Lovely Bird Songs 🎶

All of life is choosing the better of things no matter how bad the choices are sometimes, not shirking from responsibility claiming principles as an excuse to salve your fake righteousness.

"The Night Feeling" - my oil painting

"So what, maybe Luna had it right." I think I'll always love them.

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

never make fun of someone who hasn't heard of something cool. you get to introduce them to a movie or an album that will change their aesthetic perspective. don't get so excited to act cool that you forget to actually be cool for once

"Plants can awaken just like anything else. Ask the Amazon jungle." Laughter. "I am completely serious." #WhatsUpBabyWeLustriaUpInHere #Shadowrun

"They were at Deception Pass state park." "That's a great name. Love that name." "It's a real place!" "That's a GREAT name, love that name!" #OminousNamingConventions #Shadowrun

As do I

Oh my god yes.

(And a little out of place. But felt right, here) Kaiser, looking to the screen with Hawk and Dove on it, in a simulacrum of hugging each other. "Children shouldn't have to grow up in war." #Lancer #OperationSolsticeRain #EndOfCombatOperations

Kaiser-"I am so glad we decided to come here." Ren-"You touched the fucking thing!" #ItHadToBeThisWay #LickTheScience #NoSpoilersGifAccurate #Lancer

"It made contact with you, and that's the important part." "...say that again." #Lancer #FollowedByThisLink www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCu9...

Kaiser sitting on the ship having to work sudden bugs out of Doves code "Who the fuck taught her 'free ram download no virus bank app' I'm gonna kill the fucker" #Lancer #ImpressionableNHPs #WeJustWantedHerHelpWithStocks #NoneOfUsAreAccountants

"Dove can you check my investment portfolio?" "We should sell on-" "No, this is the dip, you Buy. The. Dip." #JustCheckingTheMunicipalBuilding #ItsFine #Lancer

"Would an Anti-Materiel round breach the hatch?" "The hatch IS made of materiel, and I have something explicitly *for* getting through materiel." #Lancer #WeSaidTheyCouldLeave #NotThatWeWouldntSabotageTheirVehicle

Kaiser-"I pat him gently with the mech's middle finger." #Lancer #WeCanRibTheCapturedGuysALittle #IAlsoForgotThisSceneExisted #SoStandaloneComplex #PatlaborHeadPat

Kaiser-"I go over to the other survivor and pluck him up. "Welcome to the family son. Union's happy to have ya." "Go to hell, ThirdComm." Kaiser-"Aw, don't be like that friend." #ThisIsKindOfHeavyMeaningfulComingFromKaiser #SoftTacosLater #Lancer www.youtube.com/shorts/k3BKg...

Ren-"Ren is going to try to attack the pilot in Honesty's cockpit." Honesty-"No, stoppit!" *Smacking at him.* Ren- "I promised to melt him to his bones, gimme." #Lancer #IGrabbedThisOneIGetToKeepIt

"What do they feed berserker pilots, bro just stop!" "They feed them their last meals." #Lancer #AllHisFriendsAreDead #AndThisManIsCommittedTo7DamageEveryTurn

Honesty-"I was twelve years old when a Union pilot cracked open my cockpit, and held out a hand instead of a gun." GM-"You hit successfully. When you break his cockpit, do you hold out a hand?" Honesty-"Yes." #Lancer #ISaidIWasHereToHelpPeople #OkayCharity #YourWayOneMoreTime

"Turns out folks, that fission fuel can melt steel beams." #Lancer

"As I level the flamethrower again, I look to the kid and give 'em a nod. And then I say to this guy "How the fuck did you live this long?" #RenContinuesToBeTheScaryOne #Lancer

"Maybe the Sag goes first before he dies." "Hang on, what are you losing?" "My manipulators." "....you have manipulators?" #SinceLevelOne #OneOfOurListenersGotMad #ButTheySureDoFillASlotWhenYouNeedToLoseSomethingHuh #Lancer

"I kinda wanna capture that guy, I just feel bad for him." "How did you survive the war? 'My own ineptitude and pity.' " #Lancer #SaveNPCsYouSay #ThisGuyReallyDidHaveABadDay

GM-"He's FINALLY going to get to swing the hammer!" "Even with Lock On, he'll miss." "No w-" *miss.* GM-"..." #Lancer #DemolisherNPC #BudJustGiveUpAndGoHome

