So, I modded cut lines and scenes back into my BG3 run. To my complete lack of surprise, it's the two PoC characters who had the most material cut. Larian, you fucking Wankers. (The capital is necessary on wankers, trust me.)

The absolute silliest parent feeding a fledgling photo. Thoroughly undignified with that butt in the air (Baltimore Oriole dad and kid) #birds 🌿

Trademark extortion scheme alert! 2nd example I've seen of identical email, tho sent out w/ different names/addresses/company names. Goal is to scare writers into responding so they can be pressed to pay big $$$ to "preserve their rights". Needless to say, this is not how trademark or copyright work

I've dived head first into a video game because it's the only thing I've got to help me cope with my life right now. Rereading that sentence? Yeah. It says a lot.

Earth Wounds: Creative Explorations of Viking Age Funerary Customs www.medievalists.net/2026/05/eart... #Vikings #newbooks

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I'm still mad about this lol and I want to say. When I mean it's standard. I mean that you don't need to justify yourself with aphantasia, or saying "I'm learning". The point isn't to learn to draw with no references. They're not a crutch. They're part of a normal art process!

#medievalsky

thinking about this tumblr post (www.tumblr.com/bumblebeebat...)

#medievalsky

I truly truly believe that the only way we'll ever have a platform that will protect sexual expression is if it's created and run by queer trans sex workers of color who never ever sell the business to anyone no matter how much money they're offered.

Here's where you can make your voice heard, and it would be wonderful if more than just the smut peddlers ourselves gave them feedback. help.kickstarter.com/hc/en-us/req...

Wide awake when I shouldn't be. Again. This has gotten extremely old. Y'know? Sometimes I really wonder why things like eating and sleeping are so easy for so many people. And so hard for me. Though... of course I know the whys. It's more of a 'why can't it be easy for me, too' feeling. .

I want to tell one of my favourite authors that her books got me reading again after an almost year long dry spell. I've never just, not been able to read for over 10 months. But she's not on bsky and I haven't figured out the social rules of Instagram yet. Anyway. Thank you, Jacqueline Carey.

What Does Despair Taste Of? Bitter tears over chewed, chapped lips Falling unheeded to the floor Rib breaking sobs repressed, so no one hears Blood and death of dreams Heart tearing at the seams Choked throat, clawing breaths Because you can't let go yet No You can't let go yet Not yet -Kai 2026

Y'know? I probably know more about this area of research than any newly minted Ph.D. And I'd bet because I couldn't afford to get my Ph.D, that I'd be ineligible. But gods. My brain and hands positively itch to study there.

Kinda really wishing my therapist hadn't suggested I relearn how to cry. I've been a damned watering pot since my friend passed. Normal, natural, fuck this shit. Christ. If it ever made me feel better, maybe... but I just feel like I've been punched by a cactus. And newest scientific research

Faith restored in humanity once again. I'm almost at my goal of $400. I'll actually be able to give my kid a birthday if I can get there. At $343/$400 (including my $42).

Ii was cheaper for me to stay home than to continue to work after we had kids. (Obviously, this was before I got so damned sick.)

But they allow AI, right? : ) Right???? Love to live in a world where violence and AI is a ok but sex is the devil. I hope all these people burn in the deepest layer of hell.

Great thread on how to improve archives and access to archival material. (Clue: it ain’t AI.)

The real solution to helping historians do research is actually pretty simple: give archives more money. Money for conservation, preservation, storage (physical an digital), climate controlled facilities, and staff (paid at a living wage). You don't need LLMs, you need money.

The is a known correlation between Eye Floaters and EDS due to the Eye’s Vitreous Humor being Collagen.

A friendly guardian for today's #TransArtMay

It has been a while since I painted a fictional botanical page and it was such a joy creating this one! You can find process pictures, commentary, and the full material list on Patreon! 1st month on any tier is 30% off with the code 1KCELEBRATION until 22/05/26. patreon.com/lindenshieldarts

Happy Mother's Day. (one of my shirt designs on sophielabelle.dashery.com)

One of the star objects of the visit was the Lady of Elche, a 4th century BC sculpture found in 1897 in Alicante now on display at the Museo Arqueológico Nacional. Is she a piece of a larger statue? Who does she represent? Whatever the answer she is beautiful and unlike anything I've seen before.

