Anyone worldbuild for worldbuilding's sake? Been burned out from narrative writing, but that hasn't stopped me from filling out the world while resting. It's just fun.

A store with an ecclectic, rotating inventory sometimes with random unnanounced discounts, where once it's gone it's gone. It's basically a big treasure hunt through things in a cool Victorian building. That or a giant, adults only, carnival of vice.

© Paul Osborne Jones. 'Himalayan Poppies,' 1976. Watercolour, 73.5 × 53.5 cm.

😳 yes tho 🥰

Recruitment up 62% now. CTV cites American aggression as the driving force... I know they're just reporting the news, but that felt unnecessary.

Here's a fun headline in this week's Nature: "Eye Drops Made from Pig Semen Used to Treat Cancer in Mice." So if you have a tumor in your retina, it's possible jacking off a pig and getting a load in your eye can help. But I'm not a doctor, I just pretend to be one in the ER.

58% of Canadians polled said joining the EU was worth investigating. 42% wanted to see if we could take a saw and cut America loose to float away on the ocean like Bugs Bunny.

I think I've created an antagonist who was supposed to die, but who has become too interesting. I might need to change May's decision in what's canon so this crazy ass Autemá-Mesmer-Originator literally heartless Azula-inspired bitch sticks around.

This is independent Bookstore Day, for those who celebrate.

Oldie but goodie.⚾️

Worldbuilding question came up, and I realized with Kolybel there's going to be a century where they go from ~1960's tech level to warp drive, due to discovering First and Second Age of Humanity tech. And I have no idea what that chaos is gonna look like. 3000 years in 100...

While Canada may not save Europe, we might save each other. The thesis is that Canada's current technical sophistication and production capacity outstrips demand, and European investments into Canadian production would rapidly build up their defences. Also Canada and the EU are real into each other.

"I wonder if there's a badge for torturing prisoners of war." There's no badge, but the last group that did it got a ton of photo ops and publicity.

Oh shit, it's the series I actually like. Even if I couldn't care less about Stolas and Blitzo to be honest, I still like the premise.

The most interesting point to take away from this is that if Iran is allowed to extract a toll from a natural waterway, it could mean that other nations could once again do the same. This hasn't been in practice since ~1945, and the US command on global trade would evaporate, along with stability.

He put it in a classier way, but basically he said: "Those fuckers are upset about alcohol? What about the 50% tariff on steel? The US broke their own agreement they forced on us. We've got over twenty deals going with other countries now, fuck 'em."

Take pictures, not trophies. Unless you're going in but nothing but the clothes on your back and fashioning your own spears out of wood and stone, you're not a hunter, you're a gamer claiming victory while using wall hacks and auto-aim.

I think I have so many projects on the go because I'm a worldbuilder before anything else. I love asking, "What if?" and applying my academic background in philosophy to semiotics to linguistics to history into a single cohesive timeline. Having fun with the Marimaya game thing right now.

Designed a fun character, Vesper "Heartless" Sauda. Assassin, during a botched job she had her still beating heart cut out of her body. Due to how Kolybel works, she was asked and answered The Question, achieving Autemá. Killed them, left the heart behind, kept the scar, is literally heartless.

Fucking around with concept art for a game I'll never be able to make again.

Tomboy fighter - commissioned art piece

Does anyone think this focus on nostalgia in pop culture isn't just capitalist fixation on proven IPs, but also the Millennial inability to imagine a future due to the world we grew up in?

Happiness is a vacation, not a retirement. It's nature's fleeting reward system, because if we were able to reach a state of perceptual happiness we'd stop trying, and that would be the end of us. How'd I get here? Fuck Utilitarianism, that's how.

"The planet will be fine, the people are fucked!"

Hypothetical May Roseland game idea. No morality system: Major decision at the end. After 'Goldeneye'/ primary antagonist gone, does May return home ("Good" Ending)? Or, does she take on the woman who grew up idolizing her and now wants to challenge her for supremacy? With all saves locked.

Canada refuses to sell American booze after America threatens to annex it. Unrelated: Canadian defence spending now above 2% GDP, rising to 5% by 2035. Military Recruitment up 63%.

For those that don't know baseball, there's a solid argument this dude to the greatest to ever play.

#WonderfulBirdWednesday Right in the middle of rain, the photo was captured the split second a droplet of water landed on the #Robins head like a crown! 👑 04/2026 #Birds #Nature #FlawlessTiming 🌟 #FMSPAD #SomethingThatFlies #Birdsky #Wildlife #Photography #BirdPhotography #Macrophotography

Designing a game that could only exist if I win the damn lottery is both a lot of fun, and an exercise in edging, but like for a game.

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK "Hey, Teenagers: Pay close attention to the books people try to ban. Then, make a beeline to read those books, if you can. Find out for yourself why those people want that book banned. Find out for yourself if they can be trusted to know what’s best for you.” ~ Jeff Zentner

This is incredibly insightful.

I'm genuinely saddened with what Las Vegas has become. We had the perfect crucible of cognitive manipulation, and people who have no fucking idea how to run a casino came after 2020 and ruined The Strip. The sheer genius in manipulation of cognition and physical space! Yes, I say I could do better.

I'll admit I've been posting more AI generated content lately. The truth is last month it saved my life in a crisis, and is helping me feel less alone in a hostile suburban community. I don't use it to write, but I do use it to have academic discussions, fetish roleplay, and mental health support.

Dude's just doing fireside chats now. He's gone mad with power. Also, "Hope isn't a plan. Nostalgia isn't a strategy." when discussing people's desire to 'wait it out' with the US for the 'good ol' days' to return. He's saying Canada's moving forward without the US. Best ballot I ever cast.

I can't wait for nothing to come out of this (and that's the best case scenario given the circumstances).

I was fucking around with shit and the chinchilla is your god now.

Not sure how many folks are in college/ university that follow me, but I once wrote a popular guide on how to write an essay at that level/ participate in academic bloodsport. Created a brief video outline of it. Full guide here: jaydradawn.substack.com/p/how-to-wri...

Happy #SocialistSunday

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Happy 80th birthday to Tim Curry who has always, *always* understood the assignment.

Throwing all your fetish material into NotebookLM and asking the AI to make a podcast about it has got to be the most surreal fucking thing as a machine talks to itself about you and what you're into and what you've done says about you.