First insect of 2026 (at least, the first one to hold still long enough for me to take a photo): Boisea rubrolineata, the Western Boxelder Bug. #Bugsky

Gee, thanks, Depression, for waiting until 7PM on December 31 to hit like a ton of bricks.

Well, my New Years Eve plans are set

Me, reading all of the "name your biggest/favorite/greatest accomplishment in 2025" posts: "do I have to have accomplished anything at all?"

It is utterly wild to me that for my entire lifetime “you can’t use a calculator in math class” was a completely accepted position despite calculators being everywhere in real life, and “you shouldn’t use AI to write papers” is an opinion apparently so toxic professors jobs are being threatened.

My first (and only) drawing from 2025: a succulent that I just finished as a Christmas gift for my mom.

My first (and only) drawing from 2025: a succulent that I just finished as a Christmas gift for my mom.

Tried soloing some new mythic Dragonflight raid bosses after a long hiatus... Got three of them down so far!

Ghost Hunter Simulator v0.1.6 patch is available now! It was actually available yesterday, but I didn't get the patch notes up until today - life sure can be busy! 😄 Check out the Patch Notes on Steam: store.steampowered.com/news/app/325... #indiegames #games #ghosts

If 23 more people buy Ghost Hunter Simulator, we'll break 100 sales. Zero marketing. XD

I may not be very good at anything I do, but I'm proud of the fact that I have not and will never use generative AI for any of it. Not for work, not for art, not for game dev stuff, not for anything. Ever.

We pushed our Christmas Patch - which includes some bug fixes and such. Also I decorated New Hamburger for Christmas. :D We're not a part of the Christmas sale, but you have 3 more days to get our launch discount!

We love watching people play the game. It helps us find bugs, fix pain points, and make the game better. If you stream it, let us know and we'll come watch!

If you want a game you know does not and will not have genAI used (at any point in the process), can I recommend Ghost Hunter Simulator? store.steampowered.com/app/3256780/...

We don't have Netflix this year so we had to uh... improvise for our Yule Log video. youtu.be/DUMCN0QBUxo?... #GhostHunterSimulator

The only way indies save the industry is if everyone helps. We can't do it alone. This is why we at Prime8 repost games and talk so much about our friend's work, because we are critically aware of how important it is.

Today I bought 8 games that had been sitting on my wishlist on Steam. I am also planning on reviewing at least 2 games I loved. Consider supporting indies by doing something similar yourself this holiday season. You might be making that small indie company's year.

I made things in here!!!

This is apparently the most "woke" font. We also use it in Ghost Hunter Simulator, in case you wanted a hint at what kind of game it is. XD

is hamilton still sold out

Also - if you pick it up and love it - please leave a review so we hit that magical breakpoint for visibility. <3

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Love finding out I'm on standby for jury duty the week of Christmas.

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I LOVE books on local wildlife and I love when they feature traditional Illustrations. However, opening an otherwise beautiful example to see that their art entry for cicadas is the periodical cicada which we don't even have in California (let alone the local area) hurts my soul.

Made a quick stop at the local used bookstore today and was saddened to see that their natural history section is now 99% bird books with no insects and a fraction of their usual plant selections. Guess I've exhausted the entomological book supply in the greater Sacramento area. 😢

Crikey. I've been massively cutting back on my subscriptions/etc lately to try to save money, so of course my Entomological Society membership is due to renew and it's $175! Guess I'll go rogue this year; it means less access to older journal articles but that price is too damn steep.

I wonder what it's like to fall asleep when you go to bed instead of struggling in vain to get your mind and body to wind down only to collapse into fitful slumber after three hours or so. SMDH

Okay. I've seen more and more of this on the feed, and I can't mince words anymore. If you're advocating for pirating books, particularly from indie authors, unfollow me. Now. I don't care about your reasoning, you're not being an activist, and you sure as hell aren't "sticking it to companies"-

I need to do a bit of cooking for tomorrow, but lately everything I do is garbage and I'm not feeling very motivated.

No work for five days. It won't be terribly relaxing, but I'll still take it.

I HATE paying Adobe a monthly sub just to use Photoshop and Acrobat, but I've yet to find replacements for either program. GIMP is terrible, Affinity is apparently evil AI, and NOTHING seems to have the functionality of Acrobat (for editing etc, not just reading).

Is there such a thing as a free photo gallery platform that is customizable and ad-free (and not just for those willing to pay for those added features)?

Surprised I managed to go this long without seeing the annual "actually turkey is bad and you should hate it" discourse.

Apparently I made some REALLY good cheeseburgers tonight.

Your defensive magic-user battalion suffering from absenteeism? Problematic mage gap.

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Possibly controversial opinion: transmogging in WoW should be free. No charge for outfit slots, no charge to change or apply mogs. Free.

Whew, a server restart seems to have fixed my Symbiota issues. I still can't get a backup downloaded, but I can add data and should be able to back everything up through my host.

Well... Apparently when changing PHP versions on my shared host, I broke my Symbiota installation so that I can't add data or download backups. If I can't fix this, my entire insect collection digitization journey comes to an abrupt halt.

A friend is streaming our game! www.twitch.tv/speakofthejo...

Chuck the Caver is a shitty creepypasta.

I haven't been to an ESA annual meeting in 20 years. I miss those days now and then!

www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/07/w... #invasivespecies #biocontrol

Today I learned that my backyard is home to THREE species of stilt bug.

I bought one and it's a steal at only $1!

Seeing all the horrible people freaking out about last night's election results will never stop being a source of joy for me.

Fantastic news!! This entomology club was fully funded to purchase pinning and other supplies. Thank you friends! 🪲🐛🥳❤️