Felicity Shoulders

@sqiouyilu I think I pronounce it with a T when I introduce myself, but then say it with a D the rest of the time, and so does almost everyone around me. Although I wouldn’t swear my mom isn’t using a T. Uh, maybe I better call her. See? Introspection!

@sqiouyilu Yeah, I know! I guess that’s all Americans (tho’ I think my PacNW accent has extra indistinct/perfunctory consonants) but I absolutely pronounce the WORD ‘felicity’ with a hard T. Probably because it only comes up in Austen and Hamlet, and the Brits keep that T pretty dang crisp.

I would love for EVERYONE to have a page on their site about their name how to refer to you, which combinations are correct, which are incorrect, which pronunciations are acceptable mine: s.qiouyi.lu/press-kit/ @GretchenAMcC's: gretchenmcculloch.com/name/

@sqiouyilu It’s more that I *think* I want it pronounced like the dictionary, but neither I nor anyone else in my direct orbit says it that way. >.< I guess that means I should say on my name page that either of those pronunciations is fine! (Heck, I also answer to the French version.)

@faerye @GretchenAMcC right!! your name is such a great case because people will want to pronounce it like the dictionary but you have a certain way you want it pronounced

Lately it feels like I think about this speech from Matewan (1987, dir. John Sayles) every single day. They got you fighting white against black, foreign against native, coast against coast, tech against service… CN: young Chris Cooper is hot m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbRFSg…

The absolute worst insult you can inflict on an inkjet printer is to ask it to print something.

@Oaktag Eep! Yeah, had not thought of that. :(

@faerye That was always my policy... But now I have to find a tool to transfer my blocklist to Mastodon

One nice thing about lame duck Twitter is that there’s no reason to judiciously mute anymore. Why just block bots, grifters, and hate speech? Block sealions! Block blue dudes! Block your boss! Block your family! Block anyone! Take off and block the site from orbit!

Life right before the Triassic-Jurassic boundary: Wow what an incredible diversity of unique Triassic life

[Insert Hans Zimmer joke here]

@megelison Huh. Me too. 🤔

she’s watching it burn

If Twitter crashes and you need to find me, the hell you will. I've got a two day head start on you, which is more than I need. I speak a dozen languages, know every local custom, I'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see me again.

What she said! This book was loads of fun: the magic system was compelling, the characters were great, and the historical setting was unusual and richly interesting.

Mom 📞 : remember to watch “Woodpeckers: the Hole Story” on PBS!” Mom+18 min 📧: “Woodpeckers: the Hole Story!” Me, finally: *starts watching Woodpeckers: the Hole Story* Me+4 min: *starts telling everyone to watch Woodpeckers: the Hole Story* pbs.org/wnet/nature/ab…

@ToddMonsta For context, I am informed that the World Cup is the most high-intensity posting time Twitter ever has: so if the problems haven’t made the site come apart by then, it seems a good bet it will under that strain. I mean, under that gravitational pull! 🚀⚽️💥

@faerye Do you like the foot soccer ball?

Reposting as we get closer to crashing into Planet World Cup. Will this much-abused bucket of bolts survive to crash? Don’t know, but I’ll see you at the Outer Rim either way!

@ToddMonsta I do not follow it, but it seems like a perfectly cromulent sport.

The young Powerful Owl is exploring more now her wings are getting stronger.

@herelieslill Those 2 week runs where one’s Letterboxd ratings run the gamut from 2 to 2.5 stars :( I wish you the sudden relief of loving some media soon!

the constant question of "does everything i read and watch actually suck or am i just a salty bitch"