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half-girl, half-robot | she/her I remember the 80s and look, tbh I am mostly on Mastodon or Discord (weirdly also found myself on last.fm a lot too) but all my social media is linked on my website. m: @herdivineshadow@fandom.ink www.herdivineshadow.com

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Maybe it could be adapted into a kind of bread and butter pudding with a tea flavoured custard ๐Ÿค”

10.03.2026 20:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do the same with my last.fm account

10.03.2026 20:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Capes are cool!

05.03.2026 19:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I did some work about this kind of stuff for my masters and read a bunch of out there books about evangelical Christian eschatology and my main thoughts were 1. Wow you're trying to box tick God into the apocalypse and 2. Oh so this too is ultimately antisemitic

28.02.2026 12:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Chances are that I'll put a teaspoon of butter into the sauce when no one is looking

26.02.2026 18:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli cast loose the elven-boat in which they have arrayed Boromirโ€™s body and broken horn. It vanishes over the Falls of Rauros.

โ€˜What news from the West,
O wandering wind,
do you bring to me tonight?
Have you seen Boromir the Tall
by moon or by starlight?โ€™

24.02.2026 14:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 51 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Yes - when you refer to someone or something as having as much use as a chocolate teapot, you're calling them useless because if you put hot water into that teapot then it will melt and not work as a teapot anymore. It might be a specifically British one though

22.02.2026 21:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it feels a little like the riddle has the vibe of comparing someone to a chocolate teapot

22.02.2026 20:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

yeah like, this is very much a core reason why many people are particularly hostile to LLMs who might have otherwise not been

22.02.2026 16:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 586 ๐Ÿ” 136 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A spiral galaxy, seen tilted diagonally. It has a blue-white, glowing spot at its core. Its oval-shaped disc glows faintly blue throughout with light from its many stars. The disc is filled with waves and strands of bright red dust that swirl around the core. At places there are holes torn in the dust, while elsewhere it forms dense clumps that glow orange. Several tiny, distant galaxies appear across the background.

A spiral galaxy, seen tilted diagonally. It has a blue-white, glowing spot at its core. Its oval-shaped disc glows faintly blue throughout with light from its many stars. The disc is filled with waves and strands of bright red dust that swirl around the core. At places there are holes torn in the dust, while elsewhere it forms dense clumps that glow orange. Several tiny, distant galaxies appear across the background.

๐Ÿ†• Our NASA/CSA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope image of the month features the stellar lifecycle in a nearby spiral galaxy named NGC 5134 ๐ŸŒŒ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿ”ญ

๐Ÿ”— esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/02/The_stellar_lifecycle_in_a_nearby_spiral

@stsci.edu @science.esa.int

20.02.2026 10:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 194 ๐Ÿ” 33 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
ยซย Happy New Year. Moominโ€™s year of the horse.ย ยป Illustration of Moomin on a horse.

ยซย Happy New Year. Moominโ€™s year of the horse.ย ยป Illustration of Moomin on a horse.

Happy lunar new year! ๐Ÿงง๐Ÿฎ๐ŸŒ•

16.02.2026 16:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 417 ๐Ÿ” 178 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
[Scene is a domestic kitchen. Night time. The room is all blue apart from warm orange-pink light streaming in from a streetlight outside. In the center of the room stands a woman named BRANDI, standing in pyjamas looking contemplative, the light cast dramatically on her face. At the doorway, leaning against the frame, her partner JOEL stands has woken up and found her in the kitchen.]

JOEL:
Honeyโ€ฆ what are you doing?

BRANDI:
Canโ€™t sleep

Guess I just like standing in the kitchen at 3am thinking about the supernatural threat we temporarily defeated last year.

While saying that out loud in a manner which sounds casually ironic but is actually just blatant exposition. 

JOEL:
Brandiโ€ฆ you're talking strange...

BRANDI:

Dammit Joel.

Itโ€™s time you knew. 

You're a Netflix character. 

