truly cannot overstate the positive impact of an ao3 comment on one's mental state. thanks fanfic readers of the world ilu

timeline cleanse in the form of birbs: a friend just shared this migratory bird tracker that shows how many birds are moving through your county each night, and after sunset it has a live data tracker!! dashboard.birdcast.info i had no idea these little guys travel at night, how nifty! 🌌

this is, no exaggeration, some of the most loser shit i have ever seen in my life

Trump is asking us to start choosing groups we're willing to abandon, and the only way to make him stop is to be clear we're not fucking abandoning ANYONE. Call your reps. Call your fucking reps. Especially in red states. Use the @5calls.org app, it's easy and free.

had the urge to do this since the moment i saw this post! #pixelart

The Chain Story Project has just released a new story #freefiction. Get it now and join the fun! If you Like, Repost and Repeat, you'll be helping the project a ton. Thank you so very much and Please enjoy! www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fiction-introducing-dancillius-hrekt-monster-fighter

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious

I have zero fucking sense of humor about this rfk shit. besides the obviously gross misreprestation/othering/etc of autistic people it's catastrophic from any sound scientific POV. any doctor who consults governmental guidelines for anything at all under this admin is guilty of malpractice

this just in, my timetable for finally getting into clair obscura: expedition 33 has been bumped up by several calendar months solely because ive just seen a pic of verso for the first time and all my corvo attano alarms are going off at once 🚨🚨🚨 friggin AWOOOGA

It’s a rainy version 🌧️ #pixel #pixelart

When we define violence only as physical harm, we overlook how ideologies and institutions not only enable violence but can themselves be violent.

the horrors persist but sometimes your order from jet pens dot com shows up earlier than expected and you experience a few molecules of serotonin

I had never really thought about the fact that The Lord of the Rings is the 500,000+ word version of “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house” but here’s the explanation.

That deafening silence is the collective roar of every free speech absolutist staying quiet while the government tells us what to say, what art is appropriate, who deserves to be on TV, and what books your kids can read.

Fuck these losers

How to spread the word about your favorite author: ⚬ Write a review! ⚬ Recommend their books to your friends! ⚬ Make a TikTok eating their books! ⚬ Organize a book club that definitely isn’t a cult! ⚬ Start a conspiracy theory about them! Are they a Bigfoot? Let’s steal their DNA and find out!

i don’t squee about fandom stuff on here as much as i’d like, especially in light of [gestures vaguely at, oh, just everything], but the sudden news of the entire first episode of trigun stargaze dropping at NYCC has me shivering like an anxious showdog, my faves are back in less than a MONTH

all of this makes me want to scream, but the part I'm going to be up all night rage-spiraling about is accusing her of "potentially endangering the physical safety of our staff" just flippin' those narratives right around so the Black woman, a TARGET of violent hate speech, becomes the aggressor

you’d think you’d run out of things to say about the piece of media you like but if you’re delusional enough everything that exists is about that one thing

ICYMI, regime change in Nepal after protests lead by its young people: www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/... “What this group is demanding is the end of corruption, good governance and economic equality,”

The replies and quotes are full of people who have gotten their vaccinations and reporting on how it went in various locations! If you're on the fence, let them encourage you!

goodnESS mooch has resorted to camping on her snuffle mat in hopes of more kibble spontaneously appearing girlie (she’s elderly) you have diabetes i can only give you so many snacks 😭

i see you pacific rim people, this is a safe space to talk about color theory in mako and raleigh's wardrobes, in this essay i will—

did anybody else use that 'ghost paper' notebook when it was around circa 2017, the notebook where the lines weren't inked but embossed, so they weren't visible as image but as texture?? man i MISS THOSE they don't EXIST ANYMORE

This sounds wacky but it is backed up by science.

thinking about my artist mom's love of hopper and suddenly understanding it on yet another level

Your monthly reminder: Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.

i do think “PoP! Goes My Heart” might have reached at least A single chart in the 80s but i’m biased, it’s from the movie the husbutt and i saw on our first actual date 💖

I cannot stress this enough. So many books come out each year, very few get any real marketing, and then most vanish. But any time someone recommends or even just thoughtfully critiques one, that helps bring it back onto the public's radar.

I have a new short story up on my Patreon. I'd be honored if you joined up (it's only $1 for a short story every month). It helps me keeps the lights on and I really love the stuff I get to do with it. www.patreon.com/posts/septem...

I think that any big tech company that walks away from AI will have celebrations like the end of Return of the Jedi. Is anyone having fun? Does anyone *really* like this? It all feels so strained, so distant. Even the people who love AI talk about it like someone has their family captive. It’s sad!

Hey! Maybe YOU should try the blend of film noir and queer romantasy that sold out at San Diego Comic Con, Gen Con, AND Dragon Con!

pairing this with the exhausted affleck smoking meme

"Stop thinking of COVID as if it's an acute cold. Think of it as a neuroinvasive virus you can get every year or two that slowly degrades your brain in ways that will harm your abilities and quality of life throughout your life." (thread with studies)

😤

ah yes got the short story plot outlined and ready from front to back complete with themes and offscreen backstories and an entire magic system but of course no idea wtf anybody’s names are 🫠

I'm doing my best to remove "stupid, moron, crazy, idiot" etc. from my language & one of the fun parts of it is that I carry on coming out with things like "this is LUDICROUS" or "INCREDULOUS" or "astounding!" which makes me feel like a dramatic 50s hollywood darling

recovery mode, engage! had an absolutely fantastic time at #dragoncon this weekend—thank you to everyone who came by my workshops and panel, and special shoutout to the person who gave me that fight fascism bracelet. still wearing it, natch. that’s an evergreen message 💖

using one photo in your phone, what is the announcement today at 2?

I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org

that marching band that keeps playing outside the hyatt here at dragon con better find some sheet music for the return of the jedi victory celebration in the next few days. y’know, just in case 👀

live your life so the mere POSSIBILITY of your death doesn't unite people in a way we haven't seen since 9/11

better late than ne'er at all: my #dragoncon schedule! let's hang out and gab about words (and shaping them to our mighty wills, of course)

okay that makes TWO vash the stampedes ive seen here at dragon con today, nature is healing

Excellent:

Also related (or maybe the same): Suspense is not generated by the reader not knowing what happens next. It's generated by the reader CARING what happens next.

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