Your local librarian here to say that it’s great if you read lots of books this year, alright if you read barely anything, that audiobooks, romance and graphic novels are all valid formats and genres, and that some authors suck but we’re still not stopping you from reading them.

It's way too early for me to be laughing this hard. 🤣

Please help me name this character for my Marvel Multiverse RPG. So far I have: Moo-dnight Rider and Night Beef

There is a Marvel character named Hellcow who is a cow and a vampire and they have a kid named Hellcalf and own a farm and comics are great.

you tell em, skellyman #blessed

SO, you want to network but don't know where to begin. 1. DON'T. Make friends instead 2. It's not about what they can do for you 3. Famous people are just people first 4. If you do have to gush, don't just say 'i love your work' , pick one thing and say why. Open ended compliments are awkward

shel silverstein was a prophet

oh brother, another bad post from political influencer beltway brian. i am furious at beltway brian all of the time. i share screencaps of beltway brian's posts with people who have no idea who he is. i hate all of beltway brian's posts and i read all of them every single day, including weekends

Merry Christmas one and all (if that's your thing, of course)!

Y’all, the Castlevania: Awakening In The Moonlight musical by Takarazuka Revue is available legally on VOD with subtitles starting today until the end of March, this is a great adaptation and the women in this show are so good, PLUS this is a rare experiment globally Please see it if you’re curious

Any Black horror writers who follow me, take a look 👇

raised by x-men and gargoyles to adore broad shouldered women and despise wealthy technofascists

Let the end of yet another Longest Night be a reminder that no matter how deep the darkness, the light will come again.

May this solstice, this Yule, be one of reflection and healing and growth for you and yours and ours. It's Yule, y'all. Blessed be.

Sometimes the only way to fight building anxiety is to do a workout at 8pm at night so that said anxiety cannot steal another night's sleep from you, the bastard.

Librarians are gosh-darned heroes. When I started researching the climates and average rainfall of 1000-500 BC Greece, they were my Athena.

I had a good day.

Hey! Have a good day, yeah?

A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas. Be a love, and pay it today.

Where I'm from, this was called "extra effort".

Head to Lower Jeuno (in FFXIV) for a surprise (also talk to the gobbie!)

Bring this energy with you int 2026 (yes this is a threat)

People need to understand that working in games is a "theme park job." Everyone on the outside sees the rides and the mascot suits and assumes it's a fun day out, five days a week. It can be fun, but it's still work. But it's that flawed perception that leads to studios taking advantage of workers.

😡

She-Ra *and* Kipo? this is insane. they're netflix originals, removing them is akin to vaporizing them entirely.

I adore the work and advocacy of Larian, and wish it extended to respecting and refining the craft used in *all* of their processes, rather than selectively eroding them with AI--especially because it's those refined processes that have produced the games so many loved over their last three titles.

Look man I don’t think the people being poisoned by data centers really care if you remove the generated assets before shipping, and I don’t really care if you “only” use the machine that stole my shit and convinced teens to off themselves for internal PowerPoints. Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.

In what world is Gambit not Bisexual? This man? You are telling me this man is not bi? This man who is super into women who can lift him and a skinny elf boi? Who wears pink and throws pink and can do card tricks and *ehem* staff tricks? This man is not bisexual? This HAIR is not bisexual? Bullshit.

Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.

I have had, by all accounts, a very productive day so far and should be done and mostly relaxed by 2pm. But I have a call overseas at 6pm and ADHD and therefore cannot relax, only wait and scream.

It is very plain who views creativity as a process of discovery and who views creativity as a checkbox to be endured en route to a product.

The games industry brings in 300 billion dollars a year. The guy who made DOOM gets his projects canceled, the guy who made Katamari Damacy is broke, everyone in your feed is begging for a job and there are 50 new games coming out on Steam every day all going towards buying Gabe Newell's next yacht

the good that you do persists in this world

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you. Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings: For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages. For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody

Happy Hannukah!

May all of you celebrating Hannukah know I wish you peace and joy, and I am so sorry you had to start your festival on such a sad note. Cruelty being normalized to the degree it has been is beyond fathomable. Much love.

Hell yeah!

This is extremely true and super important to remember. The goal of every oppressor is to remove all joy from you. Even little laughs are an act of resistance.

Spreading little joys and funnies and pictures of your dog does not mean you are ignoring the horrors. It means you are fighting them.

I'm on my way to a Chanukah event. It should be a celebration but instead our community is once again mourning. I will be thinking of everyone in Australia and those around the world in the Jewish Community who know this fear and loss. We stand with you.

the person who coined the expression « content creator » to describe art and entertainment deserves to be in a specific circle of hell

This speaks directly to my heart.

The UK has turned into a censorious nightmare state because of transphobia

Josh hits it.

It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.

Gods above and below @gailsimone.bsky.social can fucking write! GAH! Uncanny X-Men is so goddamn good. The amount of feeling and meaning in the smallest of interactions in this book is astounding. It is the very quintessence of found family. It blesses me with a mighty, motivating, longing.

if nothing changes by next summer, this is the last chance for our community to push back. The big ask is not spending $2000 to go to Vegas to play video games once. I'm not expecting much but it at least feels possible because the requirement for protest is simply not doing jack shit