I would like to stop worrying about how I'm going to buy groceries

I think someone I know was offering advice on this but I can't remember who, so if it was you, please see below?

@tkingfisher.com If you want to save your old LJ (and the Gearworld LJ)

Closing up shop in a couple hours to ship outstanding orders. Last thread of 2025, and we'll be back in mid-January. Free US shipping over $25, flat $4 otherwise, LGBTQIA+ staffed and owned. Blood & Glory, Garnet and Rutilated Quartz, $93. www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

Goat down! I repeat: Goat down! www.dn.se/sverige/stor...

Highly amused by the stories of companies using agentic AI chatbots to run their internal company stores, only for their employees to immediately Bugs Bunny the chatbot into giving them free stuff www.aiweirdness.com/when-a-chatb...

As a disabled guy, I don't care that much about a few abled people faking disabilities. My concern lies with the myriad disabled people who have talked themselves into thinking they aren't disabled and hurt themselves over and over trying to stay invisible.

Holy shit this actually worked

For SCIENCE

uh oh my sister got mad again Drink It Neat | NO ICE www.etsy.com/listing/4426...

They checked each others' rental contracts. Both were valid. "This isn't supposed to be possible," the wizard said. "Impossibles are your domain," the princess said, "but here we are." They looked at the tower. "Do you want a-" said the wizard. "Apprentice?" "-roommate?" "Yes," both said.

If you cam see this, WE IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

For real, if you know a person with ADHD (or more than one!), this would be a fantastic gift. And even if it's not their thing, I guarantee they'll know someone with ADHD and pass it along (or even just spread the word b/c the original will be sitting carefully stored at the bottom of a doompile).

Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.

This is an insane thing to do but I'm getting desperate: My husband is an extremely skilled tier 3 tech support worker with a bachelor's of economics, familiarity with a wide variety of technical systems, and a long employment history in aerospace. He's been out of work for seven months now.

You waaaaant this. My beloved editor is also a very good writer of comics, and Ale’s art is fantastic.

Look I love these books. They are fun! They have suspense without making me anxious! They will not add to your burden of existential dread! YOU NEED BOOKS THAT ARE GOOD AND FUN AND ENJOYABLE GO READ THEM

The alien space probe entered Earth's orbit and sent a brief radio signal. An international team was set up. Analysis of the probe revealed it likely was 65 million years old, and originated in the Solar system. There was a sticker on it, half as old. At last, it was decoded: "Return to sender."

Last day for pottery! I'll be closing the shop tomorrow. Still some frog bowls and leopard geckos waiting for you.

Opening the online pottery shop for a few days with some frog mugs and bowls, some geckos and a very few special bird things. Only keeping the shop open for a few days so I can get everything off in the mail before taking a break for the holidays - shop till Friday Dec 12! sarahwithtea.com/shop

We need to bring back the thing where we used to write off specious arguments by saying “cool story, bro.”

Day 9: Ichthyosaur Apparently the closest living relative to an ichthyosaur is a turtle? Can anyone out there correct me on this? #ArtAdventCalendar #art #DigitalArt #PaleoArt #Ichthyosaur #SciArt #Reptile #Nature #Animal #ocean #blue

Day 7: Psittacosaurus Say you're on your daily jog through the forest and then this jumps out at you, like so! #ArtAdventCalendar #Art #DigitalArt #dinosaur #paleoart #SciArt #paleontology

I'm later than usual for this because....life, but having not scored a MAG hotel room in the lottery I'm both looking at non-lottery options and also... Anybody got a spare sleeping surface at MAG?

okee nederlandse mensen i need a haircut & I'd strongly prefer to also get it rebleached so i can make it aqua properly again. however i also use henna to get the correct undertone that works right with the dye i use to get the exact My Color last time i had my hair cut they purposely butchered it

Periodic reminder: if you care passionately about online privacy, security, anonymity, and not having to fear bullshit speech restrictions, one of the best US organizations to put your budgetary dollars for it is the Free Speech Coalition: www.freespeechcoalition.com/join

Take several months off to deal with the burnout, then go right back to my current job because I do what I do to help keep people safe

In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu lies dreaming. I focus on my dreamwatcher machine, making minute adjustments in all five dimensions. The Great Old One whimpers, vast limbs twitching in unease. What visions can terrify such an entity? An image forms in the machine. A classroom. No trousers.

Normally, yeah, I'd be pushing merch today, or doing one better and just not adding to the wall of Black Friday noise. Instead, well, funds are low and I need to get my hands on maxi pads and gas to pick my gf up from the airport tonight. Fun times.

If you are in the National Guard and fear you may be deployed to violate the rights of US citizens, there is help. Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487 Visit girightshotline.org for more information

** Post for my supporters on Patreon and Ko-Fi is going out tomorrow - the collected stories (and poem) from October this year, with annotations. I try to do two such posts per month - the previous month, and an historical one. If that's something you fancy, or if you want to support me, 1/2 **

If you've been waiting for a smaller/netted lepidolite, watch this space, I've just finished 2 and I'll have them listed soon. Got 2 showstoppers already up for grabs: oishiny.etsy.com #Handmade #ShopSmall

Hey folks! For the past few years Jim and Dave opened their home and hearts to two foster kids and were in the process of adopting them. Now they’re in a legal fight to try and keep their daughters. The costs are mounting, and if you can help and want to… gofund.me/04917947c

Why would a fish god be in a volcano? This Dunkleosteus was consumed by an abyssal vent over 350 million years ago...Before the volcanic island breached the ocean's surface! It is the oldest god in the volcanic pantheon from my game about extinction. #gamedev #art #sciart #paleoart #madewithspine

ADHD overwhelm

OK - pie discourse - best pie story: In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).* The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner. /1

PRE-ORDER NOW IF 100 OF YOU SHOW ME RECEIPTS I WILL HAVE LIVESTOCK DELIVERED TO KB'S HOUSE

You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before

Bloop! www.peculiarityshop.com

I have found treasure. And by that I mean ARCs of my favorite book I've written. I'll throw them up, signed, on the shop for the cost of shipping only soon. It's a rape revenge novel and how I processed my own disassociation post attack.

I paused, out of breath. The Void had taken all my frustrated screaming and absorbed it. "I'm sorry," I whispered. "You must have heard all this before, countless times." 'only you,' said the Void, 'scream your frustration like you do' I took a deep breath to resume, then smiled. "Thanks."

remembered the hard way that firefox mobile has about:config disabled but googling it again means i learned about chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml where you can set general.aboutConfig.enable to true and then your about:config works again 💖

gif that pops up when I type my name