Yeah, that’s the thing. The overwhelming majority of these performative types don’t actually line up with any of the classical masculinities most of us grew up with, which were often toxic but at least useful. Where is “can’t talk about feelings but changes your oil?”

Part of the appeal of Tim Walz was the whole Midwest Dad vibe, where you show up to the house, they vanish into the garage to refill your windshield fluid and check your tire pressure, and when you leave, they give you an awkward hug and tell you they put the spare jumper cables in your trunk.

one of the old union lawyers i worked for used to lament that protest and action in this country had been reduced to "walking in a circle in a fenced off designated area holding signs" and said it was a bad sign for our society and you know what

This but for ttrpgs Defend The Path youtube.com/shorts/gAQ4f...

The most correctly titled youtube video of all time

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empty streets, grainy clouds, snowfall against the twin towers. Early 3D games have preserved New York City in a surreal way — polygons coalesce into a fuzzy nostalgia for a place that no longer exists. It’s cold out there. youtu.be/VZgxZb7rAmg

Realized I hadn't taken any pictures of them lately and then they go and make it easy to get a bunch of cute ones tonight

Realized I hadn't taken any pictures of them lately and then they go and make it easy to get a bunch of cute ones tonight

Progressive #MTG

Gonna start calling things "faustian" as in "resembling the style of Lauren Faust"

Going to start putting in little commands in my books Start easy with "turn page" at the end of a page Then something like "touch your nose" when a character gets their nose touched Then "go adopt a cat"

You'll need to go for a long walk to calm down after you read how the UK got to here on trans rights. If you're only ever going to read one piece on trans people, this would be the one.

A day after The Late Show ended, Colbert hosted an episode of public access program Only In Monroe, reviving his 11-year-old gag. How bad is CBS/Paramount taking it? They issued copyright complaints for a show they don't own. 🤣 CBS would hate it if you watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlF...

look, this isn't even my book, but i NEED y'all to read this series. PLZ. PLZ READ IT. i need people to talk to about this. and to gush with. read my review for more info & links 😂 #BookReview #FantasyBooks #Writing #Reading

This is honestly so good in so many ways that are, whether by design or no, a rebuke to the aesthetic tyranny of the big budget, the phantom “general public,” etc, public access is strictly better than what we decided instead to pay for. Stop me before I thinkpiece but honestly though

Personal rankings: Ep4 10/10 Ep5 10/10 Ep6 8/10 Ep1 6/10* Ep2 7/10 Ep3 7/10 Ep7 7/10 R1 8/10 Ep8 8/10 Solo 7/10 Ep9 4/10 *Ep1 is either 4/10 or 8/10 scene by scene

Said it before but I'll say it again Put the series on ice for five real world years and then "Star Wars: Ep 1004" set 1000 years after ep 9 / the latest canon All the creatures use the Where The Wild Things Are puppet + cgi combo style/tech

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Holy moly, not only is The Needfire nominated for Best Horror Novel (a dream!!)

I don’t even know what to say. I have no words right now

As if two straight weeks of fear mongering emails about the big scary union wasn’t annoying enough, now we’re getting sent these 🤡 letters directly to our homes. WE are the union. Not CWA. I am voting Yes, and it’s laughable they thought this was going to convince me otherwise 💅🏻✨ #wotcstaff

Thinking of recording a « how to remake this TTRPG page layout from scratch » video What page would you like to learn how to do ? Share screenshots. To be more precise I’m not talking about illustrations or art or photo bashing but an actual layout tutorial.

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I'm not convinced the people saying "Just use Duck Duck Go, Google has been unnecessary for years!" have actually used DDG. It's my primary search engine but at least 25% of the time I have to go to google as a back up because DDG is bad at its job.

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I wonder if I would or could be as optimistic as Hank Green if I had Hank Green money

one of the greatest, an absolute legend, rest in peace

Just a little PSA- Neil Gaiman has reactivated his Bluesky account. Because he deactivated before a lot of people could unfollow him, and/or because Bluesky doesn’t remove you from a person’s followers when you block them, a LOT of you are still publicly listed as following him. You should check.

I'm getting old and boring as I no longer like these 5$ options as meals, and I'm trying to eat as vegetarian as possible, so: Eggs Biscuits and (vegetarian) gravy Hash browns Fruit Coffee And 2$ leftover

You're trapped in the last TV show you watched, where are you? Started Frieren S2!

Taylor Moore (@taylordotbiz.bsky.social), the absolute madman, just released a 157 track OST for the first campaign of @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social. If you like evocative, emotive, fantasy music (for scoring your own TTRPG campaigns???), ya gotta listen.

Juniper Blessing singing Tom Petty’s Wildflowers at the New Mexico School For The Arts in 2024

Americans messaging me elated because “King Charles announces trans-inclusive ban on conversion therapy” - sorry, the monarch does a speech written by the govt at every state opening of parliament, they’ve pledged this like 10 times before, it means nothing and this govt won’t deliver.

Agreed with all of these points, reminder that Ground News is worthless youtu.be/p8HxXPYSoA8?...

Literally comic book super villain plot shit

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@vornietom.bsky.social is in the house, pondering what happened to all those child inventors? @hankgreen.bsky.social has the answers. The full episode is out now. 📺️: youtu.be/rveUASDFk58

Slay the Spire was woke the whole time? Hello?

Book banning seems so crazy and unlikely--until you see it. Until you notice the book just...isn't there. Until you get your first threatening letter. Until you see the well-funded Moms for Liberty member at the school board talking about taking the books. Until you see the fired librarians.

I consider it a pretty moderate & reasonable position that when a person or government threatens death against members of systematically disempowered communities, the sole correct response is: "You first."

as someone who is constantly feeling like "where's all the microbudget horror by women" I made a pledge SO FAST.

I have been reliably informed that Bluesky is where my fellow asexuals are, however, THIS DOESN'T HAVE AN ALGORITHM and I don't know how to reach you. I write #asexual and acespec romance and I'm looking for people who might enjoy my books, AND I'm looking for YOUR books that I might enjoy!

This is a post we fling around in another writing server from time to time. Inflicting consequences and suffering on the characters is required for the story to be worth reading!

I fear too many settle for imaginary catharsis in place of actual work. Make art and consume art, but that isn't rebellion unless it motivates you to actually rebel. All of Gen X, Y, and Z had these stories too, you and I had these stories. It's not on some theoretical future girl; it's on us.