The dark spots on the moon are called "maria" (seas) and are named stuff like "Sea of Tranquility". E because of that the International Astronomical Union officially declared that Moscow is a state of mind.

The software I used & the Art I made

The software I used & the Art I made

The software I used and the Art I made 🎨

Watching the same tech broligarchs who demanded a bailout from the government with our taxes when the Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, now going bonkers over a measly little 1% tax increase per year on their wealth, so we tackle Gilded Era levels of inequality ☠️ So endlessly tired of this era.

genAI will not. The free legal clinic will. Source: clients completely confusing themselves by asking genAI , many weekends at the free legal clinic. A predictive text machine does not understand your rights, how to know what laws apply to you, or how to analyze your lease. It just doesn't.

Cuteness re-achieved 🥹

My #TTRPG Year in Review: Games I played - Draw Steel, Daggerheart, Shadowdark, Deadlands, D&D 2024, Pirate Borg, Alien, Forbidden Lands, Coriolis, The Fantasy Trip, Car Wars 1e Games I ran - Daggerheart, Pirate Borg, Chew, Shadowdark, D&D 2014/2024

I am the executor of my parents' estate and I have mentioned, multiple times, to them that it would be a HUGE HELP if they would dump 20 pounds of the wheat they bought in 1980 every week into their green bin. Do they listen? No.

I wrote my dissertation on the history of hardboiled fiction and I’m really getting a kick out of the reversal of rian johnson bringing christie cosy cat mysteries back to America as a rebuke on US libertarianism

Bluesky managing to delete an account immediately after I share it 🙄. Here is a video Amir made of where he is staying right now- he is really hoping to be able to rent a room ❤️

Well apparently a lot of folks are fleeing Twitter. Since I don't have a starter pack to share I will just share my list of Actual Play studios. Take a look and follow to keep up with the weekly going ons.

One of the things I hear a lot is "contracts mean different things than the language in them says and that's why you need a lawyer" This is generally not true.

I don't care if you have a lawyer or don't; I don't care if you have an agent or don't. You should read a publishing contract yourself and try to understand what it is saying, and if something bothers you, ask a friend and say "yo is this weird? this looks weird? is this in your contract?"

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have shown Alzheimer’s disease can be REVERSED- not just prevented. Using a potent neuroprotective compound called P7C3-A20, they found RESTORING balance to a central cellular energy molecule (NAD+) not only PREVENTED disease features but REVERSED them, EVEN at late stages.

holy shit, we really do live in an age of medical miracles

I wrote about this claim forever ago when he made it on Joe Rogan's show:

Thank you for coming out of hibernation to say this. Now go rest.

writing down the names of these birds before I forget. That's golden spotted ground dove on the ground, the brown and black medium ones are band tailed seed eaters, and the little ones are dark face ground tyrant. might add some more

Starting the day in the least enjoyable way possible—finding an emergency vet! Sergei is either constipated as hell, has an intestinal blockage, or reliving a VERY SPECIFIC part of his past life as a soldier at Stalingrad. Intestinal blockage seems likeliest because that’s the most expensive.

One of the most underrated design skills in games is graphic design for things like decals and fake branding for posters/stickers/flyers/books/props/signs/displays. We take this stuff for granted and yet they are very much a world building detail that adds so much more life to environments.

One of my first studio gigs was illustrating decals for environmental design in animation and it was legit very fun and rewarding.

Reply or quote with something good you did for your friends or community this year! 😊👇

I sense an influx of people who might be interested in TTRPGs! Check out our starter pack go.bsky.app/HGiNepJ

Waking up to complicate “don’t network, just make friends!” discourse: There’s folks in the field who like/respect my work who are not my friends (or even friendly) There’s also folks who’re friends/friendly who don’t like (are unaware of, have no use for, are baffled by, misunderstand) my work.

This is what happens a lot, & it’s very 18th century: someone finds you, & likes your work. And depending on the gig they might take a chance based on your body of known work… or they will see if someone they trust will vouch for you on the invisible stuff (meeting deadlines, not being a dick, etc)

All my freelance work has started because someone liked the cut of my jib. They see my work, they have a chat, they check with others how things panned out with me.

*flirting with a bartender* oh are you slacktive? haha yeah thats just what us in the slack community call being on slack

in for 2026: dyke fellowship unlikely artistic collaboration trust as the medium of sex lifting vibe selectivity asking for things total freedom around identity anchors out: false stealth polite unmentioning obligate domme terror doubling down on misfit connection hypervulnerability unanimity

Reviewing The Home We Remember by @lilithttrpg.bsky.social for The Fandomentals and hey, what if I cried and sobbed and want to hold the younger version of myself and whisper to him everything will be ok?? Anyway :3

How We Made the Moon Cry - WildStar's Fourth anthology is now open for submissions! Submissions Open: Nov 10th - Dec 29th Where to apply: www.wildstarpress.com/current-proj... Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Tomorrow 12/29 is the last day!! The form with be closed around 10pm EST!! This is your last chance to apply!

Tomorrow at 10am PST, we return for our second to last episode of Dawn season 2!! We last left Lee in a very odd coffee shop (maybe dead???) and the rest of our players facing a monster they are unprepared for. Everything's gonna be fine, right? Tune in to find out!

Two years ago, Tabletop Bookshelf made its first sale. Two years later, we've delivered thousands of tabletop and solo game books, zines, and more to customers across the country, investing hundreds of thousands of dollars back into the indie tabletop community.

Ok I’ll bite. What do yall think.

Just a reminder that we have a starter pack with everyone that has appeared on THIAD, has already recorded with THIAD, or will be recording this year. go.bsky.app/Mxh3ypX

show me what you can do with just a pen! (...do multi-color pens count?)

it's time for an #artshare! Welcome all new ppl to bsky and oldies ilu get to know cool new artists, and -introduce yourself (or not!) -share your art (and links/comms/shop if ya like!) -comment, share and love others' art too❤️ -NO AI OR NFT -sfw, suggestive, nsfw - just remember to tag correctly

Next year you’re gonna see more of HER

Every time one of my mutuals with a larger follower count reposts my stuff I get work, sales, followers. Even smaller accounts sharing my stuff directly translates to making my life more financially secure. If you're ever wondering if your reposts count, they absolutely do.

i can tell some of y'all about to read the "personal life" section of brigitte bardot's wikipedia and have a real bad day

2022 vs 2025

Alt ver.

IT'S ART, BITCH

A small but concrete task for today: Sameer Project told us on 12/25 that it costs $38 for 1 blanket, which can help keep a family that is in their 3rd winter in genocide (😢) warm. Can anyone join us today in donating the cost of one blanket to Sameer? Can you get 1 other person to join you?

Apologies for the dearth of workshops lately...after a months-long fedjacketing and doxxing campaign by Eric King, our group fractured under the immense stress and our work basically ground to a halt. We’re now “restructuring” and trying to recoup what is left.

4 of the hunger strikers are still going. And unless we up the pressure the state is going to get away with killing them. Please read this and use our toolkit to take action. www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't. Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure