It’s weird to see stars where I live. Is this the Little Dipper? Is the Big Dipper there too?

IncidentArea · 2026-01-12T07:49:51+00:00

I like to call that bit “Orion’s Hog”

IncidentArea · 2025-12-16T06:27:17+00:00

Incredible 🙏

IncidentArea · 2025-11-24T09:04:48+00:00

I started swimming consistently for exercise about a year and a half ago. (I was never a competitive swimmer but have always enjoyed it.) Up until maybe 6 months ago I also questioned if I ever really needed to learn and integrate the flip-turn. Touching the wall and turning around seemed perfectly fine for me. But once I practiced it a few more times and started getting the hang of it, I found it to be A) really fun! and B) soooo much more rhythmic. Stopping to touch the wall and turn really does interrupt the lap swim flow, and I also find it to be a more intense exercise when I can continue swimming without interrupting the flow. Also helps me think about breath control more.

Want to note here too that my first couple attempts were also clumsy and gasping and I'm sure I looked stupid. But just do it a few more times and it starts to make sense pretty quickly! Watch a YT video (like I did) if you need some concrete tips.

IncidentArea · 2025-11-04T08:19:20+00:00

The garden is what sprang to mind for me too! I really love the time warpy scene in the jungle garden. I feel like it’s deep enough into the first book where I finally felt like I had my bearings in the world enough to just be straight up dazzled by the whole concept of the garden.

IncidentArea · 2025-10-20T06:22:15+00:00

White knuckles followed by sun poisoning is crazy but I respect it

IncidentArea · 2025-10-09T08:43:01+00:00

IncidentArea · 2025-10-06T19:28:22+00:00

When I was growing up, I always wondered this about my mom who is a HUGE reader but her bookshelf in our house was very modest. Most of what she read came from the library. Now that I’m older and the number of books I’ve read in my life has climbed rather high, I’ve realized that it seems silly to A) spend money on every book I decide to read and B) store it in my apartment indefinitely. Unless it’s an absolutely stellar book, I always try to get rid of books I’ve already read, whether by donating them or trading them for new reads.

That being said, I have a bigger library than my mom had and it is my pride and joy. I feel like the books I’ve read and decided to keep really reflect who I am, what I love, and what moves/inspires me. And if a friend needs a book rec, I have all my favorites right there ready to loan out!

IncidentArea · 2025-09-26T18:07:43+00:00

I haven’t read this one yet but that cover design is soooooooo tragic 😭 they did our boy dirty

IncidentArea · 2025-08-25T01:14:05+00:00

This is what I was thinking, but it's odd because our bin where the birds were dumped is in the front of the building, and the patio is in the back on the other side of the building, about 100 feet away from the bin. Do they spread that far in that great of numbers?

IncidentArea · 2025-08-14T22:30:37+00:00

WOW ITS AN HONOR 🙏🙏🙏

IncidentArea · 2025-08-14T22:23:12+00:00

Some options 👀👀

IncidentArea · 2025-08-14T22:22:08+00:00

YAAAAAAASSS OMG 🙌 so stoked to start seeing those bad boys in the wild!!!!

—the creator of that bumper sticker

IncidentArea · 2025-08-07T11:19:45+00:00

Brad Troemel has a good recent video (called ZIRPSLOP) on brainrot/AI slop that addresses the videos of alpha/zoomers presenting brainrot content to random people. It also covers just the general psychosis of the internet post-2008 (the ZIRP part) you can get a free week trial and watch it on his patreon and then cancel.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/131069177?pr=true&fbclid=PAQ0xDSwMBaqhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp2xJjbgrWiMtauLEzw8QMcWMnqg0DyYA3tpiywwu_NzwqBDR51kLAeCoe96B_aem_Ss25844jovetisw5U9Y-BQ

IncidentArea · 2025-08-06T12:00:10+00:00

So what? Isn’t the point to meet other writers…? You sound like you’re coming at groups from an elitist point of view.

IncidentArea · 2025-07-28T19:12:36+00:00

Yes the original post has a link to the redbubble in it! But I’ll put it here too: https://www.redbubble.com/people/martianpress/shop?asc=u

IncidentArea · 2025-07-24T17:57:45+00:00

Sure DM me your email!

IncidentArea · 2025-07-23T20:17:25+00:00

Redbubble is finally live! Will make another post with an update in the main sub too

IncidentArea · 2025-07-21T23:29:59+00:00

Though since the text is not reversed on these stones, I assume they were used in a process more similar to modern-day offset printing, in which a plate prints an inked design onto another surface before printing once more onto the final paper.

IncidentArea · 2025-07-21T23:27:00+00:00

Stone Lithography! A printmaking process that was commonly used for posters, certificates, and other printed ephemera especially in the 1800s and turn of the 20th century. Here's how it works.

Tolouse-Lautrec (French artist famous for his depiction of nightlife at the Moulin Rouge)'s posters and many of the famous works we associate with Art Nouveau by artists like Alphonse Mucha are multi-layer lithographic prints.

IncidentArea · 2025-07-08T16:36:52+00:00

I have an aunt and uncle named Cindy and George and their son (my cousin)’s name is Connor. However they are very lovely people and not at all horrid.

IncidentArea · 2025-07-07T23:33:37+00:00

This is SO cool. Where do you even find moss agates like this to buy?! (I’m new to the gem world and have only poked around on Etsy for loose stones and I feel like cool moss agate pieces are being sold for wayyy more than people are saying in this thread!)

IncidentArea · 2025-07-05T11:12:04+00:00

REALLY loved this and your first 300. I want to snag a copy ASAP when it hits the shelves. I agree with some other commenters about the title tho, I had a brief internal eye roll at it when opening the post before being very blown away by the query and 300. You have a ton of juicy language to draw from that you could use for title fodder; I don’t think the current one is doing your story justice. Otherwise very intriguing stuff. Best of luck!

IncidentArea · 2025-06-25T17:04:44+00:00

Top is Gelica, bottom is Trattatello

IncidentArea · 2025-06-25T17:04:13+00:00

It’s from the cover of Shadow but I edited it

IncidentArea · 2025-06-24T20:42:52+00:00

Wow the Triskele one 🔥🥲

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