HG Wyndell
@hgwyndell.bsky.social
Spirit Worker, Seeker, Path Walker, Way Finder, Wandering Magician, Stitch Witch, Thread Worker, Creative Catalyst, and Artist at Large.
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HG Wyndell
@hgwyndell.bsky.social
· Jul 22
So yeah. Asking for help is not always my strong suit. My fights with the medical system and insurance have been A Thing the last few years. It has taken up a huge amount of my brain space, and trying to handle these has past the point of overwhelm.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-hg...
Thank you <3
www.gofundme.com/f/support-hg...
Thank you <3
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Hey all,
I'm so grateful for the breathing room this fund has already given me to handle these payments. This month I haven't had to choose between continuing care and my outstanding bills. I haven't had to have payment negotiation calls with providers.
That is huge.
Thank you so much.
I'm so grateful for the breathing room this fund has already given me to handle these payments. This month I haven't had to choose between continuing care and my outstanding bills. I haven't had to have payment negotiation calls with providers.
That is huge.
Thank you so much.
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Year's Longest Night, this side of the world. Wrap up inside the welcoming dark & bring it in to carry with you, in the light. The light will come tomorrow & we'll welcome that too, & the clarity & warmth it brings— but for now, esp in this era of weaponized surveillance, appreciate the dark, too
December 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Year's Longest Night, this side of the world. Wrap up inside the welcoming dark & bring it in to carry with you, in the light. The light will come tomorrow & we'll welcome that too, & the clarity & warmth it brings— but for now, esp in this era of weaponized surveillance, appreciate the dark, too
I read this out loud every Solstice.
Dec. 21 is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Susan Cooper, who wrote the solstice poem "The Shortest Day," collaborated with illustrator Carson Ellis on a new picture book.
From the NPR archives.
From the NPR archives.
Happy winter solstice! At last, we've made it to 'The Shortest Day'
Dec. 21 is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Susan Cooper, who wrote the solstice poem "The Shortest Day," collaborated with illustrator Carson Ellis on a new picture book.
n.pr
December 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I read this out loud every Solstice.
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Now would be a great time for a 10 episode, 20 hour prestige series about the ten years between 1916 and 1926, covering the establishment of the 8-hr work day & 5-day work week, in the US. Each episode would be one year & the middle episode should be entirely devoted to the Battle of Blair Mountain.
December 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Now would be a great time for a 10 episode, 20 hour prestige series about the ten years between 1916 and 1926, covering the establishment of the 8-hr work day & 5-day work week, in the US. Each episode would be one year & the middle episode should be entirely devoted to the Battle of Blair Mountain.
Dawn comes on the Solstice.
Madeleine l’Engle said:
“We will hold hands as we move through the dark”.
May you be held, & whole, & may all things brighten for you hereafter.
Madeleine l’Engle said:
“We will hold hands as we move through the dark”.
May you be held, & whole, & may all things brighten for you hereafter.
December 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Dawn comes on the Solstice.
Madeleine l’Engle said:
“We will hold hands as we move through the dark”.
May you be held, & whole, & may all things brighten for you hereafter.
Madeleine l’Engle said:
“We will hold hands as we move through the dark”.
May you be held, & whole, & may all things brighten for you hereafter.
Tonight is the deep dark of the year. It is the Longest Night, and this year it's also in the moon's dark. It's sunset.
I'm holding onto the rituals, kneeling in the snow and ice damp grass at sunset, geese flying over head calling as the sun sets behind clouds.
1/4
I'm holding onto the rituals, kneeling in the snow and ice damp grass at sunset, geese flying over head calling as the sun sets behind clouds.
1/4
December 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tonight is the deep dark of the year. It is the Longest Night, and this year it's also in the moon's dark. It's sunset.
I'm holding onto the rituals, kneeling in the snow and ice damp grass at sunset, geese flying over head calling as the sun sets behind clouds.
1/4
I'm holding onto the rituals, kneeling in the snow and ice damp grass at sunset, geese flying over head calling as the sun sets behind clouds.
1/4
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I really dislike this world we live in that says it wants art, but without anything that comes with art.
Like paying and respecting artists, allowing time for creation, treating learning as valuable even if it doesn’t produce commercially viable works, remembering learning doesn’t stop.
Like paying and respecting artists, allowing time for creation, treating learning as valuable even if it doesn’t produce commercially viable works, remembering learning doesn’t stop.
December 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I really dislike this world we live in that says it wants art, but without anything that comes with art.
Like paying and respecting artists, allowing time for creation, treating learning as valuable even if it doesn’t produce commercially viable works, remembering learning doesn’t stop.
Like paying and respecting artists, allowing time for creation, treating learning as valuable even if it doesn’t produce commercially viable works, remembering learning doesn’t stop.
