lucdarling
@lucdarling.bsky.social
Hawkins, IN | lucdarling at AO3
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Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: [email protected].
October 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: [email protected].
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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved chaplain for Loyola Chicago's men's basketball team dies at 106. She became a celebrity during the team's 2018 NCAA Final Four run.
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago's beloved chaplain, dies at 106
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved chaplain for Loyola Chicago's men's basketball team, has died at 106. The university announced her death on Thursday night.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved chaplain for Loyola Chicago's men's basketball team dies at 106. She became a celebrity during the team's 2018 NCAA Final Four run.
@dizmo.bsky.social this seems of possible interest to you propstoreauction.com/auctions/inf... though the auction isn't open yet.
October 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
@dizmo.bsky.social this seems of possible interest to you propstoreauction.com/auctions/inf... though the auction isn't open yet.
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Phew. Okay, so, this is tough.
I can't afford to pay for the surgery my beloved Eugenides needs to save his mouth from severe inflammation and infection. I'm chronically underpaid by my day job and already struggling financially.
Please ... I need help. www.gofundme.com/f/gen-sad-ki...
I can't afford to pay for the surgery my beloved Eugenides needs to save his mouth from severe inflammation and infection. I'm chronically underpaid by my day job and already struggling financially.
Please ... I need help. www.gofundme.com/f/gen-sad-ki...
Donate to Help give Gen a chance at a long, healthy life!, organized by Allie Kleber
TL;DR - beloved cat, severe periodontal disease, expensive surgery, broke… Allie Kleber needs your support for Help give Gen a chance at a long, healthy life!
www.gofundme.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Phew. Okay, so, this is tough.
I can't afford to pay for the surgery my beloved Eugenides needs to save his mouth from severe inflammation and infection. I'm chronically underpaid by my day job and already struggling financially.
Please ... I need help. www.gofundme.com/f/gen-sad-ki...
I can't afford to pay for the surgery my beloved Eugenides needs to save his mouth from severe inflammation and infection. I'm chronically underpaid by my day job and already struggling financially.
Please ... I need help. www.gofundme.com/f/gen-sad-ki...
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Williams was a photographer for Jet magazine. He took the photo himself. The OG selfie. Iconic.
Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956
Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956
September 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Williams was a photographer for Jet magazine. He took the photo himself. The OG selfie. Iconic.
Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956
Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1956
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My Neighbor Demon-Tiger
August 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
My Neighbor Demon-Tiger
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ChatGPT is not even comparable to a person or to a brain or to an intellect. It is a scam. But this idea that any machine could be better than a person is also a really dark path of thinking. People aren’t valued by their usefulness or intelligence. We are people. We have innate worth.
June 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
ChatGPT is not even comparable to a person or to a brain or to an intellect. It is a scam. But this idea that any machine could be better than a person is also a really dark path of thinking. People aren’t valued by their usefulness or intelligence. We are people. We have innate worth.
THREE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE (DELUXE) IS NOW OUT can't believe I got it from my Spotify Release Radar before any of you told me to expect this release. or was it a surprise to all?
June 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
THREE CHEERS FOR SWEET REVENGE (DELUXE) IS NOW OUT can't believe I got it from my Spotify Release Radar before any of you told me to expect this release. or was it a surprise to all?
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The first screening of Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
This is the first time a lot of people in Clarksdale have been abled to watch the film for the first time. Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Evans, and Miles Caton were all in attendance.
📸: @/Carmen_A_Jude (on X)
This is the first time a lot of people in Clarksdale have been abled to watch the film for the first time. Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Evans, and Miles Caton were all in attendance.
📸: @/Carmen_A_Jude (on X)
May 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The first screening of Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
This is the first time a lot of people in Clarksdale have been abled to watch the film for the first time. Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Evans, and Miles Caton were all in attendance.
📸: @/Carmen_A_Jude (on X)
This is the first time a lot of people in Clarksdale have been abled to watch the film for the first time. Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Evans, and Miles Caton were all in attendance.
📸: @/Carmen_A_Jude (on X)
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Absolutely surreal to have lived through the Napster days and watched as the titans of industry moved hell and high water to lock down any possible chance that someone's song might get swapped online without giving the studios a cut and now those same people are just like "well we gotta steal music"
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Absolutely surreal to have lived through the Napster days and watched as the titans of industry moved hell and high water to lock down any possible chance that someone's song might get swapped online without giving the studios a cut and now those same people are just like "well we gotta steal music"
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This is the only good ad in the last decade
May 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is the only good ad in the last decade
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For my 17 Real Genius fans out there.
May 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
For my 17 Real Genius fans out there.
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"I heard today," the cat I share a house with said, "that you humans only have one life."
"Most of us have only one, yes," I said.
"And you chose to spend it with me."
"Well, you moved in."
"You chose to spend it with me."
"When you put it like that, yes."
"You are wiser than you look."
"Most of us have only one, yes," I said.
"And you chose to spend it with me."
"Well, you moved in."
"You chose to spend it with me."
"When you put it like that, yes."
"You are wiser than you look."
May 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"I heard today," the cat I share a house with said, "that you humans only have one life."
"Most of us have only one, yes," I said.
"And you chose to spend it with me."
"Well, you moved in."
"You chose to spend it with me."
