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My gender is not even comprehensible to thee mortal its an ever evolving all consuming void.
And yes it slew the boy I thought I was.
He was consumed, annihilated till not even a tiny fraction of him persists in the gender I now claim my own.
For thee I am eternal.
So let thy gender flourish, unravel and evolve till nothing of thy former gender perists within thy mortal shells.
Then thou art not what was once consumed but what remains.
Then thus, for thee, thou art eternal.
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Dok Night – SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA presented by Jeffrey Babcock
Plantage Dok, Thursday, November 19 at 06:00 PM GMT+1
Every Thursday there’s a Vegan Dinner accompanying an exhibition opening/closing, a live performance, live music, movie screening or … Come meet other people interested in art and activism, good food and great prices. Bring your favourite game and your friends. Or meet new people at the bar.
18:00 Bar open 19:00 Vegan Dinner 20:30 SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA presented by Jeffrey Babcock A series of socially engaged movies, screened once a month on Thursdays. Touching on such hot topics as immigration, homelessness, racism, education, radical gender propositions, the pandemic and gentrification, these films not only explore visionary politics, but are also chosen to stir our imagination and creativity. The essence of cinema is the collective experience, and these screenings are aimed at creating intimate communities again in an increasingly hectic and fragmented world.
https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/dok-night-symbiopsychotaxicinema-presented-by-jeffrey-babcock-2
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Dok Night – SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA presented by Jeffrey Babcock
Plantage Dok, Thursday, October 8 at 06:00 PM GMT+2
Every Thursday there’s a Vegan Dinner accompanying an exhibition opening/closing, a live performance, live music, movie screening or … Come meet other people interested in art and activism, good food and great prices. Bring your favourite game and your friends. Or meet new people at the bar.
18:00 Bar open 19:00 Vegan Dinner 20:30 SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA presented by Jeffrey Babcock A series of socially engaged movies, screened once a month on Thursdays. Touching on such hot topics as immigration, homelessness, racism, education, radical gender propositions, the pandemic and gentrification, these films not only explore visionary politics, but are also chosen to stir our imagination and creativity. The essence of cinema is the collective experience, and these screenings are aimed at creating intimate communities again in an increasingly hectic and fragmented world.
https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/dok-night-symbiopsychotaxicinema-presented-by-jeffrey-babcock-1
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Dok Night – SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA Presented by Jeffrey Babcock
Plantage Dok, Thursday, September 17 at 06:00 PM GMT+2
Every Thursday there’s a Vegan Dinner accompanying an exhibition opening/closing, a live performance, live music, movie screening or … Come meet other people interested in art and activism, good food and great prices. Bring your favourite game and your friends. Or meet new people at the bar.
18:00 Bar open 19:00 Vegan Ethiopian Dinner by Moknen 20:30 SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXICINEMA presented by Jeffrey Babcock A series of socially engaged movies, screened once a month on Thursdays. Touching on such hot topics as immigration, homelessness, racism, education, radical gender propositions, the pandemic and gentrification, these films not only explore visionary politics, but are also chosen to stir our imagination and creativity. The essence of cinema is the collective experience, and these screenings are aimed at creating intimate communities again in an increasingly hectic and fragmented world.
https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/dok-night-symbiopsychotaxicinema-presented-by-jeffrey-babcock
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#WordWeavers 2026.08.25 — If readers could keep one item from your story as a souvenir, what would it be?
May I suggest you ask for a day angel's† primary flight feather? Nicely. Politely, say, "Please." Day angels, despite the name, are very human and could interbreed with us, yet have wings and can fly. Flight has little to do with physical wing strength. Their feathers are not avian, but have an anatomy that could reveal secrets in the Reluctance universe for theoretical physicists or engineers in our world. Since many people sell molted plumes for use as quill pens, acquiring one will not prove difficult.
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† Night angel wing hairs serve a similar purpose, but work together in difficult to fathom patterns, so one hair wouldn't teach you much.[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
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Cartoonjournaal 25 augustus 2026:
'Sophie Straat herhaalt op Lowlands verzoek aan witte mannen om tijdens mosphit achteraan te gaan staan...'
#WitteMannen #SophieStraat #Lowlands #BestKeptSecret #festival #vrouwenhaat #femicide #transhaat #misogynie #racisme #discriminatie #inclusie #LHBTQI #cis #gender #mosphit #vrijheid #gelijkheid #zusterschap #BlackLifeMatters #racism #discrimination #cartoonjournaal
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#PennedPossibilities 1109: What question does your MC long to find an answer for? What answer do they hope for, and which one would they fear?
