It's the kind of word that should have lost its charm even for name-calling once one aged out of middle school *in the 1980s* and there is no excuse for it now. To use it as an adult is to put a flashing sign reading "I Am An Asshole With The Mentality Of A 12-Year-Old" on one's back.

"Accessibility for Everyone", originally published by A Book Apart in 2017, reverted to the author - and she's made it available for free. accessibilityforeveryone.site I'll have to update my #ttrpg resource list: if you deal with the web at all - you sell dice, books, zines, etc- check this out.

To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally." In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.

Started this digital portrait of my character I played in a Hunter the Awakening game. He began as a scam artist who pretended to be a psychic and was recruited into a mission that he was not mentally prepared for. -ily he learned he was a werewolf. (that does explain the last few months)...

Applying BW filter to photo reference can help manage visual overwhelm. Using grids can help with proportion. The close-one-eye & measure with stick held in outstretched hand trope, is legit and good. When I paint digitally I use minimal layers. My background is traditional and I prefer this way.

"Bait." #FuckIce #FreeLiam

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

And it's important to mention when its NOT generating those things, even when its being used to "play around" its being powered by data centres spewing pollution often into low income neighbourhoods. There is no "playing around" with AI, its harmful. Full stop. www.bbc.com/news/article...

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

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It cannot be made clearer. If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

Grok is so much worse than you think.

Would love to speak to any regular international GDC attendees who are skipping this year's show (or were going to attend and have now cancelled) due to the current political climate. DMs here or [email protected], thank you!

We're living in the heart of 🧊 terrorizing Minneapolis. We're witnessing the horror every day. If you’re able, please donate to one of these 3 organizations supporting our city. ❤️ Donate before the end of the month + email proof to be entered to win a massive MTG prize package. 🔗 to orgs below!

If you need an attractive, affordable, AI-free book cover, I've got vet bills to pay! 👇

People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .

CALLING ALL BLACK GMS Hello 2026 I'm back with the GM & Producer sign up sheet for a Valentines event celebrating Black Love in TTRPGs. Showcasing Black characters getting to be In Love, being the Love Interest, doing romantic things. Call closes Saturday January 17th forms.gle/ZBMWEvL6pWa6...

The idea that health equals virtue is extremely dangerous. Who doesn’t like natural foods and clean water? But the idea that if you’re fat or sick or disabled, it’s your fault is dehumanizing and wrong. We’re all only ever one serious illness or accident away from disability. And life is random.

Chatgpt! Is! Not! Confidential! Do! Not! Do! This! For! Fuck's! Sake!

Magic the Isolation

So how we feelin' about that Epic ecosystem nowadays? We all feel confident that Fortnite is a good spot for kids to hang out?

I passed my Illustration course with a distinction! Here's Miri working out how to catch toy hidden in mysterious hiking boot.

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

The bots are out across multiple platforms and they're after your peace. Block and keep your eyes ahead, babez.

It's a new year, and I am begging y'all to put captions on your streams. Don't know how? I got you. Here's a thread of captioning options for your streams. With the exception of Meld that does not have a caption plug in (yet). These should work on other stream software.

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Cool

Basing a mini is just like gluing glitter to paper. Which has seeded a fiendish mini project.

Yelling at CEOs is good and we should all do it more (He's still not fully letting go of it, but being yelled at clearly moved the needle some)

I know there's a lot going on but if you can help with Echo's End of Life Expenses, my family would appreciate it. fnd.us/b2fcqd?ref=s...

I finished painting and basing a mini designed by @mz4250.bsky.social The character is a Warforged Druid of Rust. It was interesting painting it so it was visually interesting and not just Brown. First time basing too, for me! #DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #MiniaturePainting #MiniPainting #Warforged

Shout-out to everyone who's tired as fuck of only seeing the first four lines of this poem shared around.

“New technologies will come along to save the environment.” What they said versus where we are: From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Finished my newest version of my newtfolk TTRPG character. Their colouring is based off the great crested newt. They are highly pragmatic person who is indifferent about social constructs. I hope to play as them one day. #Newtfolk #Lizardfolk #ShowYourWork #DigitalPortrait #GreatCrestedNewt

53 DAYS INTO THE LONGEST NATIONAL ULP STRIKE IN STARBUCKS' HISTORY! 🔥 Remind your friends and family: Don't buy Starbucks for the duration of our strike! bsky.app/profile/sbwo...

Sandman (I watched the TV show and loved it). Why did the author of the source have to be so disgusting? On my art degree, I drew a lot of inspiration from Picasso, because I like the aesthetics of the work. Why did he have to be a racist and mysogonist?

In high school, I was a state legislative page. One of my duties was taking constituent calls. We'd take down the caller's info and then write a one-sentence summary of what they said. Our pads literally didn't have space for more. You don't have to be eloquent. You just have to be present.

Painted some Fenrisian Wolves. I tried to upload all 8. So either only 4 got uploaded or only half have alt text. All photos have this description: “White wolf miniature on an icy base." #SpaceWolves #WH40K #WarHammer40k #Miniature #WolfMini #FenrisWolf

Feels only appropriate to share this week’s Crapshot with you all on this, the first of January. Happy New Year all! And you know what they say. New year, new Ian. youtu.be/a7iHCvLXYfw

This Brazilian woman hates AI

I met a Welsh comedian who I deeply admired, as part of my then-job. I was introduced to them, but not by name. So I spent time working out if they were who I thought they were, and then working out do I bring it up that I was a fan. I opted with saying nothing because perhaps they'd prefer space.

I upset my inner child today by visiting PC World and Not buying a Switch 2. Nintendo haven't done much to make the console appeal to me for £400. No games that excite me and paying a subscription fee to fully access the games that might appeal? No Ty.

We are almost at 2000 signatures for the @nogamesforgenocide.com pledge. Anyone interested in signing up and getting us over that milestone? nogamesforgenocide.com

Tonight! Free new hour for the people (except the parts I blacked out but you can just copy paste those into your browser)

I've really gotten into painting miniatures, and I'm having fun trying out ideas. This is a Balrog model where the goal is "more book accurate". So the main figure is shadowy. Doing a base coat of white and black to hopefully have these harsh contrasts. Finished the white. Tidying black is next.

HERES THE REEVEEAALL!! Warhammer and Polly-Pocket (or i guess in this case Mighty Max) Are together at last! This is a project i've had in the back of my mind for YEARS so im super pleased to finally have it done, and i gotta say it's been the most fun to play with lol #warhammer #warhammer40k

Fam heads up on a call for submissions: please share with a Black Horror writer who you know would eat this up. Look at that dream editing duo: @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @chesyaburke.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Deadline January 14th, 2026...! blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-goth...

If you feel like you need to use Gen AI to "explore ideas", I dunno, try personally consuming relevant media to the project? I've been doing an illustration course and yes, the hardest part is idea generation. What did I do? Research. Reflect. (w)Rite. It's daunting having no ideas. So seek them.