Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.

SEASON'S GREASONS

A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage. Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word. A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).

willow ptarmigan. Thank you for spreading the bird word, @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social

Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is. GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart. But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.

𝗛𝗲𝘆! Side Quested is up and the sass is strong in this one. 🔗 tapas.io/episode/3742... 🔷 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿? 🔹 Start here: tapas.io/series/SideQuested 🔹 Or here: sidequested.com/page/1/ 🔷 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀: patreon.com/alepresser 🔹 #webcomics

Sparkling Seashore in Sainte-Maxime 💙 #ArtAdventCalendar day 17 I loved painting all the details of this coastal scene. My watercolor is inspired by a friend's photo and her description of life in Sainte-Maxime #France. #art #watercolor #ocean #beach #nature 🎨 1-elizabeth-kennen.pixels.com

It's time to get the fuck out man

Was reminded of this supremely traumatic David Blackwood painting that hung in my dining room my entire life growing up and left my brother and I equally horrified

Impossible to listen to Gorrilaz and not think of this

you didn't ask but in case you wondered, I like bsky for the general vibe, the text-based communication, and because I can stumble across interesting people and their interesting work (of all kinds! art! science! polisci! history! linguistics! parks! sports! music! so on!) in a way I can't elsewhere

Art by • Barry Windsor-Smith

Sean William Randall (Canadian Artist, b. 1965) "Those Distant Lights", 2015. Acrylic on Canvas, 152.4 × 152.4 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

𝗛𝗲𝘆! Side Quested is up and someone has to tell them this is NOT a good idea... 🔗 tapas.io/episode/3742... 🔷 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿? 🔹 Start here: tapas.io/series/SideQuested 🔹 Or here: sidequested.com/page/1/ 🔷 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀: patreon.com/alepresser 🔹 #webcomics

Generate a heartwarming advert for your bookshop:

From the Larchives

my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides

My brain is freaking out, would you mind reblogging this to make sure people know you can download a free baby dragon? .........gotta make a "You would download a dragon" meme.

Spydere Man, Spydere Man Doth al things a spydere kan Sondry webbes he kan weaven Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man

For the love of money.💰

Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more... 🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍

Illustration for Woman’s Home Companion by William Welsh, 1932

From the Larchives.

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

𝗛𝗲𝘆! Side Quested is up and Babs is back! 🔗 tapas.io/episode/3742... 🔷 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿? 🔹 Start here: tapas.io/series/SideQuested 🔹 Or here: sidequested.com/page/1/ 🔷 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀: patreon.com/alepresser 🔹 #webcomics

Zero-G

don't claim it. doesn't matter that it's free. Don't.

Trumplethinskin creates his own version of reality & then expects us to believe it as if we don't have eyes, ears or functioning brains. #SAD 🤣

Oh yes!

Chance or Arrangement? 6.5 x 10.5. 2025, analog collage. #collage #analogcollage

Like anything @tkingfisher.com writes I devoured this book. Definitely weird, but my kind of weird, and I’m also glad 47North took a flyer on it. Also books she sets in the desert are my FAVORITES, and I adored Selena. (Reposting because the first time I was so excited about it I forgot the pic)

The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)

if you wanna know how untrustworthy our press is just look at the way they're claiming that transphobic nurse won her case when she lost on all counts but won a minor technicality on one issue. it's not even spin. it's just straight up lying about what actually happened.

Current listening. Delightful - suits the mood of the season perfectly. Available from @claypipemusic.bsky.social

Herbie Looks Like Shit (2019)

You will be visited by three spirits

From the Larchives. A follow up to the Wreath of Khan :)

𝗛𝗲𝘆! Side Quested is up and gurl, say waaaaaah? 🔗 tapas.io/episode/3702... 🔷 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿? 🔹 Start here: tapas.io/series/SideQuested 🔹 Or here: sidequested.com/page/1/ 🔷 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀: patreon.com/alepresser 🔹 #webcomics

Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):

A must wear for all Cabinet meetings! #DementiaDon.

Miriam Escofet, Spanish (1967- ), An Angel at my Table, 2017, oil on linen over panel, 100 x 70 cm, private collection

Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!

Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!