Going to save this one.

Want to avoid explosive diarrhea? Pass it on

As an artist, I don't care about nor want to look at ai slop, and that makes ai dudes mad. I think it's because they've never actually experienced putting art out into the world before. Sometimes people just don't wanna look at your shit and there's nothing you can do about it.

"Hey can I play my music at work?" "Sure, its not explicit or anything right?" "No questionable lyrics. Promise." youtu.be/ho9rZjlsyYY

And now to interrupt my bullshit for some music. youtu.be/IfQhrA7v0Cs

If I hear one more person try, even good naturedly, to define what makes a "real author/artist"*... I am going to start biting people. * (Other than the requisite "you did your own work", not using Generative AI.)

For those who need a pick-me-up... Pet the Eevee. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y33...

Well, honestly there's a wide margin for error there but I'm going to have to go with one of two answers. If it's just any fight, it's probably going to be the lady commanding a mercenary outfit in the Inner Sphere (BattleTech) and has a 70-ton war machine to ride in. (No, I don't have a picture.)

Me: "Oh boy, it's Friday, time for another OSP. Hey it's Red, what's she discussing-" www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBzt...

True Pet Stories! Cat: "Mrow!" (I'm hungry. Feed me, peon.) Me: "I just put food out!" Cat: "Mrooowl." (You lie. I'm starving, look at me wasting away in front of you.) Me: "You're not starving, you just won't eat it. Or you do and you leave me a pile of gross where I'll step in it, in the dark." +

if something is worth doing, it's worth doing an absolute dogshit time of and having fun fucking up for a while until it works out well enough to be worth a shoulder shrug fucking around and fucking up is vital to happiness

I see people reskeeting AI shit, which is openly admitted to be AI shit, "because it's funny"/"for the cause"/"to bring attention to-"... I'm going to do blocks again. And I will lament 'I thought you were a cool person' even while I click. JD Vance did the same shit. Don't sink to that level.

The Chain Story Project just released its latest: A Dangerous Place by Michael A. Stackpole. (Story's great, you'll laugh, you'll cry.) Please enjoy, like and share. (Reposting is life for a project like this. Thank you.) www.chainstorycore.com/blog/a-dangerous-place

"Where's your mind right now...?" Me:

That moment you get to use "anthropomorphized" in a context not used for the furry meaning of it... :)

QP with your theme song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RAD... Not something I usually think on, but this one does stick in many ways.

I still want to recommend a lot of people read "Kismet". So far the only sticking point has been the anthropomorphic animals. But it is a wonderful story.

I'm going to share some music again... www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSpN...

A game with foxes? Yup they exist.

A week after the teleport network had opened, it was already routine. Johnson stepped onto the plate and thought about the Bank Street station. He arrived at the leisure park. He complained to a guard, who said: "It takes you where you need to be." Behind him, his daughter's soccer game started.

Would the owner of a fairly large thunderstorm please come collect it? It's scaring the cats.

Another video? So soon? See you all in around 8 hours. youtu.be/eLK4GquRnJ8 As we talk about why #Battletech and #Mechwarrior, really need the return of #Mechcommander.

Imagine seeing this at night …do you do birthdays? 😂🤣😆 TT: spiritwalker

Revisiting some old videos tonight while relaxing. And then the tension cranks right back up in me as the list cycles over to regaling me with a tale of how the Brass Ring of Avalir was broken.

So, yeah. One of my "guilty pleasures" is enjoying Critical Role on and off. (I don't find I can reliably sink 3+ hours into watching a Live Play, as entertaining as the people can be. It's sometimes hard enough for me to watch a 90-minute Live Play for the 'Mechnificent Seven'.) But it's fun.

Tethys xkcd.com/3259/

... beef. www.youtube.com/shorts/cUClp...

Reminded of "Dead Like Me" recently, and this scene in particular for... reasons. www.youtube.com/watch?v=614O...

A TV show you're (not) positive no one remembers but you ... every prophet in his house.

What is truly entertaining in BattleTech: Releasing a King Crab on some unsuspecting people in a "Succession Wars Free-For-All" so it can really cut loose. And it can take the punishment as everyone goes "Hell no, kill it!".

I swear by whatever holy thing I can get my hands on. Having friends continuously go "you're an awesome person" because I exercise the bare minimum of 'respecting another person is a person' and the similarly-bare minimum amount of empathy is more demoralizing than anything else. This shouldn't BE.

... fine, I'll open Minecraft again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R6J...

I still have mine tucked away. Later runs did correct it, but I do sometimes find reasons to bring it to the BattleTech game meetups here...

Go on. Pet the dog. What could go wrong?

Just finished watching "Backrooms". In a nearly empty theater. ... a movie with the creepiness of uninhabited spaces which look normal but slightly off. This added a layer of unsettling presence I didn't ask for, dammit.

The Fred Rogers Production has started uploading every episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for free. www.youtube.com/@misterroger...

Watching Season 4 of "The Legend of Vox Machina" and enjoying seeing how the last major arc is getting welded to what was done with the show. ... also, um, some specific Monster Hunter memories are returning to the surface again. For reasons.

Remembering the "X-Wing" flight simulator game (on early PC computers - before Pentiums or CD-Roms even) and how many months I spent on the series. And remembering, as well, "the wall". The one mission which filtered out the skilled and/or lucky versus everyone else: "The Redemption Scenario."

Autumn the goth bunny with her Pride flag. Art by @meg-james.bsky.social

To all my LGBTQ readers, followers and friends... I love ya, I am very grateful you put up with me, and I am delighted every day to have you in my life. You're the best!

I grew up with Disney movies as a child... and by "Disney movies" I mean 'before the Renaissance'. This meant the four movies on quick repeat for young me? Dumbo, Bambi, Winnie the Pooh, and Alice in Wonderland. Use this information to infer what you like...

You get paid on Friday, but you need to pay your phone on Thursday? Bill issue.

As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!

What if you dropped a bowling ball in the Mariana Trench? Watch the latest What If? video in collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYoH...

Your flour isn't turning out as finely ground as you hoped? Mill issue.

I knew this'd happen at some point... Hanging out with David W. Collins and my son at Tokyo Disney, a camera crew approached us and wanted an interview... we tried to punt, but they insisted... No idea when or where it would come out.. Someone finally sent it to me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbCh...