Anastasia she/her or they/them
@starshadw.bsky.social
I am made up of nothing more than wishes and dreams, and if I told you all of my secrets, there would be nothing left of me at all. she/her or they/them. Love fantasy and sci-fi, gaming, and gardening, especially re-wilding and native plants.
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“I trust my immune system. I don’t need a vaccine.”
Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it.
Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it.
Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
September 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
“I trust my immune system. I don’t need a vaccine.”
Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it.
Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it.
Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.
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Hey Philly! We need your help saving the Academy of Natural Sciences!
The Save the Academy Coalition needs volunteers to help hand out organizing flyers in front of the museum Sept 25-27. It’s the museum’s last weekend (for now!)
Sign up here to help docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Save the Academy Coalition needs volunteers to help hand out organizing flyers in front of the museum Sept 25-27. It’s the museum’s last weekend (for now!)
Sign up here to help docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 21, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Hey Philly! We need your help saving the Academy of Natural Sciences!
The Save the Academy Coalition needs volunteers to help hand out organizing flyers in front of the museum Sept 25-27. It’s the museum’s last weekend (for now!)
Sign up here to help docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Save the Academy Coalition needs volunteers to help hand out organizing flyers in front of the museum Sept 25-27. It’s the museum’s last weekend (for now!)
Sign up here to help docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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I’ll take this a step further and say, I believe we should be able to support an average-sized family on a single income at what we determine to be the minimum wage.
A lot of Boomers got this. But for whatever reason, we’re considered ridiculous for proposing it.
A lot of Boomers got this. But for whatever reason, we’re considered ridiculous for proposing it.
I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️
September 19, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I’ll take this a step further and say, I believe we should be able to support an average-sized family on a single income at what we determine to be the minimum wage.
A lot of Boomers got this. But for whatever reason, we’re considered ridiculous for proposing it.
A lot of Boomers got this. But for whatever reason, we’re considered ridiculous for proposing it.
Dear indie dice makers - I want to buy your math rocks. I really do. But if you aren't talking about calibration and balance and assuring me your dice are going to perform their function properly, I'm not buying, no matter how sparkly, glittery, gothy, etc. your dice are.
September 13, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Dear indie dice makers - I want to buy your math rocks. I really do. But if you aren't talking about calibration and balance and assuring me your dice are going to perform their function properly, I'm not buying, no matter how sparkly, glittery, gothy, etc. your dice are.
Dear small indie dice making companies: want me to buy your delicious math rocks? Then you need to be talking about calibration and balance.
September 10, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Dear small indie dice making companies: want me to buy your delicious math rocks? Then you need to be talking about calibration and balance.
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Hey friends! I am seeing that a certain Awful Lady and her unbroken record of sociopathic harm is back in the discourse. And boy. She really sucks. But maybe we can take this opportunity to highlight and celebrate children's authors who AREN'T transphobic pieces of shit.
Great. I'll start...
Great. I'll start...
September 5, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Hey friends! I am seeing that a certain Awful Lady and her unbroken record of sociopathic harm is back in the discourse. And boy. She really sucks. But maybe we can take this opportunity to highlight and celebrate children's authors who AREN'T transphobic pieces of shit.
Great. I'll start...
Great. I'll start...
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Y'all. I know you're tired of my running on about this, and I *want* to give you a break over the weekend, but I CAN'T fail these cats.
They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person.
They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person.
August 28, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Y'all. I know you're tired of my running on about this, and I *want* to give you a break over the weekend, but I CAN'T fail these cats.
They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person.
They need a HOME. They're affectionate, relaxed and in decent health, and their issues are MINOR and EASILY MANAGEABLE. All we need is to find That Person.
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I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money.
That's Dolly.
That's Dolly.
August 25, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money.
That's Dolly.
That's Dolly.
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Once again: anyone in the northeast, or willing to drive there - two bonded cats have lost their owner to cancer, and desperately need a new home.
(If it matters to you in any way, I know and will wvouch for Shecky, he’s a real one 👇👇👇)
(If it matters to you in any way, I know and will wvouch for Shecky, he’s a real one 👇👇👇)
ORPHAN CATS STILL SEEKING A FOREVER HOME
I've updated the original thread linked here. It has *all* the pertinent information, so please read the whole thing.
I've updated the original thread linked here. It has *all* the pertinent information, so please read the whole thing.
FRIENDS IN THE NYC AREA: Okay, this is a tough one, but please bear with me.
My wife's lifelong friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is desperately seeking a home for his two cats when that time comes. The elder, Wally, is something like 13 years old and DELIGHTFULLY dim. The younger, Doris,
My wife's lifelong friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is desperately seeking a home for his two cats when that time comes. The elder, Wally, is something like 13 years old and DELIGHTFULLY dim. The younger, Doris,
August 24, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Once again: anyone in the northeast, or willing to drive there - two bonded cats have lost their owner to cancer, and desperately need a new home.
(If it matters to you in any way, I know and will wvouch for Shecky, he’s a real one 👇👇👇)
(If it matters to you in any way, I know and will wvouch for Shecky, he’s a real one 👇👇👇)
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the national debt crossed $40 trillion this week and not one person in charge called it unaffordable. that word only comes out for the school lunch, the insulin cap, the raise. the debt isn't a limit on what they'll spend. it's the excuse they save for anything that would reach you.
August 20, 2026 at 3:01 PM
the national debt crossed $40 trillion this week and not one person in charge called it unaffordable. that word only comes out for the school lunch, the insulin cap, the raise. the debt isn't a limit on what they'll spend. it's the excuse they save for anything that would reach you.
