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    “So they disembarked and started the last part of their voyage. ‘We should have taken sledges and dogs with us’, said Hansen. But the Duke said, ‘That won’t be necessary. We’re not far.‘“

    “But it would be useful. They all had dogs with them on their expeditions – and finally ate them up...“

    “Nobody gets eaten in this story. At least no dog.“ Grandma giggled and continued:

    “And indeed, they had a short walk of no more than half a day, but the treasure hunters were shivering because of the cold in the ice cave and their mood became more and more depressed with every step they made towards the south pole. Their compasses...“

    “Grandma? What if they have to pee? Wouldn’t it – you know – freeze?“

    “Nobody had to. They looked at their compasses instead. The magnetic needles were turning crazily. Around and around and around, some clockwise, some counter-clockwise.“

    “You know, it’s the magnetic…“

    “‘North pole in the Antarctic’, said Hansen, the party’s wiseacre, as there is always someone who has to speak out such a thing in a most inconvenient moment. But that did not save him, because right in this moment the Duke pointed to a hole in the icy ground and shouted, ‘Finally, I made it! We’re here!‘ and he started to laugh diabolically and to chant absurd phrases like ‘Ya-naai ga-phmp! Iä! Iä! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh…‘ and while he sang the men saw his eyes burning madly and his body slowly transforming into an amorphous hump with slimy excrescences all over its skin. His companions turned around in terror but they wouldn’t escape. All of a sudden, the light in the ice cave turned green, and from all around, slightly humanoid creatures with dog-like heads and arms resembling poisonous snakes, were apppoaching, half walking, half crouching, their snouts effusing the disgusting stench of hell! The noises they made… Oh, look – there! – One of the monster’s tentacles is coming out ouf your blanket and – help! It’s … coming for… No!“

    Grandma’s face turned normal again. Both children had passed out. She pulled the blankets up to the children’s shoulders, stood up and headed for the door.

    “This was fast. Sleep well, my darlings!“

    #microfiction #bedtimestory #lovecraftian

  2. new fractalkitty post - not my norm, but thought I'd write down some of the thoughts and contaminate the web with human content.

    fractalkitty.com/0-0-0/

    #indieweb #mathFiction #writing #bedtimeStory #creativeWriting

  3. 🚀 Oh joy, another dive into the endless abyss of "how does it work" #jargon where Willy Brauner turns an #algorithm into a bedtime story. 😴 Because what we really need is an excruciatingly detailed explanation of something we've blissfully used without understanding! 📚🔍
    willybrauner.com/journal/signa #bedtimeStory #techExplained #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated

  4. Ah, the riveting saga of declarative programming, as told by the Shen 4th Edition—because who wouldn't want to time-travel to the future for a book 📚 that sounds like a high-tech bedtime story? 😴 Prepare for an exhilarating read, right after you figure out how to contact their sales department for an ad spot! 🤑
    shenlanguage.org/TBoS/tbos_15. #declarativeprogramming #Shen4thEdition #techbooks #bedtimeStory #salesdepartment #HackerNews #ngated

  5. Oh, look! 🤓 Another mind-numbing paper bragging about "provable" scaling laws in machine learning that only the authors and their moms care about. Just what we needed, a thesis for a topic even AI itself would roll its eyes at. 🙄 But hey, thanks to the Simons Foundation for funding the world's most riveting bedtime story. 🛌📚
    arxiv.org/abs/2509.21519 #provableScalingLaws #machineLearning #researchCritique #SimonsFoundation #bedtimeStory #HackerNews #ngated

  6. #ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings

    1. Youngest requested a favorite childhood book for his #BedtimeStory.

    2. I won't say I'm completely caught up with work, but I'm ahead in some very key areas.

    3. It's getting chilly enough at night for an extra blanket.

    #SleepySep

  7. I posted a bedtime story on my Patreon page. The woodsman and the three bears.
    #fairytale #bedtimestory #patreon

  8. Have a listen & a goodnight 💭 💤
    I Made a Deal with the Devil Now I Need to Collect Souls to Survive #bedtimestory
    youtube.com/watch?v=_LEIlZD5tQ4

  9. *The story culminates with Laurel's disappearance, leaving her fiancé, Edward, to recount her journal entries and seek help understanding the strange events unfolding at Greenhaven. Edward also includes the mysterious nursery rhyme, "Lucy's Song," which seems connected to Lucy's power and the angels' actions.* #bedtimestory #DrCreepen
    youtube.com/watch?v=sI-MmCDTyRo

  10. "Tonight's tale of terror presents a grim tale of Danny, a bullied high school student with a morbid fascination for true crime. He installs a surveillance system in the woods where he discovers a murdered girl's corpse, hoping to catch the killer…" #creepypasta #bedtimestory #DrCreepen
    youtube.com/watch?v=gDs4YuqITlo

  11. Just a quick question for my English friends and followers. I'm currently trying to translate one of my more successful cartoons into English. It's often difficult to approach the same meaning in another language without losing the actual joke/punchline. Now I've reached a point where I need your help. Is this funny?

    #cartoon #humour #humor #funny #bestagers #erotic #bdsm #bedtimestory #grandchild