A Brief History of Reviewing Things on the Internet, Vol. I

Two years ago today we hosted our first game ever in Oakland. Two years down. Forever to go. Thank you, B's Fam!! 💚💛

i got fired from the lettering factory for “bad kerning”. it’s unfair dismissal if you ask me but I won’t fight it; i don’t want to bum any bridges

thank you for this thread! i had an off-the-cuff comic turned into a meme and it's such a weird feeling that my art is just being spread out there without any credit here's a version with my name on it, im fine with people using that one :)

The newest episode of Game Changer literally made me fall off the couch laughing.

June is my birth-month, but YOU get presents! All this month, all Icons Superpowered Roleplaying products over on DriveThruRPG are discounted 25%. Now is a great time to fill out your collection or to grab those wish-list items while the sale lasts. Don’t miss out!

GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands

Contra Costa County warns consumers to contact them immediately if they bought grapevines from a number of Costco locations after April 21.

I used to get sick around half the time I took a flight. I’ve only gotten sick after a flight once that I can remember in the last few years. Heck yeah, I’ll keep masking!

Bay Area peeps! What are you doing this weekend? Why not join me and a bunch of other amazing authors at the Bay Area Book Festival?? It's all happening in downtown Berkeley! I'll be there Saturday and Sunday! www.baybookfest.org

"Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries." -Anne Herbert (1950-2015). RIP, Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and may the librarians laid off find places that value their skill, knowledge, and dedication.

Oh, and Kobo and Boox are alternatives to kindles. If you're like "I can't get my books out of the kindle ecosystem" there are ways to convert kindle books (don't steal, I'm talking about books you own)

Just adding that Storygraph is a Goodreads alternative thestorygraph.com Also, if you buy used books FYI Abebooks is a subsidiary of Amazon. Thriftbooks and Better World Books are not.

People who bought grapevines or citrus plants from Costco, especially in Vacaville and Fairfield, since April 21 should take immediate precautions to prevent the pest from spreading. Details: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Californians! The current draft of the 2026-2027 state budget defunds several critical library programs! Please write in to express your support to get funding back: - California Library Services Act: funds Link+, the statewide inter-library loan system. - English as a Second Language Funding

Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch

this is why I find climate dooming so frustrating there is no point - none - at which throwing up your hands and going “well we’re fucked” is the correct response every tenth of a degree matters and can make a big difference and is worth fighting for

If your kid is a good sleeper or a good eater or an early talker or easy to potty train (and so on and so forth), that doesn’t actually have much to do with you as a parent. That’s just who your kid is.

It's the glorious 25th of May.

Californians! The current draft of the 2026-2027 state budget defunds several critical library programs! Please write in to express your support to get funding back: - California Library Services Act: funds Link+, the statewide inter-library loan system. - English as a Second Language Funding

because I know y’all can’t click and read

speaking of NOT AI, i did a small thread on my beloved book that I wrote with my own human brain

Join El Cerrito to celebrate Pride Month on Monday, June 1! 4 pm - Pride flag raising at City Hall 5 pm - Celebration at Castro Park, a short walk or roll from City Hall Everyone is welcome, and these are kid friendly events. For the celebration, bring snacks or activities to share if you can.

Graduation was yesterday and one of my students just sent me this, with the following: "I didnt get to show you yesterday, but I decorated my cap with the best piece of advice I've ever been given" I said this to him. He is quoting me, on his graduation mortarboard. I'm having very big feelings.

My favorite book I’ve read so far this year is The Everlasting by Alix Harrow!

People who have lost their moms, mothers who have lost a child, people who desperately want to be moms and can’t be, people who have strained or no relationships with their mothers…. It’s a big boat. 💔 You are not alone.

I’m going to try to make it out to Oakland Comic Con in Sunday! Will anyone else be there?

PAID TTRPG editor work. Looking for a copy editor who is familiar with the 5e style guide. Looking to hire someone from the global south, if possible. 60,000 words total. Share and tag editor friends.

I am watching an excellent talk by @nidhiart.bsky.social at the Richmond Literacy Festival today! There are a bunch of her books available here to get signed.

A toppled tyrant in Eastern Europe makes me think of Leonard Bernstein on Christmas Day 1989 at the Schauspielhaus Berlin just weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

"still punk," i whisper, stirring a supplement powder into a cup of coffee, a second supplement powder into a glass of water, and a third supplement powder into my second cup of coffee

It's National Library Week, fam, which means today is a GREAT day to get a library card. 🔥

Hello Sunshine is a horror mystery GN about a boy who comes back from bible camp to find out that his secret boyfriend, Alex, is missing after a very public mental breakdown. #comics Available now!! www.thenovl.com/titles/keezy...

I’m just not here for any demobilizing or disorganizing talk right now. If you have alternate paths and plans, issue those invitations. We need them. But demobilizing and disorganizing won’t make us stronger or better. And like it or not, in this incredibly fascist moment, this imagery does matter

see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared

Your usual no-fun reminder that alt text is not for jokes unless you are explicitly explaining a sight gag. If someone who has never seen the color of Baja Blast opens your alt text on a photo of some pee that looks weird, calling it “a lab sample of Baja Blast” in the alt is royally confusing.

West coast friends missing Big Bad Con, Go Play is the only other con I’ve been to with similar values and spirit. It’s a small event that punches up up up. Buy a membership so we can play games together in Seattle this July goplaynw.org/membership-d...

I think it’s great to see that a local (Richmond, CA) dance performance is having one night that is masks required! milkbar.org/mary-armentr... It also looks like a cool show.

Who do I know in San Diego? I will be there next week at the SDPL and I am afraid that I do not have enough people there. I will be talking about the Japanese American Incarceration, book bans, and what our current climate of censorship yields for us while simultaneous state sanctioned raids occur.

I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.

This is incredibly cute.

Part of why I am insistent that public libraries must be expanded is because they can offer us a foundation for unleashing creativity and for nurturing imagination. This is an affirmative project at a time when we desperately need to be FOR things and not just against them.

some thoughts on Alysa’s gold medal skate a day later - this is maybe my absolute favorite skating performance ever? I know enough to understand it’s not the most challenging technical skate but the sheer infectious joy is unmatched - I’ve watched this maybe 15 times - I mean holy shit look at it

Trying to raise $250 for medications. I'm on week one of what will be four and I am nigh totally nonfunctional. This is not sustainable for a month of effectively being unable to work. paypal.me/coxendine

Please honor James’ memory by getting screened for colorectal cancer. Make the call today if you are 45 or have a family history. Rates are surging among young people. Catching it early is the best way to survive it. www.cancer.org/cancer/types...

Sorry, I don't mean resources for how to go and protest. I mean readings about how public health and activism have interacted. Think the history of act up, in a way that is digestible for 20-year-olds who are thinking about it for the first time.

Bring back earnestness and sincerity.

You ever stop and think about CASABLANCA? You ever stop and think about "Welcome back to the fight, this time, I know our side will win?" You ever think about a bar full of people defiantly singing La Marseillaise, played by a soundstage full of Jewish refugees? You ever think about CASABLANCA??????

The information available ($24k for 10k words) makes YB&B 1st print THE BEST freelance writing payout I've ever heard of in TTRPGs. Even the base $3k for 10k words without bonus or royalties is higher than the top rate I've ever received and, in context of TTRPGs, a rate I'd call excellent.

Absolutely losing my mind over Ava, THE ROCK'S DAUGHTER, quitting WWE despite them offering her a raise to keep working a pretty cushy kayfabe general manager gig and then the day after her contract ends she posts this