In which @alasdairstuart.bsky.social's outro almost makes me cry. (P.S. CatsCast returns in January!)

🎃👻 PseudoPod 1001: A Coven of Cats Under the Light of the Moon & The Halloween Parade "On this night, we escaped from our homes" Authors: M. Halstead & Alasdair Stuart Narrators: Laura Pearlman & Alasdair Stuart Host: Alasdair Stuart Audio: Chelsea Davis These pieces are PseudoPod originals

Every time I finish watching something on Netflix, they send me an email titled "<thing I just watched> ending explained". Does Netflix think all their shows are incomprehensible? Or do they just think I'm exceptionally stupid?

My favorite DIY renovation (from a house I saw when househunting but did NOT buy) was a brick bathtub. Not just a brick enclosure; the actual tub, the part you'd fill with water and sit in to bathe, was made of brick & mortar.

An earthquake after a fire just seems excessive.

If you see this, post something orange.

A month in, Seffie is finally taking her rightful place as queen of this airbnb.

My house is still standing! There's some wind damage, air quality is bad outside and maybe worse inside, there's no electricity or drinkable water, and I have the Oak Branch of Damocles in my back yard, but other than that, everything's perfect! Seriously, this is good news. #EatonFire

The worst thing about evacuating is knowing that some day you're going to need to get your cat back into her carrier. Well, that and not knowing whether your house burned down. But mostly the cat thing. #EatonFire

Just a tiny bit windy here tonight.

One must imagine the other reindeer excluding Rudolph from their games and cowering in their stalls, trapped with a horrible knowledge that he is lost to them and will soon hunger.

So here comes my next story, due in March from Flame Tree Press, in which a decrepit Achilles tries to evolve into a reasonably decent guy. Chaos ensues. blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

Arüal is a combination side table / cat toy organizer. The box it's shipped in fits perfectly between its legs.

I've seen several people compare the Crowdstrike/Microsoft outages to Y2K, but there was a relatively simple fix to this one -- just back out the previous day's changes. That wouldn't have been an option for Y2K, which is why all the bug-fixing had to happen in advance.

❌ He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. ✅ An old man was bad at fishing.

Dear Earth, Excuse me, I was TRYING to sleep in. Sincerely, Laura

I've been thinking about this some more, and now I'm wondering if it would be possible to do something like @diabolicalplots.com's Long List Anthology, but for these unfairly excluded works. They're obviously some of the best stories of 2023, and deserve to be read!

Went to the dentist today, so now my teeth are extra-clean. But now I'm hungry, and I'm just going to get food all over them. I hate that.

Final day!

www.castofwonders.org/2024/02/cast... Cast of Wonders is currently open to applications for new associate editors. We particularly welcome applications from younger people, and people from backgrounds which have historically been excluded from publishing.

How to give your cat ear medication: 1. Instill four drops of medication into ear. 2. Gently massage base of ear. 3. Allow cat to shake her head, flinging eardrops out into the universe. 4. Offer treats. 5. Earthquake! (Weird, the vet never mentioned this step). 6. Accept cat's grudging forgiveness

Anyone ages 12 – 26 living in the United States can get a San Diego Public Library Books Unbanned card. With the card, the library’s online collection of banned or restricted eBooks and eAudiobooks are available for FREE, no matter where you live in the U.S. libraryfoundationsd.org/news/stories...

Announcements! 1. We've sent final responses to all outstanding story submissions -- if you're still waiting for one, please query [email protected]. 2. Our next submission period will be February 1-11. 3. Episode 22 will go out to early access patrons tonight & everyone else on Friday.

Quote with a picture of water that you took.

Well, it's official -- I've now looked at every cat picture on the Internet.

The Good Fight, by a mile (although I really mean the whole opening sequence, not the music alone). youtu.be/TnJnOAniWVc?...

I love this so much! It's a #PoorlyDrawnPets version of my favorite photo of Thunder.

Aww, looks like @premeemohamed.com stopped by, but I missed her. youtu.be/ox1sj69fLc8?...

Seffie's would come back: 60% sunshine 25% purrs 10% floof 5% scaredy-cat

On International Podcast Day, don't forget to check out all of the podcasts that make up the Escape Artists family... 🦑 @pseudopod.org (horror) 🚀 @escapepod.org (science fiction) 🐉 @podcastle.org (fantasy) 🎭 @castofwonders.org (speculative YA) 🐈 @catscast.org (cats)

The plot thickens. youtu.be/RgjpLcDMkfM

The family living under my house has important business to rush off to. youtu.be/DjaMYyXu3bY

RT only if you are NOT becoming more conservative as you grow older.

Grabbing a hammer to do totally normal stuff and not at all to build some sort of contraption that I ordered from ACME

Today's the day! @escapepod.bsky.social is open to submissions! On this auspicious occasion, I want to take an opportunity to thank our dedicated crew of Associate Editors. Without the tireless efforts of our first readers, Escape Pod wouldn't be possible. (thread) escapepod.org/our-staff/

YO DAWG I HEARD YOU LIKE NATURAL DISASTERS SO WE PUT A NATURAL DISASTER INSIDE YOUR NATURAL DISASTER

Seffie, an indoor-only cat: *spends 12 years afraid of any kind of weather, running and hiding at the first sign of wind or rain* Tropical storm Hilary: Hiya! Seffie: Purr Hilary: Rain rain rain Seffie: Purr purr purr snuggle snuggle strrrrrrrretch snuggle snuggle purr

Okay, but make it mystery/suspense. Spell your name with book/movie titles. Laura* Arsenic and Old Lace Unnatural Causes Rebecca And Then There Were None *Yes, that's why I chose this genre. @lauradavy.bsky.social @pronouncedlahra.bsky.social

Please send help I can't move my hand.

10 TV shows to get to know us! Severance What We Do in the Shadows Babylon 5 Ultraviolet (vampire mini-series) The Good Place Humans (seasons 1 and 2) The IT Crowd Los Espookys The Wire Poker Face

The family of skunks living under my house is having a loud argument, which is how I found out there's a family of skunks living under my house. Also, my house kind of smells like skunk now.

I’m bad at following directions.

Seffie hopes you're having a nice #Caturday