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genuinely in fucking tears over this
tumblr needs a hug button. sometimes you wanna just give a mutual a hug
One more day
Just a reminder that these (ebook) prices will be on offer for only 23 hours or so... until, at 23:59 Irish time on New Year's Eve, all prices in the store go back to their pre-discount levels.
So there’s nit much time left to duck in there now and get a whole heap of reading while it's still cheap… while also helping to keep your local online semi-indie author afloat. :)
Here's the link:
Don't want the whole store? No probs. There's always the "All The Wizardry" bundle...
...or the 2023 Pride Bundle, with all our LGBTQ-centered works (naturally including all the Middle Kingdoms works).
So if you've been thinking about grabbing something at a lower price... time's running out. Come visit us and check out our full inventory in detail, if you like. And if you've already taken advantage of one or more of these offers, please reblog for the attention of others who might have missed what's going on? Plz & thank you!
(Adding here our usual sorrowful caveat to our British friends: we can't sell directly to you any more because of Brexit. Our apologies.)
Thanks, all! :)
Three days left
Just your reminder that these (ebook) prices will be on offer for only four more days... until at 23:59 Irish time on New Year's Eve, all prices in the store go back to their pre-discount levels.
Why not duck in there now and get a whole heap of reading while it's still cheap? And keep your local online semi-indie author from getting overly broke. :)
Here's the link:
Please & thank you! :)
HEY!
Back up your computer!
Go get the external drive you bought specifically for this purpose and then left in a drawer somewhere and RUN A FULL BACKUP.
There are lots of posts that make the rounds reminding us to sit up straight, stretch, drink water, refocus our eyes, take our meds, etc. But while this may not be about your health, it's still super-important.
Back up your whole-ass computer. If you can afford a second backup drive, buy one so that you have one SSD and one HDD, and back up to both of them (you can back up just the current important stuff to the SSD and let the HDD do the heavy-duty lifting).
Do not rely on 'the cloud' or the internet to keep jack shit.
AND BACK UP YOUR GMAIL AS WELL HOLY SHIT. The last thing you want is a catastrophic issue where literally every single thing you have in gmail is gone. It's happened. It happened to a friend of mine and basically her entire life was in there and now it's all gone. 20 years of it.
Reblog to save a life.
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Reblog if you have made a friend online that you would love to hang with, but they live far away.
it’s december 1 where’s the christmas tail kitten bring him to me
Ummm wtf. Is there like....even anything to do about this? Aside from growing literally all your own spices/herbs (not an option for me really)?
you know how all those applesauce packets were recalled for lead?
well. it turns out the cinnamon used in them may have been laced with lead on purpose.
fun times in the united states food industry right now am I right folks
December 20, 2010: The blizzard of the century is on its way.
So are the aliens.
JD 2455550.52 / December 20th, 2010...
It’s five days till Christmas, and the day before the 2010 Winter Solstice. The biggest pre-Christmas blizzard seen for decades is heading straight for the New York metropolitan area. But in one small corner of the Town of Hempstead, everyone’s attention is on other business. That’s because there’s a party tonight at Juan and Marina Rodriguez’s house… and the guest of honor is a being from four hundred light years away who looks a whole lot like a Christmas tree.
The motive force behind the festivities is the redoubtable Carmela Rodriguez, intent on her longtime plan to fulfill one of the great wishes of the wizard known as Filif—to finally get him into a full set of Christmas decorations. The two-day party that ensues (with an epic sleepover in the middle) brings together a cast of old and new friends to eat, drink, exchange presents... and deal with a local holiday-season problem in a very wizardly way.
This 35,000 word novella is a canonical work in the Young Wizards universe and takes place between the events of A Wizard of Mars and Games Wizards Play. ...And at Ebooks Direct, you can now get it in a single package with the How Lovely Are Thy Branches Advent Calendar—a collection of twenty-five "behind the scenes" scenes that don't appear in the original work.
Contains:
Toxic vintage Christmas lights
Tales of why you should always shake the eggnog jug
Examples of finding just the right present
The revelation of unusual kinks
Headhunting for the intergalactic catering industry
Weird musical theater
And the answer to the ever-controversial question: What the heck is a mochteroof?
Get the How Lovely Are Thy Branches Christmas Package at Ebooks Direct for just $2.99!
These works also appear as standalone volumes in the "All The Wizardry" bundle.*
...UK readers: As usual, with regret, please note that due to Brexit, Ebooks Direct can no longer sell directly into the UK. (More details here.) However, if you're UK-based, you can obtain the Kindle print or ebook versions of Interim Errantry—which contains How Lovely Are Thy Branches—from Amazon.co.uk.