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kind of interesting that we aren’t seeing any protests rise up against this obvious big step toward absolute censorial repression of any and all political enemies, both real and perceived www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Trump administration prepares sweeping crackdown on leftist networks
The Justice Department’s program to root out violent “Antifa” extremism is raising First Amendment concerns.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
kind of interesting that we aren’t seeing any protests rise up against this obvious big step toward absolute censorial repression of any and all political enemies, both real and perceived www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
This Sunday is the last class I'm hosting for the year! I'll be in person at Keys to Manifestation in Lansing, MI to talk with folks about runes.
Tickets: manifestlansing.com/store/conver...
#InclusiveHeathenry #PaganEducation #Class
Tickets: manifestlansing.com/store/conver...
#InclusiveHeathenry #PaganEducation #Class
December 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This Sunday is the last class I'm hosting for the year! I'll be in person at Keys to Manifestation in Lansing, MI to talk with folks about runes.
Tickets: manifestlansing.com/store/conver...
#InclusiveHeathenry #PaganEducation #Class
Tickets: manifestlansing.com/store/conver...
#InclusiveHeathenry #PaganEducation #Class
Fuck all the way off. It's called a dynamic disability. I can walk, sometimes quite a bit, but you combine long travel days, carrying things, enforced sitting in cramped conditions, and long walks, yeah I'm probably going to need help.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Fuck all the way off. It's called a dynamic disability. I can walk, sometimes quite a bit, but you combine long travel days, carrying things, enforced sitting in cramped conditions, and long walks, yeah I'm probably going to need help.
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Should you refuse to show compassion because you believe it would make you appear weak, then you have misunderstood what strength is. It is honorable to have concern for others, to show empathy and to offer aid to someone in distress. To rebuke this is cowardice, not strength.
December 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Should you refuse to show compassion because you believe it would make you appear weak, then you have misunderstood what strength is. It is honorable to have concern for others, to show empathy and to offer aid to someone in distress. To rebuke this is cowardice, not strength.
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I swear to fucking god mozilla, *everyone hates this idea*. Do NOT succumb to The Fear & the Monetization Disease. You don't need to have a "modern AI browser", at all, ever. You need to be th comany that respects user privacy, meaningful consent, & choice; the one w/ The Browser That Fucking Works
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I swear to fucking god mozilla, *everyone hates this idea*. Do NOT succumb to The Fear & the Monetization Disease. You don't need to have a "modern AI browser", at all, ever. You need to be th comany that respects user privacy, meaningful consent, & choice; the one w/ The Browser That Fucking Works
Wednesday this week I'll be online with @wickedgrounds.bsky.social talking about long distance polyamory, sharing stories, and inviting discussion about creative ways to communicate with our co-adventurers.
#Polyamory #Relationships #Communication
#Polyamory #Relationships #Communication
Upcoming class online December 17th: Long Distance Polyamory
Tickets available here: forbiddentickets.com/events/wicke...
Tickets available here: forbiddentickets.com/events/wicke...
December 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Wednesday this week I'll be online with @wickedgrounds.bsky.social talking about long distance polyamory, sharing stories, and inviting discussion about creative ways to communicate with our co-adventurers.
#Polyamory #Relationships #Communication
#Polyamory #Relationships #Communication
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All my recent books went from hardcover to trade paperback and almost all of my backlist in mass market has now migrated to trade. The role of mass market paperbacks is now handled almost entirely by ebooks. I'm okay with this but it is the end of an era.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
After years of steady sales declines, the format will largely disappear next year.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
All my recent books went from hardcover to trade paperback and almost all of my backlist in mass market has now migrated to trade. The role of mass market paperbacks is now handled almost entirely by ebooks. I'm okay with this but it is the end of an era.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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(Semi-relatedly, this is why in my outlining classes I often say "As your writing career progresses you WILL have to give people outlines on a regular basis, so get used to it")
Your editor does not care if you are a pantser! Neither does the acquisitions committee! Just give them the thing!
Your editor does not care if you are a pantser! Neither does the acquisitions committee! Just give them the thing!
-- and let the book stand absolutely on its own, as its own thing, with a different clarity and focus and colour palette and style and voice, EVEN IF the themes are the same from book to book. Hence
*cracks knuckles*
some refoobling to do today on two very rough outlines
*cracks knuckles*
some refoobling to do today on two very rough outlines
December 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
(Semi-relatedly, this is why in my outlining classes I often say "As your writing career progresses you WILL have to give people outlines on a regular basis, so get used to it")
Your editor does not care if you are a pantser! Neither does the acquisitions committee! Just give them the thing!
Your editor does not care if you are a pantser! Neither does the acquisitions committee! Just give them the thing!
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I am sure someone else has already come to this realization, but Gandalf is basically a neighborhood cat.
He has different names for everyone who knows him, disappears for worrisomely long periods, shows up whenever he wants, and no one knows where he comes from, but everyone loves him.
