M. Rogers - Fantasy Writer

tonight's movie is 'ruslan and ludmila' (1972). i'm sad i can only fit four screenshots in a post, this movie is so pretty.

“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.”

— President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, December 10, 2002

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

kindle cover for dust & lightning by rebecca crunden; image shows a dark planet in purple lighting, a moon in the background, volcano canyons below

🚀 spaceships
🌡️ dark conspiracies
🎭 brotherhood
❌ no romance
🐛 strange creatures
🤖 futuristic
🪐 other worlds
🐈 a rescue cat

🔖 universal link: mybook.to/schU
💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/dust-lightning
📖 goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/56...

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Oof. Sorry to hear that. 💛Sending strength to you either way.

Rod Serling is probably the coolest guy of the 20th century. Looked cool, sounded cool, fought Nazis, hated John Wayne, wrote the screenplay for Planet of the Apes. Honestly dunks all the hell over any male influencer guy.

The U.S. war on Iran is now estimated to cost $1 billion per day. Meanwhile Americans are told there’s no money for healthcare, hospitals, or basic social programs.

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

I love that movie. Mel Brooks is a treasure.

Rowley's Mansion, Shrewsbury. This plein-air painting taught me a valuable lesson: always wear warmer clothing than you think you’ll need. This painting is currently can be seen at the Housmans Restaurant in Church Stretton.
#bakumaart #pleinair #artlesson #Shrewsbury #shropshire #watercolor

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social

Measles was wiped out in the U.S. 25 years ago and now we’re already past 1,000 cases in February because vaccination rates dropped below the safety line. This is what happens when public health gets gutted and people stop trusting basic science.

We don't have an autism epidemic. We have better tools and understanding of neurodiversity. Recognizing something for what it is doesn't mean it's suddenly happening, but rather recognition is better.

Vaccines cause survival.

May 29, 2022. American wisteria. A surprise. I didn’t plant it. It just showed up in my backyard.

A mottled duck is curled up into a ball. It looks like it might roll right into the nearby pond 😂

Here’s a cute Mottled Duck #borb for today’s #birdoftheday 🪶

E-waste chemicals found in the brains of dolphins and porpoises A new study has warned that liquid crystal monomers from electronic devices are accumulating in the organs of endangered marine species.

Potentially toxic chemicals from everyday electronic items have been detected in marine life in what scientists describe as an urgent “wake-up call”. www.euronews.com/2026/02/25/h... #environment #ecology #science #SciChat

Blech. They sound like the haters. Maybe they need to be more understanding or pick better books. Would you feel happier trying a different book club?

More dragon flow: we call them sky dragons.

Credit: Betty Kang.

The Transformers were created in 1984. One of those giant robots must have gotten stuck with turning into a Betamax player.

Democracy is dying in America.

ICE is a murderous secret police force. We’re about to bomb Iran for Israel. Your kids are shot at in school daily, and pedophiles run our government. There’s no healthcare, and your food is poisonous.

We need real leaders - not career politicians.

📜Head back to 1586, where the power of words can be just as deadly as a weapon.

✨ The Bridled Tongue by Catherine Meyrick is a gripping tale readers won’t want to miss.

maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/02/when...

#BookSpotlight #HistoricalFiction #MustRead #BookSky
@catherinemeyrick.bsky.social

I don’t know, but they should be.

"I can't, I have plans later" The plans: My room *Somber medieval music playing*

2,500-year-old 'primitive prosthetic' found on jaw of mummified Scythian woman who survived complex jaw surgery Researchers used CT scans to peer inside a partially mummified skull and discovered the woman survived jaw surgery 2,500 years ago.

www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

The cardinals have stopped by

Tracy Deon. 💛 I can’t wait to read more by her.

5 authors I’ve read at least 5 books by:

Kayla Hicks
Sarah J. Maas
Peter V. Brett
Lloyd Alexander
T. H. White

Yes!!! Thank you so much!

Halo! I can’t find the medieval calligraphy picture book announcement for the woman whose boyfriend left her over a fart. I need this. Please help! I have searched google and Amazon to no avail.