Funny how you find little gaps in your social conditioning well into adulthood.
Like, how long am I meant to stand posed in the long grass and swirling cherry blossom, facing away from my opponent with sword held aloft, waiting to see which of us has bisected the other? What if it goes on more than ten seconds? Twenty? Are you allowed to pat yourself down?
You can’t seriously expect me to believe that everybody, everywhere across the world was kung fu fighting. That’s preposterous. Even the sleeping, those experiencing full body paralysis, and newborn infants? You make a mockery of my rational mind
Greetings and good morning fellow web scrapers
"We have reports that DOGE has tried to enter the copyright office."
Open call for anyone who can scrape the copyright office's database.
This is the official access point: https://cocatalog.loc.gov/
And this is an experimental new entrypoint that looks to be a bit more enumerable: https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/
catch it on the hop! Put it on https://sciop.net
@girlfleeshouse Well, I’m sure THAT will help.
“We’ve crushed fascism before and we’ll crush it again.” A 98-year-old WWII veteran demolishes a Tesla with a Sherman tank. (Love the replays from several camera angles.) https://kottke.org/25/05/wwii-vet-crushes-a-tesla-with-a-sherman-tank
"But as a cultural phenomenon there’s not a lot to the rise and fall of the ringtone: people will pay for digital tat, and they will stop when different or perhaps even better tat comes along instead. Fair enough."
https://popular-number1s.com/2025/04/25/crazy-frog-axel-f/
@fixatedpersonsunit Fucking hell, how many is this now?
Age has stripped me of the patience I once had for the unstable, the glamorously doomed, the tragically sexy. No amount of cheekbones or charm makes up for being emotional Chernobyl. They only glow when you're close enough to melt. And the stable ones, the boring ones? They're the ones who show up when the world's on fire with a hose & a plan.
It's the oldest advice in the book. And the most ignored. Run from beautiful disasters, walk towards the calm. Boring is the new brave.
My kid (8) has asked me to run a tabletop game for her and her friends (my dreams as a parent are all coming true!) and I'm sincerely excited by the prospect. BUT: I must also consider how to handle this.
Do I just get her to invite some friends over?
Do I make it a club at the school?
Do I make it a club at the library next to the school?
Any advice / anecdotes are appreciated!
"Keep connecting to who you are at your core" https://wandering.shop/@Violinknitter/114325425603646547
One time when I was GOH at a con I told GRRM about my MIL’s housesitter who had just that day decided to “trim” her 50-year old bougainvillea to about 2 inches of stick.
He was so horrified I texted her:
“You tell him. You tell Bill the guy who put the Red Wedding on us all thinks he’s a fucking MONSTER.”
The original of this cartoon and a few others are on my site now: www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oflombnj6v6xyohhatfkbzyd/post/3lm2rufljec2a
New edition of #Malifaux confirmed! Not much detail about the gameplay yet, but I love the game’s design and am looking forward to seeing how it evolves this edition. And the new art looks AMAZING.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr-ZfR89r5I
The Australien Government has made a cooking show about it's latest fishfuckery, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!
ananda: lord, today i saw a strange creature
buddha: describe it
ananda: it was green, full of sorrow, and played the banjo
buddha: ah. you have seen the kermit
ananda: is he a bodhisattva?
buddha: he doubts himself, sings anyway, and loves without guarantee
he is closer than most
Spotted at the local shops this morning. Mark your diaries! #dogs #dogsofmastodon
Open call.
We're looking for guest hosts for the show. Fans, creators, some weird mutation of both. If you're a fan of science fiction, fantasy, and/or horror, get in touch via email at skiffyandfanty @ gmail. Eccentric interests welcome.
Among our show types: movie/TV discussion, Torture Cinema (for "bad" movies), book discussions, SF At School (for talking to experts about stuff), and interviews!
Tell us what kind of stuff you'd love to contribute to. Past guests also much welcome.
I was interviewed by Mira Manga about getting started writing for Black Library and the writing of Crossfire. I could’ve gone on for double the time, frankly, but click through if you want to sit in on our chat. #Warhammer #warhammer40k #writing #blacklibrary #gamesworkshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH7YAqfalZc
