You're trapped in the last TV show you watched. Where are you? I don't know, but the only way to learn is by playing.

Today while going through very old stuff I saw the evidence of how I used to go to three or four major conventions in a single year. Now the idea of just one makes me want to take a nap. I have so many good memories (including meeting The Husband) but I'm officially too old.

Today, it's been a year since I went to Disney World basically on a whim to see Muppet*Vision 3D before it closed. I went by myself right after losing a job I had loved for over a decade, and it was an amazing trip I will remember forever. If you've got the means, I highly encourage solo travel.

My current near constant conundrum: do I bother telling a content creator that I'm going to unsubscribe if they use one more Gen-A.I. image (or constantly use A.I. summaries instead of even going to Wikipedia) or do I just quietly leave the audience?

As we cross over into a year after a certain agency unceremoniously dismantled my workplace with almost nobody noticing, the one thing that gets me is how many people attribute intelligence and extreme malice to actions that are at best just thoughtless selfishness.

ARTEMIS FROM SAILOR MOON WAS AT THE ARTEMIS 2 LAUNCH AND IM VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT www.reddit.com/media?url=ht...

I was about to think I accomplished almost nothing today but then I remembered that I went to the grocery store, ate actual meals, finished an organization project I've been working on for three days, AND voted in a special election. I do not expect tomorrow to be as productive.

I don’t mean this to pile on the guy who posted about BlueSky’s engagement metrics—or lack thereof—but maybe it’s that ppl are simply tired of chasing engagement? I’m not an influencer & have no desire to be. I follow ppl I like and try to keep up with the news and see funny shit

Merry Christmas to me, somehow I missed the news that one of my absolute favorite manga series is finally getting an anime adaptation and it's premiering in like two weeks. I mean, it was announced like two years ago but finding out this way is actually much better because no waiting.

Sophie is fully entranced watching the latest @drawfeeshow.com

This entire thread is a great read. I'm not a published writer, but as someone who attempted their dream career and had to leave it behind, I think there's a lot in this for all of us. But this particular one is what is most important to me. "The world will always need more stories."

20 years ago, I said I would never DM a TTRPG again. I have good reasons, my style of creativity doesn't mesh with what makes a DM great. But um...I may have just agreed to do a #CandelaObscura one-shot so our forever DM can actually play for once. 😱

"I miss three or four of the people I used to be." -Taliesin Jaffe Finally watching the first episode of Weird Kids after months of the husband telling me this was exactly the kind of thing I would like. He is correct.

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

As always I'm unfashionably late to the party, but we watched K-Pop Demon Hunters last night and yeah it's as good as everybody says. I'll spare you all from all my rambling thoughts about it but I do think other filmmakers need to take note of it being the perfect blueprint for modern musicals.

I know a lot of people are already spreading this info, but hoping to spread it a little further: donating to a food bank, food pantry, or food distribution mutual aid group is really important right now, as TFG and the fucking GOP are shutting down snap benefits on November 1. I'll link to a few

This is incredibly true for how we travel, which is why I'm a huge fan of my e-bike. There are so many benefits to bike travel. More cities and localities need to look at how they can make small changes to better support bikes.

We Have at least 70? years of science fiction exploring this proposition and all reaching the same conclusions as Josie. Which I only bring up because everyone involved in this AI thing is a science fiction fan, but not one who understands what they read.

Lot of blatant and very funny pareidolia in the AI space. I no longer wonder why early humans thought every tree that had cankers in the shape of a smily face must be a god

@drawfeeshow.com Next time you want an easy day playing casual online games, you would probably love Chronophoto - www.chronophoto.app

We played our first session of Daggerheart tonight, and as someone who has never played a TTRPG aside from D&D, this is very different but also very fun. Actually rolling D12s being the main difference, lol.

Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Always happy for a chance to say: I read every real study on the impact of bike lanes on street-level retail. They never hurt. They often help. Sometimes they help a lot: www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-g...

For Introductions Necessary, I spent hours researching how to properly pronounce the names of the #WomenInSTEM that we featured. I'm lucky to have friends who speak many languages to help me out, but hearing a name from the person is best. If you know someone w/a Wikipedia page send them this link!

I mentioned weeks ago that I use tarot cards for journaling prompts. Today's prompt: the Seven of Swords from the Dark Wood Tarot, with art by @abigaillarson.com This made me write about why I need to learn to pick my battles and stop letting other people's issues become my own.

I do enjoy amusement parks, I really do. But in 2025 having either no posted wait times or grossly inaccurate ones is kind of silly. I just want to know how long I'll be waiting. App said 15 minutes. I got in line 20 min ago and I'm not even halfway.

In case any of my fellow creatives also needed this reminder:

So...I wrote a release day blog post (finally) and uh, it might not be what you were expecting but I'm kind of Going Through It over here right now, so here goes nothing. www.cheriepriest.com/blog/getting...

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" yeah well I asked my friend Joe, I asked my friend Jake, they said it was fhqwhgads

WATCH: Here's how Stephen Colbert addresses the news of The Late Show's cancellation in tonight's cold open. (Full story: latenighter.com/news/cbs-can...)

PREPARE FOR LIFTOFF GASTRONAUTS!!!!!!

Deeply uninterested in hearing about what any AI has to say in response to any question, it’s like getting a parrot’s opinion but not fun because the parrot has the funny high-pitched voice and says things so quickly

Today's most important task: remember how to website. Mostly because I want to actually code something and not just rely on a CMS. You want to get bored really fast, ask me why I hate most CMS.

I'm starting to feel like I'm going to have to start a commentary YouTube channel just to have somewhere to talk about MurderBot.

Okay, everybody wins (especially my sister) because I'm three episodes in and yes, I do love Murderbot. It took like ten minutes before I liked every character. Even the ones in Sanctuary Moon.

It's that time of year again where we redraw ourselves! Hope you all like our new looks! youtu.be/vp4znyW3xHk

Needed this reminder today.

Lest you think I'm just being silly, I started using tarot cards as journal/writing prompt generators about a year ago and it's legit a great way to figure things out. There's excellent decks out there where you can support real artists. My fav is Tarot of the Divine by @yoshiyoshitani.bsky.social

This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.

Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.

(sighing) Seems like a good day to mention that there are wizardly universes in which the series creator's only opinion about toilets is that when you use one, you should try not to miss. www.youngwizards.com

I haven't tried to needle knit in years but thanks to @williesillie2.bsky.social and @drawfeeshow.com I made some loops. Ignore the multiple dropped stitches. 🫠 We're calling this a swatch so it doesn't need to be good.

Watching an old @drawfeeshow.com stream, and @julialepetit.bsky.social made a purr/chirp noise at one of their cats. My cat Sophie immediately wakes up and starts looking around confused about there being a strange cat in our house.

The creator of Leverage was saying the other day, in S1 he was "We need to subtly imply this guy is bad and the system is bad." Today, "So, the tech bro CEO chases her with a chainsaw screaming, 'This is effective altruism!'"

📅✨This weekend! It's the return of Drawfee Variety Hour! We'll be raising money for Trans Lifeline, June 7th 2pm ET-8 on Twitch!

A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.

I guess if the Dems want to finish alienating the rest of the American public and sink the entire ship they could try this. But the thousands of people who are out of jobs because of this man are mad enough that all the Dems just stood around and watched it happen, let alone everybody else.

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