Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us. We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again. That's the revolution.

𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵𝓼? 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓻𝓸𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓶𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓰𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓯𝓵𝔂 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵𝓼 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓮 📷: @adoylible.bsky.social Marion belongs to @matthewmercer.bsky.social

TFW @chizuconusa.bsky.social reminds you small cons are the beating heart of the nerd community! Diva Delilah had a blast in our scrappy little drag/variety show. Looking forward to next year!

Periodic reminder that if you have a human brain, you are not immune to bias. We are each responsible for verifying what we see. Nobody going to do it for us, and multiple industries count on us not doing so. If I reflexively agree with something I see? That's my cue to check it MORE carefully.

Image / Inspo Marion belongs to @matthewmercer.bsky.social / cosplay by me Jester belongs to @laurabaileyvo.bsky.social / cosplay by RangersAndArrows 📷: aDoylible The Bridal Train by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

Me: No new builds until after Labor Day. Sticking to it. Easy Fan Expo prep only! Also me: *restyles wig for casual Rumi three times and counting*

Finally bringing my Fabric 101 panel to @fanexpochicago.bsky.social, along with some low-effort new costumes. And I get to do two other panels with smart creative people!

Life has a lot of stress right now. It is made just a little better by the recent shorts of Jorge Rivera Herrans (yes, the composer of Epic) serenading various animals with silly improvised ditties. Come. Share in my joy! youtu.be/9N-ksxYuGro?...

While exploring Vancouver’s Stanley Park I ended up with footage I was incredibly proud of — a music video for my @criticalrole.bsky.social fan tribute “Do Not Go Far From Me” I need your help to break containment — please share this song with your critter pals 🫶 #CriticalRole youtu.be/SBwI9XHeYhc

My first academic article is live!! Published with Fashion Studies, “What is a ‘Worth’ Worth? Developing a Methodology of Historical to Modern Day Price Conversions for Dress” asks how we can better explain clothing prices in the past to people in the present. The approach explored is wage data.

Third time's the charm! 🎉 See you at @fanexpochicago.bsky.social !

Paging my #Fairytale people! I'm in the preliminary brainstorming stage of a costume project inspired by #TheWildSwans and related tales (Aarne-Thompson-Uther Type 451). Currently imbibing as many variants, adaptations, and retellings as I can get my grubby little hands on. Do you have a favorite?

At this point, if you're still posting weather one-upsmanship "jokes"? I'm just blocking you. Even if I know you IRL. People die from this shit *everywhere.* STOP IT. #HeatWave

𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖. #AlluraVysoren #IsItThursdayYet

Happy #WickedWednesday from Little Chistery and me! 📷: Eric Michael Clarke

"Hopelessness is usually the less rational position." youtube.com/watch?v=oBgH...

"𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞?" "𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞." #AlluraVysoren #IsItThursdayYet

The coyote pups howling along to the sirens the same way James Dean does in the opening scene of Rebel Without a Cause.

Worldbuilding Tip 41: Locations and other world elements shouldn't be static, even if they are shown as just a snapshot in time. Have places being built, places in the process of being brought down, and places otherwise in a state of flux. Let characters see the world is in process, not artificial.

And upper/middle class women in the US who “didn’t work” propped up capitalism thru uncompensated labor. Even today, it’s stunning how many vital functions in the US like airport travelers aid & hospital reception/patient hospitality, & the Arts sectors are built on “volunteer” labor.

Empress Elphaba the Extraordinary is all set up at #hhamericas2025! If you're there, be sure to stop by the exhibit and check out the competition on the main stage Thursday afternoon!

Good Morning from Rocky Cove, Averant. The peaceful homeland cove our loved @thenerdyplaybook.bsky.social DnD Selkie Roneen, @valeriemeachum.bsky.social! I hope you enjoy this postcard from the DnD World Averant! #mermay #dungeonsanddragonsart #dndart #dndpostcards #averant #thenerdyplaybook

It’s Thursday 🌳🎵☺️🎶🌳 #CriticalRole youtu.be/SBwI9XHeYhc?...

Someone's off-leash husky attacked my mom's little senior terrier mix on their walk yesterday. He required extensive surgery and may lose a kidney if not his life. For their own safety as well as everyone else's, LEASH. YOUR. DOG.