"Overcharge." *Overheat, Meltdown* "Fuck I'm impaired, I shouldn't have - oh." *19 on save* "Never punished!" "Moderately punished." #Lancer #ModeratePunishment #DoinFine

"Just Puppet Systems him and dunk him again. Don't even shoot him, you just keep doing that." Kaiser-"Hahaha, the nerd is the bully now!" #Lancer #ThePuppetSystemsIsMyGun #TurnsOutTheRealPowerWasTheMovementControlWeFoundAlongTheWay

"Alex subplot." #Lancer #ThisExceptHeWasWinningForMostOfIt

"So he's immobilized, so he can't stand up. But because of how Pinning Spire works, he's in melee range." "Flail wildly. Rage against the Fluid." #Lancer #RageAgainstTheFluid #AlexLiterallyFoughtThreeBerserkersMostlyAlone #WhiteWitchLLSAreSomeFantasticNonsense #GifAccurateEnemyBehavior

GM-"He takes his turn to stabilize and reload." Allum-"He has the same plan as me! **But I can do more.**" #Lancer #ThisIsWhereThoseArgumentsAboutPCCapabilityVsNPCAreValid #HesSpentTheWholeGameProvingThis

"Oh, you could mortar the berserkers." "That was the plan!" One attack later GM- "It's not Allum until he hits *everything on the field.*" #Lancer #OurSniperIsAlsoArtillery #ReminderLiterallyTheNicestOne

He NEVER went up his own ass, NEVER. And for a global superstar out of Hollywood this is a rare rare thing. From Carpenter to icon. A credit to my profession. Love the guy. A visibly moved HARRISON FORD accepting his AFI Life Achievement Award in Los Angeles this month.

If you havent seen this, make sure you read.

A) This looks like a *painting*. B) file this under "One of the best propaganda pictures to ever exist." Slava Ukraini

....It has been a long time since I had a reaction THIS visceral to a red flag that big and bright. I didn't know you could encounter the Uncanny Valley through text, but that person is Wrong enough the only valid response is the one you'd have to *danger* .

Dan Rather represents an era when journalism wasn't as polarized into political groups. I miss those days. 😭

The largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as M31. It is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars, thousands of star clusters in a section of the galaxy’s disc stretching across over 40 000 light-years. Original post

On the offchance anybody knows how to get this to Belle Of The Ranch, hitting the quote post here to maximize the chances.

Today is #TransDayOfVisibility, & I wanted to share this great reading list that @slj.com put together last year. It features 14 books for middle grade & teen readers by trans creators or about trans characters. Add some to your list or your library! ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

You know what? Sure, I'll (ra)bite.

GM-"Oryon you're up." Oryon-"Punch bitch get paid." #Shadowrun #WereHelping #HeGotAttackedWithATireIronAndJustKeptHittingTheGuy

GM-"So, you're doing Stun right?" Shoju-"With the tennis balls, yes." GM-"Well he has TWO BOXES LEFT." Shoju-"Mage is currently anime throwing up blood." #TennisBallPoppedOff #HesFineItsFine #Shadowrun

"I get a +1 because they're prone." #GetMatadordAsshole #IHaveSeenThisInRealLife #ItsNotGreat #Shadowrun

"Okay, Shojumaru's turn." "Oh god." "Oh GOD." "I walked way from the computer, what's - " *Goring Horns* "Please tell me you still have the tennis balls on?" "I do." #Olé #Shadowrun

"So you do half his stun at once." "What makes the total stun track anyways?" "Half body plus willpower." "Oh. I take it back: he's just nearly unconscious." "She put tennis balls on them for non-lethal." #Bonk #AlmostLiteralBullRush #BecauseCow #Shadowrun #GMWasThinkingOfThisScene

"That is fantastic." "Phantom-tastic. Phantasmic, even." #NoneDareFaceMeInPuntoPunCombat #BecauseIHaveAGun #Shadowrun

Okuni-"I say, loudly, "What blasphemy is this? Begone." and I cast Stun Bolt on him." GM-"The nicer version of mana bolt." Okuni - "For a given definition of 'nicer', I'm still casting it at Force 6." #OffOrFullPower #ImSoProud #Shadowrun

"Gun is 10P? Today I learned cow horns equate Gun" #ThisFeelsCorrect #Shadowrun