y'all not talking about this found evidence because it doesn't fit your leftist narrative

Going through my grandmother's documents, and I found this Japanese movie magazine from the 60s that has her on the cover (amongst family pictures, some of them as old as the 1920s...) My little former-historian soul is kind of blown away.

“Harvard geneticist David Reich said … increasingly sophisticated analysis of genetic material made possible by technological advances shows that virtually everyone came from somewhere else, and everyone’s genetic background shows a mix from different waves of migration that washed over the globe.”

Fallen Pomodoro

True message of hope here from old-timey ads (taken at the 1938 tube carriage revival)

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Good people of BookSky, I come begging for reading recs. Let's say someone is by the sea, determined to do nothing except be lazy on the beach, and is looking for a novel that's very Good and Well-Written, but also generally sunny and happy and a page-turner. Anything comes to mind?

Of a mind to save it and send it over every time I come across someone who needs to read it...

Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:

*breathe in* I am not a dumpster fire. *breathe out* I am a dumpster phoenix.

Crafty weekend- embroidered a little guy on some jeans

Tim Curry on the set of The Three Musketeers (1993), in costume as Cardinal Richelieu, holding an original GameBoy.

And this is why hereditary privilege should not be a thing - certainly not monarchy, but also not inherited wealth. A 100% inheritance tax looking better by the minute...

She loves being on this cushion, despite it being very far from any hiding place or her pen 😅 Display rabbit

You guys, I believe this will be on the iPlayer eventually, and if you have even a passing interest in classical music, you should give it a watch. An absolutely epic rendition of a gorgeous work!

I need this.

Guys guys! After literal months, the books, they are all in the shelves 😍📚 And they all fit! (We don't ask how, we just give praise to the bookshelf gods. We also don't ask about the remaining pockets of mess.)

Game development.

This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.

www.reddit.com/r/transgende... Guess what? The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions. Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her? Read her own account here.

This one isn't strictly a sketch - it took me a fair bit longer than 1h - but yay, colours! Another drawme subreddit prompt that turned out really fun. There is a person out there who legit attached this number of balloons to her hair...

I'll say it once and I'll say it again. If you think artists are just "naturally talented", you're deeply wrong. The only difference between you and us is that we kept trying when it didn't come out like we hoped. You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.

Evergreen, and applicable to game design as well: go out there, look at other artforms, experience things, live life. That's how you get inspiration and knowledge to make the really cool things.

Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Doctor says, 'Treatment is simple. Have the plums in the icebox for breakfast. They're delicious. So sweet and so cold.' Man bursts into tears. Says, 'But doctor…

First time ever in the Lake District, and it doesn't disappoint! The rolling hills, the taller peaks, the water; such a beautiful place... I get what the fuss is about.

Part 4289 of the burnout recovery plan: resuming sketching. Found the "drawme" subreddit, and my goal is to do maybe one per day, keeping it to ~1h to 1h30 max. Let's see if that makes me progress 😅

Little impromptu photo walk through London.

An incomparable legend.

The fact that the world leaders are just letting this happen is such a grim thought. Everything we learned in history books about people not knowing? Nah. People know, but they either can't or won't do anything.

Age verification? I remember when I had to wait for my mom to get off the phone so I could carry on downloading porn at 56kbps.

The point when change is rushing around you is the point to act with integrity and compassion for the best. They have not won just because they appear to be winning now. There is no stability. There is no long-term to their plan.

You guys, writer's block is absolute ass. Why is it that some days I have entire word cascades pouring out of my fingers, and other days it's like squeezing a dry lemon for rotten juice? (The latter somehow more frequent when there is a deadline. Ugh.)

What you people do to your vowels should send you all to language jail (and I say this as a native speaker of French a.k.a. Nightmare of Silent Letters and Grammatical Exceptions.) I've lived in the UK fifteen whole years and learned how to pronounce "variable" like, six months ago. I cry.

If you ever think English isn’t a needlessly complicated language just remember that read and lead rhyme and read and lead rhyme but read and lead don't rhyme, and neither do read and lead.

Me: "As a French person, I really appreciate frequent and meaningful text exchanges from early on when getting to know someone and while building up to any further relationship" Me with my long-term French partner: (NB: "pouic" is French for "squeak")

Yes actually now is a great time to share good news Now is a great time to celebrate the good news of strangers To be the kind of people who are happy for other people to have good things happen to them Yes indeed

This is exactly it. If you want the next indie hit, fund stuff that doesn't look like it'll be the next indie hit. 99% of it won't be the next indie hit.

Sacre Bleu! According to the BBC absolutely nothing happened in Westminster hall today, hundreds of Trans people definitely did not undertake a mass lobby and MPs certainly didn't hear from their constituents about why the EHRC is a liability. Meanwhile in France... www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Take Us North by Anima Interactive is a narrative adventure/survival game that follows the journeys of migrants and asylum seekers on their way to cross the US-Mexico border. Their Kickstarter is LIVE NOW for only 17 more days. ❤ www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...

What are good newsletters about games? Less interested in reviews, more in critique, game studies and game design theory and practice. Halp!

Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw

This is your ongoing reminder that anti-migrant (“illegals”) and anti-trans politics (“gender ideology”) are current anchors of several authoritarian governments. People who tolerate, even selectively, such politics are facilitating the rise of fascism. This is why solidarity is key to oppose this.

Seen this going around but I’m Reposting it with the full alt text bc everyone deserves to read this glorious reply from Boy George

I once pet Damian Lewis's dog in front of a local shop before I knew it was his. Happy to report that the dog looked quite a lot like its owner.

I have a joke about Artemis, and it never misses the mark.

Oh hell, waking up to neighbours two gardens over taking down a beautiful tree. It must have been 50 years old at least and completely healthy, provided shelter for squirrels and magpies, shade in the summer, and privacy to many houses. I'm sad :(

Describe your favourite movie in the most misleading way possible: A former cop struggles with the impact AI has on his job :/

"The dev team would make decisions [...] which limited the stories they could tell and the world they could build. Then the title would be delayed a few months, at which point they’d be stuck with those old decisions with no chance to stop and reevaluate what was working." So horribly familiar.

I'm trying to comment on this without being hyperbolic. As a manager, insisting on deadlines that you and your ICs straight up don't believe are possible almost GUARANTEES that a) their work will be thrown out or completely redone and b) you will put them in danger of burning out.