He has different names for everyone who knows him, disappears for worrisomely long periods, shows up whenever he wants, and no one knows where he comes from, but everyone loves him.
December 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I am sure someone else has already come to this realization, but Gandalf is basically a neighborhood cat.
He has different names for everyone who knows him, disappears for worrisomely long periods, shows up whenever he wants, and no one knows where he comes from, but everyone loves him.
He has different names for everyone who knows him, disappears for worrisomely long periods, shows up whenever he wants, and no one knows where he comes from, but everyone loves him.
Windchill of -2°F/-19°C and dropping. These are normally January/ February things and I'm a little grumpy about it.
*grabs blanket, tea, books, and a hot pad*
*grabs blanket, tea, books, and a hot pad*
December 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Windchill of -2°F/-19°C and dropping. These are normally January/ February things and I'm a little grumpy about it.
*grabs blanket, tea, books, and a hot pad*
*grabs blanket, tea, books, and a hot pad*
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What if emotion IS knowledge?
@khadijahqueen.com’s RADICAL POETICS makes the case that “poetry exists as a valuable tool for understanding,” not despite its emotional resonance, but precisely because of it.
press.umich.edu/Books/R/Radi...
@uofmpress.bsky.social
#Poetry #Books #RadicalPoetics
@khadijahqueen.com’s RADICAL POETICS makes the case that “poetry exists as a valuable tool for understanding,” not despite its emotional resonance, but precisely because of it.
press.umich.edu/Books/R/Radi...
@uofmpress.bsky.social
#Poetry #Books #RadicalPoetics
December 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
What if emotion IS knowledge?
@khadijahqueen.com’s RADICAL POETICS makes the case that “poetry exists as a valuable tool for understanding,” not despite its emotional resonance, but precisely because of it.
press.umich.edu/Books/R/Radi...
@uofmpress.bsky.social
#Poetry #Books #RadicalPoetics
@khadijahqueen.com’s RADICAL POETICS makes the case that “poetry exists as a valuable tool for understanding,” not despite its emotional resonance, but precisely because of it.
press.umich.edu/Books/R/Radi...
@uofmpress.bsky.social
#Poetry #Books #RadicalPoetics
Why do the six hours from 6pm- midnight feel so much shorter than noon-6pm?
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Why do the six hours from 6pm- midnight feel so much shorter than noon-6pm?
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If you’re intimidated about drawing/learning to draw because you feel like you have no idea what you’re doing: Most of those who draw regularly also have no idea what were doing. We’re all bullshitting our way through and hoping for the best. That’s how all your favourite art is born, I promise
December 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If you’re intimidated about drawing/learning to draw because you feel like you have no idea what you’re doing: Most of those who draw regularly also have no idea what were doing. We’re all bullshitting our way through and hoping for the best. That’s how all your favourite art is born, I promise
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Getting ready for 2026 like
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Getting ready for 2026 like
When the person who has built his entire career on parody and whimsy does a full on cover of Rage, that is a big, flashing warning.
When nice people are pushed to the point where there is no retreat, things happen. I've been wondering when we would get there.
When nice people are pushed to the point where there is no retreat, things happen. I've been wondering when we would get there.
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
When the person who has built his entire career on parody and whimsy does a full on cover of Rage, that is a big, flashing warning.
When nice people are pushed to the point where there is no retreat, things happen. I've been wondering when we would get there.
When nice people are pushed to the point where there is no retreat, things happen. I've been wondering when we would get there.
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I would like to go a full week without a constitutional crisis
December 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I would like to go a full week without a constitutional crisis
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This is something I and my fellow hyper literate types have a really hard time grasping. It’s frustrating to think you’re being really clear in writing, but still get wildly misunderstood because you’ve overestimated people’s literacy level.
This is…a real problem online.
This is…a real problem online.
People don't understand what is meant by "literacy" and the "literacy crisis".
Literacy isn't just not being able to physically read. Many people know how to see words and say words, which is basic reading. Literacy is being able to infer the correct information from what you read.
Literacy isn't just not being able to physically read. Many people know how to see words and say words, which is basic reading. Literacy is being able to infer the correct information from what you read.
December 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This is something I and my fellow hyper literate types have a really hard time grasping. It’s frustrating to think you’re being really clear in writing, but still get wildly misunderstood because you’ve overestimated people’s literacy level.
This is…a real problem online.
This is…a real problem online.
This stuff is hard enough without having to contest decisions by AI, which we already know had a bias problem.
This is going to have immense consequences.
This is going to have immense consequences.
"AI companies will be paid a portion of the savings from claims they deny or, as the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction plan puts it, “compensated based on a share of averted expenditures.”"
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This stuff is hard enough without having to contest decisions by AI, which we already know had a bias problem.
This is going to have immense consequences.
This is going to have immense consequences.
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WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
www.4culture.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...