"The study found that resettled refugees contribute $6 billion more to the U.S. economy than they take out. Per year. The Trump administration did exactly what you’d expect: They suppressed the study, and then they lied about it."

The Fred Rogers Production has started uploading every episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for free. www.youtube.com/@misterroger...

If you measure a film’s “success” by its box office, and not how it made you think and feel while watching it, then you aren’t a movie fan. The Shawshank Redemption didn’t do well when it was released, and is considered one of the best films of all time. Did you enjoy the film? It’s a success.

Name the first videogame you completed I grew up with games that didn't really have a finish (Pac-Man and things like that), but I think the first game I ever finished was Silent Hill 2.

Hey #PortfolioDay! I'm Michelle, concept artist and illustrator, open for work (commercial and private), especially in the Tabletop Gaming and Genre Fiction Realms. 💼: www.coveofmadness.com 🖼️: vgen.co/CoveofMadness 📧: michelle.pecoraro[@]hotmail.com #ttrpg #fantasyart #illustration #bookishart

You know if first world countries want to keep costs down they could try not going to war with the middle east every 5 seconds.

The Washington Post "Editorial Board" has gone full fash and they aren't even trying to hide it anymore.

I just realized that the 2018 She-Ra and The Princesses of Power series will be a decade old in just 2 years!? Good lord why is the 21st century going by so fast!? Slow down time! youtu.be/OuFQxsRzUws?...

Working on rebuilding my Patreon to make it a repository for my writing, actually figuring out the layouts this time, and realizing I need some cover images. Putting things into neat little collections, but the collections need covers. 🙃

"25 years and my life is still Trying to get up that great big hill of hope For a destination"

This Pride mayhaps I can interest you in the gayest books DC Comics has ever published?

Psst! Other people :) magicariot.com/magicariot Go buy the book ;)

Hello! How can I share my portfolio to be considered as an artist? My portfolio: samiligia.squarespace.com

Hey friends, buy from queer authors! Some of us even have sales this month! 👀 zyearth.com

I need to win a lottery just so I can commission all you wonderful people.

Please share if you can. Work has been hard to find.

Tonight and tomorrow we're doing a 2-shot that I'm told takes place between Lost Mine of Phandelver and Storm King's Thunder. Going to bring back E.V.I.E., my living construct ranger who played Lost Mine. Art by my kid (I need to get them to add color 😀).

There is honestly no better way to hone your craft than just knuckling down and learning how to a tell a story with a beginning, middle and end within four-pages. It’s not easy but it’s invaluable. If you can do that then just imagine what you can do when you’re given ten pages and then twenty!

Did an interview today with Robbie at Pop Culture Philosophers -- mostly about Buffy and Angel. Please ignore the part toward the end where I start crying because we're talking a bit about Anthony Stewart Head: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eQk...

Have a lovely weekend! ❤️💐

To avoid burnout, use this 30/30 rule: After 30 min of work, quit and disappear into the mountains for 30 years. Happy Friday! #buildinpublic #startuplife #hiking #mountains #nature #productivity

Good reminder that if you are making lists of books to read for Pride the vast majority should be Queer Authors. I understand and appreciate that cishet authors have been in many cases peoples first experiences w/ Queer characters, however, we aren't celebrating ally month are we?

Sarah Michelle Gellar pays tribute to Anthony Head: "'Tell Giles I figured it out and I'm ok.' Well I don't have it figured out and I'm not ok. But I know I'm the lucky one because I knew you. Thank you to Daisy and Emily who not only shared their dad with me, but with the world."

Layout test for the outer cover of this leather journal. Coming along nicely.

Coming back to this because I just got a reminder that makes this even more cruel especially to the elderly and elderly disabled with the required 80hrs of work per month.

