I predict a LOT of child-free GenXers in the next 20 years banding together with their other childfree friends and sharing a house/condo.

Pocket Princesses 444: Ad Astra

"From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch." ― Edgar Mitchell

5 shows to get to know me Monty Python’s Flying Circus Bluey Mad Men Ted Lasso Muppet Babies

So Popmart is crashing. Ya know what? They deserve it. They could have milked Labubus for YEARS, if not for their rigid manufactured scarcity, which is a stupid strategy I will DIE condemning. They could have made more lines, more variants and they’d have kept ppl buying. Serves them right.

I hope this is driving home to folks that anti-DEI/anti-woke are functioning mostly as a way to make racism more palatable by framing it as a kind of defensive reaction to an imagined unfairness.

I was enjoying the intelligent questions at this NASA press conference and then some smarmy git had to ask ‘SpaceX has cool images why aren’t we gonna get 4k photos from the moon ARE U POOR?’

As a toy designer, I GUARANTEE you there are countless unused player designs that do stuff like this… playset items that work at both toy and human scale are always fun to come up with. See: endless ENDLESS hair play girl toys. I’ve designed SO MANY combs.

Who else declared ‘punch it!’ when they started the burn?….. (me, it was me… 🤓)

Okay, who at Mission Control is the Sailor Moon fan?!?! 🤩🤩🤩

My ladies chat is currently a bunch of 40+ career ladies talking about how we’re all at the stage in our careers where we are done with ladder climbing - the stress & fighting for respect isn’t worth the money Wake up babes we are not doing Girl Boss we are doing Girl Cog in a Wheel….Girl Coasting

Seek out your cohort, your people, the creators around you who have similar interests and are at the same stage of their careers as you; befriend the ones you genuinely like. They are your lifelines, your support, your creative partners. They are utterly invaluable and will often be friends for life

I bet they’re Thai Constellation monsteras. Plant-tok is frigging obsessed with them, thanks beige moms… 🙄

Paul is a friend and we’ve wanted to do something together for a while now. So this was basically perfect for us. Now, if we could only get a crack at Frozen, THEN you’d see some PEAK FAN storytelling…

All the Artemis 2 crew needs is a golden retriever called Sparky in a matching orange flight suit and they’d be all set to go solve space mysteries.

Permanently stocked 24-cases of Mixed IPAs. And Crunchy Cheetos. Rotating stock annoys me.

My fellow writers might not want to hear this, but AI is a useful tool for certain aspects of the craft, like for instance when you’re engaged in the process of being a talentless shitbag hack who is too lazy to do any fucking writing.

Hey Houston, guess what? …the loo’s broken! 😱😱😱

So stop me if you’ve heard this one.. @pauldini.bsky.social and some Aussie broad walk into Penguin Random House and made a LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK..!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩 Harley Quinn - Almost a Hero out Sep 1! Pre-order now! a.co/d/0izBDMB6

If NASA keeps a permanent livestream up for 10 solid days then it’s like we get a second Olympics! SCIENCE OLYMPICS!

Reid Wiseman is the most Main Character name for a Mission Commander ever Lolol. It’s like the Marvel version of Big McLargeHuge 😂😂😂

Heads up, space nerds! NASA’s YouTube channel has started the Artemis 2 livestream, so get comfy! www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

I am this old. *grooves out to dot matrix printer*

I do think that those lawyers and law professors who tried to fabricate a historical or legal case against birthright citizenship should be socially and professionally ostracized for their shocking cynicism and intellectual dishonesty as well as for their bald hostility to pluralist American values.

I’d eliminate Disney from this list but the point stands. Every animation studio should have a core of veteran creators who rack up decades then pass the torch to their protégés, who go on to oversee the next generation. (And yes, that should also include space for younger creators to innovate)

I think I’m getting to a point where big comic cons are just… exhausting, because the financial returns just aren’t delivering any more. Even for a middle class pro like me with no kids or pets, the costs are still staggering now. Table fees, flights, luggage, hotels, food.. it’s too much.

Ooh ooh I know this one!👋 No, and *Pffffft*HAHAHAH NO.

Immigration now Immigration tomorrow Immigration forever

I was of course working a huge con today but here was my little #NoKings contribution

Tell everyone that I am staying home as my emotional support orange tub of butter needs me

*screaming*

Good morning Chicago! There has been a slight shift in tabling in Artist Alley. Playing the part of @katiecandraw.bsky.social at table Z-01 will be ME!! I will endeavor to maintain the highest standards of dry midwestern humor you have come to expect. Also orange cat jokes. 👍

Airport report: San Diego. TSA lines out the door and snaking down the concourse but it moves quickly and there IS a TSA pre line. Using the latter, took me 30 mins to get through. Airport staff & TSA agents very organized 👍👍

Stop worrying about what YA books to let your kids read and let them sort it out with V C Andrews and cocaine era Stephen King as God intended

Post a non religious picture you think of as holy

I haven’t seen this yet but I’m REALLY impressed how much Disney put into the details here. These are VERY episode-specific props, food and spaces. BARKY BOATS for crying out loud 🤩🤩

I have reached that pre-con zone where I cannot draw another damn line and just want to pack, get out the door and on with the adventure.

At this stage, I’ll take any victory that JUST might accelerate an explosive myocardial infarction/aneurysm combo. 🤞😊🤞

Re last repost cuz Spike doesn’t allow quoting… I really have to wonder if this is why Artist Alley has become so choked with stickers & prints, because they’re VERY easy to locally print and ship. But anything book-like has to go through the China printing pipeline & all its current roadblocks.

Their primary plant was literally DOWN THE STREET from our distributor's warehouse in Tennessee. No tariffs, no port fees, no 6 weeks on a boat in Pacific, no queueing at Long Beach. It was INCREDIBLE. I wish with all my heart printing domestically was always viable.

We print in Asia (multiple countries) like 98% of the time (Canada sadly stopped being viable years ago). But the fuel for the shipping vessels our printers use comes through the strait. It's now either rationed, or nonexistant. Picture a US 1970s style line-at-the-pump, but for container ships.

I can’t wait to come back to Chicago it’s one of my favourite American citie-AAAAAAHHHH!! 😱

Disney….babes… you know about the Streisand effect, right? *pinches bridge of nose*

Don’t drive anywhere because gas costs too much. Don’t fly anywhere because the lines are eight days long and an ICE agent might shoot you when you reach for your ID. Greatest country in the world.

I miss looking at movie times in the daily newspaper so badly

I have one niece. I don’t expect her or anyone of my kin for a NANOSECOND to tend to me in my old age. I’ll just creak along in stubborn independence until I cark it in my sleep. It’s what Me would want.