another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

i wrote about…well, believe it or not, i wrote about what writing actually is.

Just filled out (at length!) this excellent survey about how SFWA should handle LLM/GenAI use in award eligibility. It’s open to readers as well as writers so if you have serious & considered opinions plz fill it out, especially if you have edge cases to share that others may not have thought of.

Omg I found out I’m on Santa Paws’ Naughty List. Nooooooo!!

The projected high for Christmas day is 76 🥲 I loooathe a warm Christmas! 😭

Happy Northanger Abbey/Persuasion publication day to everyone!

Indigo bunting on a tansy flower. Day 20 #ArtAdventCalendar It's impossible to capture just how blue these guys are :) #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #birds #BotanicalArt

Exodus thinking I care about fight scenes and Matthew McConaughey more than character creation and story is one way to let me know the game's probably not gonna be for me, I guess.

important

My response to anything over the next two weeks

Finished season 3 of Invasion! AMAZING show. Mitsuki x Hinata makes me sob every goddamn time 🥰😭

Me, struck down with the flu, chest rattling as I breathe, dizzy every time I stand up, weary to the bone: "This is awesome! Now I can authentically write sick characters."

“Have you brought the list?” “I have, O Great One.” “Has it been checked twice?” “Of course, sir” “Excellent.” “Do you require anything further?” “Bring me an elf, I’m famished.”

Kids have it so easy nowadays. When I was young, I had to walk through 9ft of shag carpet to change the TV channel.

I've been writing (and currently typing this) on a work laptop that the school is now threatening to wipe, so... it was time I bit the bullet and finally bought myself my own laptop. 400 dollars later... 😭 And then I'll need to drop another 150 on MS Word! lol sob

C'mere, pookie. We need to talk about how now is a difficult time for lots of people in publishing. Not just bc--*waves arms*--but bc we're seeing Best of the Year lists and Award Eligibility posts, and bc the last book deals of the year are being announced while sub times are longer than ever. 1/

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The timeline today is just full of gold-standard weird dudes with good takes.

Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mide: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Did anyone else’s camera icon in their phone suddenly turn into Hal 9000

Love Discord being like "bro you didnt complete any quests this year" yeah man I dont know what those are and I'm working really hard not to have to learn

i think the inability to tell the difference between "i don't like it" and "i don't like it so i have to figure out a way to imply this thing i don't like is morally evil" is the most fundie thing i see people who are aren't technically fundie regularly do these days

Mockingbird’s Muses prints!

32 degrees but the red tailed hawks are back. They’re not as skittish as the northern harriers

I'm at the combination

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

These two queens at the top every goddamn year 😤

Fresh off the Easel! Washington's madrone trees are so fun to paint. I love capturing their twirling multi-colored bark in thick, expressive brush strokes of oil paint. Madrones at Sunrise Original Oil Painting by Erin Hanson, 2025 #natureart #trees #sunrise #art @fineartgallery.bsky.social 🎨

YouTuber: "Make sure to like, comment, and subscribe!!!" Me: *immediately closes the tab*

Thinking about them tonight 🥹 #StarTrekLowerDecks #lowerdecks #BeckettMariner #BradBoimler #StarTrek

Grading student essays saps my will to live.

I found you! 💘 House Finches #Twosday #birds

Do you ever feel like you just CONSTANTLY say the wrong thing and are just mentally ripping your hair out after the fact like Chris Farley in that old SNL skit 🫠

In which I confess... #writing #books Reposts welcome! cjsubko.beehiiv.com/p/the-origin...

One of the greatest Christmas ads ever. 🥰

I was waking up in the middle of the night unable to breathe due to fear/panic attacks. My sister made me some lemon balm tea. She put it in a little mason jar with a label and everything 🥺♥️

I'm going to be so busy the next couple weeks I don't know when I'll have time to decorate. 😭

I know this is likely late, but I wanted to try this before December starts.

𝔗𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔨𝔢𝔱 𝔓𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔦𝔡𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔞

🚨 HUGE 🚨 news: newly discovered deleted lines from Luke’s trip to Dagobah in Return of the Jedi give new dimension to his relationship with Yoda

Official donation links to help Sri Lanka, which was hit by a horrible cyclone this week vajra.me/2025/11/29/c...

“I say Jeeves, my mate from Stanford has a cracking idea for a startup. It’s a fixed route, multi-passenger ride sharing company” “Forgive me, sir. But I believe what you are describing is a bus. They are already quite common.”

Someone uploaded the hound group from the dog show to youtube so I was able to see all the weenie dogs. The smooth weenie took fourth place, good job, little guy! 😊

Spent thanksgiving with my four best buddies. Made sweet potato tacos for dinner 🍠🌮🤤

You just died. The sixth picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.

‘Tis officially the season! You can now answer, “Let’s circle back in the New Year,” to any work or personal agenda item you want to postpone with a clear conscious.

Evergreen