the LLMs can be defeated by POETRY, its only fair the ai can be defeated by ART

The Fight ICE with Dice Charity Auction is live and has 150 donated items including handmade (and gorgeous dice sets) to support Immigrants' Rights organizations! Check it out! fighticewithdice.com/collections/...

A Firbolg adventurer joins the ranks. The filigree and the wood grain was so fun to paint! #DungeonsAndDragons #DnD #Daggerheart #MiniPainting #Miniature #Mini

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

If the below picture gets you thinking stats, classes, campaigns, and the incomparable joy of crit successes then please consider answering this short survey for my Folklore student's research project: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

I'd like to share with you this perfect moss ball 🌿✨

Macbeth: SHIT

This halftime brought to you by the arts and humanities.

what a shot

Another small warrior joins the resistance. 28mm and about 5 hours of painting #minipainting #miniatures #mini #DnD #Daggerheart #TTRPG

This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.

Mine is the Manitowish

Sometimes you have to take a step away from the horrors and focus on something that makes you slow down and be delicate and focused. Just finished paining this guy sculpted by Flesh of Gods and printed at 32mm scale. #D&D #DungeonsAndDragons #Daggerheart #TTRPG #minipainting

We're "A dressed ship showing flag positions"

The word armadillo is borrowed from Spanish and simply means “little armored one.” But an even better word for an armadillo, in my opinion, is the Nahuatl ayotochtli. It means “turtle rabbit.”

This has happened to me more times than I can count. Being one of the only people who can read cursive quickly on our staff is mind boggling sometimes.

A lovely post. Pray them to rest, indeed.

Currently processing an LGBTQ+ history collection while using my Keith Haring pencil. Life is feeling a bit on the nose today. Also, it’s gently encouraging a research project that has been slowly taking shape over the last few years. Time will tell.

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: a glass mosaic face bead. 1st century AD. 📷️ Landesmuseum Württemberg

For many years I have been posting little observations online. What you may not know is that for many years, artists have been illustrating them - for no reason other than they wanted to respond. Below is a thread of some of these beautiful drawings because they should be seen 🧵

“Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.” —Mary Shelley

This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end! It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍

Substitute draw good with write good (particularly if it is #TTRPG related) and it is still 100% solid advice.

Finally finished my contribution to #CorsetRevivalProject #upcycling contemporary corsets saved from landfill. I’ve highlighted the Arctic Whaling Trade where the whalebone/baleen came from. Working on a 3d base has been a real challenge!

It’s a small thing to celebrate, but my very senior dog just ate a bowl of food for the first time in three days! The vet said he’s okay, just old with kidney disease that messes with his appetite, but it was really concerning and now he seems to be doing better.

Also, if you’re having trouble concentrating you’re not alone. BOSS, THE FASCISM

And TALK ABOUT YOUR STUFF. Talk about what you make, what you’re proud of, what gives you joy in your work *Especially* if it’s also how you make rent, do not be ashamed to promote your art and forcefully disregard anyone who tries to shame you

I've reached out to two 80's hardcore punk bands for lyrics licensing requests through their labels, telling them about #KeepingTime and my budget. Both times, the guys came back with, "nah go ahead, use it for free." Punk's not dead. In fact, they're still out there, being radically kind.

Yearly reminder that you CAN just become a different person, you're not as imprisoned in your life as you think. You can just be the one who dresses nice or exercises or reads a lot, or whatever. You can just start doing it, some people might make fun of you but they don't really care.

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

James Merril’s poem “Christmas Tree,” written while he was dying of AIDS. 1995.

Sending you an image of a quilt my mother’s friend made. They were both public school teachers in Texas.

In moving to another building, I was going through a collection of uncatalogued records that had been sitting on a shelf, untouched, for 60 years. After dozens of boxes of useless receipts, I pulled another matching box. Inside, was the original handwritten manuscript of Benjamin Franklin’s eulogy!

But to underline an important point you made, I think Today's Discourse Shenigans also don't realise that a core archival research skill is knowing when *not* to read - how to skip or skim. Like, they seem to think we are cursed to read every receipt in the building, but that's the fast bit tbh.

When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

The research is the point. The reading is the point. The indecipherable handwriting is the point. The marginalia is the point. The weird quirks of penmanship are the point. The finding of the thing you didn’t even know you were looking for is the point

A sidecar made with lemons from my own tree. A wonderful way to celebrate Yuletide!

I don't want gen AI in my browser I don't want gen AI in my pc I don't want gen AI in my art I don't want gen AI in my games I don't want gen AI in my music I don't want gen AI in my movies I don't want gen AI in my books I don't want gen AI in my cart I don't want gen AI in my life

I think one of the reasons why people don't take the study of the humanities seriously is they think being a history buff = being a historian and reading a lot = being a literature scholar because there's still so little public understanding of what methodologies in those fields actually look like

An INCREDIBLE thread. Truly worth your time and then some.

A THREAD, which I am calling 'Some Of The Many Reasons Lichen And Moss Are Fucking Brilliant'. 1. They make public seating super comfy. bsky.app/profile/dj-a...

An important point #authors need to talk about: there are NO PAPERBACKS anymore. I’m at WW Norton and Harper Collins. They release hardbacks and ebooks and audio. Frequently they do NOT do a paperback at all. If they do, #books get remaindered. Unless you are a bestseller, you may never get one.

Just finished building a new dice tray. It holds three sets of dice and the storage compartment doubles as an phone/iPad stand. I’m so pleased with how it turned out! #Dnd #D&D #TTRPG #Daggerheart

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

Here’s your reminder to take chances even though it’s scary! I threw my hat into the ring for a freelance design gig-risky because I changed careers & haven’t done design work for about 5 years. The company loved my idea & now I’m designing a really, really cool thing for a #D&D related company!

THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks. You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.

I just finished my last assignment of grad school! My Masters of Library and Information Science and additional Graduate Certificate in Archival Science are done! #2MastersDegreesIn5Years #MLIS #VeryTiredArchivist

my number one most serious writing tip is to make cool friends. in the last year I've needed to know about blacksmithing, neo-medievalism in the american empire, and mid-century lesbian pulp publishing and each time I've been able to just. call a guy.