Look if you like to organize things don't click on this during the workday. thomaswc.com/2025.html

Nashiro (mascot of Hita City) is an alien with a see-through cranium, showing its brain, which is a pear.

Elmo meets Iñaki

Miyaneko, a white cat whose ears make an “M”, is the mascot for Miyazaki City. His special skills are dancing and overreacting.

Handled, thanks y'all!

Weird ask, but do any of you lovely folks happen to speak French? I need a sentence translated, ideally tonight, for the nonprofit I do volunteer web work for. @jabularasa.bsky.social maybe???

Had to buy a new dishwasher yesterday but thankfully I had MANY #SteamNextFest demos to soothe me, going to be adding to this thread!

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

We bombed Iran?! | I need to pay that bill | Kansas antitrans ID law!! | Don’t forget Hugo noms | do we still have Venezuela’s president? | *an email re: book promotion* | I can’t pay this bill | cutting funds to MN?? | I need to check on my friends | timeline fights about doomerism | taxes | REPEAT

Some #NextFest demos that I have played and enjoyed so far this week, 1/?: - Esoteric Ebb: Disco Elysium + D&D vibes, gorgeous art, love 2 be the resurrected (??) cleric of a dead god - Cropdeck: roguelike deckbuilder farming sim, fun harvest mechanics, number go up VERY satisfying

THAR SHE SNOWS! @universalhub.com

This is Wiley. He has never seen snow before and wants to make sure he gets a real good look at it. For science. 12/10 (IG: smileywileydog)

“But wehhh, I have to use AI to make my storyyy” I just dropped a 60-page Garfield manga featuring all 118 current periodic table elements, which I researched individually for each design. AI’s NEVER going to give you that and I require way less water

Mom and I are in Eastern Oregon for a mini vacation this weekend! It was snowing when we drove in and we barely unpacked before running out and getting in the hot tub, so as far as I’m concerned this trip is already a complete success. Also there were some bangin’ clouds on the drive out.

i made some desk job affirmations to get me through the day

Hearing this call in Inuktitut makes me so emotional. It’s really a beautiful thing.

"Birds can't taste spice, right?" "But frogs CAN, I googled it!" #outofcontextD&D

Celebrating the Lunar New Year at Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland. Today, Milo, a 21-year-old mini horse, was on site to celebrate the year of the fire horse.

Still workshopping my lunar New Year's benediction: may the Year of the Horse unbridle your enthusiasm, enable you to stirrup trouble, and let you trot out witticisms at a moment's notice. Trample indifference & be yourself on mane.

The cats have SO many toys and yet this morning Raine is intensely playing with/hunting/attempting to murder murder murder kill kill kill a (checks notes) black twisty tie.

In cartoon news, Tubi just revealed practically the entirety of the classic Warner Bros/Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network library is coming to the platform this March. For those who don't wanna visit the bird site, here's the full list of what's coming.

Still thinking about yesterday at the bouldering gym where a small group of under-10y/os were chanting "Ow! Black Friday! Ow! Black Friday!" after successfully making it up the wall. I have so many questions but I also know that the answers are not for me to know or understand. Kids are good!!!

i often think about this review

Actually this is a lie. The first thing out of my mouth was just “CRIMSON PEAK!!!” with probably alarming intensity.

Coworker, while we were waiting for our drinks/bagels at the coffee shop: “So, books or movies, do you have any recommendations for anything ~gothic?” Me, eyes enormous: “I HAVE TRAINED MY WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS MOMENT.”

One Piece Season 2 trailer youtu.be/S-XxKVxZ2fU

At least we can all finally be marked safe from the scourge of Lloyd. youtu.be/9fFuY4TlTr8?...

It died because we stopped doing weird mall ads with dirges at the beginning youtu.be/GACGdvNdmN8?...

Knew this was probably on the horizon but still super bummed!!! The Lloyd Center in recent years has been in its whalefall era, just a big old haunted corpse of a mall with all kinds of neat little stores and seasonal markets making their homes in the empty husks of old Hollisters and Forever 21s.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

“You Told The Drunks I Knew Karate” by Zoey Van Goey. (ONE DAY I will finish my 95% completed OFMD S1 vid to this song.)

Happy birthday Tula-Tu! This petite party pachyderm is 1 today 💖

Finally started reading The Tainted Cup and I am LOVING how squishy and gross and organic the worldbuilding is. MWAH.

He no longer believed one could legislate out of existence greed, or stupidity, or sheer perversity of will. It reassured him that neither could one legislate out of existence love, or hope, or the desire for beauty

Reminder that this isn't just happening in Minnesota - ICE kidnapped a whole family getting emergency care for their kid in Portland. Defunding is toothless. Abolishing is the baseline at this point. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

I'm so happy that I'm allowed to Go Up Wall again after three months of not being allowed to Go Up Wall for surgery recovery reasons. BOULDERING GYM WITH PALS I HAVE MISSED YOU SO.

"The species is named after Inazuma, a character from the Japanese manga ‘One Piece,’ known for the ability to change sex between male and female"

Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds

This is Promare's official distributor's account.

I will never not repost this (Sound on for maximum effect)

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Kamosy, a train conductor serow (Japanese goat-antelope), is the mascot for JR Takasaki Station.

Man things are: not great! But I have finished rereading The Hands of the Emperor, jumped back to Derring-Do for Beginners, and am now about halfway through The Return of Fitzroy Angursell. (I also recently did the audiobook of Petty Treasons.) I just have a lot of feelings.

BOARD STATEMENT: This afternoon, federal Customs and Border Protection agents shot two people in East Portland. We are in close coordination w/ our government partners & law enforcement to learn everything we can, and encourage patience in sharing information to ensure accuracy. MORE: bit.ly/3L79IkZ

⚠️Utility Impersonator Alert: NW Natural, PGE and other utility companies are warning of individuals posing as workers to gain access to residents. When in doubt, call to verify: 📞 Verify NW Natural: 503-226-4211 or 800-422-4012. If you suspect an imposter, call 9-1-1. MORE: bit.ly/4juldPU

I love Snorse

I love everything about this but maybe especially the choice of paint color.