Nadia is a fantastic character, all enthusiasm and hope. She set out to create a lab specifically for overlooked girl geniuses and threw herself headlong into superheroing and making friends and family wherever she can

lol, it is almost like the AI you, your company, and other tech-brained shitheads are obsessed with is literally destroying everything

Congratulations everyone at @guildwars2.com for such an incredible announcement! I can't wait to speculate and hear more soon. You should all be SO freaking proud of yourselves, and I'm glad to see Colin's smile again! If you haven't heard? Feast your eyes on this: youtu.be/ITPzxITngqA

Working on rebuilding my Patreon to make it a repository for my writing, actually figuring out the layouts this time, and realizing I need some cover images. Putting things into neat little collections, but the collections need covers. 🙃

Hey y'all, if you have a minute and can sign, the Nashville Zoo has a petition against the proposed Data Center near them. It only takes minutes. c.org/bBRbD95d

I was slow paid (possibly no paid) on a project and I need to open commissions for emergency rent. If you ever wanted me to draw something for you, now is a great time. brianfnpatterson.com/commissions

This is naked corruption at such scale no reasonable or even sort-of-reasonable person can deny it. They are trying desperately to grab every ounce of power they can, and we must make they they face the consequences that are so afraid of.

Audiobooks here! Hours and hours of very gay adventures narrated by trans voice actor Emma Martello! itch.io/s/187272/mag...

I feel pretty clearly the reason they wanted us to stop “virtue signaling” was so that they could publicly act like their shitty behavior was the norm. It should not be strange or fringe to assert “abusing others is, y’know, bad” Total snowflake position, I know.

Good grief, watching people decide that "lore is bad" because THEY prefer a certain type of storytelling is so tiring. Y'all, different strokes for different folks. It doesn't all have to be for you, and it isn't bad because it isn't your style.

NEW: One day after Trump baselessly accused California Democrats of trying to "steal" the state's gubernatorial primary, the DOJ said its pursuing election fraud probes in the state. The development comes amid the state's delayed primary count, which are a normal part of the verification process.

Finally... #BlockTheMerger

Dreaming of a post-capitalist utopia where there are tons of collectively managed pools, lake beaches, and ocean beaches, and there's always somewhere to swim when it's 85°+. High-speed trains to the ocean beaches would be great too.

BREAKING: Following DOJ's defense earlier this week of its attorneys' actions in the Rhode Island Hospital subpoena case — www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state... — Judge Mary McElroy has referred the DOJ lawyers involved for disciplinary proceedings. Background: www.lawdork.com/i/198583977/...

of course they never cared about Pride, but the world in which they pretend to care is vastly better than the one in which they don't pretend and we are seeing it in real time we want the money to think there's more profit in being performatively woke than performatively bigoted

Their “beliefs” are lies If they truly believed, as they say, that there’s “no contradiction between saying all people are made in God’s image and deserve respect and care and saying that laws should be enforced” They should be out loudly protesting the conditions Grifters all of them

Being off work this long with no back up or PTO sucks, doing my best to make sure my bills are covered. If anyone is interested in some baubles to buy or the GFM that was started to help me out, here are the links. ko-fi.com/mcetching <- my shop gofund.me/deff10ed6 <- GFM

My opponents are all communists. In unrelated news, my government will be taking ownership of the means of production.

Seeing a ton of folks wondering where to get audiobooks these days 👀 We are an audiobook company that share profits with 4,000+ indie bookshops across the globe. Every time you buy an audiobook with us—there are over 600,000 to choose from—your indie benefits. (Which we think is pretty cool.)

another day, another insane arrogation of authority

Finished up this fun little painting last night! First "real" attempt at using gouache. I'm pretty pleased with how it came out, and excited to continue learning this media! Koi Pond Blossoms Gouache painting on 9.4" x 4.3" watercolor paper #art #artsky #gouache #painting

The Senate gave another $70 billion to ICE this morning. Don't ever let them tell you there's not enough money for healthcare or school lunches or museums or art or science.

Man, Anthony Head just left so many fingerprints on nerd culture. He was great chewing scenery in Ted Lasso but Buffy is one of those primordial soup shows that influenced everything after Every show w/a guy in the chair or a librarian who knows too much will always be a little bit Giles

Yep. The value of corporations rolling out the rainbow carpet isn't what's in their heart of hearts, it's the society-wide signaling of "acceptance is good, bigotry is bad." Even if entirely insincere, it tells society "we think the majority of our customers expect this," and that's good!

heartbreaking loss, grew up with buffy, loved him in ted lasso, but especially loved him as anthony stewart head, who did this