Every morning now I come home to Amy reminding me of the cat-distancing circles of 2020, but in new and different configurations of train tracks

cat squasher-downer@smudged.bsky.social · last wk.

my son can't stop me from playing with the Brio trains if he's asleep, bwahahaha ...for real tho, if I get too close to the tracks without his approval, he says "No daddy! Mine trains!" and then holds out both hands like he's pushing me away and says "Puuuuuush" lmao

Finally starting to get enough sleep to have feelings and cry about problems Still too much long-term sleep debt to do anything about any of it

Apparently the voice actor for Bluey's Dad has a band, Custard Also I'm starting to think all modern music from Australia/New Zealand is comedy and satire. Maybe Australia and New Zealand are comedy and satire. That would make sense

I know she and her crew are, like, musical professionals and all, but some of Miss Rachel's music is unfairly infectious Why am I bopping along to a song about knowing when to go to the bathroom, why is this what's stuck in my head Whyyyyyyy (Robin, it's all Robin's fault)

So far we're just enjoying ominous introductions, but the werewolf crowd is gonna want to follow this one

Lark & Wren@lark-wren.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Good god, it's happening! the first 7 pages of Wolves of Danu are up for Patrons over here!: www.patreon.com/LarkandWren/... Really hope you like it so far ; v; this is just the very beginning!

Bringing one of the best tweets of all time over to Bluesky in honour of the Three Lions QF victory

As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content. www.wired.com/story/meta-n...

Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out

As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.

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I've determined tteokbokki is Korean gnocchi, or gnocchi is Italian tteokbokki. The internet informs me: - both originated in the 19th century, so it could go either way - I'm not the only one who thinks this, but - you can put gochujang on gnocchi, but there isn't a "gnocchi sauce" to put on tteok

Don't you dare blame my town for this shit, Gemini

Confused that googling for "were-pomeranian" doesn't immediately turn up fanart for "The House in the Cerulean Sea". Sure, he's not the main character or anything, but like... were-pomeranian. Wait, no, there's *one* link from a place with stickers of all the characters. That a start.

Hey uh Philly Bluesky, anyone in the market for an extremely sweet and affectionate kitten bud? This is Willow, she has sort of adopted me but my two grumpy senior cats are not likely to be friendly roommates

After finishing it at long last, there's an even more obtuse mental crossover in the ending / in the Ellimist book, reminding me of something towards the end of Vernor Vinge's book Fire Upon the Deep, but both things are too spoileriffic to even muse about properly

Rachel Is A Dragon@awkwardrdragon.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A couple decades later I'm finally reading through the Animorphs and have made it within a few books of the end, and feel like this is the Maziani from Cherryh's Alliance & Union universe, but with polymorphing. Now THERE's a scary image Signy Mallory but she's the grown-up Rachel or Cassie

Since German for soccer/un-American football or whatever is Fußball, I've decided to refer to the sport as fuss-ball. It seems appropriate given all the commotion

You gotta see us artists as cats bringing you dead/dizzy cockroaches in the middle os the night. You might not enjoy it much, but we do it so wholeheartedly.

A couple decades later I'm finally reading through the Animorphs and have made it within a few books of the end, and feel like this is the Maziani from Cherryh's Alliance & Union universe, but with polymorphing. Now THERE's a scary image Signy Mallory but she's the grown-up Rachel or Cassie

Mourning the loss of Clover this morning. Dunks is half as expensive but with none of the veggies, and no handy compost cups (they keep food scraps from rotting out bags too fast). Gonna have to check out bom dough next week. Not sure what other options there are for breakfast eggs before 9am

The nice thing about designing stuff with organic forms is that sometimes you're not gonna get any better description of a shape than "thingy" or "doodad" The other way is when a coworker at the Knee Mines called a shape "pedunculated" and I was dead certain it was, like, a made-up dad-swear

Only 50 more! C'mon, we can do this!!

Ale@alepresser.com · 5mo ago

So, I have been working with Makeship and we settle for THIS design for Peony's plushie!⬇️ Also, I'm talking to the design team to, SOMEHOW, add a Death Omen ~thing~ on her, but we gotta reach the 200 pledges goal for that! www.makeship.com/petitions/pe...

Last weekend @awkwardrdragon.bsky.social and I took Robin down to visit my parents at the Delaware shore. It was a great time! Although Robin was sick for a day, which was less than ideal, but that happens.

After reading this newest essay of mine, one of my readers said via email, "This is probably the best article I've ever read advocating for UBI. And one of the best you've ever written." If you haven't read it yet, please do. Maybe you will feel the same way. 🎲 www.scottsantens.com/the-angine-d...

The Angine de Poitrine Argument for UBI

Why Angine de Poitrine's viral microtonal math rock KEXP session, Ireland's permanent basic income for artists, and Albert Einstein are three sides of the same human triangle Two guys in papier-mâc...

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A totally serious guide to making strawberry mochi 🍓 🎬: @noarustar.bsky.social

You can now RSVP to my book release party! AND even pre-order a book (including the new Dark Science Companion) to pick up at the event! I recommend doing this sooner than later if you're planning on coming, we only have so many seats! tinyurl.com/darkscience2...

Sen, but Spooky@dresdencodak.com · 7mo ago

ATTENTION PDX: The prophecy has come true! For the first time in 12 YEARS I'm making a public appearance! This also is my first time doing an event that's just for my stuff, so if you are in the Portland, OR area, please come by so I don't look like a loser!

I was so confused wondering why there was a package for *me* until I clocked the Dresden Codak / Dark Science logo. Eeee! #dresdencodak

If you can spare a minute, my current situation is bordering dire. I've got to cover my two elderly parents, their medical costs, our home, and our taxes. So I'm opening up commissions for character portraits again! Your business will be more than appreciated! www.patreon.com/posts/154024...

roll the clip

Robert Shenton@miltage.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Spotted this little stray under a car at the petrol station and well... I guess I own a cat now.

For some reason "AI is just like watching Netflix" is back in my feeds so I took that as a sign to update my data tracking for Netflix. The company's energy use rose 1% from 2021 to 2024. Compare that to: Google: 71% Nvidia: 88% Meta: 96% Microsoft: 119%

you are loved, and we will win

Just sitting right here for no particular reason at all. Photo from my collection, no date/info.