Café and write day!

Another cardio session completed!

Do I know any illustrators on here who might like to help me draw something a bit silly?

Another workout completed.

ohhhhhh okay so what we've learned from the epstein mail drop is that the entirety of the fascistic culture war since the 2010s onward was basically wholesale consolidated through the anglosphere bourgeois old boys club network of pedophile rapists

Youtuber who makes content about art, poetry, writing, acting. *AI product sponsor* FFS...

Another cardio session done. Friends and family have been surprised to hear that I don't listen to music or anything when I work out. I have my Loops in blocking sound and just think about stuff, occasionally checking my heart rate.

Company: "You're at the heart of everything we do. We need to raise your prices to keep doing it." Also Company: (Nearly a billion in profit and 1.6 billion in dividend payouts the previous year.) If lies cost money, these companies would go under sooooo quickly.

Wednesday. So café and write day, of course!

More cardio this morning. Besides my back complaining, I'm quite impressed with how my body is feeling doing cardio as it's never been my strength!

1 hour of cardio with my heart rate between 130-145 was today's goal. It has been completed successfully!

The vast chasm between where I'm at mentally vs physically with working out is rather apparent after two sessions. I knew I'd have to take it easy to start, but I might have to take it a little easier 😅

Went back to the gym for the first time since I became a shut-in in 2014. It's dual purpose. To help strengthen my body that has weakened from 10+ years being sedentary, and to make me get back outside regularly. I worked hard but cautiously since my body isn't used to it. Feeling very accomplished!

Today I am truly doing the *unthinkable,* the ~profane~, the -obscene- live on the internet... I am playing 100 songs straight. No breaks, no mercy, only pain. The countdown has begun, the nightmare begins at 10am CST Live NOW twitch.tv/88bitmusic

Minute Cryptic - 16 January, 2026 "Display by exotic bird has swallows beginning to notice" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (42,718 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 15 January, 2026 "Last lecture of course to teach overworked pupils?" (3,6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (55,525 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Got home and done physio for my back. A productive morning!

It's Wednesday, so it's café and write day!

This Saturday at 10am CST (4PM GMT) I will be doing the unthinkable and playing 100 songs on piano consecutively live on Twitch, because of ~bad decisions~ That is even more music than it sounds like, trust me. This was a terrible, terrible idea. See you there! twitch.tv/88bitmusic

I have book news!! ✨ 📖 ✨ I teamed up with my exceptionally talented friend and colleague @shannonlmiller.bsky.social to write a miscellany—a medley of bite-sized, entertaining and mind-bending facts on topics including history, art, geography, science, and (of course) language.

My OCD kinda kicked my ass over the holidays into the new year. Not the way it used to when I was ignorant and ill-equipped where the thoughts would get their hooks in and deepen distress and anxiety and I couldn't stop thinking about them. I interrupt the thoughts before that happens these days.

Ending several texts in a row with “lol” is the playtime dog sneeze of millennial discourse.

BREAKING: The UK Government is working with Canada and Australia to launch a coordinated ban on X, per the Telegraph

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

Make it exist first. Make it good later.

Is there a word or phrase for getting to the end of a chapter in a book precisely when you need to stop reading? I'm going to start brainstorming, because there needs to be if there isn't.

I (finally) started reading The Way of Kings by @brandonsanderson.com last week, and I don't know if I'm the first to say this, but I think it would work so well as an anime/animated series. I'd watch the shit out of it.

First café and write day of the year!

Beef Bourguignon started out as a dish for the poor of France; a way to use up leftovers like in this recipe from 1885. youtu.be/cQYswc4-dvU?...

What accent would a talking monkey have? That's one question answered in my latest video exploring the language of the animal kingdom. Do please give it a watch: youtu.be/pjLmIpOGNXA?...

Made eye contact with an otter today. Instantly boosted my mood to spot the little cutie, but friend was too fast for me to snap a picture!

Realised I hadn't made a d20 roll yet this year. REALLY?! Anyone I DM for should be safe if this is an omen. Might just avoid d20 systems as a player 🤣

Happy New Year, friends. May it be our best one yet ♥️

Minute Cryptic - 31 December, 2025 "Hunted lost bear, sleep-deprived grizzly with an appetite" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (44,935 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

this will keep going until i run out of gift codes, so i decided to lower the requirements: only 500+ are required now just send me a dm and i'll send you the redeem link!

🎲 If you're a TTRPG creator (AP, writer, artist, designer, etc), I'm looking for guests for RPG Help Desk: my weekly live stream series that's about discussing RPG topics and answering questions chat asks. 💬Interested? Reply! 🏷️Know someone you want on the stream? Tell me or tag them. 🖤🖤🖤

Minute Cryptic - 30 December, 2025 "Spell POTS, SUN, OLD & CAR wrong?" (9) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (41,195 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 29 December, 2025 "Married life turns cold after we first kiss" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (37,125 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Today is a special day for me. As of today I've spent half my life with my other half. I checked what this date would be on our 17th anniversary back in August, remembered as soon as I woke up. So grateful to have such an awesome partner in my corner. I'd say more, but then I won't stop!

Minute Cryptic - 25 December, 2025 "Christmas now?" (7,3) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (37,048 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com/?utm_source=...

Minute Cryptic - 22 December, 2025 "Leads from our karaoke club amps interfere with Bose volume setting?" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (41,538 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 21 December, 2025 ""Too many!" you said, leaving a throuple arrangement" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (47,048 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Hey #D&D and #ttrpg fantasy nerd, check out one of my favorite podcasts, the etymology podcast Words Unravelled (with @jesszafarris.bsky.social and @robwords.bsky.social ) as they look at the origins of "dragon", "kraken" and other monsterous words youtu.be/hcVF8b2w6n4?...

The word "plagiarism" literally evokes the "kidnapping" of thoughts and ideas. It's from the Latin plagiare "to kidnap" (or plagiarius "kidnapper"), from plaga "snare, hunting net."

Minute Cryptic - 14 December, 2025 "Sweetheart leaving honey all over appendage? Sounds nice!" (7) ⚪️🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 1 hints – 2 under the community par (37,353 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Anyone else assess people for whether or not you'd play D&D with them? My doctor? Yup Dentist? Nope (But they're lovely, it's not a moral judgement.) Sometimes I'll be watching an interview, or behind the scenes with actors and they'll get assessed, too 😂

Oh hey, I just noticed that Uncommon Goods is selling a box set of the Game Master's Books series. I contributed several scenarios and locations to the Legendary Locations edition. Lovely books with great material inside for TTRPG GMs! www.uncommongoods.com/product/the-...

The past few days I've woken up and gone "Oh, I feel better today" only to be lamenting how ill I feel again a couple hours later once my energy runs out. Y'think I'd learn! (Saw the doc yesterday, getting it sorted.)