open.substack.com/pub/randones... Lamb of god front men

OKAY BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS YEAR HUH?? #FuckIce #girldinner #guillotinesummer #IceOut

They don't make 'em like this anymore... :'(

Norwegian photographer, women's suffragist Marie Høeg (1866-1949) made late 19thc and early 20thc photography including self portraits which challenged how women were expected to be portrayed #WomensArt

Abolish ICE is not enough. Stern words for Greg Bovino or Kristi Noem is not enough. We need prosecutions and trials. Anything short of this position fails to address the gravity of this moment.

My Year-End Muses for 2025: open.substack.com/pub/arcanuma... Books, articles, video games, movies -- I consumed a lot of varied media this year!

Earlier this year I started up a #Substack in order to push myself into writing more and sharing more of what I write -- I wrote this a few years back, but I'm still really proud of it. It's a discussion about #creativity, ego, and identity: arcanumalexandrea.substack.com/p/things-i-h...

Moravian Stars hanging from the bridge in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Went on a short roadtrip with my partner from Wisconsin to North Carolina. I'd never driven that far on my own before, and I've never seen a mountain range in person before! I took this phone photo in Appalachia. I also took some film photos at this spot and I'm really excited to develop the roll~

Woah, I forgot about this place!

AI is the new Dot-Com Bubble. There's no point in every damn service having it, but they'll do it if it tricks a few idiot tech bros into buying their shit. Anything to avoid paying real people for the art & aesthetics that their products require to thrive. #fuckai #humanmade #noai

Looking at you, musicians who were totally cool with using AI to make your album art. :) Karmic. Everyone else tho, I'm so sorry. Another disgusting overreach of AI. Fuck you, SoundCloud. #fuckai #noai #fuckgenai #AIdestroysart #humanmade

My pitch for the girlies: Guillotine Summer 💀🎀🌞 #girldinner

I love when resource games allow me to name my colony. 💫🖤

It might not have been a good idea to look at visual size comparisons of the world map to use for my TTRPG worldbuilding at midnight. My brain hurts.

I finally posted a video on YT! Footage of our New Year's Day blacksmithing session. I'm still learning about videography so sorry about the banding on some shots. 🥲 youtu.be/A75tyFA4OSI?...

Also, you can have access to an online LGBTQ+ library here: www.queerliberationlibrary.org/members

Pottery notes are transcribed! Gotta do woodworking notes next~ #commonplacing #skilltree

We're working on our Skill Trees in this house. 💫

'Hector' Linocut by UK contemporary artist and printmaker Vanessa Lubach #WomensArt

My 2025 goal is to embody this character: *Including the abs... I need the musclesss

First forging session of 2025! Burned some homegrown sage & poured a shot of whiskey on the anvil in celebration. ⚒️ From rusty nails to simple, handmade hooks! #blacksmithing #metalwork #forging #craftsman #newyearsday #handmade

Corporations seem to really not get that “cyberpunk” is a literary genre about anti-corporate rebellion in a dystopian wasteland of extreme disparity between the wealthy elites and the common folk, between the empowered and the powerless… …and not just “when stuff is cool, but in a tech way”

🍊 ✶

Daily reminder that the underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.

I started outlining a short story for the first time in a looong time! And I've done 5 word sprint practices this month. 😎✒️ #writersky #writingpractice

I stumbled on the TT Live of author LaDarrion Williams talking about his book 'Blood At The Root' - He was literally the sweetest person, answering some Qs for us commentors and talking about his experiences as a Black writer. Had to pick up a signed copy! 💫 #bookrecs #diversereading #blackfantasy

Experiments in papermaking. Dried florals pressed in~ #crafting #papermaking #handmade

📚 Started reading "She Who Knows" by Nnedi Okorafor today; I'm halfway through and I'm amazed by how much futurist worldbuilding and dark mysticism Okorafor was able to pack into the first 70 pages! ❤️‍🔥 #readinglist #currentlyreading #scifi #fantasy #novella

I'm craving this game so much. 😭

First look at ‘Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet’ Naughty Dog’s next game

"Intergalactic" from Naughty Dog looks fucking amazing tho. THIS is what I wanted to see. Plus Trent Reznor for the music?!? 😭✨ I can live out my Cowboy Bebop dreams in this game, I'm so in. #thegameawards #gameawards2024 #gaming #gamedesign

The amount of repetitive shooters & revived fighter IPs really highlights the damage AI has done to the gaming community. This is what happens when you put profits & convenience over sincere, meaningful game design. I'm sad for all the new stories that won't be told this year.

I'm back on my #papermaking bullshit. 🫠 Using the previously-mentioned HP pages. #recycledcrafts #upcycling

I'm finding that tearing up my childhood Harry Potter & Neil Gaiman books to make recycled paper has been both a somber & weirdly therapeutic experience.

"Hmm, I have an hour, I should do some writing practi--"

I'm really happy with our new desk setup~ 🌈☁️ I'm playing a lot of Mistria, TCG Sim, & Kingdom at the moment. :)

I'm obsessed, these are SO cute! 🌜

:)

Karma's a bitch, and I love that for her. :)

My #Storygraph charts of 2023 vs 2024. #booksky #thestorygraph #readingchart

I'm starting step one of my #Videography / #Cinematography self-education: Learning the basics of Da Vinci Resolve. So far it's been much more straightforward than I thought. Soon I plan to do studies -- Any suggestions for femme & queer cinematographers to put on my list? 📽️ #filmsky

Reminder that your favorite local indie bookstores make a lot of their yearly income during the holiday season. Go shop local today. ❤️

📚 "One by One" by Ruth Ware ⭐ 3.75 Loved the overall setting and vibe, but I think a little more could've been done with some chars. Danny is a real one and was my fav. The major plot points needed just a little more oomph imo, but the twists were solid in true Ware fashion. #booksky #bookreview

Artist Isobelle Ouzman carves intricate 3D illustrations into discarded books found in dumpsters, recycling bins, and local thrift shops

I was teaching this today in a class on women artists of the school of Paris. Suzanne Valadon’s The Blue Room, 1923. Pretty damn cool. And so much better than some of the saccharine stuff by Renoir & co that she had, in former days, been the model for.

Chilly weather time. ❄️✨

I asked @amsraitor.bsky.social to draw a set of portraits for me: one of my daily look, and one of my fantasy self! I LOVE them. 🥹

💎