Following the heinous murder of Charlie Kirk, the admin offered no ideas to protect us from gun violence but has been very busy trying to control free speech. They believe in the 2nd amdt but not the 1st. Recipe for little freedom & a whole lot of fear.

As reddit noted, Meta and Youtube are conveniently not included . And yet we know that these have incredible echo chambers and rabbit holes.

Disney/ABC just caved & pulled Jimmy Kimmel for political reasons. Nexstar — which owns The CW + 200+ local ABC, NBC, CBS & FOX stations — is part of the same machine. 💥 Boycott Disney. Boycott Nexstar. Boycott their advertisers. Hit them where it hurts: the $$$.

Meanwhile CDJapan has set their policy for shipments and it does make it quite difficult to move forward. I truly may have to stop buying hard copies of music.

Hm. Looks like I’m actually getting a Goodsmile figure inbound . I am guessing it emerged off a ship right around August 27 but suspecting it might have shipped from China not Japan based on the name of the logistics company used to bring the package for handoff in Miami.

ok this is not a surprise . but welcome to isolation fellow Americans: www.businessinsider.com/some-europea...

First class tonight. Had fun but one disconnect - this isn’t my first time at grad school and I’m quietly hiding my age as well as less idealistic point of view . It’s wonderful that younger folks want to fix the world . For me I know some of the expressed ideals will have to be tempered.

Still existing . Sewing for #labubu until class starts. Still trying to finish one more book about the psychological fallacies behind judgment and how it relates to economics . sigh

Not bad for about 6-7 weeks of sewing. Xd #labubu

Please tell me that we're also going to get a Gundam W movie just like SEED resurrected itself as a franchise with a film. THere's a lot of weird stuff in the very last few seconds including an unknown character (Heeros' dad? mentor?) www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iaE...

The remaining stock of my art books are ✨now available✨ on my online shop ( www.chumei.store )~ Thank you to my kickstarter backers for helping to bring these books to life! 🥰 **Shipping to USA only at this time**

More sewing for dolls ! It’s incredible how many shirts one kid t-shirt can make! Also really please to find good flannel at a dollar store bin. Made some blankets and pillows for a little kid and their plush XD .

PLEASE SHARE 🧪‼️ Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. Scientific American has published a guide to the EVIDENCE-BASED vaccine recommendations in place BEFORE ACIP members were removed by the administration. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...

More #labubu sewing , under strict supervision of Sesame and Lychee. I discovered that jersey fabric is beyond me . I need a different needle or to add film to keep it from being eaten by the machine. … I’m getting very tired of providing for my big family of little girls xD

Ah I forgot to add part one of the High Museum exhibit which featured Ryoji Ikeda’s Dataverse . He also scored the soundscape inside the exhibit. Be careful as there’s strobing light in the opening of this montage of this and other exhibits which included American folk art.

K-pop culture has also increased awareness of Korean art. Went to the High Museum yesterday for an exhibit of Kim ChongHak’s works . Beautifully vibrant, aware of the past, and determined to show Korean work as colorful and passionate. In all my years of going to US museums, this was a highlight.

'FINAL FANTASY XIV: Chronicles of Light, Volume II' compiles short stories posted to the Lodestone as well as four new stories. It will release digitally October 7 and physically December 16, 2025. Includes cover artwork and illustrations by Toshiyuki Itahana.

ffxiv and Honkai both had livestreams today . Summarizing ffxiv one as “hats” and “Early August” . And HSR as “Phainon gimme” in less than two weeks. The story in HSR is honestly really good. As for the wrap up for FFXIV DT I guess we will have to see.

A few Fridays ago, went to pick lavender which is in season in June . Saw many dahlias which to me are new as a native midwesterner. One of the upsides of this weird situation I am in - is being able to go do something like this last minute . The lavender is now dried and turned into sachets.

Behold the product of obsession -learning to sew to take care of six little labubus.

Been slowly unfollowing all current events/news posts and putting them in a list to be pinned on my Sky account just so I can focus down more quickly on people I actually know on my "only posts" tab. I was finding myself just not tuning in at all on sky because it's starting to feel less relevant.

"Even should you lose all that is dear to you. Even if it should cost you your life... You bear the burden and fight on, kicking and screaming until your last breath is spent!" #Themis

I told you we’d be back

The labubus need clothes . So I have forced myself to relearn how to use a machine after 30plus years or more. After I play around with this a few more days I’ll get back to writing / editing and reading a backlog of books .

wow . i like hardcover . given that the soft and hard cover price has narrowed wondering if should just drop paper .