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I think about this a lot — how it doesn’t take *that* much comparatively in terms of scale to really fuck with you, turn you into an object. Once that starts happening, the ripple effect is that the people you interact with are in danger of ALSO becoming objects — or one undifferentiated mass, mob.

Two different friends in the past 24 hours have sent me two different TTs/Reels of exquisite renditions of the Lakmé "Flower Duet" with all the words replaced by "Biiiiitch, WTF?" And now it is *well* and truly stuck in my head (not least because I only know a line or two of the actual text). 😂

Diva #DelilahBriarwood in all her unhinged glory at the #C2E2TalentShow!

What's sexier than wizards? Nothing! Arcane Auntie is headed for the #C2E2 floor!

When Mama Ruby met the @criticalrole.bsky.social cast! 💖 (For approximately 6.4 seconds - that photo op conveyor belt *cooks* 😂)

The Illinois Star Wars costume clubs (and some friends from neighboring states!) are ready to welcome you in Family HQ at C2E2!

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Roneen Fisher played by the beloved @valeriemeachum.bsky.social in @thenerdyplaybook.bsky.social Wings of the Eternal Guardian! She is a cheeky level 3 Ocean Selkie Warlock. #dungeonsanddragons #dndoriginalcharacterart #dnd5e #dndoriginalcharacter #dndart #thenerdyplaybook #selkie

Look at my girl! 🦭🩵

Stupid little one-day make for my stupid mental health 😉 ft. scrap usage and super cute pattern by @sionnachstudios.bsky.social

"I love you, Vax'ildan. I'll see you again." If you know; you know 🥺😭. Keyleth cosplay by: me 📸: @valeriemeachum.bsky.social #keylethcriticalrole #keylethandvax #keylethcosplay #photoshoot #keylethcosplayer #keylethoftheairashari #criticalrolecosplay #cosplay

In the discussion the last couple days, I've mentioned both A Tale of Two Cities and The Scarlet Pimpernel as musicals that are set during "the" French Revolution (as Les Miz is not).

"I know we’re all tired. But I’m not ready to give up — or fall in line as a weary liberal who just wants to live their life. Because the truth is stunning, even as those in power try to make it opaque: our lives will never be the same."

So this is specifically the *finale reprise* - the message to the audience that they've witnessed tragedy after tragedy for 3 hours but it doesn't have to always be that way because we *know how to be better*... And in medley with "One Day More"? *retrieves jaw from lap*

All the suggestions for what federal employees should do with that ridiculous email are hilarious, but I dearly hope the majority of them are doing what I would do: Report it as a phishing attempt and get on with my day.

Today on Backyard Birb Buffet: While I was reaching up to put the freshly filled feeder on the pole, a mourning dove hurtled within about 4 inches of my head, shifting course with a flurry of feathers and frantically squawking what I can only presume was dove for "ABORT ABORT ABORT ABORT ABORT!" 🤣

Today’s glimmer: evidence of the hoppity-hops of my favorite animal through the back yard snow. I hope he stays safe, and found something to eat in my sleeping garden.

Playing a selkie in my new D&D campaign may be the best character choice I've ever made, if only because of the endless supply of seal gifs to drop in the player chat. 😄🦭

Being continually mistaken for younger than I am has been a valuable lesson in how incredibly patronizing my own generation can be. Usually without meaning to, but I really think some folks couldn't wait to talk down to the young'uns the way adults talked down to us.

MOOD. (I am instead in the waiting room ahead of oral surgery, but best believe this is next on the agenda. 😄)

Get ready to flock together for the 2025 Great Backyard Bird Count that’s happening Feb. 14-17! Join our free webinar to learn how to get involved with the #GBBC. Learn bird ID tips, how to join a group, and explore fun ways to involve kids. #BackYardBirding dl.allaboutbirds.org/2025gbbcwebi...

Latest step in my Friendly Neighborhood Druid evolution: @cornellbirds.bsky.social Merlin is my new favorite mobile game. 😄 #BackyardWildlife

The problem with writing a parody you're really proud of: I'm gonna have to kill some darlings to get "This Place Is Mine" (Delilah Briarwood Edition) under the 3-minute limit for the C2E2 talent show 😅

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