T got me the most gorgeous tea set! I'm so thrilled and can't wait to use it for game nights.

Check out my new heartwarming comedy novelette! 🥪 When Milos opens his dream deli, he wants one thing: to make people happy with really good sandwiches. Reader discretion advised. Art by lafillehonteuse www.amazon.com/dp/B0DSTR9NWG #IndieAuthor #BookSky #LGBTQReads #DeliAU

started / going

I was obsessed with wolves in middle school and I still love them now. Makes me sad to think that people are still pushing to get rid if them in the US

genAI is STOLEN WORK. Using genAI in *any* capacity is trafficking in stolen work, supporting the plunder. Period. These facts aren't even denied by the AI companies, they just find ways to make that plunder seem benevolent. Using their product enables that lie. Stop enabling the theft of our work.

reminder:

I just held Boodle in the crook of my arm for two hours as she slept and I watched Legends of Avantris. my shoulder may never be the same.

No no, that's not fan service I'm writing, it's me service.

"you're a man" ad hominem "you were born a boy" sunk cost fallacy "you're amab" false dichotomy "you have xy chromosomes" false equivalence "trans people are mentally ill" non sequitur "changing your sex isn't possible" skill issue

I'm suddenly wondering why nobody has written a second chance romance film for Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton and damn it brb I'm busy now

Trans rights are human rights and it's not negotiable, you fucks

There’s a direct line from ‘just asking questions about women’s sports’ to criminalizing our health care, we warned you it was coming, you said it would be fine and you just had a few more questions.

America has deindustrialized so much they can't even manufacture consent

They checked each others' rental contracts. Both were valid. "This isn't supposed to be possible," the wizard said. "Impossibles are your domain," the princess said, "but here we are." They looked at the tower. "Do you want a-" said the wizard. "Apprentice?" "-roommate?" "Yes," both said.

Twinkling stars

"look we're not using AI in the final product we're just using it to speed up the conceptual stage" is what a lot of dopes affecting an enlightened middle position keep saying. I truly do not get that one. You hate imagining stuff? You don't like thinking and conceptualizing? Get a grip

Been a @firefox.com user for years, but deffo deleting it now. Keep giving me browsers to walk away from, I dare you!! i will do it!!!

Man, the KOSA bill feels like a relative of big tech because we have to keep rejecting it over and over and over. It’s always like “not this time, ask me again later” 🙄

the “you should love ai” line is best outlined by a recent joe rogan episode. he LOVES ai music and always tells guests this. a guest pushed back on him saying “i’ve heard ai podcasts are amazing too” and joe rogan immediately pushes back. losers love it until it comes for them

Dems are like "it's with a heavy heart that I voted to codify trans segregation, but it had to be done so Pete Hegseth can keep murdering fisherman in South America."

They lost Mankind.

I am disgusted by the cowardice demonstrated by these Democrats who are so willing to target the minoritized and vulnerable among us. And for what? To appeal to fascists? To hold on to their seats in a Congress undermined by authoritarianism?

John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”

Do NOT create chatbots based on creators you like. It is creepy. It is the wildest, nastiest, creepshit thing you can do omfg please act like someone normal raised you! This is for everyone in every fandom! Don't do this shit!

Apropos to a post I'm not going to quote: no, you are not fucking obliged to battle the fucking right on fucking social media, or go to where they are. Why make yourself miserable shouting at bots (who don't care) or trolls (who get off on your misery). Make your fucking social media enjoyable, FFS.

the problem for transphobes is that at this point nearly everyone has met or at least interacted with a trans person and figured out that they're just people trying to live their lives. this is why they want to ban trans people from existing in public at all costs

"That's cringe" My brother in yikes, no one can agree on (or predict) what is or isn't cringe-- it will always come down to personal taste, go in peace and let people make things 😌

Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008. Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.

my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides

Sketch for another watercolor painting I'm going to attempt. It feels nice working on things for myself again 😊

They looked like a wet cat, which is to say refusing to acknowledge their situation with such rigid dignity that it almost feels foolish to bring it up.

AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone - tech is now more expensive - you cannot trust most media of reality anymore - programs barely function - energy prices - literal psychosis - your voice can be literally stolen for evil - more spyware but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.

Some of you on here

Calling this done because if I don't I'll keep fussing with the details forever and it's driving me crazy. 😅 Titling this one "Languish" 🦁

The second book in my post-apocalyptic hopepunk novella trilogy is coming out on January 5th! You can preorder it now so it shows up in your mail or ebook list as a happy surprise. :D

Burned out.

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.

Me: I need you. I can’t go on without you. Why do you want to hurt me? My lower back: Because you turned very slightly to the left.

Elizabeth Warren and the rest of the nominal progressives get out of here with your ignorant Tipper Gore bullshit challenge

It’s always DM can I roll for investigation and never DM can I tell you how beautiful you look right now? Absolutely, stunning sitting behind your DM screen plotting away at our collective demise.

This is what makes it personal. It's not just my work that has been stolen, but that of all of my friends who do creative work. Every artist, writer, designer, musician has had their work stolen and their ability to work targeted in this way. That's on TOP of the hundreds of other reasons.

Poison swamps are of course a classic, and cursed swamps have their place, but I kind of want swamps for all of the other random status ailments that pop up in console RPGs. I want to see the swamp where touching the water turns you into an atheist.

last day at Steel City Con! we met Frank Welker and Peter Cullen, who were both absolutely lovely. now we're on our way home.

The heated rivalry between the two students finally came to a head, and the swordmaster reluctantly agreed to let them duel, to first blood It did not end as expected. "Next time," the swordmaster said at last, "I want you to wipe your swords and sheathe them before you start kissing."

Have you ever seen such a beautiful sight

just finished up our first day at Steel City Con! we got photos with Freddy and Jason, Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman, and Linda Hamilton with Michael Biehn. it was great! my adrenaline is still through the roof!

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A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud