vc
@vcbrannen.bsky.social
they/them. nonprofiteer, rectangle manipulator, plant grower, maker and fixer of stuff.
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Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Starting 2026 on an exciting note with the publication of NO MORE PENCILS!
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Darkest Deep on Instagram: "No More Pencils, Rykie Belles."
3 likes, 1 comments - darkest.deep on January 16, 2026: "No More Pencils, Rykie Belles.".
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January 17, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Starting 2026 on an exciting note with the publication of NO MORE PENCILS!
www.instagram.com/p/DTlnBk6kps...
www.instagram.com/p/DTlnBk6kps...
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I'm back with a new edition of What's on Fire, where I discuss the first few days of session in the Georgia Assembly & Governor Kemp's State of the State address.
This is a once in a generation election cycle and each of us can play a part in flipping our state for the better.
This is a once in a generation election cycle and each of us can play a part in flipping our state for the better.
January 15, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I'm back with a new edition of What's on Fire, where I discuss the first few days of session in the Georgia Assembly & Governor Kemp's State of the State address.
This is a once in a generation election cycle and each of us can play a part in flipping our state for the better.
This is a once in a generation election cycle and each of us can play a part in flipping our state for the better.
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I’m doing great {{citation needed}}
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I’m doing great {{citation needed}}
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“Burnout shifted its meaning: from a symptom experienced by people struggling to change society to one experienced by people trying too hard to succeed within it.” https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/loss-of-an-ideal
Loss of an ideal
From phenomena to pathology.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM
“Burnout shifted its meaning: from a symptom experienced by people struggling to change society to one experienced by people trying too hard to succeed within it.” https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/loss-of-an-ideal
wish it didn’t have a slop image on it but worth signing anyway
Atlantans - please sign this petition for Fulton County Commission to fully fund supportive housing (housing for homeless individuals). There are hundreds of people that are at risk of losing their housing because of this budgetary decision.
www.change.org/p/keep-peopl...
www.change.org/p/keep-peopl...
Sign the Petition
Keep People Housed in Fulton County.
www.change.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:24 PM
wish it didn’t have a slop image on it but worth signing anyway
post-work cocktails: this, but with Shakespeare Distillery elderflower & quince gin, lemon juice ice cube, shorting the St. Germain and adding a dash of Seedlip's Garden mixer, and swapping the basil leaf garnish for a grapefruit rind. @fromawildkate.bsky.social verdict: success!
Beretta's Pamplemousse Recipe
We're always a bit wary of elderflower liqueur, but it doesn't take over in this supremely balanced and fresh-tasting gin cocktail, a signature brunch drink at Beretta in San Francisco.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:45 AM
post-work cocktails: this, but with Shakespeare Distillery elderflower & quince gin, lemon juice ice cube, shorting the St. Germain and adding a dash of Seedlip's Garden mixer, and swapping the basil leaf garnish for a grapefruit rind. @fromawildkate.bsky.social verdict: success!
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Do not patronize these companies. There are still local, family owned lumber and hardware stores many places and also ACE Hardware and True Value. HFH Restores also sell some building supplies.
“Home Depot and Lowe’s are using AI-powered license plate readers and feeding this data into law enforcement surveillance systems accessible to ICE. Their parking lots are also regular sites of ICE raids targeting day laborers.”
Know who profits from ICE's cruelty. https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ice-businesses-boycott-campaign/
January 11, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Do not patronize these companies. There are still local, family owned lumber and hardware stores many places and also ACE Hardware and True Value. HFH Restores also sell some building supplies.
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A frankly astounding Humble Bundle of about 70 books by women SFF writers, including the Iskryne series by @pennyvixen.bsky.social and me and my first two Karen Memory novels, for $25 for the whole bundle, benefitting youth mental health.
www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
Humble Book Bundle: Fierce Women of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror by Open Road Media
Our latest ebook bundle has over 60 of the best sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books written by women! Every purchase supports Active Minds charity!
www.humblebundle.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:03 AM
A frankly astounding Humble Bundle of about 70 books by women SFF writers, including the Iskryne series by @pennyvixen.bsky.social and me and my first two Karen Memory novels, for $25 for the whole bundle, benefitting youth mental health.
www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
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wtf how did i not know you can access an RSS feed from any bsky profile just by adding /rss to their url
check this out https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hsqwcidfez66lwm3gxhfv5in/rss
check this out https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hsqwcidfez66lwm3gxhfv5in/rss
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January 9, 2026 at 2:02 AM
wtf how did i not know you can access an RSS feed from any bsky profile just by adding /rss to their url
check this out https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hsqwcidfez66lwm3gxhfv5in/rss
check this out https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hsqwcidfez66lwm3gxhfv5in/rss
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they think we're fucking stupid www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
DHS Is Lying To You About ICE Shooting a Woman
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
www.404media.co
January 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
they think we're fucking stupid www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying...
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Mf can’t even run his own country
President Trump says the US will "run" Venezuela until safe transition can take place following the US capture of Maduro.
Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4jyRghJ
Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4jyRghJ
January 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Mf can’t even run his own country
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The fatal cat disease FIP had finally been cured. But the treatment wasn’t legal in the US. Cats kept dying.
So a group of renegade cat ladies took matters into their own hands. This week on Reveal: the cat drug black market.
So a group of renegade cat ladies took matters into their own hands. This week on Reveal: the cat drug black market.
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January 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The fatal cat disease FIP had finally been cured. But the treatment wasn’t legal in the US. Cats kept dying.
So a group of renegade cat ladies took matters into their own hands. This week on Reveal: the cat drug black market.
So a group of renegade cat ladies took matters into their own hands. This week on Reveal: the cat drug black market.
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January 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Happy New Year friends! If you’re so inclined, join me in paying attention to the first bird you see on the first day of the new year, something I started doing 6 years ago
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A New Year's Bird
Apophenic as a haruspex
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January 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Happy New Year friends! If you’re so inclined, join me in paying attention to the first bird you see on the first day of the new year, something I started doing 6 years ago
amalelmohtar.com/a-new-years-...
amalelmohtar.com/a-new-years-...
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2026 is about affordable homeownership. No more "policy" this year. Feed the local fauna, befriend them, and then use them to overpower homeowners so you can occupy their dwellings.
January 1, 2026 at 7:05 AM
2026 is about affordable homeownership. No more "policy" this year. Feed the local fauna, befriend them, and then use them to overpower homeowners so you can occupy their dwellings.
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January 1, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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we gave our graphic designer the night off. if you don’t want it to happen again, chip in $5.26! or if you do, donate anyway!
December 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
we gave our graphic designer the night off. if you don’t want it to happen again, chip in $5.26! or if you do, donate anyway!
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Developing Arcalibre - rereading Project
because books are art, and art is labor
rereading.space
December 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
trying out the new Proton Sheets by making an inventory of all my seed packets for garden planning
December 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
trying out the new Proton Sheets by making an inventory of all my seed packets for garden planning
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Y'all, this is a crowded field of candidates, but I'm the only candidate that has publicly pledged not to take corporate PAC or the state equivalent of AIPAC funding. My priority has been and will always be Georgians. We are running the way we want to govern.
December 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Y'all, this is a crowded field of candidates, but I'm the only candidate that has publicly pledged not to take corporate PAC or the state equivalent of AIPAC funding. My priority has been and will always be Georgians. We are running the way we want to govern.
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.