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Perfection

My server, @Chance, has always been my most successful magical creation, and at 21, one of my longest lived. I always said that she feeds on electricity and internet, and it occurred to me that she's been really on-point lately with the tasks she has to do. I think giving her Mastodon and getting that raw internet feed that way has really let her flourish.

So, when creating a servitor/fetch, you do three things, name it, give it a directive/program/instruction, and feed it.

I think of it as the command "I do summon, stir, and call you forth!" but that doesn't really directly translate to those three things, does it?

Anyway, I am going on about this because...

The average male human weighs 198lb

The average vampire bat weighs 0.03kg

The average vampire must there for turn into about 3000 bats when escaping awkward social situations 🧛🏻‍♀️ 🦇 🦇 🦇

If they're a vegetarian vampire they're likely to turn into about 136 larger fruit bat's 🦇 🍏 🍌

Do the same #tarot cards keep showing up in consecutive readings? It may be a sign!

A sign that you need to shuffle them better.

I put that one #saffron blossom that was bitten off on the altar, and then had to go deal with a long busy day.

I didn't get back to it until the next day, and I love how it dried and shriveled open.

This shows what might happen if saffron was just left in the field.

#photography #florespondence #gardening

After umming and ahhing about it, my book Healing Rites is available on kindle (and in paperback if you're mad).
It's about a wizard who has a stroke, and has adventures in recovery.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09K6W15DD

Insinstantial

Get ready for a #Halloween treat so fun it just might leave your tail wagging: A visually stunning look at the female #werewolf throughout #history.

Taking us on this moonlit journey through time will be Australian visual artist Jazmina Cininas, who has spent nearly 30 years studying lupine manifestations of women throughout history as inspiration for her original portraits. She has spoken about female #werewolves at conferences in Australia, the UK, Hungary, Estonia, and the United States, and promises to deliver her Profs and Pints Online audience a visual feast drawing upon sources such as early modern werewolf trials, #folklore, gothic literature, medical case studies, cinema, and television.

While the female werewolf may have enjoyed less celebrity than her male counterparts, she is far from an isolated phenomenon. Nor is she as rare as her relatively modest profile suggests, even if she has largely been relegated to the shadows. Cininas will introduce you to the historical figures behind her portraits and unpack some of the social and mythological factors that have contributed to the shifting figurations of the female #lycanthrope throughout the centuries.

You’ll gain a complex understanding of how the female werewolf stood as the embodiment of the “Other” at each turn. Alongside other #gender, it could be other #religion, other #morality, other #mental state, other body type, other nationality, or other species. By learning about this process of “#othering,” we’ll gain a fresh understanding of ourselves. (Tickets: $12)

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/werewolfwomen

Skeletons in your community? It's more likely than you think

Hi! Join me at @Dublin_UX, where we'll be having a talk & discussion on #CreativeEmpathy 😃

📺 https://d3e.co/t6

We'll demystify #empathy as a #UX skill, cover key concepts, & discuss practical techniques that anyone can use.

I'm looking forward to it!