A Morsel of drama.

Today was baby's first Linux install and it was an adventure It was a rescue for a near catatonic but well-loved old Windows laptop, which is needed for work, and so the bar for bricking it was high 😬 And I did brick it in between when I finally got a Lubuntu distro to install... right until

I aspire to exude as much confidence as this little Kinesin protein strutting along a microtubule while hauling intracellular cargo. Look at that little guy go! 🔬🧪

The process video of yesterdays armour study! I’ve really enjoyed doing these, I feel like they’ve really gotten me out do this creative funk I’ve been in. Reference photos have been mine, taken at a cool armoury in London. iPad Pro and procreate

the best history forum on the internet. because ... it's extremely well moderated to keep it appropriate and focused. That's the whole trick. I love it.

Happy Lantern Festival! I wrote a blogpost about Southern Song poet Xin Qiji's 辛棄疾's famous lyric poem titled The Green Jade Bowl: Lantern Festival 青玉案: 元夕. #Chinesepoetry #ChineseHistory alicewaihanpoon.blogspot.com/2026/03/lant...

Planet of Lana (2023) at -90% on Steam! "Experience the stunning cinematic adventure that started it all, for a fraction of the price. With Planet of Lana II arriving on March 5, there’s never been a better time to dive into the world of Novo." @planetoflana.bsky.social Recommended!

For once I'm cheering for Merz to be his usual cantankerous, disagreeable self I'm so concerned he will make promises to Trump re. Iran war while he's on this visit 😬

If only I could make my mom understand this 😭

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

The only correct way to eat this cereal is with an entire, unsliced banana on top of the bowl, which you have to eat while making eye contact with other people

It's a new week, time for new trade threats, I guess

Cleaned up colour tianxi

Now that my life should be calming down a little bit, I'll hopefully have time to finish Road To Empress I love that game so much, just haven't had the spoons for it in a while

Sol and Mani, the Norse sun goddess and moon god, are siblings who ride across the sky each day and night. They flee without end, because they are pursued by the ravenous children of Fenrir. When Ragnarok comes, they will fall first. #FairytaleTuesday 🖼: J.C. Dollman

Art & nationality

After Star Wars, Beau Willimon is now working on GoT.

I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed. Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

Dramas about women, for women, created by women: #FlourishedPeony, part 1 and 2, written by #JiaBinBin (Blossom) and #ZhanYuanAng (Ashes of Love). Produced by #RenXu and directed by known women’s ally #DingZiGuang. Starring #YangZi, #LiXian, #ZhangYaQin, #GuanYue, #XuLingYue and #WeiZheMing.

Our Early Access comes out tomorrow!!! We are so exciteeeeeeeed!!!!🥳🥳🥳 Follow horsey here! Do not forget to leave your review on Steam. It helps us a lot! 🥰🥰 (you don't want to make horsey sad right 😢)

Update 4, 3/3/2026: After intense backlash, Media Do issued a statement that they do not plan to use AI in Seven Seas' production process. Fan reaction on social media is mixed, but their voices have undoubtedly been heard. See our article for a detailed writeup. www.danmeinews.com/2026/03/01/j...

In this Qing dynasty (1644–1911) painting, Chang’e rises on Mid-Autumn night, the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. Wrapped in radiant red, she pauses by a blue moon gate, listening to music meant for immortals, not the living. Below, the Moon Rabbit pounds 1/2 #mythology

the computer is NOT conscious. until you put googly eyes on it

I'm determined to get back to studying Chinese now that I will hopefully be mostly out of deadlines hell (at least for a little whille) I haven't touched my hanzi flashcards in a year or so, I doubt I remember anything, but oh well

With all the recent disappointments from danmei publishers and the uncertain future of translation, there’s never been a better time to start learning Chinese and remove these dependencies. And I’ve got the perfect guide to help you do exactly that. www.thecozystudy.com/the-ultimate...

Thank you for your hard work!

Back to my expressive bird collection, this is a male house sparrow. He was perched on my stone garden wall waiting for a turn on the bird feeder. #watercolours #birdart 🪶

Viking-Age Woman Buried with Her Dog in Norway www.medievalists.net/2026/03/viki... #archaeology #Norway

Wait, what? I suppose I can’t make post after post about loving cabbage and NOT seek out this drama

Tag 2 : Sekretär #animalmarch #kleinekunstklasse #Aquarell #watercolour #bird

"The Creation of a Kitty" #sketchbook #watercolor

on that note, ao3 being down is both a GREAT time (and reason) for you to look into crossposting your fics on other sites for when things like this happen! luckily i have a premade template for fic masterlists: fan.kingdra.net/masterlist/ and this to make ao3 fics pretty: fan.kingdra.net/ao3css/

sqh @ bingqiu

Update 2, 3/1/2026: Documents released on Media Do's Investor Relations website shed more light on the acquisition—including their full ownership of Seven Seas, company finances, and their future use of AI for Japanese manga.

are you fond of dancing, my lady? for #josephineweek day 1 ; courtship 🍃 #dragonage

Early on a #Stunday Arizona 2024

Chapter 35 of Ning Yuan's historical cyberpunk baihe To Embers We Return now up! (Shen Ni: this isn't a kiss, it's SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN MEDICAL TREATMENT) 🔗 read here: douqi.blog/2026/03/01/t...

1000s of public domain films that you can stream, no ads! www.openculture.com/2026/01/stre...

If you see a snail crossing a path & grab its shell to move it out of the way, you might be injuring it while thinking you're helping but grabbing the shell is a problem ✅ How to move a snail safely: #GardenWildlife #GentleGardening ee

Well. Fuck.

Japanese book distributor Media DO announced their pending acquisition of Seven Seas Entertainment / @sevenseasentertainment.com. We cover the currently known facts and discuss what this might mean for Seven Seas' danmei and baihe works. #danmei #baihe www.danmeinews.com/2026/03/01/j...

The best thing about when a drama ends, is all the great edits getting released... This edit about the love story between #WangChuran and #ChengLei is really beautiful 😍 and the song fits just perfectly 👌 #cdrama #HowDareYou Thanks to the creator captnswilson for this masterpiece ✨️

Returning to #TheLegendofShenLi after several weeks of Olympics and travel interruption I don't remember a thing Until "Oh it's the show with the chicken!!!"

I loved that Yuen Woo Ping focuses on bringing a real classic wuxia epic onto the big screen! Real classic meaning in terms of the traditional wuxia spirit and alternate universe world-building. Yuen has done the honor of preserving the authentic wuxia film legacy! 😍

Man, while there are many annoying discourses in HotD fandom, I can already see that my forever pet peeve will be (both sides) pulling the "this is how feudalism works" card Neither side actually understands how feudalism works. I say they're both wrong, just in different ways 😂 I could compromise

Das RKI beschreibt Long COVID als fortwährendes Public-Health-Thema — mit Hinweisen auf infektionsassoziierte Organschäden, chronische Erkrankungen und noch nicht vollständig quantifizierbare längerfristige Folgen für Bevölkerung und Versorgungssystem. www.rki.de/DE/Aktuelles...

WICHTIGER THREAD für all die lustigen Leute, die einen besonders kalten Winter gespürt haben wollen. Wenn es wirklich mal wieder einen Winter gäbe, wie er früher einmal war™️, dann wären die Gasspeicher am Jahresende leer gewesen.

Look who's finished today :D A painting of a red crowned crane! #originalart #animals #redcrownedcrane #cranes #gouache #traditionalart #birds #丹頂鶴