The Blackbird is a simple, masterful gem of stop motion. Only Norman McLaren could've made it. But the film took him a decade to figure out. We explore the story, and the personal struggles, behind the work: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/a-little-p...

The BBC is helping spread disinformation about Charlie Kirk by trying to reframe his last words as "talking about gun control" Left image is the BBC. Right image is his actual racist and transphobic last words.

I love all my favourite business going bust. I love saying 'oh, you'll like this bookshop, it's so fun...OK it's closed never mind...this place does the best food...it's permanently closed...OK, there's this one geeky hang out space...they shut down. OK, alright.'

Read my review of trying to work with Paykings here: www.darkchibishadow.com/post/dear-ad... I've been doing what I can to get digital distribution of my work back and up and running but I'm learning that it's going to be a long and awful battle. Genuinely not sure if my career is gonna make it.

What's up with Everybody Loves Raymond. Why do he and his wife talk to each other like that.

I'm rich in snowy egret photos right now. Mid-flight, a snowy egret splashes through the water and pulls up a small fish, droplets flying everywhere and a long, wet plume wrapping around its head to obscure its eye. #birds

Noel Fielding is always so out of place on Bake Off. Like he's never bad but why is he here. It's like seeing a medival knight on a spaceship. #GBBO

Tyranopaulus Rex

I always prefer autumn weather to the summer, but can we not just keep the later sunset times. What do you MEAN the sun is setting before 8pm? Terrible, awful.

The Last Judgment - Central

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Go and read this book! It's really gay and good!

I logged onto the Amazon Author platform today for the first time in a WHILE and it looks like The Potent Solution hasn't sold any paperbacks in just as long. So, like, but my gay book or something! geni.us/tFD3e

Big fan of love triangles that are resolved with everyone getting together.

My partner got me this special edition of Little Women for our anniversary and every time I pick it up I get emotional.

I'm going insane how did I never know that Patti LuPone originated the role of Fantaine.

defeating my enemies by saying "who gives a shit?" after their dramatic arguments and speeches

You take delight in vexing me. #JaneAusten #PrideandPrejudice

#Emma chapter 7: “I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to ‘Yes,’ she ought to say ‘No’ directly.'

Got an email from a company saying I should enjoy my extra day off this bank holiday. Chat, you won't believe what I'm doing on Monday. It starts with W and ends in ork.

Emma chapter 6: Emma is drawing her girlfirend's portrait and her boyfriend is fiercly defending any criticism. Emma's dad is critical because Harriet looks like she's sat outside and it's far far too cold for that. This is the peak of English literature. #Emma #JaneAusten

Emma Woodhouse be like 'look at that young, beautiful, intelligent, handsome woman...I simply must...find a husband for her 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 .' #Emma #JaneAusten

I choose to believe that Mr Woodhouse just has indigestion. #Emma #JaneAusten

The Polari Prize has issued a statement saying it is “pausing” the prize for this year. It says it is against transphobia in any form.

I've said this before but I sincerely hope Rowling lives a long long time. I want her to live to see that she's failed, that trans ppl have not gone away, that we are loved and cherished and making great art and there is space for us in the world.

A while ago I joined and immediately left the AO3 Subreddit. Every other post was someone furiously studying their analytics and asking how they could get more hits and kudos. It all seemed miserable. Sorry but you should only be posting on AO3 for fun and whimsy.

Sorry I can't hang out tonight, I'm too busy with my best friend Hello Kitty.

I know this isn't my wheelhouse, but there's something existentially teriffying about giving uip a part of your identity to appeal to people who violently despise everything you are.

So the only solid piece of original fiction I've written in months is uhhhhh, exclusively for an adult audience. I'm not sure what to do with this. Probably just upload it to AO3. #writingcommunity

In case you're wondering, I'm on the final pass of what will be my 17th published novel, and I'm still wondering, for the 17th time, "Is this secretly crap and I just can't tell?"

Went to get rid of a mattress at the tip today, and a guy there saw it and said 'we don't accept them anymore' and pointed to a sign that was literally one of the last things you see before you leave. He was nice about it and told us where to take it, but the sign was in the worst place possible lol

A while ago my mum asked me to search for something on her phone and I looked at her search history and it was just: - Filters for fish pond - Fish pond filters UK - Outdoor fish - How to clean fish pond Like wow I wonder what she's up to lol.

I love taking my partner to a museum and seeing an exhibit about my special interest and going 'that's completely wrong, actually.' Because they get to take me somewhere and say 'this sign says this is an [X] but it's actually a later make.' Like hell yeah we're both autistic and hot.

So, first up, obvious disclaimer that porn is fine and these policies are bad solely on that basis. But for your consideration, here is a list of classic, well-respected artistic works that would be banned on Itch per these policies:

The next chatper of Don't You Forget is up! Now with even more sexytimes. #thebandghost archiveofourown.org/works/588775...

I keep seeing adverts for Gemini where people use it in lieu of googling things. Like, what the name of a specific nail shape is. I'm so fucking tired of AI, but Gemini is screwing over search results and google knows it. IDK I'm fucking tired.

Literally my last guess lol Wordle 1,494 6/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Commencing my 2nd annual attempt to read and finish Mrs Dalloway. Wish me luck #Writingcommunity #Reading

Reading an article in Writing Magazine about how you should avoid using dialogue qualifiers like 'uhm, uh, erm, well.' Like, oh no. It's me.

Still can't get over the fact that the writer's of Amphibia decided to jumpscare the audience with Lean on Me. Crying and throwing up at Sasha's 'Maybe you're better off without me' set to a melancholic Bill Withers.

Saw an advert for a show with Elizabeth Moss, but the TV was on mute. It looked really grim and dreary so I spent like half of it thinking 'god, not another season of The Handmaid's Tale'

So salty about my surgeon telling me I could return to work in 2 weeks. I'm 3 weeks deep and the anasthetic is still wrecking me. Like, OK buddy. I'd like to see you recover and be fine for work 2 weeks after surgery and 1 week after the bandages coming off.

Garden of Earthly Delights

Booked in another hair cut. Can't wait to catch up with my trauma-bonded hairdresser. If you don't talk about grief with your haridresser, something's wrong (JOKES).

This debate on how to treat trans visitors to Parliament took place in 2015 under a Tory government, 10 years before trans people were banned from using the correct facilities under a Labour government. 2 security guards called some people 'sir' against their wishes and they reported it to the Met.

In a nearby pine tree, a male northern cardinal cranes his neck to look past some pine needles to nab a view of the camera. #birds

It's St Swithun's Day, have a poem where he's grumpy about the way he was buried, and was actually really happy when Winchester Cathedral started to sink because it was built without foundations.

I don't think a lot of cis people realise how much of trans health is you just fucking winging it. I've been having issues with my post-op binder, but I know if I contact my GP, it would take a week and they'd ll tell me to go to the gender clinic, who'd tell me to go to my GP, who'd tell me to go-

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Why is Discord's inbuilt image cropping feature so shot. Facebook has a better one and that's not a compliment to FB