I miss being able to make things, and I wish I could banish whatever mental issue was preventing me from doing it.

So, friends: I promised I'd tell the story. Now I shall. Let a (former) psych nurse tell you the true (gods help us) story of a night in a big-time NYC emergency room: and the arrival of The Man With The Bloomingdales Bag. (1/n)

I think Dawkins was probably always going to ultimately invent his own religion, with himself as godhead.

Happy #caturday from a cat who knows what colors work for her.

Normalize decoupling “what I like” from “what is good”. Extra hard mode for Americans: do the same, but with ethics.

ICYMI, Do Sharks Sleep? The Surprising Truth About Shark Rest Patterns In this edition of “Ask A Marine Biologist,” Dr. David Shiffman tackles a question about shark behavior www.scubadiving.com/do-sharks-sl...

Wait WAIT How has no one already done this? There's a fanfic of The Lottery in the form of a Chotiner interview, you've seen that, right? archiveofourown.org/works/733964...

here for building pretty boxes rather than "I Built These Tinkertoys In CAD (And So Could Anyone)" boxes

Mother's Day A Palooza is a go.

the first between Tidal, Apple, and Spotify to ban AI songs will get a windfall of new subs and the other two will get crumbs

Happy birthday!

My milkshake brings all the copper ore to the yard *double-checks* I have selected the wrong inventory slot in this cozy factory sim

... which means some dead guy woke up with only the Catalogue of Ships as instructions to get him through the underworld. I would in fact read the comic about that guy. (2/2)

a) this is a super cool and unusual discovery b) strongly suspect that it is a case of semi-shoddy burial practices rather than a special ritual use of Homer - the embalmer was most likely sans correct ritual papyrus, and grabbed any old papyrus lying about which means ... (1/2)

PUT DOWN THE AI AND PICK UP A FUCKING BOOK: EPISODE 8 💙📚 I present to you: "Legenborn by Tracy Deonn is one of the most important reads of the century so far!!!; or, this series is a major influence for me." simonteen.com/book/legendb... (Black cover of TEOST coming 7 May from @canongate.co.uk!)

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Bluesky pals! I have a sci-fi graphic novel called DRIVE, & it's my favorite thing I've ever done! If you need a long, escapist read at the moment the entire thing is free to read, here: drivecomic.com (THIS PAGE: The Silent Call)

If I'd survived childhood, I would have died five years ago of undiagnosed kidney failure.

Do I want to play Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom again, or do I want to walk around a pretty, largely-unsullied landscape without getting tired and with no sense of urgency or obligation except finding out what's over the next hill?

Writers, please: you are not above children's material. Not every children's property needs to be reimagined with a darker, more adult vibe. Even ignoring that Casper does not require reimagining anyway, we can keep kid's stuff as kid's stuff.

My best craft advice is "Put a giant worm in it." You can never go wrong with a giant worm. Sci-fi: Giant worm on an alien planet Fantasy: Giant worm in mountain sitting on a pile of gold Horror: Giant worm (eats people) Romance: Giant worm causes third-act breakup Mystery: Giant worm investigates

putting square brackets (or whichever aren’t used for code in your workflow) around parts of the sentence where you don’t know exactly the right phrasing but want to get the idea down to [keep moving with the momentum] has helped me so many times. demonstration in above sentence

Well the thing is, if you COULD write for an audience and guarantee a living, we all would. But even hacks starve, so you may as well do your own weird shit.

Your job’s not to write to an audience, your jobs’s to write and pray your audience finds you.

Today! Today is Release Day for my new book, the sapphic time travel fantasy coming of age novella, The Mystery of the Bitten Peach! Get it wherever books are sold... or right from Neon Hemlock: www.neonhemlock.com/...

I'm not having much luck searching the internet for this. I have some vinyl stickers that are wrinkled, does anyone know if I can iron them through like a cloth or something and not ruin them?

Happy birthday, Dad. Wish you were here. You’d know what to do. Or at least you’d know what to write. ❤️

Too real, Onion

Our avuncular KEN AND ROBIN TALK ABOUT STUFF podcast Patreon backers fire a gun in the cherry orchard to startle a bear, a seagull, and this week's installment of KEN AND ROBIN CONSUME MEDIA!! www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/index.php/ke...

No update this week, so it's a great time to catch up!

Here’s the cover for my upcoming new book, A Scholar’s Guide to Demonology & Other Dark Arts! More information at www.panmacmillan.com/authors/gene...

"Minuscule". I constantly have to remind myself that it's not "miniscule". Related: I still think "sleight" shouldn't be pronounced the same as "slight". The former should rhyme with "weight", not "height".

Saturn, Mimas and Dione - Cassini, 2009 - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2mJmU4n

Why I Write About Extinction • The Revelator

So very sorry to hear that Gerry’s gone. He was a ridiculously prolific writer and, as I found out in more recent years, a very nice guy. RIP, sir.

Check out this beautiful art of Crash's, my, and @sith-shenanigans.bsky.social 's characters (in that order) in @archangelbeth.bsky.social's GURPS Star Wars game. 💜 (Crash is not #onhere but I have sent it to him separately. :)

For some reason, today I keep thinking about Poe's _The Masque of the Red Death_.

Five 80s rock intros that will get you pumped ⚡️ #synth #80srock #guitar #classic80s

Check out this beautiful art of Crash's, my, and @sith-shenanigans.bsky.social 's characters (in that order) in @archangelbeth.bsky.social's GURPS Star Wars game. 💜 (Crash is not #onhere but I have sent it to him separately. :)

While I've missed Independent Bookstore Day proper, every day could be independent bookstore day if we work at it! Shipping from bookshop.org is still free today. So if you've been thinking about picking up my haunted architecture SF noir novella, now is a great time (at your local or online!)

Someone who's not reading carefully might miss that this woman's child *wasn't* diagnosed with sensory processing disorder. A doctor who'd observed her over the weekend suggested that Laura might want to have her daughter assessed, discussed it casually with her, and gave her information about it.

Amazing Shark Facts You Haven’t Heard a Million Times | After years of seeing “amazing shark facts” that I knew when I was 5, I wrote this column for scuba diving magazine with some facts you probably didn’t already know!

FYI: Bookriot informs me that today (dunno when it ends) "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Sáenz is on sale (the ebook) for 3 USD. I highly encourage y'all to get it. (not affiliate links) www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/... www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

Webcomic creators, if your characters were plaintiffs in an Ace Attorney lawsuit what would be the charges?

I made this one eight years ago (although I'd be shocked if someone didn't do it before me). It's fitting that it popped up on my Facebook memories feed, since tonight's the last day of a three-date stop in Indianapolis for They Might Be Giants . . . @tmbg.bsky.social

This sucks. :/ I used to love Moleskine's journals, but they've been declining in quality for a while. I've been eyeing a Leuchtterm1917 A5 for my next notebook...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel.

Last night’s #drawings #bskyart

Soundtrack of the sea: divers use underwater speakers to help dying coral reefs