★ash.alder★ @ash-alder.bsky.social

𖤐 I make (a lot of) stuff. 𖤐
𖤐 Spitefully positive. 𖤐
𖤐 Founder/producer Law of Names Media𖤐
𖤐 Probably not a faerie prince. 𖤐

https://ashseguinte.lawofnames.com/

Hey! I'm ash.

I make stuff, & get excited about other stuff.

Currently making ARG-adjacent audio fiction, the graphics & ephemera associated with them, & the occasional fan project, & doing a whole lot of yelling about other people's work.

I'm also the entity behind @lawofnames.com
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Law of Names Media @lawofnames.com
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Something exciting is on its way.

Watch this space.
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Brandon O’Brien @therisingtithes.bsky.social
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In fact:

SPECULATIVE POETRY FRIENDS, PLEASE SOUND OFF!

If you're a speculative poet with a published FORMAL POEM anywhere readily available on the internet, please reply to this post with examples of your work!
Any form is good!
Show off your prosodic prowess here!
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Yeah, i’m planning to make a dinner this week mostly because my boyfriend’s cat likes it. So what?
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app
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I'm the daughter of an Army paratrooper who refused orders during our illegal invasion of Vietnam back in the day. He went to LBJ military jail.

Dad taught his girls this: "Just following orders" is NEVER any excuse for anyone who's complicit in war crimes. You MUST refuse heinous orders.
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…I’m a really good writer.
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I think I’m about due to re-read Feed.
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Law of Names Media @lawofnames.com
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TIL what a clogyrnachau is!

I am not generally one to want to try to write in specific poetic forms, but this one intrigues me!

see: www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/clogyrnach-poetic-form
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I push back at it pretty frequently, and can get through it about 90% of the time, but it means that the first big chunk of some media is colored by the brain screaming PEOPLE HAVE TOLD US WE WILL ENJOY THIS AND EVERYONE ELSE ENJOYS IT AND THEREFOR WE WILL NOT GODDAMNIT.

And then I do, anyway.
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I wish I wasn't so strongly driven to avoid media a ton of people enjoy & recommend.

It's not an elitist thing. I think it's an offshoot of the pathological demand avoidance, & a part of my brainstuff I would /really/ rather not have.

I asked for recommendations! Let me take them! Please!
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Alright, the ghost town thing didn't end up happening. It said the road was open, but apparently that meant only the paved road, not the dirt bit.

Still, I ended up driving 3 hours in to the middle of nowhere, hiking for an hour, then making myself cry writing poetry.

Excellent, excellent day.
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And if the park doesn’t live up to expectations, i’ve found some likely places to walk around instead.

(Will be careful not to push /too/ hard, but i’ve decided some increased pain is worth it.)
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It is 30 degrees here, the road to the park is open, my foot feels way better than I expected it to this morning. I’ve got camera, water, sunscreen, and pain meds in my bag.

We are having breakfast, then heading out.
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Also, the weather is beautiful, and though the altitude is kind of kicking my ass, I should be fine if I take everything slow. And remember to wear sunscreen.

Hopefully I'll have energy to go down to the stream behind the motel after dark and get some photos there, too.

I am happy.
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Tomorrow I am going to go hike around a state park with a ghost town in it & take pictures with both my phone & a poloroid camera, then if I have energy come back to the motel and play dress up with makeup.

Sunday I'm going to see if I can find the hotspring that's supposed to be close by.
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I love this human. I do not know her, but I love her.
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social
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A firefighter in Istanbul performed CPR on a cat affected by a fire, bringing it back to life.😍👍💙
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in other news, i am going on a tiny solo vacation starting basically right now, and I am ridiculously excited about it.

(will also really miss the Freehold and the gentlemen, but it’s only three days so not /too/ bad.)
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I’ve been so focused lately on getting things /done/ that I haven’t bothered to notice if I’m enjoying doing them. It’s very nice to knock that the hell iff. My hobbies are supposed to be fun, darn it, let’s make sure we actually treat them that way.
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I'm going on mini-vacation tomorrow, and I've been worried b/c I was planning to go to a state park around a huge ghost town and the road out to it is closed for winter so I thought I might not be able to, but! It opened March 26! So I for real get to go!
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Over here working out scheduling for spending specific one-on-one time with partners. I feel like a cliche. But also, schedules are IMPORTANT!
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I've said a whole bunch of times that I'm invisible to myself. This applies to my own stress levels as much as it does how I appear to people outside my head.

I know I'm stressed. I don't know how consumed by it I am, until it gets pointed out.

...god I feel better.
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And also, I'm going to put some active energy into being kinder toward, and more understanding of myself. We're doing our best, & it's time to stop getting mad at us for not being able to completely overthrow the entire world & fucked up systems by sheer force of will and stubbornness.
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Even just /thinking/ about fucking /relaxing/ and just accepting stuff is going to be what it's going to be, & that nothing will fall apart if I /chill/ for a bit...there's this enormous weight lifted.

Still going to be on top of stuff. But in a way more normal way.
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When I feel like I have no agency in 1 area of my life, I triple down control in others. Surprising no one, that both doesn't actually help & is no fun at all.

There's taking pride in a thing done well & then there's fixating on perfection. One's good. The other... kind of sucks for all involved.
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And having actually /thought/ about it (and talked about it to some wonderful folx) has made it into a visible thing I can take active steps towards... not /fixing/, but adjusting how I relate to it, & how it comes through in my existence as part of a social landscape.
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...brains are weird.

Obviously, I've known I've been doing not well for a while now, but I don't think I'd really internalized how poorly, nor how that effected my interactions.

Having someone straight up ask if I was ok was startling enough to make me stop & really /think/ about that.
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This tweet is one of my favorite things in the world. It just is.
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Filling out paperwork for a nerve conduction study.

The two categories of mental illness?
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Fay Roberts @fayroberts.bsky.social
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Fancy a last-minute audition for a (very small) part in my This Address Does Not Exist (@lawofnames.com) historical fiction episode, "A Function of Power"? We are seeking an actor of Black heritage who can comfortably perform a West Country British accent for a role using she/her pronouns.
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Micah @rincewind.run
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
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