Brain is still mush. I already hate this time of year for what it does to my mental health, and it’s harder than ever to celebrate anything this year.

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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.

My hottest of hot takes that I fervently believe is that the endeavor to replace animal husbandry entirely with cultured meat is a eugenicist project.

If you want all writers to be rich dorks born rich who don’t need the money this is how you get all writers to be rich dorks born rich If you want writers who were poor dorks born poor because maybe just maybe they have something different to say, this ain’t it

It feels like some sort of rite of passage for a fantasy illustrator to design a skywhale so here's mine :D based on a humpback and filled with buoyancy! 🎈🐋 #BearHybridArt

ChatGPT’s signature writing style is everywhere now, and I hate it. It reminds me of when we tried mixing all the beverages at the soda fountain in middle school. We didn’t actually create the perfect drink, we just made a cloying monstrosity that lost everything good about its constituent parts.

This is wonderful news, and also means it’s time for me to beat the drum I always do when HPV vaccines make the news: They are not only for women! HPV also causes penile, anal, and head and neck cancers. The latter are particularly deadly. Please vaccinate ALL your children.

"I watch all videos at 2x speed." And this is why you're incapable of understanding art and will only be able to consume "content" with a hunger that can never be satiated. People spend hours/days/weeks making videos and you can't even bother to actually watch them at normal speed?

Just finished this set of wolf paws! That means I have another slot available for custom paws! DM to talk about it more 🐾✨ #furry #fursuit #paws #furryart

There's a lot of angst around the fact that many trans people don't have the ability to move. From the start my view has simply been that I'd rather see as many of us make it as possible. That means I want to see as many of us make it to safety as possible.

Remember: It ys okaye to be lonely. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.

Device…hoarding. Because you don’t go get a new one while yours is still fine. Apparently I am also practicing car hoarding, house hoarding, husband hoarding, dog hoarding, computer hoarding, furniture hoarding and art hoarding.

"An essential step in the fascist march to acceptance and power was to persuade law-and-order conservatives and members of the middle class to tolerate fascist violence as a harsh necessity in the face of Left provocation." - Robert O. Paxton, The Anatomy of Fascism (2004)

Treating vaginas and people who have them like they’re icky is asinine. Vaginas are rad, some of the studliest guys I’ve ever met have em.

I mean I have been enraged about this topic for a while, but I had also never actually figured out how they calculate the poverty line. I am legitimately speechless.

Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!

TAPS SCREEN For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!

This is a lovely interview with one of the Top Gobblers in Turkey Studies. However I OBJECT to the idea that turkeys are humble. Because lemme tell you if you ever get in a fight with one you will learn they are CHARISMATIC AS HELL. And come up to your hip. With their CHARISMA.

I'm going to do a little thread on how the money from books works for traditionally published authors because people have questions, and this is always useful info to share IMO. First, a big disclaimer that every contract is different, and there are a million factors that can change things. 1/

Dragon Age Origins.

Aaaaaand he’s back on the shit list. It was fun while it lasted at least. Love is love. Monogamy is only a facet of what that can mean.

Power went out during the night twice, which means we both slept like shit. I’m strongly debating not even making the pumpkin pie this year. I’m so fucking foggy. I’ll probably burn it. It would be just for us anyway. Ugh. Fuck.

The German holidaye pastryes disappeared mysteriouslye -- Authorityes are prettye sure thei were stollen

I’m not weighing in on the pie discourse. Just give me the pie. Yes, that pie. And that one. And that one too. And that one over there. Give me ALL the pie. 🥧

We shouldn't be fighting about American pies, we need to unite against the common enemy: Paul Hollywood in the American Pies episode of GBBO. It's from one of the early seasons and one of the great pleasures is seeing other Americans experience it and become enraged.

Some people are very good at writing sex and some people are good at believing that they are good at writing sex, the first is a tremendously impressive skill and the second is what makes for deeply uncomfortable author presentations at science fiction conventions

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

I remember when my nemesis decided she was going back to school to get an MFA so she could write a book in which I was the villain, and the money would be used to save her farm. I laughed so hard I peed my pants.

Books don't sell nearly as many copies as you think they do. Every sale has significance. This is especially true of preorders and first week of publication orders. These move mountains for authors.

imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like

1. I see elsewhere on Bluesky that the discourse has turned toward telling writers not to be ashamed to admit they have day jobs or other sources of income (or spousal/family financial support), and you know what, that's 100% correct. Day jobs and support from loved ones are great if you have them!

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Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. In Cherokee practice, pounded walnut bark was thrown into small streams to stupefy the fish, so that

I refuse to believe that on ALF's Own Bluesky I am the first person to widely note what the upside-down pineapple means, I was here in The Before Times, when the whole damn site was basically a deeply horny polycule, WE ALL KNEW OKAY

Ever just wake up on the wrong side of the bed and a photographer is standing there with a long lens (Great Blue Heron)

Going live shortly with Rimworld! I need a game where I don’t need to think too much today, lol. Twitch.tv/kalicokobold

This isn't just heart breaking, it's terrifying. Your financial situation shouldn't be a factor in receiving or responding to life-saving care. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

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There is no kingdom like the forests.

No-one is without something they wish were different about themselves. Be honest, improve what you can, but be kind to yourself, too. Don't become your own bully.

Ok, I took a quick video so y'all can see this piece in the 3D a bit more because I love the shape and form of it so much! 🙂✨

I don't live in a place with much snow anymore but I know it is coming for you, or is already there >:) 🌨️ #OldbearComics #TheBearMinimum

Who doesn't love a dinosaur? Who doesn't love a rainbow? Who couldn't love RAINBOW DINOSAURS! We have four adorable little guys just looking for a home. http://thebrokencirc...

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

One thing lost in this reposting is the GAPS IN TIME between each post. This took a couple of hours and people were following along and getting INCREASINGLY invested and it was all very adorable and wholesome

I will be the first to admit I couldn’t understand why anyone would oppose Assisted Dying… and then I became disabled and had it “offered” to me. It’s not compassionate when there’s coercion. It’s not dignified when it’s offered in lieu of care. Listen to disabled people.