Not active in #ffxiv for a bit; things are still too weird in life and having this break is needed. But wish those of you in that sandbox well! Meanwhile, still playing HSR. (Free game is winning.) Yes, making books. Trying different covers for Paper and hardcover.

I love these ugly babies. I think I need more. But I might just settle for giving them clothes.

Instead of making new covers today, I just spent time adapting the old cover for book one so I can do a hardcover test. xD. I think Amazon has gotten cheaper for hardcovers, so why not. I suppose I might as well make one in the old aesthetic (and change orientation of some things).

:( I'm a little squeamish about changing the covers for both books for softcover print. In my trip to the B&N I saw how much design has changed for romantasy. YA is more colorful, but overall it's all fonts and filigrees xD.

After putting this off almost ten years , I have finally read through approximately 179k words of an unfinished volume for a serial i was doing. I see now I need another few thousand words to wrap it up. then … more decisions.

Cornservants! They be rootin and tootin, on their way to make you eat a delish corn based meal! (Also if you look closely, it seems corn cakes you up??) 🌽 🎃 made from a variety of materials this time: we got wood pla for sniffs tpu for flexibility and fake fur for hair! :D #ffxiv #ffxivmerch

ko-fi.com/elisaswann Last year/early this year I closed down Etsy in anticipation of the shenanigans and fees. I am going to put remaining stock up here for US only buyers #ffxiv #ffxivmerch #xivmerch More pics in thread.

Fumbling back through kofi to figure out how to set up sales within US only of remaining standees (First) and charms (next). I wish I had an easy "export" feature from Etsy (stare) but did find a way back into my closed shop to pick up the text that I had so labored over xD

My soon to be former coworker opened a family restaurant earlier in the year . And finally got to eat there for lunch . It was really good. Hoping for good business for them given our pending layoffs. Just watching how neighbors are finding their way there and bringing others is so motivating !

When you realize that what looked good for book covers ten years ago really doesn’t now . I love the cleaner and more typographic look of books these days . Not too sure about painted art .

At the end of this summer, the future of U.S. science and research will be decided. From weather alerts to cancer breakthroughs, science shapes every part of our lives. We need everyone in this fight. The Summer Fight for Science starts now. Are you in? The fight starts here: bit.ly/4ddiuqU

Man I do not play but want this art or card

Well - I think this post from Chitchats (Canadas pirate ship type alternative) points out a few grey areas including people trying to send product through Canada to the US chitchats.com/blog/preside...

Finally found something to replace my Weaver 2 theme from years ago that's idiot (me)-proof for my not finished serial talesofthebigbadwolf.com . I'll need to rescale some stuff and eliminate menus. Trying to make it mobile friendlier and if it works, guess I'll have to update headers xD

on a creative note - this month of being in a holding pattern means I will have time to review and edit the last book i had serialized and finish the notquite ending . i want to probably start the next book in such a way i can bring on a new audience . i’m not quite sure whether it will serialize

Meanwhile … I had a cd box set departing as tariffs are shifted for Japan. So far had to add more for shipping but unclear if I’ll need to give fedex more. However I read in a Buyee group that a person getting plush from proxy in Japan got hit with tariffs possibly bc the plush origin was China

Been watching some of the acrylic charm conversations across discords and reddit and wondering if the wooden charm folks have largely disappeared from the US as an alternative. Even Us acrylic charm makers have to source from China so eventually they will run into supply issues .

Well I have done it . Applied to school . Now waiting on letters of recommendations to get in and then a decision in June. I’m probably too poor to apply to other programs here. If I don’t get in I have other plans forming . Meme doggy can go to hell . I will figure this out.

Dealing w/ bottom falling out of work, for the few that knew, now you know. Meanwhile I'm catching up on the tariff aftermath. I'm sorry merch community and small business community. This is crazy.

my #ffxiv game time is pretty limited now so am grateful that people are using tags that i can mute. but admittedly my timeline has changed to more news and politics as the US state of affairs has become volatile.

Tornado watch for tonight and right now in the ATL there’s lighting , strong gusts of winds, power surges and sirens already This is ahead of the rain element . Heading west of us it’s begun. Going to be a long night for all . Be safe

This is also known as invading Panama.

taking a break from reality to read Wow housing blog at worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com/news/2418669... . #ff14 #ff14housing

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