There is a line in an upcoming episode of #StarfleetAcademy that hits particularly close to the chest at the moment: 'There has been a tragedy. Don't compound it with ignorance.' Star Trek, on the ball as usual #StarTrek

The first step to creating a future better than the present is being able to imagine it and believe it can happen. Next and equally as important, is insuring you are alive to live in it.

If you are dyslexic, an actor or know someone who is, this might be of interest to you. ko-fi.com/post/Being-A...

I'm never going to judge actors for their process, or how long they take to get to a scene, because we all have a different availability to our vulnerability. That's the journey sometimes, and the high. But if you're mean to the cast or crew,... then you're just a jerk.

To the influx of artists and people about to join in from another stupid move by shitty bird app, actually use this place. Genuinely, if you just make an account and leave, then there's no point. Try to post here whenever you can.

Stave 5 of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. ko-fi.com/post/A-Chris... If you enjoyed these please share them with anyone you think would enjoy it. You can tip via my Ko-Fi page if you are in a position to do so. All gratefully received.

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Excited to share with you all the first part of my audio version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. ko-fi.com/post/A-Chris... The next part will be released tomorrow and every day up to Christmas day. Its entirely free but if you wish to leave a tip all donations are gratefully received.

The thing I hate the most about the term influencer is that it's not 100% an inaccurate description of what they do, but it does reveal the callous brutal distain for everything else they do as part of their job. Their only value to some is seen in who they can influence and to what extent.

Has anyone ever considered what the fact we've gamified avoiding certain songs at this time of year means about the cultural ubiquity and over saturation of them?

Far too much to say to fit in even a thread. Big shout out to @elliesparrowart.bsky.social If you would like to see more of Ellie's art please check out their Facebook page www.facebook.com/elliesparrow... All their other links are here: www.elliesparrowart.com/all-the-links

When we live through difficult times it can be easy to succumb to despair, to see nothing but darkness on the horizon. But one day, in happier times, songs will be sung of those who persevered. Strive to be sung about as one who brought hope, as one who carried light over that horizon.

I think we've been doing "to read" book piles all wrong this whole time. They are books you proportedly want to read but so often we despair that they never get smaller only larger. But consider, if you ever did get to the end of your "to read" pile what would you do? 1/2

You will commit an act of bravery tomorrow. It may seem small, maybe even insignificant to you. It may be that nobody but you ever knows it happened. But you will do something that requires you to push past your fears, and you will know it. That is no small thing. Celebrate it.

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” Marcel Proust

I've said it before but I'll say it again. The internet has an unhealthy aversion to change of any kind. If you fear change in and of itself you aren't appreciating the moment enough. Change is inevitable. Some of it will be good some bad but without it we stagnate.

I didn’t realize that the “hi hungry, I’m dad” dad joke has a deeper meaning, which is “please politely ask me for what you actually want instead of just announcing a problem to me.” “Dad, I’m hungry.” “Hi hungry, I’m Dad.” “🙄 Could you please make me something to eat?” “And how hard was that??”

If you haven't heard already, the Doomsong TTRPG has been nominated for three ENnie awards! The organiserts have also updated the link to one that, y'know, works! Vote now, and make sure to hit Doomsong up for: - BEST SETTING - BEST LAYOUT - BEST PRODUCT vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2025

I know it's reductive and unhelpful to say that if you're upsetting bastards, you're probably doing ok, but in the case of Greta Thunberg in recent hours (and always tbh) she's only upsetting people you should set your moral barometer to oppose.

I had lovely experiences with @shortwavebooks.bsky.social , @infestedpublishing.bsky.social , and @cateyepress.bsky.social , among others. And their catalogues speak for themselves.

We are praying to our dead God that Doomsong: Lord Have Mercy Upon Us wins the People's Choice Award at UKGE... If that doesn't work, we would love it if any of you at the convention could pop over to hall 4 or vote for us in the UKGE app! Vote today! #Doomsong #UKGE

Addressing climate change is not a “pass/fail” scenario. It is a process of mitigating severity that will happen in our lifetimes. Saying “it’s over, do whatever you want” is both foolhardy and literally incorrect. We can always make a difference — and will continue to do so.

Hannah Barbera's entire output was just "what if an animal had a hat"

Lukewarm take but the reason Andor is more popular with a certain vocal section of the Star Wars community than an 8 button wirelees mouse with tits is that its the first piece of Star Wars media in a while whose target audience is older than 12 and most of the fandom is these days. #Andor

Man…was talking Wagner on here earlier with @sarahgailbrand.com and - my God - this is how you start a Goddamn movie.

"Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer" is way too hard a line to be from Rick and Morty.

Sisyphean [sis-uh-FEE-uhn] (adj.) - Extremely difficult to the point of futility. - Relating to Sisyphus, king of ancient Corinth. Used in a sentence: “The struggle to keep these third graders in their seats and focused on their studies is downright Sisyphean!”

I love playing for a non-binary audience because even if only one person shows up you can still say, “THEY LOVED US!!!”.

Cabaret Evening 📅 25th April 2025 🕐 7:30PM 🎟 www.wegottickets.com/CygnetTheatre #exeter #devon #cygnettheatre #theatre #drama #cabaret #fyp

Some of the first art humanity made was pornographic. The oldest stories that are still told are sexual. It is Shamhat, a sacred prostitute, who civilizes Enkidu in the epic of Gilgamesh. Sex work is ancient. Sex is fundamentally human. It's no 'filthier' than any other human pursuit or endeavor.

He doesn't deserve the death penalty because no one deserves the death penalty because the death penalty is fundamentally evil.

It's trans day of visibility! Transness has been made very scarily visible over the last few years but through a warped and harmful filter of politics and media. Today, I hope that visibility might be more human and that cis allies might be inspired to do something about it.

Gad -- and let me be perfectly clear -- zooks

The thing about social security is that if it is destroyed, it just never comes back. It requires trusting in the stability of government for the next 50+ years, who would possibly pay into a system that for all they know will just get looted again by private equity in a few years

Tickets are on sale now for our Cabaret evening at Cygnet Theatre in Exeter. Cabaret Evening 📅 25th April 2025 🕐 7:30PM 🎟 www.wegottickets.com/CygnetTheatre

@16biteric.bsky.social Ran into some old friends

I cannot emphasize enough that SAG-AFTRA not hard-lining full, comprehensive protections against A.I. for their members is inexcusable. They should be stating, upfront, "We will not move forward without these protections in place. End of story." FUCK OFF WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.

'No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away... The span of someone’s life is only the core of their actual existence.' The great humanist author Terry Pratchett. He was our patron and is sorely missed. He died #OnThisDay 2015. GNU Terry Pratchett.

ABSOLUTELY NOT FUCK THIS SHIT ABSOLUTELY NEVER OVER MY DEAD BODY

dudes talking up generative ai like "finally a tool for a mediocre man like me to get credit i dont deserve"

✨Art Commissions 2025 ✨ Open and booking, details below! ———————— Complex, wild, weird, emotional requests very welcome. Don't worry about something being silly or vulnerable. I *live* for silly and your feelings are safe with me <3 Promise. ————————

Something I truly hate about the term "Influencer" that it is not entirely inaccurate. But is a transparent example of the fact that they are only seen as useful or valuable based on the size of their audience and what they can get that audience to do.

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