Mona
@monanotlisa-mnl.bsky.social
The artist formerly and also still known as monanotlisa. If you remember Better Buffy Fics, or Livejournal, you're in the right place.
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As for accessibility on Bluesky regarding images, I only today found out that you can set your account to remind you about alt-text.
Impromptu step-by-step guide:
Impromptu step-by-step guide:
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good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
Anatomy of a Sex Scene: Heated Rivalry Edition - Reading the End
Heated Rivalry, AKA the gay hockey show, has been getting a lot of buzz for its explicit(-ish) sex scenes, and a lot of that buzz has been coming from viewers and critics whose experience with the rom...
readingtheend.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
The excellent @marmaruu.bsky.social created an A+ rendition of my Starfinder 2e character Velraash the Chronoseer. She stands a proud three feet and has a lot of emotions, which occasionally conflicts with her spell-training as a witchwarper and her vocation as a cloud chemist handling concoctions.
December 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The excellent @marmaruu.bsky.social created an A+ rendition of my Starfinder 2e character Velraash the Chronoseer. She stands a proud three feet and has a lot of emotions, which occasionally conflicts with her spell-training as a witchwarper and her vocation as a cloud chemist handling concoctions.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Corporate-owned outlets that answer to billionaires are increasingly showing they’re not built for this moment. Independent media is filling the gaps and building something new.
Help us keep building for another year with a gift subscription to one of these awesome outlets:
Help us keep building for another year with a gift subscription to one of these awesome outlets:
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Hey! I've got a few days off so I'm thinkin I'd do some free sketches for folks!
Just drop a description of your #D&D #dnd #ttrpg #pathfinder character in the comments and I'll try and follow up with some drawings.
Give a follow if you'd like (not necessary), and/or retweet for visibility please!
Just drop a description of your #D&D #dnd #ttrpg #pathfinder character in the comments and I'll try and follow up with some drawings.
Give a follow if you'd like (not necessary), and/or retweet for visibility please!
December 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Hey! I've got a few days off so I'm thinkin I'd do some free sketches for folks!
Just drop a description of your #D&D #dnd #ttrpg #pathfinder character in the comments and I'll try and follow up with some drawings.
Give a follow if you'd like (not necessary), and/or retweet for visibility please!
Just drop a description of your #D&D #dnd #ttrpg #pathfinder character in the comments and I'll try and follow up with some drawings.
Give a follow if you'd like (not necessary), and/or retweet for visibility please!
Same. But, science is 100% with us.
With a wife who's a researcher and a mother-in-law who's a professor in a relevant field, I'll once more repeat that wealthy countries' residents can prevent transmission of COVID-19 + other respiratory viruses by *systemically*
1. Masking; &
2. Air Filtering.
With a wife who's a researcher and a mother-in-law who's a professor in a relevant field, I'll once more repeat that wealthy countries' residents can prevent transmission of COVID-19 + other respiratory viruses by *systemically*
1. Masking; &
2. Air Filtering.
I know I’m in like the top 0.1% of people who take covid seriously.
But seeing how people around me react to it does truly make me feel insane sometimes.
But seeing how people around me react to it does truly make me feel insane sometimes.
December 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Same. But, science is 100% with us.
With a wife who's a researcher and a mother-in-law who's a professor in a relevant field, I'll once more repeat that wealthy countries' residents can prevent transmission of COVID-19 + other respiratory viruses by *systemically*
1. Masking; &
2. Air Filtering.
With a wife who's a researcher and a mother-in-law who's a professor in a relevant field, I'll once more repeat that wealthy countries' residents can prevent transmission of COVID-19 + other respiratory viruses by *systemically*
1. Masking; &
2. Air Filtering.
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I know everything feels dark and terrible, but More Joy Day is coming back for the 19th year and I'm looking forward to it. I hope you all will join me on January 8, 2026 and share the joy.
You can read more about it at my tumblr here: sdwolfpup.tumblr.com/post/8021452...
You can read more about it at my tumblr here: sdwolfpup.tumblr.com/post/8021452...
More Joy Day is BACK
What's More Joy Day? In short it’s this:
Every year since 2008, in the interest of spreading more joy, I’ve proposed that on a designated day in early January we each engage in one act, either online....
sdwolfpup.tumblr.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I know everything feels dark and terrible, but More Joy Day is coming back for the 19th year and I'm looking forward to it. I hope you all will join me on January 8, 2026 and share the joy.
You can read more about it at my tumblr here: sdwolfpup.tumblr.com/post/8021452...
You can read more about it at my tumblr here: sdwolfpup.tumblr.com/post/8021452...
Some traditions require revival, it's very true.
December 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Some traditions require revival, it's very true.
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
As for accessibility on Bluesky regarding images, I only today found out that you can set your account to remind you about alt-text.
Impromptu step-by-step guide:
Impromptu step-by-step guide:
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As for accessibility on Bluesky regarding images, I only today found out that you can set your account to remind you about alt-text.
Impromptu step-by-step guide:
Impromptu step-by-step guide:
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listen. listen to me. libraries are getting indie TTRPGs in circulation. high school teachers are bringing weird stuff to the teenz TTRPG club. we continue to be in a beautiful moment for showing more people the full breadth of what games can be. nurture it by playing & loving games!!! a gift!!!!!
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
listen. listen to me. libraries are getting indie TTRPGs in circulation. high school teachers are bringing weird stuff to the teenz TTRPG club. we continue to be in a beautiful moment for showing more people the full breadth of what games can be. nurture it by playing & loving games!!! a gift!!!!!
