In these trying no image times, have an ascii mini totoro. Please fill the timeline with ascii art~ ,. ,. || || ,''--''. : (.)(.) : ,' `. : ^ ^ ^ ^ : : ^ ^ : `._m_m_,'

everyone sure seems to love that picture of the grey square

Tale as old as time

Back in the old days of DeviantART, I'd dedicate a day to comment on new artists I found. Finding new faves, giving thoughtful insight on works I enjoyed, encouraging others. The current artist website landscape doesn't feel as welcoming for that, and I'm really missing it.

It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way

Re: nostalgia for VHS tapes and other analog media, I saw someone say like "a VHS tape never sold my information to a nazi" and yes that's true! But the reason it's true is actually because Congress passed a law in 1988 specifically making it illegal for video stores to sell your rental history

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Exactly one year ago today:

Boycott Target because their AI might randomly and falsely accuse you of theft and then have you arrested and upend your life.

Listen, you've never sobbed in your life the way you sob when you internalize that humanity is the means by which the universe understands itself.

You can learn more about congressional dems at your local library

alan cumming does not get enough recognition for his nightcrawler role in x-2 people don't realize this but they didn't even have to use special effects he learned how to teleport for this role it's super exhausting so he doesn't do it anymore now that he's older but it was worth it for these shots

When did the "[noun] of [noun] and [noun]" book title format first start getting popular, I wonder?

A small win for me, I did this Twine story YEARS ago and even though I love it, it had my deadname in it so I stopped sharing it. However, today I buckled down and went in and updated it to my current name! Now I can share it again! wertle.itch.io/prof-vs-the-...

me, a serious author: This scene is designed to give the reader intense discomfort and distress my reader: gosh that was uncomfortable and distressing me, a serious author: omg I AM SO SORRY aaahh!! sorry sorry!!! 😱😰😭

if your phone battery is below 30% and we can see that in your screenshot it's stressing us all out have some decency and crop that out even if only so we can actually pay attention to the thing you're trying to show us win win

All this talk about "The Shroud" makes me think some dark magic is going on up there

Ugggh they're talking about how they can see the moon out one window and the earth out another and the earth is just a tiny sliver 😭 I LOVE THE MOON

When we talk about what the NYT is up to now, it’s actually helpful to be attentive to the fact that they have *always* done shit like this

I appreciated this article by Michael Taggart, on the temptation to use some of these coding tools and the pitfalls, from the POV of an experienced software engineer. This is why it's important to fight these issues collectively rather than at the individual level. taggart-tech.com/reckoning/

This is so, so well-articulated.

I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines. Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."

My heart goes out to every artist who just now realized they were working in the wrong layer.

Me: I'll do a tarot spread to explore my thoughts on how to cope with my changing industry... *Draws the first card that represents "your place in the situation"*

I accidentally broke my jar of sourdough starter and started crying so I think I'm not doing so hot right now

Welp, time to reset my "days since I've had to super glue a wound shut" counter back to zero.

Heads up narrative game devs! Turtle Rock has a remote possible role in the California PST time zone Please share with your narrative game dev friends turtlerockstudios.com/careers/4678...

I recently saw someone try to make the "if a game is good, it'll find an audience" argument the other day and I've been mad about it since. Success is never guaranteed. You can do everything you can to improve your chances, but I wish more people recognized that quality work ≠ guaranteed audience.

This has been a hard secret to keep: we're publishing the remarkable He Who Watches on Steam! He Who Watches is a unique, first-person puzzle game with a fundamental twist - a casual disregard for gravity! Play the demo and wishlist today! store.steampowered.com/app/1070500/...

I know the reason I feel weepy and full of despair is because I'm about to menstruate, but I'm MAD that KNOWING this doesn't magically make the weepy despairing feelings go away 😤

My mental state these days

Reminder to check your public library to borrow stuff for free like video games, books/ebooks, movies (including digital/streaming), and possibly even free museum passes and other goodies

Louder: IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT IF YOU CAN'T FIND WORK. THERE ARE NO JOBS. I know it still hurts but Anna is 1000% correct here.

Was grumbly about waking up too early, but then I opened the window to listen to the rain and heard some barred owls calling to each other! 🤩🤩🤩

I remember asking my mom "i want to read a REAL book, like a grown up book. So she went to the book shelf and gave me this.

I often see signs around town advertising "Neighborly Fencing" and i only JUST today realized it was talking about "people who build fences" and not "swordfighting."

“Unfortunately, in each of those cases, I did not have any open mana,” said Schumer, laying his elbow on the table to cover up his two untapped Islands, which had been gathering dust.

Always remember: nobody covering up a secret is leaving clues for you. Nobody who knows a secret and wants to disclose it is leaving clues for you. Following these kinds of trails is either a path to shared delusion or an ARG or both.

Cursed

Sad to see the Ides of March becoming commercialised like this. I really feel like we're losing track of the true spirit of the holiday. It's not about how many knives you can stick in a tyrant all at once, it's about the whole community coming together to stab the tyrant as many times as possible.

Adam Baldwin was literally *the* guy who named GamerGate and made it go viral. It was just some loser 4chan/incel YouTuber shit before then. They spammed him to get his attention because they knew he’s also a psycho loser and they wanted to make it go viral, and he did it. And it worked.

friend, this is Marcus Junius Brutus CAESAR has declared himself DICTATOR FOR LIFE and MUST BE STOPPED can you rush a donation of ten denarii today to show that you STAND WITH THE REPUBLIC?

New bats in the shop! wertle.bigcartel.com

hi speaking as a narrative lead on a GOTY and long time builder of VO pipelines, this has literally been a solved problem for ages with text to speech and other tools so we haven’t ever needed evil shit like genAI for this solved ass problem. This is basic shit.

The Singularity is upon us: Apple's AI summarized a text message that read "I'm still down to clown if you are" to.... "clown event still possible."

Slay the Spire 2 so gooooood

I had a stress dream about cutting paper with my fabric shears and I'm not sure what that says about my current mental state 🤔