I'm excited to share my 99-word story for the Augur Microfiction Contest! The Ocean's Bones 🌊💀 @augursociety.bsky.social #AugurMicros2025

Started watching Four Keys Book Arts to learn how to bind books, but now I want to marble my own paper too? I’m going to need a dedicated workshop. Sorry, I don’t make the rules. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTRb...

"How can we communicate with optimism about the future … when we're living in the here and now where American democracy is in peril? … And we're supposed to ignore it? Leave it to others to wrestle with …? No no no no no. … "That is tonight's Last Word on my last day at the Washington Post."

When you strip away humanity

This whole thread is *gold*.

Right on!

Holding the hands of ttrpg players everywhere as I tell them that you don't need to make every character a comedy focused character. It's okay to have a character be genuine and focused and sincere without needing to fall back on some kind of irony or comedy for whatever reason.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when a DM creates a big fight that there’s no way the party can win, only for (after the tpk) there to be a time jump so we’re all alive again. It literally makes me feel like the whole session was for nothing. It’s boring and a waste of my time. #ttrpg

Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies. Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.

Last night at #dnd my character bound herself to her deadbeat Trickster God/dad in return for his promise to help another PC’s quest to find his kidnapped pregnant wife. I’ve gotta show that guy how a *real* dad behaves. #ttrpg

@art.millergeek.xyz Here’s your wonderful bird, all spiffed up with a custom framing job. I love it so much!

Yes, of course I brought a book to the Hands Off protest. And of course I stopped at the local brewery afterwards. #HandsOff #BookSky

don’t wanna hear one person say “well I don’t *love* any of the candidates” ever again YOU AREN’T SUPPOSED TO LOVE THEM THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO A BORING JOB COMPETENTLY SO WE CAN HAVE PARK RANGERS AND NOBODY GETS KIDNAPPED BY A COP OR SELLS YOU LISTERIA ICE CREAM

I really want to play this game, and I’m sure you will too! Please send it some love on Kickstarter! #ttrpg #rpg #tabletop www.kickstarter.com/projects/gan...

Let’s please get this project funded. Check it out and see for yourself how cool it is. And when it arrives and we’ve all played it for days, we’ll bust out our dusty old Docs and storm the castle. #ttrpg #rpg #tabletop #resist

Thursday is the final (epilogue) session of my DnD group’s 1.5yr Curse of Strahd campaign. The vampire lord is dead, and Ireena is safe. It’s going to be so sad to say goodbye to these characters. #dnd #cos #ttrpg

store.steampowered.com/app/2442460/... This is finally available (well, in 11 hours anyway). I've been waiting (not so) patiently for it since I fell absolutely in love with the first one. I know what I'll be doing this weekend!

yeah you saw what you saw youtube.com/shorts/EGqyq...

Got a chance to finally travel and see Goodison before the move to the new stadium. Everton did me proud with that 4-0 thumping and the main stand was rocking. Couldn’t have scripted it better.

The world seems bleak atm, but incredibly talented people are *still* creating beautiful things. I’ve recently bought a beautiful dice box from @staffandbranch.bsky.social and two sets of dice from @humbledragondice.bsky.social I’ll share pics when I return from my trip and unbox my treasures.

Do yourself a favor and read this short story. 💕 I’m ready to make offerings to Adeh myself today.

Aside from having my favourite mid-verse punchline, this Paige Lewis poem always feels right when the gloom rises

This is exactly why all my playthroughs look exactly the same. I cannot make myself disappoint Kim.

So to all the new follow backs I’ve been getting: you’ll learn from my timeline that I’m more of a lurker and reply person. I followed you for the promise of witty EFC remarks and the glow of a community of people who could truly understand my weekend despair.

Don’t bother, I’ve checked: these are two different pictures

I want my taxes to go to helping people, including people with mental health problems/ neurodivergence. I deeply resent the the word 'handouts'. They're the earnings of hardworking people such as myself who actively want to give back to society. The politicians don't own this money. We do.

This song was always done so dirty by the music video. This one is SO VERY GOOD.

My order finally arrived and it’s so beautiful!!

"Why are they here?" the king said. "I didn't invite any fairies to our daughter's christening!" "Hush, dear," the queen said, "I did." "I give the gift of compassion," the first fairy said. "I give democratic ideals," the second said. "I give revolutionary zeal," said the third. #MicroFiction

Whether “science is political” depends on how you define “science” & “political” but elections absolutely affect prospects for the progress of scientific research/applications as well as the ability of scientists to work so even in the *narrowest* possible view, institutions of science have a stake

I blocked someone today just for the crime of following me. When I checked out his profile he had The Other Guy’s hashtag. Blocking would not have been something I would have done 10 yrs ago. No, I won’t “hear you out”. I am a woman and either you think I am a full human or you do not. Full stop.

As a reader, I’m honestly confused about the debate of whether writers should write for money or stay “pure”. I mean, how else are they going to pay the bills so they can keep writing? And I *want* them to keep writing! Being bland so as to not offend anyone is the real problem. (1/2)

Please can you help to spread the word about Radio Lento? We share precious quiet from real places as a podcast. You can listen / subscribe here 🎧Podbean radiolento.podbean.com 🎧Apple Pod bit.ly/LentoAp 🎧GoodPods bit.ly/LentoGoodP No ads. No talking. No music. Just the sound from a place.

The Finn half of this duo isn’t feeling well today. The rest of the world will need to wait while I take care of what’s important.

They looked at the damaged limb. "You need to send me back to the factory," the robot said. "We have a workshop here at the farm." "I am not allowed to repair myself." "Can you show me how to do it?" "You'd do that?" "I don't want to risk they decide it's cheaper to scrap you." #MicroFiction

I could get used to this mid-week day off life. 💙📚