Meanwhile, if you've already got these items, or they're not up your alley, would you consider reblogging this so that others who might be interested can see it? Please & thank you!
At Ebooks Direct: OWL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Warning! Contains:
New York City
The Tree in Rockefeller Plaza
Young Wizards grown up (okay, in their mid-twenties, be that way.)
Gay wizards in bed (Just two of them. But you may be able to guess which ones...)
Dolly Parton (singing)
2020 behaving very badly
...and one little Owl who's mad as hell and NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE.
Please note that this is your last chance to obtain the ebook at its present low price before all the prices at the Ebooks Direct store go up on January 1st.
Get Owl Be Home For Christmas
This work also appears in Interim Errantry 2: On Ordeal, as well as a standalone volume in the "All The Wizardry" bundle.*
...As usual, with regret, please note that due to Brexit, Ebooks Direct can no longer sell directly to UK-based readers. (More details here.) However, if you're UK-based, you can obtain the Kindle ebook of Owl... or the print or ebook versions of Interim Errantry 2 from Amazon.co.uk.
And a minor side note: last week's medical expenses took something of an unplanned-for bite out of local finance, so reblogs would be welcome just now, if you feel inclined. Please & thank you!
*Now that I think of it, it's also in the 2023 Pride Month package. This little bird really gets around... :)
in b4 95% of all websites in june 2024 announce that "for security" they will only work with browsers that use manifest v3
I feel like this is actually a great fit for LMM, especially since the Lone Power takes on so many different forms, so it doesn't have to be LMM forever (I say this as a fan of LMM but not particularly a fan of LMM-Lee Scoresby :/ )
the equivalent exchange of your favorite childhood book series (his dark materials and percy jackson) getting the adaptations they finally deserve but the price is that one character must be played by lin-manuel miranda
Support the BBC for having a trans character in recent episodes of 'Doctor Who'
Apparently the BBC (UK) has had 144 complaints about a recent episode of Doctor Who because it contained an openly trans character.
I've made a complaint to the BBC that there weren't enough transgender characters in Doctor Who. I would love if 144 other people did the same thing. Here's the link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint/#/Complaint
(For your easy reference: "The Star Beast" aired on 25/11/2023 on BBC One, and the trans character is called Rose.)
Please note that the complaint form asks for your UK postcode, so only UK folks can join in with this - but if you suspect you might have any UK-based followers, maybe give us a reblog to boost the signal?
Reply when you've done it, so I can keep track of us!
Here's my complaint:
![Screenshot of online form.
Select the best category to describe your complaint: Bias
What is the subject of your complaint? Not enough trans people.
Please enter your complaint, and please don’t add personal details such as your name, email or phone number in this field – we’ll ask you for those at the next stage.
Textbox: I am upset because Doctor Who only two transgender characters - Rose (Donna's daughter) and the Doctor. I think Doctor Who would be way better if there were more trans people in it. If we assume the Doctor is genderfluid kinda, and Rose is a trans woman, there should at least be a trans man in there somewhere!
Anyway, thank you for adding some trans representation, I appreciate it, and I'm sorry to hear you had complaints about Doctor Who being "too woke". Trans people are all over the shop in real life, it only makes sense to have them on TV every now and again too.
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I recommend:
Avoid sarcasm or irony. Assume your post will be taken literally. If you are clearly joking or being mean you will be ignored or misunderstood.
Include some gratitude/appreciation. It's pretty great that they included a trans woman in a positive way, and they should know that they have explicit support for that.
reminder to:
straighten your back
go pee goddAMN IT STOP HOLDING IT
go take your meds if you need to
drink some water
go get a snack if you havent eaten in a while
maybe wander around the house/stretch a little if you’ve been sat at the computer a while (artists especially: sTRETCH THOSE WRISTS)
reply to that text/message from earlier you’d forgotten about
maybe send a nice lil message to someone having a bad day?
Honestly might be my favorite "behind the scenes" content ever, I tend to watch this every few months just for fun.
Ood Sigma's dancing is...it just feels correct. Paul Kasey is a treasure.
Also I'm pretty sure Tennant is IRL a massive Proclaimers fan so seeing his reaction to meeting them in this is so precious ❤️
who else remembers the entire Doctor Who crew dancing to 500 miles with David Tennant because it’s the purest thing you’ll see today
Legendary U Washington bookseller Duane Wilkins is drowning in medical debt
Nearly every sf writer who's ever toured the west coast knows Duane - he's the encyclopedically knowledgeable sf buyer for the U Washington Bookseller, who has organized some of the best sf signings in Seattle history. He's a force of nature.
