I wish there was a Lord of the Rings church that I could go to once a week and a Tolkein expert would talk to me about different themes and lessons from the book and then we'd all have snacks after.

They would have loved Jubilee

today in aesthetic correlations of neofeudal hypothesis

Trust me, I feel this. Deeply. I don’t promise to have it figured out. But I am blocking two hours a day for what I call “this shit here”: the headlines from the majors, the 9 or so newsletters in areas I follow, a scroll through my subscribed content in Gmail, & then I clock back out.

Does anyone know if the Rapture is still happening tomorrow? I just want to chainsmoke.

Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again

OH i get it, liberals think trans rights are a question of freedom of expression and not one of bodily autonomy

Hilarious. My bank can just do a stop payment at my request though. That's free. That takes 15 minutes on the phone. And it actively harms them because payment processors do NOT like when you get a stop payment order placed against you. What you do with this information is between you and God.

Was the fall of Rome as stupid to witness in real time?

I am just going to keep streaming until I'm too sleepy! Headed to the Bog now to say hi to Auntie Ethel.

New: Sarah MacLachlan, Jewel, and more musicians scheduled to perform at tonight's premiere for Hulu's ABC News doc LILITH FAIR have all pulled out after Disney scrapped the red carpet. First notable talent consequence of the Jimmy Kimmel situation.

I'm about to stream a bit more Baldur's Gate 3! (Finishing off the Goblin Camp bosses.) You know the drill! Come hang out, say hi, pretend we're all in our friend's basement watching our friend who has the controller, try not to think about the horrors. twitch.tv/RealAmanda

I'm not going to do it again, probably ever, but sometimes I miss having my lips done. 😫

This is what he wanted for his Big Boy Parade.

Let's cheer the Canadian women dominating world rugby. They had to crowd source to raise the money to even get into the tournament. Nobody took them seriously. They crushed the New Zealand giants. They are going into the finals. Come on fellow Canucks - is the real miracle team. So proud.

"Tiktok told me..." "chatgpt said..." Yeah, well, tiktok just told me the rapture is in three days. Read a book.

I feel an immense sense of relief every time @mark-carney.bsky.social does something he said he would do. 🙏

Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.

Je parle français et je peux confirmer que cette prononciation est correcte.

Even if it just said "I'm so sorry Jack Kirby " over and over, I'm not interested.

"Boycott all movies, entertainments, concerts, newspapers which are in any way connected with the quisling authorities."

I'm trying to reduce how much information I currently consume via social media because I know it's information an algorithim shows me to elicit some intended response for profit. I'm not interested in paying for news with my nervous system.

Big oof!

"Oh, so you're Canadian? Reenact your favourite Heritage Minute"

I was just watching some legal commentary on Kimmel's contract terms with Disney, and he mentioned the "7 Words You Can't Saw on TV" and the top comments were just asking what they were... help me... helpppp... it's not my time yet... I'm in the prime of my life!

Feels very weird to talk about anything other than *waves hands at everything* but I am going to stream more BG3 for a few hours, feel free to stop by. (Or don't. I'm not the boss of you.) 📹 twitch.tv/Realamanda N.B. I didn't do my hair or dress up, please don't be mean to me.

I know it's a good thing that policy makers are involved across the gamut of public spaces, but when I see a high level lawmaker/politician posting here, I feel a kneejerk "GET OUT OF MY ROOM, DAD!" reaction.

My thoughts and prayers go out to South Park's production team today.

I wonder how long this is going to stay up.

By the way, you can in fact run a media business where people give you money for goods and services. 56k+ people give The Onion ~$100 and we give them a year of newspapers. This business didn’t exist last year in this way. People will pay for good shit. Now’s the time to break glass and go for it.

"The FCC Chair, who is also the president's friend..."

If I can't be a hack, then I can't Do Comedy™️and therefore it is dead.

i am getting pretty weary of a politician's "this is not normal" without an "and here's what i'm going to do"

I'm going to play some Baldur's Gate for a couple hours, if you want to come hang out! (Act 1, High Elf Necromancer) twitch.tv/RealAmanda

The Stack Up weekly meeting is at 7PM CST every single Wednesday. Tonight, we have an announcement to make that affects our community, so if you can be there, please do. Discord.gg/stackupdotorg

Five days later and this has been amazing. I'm still informed, I still get to doomscroll, I still see everything... but not *constantly*.

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

The more nerdy and niche, the greener the flag.

This weekend my dad had made these beautiful handmade pizzas for a family dinner. We all took out our phones to snap a picture before we dug in, and my uncle just starts chanting: "Yes, first we must feed THE CLOUD! The Cloud must be populated! Quickly, let us sate the cloud! Cloud eats first!"

I'm so interested in seeing this because it's hard to imagine an actor capturing whatever engine that's churning inside Bruce Springsteen!

Alberta, Canada's Florida

I have been feeling pretty yucky the last year or so and haven't felt comfy sharing myself very much, but here's a selfie to remind you I exist.

Reposting this comment from someone else's post because it's resonated with lots of people over there so maybe my own mutuals will resonate too!

Consider me Stewfluenced.

Report: Most popular kink among millennials is role-playing as a couple that owns a house

They have a Sympathy Bingo Card hanging in their newsroom.

(Pretending I don't know what inspired him to write this. 😅)