Last year we published the longest post in the more than 17 year history of our science blog. It contains a panel of experts (including me) responding to nearly 50 common questions that people have about marine biology career advice. Please read and share! I'm happy to answer any questions. 🧪🦑🌍

I collected the original paintings from my parrotfish gallery and put them in a scrapbook as a gift for the guests and crew of the Emperor Explorer dive boat. I hope they will inspire others to protect our reefs and their inhabitants. #scieart #marinelife #coralreef oceanartivist.com/parrotfish-s...

Put together a playlist for assembling my retro radio Lego set of 1970s soft rock A.M. radio hits. Smooth, soulful lyrics that cover a diverse range of topics such as: - Loving my lady - Apologizing to my lady - Missing my lady who left me because of the thing I tried to apologize for - Boat

explaining your own joke, the HALLMARK of a well written joke….

Chicken noodle soup is American ramen.

Terrarium I put together in a 4 inch box. We’ll see how it does!

they gotta be trolling me

Welcome to Laugh Track, a perfectly normal game in which nothing weird happens! Become the head writer of a teen sitcom, and keep those ratings up! Or else! Now available FOR FREE on Win, Mac, and Linux. Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/... Itch: fictionfactorygames.itch.io/laugh-track

Check out my brother’s free new game!

Awakened is an underutilized 5th level spell that grants creatures and plants intelligence, mobility and the capability of speech.  This book is an exploration of numerous fully illustrated characters who have become awakened and now roam the world with their own backstory, goals, and ambitions.

@epistellar.bsky.social Hey there! You wanted a ping when my new game came out? It's out! www.fictionfactorygames.com/laughtrack

You know when your GM brings you to a town and you get to meet some NPCs that you know have to have an interesting backstory? Or go to a shop and think "If only this was real"? Or want to just hand something to your players to read and let them decide where to go next? We gotchu!

This is my general update on where I've been and where I want to go. If you're into that kind of thing, give it a read! Free post, too. Don't even have to subscribe to read! (but you'd be a lot cooler if your did)

Mustered up enough energy for one more bag. I swear that makes Lego sound like cocaine, but let's be honest; cocaine is probably cheaper. Even more circuit boards buried in it, and neat tricks to make the D-pad and buttons squishy. Almost wish it came with educational material about each component.

happy new year from the west coast. my 2026 resolution feels both very small and yet large: I intend to make at least one person’s year easier than it would have been without me.

A Dungeon Game is here and it's free! (It's been both of those things for ages tbh) Explore subterranean depths, face dragons, and discover what lurks beneath. It's classic dungeon crawling with modern design (i.e. it's good). https://loottheroom.itch.io/a-dungeon-game

got to start my year off hiking again for the first time since…before long covid, i think? which also made this my first solo hike since before I got Bear. missing him in every cold and beautiful day. may your own year start with love and movement and promise and clarity as well!

New year, new game coming up fast! Laugh Track releases Jan 13. It's a perfectly normal sitcom where nothing weird happens! store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/... Meet Juno! She's a bundle of sunshine and cheer. And crippling anxiety. But remember, our Health Primarch says fresh air cures that!

The gelatinous cube mini was far too quick and easy to draw. Better spend HOURS putting a whole-ass skeleton in there! 😫

"Hey Fiction Factory Games, why are all your new games releasing for free?" - so you can financially support other indies too - because this is how I want to spend my retirement - our community helps fund it - why the hell not, it's fun - fuck capitalism and competition Laugh Track arrives Jan 13.

The sea, she is a mystery.

Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.

To clarify this — you can set udm14 to be your default browser search method, so even address bar search goes through there and removes the AI summary.

udm14.com: An easy-to-use shortcut to Google search without the AI overview. udm14.com

Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process

Apparently, Fox Mulder went to Starfleet Academy:

Empathy be like… “What’s wrong, babe?” “Oh, I’m feeling embarrassed for an *imaginary character* over the action they took in this media I just watched.”

Visual Novel Developers: I am once again asking you to add full keyboard navigation to your games. I keep encountering games that have mouse and even controller support, but can't navigate menus with arrow keys or even advance dialogue with space bar. It's a disability accommodation thing, yanno?

I like to imagine a world where Robert Zombie had to go to an HR meeting about how he was making a hostile work environment for the witches

I’ve found it helpful to use an image of scenery instead of a map as a VTT backdrop. If you want to get real fancy, use scenery that can double as a sort of isometric map if any trouble starts.

Enjoying Thac0 with Advantage and want some more? @whatdoiknowjr.bsky.social , that’s Jared, interviewed Kienna Shaw and Lauren Bryant-Monk, the folks behind the Tabletop Safety Toolkit, a resource providing gamers with access to a variety of safety tools. gnomestew.com/gnomecast-22...

Did the New York Times ruin journalism?

hey, what do you call a bunch of pebbles ...a rock group (they're #plush so it's soft rock)

"Invictus" by William Earnest Henley. The famous poem bolstering the inner strength in the midst of oppression. Much needed for many these days. Recited by myself. Enjoy listening and I'd appreciate a comment to let me know what you think or your personal feelings about the poem. #invictus #poem

“"Let Akita be depopulated. There is no way of stopping it, honestly speaking," argues college student Miwa Sawano. "They won't realize they have a problem until the women leave." Lysistrata for the modern age. Gender inequality accelerates Japan's rural depopulation www.npr.org/2025/11/03/g...

BuyNothing is great, and may also be Freecycle in your area. Been able to give craft supplies to a public schoolteacher, Christmas decorations to a divorcee & kids who had nothing, etc. When someone asks for items, the community will almost always swoop in. www.freecycle.org

[[TRANSMISSION TO WHOEVER IS LEFT]] I have a show coming up November 5th at The Knockout SF. Deets: dice.fm/event/l8nnyw...

No wonder the latest generations can't afford anything anymore. They grew up being told to "clear their cache" to fix all sorts of issues. I think we took that too far. 🤷‍♀️

Check this game out and consider wish listing on Steam! youtu.be/aghbZjZXXYk?...

Despite all my rage, I'm still just a rat coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine.

🎵 Emergency shrimpie, where all your shrimps come true, got a shrimp for you! 🎵 (brought to you by this week's Adventure Zone Royale, to make sure I was fast enough to get this plush made and out today)

You're now permanently employed as a scriptwriter for a perfectly normal TV sitcom in which nothing weird happens. It's not a front for a world-consuming cosmic horror! Don't even worry about it! The demo for Laugh Track is now available! store.steampowered.com/app/3765430/...

Now I’m just showing off…but also you could hire me to make you stuff like this

Seems like a lot of my fav follows have moved here, so I’m gonna give this place a try. I figured my 1st post should include artwork of mine that corresponds to some of my fav interests - art (especially fantasy art), comic books, nature (especially snakes), video games, & TTRPGs. 🙂

Go home, Autocorrect, you’re drunk

BY THE WAY If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2. There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security. Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation." TURN IT OFF.

bluesky got me hooked by showing me posts by people I like and follow on purpose

Hi #portfolioday I’m Lauren and I’m an illustrator and character designer. Laurenwalshart.com [email protected]

Guys let's $100k QTCC (shad needs better refs...)

Dear Facebook Spammer Let’s Do This or The Ballad of Leonard and Siegfried #barovia #ravenloft #DnD