"once upon a time, there was a princess"

There's a bridge, clockwise on the M60 that has "ABOLISH THE PARASITE CLASS" painted on it. You can see where it's been painted over several times, but someone always repaints it. Thinking a lot about that bridge today.

I doubt the observation is unique to me, but it's funny how it's always "women should simply fight the pain" and not "men should simply fight the flaccid penis"...

Today I learned that Audio Technica, the renowned workhorse audio & music equipment company, also produces machines that make rice balls for sushi. It's like 10% of their entire business and saw them through the lean years after the launch of the CD, until the rise of vinyl audiophiles in the 00s.

Folks with autism: You are not broken, despite what this administration is saying. You don't need a "cure." You should be receiving love, patience and understanding -- something the rest of us should be giving everyone: trans folks, immigrants, refugees, and everyone else under attack right now.

I've managed to watch it now and just, wow, you need to watch it. You're going to instantly regret watching it because it's a pilot and you want there to be MORE right NOW, but you need to watch it all the same.

As promised now I'm home, the Primary guide to Mass Effect! Even though we'd had GameFAQs for years by this point, this guide from 2007 was far from the last one published, they went well into the 2010s before moving entirely online. The cover price for this was $19.99 / £12.99!

Yes! The Gilaren, Shades and Dwellers Beneath The Mountain were all created via magic and flesh crafting to act as servitors for each of the Beautiful Masters who seized divinity. The Gilaren have moved on to being a self propagating species, the others still rely on arcane means to reproduce.

"If you claim difficulty is sacred, remember that its earliest form was capitalist exploitation wrapped in machismo. There's no artistry here, just economics." Another banger article from Alli, and something I've discussed from time to time, too, with regard to clue books and hint lines.

30 years past now, but my Geography teacher, the most Yorkshire Man ever would've loved to have this visual aid when teaching about precipitation. As it is, we had to settle for "and THAT, children, is why it's ALWAYS pissing it down in Lancashire, while the sun forever shines on God's Own County!"

Spent a bit of time on Mum's phone yesterday, as she wanted me to figure out why the battery usage was so high. Incidentally witnessed the sort of propaganda people like her are being hit with daily, and she's just not in any position to resist it despite having a queer, disabled daughter.

"Hey, where did that bandana come from? Wait, have you been carrying that this entire time just to be dramatic?" "..." "And where is that wind coming from to whip it about? We're in SPACE! Is that a HAND FAN?!"

I'll have you know that it's a very serious sport that we discuss very seriously on my FC Discord!

A prime example of why I don't read The Sun, the lies, especially Hillsborough

Fuck off.

Forgot to mention that I wasn't immune from Fridays Madness In Morrisons and walked away with this. I regret nothing.

The Thunderbolts one was always my favourite, because of how utterly ridiculous it was. If only we could convince Nazis to turn away from evil with the power of delicious pies.

what if my gecko turned into a voidsent? A succubus, even? #fxiv #WoL #succubus #voidsent #ff14 #finalfantasy #aura #xivart #fanart

I don't know what's going on here, but I adore it. The EXPRESSIONS! 💜

All I ever wanted was the world ✨ #OCart #OCsky

Haven't pinned down a song for my new character yet, which is odd. Often when creating a character for a campaign, I'll get a sense of who they are and their theme music will be obvious. Other times I'll be thinking about the character while a song is playing and it will click.

When you're Azuth, the God of Knowledge, but you're being held captive by a dead man and a tiny, furious lesbian sea elf (Personal art for my campaign, in the mood to do a big Piece)

The internet has attempted to send me down a rabbit hole today, but I refuse, do you hear me internet, I refuse!

Dame Aislynn "Lady A" Silver, piloting her custom SHD-MLC Shadow Hawk, "Misery Loves Company" into battle.

Why, if they are scared shitless of women, gays, trans folks, brown people, and even the disabled having any kind of power (or in some cases just existing), is it called the "strong man" politics? "Pants-wetting coward" politics more like.

That last line is one of the absolute single scariest things to me and that it was said with such casual happiness is even more disturbing. Not distressing. Full tilt disturbing.

Whenever I see Take That's Mark Owen on television, I always have to go and remind myself that "Mark Owen's Celebrity Scooters" was an actual programme that existed and not actually a TVGoHome bit.

This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem

since there are only 4 days to go i am going to share my character sheets for hello sunshine again. first, noah

Absolute scenes in this Morrisons.

Finding the internet to be a bit much for my mental health atm, mostly due to how the world is a bit much for my mental health. Apologies if I'm not as communicative as usual.

My tablet lock screen is #aerti smooching for a DAMN good reason.

My companion on this foggy holiday, by the way, has been the lovely voice of @senabryer.com narrating Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh. A wonderful reading of a fantastic book, that I have been in a much better headspace to appreciate, hearing it in her voice. 💜

So, my friends, here it is. The hill I shall die on *wipes HP sauce on her face like warpaint* BRING IT!

Bruh

Oh, hang on. Maybe it's not Silent Hill after all.

So, before I got knocked flat by a migraine yesterday I went outside and, lads, I might have gone on holiday in Silent Hill by mistake.

So, effectively, the UK is now just a faux-medieval banqueting experience (“Wingz ‘n’ Wimplez!!”) for oligarchs to cosplay while talking shop, and the loos are called “Knaves” and “Wenches”

I think it's got to be D. You've got: - Sicily & Southern Italy - Greece & Turkey - The Levant - Iran - The Indian Subcontinent - South East Asia - China - Korea - Japan - Malaysia & Indonesia And for more Western fare, you've got Eastern Australia and New Zealand to boot. I'd never tire.

There's so many examples of shows being hurt by this, with viewership falling heavily between seasons because it's been two years and we've all moved on. At least Slow Horses is coming out once a year, but even then the season starting next week was finished and in the can LAST YEAR.

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life? 1. A cat choosing YOUR lap as the place to be 2. Enjoying a hot cup of fragrant coffee on a cool, crisp autumn morning 3. Wholesome Yuri 4. Toxic Yuri 5. Waking up to excited messages from someone you love, about a show you don't watch

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The energy I bring to Bluesky?

Post a mage? Rhiaennon, Pyromancer Extraordinare, Blood Elf and Desperately Sarcastic Chaos Lesbian. Art commissioned from the lovely @levicopter.bsky.social, back in 2019!

post a mage ✨

I am outside in the sunshine. This should clearly put an end to all salacious rumours.

I've only just noticed (cos I've been watching it live) that the BBC's highlights of the World Athletics is using a certain track from Scandroid's cyberpunk concept album as it's incidental music...

Tag yourself I'm Le Squishe.