Once I finish my Fandom Trumps Hate fics, I need to look into what I could do for a Kickstarter for "The Mark of the Tulip".

I'm running into this in the audio drama scene. Part of it is that if you're a new creator, achieving a revenue stream is really difficult. Platforms like YouTube and Spotify won't even allow you to run advertisements unless you've achieved a certain amount of popularity.

It is actually possible to regulate gambling advertising, and while designing such a regulatory regime could be complicated, it can also be very simple, such as "there shall be no gambling advertising".

My Choose Your Own Adventure fic for The Harbingers is not done, but I did make good progress on it.

For this weekend: I want to get my Sunset ficlet posted, as well as my Harbingers Choose Your Own Adventure fic, if I finish it. Otherwise, the goal for this weekend is to write another chapter of "Around and Around".

Saw the best and most realistic solution on reddit:

We’ve made it to Friday! Great job everyone!

Have they considered using a really big catapult to just launch barrels of oil from one side of the Straits of Hormuz into a really big net set up on the other side? I feel it has merit.

Why Do Some People Still Wear Masks In 2026 And On A Completely Unrelated Note Why Is Everyone In The Office Sick Right Now Apart From The Guy In The Mask?

People are really, really weird about creatives wanting to make earn a living. I keep seeing comments like "you should just be happy have an audience" and "must be nice to comment from your mansion" about mid-tier touring bands but applies universally. (working creatives don't have mansions)

Finished the rough draft for Chapter 1 of my Sinners fic. Does anyone know of a website that has a list of public domain songs where you can sort by genre?

The humiliation isn't only that they're so lacking in personal dignity that they'll wear shoes that don't fit because they're afraid of displeasing the boss. It's that they're all saying "Oh, I'm a size 12" when they're actually an 8 because they think Trump thinks big feet are a sign of...you know.

“He does what?” “He likes to guess their shoe size and orders it for them.” “And they don’t fit?” “No, he’s comically wrong. Like, every time.” “And they wear them anyway?” “Yeah. See, that’s how you know how sycophantic they are. It’s symbolism.” (beat) “Eh. We can’t do that. It’s too on the nose.”

This is hilarious. Also, completely enraging.

US watching a movie where a vigilante’s entire family is wiped out: “Oh yeah, time for fucking vengeance, this dude will never stop. Get them!” US watching Iran pick a Supreme Leader who just had his entire family wiped out: “This guy is plainly going to be reasonable and fold.”

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

I wish I had a million dollars so I could just fund all the audio dramas.

The pilot is quite charming!

We are SO close. 9 days left and 1277 euros short of our goal. Support our queer steampunk audio drama now at: tinyurl.com/mechadova

Yes, hello, is that God? Yeah, hi. I have a complaint. You gave me this brain that’s designed for finding berries and avoiding lions and now people are ‘just circling back’ to see if we can ‘move the needle’ on ‘key initiatives’? NONE of those things are berries.

No thoughts today, only fluff.

Not directed at anyone in particular, but I do not think the lesson that creators should take away from the successes of The Magnus Archives and Malevolent is that an audio drama should have an obligatory British male lead.

I just got a phishing attempt apparently aimed at stealing one of my domain names. I didn't click on it, obviously, so I don't know if it was going to pivot to asking for money or what, but I think that's the first time I've seen one like that. Be super careful out there, people.

Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music Several dozen folks did Some even dubbed music over the original clip. I haven't been able to get this out of my head. So I give you A Bluesky exclusive: Reservoir Ducks 🐣 🪶

do yourself a favor folks, if you're 26 or younger, make a plan to dodge the draft. it's not making the problem about you -- the child you don't go overseas to kill will thank you for it in fact. and if it doesn't come to pass, better to have a plan and not need it than need it and not have it

in the store just now and there was a couple looking at those prepped toddler meals and he was saying “everything’s better if you just cook from scratch” and she goes “they don’t look bad and they’d save me so much time” and he just kept repeating “it’s better if you cook” I did not commit a crime

SOME OCTOPUS: Oh, so when HUMANS wander around the aquarium from tank to tank they're "visitors" and "getting an education." But when I wander around aquarium from tank to tank I'm "out of bounds" and "shouldn't eat the other exhibits."

Fading to black but it’s just for complicated action scenes while all the sex scenes are written in full

These ghouls act like they've discovered some novel secret: "Hey, guys, GUYS! Did you know that we can just kill people whenever we want?" Yes, you absolute idiot, that's ALWAYS been true. We just chose not to, for good and self-interested reasons which the entire world is about to learn yet again.

Of the 32 audio dramas I have reviewed at ad-reviews.tumblr.com, 22 have the "queer lead" tag.

All pop ups should be permanently dismissable. Yes, AO3, I know I have people muted. I'm the one who muted them. Yes, Tumblr, I know that community is marked mature. I am an adult. Yes, phone, I know I snoozed alerts on the family chat. They once spent a hundred messages arguing about hotdogs.

Malevolent VA Awards by Griselda_Gimpel - Malevolent (Podcast) archiveofourown.org/works/80872486 via @ao3org If Malevolent had voice acting awards. #FanArt #Malevolent

Happy women's day if you're a woman if you're not there's always next year

I really shouldn't have planned to do anything on Daylights Saving Time. Stuff may be posted later, but as always, I feel like I'm running behind today.

it could happen today. the time change is very disorienting.

FWIW the fictional governing body of the show lore, the House, was formed because rampant betting and interference/cheating by the rich accidentally caused WW I. hah haaah but that would never happen.

I’m sorry But these manga summaries ☠️

Finished the rough draft of my femslash big bang!!

Only $880 left until the next milestone! ko-fi.com/megsothoth/g...

I will never get over how the result of going through a global pandemic that killed over 7 million people, including 1.2 million Americans—and where we swiftly created an effective vaccine for it—was massive growth in anti-vax sentiment, the rise of RFK Jr., and the return of fucking measles.

always great to watch some of the most talented creative people around be out here like pls let me know if there's any work I'll do whatever meanwhile some mediocre dipshit just got another 3 billion for his startup marketing piss in a jar as an energy drink

I do not think I will have time this weekend, but when I get a chance, I want to draw the scene from The Harbingers Episode 8 where Kris is fawning over Adam at the party and Adam is all, '??? Why is this strangely handsome man talking to me?'

I think it's pretty important to understand that algorithmically-run platforms have long understood anger and argument drives much more engagement than just showing you stuff you like, and if you find yourself being made to despair at what a platform shows you, that is the system working as intended

AI research: Researcher: Claude, please eat ten hamburgers. Claude: Done! I have eaten ten hamburgers. The first two were delicious, but after that I began to experience bloating and the meat sweats. Headline: Anthropic Says Claude has "A Fully Developed Digestive System"

repost to save a life

It's not done yet, but I made progress on my Choose Your Own Adventure fic for The Harbingers.

No bids on this one yet: fth2026offerings.dreamwidth.org/55874.html I'm offering for Leverage, Malevolent, and Valdemar. Currently, you can get a thank you fic for just a five dollar donation.

We made it to Friday! Good job everyone!