"When you put it like that, yes."
"You are wiser than you look."
"Most of us have only one, yes," I said.
"And you chose to spend it with me."
"Well, you moved in."
"You chose to spend it with me."
"When you put it like that, yes."
"You are wiser than you look."
I don’t want to actually write my idea, I just want to read it!
May 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I don’t want to actually write my idea, I just want to read it!
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Of course the new pope is a Sox fan. Cardinals would never vote for a Cubs fan.
May 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Of course the new pope is a Sox fan. Cardinals would never vote for a Cubs fan.
I need to know the pope's opinion on deep dish: Lou Malnati's or Giordano's 🍕
May 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I need to know the pope's opinion on deep dish: Lou Malnati's or Giordano's 🍕
I knew my fanfic was likely input in an AI dataset against my wishes, but it feels bleakly final to actually confirm (including my locked fic) and I'm just tired of it.
May 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I knew my fanfic was likely input in an AI dataset against my wishes, but it feels bleakly final to actually confirm (including my locked fic) and I'm just tired of it.
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NEW: One year in, America's only operating large-scale wind farm shows no sign of harming fish.
In fact, new data shows NY's South Fork wind towers are turning into reefs! Fishing charters report catching cod, tuna, and mahi-mahi around the turbine bases. 🎣
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4313...
In fact, new data shows NY's South Fork wind towers are turning into reefs! Fishing charters report catching cod, tuna, and mahi-mahi around the turbine bases. 🎣
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4313...
South Fork Wind Benthic Monitoring Program
Sediment Profile and Plan View Imaging (SPI/PV), ROV-based Sampling, and Sediment Grab Sampling
storymaps.arcgis.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
NEW: One year in, America's only operating large-scale wind farm shows no sign of harming fish.
In fact, new data shows NY's South Fork wind towers are turning into reefs! Fishing charters report catching cod, tuna, and mahi-mahi around the turbine bases. 🎣
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4313...
In fact, new data shows NY's South Fork wind towers are turning into reefs! Fishing charters report catching cod, tuna, and mahi-mahi around the turbine bases. 🎣
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4313...
everything seems awful in the world right now - please share something good that's going on with your or in your community! (will also accept cat photos.)
April 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
everything seems awful in the world right now - please share something good that's going on with your or in your community! (will also accept cat photos.)
pretty good birthday: cat cuddles + coffee, got a good grade at the dentist (totally normal to want and possible to achieve), Krispy Kreme, delicious homemade dinner, capped off with a playlist of my favorite songs, knitting and reading a book.
here's to another year!
here's to another year!
April 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
pretty good birthday: cat cuddles + coffee, got a good grade at the dentist (totally normal to want and possible to achieve), Krispy Kreme, delicious homemade dinner, capped off with a playlist of my favorite songs, knitting and reading a book.
here's to another year!
here's to another year!
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Good explainer from @wired.com on long-term plans globally to store used nuclear fuel in deep geological repositories.👇
Finland's is just about ready to go, with Sweden, France, Switzerland, Canada and others advancing similar projects.
#NukeSky 🔌💡
Finland's is just about ready to go, with Sweden, France, Switzerland, Canada and others advancing similar projects.
#NukeSky 🔌💡
In March, Finland successfully completed the first test of its encapsulation plant, which, if finished, will become the world’s first permanent underground storage facility for radioactive waste. www.wired.com/story/finlan...
Finland Could Be the First Country in the World to Bury Nuclear Waste Permanently
In March, Finland successfully completed the first test of its encapsulation plant, which, if finished, will become the world’s first permanent underground storage facility for radioactive waste.
www.wired.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Good explainer from @wired.com on long-term plans globally to store used nuclear fuel in deep geological repositories.👇
Finland's is just about ready to go, with Sweden, France, Switzerland, Canada and others advancing similar projects.
#NukeSky 🔌💡
Finland's is just about ready to go, with Sweden, France, Switzerland, Canada and others advancing similar projects.
#NukeSky 🔌💡
Just found Lay's All Dressed chips in my local grocery! in the US!
April 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Just found Lay's All Dressed chips in my local grocery! in the US!
Masters ⛳️ broadcast just cut out 🫠 but today has been *very* good.
April 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Masters ⛳️ broadcast just cut out 🫠 but today has been *very* good.
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It’s always “We launched these tardigrades into space!” “We froze them to absolute zero!” “We threw them into an erupting volcano!”
Never “We took these tardigrades on a holiday. They’re getting tiny massages and sipping little umbrella drinks on the beach.”
Never “We took these tardigrades on a holiday. They’re getting tiny massages and sipping little umbrella drinks on the beach.”
April 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It’s always “We launched these tardigrades into space!” “We froze them to absolute zero!” “We threw them into an erupting volcano!”
Never “We took these tardigrades on a holiday. They’re getting tiny massages and sipping little umbrella drinks on the beach.”
Never “We took these tardigrades on a holiday. They’re getting tiny massages and sipping little umbrella drinks on the beach.”
What a problem to have: I have 5 books currently checked out from the library and just got notice that 3 of my holds just came in for pickup. 📚
April 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
What a problem to have: I have 5 books currently checked out from the library and just got notice that 3 of my holds just came in for pickup. 📚