This week has been so shit for writing that I was glad to hit a few hundred words a day, and tonight I deployed the dreaded [placeholder] in place of an important-ish scene just so I could get out of that fucking chapter 😩 #MammalWrites (or does not, as the case may be)

Getting started with tasks is such an internal process. We can look like we're just sitting around doing nothing, but internally we can fighting an almighty fight to get the ball rolling. This is real, actual, hard internal work, not being lazy. I promise you

alt text isn't "just" helpful for visually impaired people. it's also great when people don't understand what's on the picture, or don't know the people/characters in it. please use it, it's not hard.

Hmm, #DragonAge musing loosely inspired by tonight's fic writing 🤔 (reminder: I've only played Origins/Awakening, play nice with spoilers past that, o people of the internet) Who, other than darkspawn, knows where baby darkspawn come from? Dwarven legionnaires? Other non-surface dwarves? 1/

Hmm, #DragonAge musing loosely inspired by tonight's fic writing 🤔 (reminder: I've only played Origins/Awakening, play nice with spoilers past that, o people of the internet) Who, other than darkspawn, knows where baby darkspawn come from? Dwarven legionnaires? Other non-surface dwarves? 1/

This is really interesting!

Maybe I'm being entitled, but I think maybe for almost £200 refurbished(!), my fancy headphones ought to be a bit more durable...

This is Hank. He is incredibly invested in this plumbing project that does not require him in the slightest. 13/10 (TT: compound_interest_)

BREAKING NEWS! iWOT Ready to Disappoint WOT Fans Again! Elaida Dodging Questions on the War! Aybara Offends Saldaea and Tuatha'an! It's all in WWN 704! #TheWheelOfTime

This #FossilFriday, Lyme Regis Museum is aiming to buy a handwritten letter by #MaryAnning. To help raise the funds, an auction featuring an original piece of art by palaeoartist Lee Brown is now live. Please consider bidding and helping the museum raise these funds :) www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket...

@mierinscepheid.bsky.social you MUST watch this.

This is art™

Wow. LibreOffice auto-updates now? That's new!

So... um... how long does pasta sauce actually last after its best before date? Asking for a friend who definitely didn't forget how long the jar of Dolmio Smooth Bolognese she knew she had stashed away had been there 😅

@blogofmanythings.art oh. my. god 💀🤣

So... um... how long does pasta sauce actually last after its best before date? Asking for a friend who definitely didn't forget how long the jar of Dolmio Smooth Bolognese she knew she had stashed away had been there 😅

A friend recently remarked that the saiga antelope looks like something from a fantasy tale. And yeah, it does. A little feel good doodle of an elf and her steed heading out on an adventure, I think.

On the TBR it goes

Someone please explain to me why my hiccups also come with a runny nose 😩

Sharing because I really like this alt text. Honestly, this should be used as an example as... perfect. Yes. Perfect. No notes. 🙏💗

(I included a version of Return to Ostagar pretty much just so I could give *Alistair* that sword. Because: feels.) #MammalWrites

One of the things about writing this that I find low-key hilarious is having my Teeny Elf go through shields like a puppy goes through toys Like, I'm sorry, video game shields may last forever, but real shields tend to be made of materials that eventually break if you hit them enough with an axe

My version of Mat Cauthon from #TheWheelofTime #WoT (aka my favorite character) I tried to capture his suave and charisma. Let me know what you think and please repost! #Art #Artist #ClipStudioPaint

So close!! Can we get it across the line and into the safety of Leicester Museums Service, where it can be researched, studied... and looked after in perpetuity! #Archaeology 🏺 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-...

Tiger

I love it when I'm turning my DAO playthrough into a fic and my favourite moments get to make me cry again 😅 #MammalWrites

There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends. It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.

Apparently Glasgow Central is on fire??? Damn...

Another for #BlueskyArtShow ( #flowing) and #AlphabetChallenge ( #weekIforInteriors) The view from the interior of a car going through a car wash. #Bubbles flowing down a car window looking like some abstract painting of space. #EastCoastKin #abstract

If you don’t use alt text, please know you’d be so much cooler and looks smarter if you did

#AICouldNever Today I want some uplifting joyful energy from a group of young indigenous Siberian women. How about you? www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvNe...

In-game ads that you can't exit without going to the app store should be illegal 🤬

OMG, @whistberry.bsky.social, the koi pond print is so pretty in the flesh 😍

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant hapus / Happy St David's Day! I thought I'd take this day to share some Welsh art and the stories that inspired them! Thread 🧵

They say you should tell creatives that you appreciate their work, so I'm here to tell @gregjenner.bsky.social that Ask a Historian is an absolute delight!

Reminder: Your responsibility to write alt text (and not repost pics without it either!) does NOT go away when there's major breaking news. In fact, I'd argue it's even MORE important Disabled folks have just as much right as you do to know what's going on!

Oh my gods, this takes me all the way back 🤣

Aegyptiacus - the OG Spinosaurus. An illustration for my new book (and a few words of explanation). And a link to the book here: dragonsofwales.etsy.com/listing/4457...

MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. GO DONATE. tcpipeline.org

Survey data shows that 49% of UK and 44% of USA residents “like” or “love” dinosaurs. By my estimation this means that there are approximately 184 million potential customers for my new book. So far 32 people have pre-ordered their copy… so we’re almost there 🙃

That buzz!!!

Maybe relevant to some of my moots. @blogofmanythings.art seems the labeller we used for pronouns has disappeared

I figured out how to save custom styles in LibreOffice so I can use them in another document, and now I feel like a bloody tech genius

during this week's #Paleostream flocking we sketched Shanxihippus, Archeohippus, Megahippus, and Parahippus to celebrate the year of the horse!!! #LunarNewYear

By the way (2), I think Awakening has elevated the Architect among my favourite DA characters so far... In The Calling, he mostly just seemed creepy and horrible, but... turns out he's *honest* horrible with actual good intentions and not a freaking clue about how people work #MammalPlaysDragonAge

By the way, Ser Pounce-A-Lot, the kitten of resurrection, was a godsend in this fight 😆 #MammalPlaysDragonAge

Let's see what's left of this Kristoff fellow. I'm guessing not a lot, considering some of the gifts I've been finding... #MammalPlaysDragonAge

Right. Let's see about these broodmothers. (Ugh.) #MammalPlaysDragonAge

I looked up the gift list for Awakening, and I can give Anders a KITTEN? Who will travel in his robes and revive fallen party members? OMG, I need this. (So I'm guessing the doodles in that library book involving Ser Pounce-a-lot the tiger eating Templars were his doing🤭) #MammalPlaysDragonAge