For Bolt, "the question" could be the main mystery in the story, but I'm not approaching that as it is too spoilery.
Alternatively, her question would be: Who holds the blackmail that keeps her in thrall as a courier for the mob? Is it the syndicate director, Boss Mead? Is it the directorate of the syndicate, that is the confederated lesser formerly separate gangster bosses who look up to Boss Mead? (I know; not telling.) Bolt, thinking about it, hopes it is Boss Mead alone because she fears that if anything were to happen to Mead, having her dirty note, shared amongst the resulting fragmented factional bosses that would succeed him, would turn her life into a living hell. Boss Mead is a task master, at times cruel, but he's one person and has never tried to use her up; Bolt senses that, which may be why she still has hope.
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Families need to openly talk to children about misogyny, consent and sexual violence. Here’s how to start | Stephanie Wescott and Jane Gilmore for the Conversation
By Stephanie Wescott and Jane GilmoreAll family members should feel safe to raise concerns, ask questions and cover topics without fear of shutdown or reprimand
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#Writephant 2026.0824 — Self-promo time!
I had been planning to attend Worldcon in Anaheim this year (LACon V), but the spouse had knee replacement surgery this morning and I don't think it's wise to attend even though it's local. The surgery was successful, so no worries other than recovery on that front. I'm sure I'll get to meet you Mastodon SF writers at other conventions. If you're attending, good luck networking—and have fun!
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#Writephant 2026.0824 — A bonus question: favorite dessert made fresh in a kitchen?
Zabiaone. It's a rich warm "custard" whipped up with egg yolk, sugar, and Marsala wine in a copper bowl. An Italian restaurant named Antonio's made it decades ago. I've never tried to make it myself, but at the restaurant they did it in front of you. Maybe it should find itself in a story one day!
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#Writephant 2026.0824 — A4 . Are there other kitchen tools that fascinate you, from graters to high-speed mixers?
Not enough to show up in stories. I've taken a shine to the spouse' s food processor, though I've cut myself twice washing the blades now, so maybe it isn't a good idea.
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#Writephant 2026.0824 — A3. Do any of your characters like to cook? Are they knife wielders when facing a vegetable?
Yes. My MCs almost always like to cook, and certainly they really like to eat if not. In one story, the main character cooks a meal which is best characterized as goat birria for her close friends and supporters while awaiting the results of an election that may make her prime minister. In another part of the book, she fights off aliens that resemble trees. Since we see hot blood sap, I assume she fought with a knife.
Do walking trees count as a vegetable for this question?
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#Writephant 2026.0824 — A2. What do you think about knives used in the kitchen versus in crafts or combat?
May be icky, but…
Combat. Don't wanna, myself. However, I researched knife fighting since I've written a few fight scenes, including stabbing. In one story, a character (who has no hands, btw) throws a knife, then ends up healing the antagonist once she has gotten the antagonist's attention. Most knife strikes bounce off the ribs. It's all in how the blade is oriented, and in the heat of the moment, that's hard/
I'm not crafty, so I've never used one in crafting.
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#Writephant 2026.0824 — A1. Do you love to cook? If so, what is your favorite thing to make? And if not, what is your favorite cooked meal?
Yep, I cook. Many of the characters in my stories do, too. I often improvise. I was watching an anime where a character complained that he typically ate his eggs fried with soy sauce instead of western style, which led to the picture which is three eggs with soy sauce, plus sautéed garlic and scallions, butter, and drops of smoked sesame oil, finished with goat gouda after flipping the eggs half-over; that's why it looks like an omelette despite leaking yolk.
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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.08.24 — Talk about a time you realised something about a writer through their works.
I became aware that Charles Dickens' serialized his stories in installments when I took a course in college and fell in love with his work. His stories originally appeared weekly (or so) in major newspapers and other publications. He's often denigrated for writing long and flowery in order to increase his word count. Of note is that he wrote his novels as he published them. His novels were certainly incomplete when newspapers started publishing them, which is heavily implied by how The Mystery of Edwin Drood was half-completed at the time of Dickens' death despite some number of installments already having been published.
I didn't understand what writing a story while publishing the already written parts truly meant until I tried it myself. It changed how I found I had to conceptualize the story. It forced me to find the confidence I needed to complete no matter what, even manufacturing ad hoc subplots if the first idea collapsed, with no take-back revisions possible†. I recall I started publishing after completing the fourth chapter, and only missed one announced deadline in twelve chapters, only discovering a few times whilst writing how I could make certain plot point actually work. It was a frenzied month and a half. Serialization while writing makes dealing with a revision deadline for a traditional publisher seem namby-pamby indeed!
