Ancient Queer Bickerings

Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 23, 2024 at 01:47 UTC

So @matociquala.bsky.social and I just listened to the audiobook of Anne Leckie's TRANSLATION STATE and we thought it was fucking great. It also made me wonder, @annleckie.com, if anyone had already done this:

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 18:08 UTC

An AI programme that has extensive knowledge on one really specific thing but 3-5 years of working on that thing has left them with a vitamin D deficiency and an inability to successfully communicate with humans

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 18:06 UTC

So many 'PhD level intelligence' jokes today, I'm loving it

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 03:05 UTC

Every time the wavy 'commence battle' thing happens now in FFXIV my brain plays 🎶you picked the wrong day / to fuck around with my / tight crew🎶

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 02:07 UTC

Unlocked! Also unlocked kugane castle and about to unlock the first omega quest, so will have tons to do when I get back

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 01:12 UTC

Excellent

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 01:10 UTC

I unlocked the stupid containment bay, OK? Next time we blu we have a new spell to learn.

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 00:42 UTC

Me skipping FFXIV dialogue:

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 08:04 UTC

Hey Tāmaki folks, apparently the current govt is cutting funding to the City Mission to the point that they're going to have to halve the current amount of food they offer, at a time when demand is skyrocketing. Send them some cash if you can www.aucklandcitymission.org.nz/donate/

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 06:02 UTC

I keep thinking I'm on the mend and then the fatigue hits me like a truck. I did 3 hours of work today, and I'm completely knackered.

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 04:30 UTC

Next time I do a market stall I'm going to periodically play a recording of 'I'm Commander Shepherd and this is my favourite store on the Citadel'

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 02:29 UTC

😬😬😬😬 may it clear up quickly and with no antibiotic side effects

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 23:36 UTC

Nooooooooooo

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 23:36 UTC

Lol someone put a sticker on a stop sign that says 'BEING VEGAN'

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 07:43 UTC

Now everything I know about wrestling is from a) watching 2 episodes of Glow several years ago and b) following @josie.zone on bluesky, so we'll see how that goes.

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 07:37 UTC

She used to be a star of a local gladitorial arena, aka a fantasy professional wrestler

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 07:34 UTC

Not that far off from starting to play this character (in a legit classic fantasy D&D game), and she's going to have a North Carolina accent because it's my favourite

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 05:44 UTC

Who decided to call them skeets and not bleats

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 05:42 UTC

This brought to you by a terrible 13 year old TV show episode (Brothers & Sisters)

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 05:41 UTC

Nothing makes me angrier than male characters in soapy family dramas who are giant assholes and never get called on it by anyone.

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 23:26 UTC

Tested positive for covid seven weeks ago and still dealing with fatigue, brain fog, headaches etc. It's totally derailed my whole semester. Don't get covid!

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 03:23 UTC

One day the children will huddle around us and ask for tales of the days when people made films and tv that weren't part of blockbuster franchises. 'Is it true there were once stories that weren't owned by disney or warner brothers?' they'll ask, shivering a little at the thought.

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 02:24 UTC

At least port the early dragon age games to switch, I beg you bioware

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 07:21 UTC

No surprisingly I haven't, what with contact tracing not being a thing our erstwhile government bothers with anymore.

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 07:20 UTC

I think maybe the tracer app needs to have a long look itself in the mirror and decide that maybe it's the problem

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 02:12 UTC

I really think a glass brick partition or entryway is something that should come back. Make everyone feel like they're in a film noir.

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 04:33 UTC

I just my teeny lifetime the meaning of # has completely shifted

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 04:33 UTC

Every time something like this happens it blows my mind anew how fast the world changes

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 04:32 UTC

I'm marking student videos and one of them just pronounced 'Artname #17' as 'Artname hashtag 17' and OF COURSE they did, why on earth would they not?

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 09, 2024 at 22:48 UTC

TIL that the word 'spitfire' meaning a hot-tempered woman is what inspired the naming of the warplane, and not the other way round like I'd always assumed

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 07, 2024 at 22:40 UTC

I absolutely love this post from Merriam Webster on 'irregardless' and it is a great example of why not to piss off people who are good at words www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/is-i...

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 05:56 UTC

Would just like to briefly point out that Mary's hair game is still non-pareil

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Ancient Queer Bickerings @caitlinsnark.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 05:52 UTC

I just went searching on my tumblr AND my terrible fan-tumblr to find this photo which consumed my entire existence for about 18 months in my mid-twenties.

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