George Budd @Gbudd@qoto.org

Please boost if you’re still masking indoors (in public places)

#ramones

It was a well, actually

This is Dinah, aka Dinah Bear. She’s a Russian Blue that I grew from a seedling in this lovely terra cotta pot. #cats #catsofmastodon #caturday

This is my timely reminder you don't need to be good at the things you enjoy doing.

You're allowed to be mediocre and you don't need to aspire to be better. 💖

1000 years ago some Viking craftsman lost all his equipment in the lake Mästermyr on the island of Gotland. In 1936 the wooden chest containing all the tools were found at the bottom of the former lake, which now had turned into a bog.

#Archaeology #history #Nordic #viking

FRIENDS: We are MeidasTouch, the unapologetically pro-democracy organization many of you know from Twitter, YouTube and elsewhere.

With the chaos at Twitter, we want to build our platform here on Mastodon to make sure we can continue to spread our message.

Can you please BOOST this post, FOLLOW our account and encourage your followers to do the same?

"Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself." - Octavia Butler

#writingcommunity #writing #storytelling #screenwriting #authorquotes #octaviabutler

@Lowie Thank you. I spent 45 years as a "dishonest" writer. That's how long I kept a deep, dark secret from myself about something that happened. That I knew happened. A storyteller who can't (or won't) tell their own story isn't much of a storyteller. I hope I'm cured of that disease.

“The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer.” - Harlan Ellison

#writing #writingcommunity #storytelling

#TheWildBunch - the build-up to the climax… How to write a great script with very few words… https://youtu.be/CYP38A-nwLY

Illustration by Christophe Vorlet

1/12 This 🧵 is called "That Ol' Black Magic".

My Sister and I were having one of our long, deep, philosophical conversations today, and she asked me:

“Given that you are science minded, do you think Black people are magic?”

I thought on this for a long, long moment.

My conclusion is that Black people are magic, and here is my proof.

When we hear about a "seemingly happy" person dying of suicide, we should all be thinking about what we can do to help people with depression. Depression is a chronic, invisible (mostly) illness. Many people have it. There is treatment. There are ways to help. But we all have to pay more attention to those we love. Sometimes there are signs, sometimes not. Slow down. Take time to listen.