Justine Lim
@squidinkmoon.bsky.social
• writer • nursing student • killer of plants • happily married • unhappily human • she/her 🇵🇭 🏳️🌈 •
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Justine Lim
@squidinkmoon.bsky.social
· May 2
A 2026 accountability thread! Now drafting SALT, a dark fantasy novel about a young woman in search of her mother, a chemist who vanishes after discovering a dangerous new metal.
💫 Body horror
💫 The not-quite-dead
💫 Purple prose
💫 Queer yearning
💫 Filipino mythology
05/02/2026 - 3k words
💫 Body horror
💫 The not-quite-dead
💫 Purple prose
💫 Queer yearning
💫 Filipino mythology
05/02/2026 - 3k words
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At some point there needs to be a *proper* conversation about how cruelty has become a new normal for so many people. And we can't just keep putting it down to structures. Too many people with plenty of agency are actively choosing this.
I gave an interview recently about the importance of making nightlife more affordable for young people, and some of the feedback was, what a woke interview. And I think: so much of the current moment is just indulging people who don't want anyone else to have nice things.
May 12, 2026 at 11:36 AM
At some point there needs to be a *proper* conversation about how cruelty has become a new normal for so many people. And we can't just keep putting it down to structures. Too many people with plenty of agency are actively choosing this.
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We really need some help today. Tapped out after yesterday's bills & again unable to do anything to move our lives forward. (like laundry)
Please give whatever you're able to help us continue staying alive? linktr.ee/wylder
#MutualAid #HelpSky #TransCrowdFund
Please give whatever you're able to help us continue staying alive? linktr.ee/wylder
#MutualAid #HelpSky #TransCrowdFund
Hello, I know trans folks have been 'declared evil' or whatever, but if you don't actually believe that, can you help me & the many cis folks I spend most of my waking hours raising funds for alive?
Please? We're struggling with food across the board now.
linktr.ee/wylder
Please? We're struggling with food across the board now.
linktr.ee/wylder
I need cis folks to understand that trans people are not working in the same framework you are.
Every aspect of our lives anyone else has any control over (rent, jobs, healthcare, ability to keep any of that) is being purposely stripped away by folks delighted to do so.
Give trans folk money!
Every aspect of our lives anyone else has any control over (rent, jobs, healthcare, ability to keep any of that) is being purposely stripped away by folks delighted to do so.
Give trans folk money!
May 11, 2026 at 9:16 PM
We really need some help today. Tapped out after yesterday's bills & again unable to do anything to move our lives forward. (like laundry)
Please give whatever you're able to help us continue staying alive? linktr.ee/wylder
#MutualAid #HelpSky #TransCrowdFund
Please give whatever you're able to help us continue staying alive? linktr.ee/wylder
#MutualAid #HelpSky #TransCrowdFund
The feminine urge to write a blood-soaked hedge maze murder mystery.
May 12, 2026 at 1:07 PM
The feminine urge to write a blood-soaked hedge maze murder mystery.
Whoever is leaving these on my late afternoon bus has officially made my shitty day nice. 😎
May 11, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Whoever is leaving these on my late afternoon bus has officially made my shitty day nice. 😎
This. If you think no one in your life has ever experienced sexual violence, I have news for you.
MEN. All the women you know walk around fielding the constant threat of sexual violence. You know a lot of rape victims, & all other women you know have been constantly sexually harassed since puberty or before. Lucky for you women in your life keep the secret. Or perhaps they can't trust you?
May 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
This. If you think no one in your life has ever experienced sexual violence, I have news for you.
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I am active in a couple of dog training subreddits, and the Venn diagram of men screaming at me to "alpha roll" my dog and men attached at the dick to their guns is very nearly a circle.
May 10, 2026 at 12:38 PM
I am active in a couple of dog training subreddits, and the Venn diagram of men screaming at me to "alpha roll" my dog and men attached at the dick to their guns is very nearly a circle.
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This post (and thread) also gets at why I always kinda hate those well-meaning "Don't feel weird marketing your book, you have to be your own biggest fan! If you don't love your book, who will?" posts. Like...that ain't the weird part, buddy.
Feeling weird about promoting your art is feeling weird about going along with the obvious lie that art exists only to be sold.
GenAI fuckwits are the people who that lie worked on, who'll never understand that sensation.
GenAI fuckwits are the people who that lie worked on, who'll never understand that sensation.
May 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
This post (and thread) also gets at why I always kinda hate those well-meaning "Don't feel weird marketing your book, you have to be your own biggest fan! If you don't love your book, who will?" posts. Like...that ain't the weird part, buddy.
Every morning, down by the river.
May 6, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Every morning, down by the river.
My portal-hunting days are over! I have now retired to mossy weirdness.
What do you look for in the old forest?
1. haunted cottages
2. mushrooms & magic
3. mossy weirdness
4. portals to the faerie realm
1. haunted cottages
2. mushrooms & magic
3. mossy weirdness
4. portals to the faerie realm
May 5, 2026 at 4:04 AM
My portal-hunting days are over! I have now retired to mossy weirdness.
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The rest of Katie's [giant] radiation bill comes due on Friday. Any shares or donations are greatly appreciated 🫠
May 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The rest of Katie's [giant] radiation bill comes due on Friday. Any shares or donations are greatly appreciated 🫠
A 2026 accountability thread! Now drafting SALT, a dark fantasy novel about a young woman in search of her mother, a chemist who vanishes after discovering a dangerous new metal.
