(blows past you in a two-horse covered sleigh; just absolutely smokes yer ass)

Once again NORAD Tracks Santa is nationalist & militaristic (nuclear weapons inter-twined) propaganda, was overtly established as such in the Cold War, and continues as such now. Have NOAA or NASA or whomever track Santa if we’re gonna do it.

#TextileTuesday : Chair cover (with #Parrot) Pennsylvania, USA,1875-1900 Wool: Plushwork, Embroidered Winterthur 1970.1528 museumcollection.winterthur.org/print-record... #BirdsInArt

#TextileTuesday : Textile, “Sea Saw” Designed by Ms. Sheila O'Hara (USA, b.1953), Manufactured by Muller-Zell GmgH & Co. KG, USA,1991 86% italian cotton, 14% polyester Cooper Hewitt 1993-39-1 collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/1864... #Fish #WomenArtists

Found the perfect charm for my PS Vita: a smaller PS Vita

Did you know that Luke and Iris have a secret podcast where they talk about all sorts of topics as Luke plays Netrunner online?

this might actually be a real reason why DOJ failed to properly redact documents (along with their general incompetence, love of AI, lack of staff, etc.)

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Toshiro Mifune in his Christmas sweater photographed for Eiga Star magazine, c. 1950

fucked up to think about but there was two grinches on noah's ark

In the Miami airport. Oohh… Aahhh.

From my parents' backyard

Free access today! All twelve pages of a Slavic fairy tale adaptation, KID BROTHER. Find it here: www.patreon.com/collection/1... There are loads of other free-to-read webcomics also, including the whole first chapter of a new story that will someday be a trade paperback-sized adventure. Hooray!

A new Around the Long Fire! Twas the week before Christmas and we’ve many updates to share, yet exhaustion has hit this fox and this bear. Please enjoy! www.abnormalmapping.com/around-the-l...

It’s your VERY LAST FEW HOURS to read and vote in the LAST PONY EXPRESS POLL of 2025!!!

I hate to plug the Ko-fi before Christmas but I had to pay off a lot of things last weekend and money is tight again... ;_; ko-fi.com/joshua4640

We play Final Fantasy X from arriving at the Mi'ihen Highlands to completing the Djose Temple. Along the way, we discuss the journey-type structure of the game, the first appearance of an evil church in the series, and what it means for Yuna to smile.

marks in my whale-books

Diplomoceras (the clippy) and Pseudocenoceras

I was offered archival snuff to inhale.

Part 2 of my new webcomic, SETTLERS OF THE STORM WORLDS, begins tomorrow: 12/22/2025, 10 AM on my Patreon--if you've got an extra buck to throw my way for early access! Read up on what's come before (for free) here: www.patreon.com/collection/1... New stuff becomes free in one week!

Mineral and crystal illustrations by Maurice Dessertenne from Nouveau Larousse illustré encyclopedia, published under the direction of Claude Augé for Éditions Larousse between 1897 and 1904, in 7 volumes and a supplement. #mineralart #MauriceDessertenne #sciart #minerals #naturalhistory

mushroom marcille 🍄 #art #dungeonmeshi

#MetalMonday + #MosaicMonday : Silver and Mosaic Inlay #Roadrunner Pin/Brooch Zuni artist, c.1925-1950 Set with jet, shell, turquoise, spiny oyster H 1-7/8 x W 2-7/8 in., 13.6 dwt. freemansauction.com/auctions/643... #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt #BirdsInArt

🌾 Winter Solstice, Birth of the Sun God, & my own day of birth ☀️ ❄️

Furry, forest frog-face

UPDATE: I just got off the phone with the bank, and to get my car back, I need to pay the entire remaining balance, which is a little over $5K. I feel awful asking for any more after how overwhelmingly powerful the response has been so far(!), but unfortunately we aren't quite out of the woods yet.

hey! i'm doing a winter sale, though not of games - but of my packs of moody, atmospheric photos of Maine! A Place Without Bodies volumes 1&2! over *600* photos, *with* license for commercial use, at 2/3rds off - just $20! great for projects of all kinds! lasts till jan 5th! ko-fi.com/s/bc50ecb11f

i am so g̶a̶y̶ HONORED to have contributed the logo for lesbian vampire noir SINK YOUR TEETH IN!!!

Hershel & Goblins

Penelope waiting for Odysseus ink on scratchboard 2013

On Oops All Anime, the gang discussed the 2018 adaptation of Banana Fish! MAPPA makes the decision to bump up the timeline from the mid-80s to the 2010s, but the story feels out of place because of it. We also dig into the recent Amazon AI dub fiasco. www.patreon.com/posts/146404...

A new Your Uncle’s Beach House! I was joined once again by @greatgrebe.bsky.social and @poyfuh.bsky.social to talk about It’s MyGO!!!!!’s dissonant sequel Ave Mujica! We have a lot of thoughts about this season, but we are united in one thing: we stan Nyamu www.abnormalmapping.com/your-uncles-...

I'm off to put a big stack of comics into the mail! Thanks, all, you'll have them soon! 61 copies left as of this morning. It's a limited edition, so I won't be reprinting them, so grab 'em if you want 'em! www.patreon.com/c/carlaspeed...

Yeah, this is the thing about it, isn't it. If you had some kind of advantage over the competition – why are you so invested in making sure everyone else has it?

Sisson Blanchard (Haiti, 1929-1981) #Fish, n.d. Oil on canvas, 72 x 72 in. freemansauction.com/auctions/638...

William Gropper! I translated several of his frayhayt cartoons for @anmlymag.bsky.social

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

By necessity, she is a friend to toads.

Shibata Zeshin (Japan, 1807–1891) #Fox by Mystic Fire Edo period, 19th c. Album leaf; lacquer on paper 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (11.4 x 8.9 cm) Met 36.100.136 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #JapaneseArt

Willow Tree and Mandarin Ducks in the Snow, Ito Jakuchu, 18th century

We’re recording after work today and could still use more questions! Send them to [email protected], or ask them here. They don’t even have to be about the game itself: we’ve come up with some alternate topics in the Patreon post, and feel free to bring up something else if you think it fits

For today's #ArtAdventCalendar, another of the pet portraits I did this year and the drawing I may have spent the most absurd amount of time on, but getting the shell textures was quite a challenge. Lovely turtle belongs to @hravn.bsky.social 🐢

Kierra and Oxley try to make their new relationship work, despite the pressures of the Christmas season. Andy consults Kierra for gender advice, and D.G. struggles to protect her daughter while staying ahead of the law. Eidolon ADULT #5 is available early for Patrons!

Kierra and Natalie each suffer a terrible misfortune that diminishes their spirits. To cheer them up, Oxley and D.G. take them to Sarah’s Hanukkah celebration, where everybody learns what it truly means to be in a relationship. Eidolon ADULT #4 is available now!