Posting this again because I've been getting questions: at this moment there is no licensed merch for Murderbot or Sanctuary Moon except what is on Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/... where it's sold for charity fundraising. And they are getting a new t-shirt design soon.

oh shit I forgot to check the matzo meal

welp, @risingpun.bsky.social is scrubbing potatoes and chopping up apples ... it's our 22nd Latke-versary this year! (We met Chanukah 2003 in @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social's kitchen; he was frying and I was on prep.)

TIL nearly all of the "Miracle Max" scene from Princess Bride was improvised by Billy Crystal, and it took three ten hour days to shoot, because they couldn't get through his improv without everyone (cast and crew) laughing so hard it ruined the audio. Mandy Patinkin bruised a rib holding it in.

Very cool (and informative) thread! (scroll waaaaay up)

59 left now. Much like many of you, I *also* can't wait to stop posting about this. The end is near! Help me get there! Order a 2026 Love Notes from Nature Calendar! SquidFacts.net

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My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.

DON'T YOU FUCKEN DO IT. NO CLICKS FOR TERFS.

We're at it for the next few hours. Last minute gifts, handmade, by angry queers. Many around $20, free US shipping over $25. www.peculiarityshop.com

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Owls of course only know one spell - Power Word Kill - but their efforts to use it are stymied by the fact that they are trying to cast it constantly, at anything smaller than them, and they reset their cool downs without actually being able to cast it. They get one a day, on first waking up.

Every day there are countless new examples of AI confidently providing blatantly false information. www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/colu...

This is a fun list, and I want that goat pillow SO BAD

My favorite thing is when I think I'm gonna run out of yarn before I finish my shawl, so I break out the scale and it says 27g left, and I do one of the 23 pattern repeats and then it says 26g, and I do one more repeat just for funzies and it says 25g ... \O/ (it's crochet, so no bind-off)

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psst, regular tees are $13 and regular mugs are $12 until tomorrow morning

I have 2 small zucchinis and a pound of white mushrooms that were supposed to go in Sunday's food but didn't, and I have no earthly idea what I want to do with them. (Sunday's thing was soup, which persists, so I don't want more soup.) Hmmm.

Yes, it is paywalled! And every time y'all point this out, we will reiterate that writers and artists deserve to be paid for their work. We are an independent publication run and owned by workers. Also A LOT OF OUR CONTENT IS FREE. Plus, you can read single articles for $2. Including this one.

New thread of cool stuff for holidays, made by 11 queer folks. Free US over $25. These super cool Czech earrings from Vivi. $18 www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...

If they aren’t a registered charity and they aren’t registered with the Fundraising Regulator (example logo below), it’s probably one of these scammy orgs where the ‘profit’ is a tiny fraction of the money you handed over and some bastard gets rich on your good intentions. Give to a real charity.

this perfectly captures this entire administration’s “the emperor has no clothes” energy we are all expected to pretend this man is the King of Health, and he himself believes it, which is why he confidently in front of witnesses attempted a thing he cannot do, knowing they will all say that he did

okay so the second and arguably even funnier part of this story is: so my dad was a university president, right? And there’s another university in that town. heated sports rivals, etc, etc, you know how it is

The original article this article is leeching off of and voiding of context for ragebait points. It's a nothing statement, Aardman isn't switching to ai. The kind of "ai" here is the same automation stuff we've had for years, but renamed ai to attract investors. www.radiotimes.com/movies/walla...

truly sincerely recommend. if you have never seen due south. I think you should watch due south

Okay, new desk is set up, and it's about 2 inches taller than the old one. The chair is as high as it will go! But I found a cushion that works for now. Yay drawers!

This meme always cracks me up. I had a kid, y'all! If you want to go hard mode you have to include Disney & Pixar!

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Hillary is so talented and makes such beautiful things!

How are papercuts always always ALWAYS on your knuckle? DAMMIT.

I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison

Just bought a new desk with SIX! DRAWERS! and before I set up the desk I need to clear off the old one* which means I get to put stuff in drawers! Which is more fun that you would think! (For me!) *the "old one" in question was in fact a 6-foot plastic folding table which I have leaned a hole into.

Walk past the kettles!

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We are so close! Over 90% of the way to the goal for my winter fundraiser for our local animal shelter! Please consider donating if you can and THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone who has already given! 🥰 givebutter.com/n5l31M

WOW that's ... extremely accurate

The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.

Apropos of nothing (ha) I've been really happy using Credo mobile for a long time now.

i think any ideology that frames asexuality and celibacy as inherently bad things is dangerous

another one, @risingpun.bsky.social

This is *ALWAYS* the result. Poverty and homelessness are choices, made not by the individuals suffering each, but by the society who keeps electing people who refuse to put a stop to it. We KNOW what policies work. It is a CHOICE to not enact them.

It woud be helpful if more people understood that a man who says and thinks such monstrous things now has enough money to purchase private armies and sway elections. We can solve part of this problem with two words: wealth tax.

Very good @davidjroth.bsky.social on the Oklahoma essay grift. defector.com/the-conserva...

Once again, no one making these claims seems to understand the enormous hurdles in the way of getting a kid the help they need - in this case - I dare anyone suggesting this to go through an IEP process.

L O L for real

"But aren't libraries going to be phased out by digital content" BRO let me tell you about a) our massive amount of digital content AND 2) the Things in our Library of Things that circulate every single day. (like the power-washer; it comes back, someone sees that it's back, and they take it home.)

Oh! I forgot to show y'all the sweater I finished over the weekend! Pattern is Ranunculus; I made the neck smaller and lengthened the sleeves. It's a delight to wear, so cozy and soft. (Yarn is a merino/silk blend.)

Well, it's snowing enough that a couple of people either didn't make it to work or are leaving early, so Best Director has decided to close early and directed me and other afternoon/evening shift person to stay home so WOOT day off.

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