@chelseastickle.bsky.social
She/her. AuDHD. Queer. Flash writer. Everything's Changing (Thirty West, 2023) & Breaking Points (Black Lawrence, 2021).
https://linktr.ee/chelseastickle
@somewhattolerable.comReposted by @chelseastickle.bsky.socialOMG I was sorting through some old bookmarks and clicked on the Smithsonian Zoo's Cheetah Cam link which I hadn't active in a long time. It turns out they have a cheetah who just had cubs on 10/5 and they are so cute. They're on the Den 1 stream right now.
@geauxgabrielle.blacksky.appReposted by @chelseastickle.bsky.socialPeople are discussing how Halloween candy is so terrible these days. A reminder that alot of the candy we eat is made with women’s prison labor. Russell Stover’s factory in Kansas busses in 150 women a day via a convict leasing program to staff their candy factory.
@kikidoodle.bsky.socialReposted by @chelseastickle.bsky.socialHiya! Since it's almost Halloween, it's time for one of my "favorite" spooky season PSAs! Don't buy taxidermy bats! None of them are ethically sourced, most are endangered, and the market for taxidermy or freeze dried bats is descimating local populations. Etsy, ebay, curio shows, none are okay.
@oregonian.comReposted by @chelseastickle.bsky.socialThey weigh as much as an egg, with big yellow eyes and Pixar faces. Don’t be fooled. These cute little murder machines take down prey three times their size.
https://mrf.lu/28K_y
@silverbeard2026.bsky.socialReposted by @chelseastickle.bsky.socialFYI
@chelseastickle.bsky.socialThey're great at stocking fiction, but the poetry is lacking. Interlibrary loans usually come through, though.
@chelseastickle.bsky.socialMy local library, which is usually very good at stocking books, has an appalling lack of Anne Carson.
@astrokatie.comReposted by @chelseastickle.bsky.socialProductivity as an adult is just an endless process of applying new psychological tricks and operant conditioning to yourself until an acceptable number of tasks are completed.
@oliviacampbell.bsky.socialReposted by @chelseastickle.bsky.social"If you can't be bothered to write it, why should I be bothered to read it?" is my essential stance against GenAI.
@chrislhayes.bsky.socialReposted by @chelseastickle.bsky.socialI've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
@chelseastickle.bsky.socialICYMI: I've got a micro in @claudineliterary.bsky.social about communication and early attachments.
@megjnic.bsky.socialReposted by @chelseastickle.bsky.socialVariant Lit is able to increase our honorariums! Poetry and flash prose will receive $15 and longform fiction will receive $25. We don't charge fees during our open submission period and we try to reply within 2 months. Subs open Oct 10 - Nov 20. @variantlit.bsky.social
@prisonculture.bsky.socialReposted by @chelseastickle.bsky.socialIt's OK not to have children if you do not want to raise children. More people should take this to heart.
@chelseastickle.bsky.socialGood luck!
@chelseastickle.bsky.socialVery cool!
@kaseygifford.bsky.socialReposted by @chelseastickle.bsky.socialTo put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center.
@pdforan.bsky.socialReposted by @chelseastickle.bsky.social“I don’t know how to have the conversation I want to have. How to draw boundaries around my body.”
@chelseastickle.bsky.social in @claudineliterary.bsky.social www.claudineliterary.com/fiction/chel...
@chelseastickle.bsky.socialThanks for reading and sharing, Pat!
@judi-hench.bsky.socialReposted by @chelseastickle.bsky.social
@novicsara.bsky.socialReposted by @chelseastickle.bsky.socialThisss. And as a disabled person too, same thing. Can confirm that being "in their family" does jack shit.
