No matter how gross the art is, it’s not CSAM. I know it’s vile. I know your want everyone to know how gross the person who made it is.
But when you intentionally mix up these terms you harm actual children by diverting attention and resources away from material that exploits them.
Dropped Cinders off at the vet this morning to have the *rest* of her teeth removed. Severe stomatitis, my poor girl. At least my tax refund is going to something valuable instead of impulse spending? XD
maybe im getting old(ish) but books being promoted/announced with a list of tropes they contain is... 😬😬😬
When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.
And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.
Every last one of them: Nice place you've got here, think I'll just move in. And take your chair.
We have a SPARE CHAIR in the living room for *cats* but nooooo. Gotta have our chairs. XD
Happy International Rescue Cat Day from all five of my "showed up at the door and rescued themselves" cats. :)
Ss of book cover
Today is the day my debut novel, Sight Unseen, is officially yeeted into the US and Canadian markets 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Thank you to everyone who has been on this journey with me, no matter when you hopped aboard or how you supported! I hope you love Veda, Hiram, and Antaris as much as I do.
Hold on to your physical media, expand your collection, visit your local library, look on the internet archive. Don’t rely on streaming.
A little PSA bc I'm getting messages 👀👀👀👀👀.
So...Measure of a Man will NOT be taken down from AO3. Sight Unseen is a love letter to the fic with "IYKYK" Easter eggs. Not a rewrite I'd have to take down.
Anyway, MoaM will be on ao3 and ffnet til the bitter end of time (or the archive. Whichever) 🫡🙂↕️
In other cat news, Cinders has been diagnosed with *severe* stomatitis, and will be having ALL of her teeth extracted. Including fangs :( On the plus side, we feed wet food already, but I'm reading up on food/diet for fully toothless cats. Pointers to good non-AI blog links would be appreciated.
Update on Gidget, she is walking MUCH BETTER. The steroid course has been doing wonderful things for her. She's even able to go up and down (small) steps without falling over! We'll have great news to report to her vet on Monday for her follow-up.
My favorite is "No shit, there I was".
Got through the 1300s very little problem. Had to read aloud the 1200s with some effort, many words missed. Gave up at 1100. XD
Update: steroids seem to be teensyhelping. If she walks slowly in kitten steps, doesn't wobble as much. Only falls over if she tries to rush. Bit afraid this is permanent, but continuing to hope for improvement.
She *was* strong enough to walk all the way to the shed for potty time, so that's good.
Once again, we have been so inspired by the amazing athletes at the #Olympics, we decided we needed to celebrate with Games of our own! 📚🥇🥈🥉🤓
If y'all could cross your fingers & think healing thoughts for my oldest cat, Gidget, pls do so. We had to take an urgent trip to the vet today - she's started wobbling and having trouble walking. We suspect a possible stroke. Vet gave us steroids and said to watch her. She's almost 15, poor girl.
SS sight unseen first reads
Because I forgot to update here, but Sight Unseen is one of February's Amazon First Reads books. Members have access to it for this month before it is available on 3/1/26
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
... damn, I *thought* that reddit username sparked a little bell somewhere in the shredded cheese of my brain
OMFG Green's is now available online for free
There are now four different series that I was only partway through buying/reading where I have donated everything I had and won't be buying the rest. I was willing to pay MM prices for 10-15 books, but not trade or HC. :\ I'll only be borrowing those from the library in future.
you know it's bad when they would rather us think that a rando staffer has unfettered access to the social media accounts of the President of the United States, where we also now know that world leaders direct message him
the older i get the faster time goes by and the more it makes sense to me when vampires in fiction are like "yeah didn't really do anything for 30 years just kinda took it easy"
chelseajeanauthor - PSA: if someone who struggles with chronic pain randomly states out lout to you that they are hurting...they are in a severe amount of pain. when you live with daily pain, it takes a lot for you to speak it out loud. you are so used to just living with it. it isn't until you're hurting so badly that you can't keep it in that you say something.
This is very important journalism. Big kitty soft.
In celebration of National Braille Literacy Month, check out this amazing Braille eReader from the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) at the Library of Congress. They make braille reading more convenient and portable. Visit loc.gov/nls to learn more!
Pinky is now *very* nicely bruised, but definitely not broken. A little stiff from the splint but ice and anti-inflammatories have done their jobs. I'll be right as rain in a couple of days.
I have either sprained or very lightly broken my right pinky finger. I think it's a sprain. Hurts, but not agony. But most frustrating, hard to type with pinky in a splint.
