Chrysi Planitoskopion @orrery@weirder.earth

Hey so, it's that time again. 3 slots open, $200-$225 (depending on complexity & character count). Full-color, background, multi-character (limit 3). How about it?

Attached examples are mostly NSFW, but more or less representative of what you'll get in terms of finish (linework and method used to color may vary per the examples, but the amount of polish-and-pop will be the same).

Please boost!

If you or someone you love lives in the US and needs help accessing government services, I just found the BEST WEBSITE
https://howtogeton.wordpress.com/
This site talks about how to get disability, food assistance, medical care, affordable housing, all sorts of programs you may or may not have heard of, and how to apply, and how to appeal, and how to everything! It's great!

SSRI-type medications have an efficacy rate of 20–30%, cause lots of undesirable side effects, and only work for a couple months (in my case) meaning constant adjustment and swapping.

rTMS has an efficacy rate over 40%, causes no detectable side effects, and works stupendously well on me.

Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield won't cover the clearly superior rTMS because they choose to call it "experimental".

They, and all who collaborate with them, are inhumane criminals.

Reclaiming RSS

“Before Twitter, before algorithmic timelines filtered our reality for us, before surveillance capitalism, there was RSS: Really Simple Syndication … As we move away from the centralised web to the peer web, it’s time to rediscover, re-embrace, and reclaim RSS.”

https://ar.al/2018/06/29/reclaiming-rss/

#ethicaltechnology

The Ones Who Retweet Vehement Condemnations of Omelas

well shit. another of my editors (that's FOUR now) have had to step down.

i love them all, i really do, but now instead of gaining the FIVE we need from the applications we've received, we're actually only up ONE.

if any women-identified folks would like experience being an editor for a fucking awesome lit mag, fill out the application!

https://goo.gl/forms/zd3WiUuY5X9hxRkw1

#writing #editing #volunteering #ineedslushreaders

I wrote this #blog post about not being able to find a word I wanted to use in my novel. I wound up talking to a linguist and a philosopher (and my social network here on Mastodon (thanks everyone!) about all the possible words that could mean a prophecy came true. Here's the breakdown of my search, including different religions, cultures, and languages... and what I wound up going with!

https://eleanorkonik.com/prophecy-foretellings-true/

#religion #language #linguistics #bloggersofmastodon #research #blogpost #amwriting

On the bus home, and my ears are starting to forgive me.

On the way in to downtown, I saw the rainbow flag on the Space Needle and had a weird moment of "this is my flag." I don't think I've ever had that with even a national flag.

Once I was at the parade, though, I found myself wishing my culture were not a party culture. I want to express #Pride without feeling obliged to be loud, or endure loudness.

We need like more queer teashops and knitting circles. #BeGayTeaTimes

@orrery I was there. This is a true.