[Joel looks shocked]

BRANDI:

Everybody you know has been forced to speak to you in second screen dialogue. 

Second screen dialogue helps the people scrolling their phones in front of the TV to follow the -

JOEL:

Stop explaining, Brandi!

[Hands on head, emotional expression, warm pink light cast on his face against the cool blue darkness of the room].

JOEL: 

So that's why my entire life has looked so glossy and...

BRANDI:
Yep...

Warm/cool colour graded.

[Cut to a TV show TITLE SCREEN]:

SECOND SCREEN 
- A Netflix original -

[Ends]

[Scene is a domestic kitchen. Night time. The room is all blue apart from warm orange-pink light streaming in from a streetlight outside. In the center of the room stands a woman named BRANDI, standing in pyjamas looking contemplative, the light cast dramatically on her face. At the doorway, leaning against the frame, her partner JOEL stands has woken up and found her in the kitchen.] JOEL: Honeyโ€ฆ what are you doing? BRANDI: Canโ€™t sleep Guess I just like standing in the kitchen at 3am thinking about the supernatural threat we temporarily defeated last year. While saying that out loud in a manner which sounds casually ironic but is actually just blatant exposition. JOEL: Brandiโ€ฆ you're talking strange... BRANDI: Dammit Joel. Itโ€™s time you knew. You're a Netflix character. [Joel looks shocked] BRANDI: Everybody you know has been forced to speak to you in second screen dialogue. Second screen dialogue helps the people scrolling their phones in front of the TV to follow the - JOEL: Stop explaining, Brandi! [Hands on head, emotional expression, warm pink light cast on his face against the cool blue darkness of the room]. JOEL: So that's why my entire life has looked so glossy and... BRANDI: Yep... Warm/cool colour graded. [Cut to a TV show TITLE SCREEN]: SECOND SCREEN - A Netflix original - [Ends]

16.02.2026 07:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 826 ๐Ÿ” 273 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Yeah I remember that from the time and it made me think even less of him than the f u did because he obviously wouldn't take responsibility for his own words. Like, fine you disagree with a whole convention of Trekkies and every Trek fan I know but at least own it and have some strength of character

15.02.2026 06:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And like, they could do why my parents did on many occasions which was "get the child a book on the subject" (and would take me to the main library if the mobile one didn't have anything)

14.02.2026 14:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

14.02.2026 14:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No David, 60 place grid penalties are actually extremely enjoyable to me

14.02.2026 11:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Of course it is cold when the zip on my coat is broken ๐ŸงŠ

14.02.2026 08:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hours later I finally realised what this was about ๐Ÿคฃ

14.02.2026 02:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It has a kind of Return to Oz Wheelers vibe

13.02.2026 22:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reminded once again that at least I don't have to regularly wake up before 6am but I would like to request from the universe that next time will be after I've had a few nights of decent sleep ๐Ÿ™ƒ

12.02.2026 17:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the informal second person plural in english is now "chat"

12.02.2026 15:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 244 ๐Ÿ” 57 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

They've published Gromit's article as a little birthday treat

12.02.2026 17:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do wonder if there will be people who tune in to watch on Saturday and Sunday, only to realise they've missed Friday's race

12.02.2026 17:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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12.02.2026 02:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 3164 ๐Ÿ” 304 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Canadians/friends and partners of Canada/Swiss people/etc I'm hosting a watch party in the pub for the Canada v Switzerland ice hockey on Friday night at my pub if you want to come down; I'm gonna try and source some poutine

10.02.2026 15:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I suppose, as a vegetarian, you can't go about slapping hams

08.02.2026 19:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ohnooo but also happy birthday โค๏ธ๐ŸŽ‚๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽŠ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ

08.02.2026 10:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I kind of knew that they'd lost the Summer Olympics but hadn't considered the Winter ones too ๐Ÿ™ƒ

07.02.2026 20:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's not because whatever subscription channel has shelled out for the rights on the big stuff is it?

07.02.2026 20:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0