Let me introduce you the Atarax 🕊️ #pigeonsky

Took some pics when I was out this last week. I managed a whole 5 metre nature walk! Doesn't sound like much, but it's a lot for me. I'm still trying to rebuild my stamina. Gonna thread them by plant/pic type. These are 'common blue violets'. I love violets.

Sigh. Here's me, hoping the kindness of strangers can save my ass again. I have $42.17 to my name, my credit card is overdrawn, & my youngest kid's bday is this coming week. If anyone has anything they can spare, our tradition is cake/ice cream/fast food and presents. paypal.me/KaelanRhy

Oh! But Kai! He's an actor! It shouldn't matter! Fuck that with a rusty spork. In a world of true equity, maybe it wouldn't? In this one? It most certainly fucking does. I still refuse to watch that one with him in it about the great wall. Or whatever it was. Save me from white savior stories.

Disney CEO: Lays off the thousands of workers, including the Oscar winning Visual Development team, but to media promises GenAi was not the reason. Disney CEO, once the uproar died down: We see opportunities for AI to play a role across 5 areas of our business: CONTENT CREATION and production, etc.

Two out of five isn't awful. 🤣

Memo to Dave Chappelle: The words you’re looking for are “I apologize to the trans community. I understand now that my words were hurtful.” Running around scrambling to explain that your transphobia was innocent and good and not at all like Republican transphobia ain’t it.

Y'know... I got the feeling of 'is this a joke?' When I saw Matt Damon in an Odyssey retelling. Despite my love for the other actors? I'll prob be skipping it. Despite my love for Nolan films. 1. I'm just over Damon. I don't want to watch his acting anymore. He's way overexposed and just... no.

A lovely bit of 2nd Century Samian pottery for #findsfriday found this week at Uncovering Roman #Carlisle #Archaeology

This is the only Odyssey adaptation that understands that the hero is an impulsive himbo who deserves his many ass whoopings. It is entirely believable that this Odysseus would get a bunch of his guys turned into pigs by a sexy witch.

Could I please have a good day? I've had a hell of a week, and in the bad way. Many bad ways. I'm just... stick a fucking fork in me, I'm done. Could I just have one good day to remind me that they exist? Just one? I'll stop whinging now.

#Birds #PigeonSky “Hang on! I haven’t finished yet, Thomas.”

Awake at a ridiculous hour is getting old. Someone remind the sandman where I live, please.

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Pippin says get out and vote today against fascism 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🗳

CW homophobia, attempted murder This. I fought tooth and nail for our rights and helped reclaim every damned slur thrown at us and sashayed away with them. In the '80s and '90s, Lez and Dyke were slurs. I almost died because someone *thought* I was a Lesbian because I was hot and didn't have

So, we've finally finished Stranger Things. Going out on a limb here, but what *exactly* did people dislike about that last episode? It was the best episode of S5 (which was stinky AF & almost certainly written by AI). The climax scene was bitchin', except Nancy as bait making zero sense.

My legal team is now working on copyright cases against SHEIN. They were the first place that counterfeits of my work started showing up and I am glad to be able to finally go after them. If you have had your art ripped, please contact Justice for Artists. They won a huge case for me last year.

📚 BOOK CHALLENGE 📚 Choose 20 Epic Books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge (11/20)

A set of crescent Earth images from Artemis II. flic.kr/p/2sbqh4t flic.kr/p/2sbipsC flic.kr/p/2sbpeBv flic.kr/p/2sboRSy

People who stopped wearing a mask in 2021 making a big deal about the hantavirus story… You can’t even acknowledge the pandemic we’re still in.

Yeah. It would be so nice if my face would stop leaking.