Soz, I've been a bit absent from here this month. Lotsa outside world traumas being reflected inwards at work. Folks are going thru it right now. Kinda exhausted. Been consistently writing every night & managing a bit of Spoopy October Campaign escapism with my D&D troupe tho. Oddly productive.🎃

Video game where you are a pair of ragdoll cats who must heist a mystical Egyptian cat statue from the British Museum. You have to stake out the place, figure out a plan, execute it flawlessly etc. While being cats.

Higgledy piggledy Timothée Chalamet Has a name meriting Endless design Much like his forerunner Benedict Cumberbatch: Hexasyllabically, Easy to rhyme

Huh, so the UK implements ID checks and then bam, almost immediately everyone's state ID data is leaked. Never, and I mean never, share a photo of your official documents. It is never worth it.

it’s time

Part of why people get so excited for Halloween is because it's one of the few holidays that isn't centered around family. You can just go & do your own weird thing. Embrace your inner werewolf. Howl at the moon. Chase a squirrel. Pass out in your bath tub. No one will stop you.

A cartoon from my new book PHYSICS FOR CATS which comes out a week tomorrow! Preorder at you local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

I love science. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Y'know what? I've hit on a stretch of burnout hard this past half-year (as a lot of creatives have), so I'm gonna give this a shot just to get me writing some lil' ficlets. Lil' lewd literatures. It's Kinktober, let's do this!

HANG IN THERE! 화이팅! #art|#kpdh

Listen, I swore I was gonna act sane about the prospect of a Homestuck animated show. But the pilot: youtu.be/vQszKkN6Jb0?... legit had me squeeing like it's the final year of my degree again & the only things driving my thesis are dangerous amounts of red bull & marathon-reading Homestuck!♠️♦️♣️♥️🪣

I used to hate rigging but thanks to it I can squish my chunky boi now #blender #solodev #indiedev #gamedev

this is absolutely true and it's also a culture of disconnection, of undermining communitarian culture

*raises hand tentatively* Me. Yup, definitely me. It's been years since I've played MtG (and had little interest in any of the wild crossovers recently), but THIS has my attention. Do I want to try and build an Eldritch Cursed all-Furby deck? Yes. Undeniably yes.

This is the content I want on my bluesky thx

I’ll be at the corner handing out abortions and gender to whoever wants whatever thing There’s a taco truck a block over

@zeeia-kii.ro I feel you may vibe with this, Zeeia. 😋

October draws near. Activate bat mode!

I love mushrooms - like, what are they? Funky lil dudes with a million genders who defy all categorisation, taste delicious, and sometimes kill you horribly? Amazing. I'm so on board. Tell me more.

806,000 people have so far told the government to shove it over digital ID, let’s get it higher

A message from Liam Óg....

"Polydactyly" Me, a scholar: "Hmm, yes...in the manner of a non-monogamous pterodactyl."

Any Edinburghers in my followers who happen to be free tomorrow, how about you come along to Erin's open launch party? Awesome sci-fi industrial cyberpunk art combined with music in a perfect combo. I'll be there. If yer not able to make the launch, do check out the exhibition - open all weekend! 🤖

I'm happy to announce my mini exhibitions starting on 26/08 presented by Hot Snake Studios, NEON TRAVESTY. Launch party is on the 26th from 6pm and is open to all. Exhibition open from 10am to 6pm on the 27th and 28th. #artexhibition #scifiart #neon #edinburghart #scottishartist #neontravesty

Jiggle. That. Cat.

You: eponymous My brain: ah, yes. “Pertaining to Link’s horse, Epona, from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time”

I am really skeptical of the idea that there has been a generational change in acceptance of sex scenes or porn I do think - in country with porn bans on the books & w/ pornography and sex work linked to queer identity and reproductive freedom - that liberation requires integrating sexuality

AO3 and fic authors saved my life, bless every queer indie writer out there banging it out in the Explicit tag 🙇

This is a really thoughtful piece, touching on a lot of my own discomforts around adapting fanfic for the publishing market. It also, to an extent applies to adapting particular niche genres (like ABO) into mainstream markets - in turn diluting the subversion at the heart of transformative fic.

I think you guys are lying on Gen Z & this narrative they're not going to the movies. From what I gather, more & more of them are going to the theatre, especially to ones that show old films. And they're wanting more original films. I think studios should stop scapegoating them.

🧵 A most excellent thread on Pictish Symbol Stone Carvings ~

It is important to keep in mind that humans have been being human for a very, very long time. Humans have always been doing all sorts of terrible and wonderful things, and that includes drawing funny little guys and then showing them to our friends.

Extremely relatable 900-year-old poem 🧡

Ladies everywhere: *swoon*

Stephen Mullen, a highly regarded historian specialising in Scotland's links with Atlantic slavery, objects to a right wing scholar's flagrant misrepresentation of his own work and that of Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum's curators in @thetimes.com alanlester.co.uk/blog/falsify...

if ERP you seek from me you first must solve my riddles three

Thank you for saying this, it's starting to feel like the avocado toast thing but for Zoomers

Yet another Eldritch Furby child for y'all to appreciate...

They moved a historic house in downtown Erie today from one street to another, and the timelapse from Erie News is so cool. Despite rain, it took about seven hours.

Orange’s eye surgery was SUCCESS🙌🏻 But his journey isn’t over yet.. Orange next battle will be BLADDER SURGERY💔 It’s tough + costly again😭 FREE COMMS. Just share this. Every donation can save Orange🧡 Our page 📍 gogetfunding.com/oranges-blad... 📍 Ko-fi.com/sageandorange #comms #art

Do NOT believe the misinfo going around There absolutely have been MASSIVE TOS updates Most notably: 1) Specifying no FICTIONAL noncon 2) No "dangerous" kink 3) No DISCUSSING self harm, suicide, or substance abuse unless its "educational" So what can we DO about it? #SaveSpeech 1/🧵

I'd been freakin' out a lil' as all my portable tech suddenly gave up the ghost this summer. Sadly, I'll still probs need to upgrade my phone early next year, but hopefully I can un-brick my watch with a little clever tinkering, un-glitch my e-reader then strip back & reinforce the case so it'll...

This is how sex workers should be treated by society. Not scandalised, not stigmatised, not rejected or subjected to religious fundamentalists as is the case here in Ireland.

Together, they combine to form Leathercuck.

My country today www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

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is this not what y'all refer to when you're talking about "gyros"

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This looks so cool!!!! 🔭🧪 #scicomm