He's also broke. A two-week hospital stay left him drowning in medical debt - despite being insured! - and now he's being threatened by a collection agency.
Now, Duane is forced into participating in one of the most barbaric of contemporary American rituals, fundraising to cover his medical debt. He's raised $6k of the $10k he needs (I just pitched in $100).
If you can afford to help out someone who's done so much for our community, please kick Duane whatever you can spare.
To any suicidal followers I may have: This is a sign to not kill yourself. You are loved and the world is special because you are in it. Keep holding on.
Reblog this when it’s on your dash. You will save someone’s life.
If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading
Last day on this offer
...so if you haven't done it already, this is your last chance to grab a bundle on the cheap before we run out of anniversary. :)
(Got one already? Then please reblog, if you feel inclined.)
"For 60 years, doctors and researchers have known two things that could have improved, or even saved, millions of lives. The first is that diets do not work. Not just paleo or Atkins or Weight Watchers or Goop, but all diets. Since 1959, research has shown that 95 to 98 percent of attempts to lose weight fail and that two-thirds of dieters gain back more than they lost. The reasons are biological and irreversible. As early as 1969, research showed that losing just 3 percent of your body weight resulted in a 17 percent slowdown in your metabolism—a body-wide starvation response that blasts you with hunger hormones and drops your internal temperature until you rise back to your highest weight. Keeping weight off means fighting your body’s energy-regulation system and battling hunger all day, every day, for the rest of your life.
The second big lesson the medical establishment has learned and rejected over and over again is that weight and health are not perfect synonyms. Yes, nearly every population-level study finds that fat people have worse cardiovascular health than thin people. But individuals are not averages: Studies have found that anywhere from one-third to three-quarters of people classified as obese are metabolically healthy. They show no signs of elevated blood pressure, insulin resistance or high cholesterol. Meanwhile, about a quarter of non-overweight people are what epidemiologists call “the lean unhealthy.” A 2016 study that followed participants for an average of 19 years found that unfit skinny people were twice as likely to get diabetes as fit fat people."
A surprising article to find on the Huffington post. I think, especially towards the end, there's still a saturation of healthism and diet talk (just of the "clean eating" variety), but the information about weight discrimination is absolutely on point, especially within the medical field ignoring decades of research.
Not only do we know that weight loss isn't sustainable or possible, we also know that weight discrimination kills, in a myriad of ways. If you actually care about "health" then start unlearning your weight bias NOW and realize that fat people are just people who are a different shape.
And this article doesn't even touch on "the obesity paradox"(the fact that fat people survive heart attacks and injuries BETTER THAN thin people) or the fact that dieting, especially "yo-yo dieting," is a better predictor for heart disease than weight, and that many of the fat people who have cardiovascular diseases have a long history of dieting that (understandably) didn't work.
encouraged to rb but fatphobes will just be blocked.
fun fact about me is that when i was a kid id write capital E’s with as many of those little horizontal lines as possible and id call them ladder E’s and adults fucking hated them
reblog and put in the tags a book that you read so many times it started falling apart
Reblog if you think public libraries are important and should be maintained.
Gahhh @dduane has been teasing us about this YW "thing" for at least several years now and I do my very best to be a patient reader but omg I am so READY 😅
Could you please confirm you were joking about having that twist from Overture in your head for 20 years I'm very bad at telling when people are joking
22 years. 1990 to 2013. I had a lot of Overture in my head waiting for a very long time.
Bloop
Bleep
For me I'm sure it was something like:
1 + 2. Dream Theater + Opeth (these were basically equally my favorites)
3. Chevelle
4. Breaking Benjamin
5. Not totally sure on this one, maybe Godsmack or Avenged Sevenfold or something
mine would probs be: one direction, taylor swift, ed sheeran, the script and coldplay
WTF… it’s The Day That’s In It and we may as well get this over with. :)
For 24 hours (…or no, let’s tell the truth: actually until local midnight on the 30th, because what’s the rush? – and also, there’s always somebody finding out about this kind of thing a bit late…), get our whole DRM-free Ebooks Direct ebook store (35 novels and short works!) for USD $44! The info’s right here:
https://bit.ly/WholeStore44ForCyberMonday
(…And then I can sit back and stop worrying about the fecking Marketing Season, and get back to writing and cooking.)
(…Actually, I tell a lie. My true intention for “after I finish work today” is to activate one of these lovely gifts I’ve been sent and completely flood my screen with crabs. And then screencap the results and post the video. …So as soon as this post achieves (picks a random number) 250 reblogs, I’ll do that.
(So go forth, y’all, and act accordingly.) :)
