Ettin is one of those people who I only know from the computer but who I would still describe as a friend. Having gone through something similar not that long ago, I know how awful this situation is. If you like his work or simply think he's a cool dude, you should consider donating

I feel like estrogen is changing how I like spicy things. Like yeah obviously hot sauce is usually salty hell yeah the queer salt lick experience on spiro, but also I'm starting to get forehead sweats more often and mmmm sbicy

i've never liked anyone this much before

THIS IS SO YURIFUL??????? LIKE THEY HAD TO HAVE KNOWN WHAT THEY WERE DOING HERE

If you head over to the Sandy Pug Store and pre-order The Dungeon That Tops You, you now get access to the Dungeon Primer edition, a stripped down rough draft containing the town surrounding the dungeon, a point crawl, two massive floors, and more. www.sandypuggames.com#store

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Possum jar in the works

"too big to fail" is a conspiracy by big big to sell more fail

The major water basins on the North American continent. Turtle Island’s original organization and structure.

Final Fantasy XIV video people please do better especially when you literally say this moments after the character's name is literally said aloud by the voice actors!! Hello??

And that's a wrap on our auction! Congratulations to everyone who sent in a bid! With your donations we were able to raise more than $7,000 for the @wck.org and along with another 7k(!) on top of that in donations throughout the span of the funfest! From all of us at starmen.net, thank you!! 🙇

exhibits

There's never been a better time to order directly from all the little indie publishers and authors out there putting out work

Also remember last summer when mastercard said 8,000 people called in one weekend? And we all called visa and stripe and paypal too? As far as I know you can still say you're from California and you can get through to a person at Stripe so let's all do that again

"they don't know" they do. they all know. repression makes people worse at hiding things than they think. no one looks guilter than someone believing they're hitting a performance of innocence out of the park. set aside the hollow consolation of social power, the illusion of control, and live

"i shouldn't transition, i'd look weird" let me just throw something out there. repression is way more difficult to fucking tolerate than being a funny-looking and self-possessed person. if someone is incentivizing other people to be a repressoid, there's something fucking wrong with them

Good apology while also making it clear that the issue is Stripe and, further up, the institutions Stripe has to answer to. We really do have to keep bothering Stripe and making noise about it if anything is to change

Preston Singletary, Tlingit (1963- ), Raven Steals the Sun, blown, cast, and sandblasted glass, 19 x6x6 in, wood mold for the Sun by David Franklin, American (1972- ), private collection

A lot of younger players don't understand how bad it used to be. You had games that would let you play as a woman, but would give you stat penalties, or make (male) characters treat you differently, or just half-ass it and swap the sprite but not bother updating any text. We've come really far.

There's not a single other medical procedure that has less than a 1% regret rate. Heart surgery has a 20% regret rate.

I will not change my job to have more control over how weird I feel I can safely be. But it is sooo tempting to 'just' get a masters equivalent, work at a clinic (that I'm essentially running alongside other people In The Community) and being able to actually... Thrive identity wise.

Really smart reporting from Betsy Powell. Ontario police are using ODITs that essentially allow them to take over a smartphone, read encrypted messages, remotely turn on microphones and cameras, etc. Incredibly powerful surveillance software. And they refuse to say even the name of the vendor.

Liberals are playing legal hardball with First Nations over drinking water. They're pulling the plug on settlement talks, seeking to overturn First Nations' victories and using tactics their own guideline advises lawyers against. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/liberal...

#OtD 19 May 1920 a shootout took place in the town of Matewan, WV between striking miners and private detectives, who had arrived in town to evict miners' families. Seven detectives, one bystander and two miners were killed. More info in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e57-...

Has anyone yet adapted the story of Narcissus to have him forever trapped in a conversation with a GenAI chatbot? Because someone should do that.

Happy book release day to @redgoldsparks.bsky.social for GENDER QUEER: THE ANNOTATED EDITION! This is a wonderful expansion of the original memoir, with notes from Maia and other queer luminaries (including me!)

And remember your meds! Drink some water, have you been outside in the last day? Said hi to a friend? Stay alive! Make it through this year.

No, Colossal's resurrected nothing. They made designer dogs to look like Game of Thrones animal actors. And Colossal co-founder George Church? Friend of Epstein who kept the predator's genetic samples in his Harvard Medical School lab, which were pushed as priority for sequencing. Do. Not. Trust.

chipzel makes human music

This is a cat check point. Relinquish your most recent cat picture from your phone.

Full offense, but we shouldn't have to stop, hold your hand, and say, "That was a sad choice, wasn't it? Can you help think of a better one?" when writing for adults

For @enikofox.com's birthday all four of our games are in a bundle for $19 (normally $45) on itch: itch.io/s/186063/eni... This includes Kitsune Tails, award winning LGBTQ Mario-like, its prequel Kitsune Zero, turn-based roguelike MidBoss and hat based push puzzle game Ultra Hat Dimension

I don't think folks younger than 30 know what the internet once legitimately promised to be (and I would argue briefly was): a boundary-less space of pretty much uncommodified information and communication. A mix between community bulletin boards and university library stacks.

here, an appetizer

Did the pokemon thing. favoritepokemon.vercel.app#/ Honestly "made in a lab and not exactly angry and destructive about it, but definitely Got Something Wrong" is a vibe for me.

🐺🌖 custom commission for @serraleta.bsky.social! #formline #indigenousart #telekitneticart misiyh/thank you for commissioning me!! :>

I don’t post often, so I guess people ought to know I’m alive - And open for remote #QA work! Most recently I’ve worked QA on indie RPGs like OFF and the demo for Neverway, but I’ve done a wide variety of other projects as well (Microsoft Solitaire, New World, Age of Empires: DE). Hit me up! ✨

I learned that the sound of cicadas is often perceived as noise overseas. In Japan, however, the sound of cicadas is generally seen as a sign of the season. Of course, the sound can be annoying, but there are people who enjoy it and find it evocative of the season. #Illustration #CommentPls #RTpls

By 30 you should have: ❌ A sworn enemy praying for your downfall ✅ 4 traumatized OCs (at least 16) ❓ Befriended a wild animal (does my spouse count) ✅ At least 2 problematic kinks (I mean...) ❓ Favorite potato chip flavor (can't decide) ❓ Gun (massage gun counts. My back hurts. And other reasons)

Case in point! This sort of investment is something most nations dream of having. First thing people see when they enter and leave, positive impressions and nostalgia and all it costs is some art and a few decades of consistent investment in it.

Queen Medb of Connacht, famed for her role in the Táin Bó Cúailnge and flanked by bulls Finnbhennach and Donn Cúailnge - formidable warrior queen, shrewd leader, seductive beauty, and one of Ireland's most powerful, strong-willed, and legendary women 🐂 Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

Art is so damn powerful. Entire generations can be shaped morally and socially by a relatively small investment in high quality storytelling and art, and it floors me that autocratic regimes generally hate it rather than trying to leverage it.

sign, central park family fun center, arcade, mountain view, northern california (1982) archive.org/details/Elec...

My essay "I Only Want To Fuck The Dice" is available in AAA4! It's about my inability to play any TTRPGs aside from porn TTRPGs.

I’m rooting for you! お仕事頑張っている人を応援しますっ‪☆