My pencil and charcoal dabbling sparks joy. :)
December 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
My pencil and charcoal dabbling sparks joy. :)
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Enter password ok let's make sure its you we texted you a code ok now input a 2nd code from the Authenticator App but first add your account to the app to do so we sent a code to your email which you cant access ok input PIN answer security questions OOPS you tried too many times try again in 24 hrs
December 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Enter password ok let's make sure its you we texted you a code ok now input a 2nd code from the Authenticator App but first add your account to the app to do so we sent a code to your email which you cant access ok input PIN answer security questions OOPS you tried too many times try again in 24 hrs
My migraines aren't excruciatingly painful but come with a host of odd neurological symptoms: right-side muscle aches; right-side cold skin; extreme tiredness. I used to think my mother went to sleep from her migraines to escape her -- terrible -- pain, but now I realize the exhaustion hits *hard*.
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
My migraines aren't excruciatingly painful but come with a host of odd neurological symptoms: right-side muscle aches; right-side cold skin; extreme tiredness. I used to think my mother went to sleep from her migraines to escape her -- terrible -- pain, but now I realize the exhaustion hits *hard*.
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![Comic. Doing a task using a company or organization’s website: [flowchart] Go to website, try to log in → Did it work? → Yes → Try to do your task. → Did it work? Yes → Nice! Done! If logging in did not work → Spend hours troubleshooting account / login. If that works, go to Try to do your task. If no → Give up and call customer service. If spending hours troubleshooting doesn’t work, also give up and call customer service. After calling customer service: Hold message: “Did you know you could do all this more quickly and easily on our website? Just go to w-w-w dot…” → Throw phone and laptop into the sea.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiewqnkcrrc4tgla7j5skyz2djf3mrrvre3577c4xcgzurvq33bw4y@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I agree, and view all these careless people's feelings as what they are: a profoundly selfish attachment to nostalgia that is hollow with rot. Let it go; the rot is poisoning people in the here and now.
And I cannot fathom how you can consider yourself a not bad (much less good) person when trans people have been saying for years "This author's work materially hurts me and funds hate movements designed to drive me out of public life" and you still go "B-b-but my childhood!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I agree, and view all these careless people's feelings as what they are: a profoundly selfish attachment to nostalgia that is hollow with rot. Let it go; the rot is poisoning people in the here and now.
This is probably calling out into the void, since my network here is so SMOL, in tumblr terms, but here we go:
Any advice for obtaining high-quality posters or other printed material featuring pencil or charcoal portrait drawings that are at least page-sized, up to two pages? Basically A0 to A1.
Any advice for obtaining high-quality posters or other printed material featuring pencil or charcoal portrait drawings that are at least page-sized, up to two pages? Basically A0 to A1.
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is probably calling out into the void, since my network here is so SMOL, in tumblr terms, but here we go:
Any advice for obtaining high-quality posters or other printed material featuring pencil or charcoal portrait drawings that are at least page-sized, up to two pages? Basically A0 to A1.
Any advice for obtaining high-quality posters or other printed material featuring pencil or charcoal portrait drawings that are at least page-sized, up to two pages? Basically A0 to A1.
![[Me, on the condition of my vegetable order]
Yeah, four of the cucumbers were gross and slimy and bendy.
One had black mold on top of that.
[Customer Service]
I am so incredibly sorry to hear about the condition of your cucumbers! That is completely unacceptable! Receiving four cucumbers that are slimy and bendy, with one having black mold on top, is a serious quality failure and definitely not the Goo dEggs quality we want you to have! I've processed a full credit for the cucumbers ( $19.98 ). You should see it reflected in your account shortly! please let me know if you'd prefer a refund or a redelivery, Best, [Redacted]@GoodEggs
[Me]
Refund, please.
Also, your AI answer is a bit over the top. You may want to adjust its settings.
Thanks!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ex5t4cglzinjkwumpmhylyra/bafkreicuhwfuhuorpes7xhej7say6auzpoe5nlyte5e75hh46akhdosd6y@jpeg)
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We need some kind of barrier between all these named Give Us Your Money days, because right now I’ve got Giving Tuesday, Cyber Monday, and Black Friday emails arriving at the same time, and you know what? It’s too much. Deletion isn’t a healthy hobby for a person my age.
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
We need some kind of barrier between all these named Give Us Your Money days, because right now I’ve got Giving Tuesday, Cyber Monday, and Black Friday emails arriving at the same time, and you know what? It’s too much. Deletion isn’t a healthy hobby for a person my age.
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time to stop making excuses and cross the bridge
December 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
time to stop making excuses and cross the bridge
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Here's a gift article of a very interesting look at the problems with the mirror-test which has been held as the gatekeeper for which creatures possess theory of mind. Besides working with Elsie, it makes me think about SF creatures & if they would pass the test.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
The Mirror Test Is Broken
Either fish are self-aware or scientists need to rethink how they study animal cognition.
www.theatlantic.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Here's a gift article of a very interesting look at the problems with the mirror-test which has been held as the gatekeeper for which creatures possess theory of mind. Besides working with Elsie, it makes me think about SF creatures & if they would pass the test.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
California hike after what was a lot yet not too much food; I stopped myself and the wife (who had been feeling quite ill when we got home last year).
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
California hike after what was a lot yet not too much food; I stopped myself and the wife (who had been feeling quite ill when we got home last year).
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Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Time once again to rep my favorite place for giving: anelder.org - they supply food, firewood and supplies for traditional crafting to Navajo Elders. If you have the cash, please give these folks a hand.
Fingertips are optional, right?
(My poor wife finished peeling and slicing the crudités without my mortally wounded self.)
(My poor wife finished peeling and slicing the crudités without my mortally wounded self.)
November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Fingertips are optional, right?
(My poor wife finished peeling and slicing the crudités without my mortally wounded self.)
(My poor wife finished peeling and slicing the crudités without my mortally wounded self.)