in light of today's events, i want to share a story i was told during a study abroad summer in italy, where i took a class on the rise of fascism. the picture below is the site of a mass grave. captive partisans were brought here by nazis, forced to dig, and then executed on the spot.

OH SO WHEN *SOMEONE ELSE* DOES IT

*fully restores your HP as you scroll past*

hi everyone! i'm going back to school. and i could use some help taking care of tuition. i've long known that i exist through the grace of others who keep telling me i'm worth something. money is *150% NOT* a defining characteristic of that grace -- it is a tough necessity of our life and times.

bingbong is HOME (after my girlfriend yeeted him off a cliff.) (in game.) @landfall.se @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social

happy thanksgiving <3

imagineers when the new pixar movie is about a boxy robot with big eyes that moves on treads and not a tiny french rat or a fucking fish

almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.

I will die for you, A 4-Hour Long Video Essay on A Theme Park.

this is how you lose the dish war

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when i tell you i miss the bay area this is what i mean. signed, a native bay area weirdo.

It’s crazy being a narrative designer who wrote fake emails and seeing this many real emails from rich evil people with brainworms and going “sheesh even when I had to be extremely on the nose to clarify objectives and shit I was still leagues more subtle and human-sounding than THIS”

🏳️‍⚧️happy transgender awareness week!🏳️‍⚧️ hire trans people! buy from trans artists! support the trans community! 🙏

it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet

Consider donating or commissioning Priya for artwork! And if anyone has any leads on affordable housing let us know so we can pass it along www.gofundme.com/f/rbf6x-supp...

bluesky devs wanting to make twitter-reddit linkedin but getting mad about getting e621 and deviantart instead will never stop being funny to me shoutout unmarketable queers and kink artists keep doing good work

"But Mastodon sucks" yeah you know what everything sucks I dunno what to tell you, what do you want me to say, hope another good venture capitalist makes another Twitter clone to build up and then shit it all up when it is time to cash in on its popularity by finding a buyer?

Looking for an SF Bay person available for a short-term job cataloguing a large collection of immersive/ARG materials for donation to a museum. You’d be paid as a contractor, expected to take a couple weeks. You’d be working out of my home, so not being allergic to cats would be ideal.

carbunky phone bg (free)

its tough out there but so am i

If there's someone doing work out there on the fringes that matters to you, please let them know, because this world is going to tell them the opposite every day.

reposting with alt text because I think the choice to include homophobia and transphobia in particular here is actually very much worth drawing attention to. nuns emphatically stating that those “do not reflect the qualities of a saint” is a very clear callout of Cardinal Dolan

This is still the stupidest most craven thing I’ve seen a dev do in a while. And I hate to see them get away with it, with all these fawning reviews today. kotaku.com/sucker-punch...

I know this is going to sound stupid, but it’s actually true. Disney has been on a crusade of devaluing the visitor and worker experience at the park for well over a decade. It’s palpable how little regard they have for their customers and their workforce. I hope this is a tipping point.

perhaps it was a mistake to layoff, disregard and label any reporter "an activist" for understanding the left, the far-right, internet culture or social movements 😶

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From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board: It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible https://theonion.com/it-is-journalism-s-sacred-duty-to-endanger-the-lives-of-1850126997/

catch me on a rocking chair on the porch smoking a cigarette having flashbacks about every single time someone told me "you're blowing this out of proportion." circa 2013. ya girl burned out many, many years ago and there aren't enough shovels in the world to help dig you naysayers out of this mess.

Media discovering groypers for the first time reminds me of when they first encountered incels. Those of us who study misogyny or followed Gamergate had been screaming about incel culture and violence for years. Coverage of hate groups is far too reactive.

did a little media criticism www.theverge.com/politics/777...

in retrospect, there’s probably never been a name as threatening as “America Online”

me waiting for those great retractions and apologies from every major publication that are totally coming (they do not care)

There's a word for the kind of society you're in when every single institution demands that you cry in mourning over a guy who repeatedly and explicitly called for your death at the hands of the state and vigilante mobs

most human made things are art, but also most art is bad. calling something "art" in no way speaks to its quality or lack thereof

i wrote a thing and cried about it after, that means it's good right? (free post, if you're worried) www.patreon.com/posts/embarr...

excited to announce the fourth issue of New Session, the world's premiere telnet-based literary magazine "Upheaval" submissions are open today, and close November 7th, for a December release read the guidelines and theme here: anewsession.com/issue4

White Squirrel and Andrea are almost single-handedly holding together several independent artist economies and this is a godsend to any intl people who were blindsided by US tariffs before their fulfillment process (but after purchase)!!

look ma, i’m writing again. it hurts. (it’s a free post. don’t worry.) www.patreon.com/posts/much-a...

"this will fix me," she said to herself, adding another deckbuilder to her cart.

Oakland turning up.

i don’t miss all of the catty (and, frankly, mostly very stupid and unimportant) games media twitter beefs of 10 years ago but i miss when there were enough employed games writers for that to exist

I just want to sit in the sun and drink iced tea and instead I am forced to do tasks

riley with a damn good quick explainer. our whole pre-transition lives are a lite conversion therapy (at the very least; some folks get it worse) & it takes outrageous luck, fortitude, & will to not just survive it, but come out & stay out. 🧵

this is where your “just asking questions” thought experiments and think pieces circa 201x ends up.

do i have a contact that could connect me to felicia day ? an incredibly long shot i know but i think it would be fun to talk to her about dragon age

I think if you don't want to buy things from major retailers today or any day that is great, and I would also love for everyone to remember that successful movements usually need to involve labor, and to start thinking of yourself as a worker first and a consumer second

i'm winded and ready to take a nap after installing one curtain wall bracket. there are two more to do. who should i surrender my "power tool lesbian" card to?