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The allegations of plagiarism that Cofnas surfaced? Liverpool John Moores had already investigated & cleared him & is *still* not being included in most articles. Jason Stanley explains why again there was a basic failure of journalistic understanding & why people took Cofnas’s framing over LJM’s
August 20, 2026 at 8:10 AM
The allegations of plagiarism that Cofnas surfaced? Liverpool John Moores had already investigated & cleared him & is *still* not being included in most articles. Jason Stanley explains why again there was a basic failure of journalistic understanding & why people took Cofnas’s framing over LJM’s
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#HeadsUp: War for the Oaks, by Emma Bull, is on US Kindle sale for $3; I got some for random giveaway. This is one of the first, if not *the* first, urban fantasy books, dealing with the fae in Minneapolis. Highly recommended.
August 20, 2026 at 12:44 PM
#HeadsUp: War for the Oaks, by Emma Bull, is on US Kindle sale for $3; I got some for random giveaway. This is one of the first, if not *the* first, urban fantasy books, dealing with the fae in Minneapolis. Highly recommended.
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The withering of the year has come early. The land tells its distress in brittle grass bleached as bone, tells it in paths made of furious dust. It screams to us through drought cicatrix of cracked earth. We walk a territory of trauma. We should expect ghosts. – #DAKilroy
August 8, 2026 at 11:14 AM
The withering of the year has come early. The land tells its distress in brittle grass bleached as bone, tells it in paths made of furious dust. It screams to us through drought cicatrix of cracked earth. We walk a territory of trauma. We should expect ghosts. – #DAKilroy
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I want you to understand that they are jumping through all of these hoops to avoid tax bills that are, in many cases, $50 grand. Or $100k. Yes, to normal folks that is all the money in the world. But these people *routinely* spend that on weekend vacations. They would _definitely_ give it at a gala.
"As a joke, comedian and entrepreneur Madi Walser started a website to advertise New York City artists willing to stay in empty vacation homes as 'charity to the 1%.' Then, she received eight inquiries from pied-à-terre owners interested in joining."
Wild read 🎁
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Wild read 🎁
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
NYC’s Pied-à-Terre Owners Hunt for Creative Ways to Dodge New Tax
Owners of second homes are “apoplectic” over the levy. Some are highlighting flaws to try to reduce their home’s value or moving in family members.
www.wsj.com
August 7, 2026 at 4:10 AM
I want you to understand that they are jumping through all of these hoops to avoid tax bills that are, in many cases, $50 grand. Or $100k. Yes, to normal folks that is all the money in the world. But these people *routinely* spend that on weekend vacations. They would _definitely_ give it at a gala.
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When getting central air installed, what are the top things you wish you’d known before accepting a bid
August 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
When getting central air installed, what are the top things you wish you’d known before accepting a bid
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I don't really have an objection to the CEO saying Bluesky is open to all; it's kind of his job to do that. But as others have pointed out, the design of the site means it's harder for trolls/bots/chuds *and also* influencers/hypebeasts to get traction. The "bubble" here is actually normal humans.
August 3, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I don't really have an objection to the CEO saying Bluesky is open to all; it's kind of his job to do that. But as others have pointed out, the design of the site means it's harder for trolls/bots/chuds *and also* influencers/hypebeasts to get traction. The "bubble" here is actually normal humans.
*swoons and fans self* My goodness!
Homophobia made me pick up the pen and draw my girls sneaking a kiss
July 30, 2026 at 2:31 PM
*swoons and fans self* My goodness!
Am I the only one who doesn't like em dashes because they touch the letters? I need some personal space between my letters and my dashes
July 30, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Am I the only one who doesn't like em dashes because they touch the letters? I need some personal space between my letters and my dashes
You know you've hit peak adulthood when you're super excited to receive the new portable Bissell cleaner you just ordered.
July 29, 2026 at 8:30 PM
You know you've hit peak adulthood when you're super excited to receive the new portable Bissell cleaner you just ordered.
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I want the Machine Learning tool that can spot cancer cells through pattern recognition.
I do not want the Copyright Infringer 9000 that generates CSAM.
I do not want the Copyright Infringer 9000 that generates CSAM.
I've been called a luddite more times than I can count at this point, but it couldn't be further from the truth. I'm a tech enthusiast, I've seen technology vastly improve lives, I just think *this particular technology*, Gen AI, sucks and needs to go.
July 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I want the Machine Learning tool that can spot cancer cells through pattern recognition.
I do not want the Copyright Infringer 9000 that generates CSAM.
I do not want the Copyright Infringer 9000 that generates CSAM.
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Just loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean.
July 28, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Just loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean.
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You gotta watch the video for the noise. It's insane. Every time I see somebody ask "hey, why the backlash against data centers?" I'm puzzled because those people don't seem to understand data centers are *bad faith neighbors*.
gizmodo.com/this-viral-d...
gizmodo.com/this-viral-d...
This Viral Data Center Sounds Like Satan’s Buzzsaw
My God, the looks on the faces of the people who have to live next to this...
gizmodo.com
July 27, 2026 at 6:16 PM
You gotta watch the video for the noise. It's insane. Every time I see somebody ask "hey, why the backlash against data centers?" I'm puzzled because those people don't seem to understand data centers are *bad faith neighbors*.
gizmodo.com/this-viral-d...
gizmodo.com/this-viral-d...
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A journalist has asked me to find them an entomologist for a story they’re doing on mosquitoes. Any entomologists down?
July 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM
A journalist has asked me to find them an entomologist for a story they’re doing on mosquitoes. Any entomologists down?
And he's here on BlueSky @imkeithdavid.bsky.social! Maybe we can entice him to post more often, and then we'd have both Space Dads over here.
When people talk about who I want to narrate my life, it's Captain Anderson.
I love Keith David.
July 26, 2026 at 4:49 PM
And he's here on BlueSky @imkeithdavid.bsky.social! Maybe we can entice him to post more often, and then we'd have both Space Dads over here.