Category: Non-Fiction
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Daniel Kahn’s Der Zinger fun Noyt from Word Beggar (2021): Yiddish Lyrics & Vocabulary
Something a bit different – just some lyrics in transliteration and in Yiddish side by side, I’m going to be doing a series of these throughout Daniel Kahn’s discography and possibly a few other Yiddish artists as part of an aid with my Yiddish studies. Even if you have no interest in Yiddish, you might…
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Where I Would Recommend Starting Star Trek as a Newbie
It depends on how much you enjoy and gel with older media. I grew up on The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, then went back and watched the original, as well as seeing the 2009 film went it came out. I personally think that one of those three is the best place to start…
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Most Rewatched Movies by Tumblr Users
Hello, all! First, a new threadfic for you, here on Bluesky: As for my lack of regular stuff at the moment, I am currently super exhausted and very miserable about it. I am at the moment two weeks late on what should be a 12-weekly shot of my testosterone because my GP refuses to administer…
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Goths For Breakfast 2026: Charity Teach-a-Thon to feed hungry kids!
Event: Romancing the Gothic, Theme: Books & Literature, Theme: Clothing & Tailoring, Theme: Conventions & Literary Events, Theme: Film & Cinema, Theme: Gothic Horror, Theme: Gothic Romance, Theme: Guillermo del Toro, Theme: Horrors & Thrillers, Theme: Television & Entertainment, Theme: Uniforms & CostumesIt’s that wonderful time of year again – Romancing the Gothic, run by the inimitable Doctor Sam Hirst, is raising money for Magic Breakfast, a UK-based charity that provides free breakfasts for hungry school kids across England and Scotland. I am privileged to be a part of the incredible line-up for tomorrow, where you can…
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Some Favourite Jewish Movie Recs
I’ve been having a great deal of fun watching The Pitt recently, it’s been wonderful watching a show that’s so joyful and complex not just in its Jewish characters and storylines, but also in its complex approach to ethics and philosophy within a medical workplace. I definitely understand what they mean about intending it as…
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My Transphobic Uncle Threatened to Kill Me This Weekend
Blog post. I wish this shit was fiction. As you may have seen on my socials, I was visiting my grandfather in Greece and was meant to fly back home tonight, but my uncle flipped his lid, started screaming at me, tried to fight me in the kitchen, blurted out half an hour’s worth of…
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Experiments in Fudge #2: Cocoa Caramel Fudge
I took the cinnamon fudge with us when we went to see Marty Supreme at the cinema, and it was well-received by both our friends and a homeless gentleman that asked us for money after we came out of the cinema, who also happily had some of it. I added more milk to the recipe…
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Experiments in Fudge: Attempt #1 – Cinnamon Fudge
New categories for recipes in place! Lorenzo’s friend made some fudge recently and L commented how easy it is to make, and I’ve been very frustrated the past few weeks with how little I’ve been able to bake with my hands being the way that they are of recent. We’re still cooking different recipes regularly…