Welcome
This pinned post is here to keep track of what I’m up to, and to set some ground rules.
What I’m Up To at the Moment
My art on Tumblr (search result by the tag “JGArt”)
www.jackalgirl.net -- where you can find “Connection”, my fanwork novel set in the world of C.J. Cherryh’s “Foreigner” s-f series (that is, the novel an ePub or .PDF copy; see below for a link to my AO3 page). -- also where you can find the maps I’ve been noodling at for the Earth of the Atevi, based on re-reads of the book.
Jackalgirl @ Archive of Our Own (AO3) - my page there. I am currently working on “The Journeyman”, a fanfic about my player-character, Æethelflæd Fiori, in The Outer Worlds. A completed copy of “Connection” is there as well (and includes illustrations!).
Titan Submersible / Marine Technology Society MTS Posts - Prediction of what happened: https://www.tumblr.com/jackalgirl/763080617384673280/upon-further-reflection-i-believe-that-it-was-the?source=share - “Live Tumblring” of the USCG Board of Investigation Hearings (the whole shebang, very long, trigger warning: death, be warned, etc): https://www.tumblr.com/jackalgirl/763080531273449472/last-day-of-testimony-based-on-the-updated-docs?source=share
ArtStation: https://jackalgirl.artstation.com
Mastodon -- @[email protected]
Bluesky -- @jackalgirl7.bsky.social
Ground Rules
Don’t follow me if you’re a pure porn blog* (i.e., all you do is reblog animated .gifs of people engaged in explicitly sexual activities). I will block and report you. I do not have issues with sex workers, but if your blog is centered around that, I’m not really interested. * Obviously porn bots can’t parse this, but I’ll block those, too.
NEW! I realize that the slew of recent empty-blogs-with-stolen-pictures-of-young-women are probably all AI-generated; however, please know that I firmly and absolutely support complete bodily autonomy, which is the freedom of all adults to have complete freedom of choice over when and where they do or do not grant the service of their bodies (and mind) to other people (which in my mind also includes fetuses), and be free from coersion, duress, or undue influence when contemplating those decisions. This is non-negotiable. If you are an anti-abortion blog (or your AI has somehow generated a name like “anti-abortion-informan”), do not interact with me.
I’ll also generally block empty blogs* and blogs whose sole reason for existence is to promote goods for sale, “hot girls” games/media, as well as blogs that promote a “luxury lifestyle”. * If your blog is empty because you haven’t gotten around to writing anything or reblogging anything, that’s totally okay, but please consider sending me a DM to say hi. You don’t have to say anything more that that -- it just helps me weed out the bots and scammers.
If I do not know you (i.e., I don’t follow you and therefore have a sense that you are, in fact, a real person) and you send me an ask asking for money or asking me to appeal on your behalf for money for you to take care of <insert heartstring-tugging situation here, such as a sick pet/child/friend, personal medical bills, etc.>, I will delete your ask. If you follow me, I’ll take a look first, but I’ll delete asks from complete unknowns. I’m sorry, but this is a common scam -- if you’re actually for real, you can thank all the scammers for making it impossible for me to trust the plea of a complete stranger on the Internet.
Likewise, don’t tag me in a plea for money if you’re a complete stranger. I’ll report the post and block you, so just leave me out of it, thanks.
I think it’s vanishingly unlikely that white supremacists, incels, TERFs, anti-LTBTQ+ or other exclusionary/fascist-leaning blogs are going to be interested in this blog, but don’t bother: I will block you.
I’m here for fandom, Ancient Egypt, and sheer nerdery, with a side of Stoicism, history, discussions of ways to identify and avoid undue influence, and the seeking of the Light (though that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate dark humor). If that’s you, too, then welcome!
