New Space Ghost this #NCBD, and I'm behind by, like, three months. Maybe Urbosa will let me catch up. #comics #cat

I talk about this when I teach translation, but the choice to keep a word in its native language must be deliberate--and not simply to exoticize. You are attempting to introduce a new word into the English language. And by doing so, you are asking the reader to do the work you are being paid for.

The Cult of Compliance Inside: -an exvangelical perspective on some very un-Christ-like behavior -spoiler: it's a feature, not a bug #blog #writsky pixelsandpins.com/2026/01/14/t...

The Artifice of Us Episode 5-Dishes Domestic bliss or an odd couple? When living together brings out the worst. #booksky 📚💙📚 Site: pixelsandpins.com/theartificeo... Wattpad: www.wattpad.com/1600519676-t... Inkitt: www.inkitt.com/stories/1549... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/theartificeo...

it's incredible how if you put this entire dialog into the Left Behind series, it would basically work, but instead it's just IRL MN

Has anyone talked about the filament printer to ball jointed doll pipeline, because I might be staring it down.

This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.

Fascinating approach to nutrition block serving size on this Canadian vs USian drink. Why is the serving on the Canadian one such a WEIRD unit? It's a 500ml bottle, so 375ml isn't even an even half. Would be interested in what the regulation looks like to cause this.

The Artifice of Us Episode 5-Dishes Domestic bliss or an odd couple? When living together brings out the worst. #booksky 📚💙📚 Site: pixelsandpins.com/theartificeo... Wattpad: www.wattpad.com/1600519676-t... Inkitt: www.inkitt.com/stories/1549... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/theartificeo...

Hey, a quick hint for anyone trying to follow the news in Minneapolis from out of state: if you add ?utm_source=gift to any Star Tribune URL, it'll let you read it. Also, some reliable local outlets that are both better and free: www.mprnews.org www.minnpost.com sahanjournal.com

Video might be worse. bsky.app/profile/chri...

There are people who still don't understand that you can do everything right--you can do everything they tell you--and you will still be shot in the face.

Too many people don't realize that they're the one "First They Came" is intended for.

And let's be clear, this erasure of my work here is deliberate, because when Slate covered #YourSlipIsShowing in 2019, I was all over the article, and any basic research will turn this piece up: slate.com/technology/2... The only reason not to mention me since is bc I'm trans now!!!

Listening to the first Animorphs book. Tobias showed up as a hawk for the first time, and my whole body shuddered in preemptive despair.

New shirt design up in our store. Designed by me and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. 100% of the profits go to the amazing folks at @heroinitiative.bsky.social helping comic creators in need. Get yours here- ashcanpress.threadless.com

Fun fact I learned at the optometrist, today: you can have a birthmark on your eyeball.

Wanting to play more solo #boardgames this year, so trying out a few I got over the holidays. First was R.A.V.E.L. from Daniel McKinley et al published by inPatience games. It's a delightful dice manipulation and matching game. Going to be checking out more from this line, for sure.

Look, I keep forgetting where I put the damn thing. Modern problems require modern solutions.

First book of the year: Fang Fiction by Kate Stayman-London Didn't quite take the angle I expected, but it was a cute little send-up of fandom culture! For you if you like: -vampire pop media -low spice romance (F/M and F/F) -epistolary inclusions -SA trauma recovery #booksky 📚💙🪐🌶

Yeah, that's about right. #comics #readingwrapup #booksky

This is me being interviewed in detailed on the nuts and bolts of writing technique.

If you like board games & have no one to play with, check Steam. My friend plays digital Frosthaven between our irl sessions, and I like Spirit Island digital to test new strats. 1st time I played Kingdom Death Mountain was tabletop simulator which made playing the physical game easier.

You know that joke about an overly complex #boardgame with nonsense terms? Root is that game.

My sister and niece gave us some Dubai chocolate item b/c viral trends. Looking into it, though, neither of them have tahini. So are they really Dubai chocolate? Or just slapping some pistachio and SEO on a chocolate-dipped cookie they were already making so they can sell it for $20/8oz?

