Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread

I would like to speak to the smug legalists who assured us this could never happen

My beloved friend Lee--a stunning artist--is dealing with the aftermath of a severe injury that's going to leave him unable to draw for a long while. If you're in a position to buy a print or an original, now's a good time to do that--click through www.leemoyer.com to see what's available.

"You've got nuns, but not nouns!" - #nocontextforyou

"I don't mind folk processing our pickles." #nocontextforyou #podcasting #allofakindpodcast

There's a company selling AI audiobook "narration" software @seattlein2025.org... next to the @marthawells.com signing line. (It looks like the company did not mention AI in the description they provided to the con and they share a booth with an author so they may have just snuck it in...)

This Saturday I'm hosting an awesome event on my channel! Join a whole host of #WotCstaff members as they raise money for @translifeline.org! They'll be playing #MTGArena, telling design stories, doing raffles, and more! Early donation information: tiltify.com/@hogpog-98/m...

It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star Mothra!

This—what Trump is doing now in trying to destroy American universities, research, and free speech while blaming it on pretend offense to the Jews is certainly the most profoundly antisemitic act I’ve seen from US government in my lifetime.

Raising a tall one tonight to honour the passing of the great Garth Hudson. Last of The Band and a gentle genius. A Garth joke: “What does the local guitar hero say when he knocks on your door? — Here’s your pizza!”

Meta is bad. I mean. Really bad.

I know everyone is talking about Matt Gaetz but please don't miss this: Georgia fired every single person on its maternal mortality review committee. Why? They didn't like that reporters found out that the state's ban killed two women www.propublica.org/article/geor...

People are acting like authoritarianism will have a 4 year expiration date.

Will exchange likes and RTs for living in a functional democracy with an educated populace.

Open call for stories from a friend of a friend: https://jayhenge.com/callforstories.html

In a wonderful moment of paying forward, @gwenzilla.bsky.social is giving me the lace knitting advice @otherdeb and I never managed to get together and do.

Looking forward to this: https://pitchfork.com/news/lilith-fair-documentary-announced-with-sarah-mclachlan-erykah-badu-bonnie-raitt-more/

Everyone is one illness away from a disability. Period.

"Open floor plan, as in the floor has a hole in it." - while playing Flashpoint with friends. #boardgames

The cascading style sheets of Amontillado. #notyourfatherspoe

Is it me or is Amazon using "we're putting ads on our streaming unless you pay $2.99/month" as a massive media distraction because they don't want people to notice that they're going to start charging a substantial fee on all physical returns?

The entire country, almost, has banned the teaching of our history. They're erasing understandings about the truth of white supremacy, facts people fought generations to teach. This is a now or never moment--we have to fight while we're the ones who still know. Who can remember. Who can teach.

Wealth of Elon Musk 2012: $2,000,000,000 2023: $248,800,000,000 Wealth of Jeff Bezos 2012: $18,400,000,000 2023: $160,900,000,000 Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg 2012: $17,500,000,000 2023: $105,200,000,000 Federal Minimum Wage 2012: $7.25 2023: $7.25 Three words: tax the rich.

"I thought all medusa.." "Gorgons." "What?" "Medusa was one of us, but our species name is gorgon." "Oh... But, I thought you petrified anyone who looked at you." "We *can*. But it's not automatic." "I... I was taught..." "Let me guess, by the person who called us all 'Medusas'?'

The National Eating Disorders Association laid off its entire helpline staff, 2 weeks after workers voted to form a union. Workers were replaced by an AI chatbot named Tessa, which didn't work. Instead of rehiring, NEDA shut down the helpline. AI union busting is here. From Elizabeth Meisenzahl:

Which is worse? The turducken or the old woman who swallowed the fly? This discussion will be moderated by the goat from Chad Gadya.

I just realized that Kinder Surprise eggs are low-rent Fabrege eggs. Discuss.

If you are worried about losing followers for speaking out (or for reskeeting folks who are speaking out) against the injustice in the world, you're not really losing anyone that matters unless racists are your target audience. Losing racist followers is a good thing.

I think we should just start typing out descriptions of gifs as replies. It’ll be like our very own Darmok. Eleanor, realizing THIS is the bad place Homer, backing slowly into bushes Troy with the pizzas, apartment on fire etc.

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

This is critically important. Reblog to save a life.

Unfucking the living room today has turned up the original cast album of The Rocky Horror Muppet Show, an oyster mushroom growing kit, the missing 4 track Tascam unit, and a fully needlepointed height chart of Beatrix Potter characters. This feels representstional.