
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My favourite grasshopper fact: Grasshoppers first appeared on the planet 250 million years ago.
Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago
Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.
Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago
Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.
December 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My favourite grasshopper fact: Grasshoppers first appeared on the planet 250 million years ago.
Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago
Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.
Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago
Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.
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Did you or someone you know dance on Soul Train in the 1970s?
I’d like to talk with you or them about that experience for my research
Thanks!
I’d like to talk with you or them about that experience for my research
Thanks!
December 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Did you or someone you know dance on Soul Train in the 1970s?
I’d like to talk with you or them about that experience for my research
Thanks!
I’d like to talk with you or them about that experience for my research
Thanks!
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Look, I'm just gonna tell cishet white people right now--Newsom ain't the one. You got Walz and Pritzker out here. You do not need a Bill Clinton clone wearing Mitt Romney's skin.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Look, I'm just gonna tell cishet white people right now--Newsom ain't the one. You got Walz and Pritzker out here. You do not need a Bill Clinton clone wearing Mitt Romney's skin.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Strands #644
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“You're styling!”
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Connections
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YouTuber pronouncing it "goo-wash" and I just can't.
I come from a place where people talk fast, and even putting this person on 2x speed didn't change that pronunciation.
I come from a place where people talk fast, and even putting this person on 2x speed didn't change that pronunciation.
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
YouTuber pronouncing it "goo-wash" and I just can't.
I come from a place where people talk fast, and even putting this person on 2x speed didn't change that pronunciation.
I come from a place where people talk fast, and even putting this person on 2x speed didn't change that pronunciation.
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from a state party director
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
from a state party director
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I'm just going to post this song as often as possible until it's sweeping the nation. I want to hear this playing in supermarkets.
The Coup - "The Guillotine"
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I'm just going to post this song as often as possible until it's sweeping the nation. I want to hear this playing in supermarkets.
I'm alarmed by how many people in the replies don't know what planet* that is.
*planetoid, whatever, stfu
*planetoid, whatever, stfu
This one is for the foodies 🧑🍳
You've heard of elf on a shelf. Now get ready for...
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You've heard of elf on a shelf. Now get ready for...
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December 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I'm alarmed by how many people in the replies don't know what planet* that is.
*planetoid, whatever, stfu
*planetoid, whatever, stfu
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A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
Iron Circus Comics
Iron Circus Comics is the premiere publisher of award-winning, critically-acclaimed graphic novels in the American Midwest, a small-mid house built from the ground up by founder C. Spike Trotman.
store.ironcircus.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!
store.ironcircus.com
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More of this!!
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social is training thousands of New Yorkers on how to protect their neighbors from ICE. Today, they are currently running two trainings in Brooklyn and the Bronx, both of which hit capacity because interest was so high.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
This is the way, y’all—we protect each other, and we know it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
More of this!!
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I cannot stress enough that is some rando responds to something you reposted trying to draw you into a “but have you considered” discussion of it, they are not acting in good faith, and you just block. Please, embrace the blue sky way. block. block. block.
December 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I cannot stress enough that is some rando responds to something you reposted trying to draw you into a “but have you considered” discussion of it, they are not acting in good faith, and you just block. Please, embrace the blue sky way. block. block. block.
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I've been offline so much (mental health reasons) but I have been watching older movies and I marvel at how real they look versus newer films. I've also found silent films to be very relaxing to watch. It's entertainment without over-stimulation.
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I've been offline so much (mental health reasons) but I have been watching older movies and I marvel at how real they look versus newer films. I've also found silent films to be very relaxing to watch. It's entertainment without over-stimulation.
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So without birthright citizenship, wtf happens to Native Americans without federal recognition? Like. Family tree has no immigration records because ancestors were literally just born here for longer than records exist. This is the case for my maternal line.
December 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
So without birthright citizenship, wtf happens to Native Americans without federal recognition? Like. Family tree has no immigration records because ancestors were literally just born here for longer than records exist. This is the case for my maternal line.
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Listen, bobcats make HORRIBLE Christmas #gifts, and they're hard to wrap.
Do yourself a favor and give bobcat photography instead. I just so happen to have bobcat wall art, totes, stickers, puzzles, and more - but no real bobcats.
#wildlife #nature
laurel-gale.pixels.com/art/bobcat
Do yourself a favor and give bobcat photography instead. I just so happen to have bobcat wall art, totes, stickers, puzzles, and more - but no real bobcats.
#wildlife #nature
laurel-gale.pixels.com/art/bobcat
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Listen, bobcats make HORRIBLE Christmas #gifts, and they're hard to wrap.
Do yourself a favor and give bobcat photography instead. I just so happen to have bobcat wall art, totes, stickers, puzzles, and more - but no real bobcats.
#wildlife #nature
laurel-gale.pixels.com/art/bobcat
Do yourself a favor and give bobcat photography instead. I just so happen to have bobcat wall art, totes, stickers, puzzles, and more - but no real bobcats.
#wildlife #nature
laurel-gale.pixels.com/art/bobcat
Latest progress on #watercolor painting for my sister. I'll be cropping it tighter on the right when I matte and mount it.
One thing about progress photos is the big empty space just left of center at the bottom becomes super obvious. Gonna put a lot more leaves in there.
One thing about progress photos is the big empty space just left of center at the bottom becomes super obvious. Gonna put a lot more leaves in there.
December 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Latest progress on #watercolor painting for my sister. I'll be cropping it tighter on the right when I matte and mount it.
One thing about progress photos is the big empty space just left of center at the bottom becomes super obvious. Gonna put a lot more leaves in there.
One thing about progress photos is the big empty space just left of center at the bottom becomes super obvious. Gonna put a lot more leaves in there.
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I zoomed in, added a bit of contrast, and went back and forth over the first few seconds to show how the ground around the vents bulges outward before the lava breaks through and blasts it apart. Remarkable stuff. Nature is neat. #Kilauea
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I zoomed in, added a bit of contrast, and went back and forth over the first few seconds to show how the ground around the vents bulges outward before the lava breaks through and blasts it apart. Remarkable stuff. Nature is neat. #Kilauea
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tech ceos are so funny "we should bring back public executions" dude you don't know how to use a grocery store self checkout shut your nazi hole
December 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
tech ceos are so funny "we should bring back public executions" dude you don't know how to use a grocery store self checkout shut your nazi hole
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Talking about ai online has degraded into the same dynamic of posting about anything in a 300 character limit, in which ppl want you to cover all possible nuance, exception, niche, and audience or they will gleefully sail into the replies on the S.S Um Actually boat
December 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Talking about ai online has degraded into the same dynamic of posting about anything in a 300 character limit, in which ppl want you to cover all possible nuance, exception, niche, and audience or they will gleefully sail into the replies on the S.S Um Actually boat
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