Author of The Dawnhounds and The Sunforge (Saga Press). Kāi Tahu/Kāti Huirapa. Crawford Award finalist. Rep: @arleysorg.bsky.social. She/her/ia. Header by @layahimalaya.bsky.social Sign up for my newsletter at: https://the-trying-times.ghost.io/https://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mve5gxl7bc2yI have no idea when it's ever coming out, I need to finish Worldsend before I get onto revisions, but I DID write the best book of my career, which goes into nigh-pornographic detail in every single food scene, I wildly overthought the local cuisine, I hope Brian Jacques is proud of me12 Sep 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mve5gxl7bc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mve4nkdfkc2ywhat's the worst lyric ever written and why is it "I'm unstoppable/I'm a porche with no brakes" then later in the song they have a countermelody going 'stoppable stoppable stoppable' and I don't think it's on purpose12 Sep 2026 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mve4nkdfkc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mve4g73nu22yi fucking hate how hard it is to look for pictures of *anything* now without sifting through reams of AI slop. Do not recommend a browser that claims to block it, do not bring up &udm=14, they do not work. It's a plague.12 Sep 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mve4g73nu22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mvcmqjmmck2iof all the ridiculous failed cold war projects, "make the biggest gun in existence to shoot satellites into space" has gotta be up there12 Sep 2026 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcmqjmmck2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mvbzwv5c7s2jI feel insane when I see people say they're going to protest vote for Winston Peters. the guy who's spent five decades in parliament, a man so deeply beltway that he's worn a groove in the sidewalk outside the Green Parrot? that's your anti-establishment vote?12 Sep 2026 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbzwv5c7s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mvbrzp5xhk24I ... I did not think we were getting a main set monsterfucker card but here we are. For those who don't play, the card says: CHOOSE 1) the human fucks a medusa and dies 2) the human fucks a medusa and goes super saiyan12 Sep 2026 00:08 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbrzp5xhk24https://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mv7tfbeq2k2ewhat am I doing that tumblr is showing me this11 Sep 2026 05:27 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7tfbeq2k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mv7fq3omp22rhas any marketing fuckup in history had the aura of coca cola vending machines in New Zealand saying in Māori I GREET THEE DEATH11 Sep 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7fq3omp22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mv7bjrif522pweek 4 of learning to draw: BUGS11 Sep 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7bjrif522phttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mv2o6i7qtc22trying to figure out the basic construction of a wasp and I accidentally made it really cute09 Sep 2026 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2o6i7qtc22https://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3mv23lfigwc2mShouting out an underrated game I really liked this year: Phantom Brigade is XCOM with mechs and a really cool and crunchy/satisfying precognition mechanic https://store.steampowered.com/app/553540/Phantom_Brigade/08 Sep 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv23lfigwc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3muyufk7jmk2tsick of this Elliot girl, April is not the cruellest month babe your patch is just four days old08 Sep 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyufk7jmk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3muyj2cocos2jhow tf have these people worked in computers this long and never heard The Chinese Room [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyj2cocos2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3muyfs2y4os2oI need to say it again: Magic the Gathering players, it's "putting a card on the bottom of my deck," I understand it's faster to say "bottoming" but that has another meaning of which it seems many of you are unaware08 Sep 2026 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyfs2y4os2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3muyb4ubpps2a... now face his SMACK [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 05:11 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyb4ubpps2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3muy3bmj2i22ayou have disturbed his nap08 Sep 2026 03:27 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3muy3bmj2i22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3muxlhvwz622wToday's drawing exercise: fern fronds07 Sep 2026 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxlhvwz622whttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3muw2ajhu4k2zmr nathan fielder sir please interview mr beast07 Sep 2026 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3muw2ajhu4k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3muvxy25np22zstarting to suspect that Hipkins genuinely doesn't want to win because he doesn't want to have lead the country through a period of inevitable crisis07 Sep 2026 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvxy25np22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3muvvllpmes2kis this a bit??? is this Nathan Fielder's greatest setup yet??? I cannot believe this a real movie and not some elaborate joke [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 06:39 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvvllpmes2khttps://bsky.app/profile/understatesmen.bsky.social/post/3muvvftsccc2eI have never seen Nathan Fielder look scared before https://youtu.be/GGJSRFWALTI?si=4dWYZWfaki8Vp49L07 Sep 2026 06:36 +0000at://did:plc:3lieybvoimi4hr4dpt4gpybe/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvvftsccc2e