It has taken two servings of undeserved ice cream to get as far as we have but a large chunk of editing has been conquered and this episode will be out THIS WEEK but not tomorrow. So uh. Keep watching this space

THE SCOTTISH BOY has now finally been republished by Wilton Square/Eye Books, and if you want a queer action thriller that can best be described as “Heated Chivalry” you should buy it. bookshop.org/a/23067/9781... There’s also a great audiobook & thousands of amazon and goodreads reviews

Seeing a lot of YouTube videos of people making their digital games into physical. Innovation is always a positive but it isn't the point. The point of this attack by Sony and others is that they don't want you to own your games. They don't want you to sell them. They don't want a friend borrowing.

Have a name good for crosswords and your fame will never die

I am going to buckle down and finish editing this podcast episode and when it's done I'm going to get ice cream at Margie's to celebrate. Watch this space

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social Assigned Media finds NYT ran 5 trans sports stories after recent SCOTUS ruling but none quoted trans ppl. This continues its run of being the most likely major outlet to run multiple trans pieces but least likely to quote trans ppl. Grow up, Sulzberger.

I'm the person who set up the deck chairs on the Titanic originally and tbh I'm a little offended you think they need rearranging at all let alone at this time

not saying anything new, but if these folks actually believed in genAI writing, they'd disclose it, tout it, and build their own audiences elsewhere and leave others be. hiding and sneaking it to markets who want no part of it doesn't prove you're good at writing. just proves you're good at fraud.

Instagram sucks and Meta is evil but I unfortunately set up an art/crafting account there that you can follow if you want. And if there are workable alternatives to Instagram for artists please let me know!! Would love to be involved with fewer hellsites

Starting imminently!!

After a truly baffling coffin-elevator cutscene last week, @robinbombus.bsky.social and I are heading back to Nokron tonight in Elden Ring. Join in at 7:30pm CT!

Can anybody point me toward reviews of Maddie's Secret by trans movie critics? I've seen plenty of glowing reviews from cis men who love John Early and I would like a take from a different perspective before I see it, and I'm having trouble finding any

They should invent a way out that isn't through

TrinketFest July 19th in Chicago.... it's happening and I'll be there selling stickers, a print and maybe a couple other things! Preview of the merch 🦞

It was SO much fun to record this episode and then again fun to edit because IAmTheSnuggler was a delight to interview! He looks exactly like his icon btw. Which if you'd like to know more about it, listen on! We also talk Case of the Golden Idol

IM UNWELLLL I NEED LIKE 3 BUSINESS DAYS TO PROCESS

I published a book on American democracy almost a year ago now. This is the conclusion.

Omfg one of Snuggler's very talented subscribers already drew this depiction of his Pantagruel icon wearing the original Snuggler's outfit from the Tim and Eric sketch since we joked about it in the episode. I'm awestruck by the beauty

Omfg one of Snuggler's very talented subscribers already drew this depiction of his Pantagruel icon wearing the original Snuggler's outfit from the Tim and Eric sketch since we joked about it in the episode. I'm awestruck by the beauty

It was SO much fun to record this episode and then again fun to edit because IAmTheSnuggler was a delight to interview! He looks exactly like his icon btw. Which if you'd like to know more about it, listen on! We also talk Case of the Golden Idol

PlayStation Ushers in Digital Dark Age for Own Medium

Pride month is over. Envy month begins

The Supreme Court yet again tells trans kids that their lives, safety and needs don't matter. Put aside how you feel about sports, this isn't about that. It isn't even about politics. It's about the violence of adults forcing children to be people they aren't, and punishing them for having dreams.

The trans sports ban are almost completely an invention of the media, conservative and mainstream. it has been years of lies, of shoddy fact checking on just completely false conservative claims, years of phony concern trolling.

donate to trans folks!!!

The most important part of being in a community is knowing all the initialisms and acronyms. When you've got those down you've really made it

Rejected from this thing I applied to. Onward!!

Come hang at 7:30pm CT, shame me about vacation then!!

Are y'all sure you wanna gas up Ray Gunn if Brad Bird is gonna tapdance around working with sexual predator John Lasseter? Are you? 🤨

Is there any Chicago cocktail bar with a drink on the menu called Corn Sweat? Bc I'd pay $17 plus tax and tip for that

Fellow fiber artists: are you the type of person who weaves in ends as you go (a saint or angel etc), or a gremlin who procrastinates on that til the very end of a project bc it's unsatisfying and then gets overwhelmed (me)

I did finally get the perfect Mother's Day gift with which to power-move my siblings btw and they're earrings that match MY eyes exactly.

If anybody wants me, a person who has never played a GTA game and doesn't really want to, to review GTA VI when it's out, please let me know. I won't do it but it would entertain me to know you want me to

Who's everybody's dream Isaac Chotiner interviewee? Bari Weiss is top of mind for me obviously, but I'm sure there are so many weirdos out there who deserve a verbal flaying that I don't even know about

thank you carly rae jepsen for inventing the concept of wind and also kneehigh boots www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xqe...

Seeing "AC discourse" trending and got excited for a second because I thought there might've been Animal Crossing news. But there wasn't. And Europeans are still overheating :(

reading anything by Le Guin is an exercise in saying FUCK at varying volumes—incredulity at her skill, being again happily returned to one’s place in the world in which smallness is neither detriment nor remedy, awe at the incisive clarity of her language—how is she continually this good? etc etc.

Shell purse is now done for real! I missed crocheting, this was so fun. Now it ships off to my friend

Join me and @robinbombus.bsky.social at 7:30pm CT / 8:30pm ET (in about 20 min) for more Elden Ring! We're going to a festival so be ready to party with us

Hello. I still need to weave in the ends and attach a chain but check out the nautilus shell-shaped bag I just finished crocheting

Do you think if I had a three-part name people would take me more seriously. A la Heather Cox Richardson or Joyce Carol Oates

Look at this lovely little boat I saw on the river yesterday. I wanted to just hop in and drive it away

My dear friend just started a youtube channel for her miniature crafting, go give her a follow!!

Friends are making bad choices but I can't stop them (they want to get food in West loop instead of Chinatown)

Update: my sister did join for stream but only because love island WASN'T on tonight actually.

Free business idea: bottle & sell the algae-ridden water of the fucked-up reflecting pool. When they finally fix it every bottle will be a historical relic and they'll only appreciate in value

Texted my sister hours ago to make sure she'd be watching even though there's Love Island on tonight and she hasn't texted me back.... concerning. Anyway this is in 20 min!!

TONIGHT, @stellarine.bsky.social and I will celebrate our stream's first birthday with a dive into the next fest demo pile! 8:30 ET at www.twitch.tv/parallelplay...

There's nothing better than a breakup album. Sorry to every musician who went through all that but for my listening pleasure it's really great

Hello these are REAL QUESTIONS and I would love answers!! Let me know if you have thoughts. I treasure your thoughts