I realize now that some of Dickens' long and flowery tracts may not have been entirely to increase his word count; they may have served to delay having to write critical scenes into a subsequent installment, until they had fully formed in his mind. Speculation, of course. Makes sense through circumstance.
I've a nothing but respect for full-Dickens serialization, and for those who do it today. I found it a good exercise, a confidence builder; don't think I'll do it again.
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† I published on a fanfiction platform I shan't name because I wrote under a different alias. The platform allowed author notes at the beginning of chapters. I did revise very minor points in some previously published chapters and noted how it effected the current chapter. I'm no Charles Dickens.[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
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#ScribesAndMakers »2026.08.24 — Salient?
I'm a touch-typist. It really helps. Not on a thumb keyboard, which exposes the flaw in the technology.
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#WordWeavers 2026.08.24 — Which chapter or scene took the longest to get right?
The first chapter. I wrote about the rewrite process here (and despite the hashtag, there's nothing graphic): https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/117109308169828892. I couldn't properly balance the tone of the character, presenting the primary mystery to be solved, and jumping into the action. I rewrote the original three times over the span of a year, but the last time the main character's personality shined through, along with the sense that her hopes and dreams had been crushed but maybe there's a way around that. It was what I was looking for.
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#PennedPossibilities 1108: Tell us something you like about your story. (Maybe something you find interesting, entertaining, or amusing.)
There is a truism, extant since ancient Grecian times, that the only interesting stories are of princes and heroes princesses and heroines. Bolt's story—an every man story, or in her case, an every woman story of a woman in a woman-centric society—defies that characterization. She's a sometimes crass, occasionally sexist, earnest nobody who's nobody special and maybe way too relatable in that—even though she's a day angel with wings who enjoys flying very fast, and fills her story with acrobatics and speed. She's a high school drop out, a jock with tons of pride in her athletic body, stuck in a job that is literally more dead-end than most of ours: she's been blackmailed into working as a courier for the mob. Her hobbies are men, the gym, men, taking mundane photos of people living the normal lives denied her to paste on her wall (preferentially of men), and men. What happens to this former side character as she's ping-ponged between major MCs from prequels and sequels, capable SCs, and difficult antagonists as the world changes around her speaks to how we all weather unexpected storms in our life and brushes with celebrity. She's what I call a catalytic character.
Kinda sounds like a blurb, huh?
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realising that i'm genderfluid has been pretty awesome, cause i no longer feel obligated to perform one specific gender all the time, and it basically nuked my dysphoria from orbit
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#EroticMusings 2026.08.23 —Week 65 (August 23-29) Studio: Is your creative space tidy or chaotic? Is that important, or just how it is?
It's KAOS!!!
That's a Get Smart reference†, the title of which show is a double-entendre, making twice as fun for a writer. It's also a reference to my interior mindscape. I do think the state of my mind (not so much my environment) is important for writing about people nobody can see living in places nobody ever heard of doing all sort of impossible or embarrassing things nobody tries that would be banned in many southern states by nobody that will ever be remembered for other than banning books. And. Doubtlessly. Poo-pooed by grandma… who is somebody, actually.
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† Get Smart is an American comedy television series (1965–1970) parodying the secret agent genre.[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
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#ScribesAndMakers »2026.08.23 — Remember that time when...
Authors were bigger celebrities than pop music stars?
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#WordWeavers 2026.08.23 — What's one writing "rule" you've happily ignored?
Wut? Whatcha talking—? Are. You. Saying—! [Waves hand negatingly.] Don't know from any stink'n grammar 'cause this kid wuz one of those kids in high school that didn't get men-tally no sentence-part-diagrams nor predicates, and the teach didn't care to beat it into this kid's head. C- English student. Proud of it. Author, too. And proud of it! Decided to write one day when I realized I could tell a better story; read my fav writers; studied them, then copied pages until I saw what they wuz doing, natch, then did. That. A lot. On an electric typewriter at first, imagine! You ask'n 'bout the rules I breaks? Never met 'em! So… how can I know?
Translation: I always tell the story the way it needs be.
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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.08.23 — If no one read what you write, would you still choose to write?
This is a PTSD nightmare scenario for me since I write to communicate. I burnt out in 2001 due to plenty of inventory but not getting sales. Recovered now. I am going to concentrate my mental energy thinking upon something else…
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