Curious Loth-cat

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Creatively inclined. Lifelong fantasy, science fiction, and pop culture enthusiast. Library supporter and theatre volunteer. Genealogist. Neurodivergent introvert. Slightly feral apanthropist. CaNERDian. She/Her/Hers.
Reading"The Spellshop" by Sarah Beth Durst

Today I learned that my conspiracy theorist cousin who moved to the States years ago has gone full MAGA. He's always been beyond dumb, so I'm not at all surprised. Apparently he's now posting lectures to Canada, his home country, regurgitating all the 51st state talking points. He's in the music industry and well known enough that he has a fairly large platform for his drivel. I'm thoroughly embarrassed to be related to him.

#USPol #CanPol #CanPoli #Canada #ElbowsUp

Today I learned that my conspiracy theorist cousin who moved to the States years ago has gone full MAGA. He's always been beyond dumb, so I'm not at all surprised. Apparently he's now posting lectures to Canada, his home country, regurgitating all the 51st state talking points. He's in the music industry and well known enough that he has a fairly large platform for his drivel. I'm thoroughly embarrassed to be related to him.

#USPol #CanPol #CanPoli #Canada #ElbowsUp

Success and failure are both options in every situation.
But there's also a secret third option, which is disappearing into the misty forest, building a den of twigs and wildflowers, and hibernating for at least 1,000 years.

"Uprooted", by @naominovik, has the feel of a Ghibli story. The main characters, a wizard and the girl who goes to live with him, remind me of Howl and Sophie from "Howl's Moving Castle".

https://www.naominovik.com/uprooted/

#Fantasy #Folklore #FairyTale #Books #StudioGhibli #Ghibli

Uprooted - Naomi Novik

BOOK DESCRIPTION: WINNER OF THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL • NAOMI NOVIK, author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Temeraire novels, introduces a bold new world rooted in folk stories and legends, as elemental as a Grimm fairy tale. “Uprooted is confidently wrought and sympathetically cast. I might even call it bewitching.” —Gregory Maguire, bestselling

Naomi Novik -
Sometimes I think I want more friends. Then I remember I’d have to talk to people.

It's cold, dark, and rainy and does not feel like the first day of summer.

#SummerSolstice #PNW

Juneteenth is the perfect moment to remind everyone of these two facts:

1. Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
2. Those who prevent history from being taught are plotting to repeat it.

Read this out loud. Read it again. Then teach it to your kids.

I love that cats that aren’t domesticated don’t meow when they grow up, but domesticated cats do because they learned humans don’t understand their natural communication, so they keep meowing beyond the kitten stage just for us. So basically cats made up a language just to talk to us. And that language is essentially baby talk.

"Piece by Piece" was a fun documentary to watch—it's like a hybrid of a music biopic and a LEGO movie. I was previously unaware of the extent of Pharrell Williams' musical career.

#LEGO #Music #Documentary

"Shake it like a Polaroid picture" is such a great song line.

#Music #Outkast