Here at the hour mark (20:00 Pacific), the #IntegratedMinecraft collab #stream with Keelasnep and Arcin3 resumes! I've got a few fun new spells to try out, and I think we've got some bosses to kill, so we'll see how that goes. Come hang with us? twitch.tv/kassil

You discovered a rare ore, often buried in the depths of volcanic craters, that resonated with the essence of life; exponentially amplifying animancy and healing magic, and making the promise of nigh-eternal life almost within reach. The last, you kept secret lest it cause ill. #WhisperingInfinities

You found, in a cave beneath an island of stunning blue stone, a cavern full of air, where an entire ecosystem had developed; supplied water and oxygen through the Sea lapping at the entries, and filled with glowing life that filled the dark with amber and gold radiance. #WhisperingInfinities

You discovered a submarine cavern network nearly too hot to enter, where the mineral density in the water had caused immense crystalline structure to grow, which hummed in deep tones as seeps of heated water drove currents among them. Beautiful to the eye and ear both. #WhisperingInfinities

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

You’ve grown into someone who would’ve protected you as a child. And that’s the most powerful decision you’ve made.

In the depths, where the only light was from glowing coral, you found a forgotten ship - a strange one, made of metal and glass, uncorroded but covered in limpets and coral - which seemed as if it had fallen there from a great height, the bottom of it crushed and dented inward. #WhisperingInfinities

You were having some fun, playing at finding buried treasure with the intent of showing some younger cousins some pretty shells, when you dug up an actual treasure chest. It held an ancient sword coated in salt crystals the size of your thumb but otherwise pristine. #WhisperingInfinities

You discovered, deep in a glacial region, an island that was formed almost entirely of ruby - uncut but still gloriously red in hue, polished by ages exposed to the rolling Sea and the grit it bore upon the waves. It was a marvel, such red amid white and blue like that. #WhisperingInfinities

You found an island formed from coral, whose many porous channels sang with the ebb and flow of the waters - an aquatic pipe organ with an ever-changing melody that rumbled out from beneath the ghost-pale sand and shook fruit from the trees gathered toward the center. #WhisperingInfinities

You discovered a species of eel, otherwise unknown, in the Grand Scarlet Doldrums, where the red-stained waters were hazardous to be in contact with. While the eels were as poisonous as the waters, their presence always heralded a rolling current and escape from the Doldrums. #WhisperingInfinities

On a chilly island surrounded by glassy sheets of ice, you found a moss that grew even in the deep cold, covering ice and rock in carpets of emerald green. It could be easily cultivated, and you found it an excellent ration supplement, able to stand in for citrus on voyages. #WhisperingInfinities

From now until 23:59 Pacific on 18 Nov 2025, the #WhisperingInfinities return! This time we venture to the Sea of Singing Tides, and any who respond here will learn of a discovery they made during a lifetime there! Like these flash pieces? Toss me a buck toward my bills? ko-fi.com/kassil

I got my demon void lightning noodle when I foster failed from Zoe's! Please give them money if you are able. They're wonderful humans.

periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides

Hey! I'll be doing a #LittleRocketLab #stream in about 15 minutes! Come by and hang out while I help rebuild the town of St. Ambroise and build a rocket! twitch.tv/kassil

Saturn’s rings remain disconcertingly thin

‘The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what "works," but art opens up what is possible.’

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

They like to sleep on my chair <3

What are some accessibility options I, an idiot self-taught dev, might include in my 2d sprite video game? I want to gather a list and see which are applicable (and which I'm capable of programming)

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.

Do Not Cross Picket Lines

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Please pass this on to any potential PhD applicants. Thanks. The closing date for applications is 10 December.

RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.

#RECALL: Tesla Powerwall 2 AC Battery Power Systems www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...

What? It’s midnight and I’m looking up reconstructions of creatures from the Burgess Shale, as one does. That Opabinia, what a weirdo.

You were a miner, and you were the one who breached the final depths, cracking open a passage past the scorching-hot rock beneath the magma lakes into an eerie darkness; you were the one to descend on a rope for seemingly a mile to find a vast plain of unbreakable black stone. #WhisperingInfinities

You had a combination of a workshop and a home, the latter tucked just behind the former; you worked with the logs of fungal wood from the depths and the lesser gems dug up by the miners, making furnishings and toys for the city's people, to keep them happy and comfortable. #WhisperingInfinities

You worked with the strange beasts of the caves, working to find the ones that could be tamed and perhaps one day domesticated and the ones better left alone or kept well-confined as surprises for attackers, either from above or from the cavern depths. #WhisperingInfinities

You were a deeplands farmer, one of the brave souls who went ever deeper behind the miners and guards, finding patches of fertile mud in the deep and working to turn them into farm plots that could feed the city with no sources of light, and sometimes with little water. #WhisperingInfinities

You were an entertainer, a troubadour, vital to the city's morale and mental well-being. You spun the city's storied history, from the early days above ground to the present, into an array of charming yarns and memorable songs, all chosen to encourage good cheer. #WhisperingInfinities

A big reason proc gen feels so different to AI in spite of superficial similarities is exactly this!! Proc Gen systems reflect the interests and creative preferences of the tool makers, whereas AI is catch-all sludge that reflects no specific point of view. It’s not remotely the same!

Hey, folks! Collab #stream coming up in 15-ish minutes, at 20:00 Pacific! Arcin3, keelasnep, and I are back into Integrated #Minecraft! The lasses are apparently eager to show me what they built while I was out. Drop by, let's check it out, yeah? twitch.tv/kassil

You were a justice of the city, one whose role was to seek evidence when crimes were claimed, and to ensure the perpetrator was brought to light and given their due. Most often, you sentenced such souls to the mining squads, ensuring they would be fed and housed while serving. #WhisperingInfinities

You were a miner, one armed with the finest pick and heavy steel armor, as your crew were the ones sent to expand the subterranean city into the depths. More than once, you struck a wall, only for it to crumble into a cavern and you to find yourself harried by strange beasts. #WhisperingInfinities

You were a clothmaker, that life; yours was the struggle to find alternatives to familiar surface fibers, once the surface became too dangerous to grow crops. You eventually found a kind of harmless cave mold that could be worked into thread, after years of searching. #WhisperingInfinities

You were a trader, braving the wilderness of the surface with little more than a few covered wagons and some guards to keep it all safe, beneath a sky that sometimes caught fire across valleys full of the restless dead and things that fell from the stars. #WhisperingInfinities

You were an alchemist, producing the vital solutions the city needed; lye for soap to keep disease at bay, reagents for those working with fungal logs and the stranger metals from the depths, and supplies for the hospitals and medics to keep people healthy. #WhisperingInfinities

You were a sculptor, given leave to carve the surfaces of the subterranean city that was your home into whatever you felt was needed; you did your best to memorialize history, both the marvels and the terrors, so that everyone walking the halls would know what had been. #WhisperingInfinities

From now until 16:00 Pacific on 12 Nov 2025, the #WhisperingInfinites return! Any who respond here will learn of their life in the Vault of Descending Ways, where digging ever deeper was the way of things! Like these flash pieces? Help me pay my bills down, maybe? ko-fi.com/kassil

Today is the third anniversary of my younger sibling's untimely death, from covid. They were 29. I grieve, but in their honor I will also write. Comment on this thread today with a flavor you love, and I'll tell you about a haunted missed connection.

Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent. Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado. One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.

Everything is harder when you're hungry.

arc raiders, alters, same story aftermath.site/the-alters-a...

Today.

Genuinely did not see that coming. Guess I'll take it

if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets. no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.