Popped into Half-Price Books during their post-Christmas 25% off sale with the plan to get just a few things I was on the lookout for. Spend enough ($30) to get the coupon calendar. Spoiler: I did not get "just a few things." I never get "just a few things." #booksky

Husband and I made PopinCookin' box treats. Ready to taste test.

Caught up with the last two episodes of the Hockey Gays, and I'm in utter shambles.

Hi! If you're new to Bluesky and enjoy steampunk, visual novels, or are otherwise in the mood for what's basically a 90min theatre piece in videogame form… Some absurdly skilled humans were kind enough to hop aboard this project with me earlier in the year. It's got a very special spot in my heart.

It's a simmer pot kinda morning. Good way to get use out of spoiled fruits and very old spices. Apple core, clementine peel, cinnamon sticks, star anise, whole cloves.

And to Tiny Tim who was so amazingly primitive, he still thought digital watches were a pretty neat idea.

So I am going to say something about romance as a genre. A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>. This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.

I think it's sweet that the oldest surviving printed book in the world - the Diamond Sutra - is also the oldest creative work explicitly released into the public domain, with a colophon at the end that says it was created for universal free distribution. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond...

I'm a Secular Humanist, and today I observe HumanLight! HumanLight is the celebration of reason, compassion, and hope. 🧵 Here's a link about Humanism: americanhumanist.org/what-is-huma...

Informal poll for my fellow Americans: Do you know what Boxing Day is?

We've named all the feral cat colony members we see regularly on the doorbell cam. Now the local #opossum needs a name. Taking recommendations. Current names in use: Alduin Boots n Pants Boot Scootin' Boogie Kai Leng

Lost #Whamageddon at our fancy brunch restaurant. I suspect foul play.

Inside: -"small t" trauma around Christmas -unpaid labor under the patriarchy -why I'm actually a little sympathetic to kids who get the wrong color iPhone for Christmas #blog #christmas #familydrama

When I got these lovely celestial cat prints from @zebotc.bsky.social this weekend, we had a brief discussion on how I might hang them. Diagonally ended up being the answer.

Wishing a Joyous, Healthy and Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate.

For today only (Dec 14) All Systems Red (1st book in The Murderbot Diaries) is on sale across all US ebook retailers for $2.99 (published by Tordotcom, edited by @leeharris.net cover art by Jaime Jones) www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

This tragic gay hockey player show both infuriates me and has me in a choke hold.

I got the first signature on this Ouran High School Host Club Blu Ray in 2014. Today, the very lovely Travis Willingham finished off the main English dub cast. Kiss kiss, fall in love. #anime

I would like @ryannorth.ca to know that, as of this past week, the new call and response vocal stim with my husband is "The background static! It isn't random!"

We love good looking books in this house. Just got in my hardcover of the complete Harrow County by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook from Dark Horse. Super gorgeous drawer design. Also has a ribbon bookmark! #booksky #comics

Who better to tackle the massive topic of HIV, AIDS and PrEP than @silverbd.bsky.social, a French Planned Parenthood volunteer who also happens to be gay, polyamorous, and on PreP himself? 1/2 www.ohjoysextoy.com/aids-hiv-pre...

In the 1950s, the world went after comic books for having material that was too intense. You'd never see anything like that in the Sunday funnies of the time... Except for in the Eveready battery comics ad campaign that ran at least 1950-1960.

Episode 4 On Sunny's homeworld, carnivorous plants are the least of Lidea's concerns as their relationship gets weird. #booksky 💙📚🪐 Site: pixelsandpins.com/theartificeo... Wattpad: www.wattpad.com/story/401040... Inkitt: www.wattpad.com/story/401040... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/theartificeo...

Episode 4 On Sunny's homeworld, carnivorous plants are the least of Lidea's concerns as their relationship gets weird. #booksky 💙📚🪐 Site: pixelsandpins.com/theartificeo... Wattpad: www.wattpad.com/story/401040... Inkitt: www.wattpad.com/story/401040... Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/theartificeo...