When you have an audience or a business you have to ensure that you always provide a lot more value to people than you extract from them. If you don't then, long term, it all breaks down. Young people I talk to today...they feel like the whole entire world has broken this contract with them.

New musical obsession? Don't mind if I do... #BalladLines youtu.be/92_iK9v4pLg?...

One word might be enough. #TheLastUnicorn

Quote with your horn art! How about if the horns (and their adornment) are the art? 📷: Adoylible Jester: Rangersandarrows

I am so, so very tired of the lies. Everything else is infuriating, appalling, horrifying. But the lies... the lies are just exhausting.

TFW you were braced for full imperialism for months and then relaxed over the holidays.

Rest is *good*, unscheduled time is *good.* You are not always either producing or decaying. Creativity flows from shutting things up enough to hear yourself, to be able to synthesize everything you’ve taken in lately.

"2025 has been a lot... of... year." - @dailydael.bsky.social, speaking So Much Truth

Back on my villain era BS... youtu.be/70H8pIopask?...

Had so much fun putting this one together! #OnceUponADecember youtu.be/9GL2lujMBM8?...

Today's the day! See you soon, #ColossalConNorth!

Happy #MightyNein day to all who celebrate!

Last con of the weekend coming in hot! #ColossalconNorth

When the YouTube algo gets it right, it gets it REALLY right. This is brilliant. youtu.be/TyDseskVDb0?...

Opened the back door drapes to snow on the ground and a squirrel perched on the deck railing, staring straight at me like he's about to ask for the manager. 😂

Way back in 2008, I heard this parody on the Halloween episode of A Prairie Home Companion and instantly wanted to perform it. Huge thanks to La Vie Cosplay and Anime Aki Con for only my second opportunity to do so! youtu.be/bD7ibQbcUZQ?...

Circe (and Choiros) had a delightful first day at #AnimeAkiCon! See you tomorrow!

See you soon, #AnimeAkiCon!

TFW when you waste half the afternoon trying to get a clean recording only to realize your backing track is in the wrong key. 🤦 "Man, I know it's allergy season, but why do I keep missing that B5??" Because it's a C#6, genius. 😂

"The law of unintended consequences is not just for folks in the city. It's for all of us."

Great accomplishment of the day: Finally found my lucite scoring knife and replaced the window these ridiculous goobers lost a few weeks ago. 🐿️😂💚

This week, MAGA figures claimed Kristi Noem "stared down" violent antifa protesters in Portland. Turns out they were talking mostly about a guy in a chicken suit. This episode opens a window into how MAGA propaganda works and MSM failure to handle it. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2016...

All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?

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.

On theme. 😅 Wordle 1,409 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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). 😂