💫 Body horror
💫 The not-quite-dead
💫 Purple prose
💫 Queer yearning
💫 Filipino mythology
05/02/2026 - 3k words
💫 Body horror
💫 The not-quite-dead
💫 Purple prose
💫 Queer yearning
💫 Filipino mythology
05/02/2026 - 3k words
May 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
A 2026 accountability thread! Now drafting SALT, a dark fantasy novel about a young woman in search of her mother, a chemist who vanishes after discovering a dangerous new metal.
💫 Body horror
💫 The not-quite-dead
💫 Purple prose
💫 Queer yearning
💫 Filipino mythology
05/02/2026 - 3k words
💫 Body horror
💫 The not-quite-dead
💫 Purple prose
💫 Queer yearning
💫 Filipino mythology
05/02/2026 - 3k words
In light of things that are currently going on in my little community, it is amazing how fast people who engage in hate speech are suddenly "political victims" when someone takes them to task.
May 1, 2026 at 12:42 PM
In light of things that are currently going on in my little community, it is amazing how fast people who engage in hate speech are suddenly "political victims" when someone takes them to task.
Adventure Dog brought his dog to dinner last night.
April 29, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Adventure Dog brought his dog to dinner last night.
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Just a reminder that Lesbian Visibility Week includes sapphic trans women, and you should read books about us, too.
April 25, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Just a reminder that Lesbian Visibility Week includes sapphic trans women, and you should read books about us, too.
Opening my manuscript after one year away:
April 25, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Opening my manuscript after one year away:
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Hey, friends, I need your help for a fellow indie author:
We're looking for someone who can provide a sensitivity read for a Mexican American character. The author wants general support in how the character and his family are portrayed in this contemporary romance. Paid, of course.
Thank you!
We're looking for someone who can provide a sensitivity read for a Mexican American character. The author wants general support in how the character and his family are portrayed in this contemporary romance. Paid, of course.
Thank you!
April 20, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Hey, friends, I need your help for a fellow indie author:
We're looking for someone who can provide a sensitivity read for a Mexican American character. The author wants general support in how the character and his family are portrayed in this contemporary romance. Paid, of course.
Thank you!
We're looking for someone who can provide a sensitivity read for a Mexican American character. The author wants general support in how the character and his family are portrayed in this contemporary romance. Paid, of course.
Thank you!
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ghost and fairy pokemon
March 31, 2026 at 8:09 PM
ghost and fairy pokemon
When the book sells itself. 👀
I think I should use this as one of those enticing 1 star reviews 😂
If you want gay sex in a fantasy detective story, hit up THE REANIMATOR'S HEART, especially if you like autistic necromancers accidentally reanimating their detective crush, so they can solve his murder.
Link: books2read.com/trm1
If you want gay sex in a fantasy detective story, hit up THE REANIMATOR'S HEART, especially if you like autistic necromancers accidentally reanimating their detective crush, so they can solve his murder.
Link: books2read.com/trm1
March 2, 2026 at 12:28 AM
When the book sells itself. 👀
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Interested in an eARC of "CyberSnow"? You can request one here and be one of the first to read this sapphic, cyberpunk retelling of Snow White. 📢📚️
Request Form: forms.gle/BMDTAeyXTemy...
Request Form: forms.gle/BMDTAeyXTemy...
February 26, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Interested in an eARC of "CyberSnow"? You can request one here and be one of the first to read this sapphic, cyberpunk retelling of Snow White. 📢📚️
Request Form: forms.gle/BMDTAeyXTemy...
Request Form: forms.gle/BMDTAeyXTemy...
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something abled people don't get is you can have just one day a week where you are too sick to work, and that's enough to disqualify you from nearly all full-time jobs. it doesn't take a lot
Many disabled and chronically ill people are demonized for not working full-time jobs, when the truth is they can be forced out due to inaccessible policies. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Decline in remote jobs risks shutting disabled people out of work, study finds
Research project warns fall in homeworking roles could undermine efforts to reduce unemployment
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2026 at 12:20 AM
something abled people don't get is you can have just one day a week where you are too sick to work, and that's enough to disqualify you from nearly all full-time jobs. it doesn't take a lot
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Have an appointment for the next root canal. Please help us raise funds for the next few & other dental & medical costs to get me back to a more stable level of health.
linktr.ee/wylder Help Save me, please.
linktr.ee/wylder Help Save me, please.
February 17, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Have an appointment for the next root canal. Please help us raise funds for the next few & other dental & medical costs to get me back to a more stable level of health.
linktr.ee/wylder Help Save me, please.
linktr.ee/wylder Help Save me, please.
Well, it's been a minute since this was a writing account. A big move, a new puppy, a family crisis, and nursing school will do that. My name is Justine, and I tell dark fantasy stories that are heavily influenced by Southeast Asian mythology.
February 16, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Well, it's been a minute since this was a writing account. A big move, a new puppy, a family crisis, and nursing school will do that. My name is Justine, and I tell dark fantasy stories that are heavily influenced by Southeast Asian mythology.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at your work.
1. Fuck this
2. Fuck that
3. Fuck me
4. Are there any non-leaky cambros back here?
1. Fuck this
2. Fuck that
3. Fuck me
4. Are there any non-leaky cambros back here?
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at your work.
"It's over there, behind the giant bucket of penises."
"It's over there, behind the giant bucket of penises."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at your work.
3 jobs:
1. I'll see you in two weeks!
2. Damn, I suck at this
3. Damn, I'm good at this
3 jobs:
1. I'll see you in two weeks!
2. Damn, I suck at this
3. Damn, I'm good at this
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at your work.
1. Fuck this
2. Fuck that
3. Fuck me
4. Are there any non-leaky cambros back here?
1. Fuck this
2. Fuck that
3. Fuck me
4. Are there any non-leaky cambros back here?
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one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it