naturally, the forecast changed suddenly overnight and it stopped raining the morning of Cowboy’s birthday for our annual pier walk magical creature. happy 6th birthday

Finished my Krampus sweater this week and it’s ready to wear for the cold weather this festive season 🌲❄️ it’s been such a fun pattern to knit! #knitting #krampus

Logging on for six to eight hours of video meetings every weekday

Nan Gregory, an older Point Grey resident, voiced what she wants her city to be. She’s opposed to the proposed property tax freeze, as all speakers so far have been.

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR #art

If you evade suffering you also evade the chance of joy. Pleasure you may get, or pleasures, but you will not be fulfilled. You will not know what it is to come home.

lol she got his ass and he knows it

shitfaced jamaal bowman saying this is so fuckin funny i feel so seen right now

I do think a big compelling part of the fantasy of RPGs is “it is possible to understand and deploy a coherent model of how people will react to me”

I could be someone's aloof wife quietly doing their campaign design from behind the scenes.

Zohran picked 「卓蘭」("excellent orchid") for his first name and「夸梅」("brilliant plum") for his middle name. The orchid and the plum are among "The Four Noble Ones" in traditional Chinese art, the former symbolizing an indifference to fame and fortune, the latter an indomitable, incorruptible spirit.

Who has a blue hoodie, a cold, wet, little nose, and just got an 8 out of 10 in the brand new issue of @edgemagazine.bsky.social? STRAY CHILDREN DOES! "The path may be uncompromising, yet there's a truth in the notion that the right choice of words can make someone open up." Thank you, Edge!

Now seated 😭

Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.

made a new friend today 🇨🇦

Can you believe this schedule? www.roguelike.club/event2025.html Join us in our carnival-themed MUD space on Oct 25-26 for this incredible lineup of speakers and talks on all things roguelike!

can’t stop thinking about THAT ENDING

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military. If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Frog Con 2025 is excited to be launching a donation campaign for Amphibian Survival Alliance! Every donation goes straight to ASA and comes with froggy gifts, which may include digital art from our froggy artists, games charity bundle, and promo from Frog Con! frogcon.frogcult.org/donate

If you only read one story today, make it @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social's breakdown of the Saudi-backed EA buyout, which includes thoughts from multiple business analysts and experts who explain what the $55B deal could mean for EA workers, its video games, and the wider industry. Essential reading.

this shit is destroying us in so many ways and we have to grab the people around us by the shoulders and stop them from feeding this stupid ass machine. it will drive one of your family members off the deep end otherwise

"I can still hear the falcon's cry. Do you?" What a way to bring everyone together!! And boy does it feel kinda nostalgic to get lost in some fanart for a brand new episode... #CriticalRoleSpoilers #CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanart

a few small beers

print ad: 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙧𝙮? EA: [lays me off in a Zoom webinar] me: 😢 not like that

The top 10% now hold 67.4% of all the wealth in the US. The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.

if the rapture comes then at least my dog had a good life

Find our members both Saturday and Sunday in arcade section as well, where you'll be able to chat with us and grab our very cool zines & pins 😎

if the rapture comes then at least my dog had a good life

Why are they so afraid of autism. Is it the swag. Is it the autism swag

Game professionals form coalition to 'push against the dehumanization of Palestinians'

Also - I can't believe we let the worst comedians on the planet spend *years* defining Freedom of Speech as a moral obligation to laugh at their bad jokes, and not as a protection against government censorship. You've been crying wolf for a while now gang, and a real wolf just got here! SPEAK UP!

An early start to Raincoat Season this year

I Don’t Want To Do This Anymore #art

thinking about this screenshot from Columbo that makes it look like a 90s point-and-click adventure game

I have been thinking about this post for three days. all timer

Fictitious pubs in British Horror TV and film. Other than the obvious ones, which ones am I missing...? 🤔

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

Ingold's rules of narrative: - the universe must have a moral arc - plants always grow towards the light - mean people aren't interesting but nasty ones are - good people aren't interesting but kind ones are - every liar must be living a lie - every maze must have a minotaur

The evil that men do lives after them

when you have a monster energy drink after 4pm

Angelfire homepage dedicated to the color purple (1997). Back when we all had personal homepages.

Working with Emma over the past 2 years has been a pleasure. She’s extremely good at voice and character work, and I hope she snags a role that lets these strengths of hers flourish. I wholeheartedly recommend her for anything.

In shelf trinket news: I found a Green Man figurine from the 1998 Wade British Myths & Legends series to go with the Satyr I bought the other week. Just two ancient topless forest guys hanging out...

Lost her virginity on her mother’s grave, kept her husband’s calcified heart on her. Goths wish they could.

night coffee :)

I'm a wizard, baby #wotcstaff

Proud of my former colleagues Unionized Workers At Arkane, A Microsoft-Owned Studio, Demand That Microsoft Divest From Israel’s ‘Sinister Project For Gaza’ - aftermath.site/microsoft-az...

make art! if it's the end of the world, you might as well make art! if it's not the end of the world, then the future will be better because people made art right now!