Man, contracts are fun. I love that I've got, like, 20 to look over and correct, approve, decline, or fill out, all for a lot of different reasons. It's genuinely nice to see that people want to work with me. The fact that I *need* contracts is kind of awesome.

This is what happens when a director conflates a parable with real-world nuance. No, we don't need to "both sides" this tale because Dickens wrote the story as it was meant to be understood. Scrooge made mistakes and needed a wakeup call. That's it.

The A.V. Club@avclub.com · last wk.

The film, which stars Johnny Depp, will try to find the "gray area" in A Christmas Carol. www.avclub.com/scrooge-gray...

So many #TTRPG designers and devs asking social media how they should price their games. Stop. Thats not how it works, and watching old white dudes tell people games should only cost $3 is depressing.

Why do some of you insist on calling it a discourse when one (1) person is the ONLY one talking about it? You're the ones who turn it into a discourse!

[Exit Queen.]

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

If I pre sell 200 copies of my Native American history comedy book between now and Wednesday, I’ll drive to Newport Beach and film my book unboxing video on John Wayne’s literal tombstone 🙂 (Pre Sale link in bio / if you already pre ordered, let me know in the comments!)

Library kids, library friends, we literally survived the day 💛 I am not okay, I'm on a journey to discover okay. I am not better, I'm getting help to be better. Today I am safe, I'm believing that is enough. You are enough. One day at a time. One tomorrow at a time 💚

Make a band bigger: 210 Pilots

Dr. Timothy Pickering@tepickering.bsky.social · 2w ago

Make a band bigger: They Are Definitely Giants

Repost if your account is a safe place for the trans community 🩵🩷🤍

The Real N’zoth@therealnzoth.bsky.social · 3w ago

REPOST IF YOUR ACCOUNT IS A SAFE PLACE FOR THE TRANS COMMUNITY 🩵🩷🤍

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

"Bitch, I'll cut my granny off if she don’t see it how I see it” - Kendrick Lamar

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3w ago

lol come the fuck on

I love the fact that the only way I know there's a discourse is when someone says there's a discourse without saying what it is about. It's nice /gen (for the love of everything crab, don't tell me what it is about)

I fucking love Harrison Ford. He's always been like this.

Dan of the Year@downwithdan.bsky.social · 3w ago

"this edible ain't shit" two hours later:

Phoenix Force Jean and Venom Peter Parker is the utterly evil power couple I want to see in the mcu MJ can go date Felicia or something

Hey, guys, when the librarians get pissed about the destruction of books, it’s time to put those listening ears on. Because we are very comfortable with the idea that books are tools that can be retired. What’s happening right now is not that.

I donned the uniform of a true superhero for a little while this weekend, a hero that understands how valuable and important each and every child is. We love you so much, @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social We have your back!

Libraries rock.

Katie Slivensky@kslivensky.bsky.social · 4w ago

Shout-out to libraries. Where else can you just chill outside with a 4yo as you pretend to be magic fairies careening about a large grassy area, then pop indoors for air conditioning, coloring pages, and benches to read four books in a row that you then get to take home, no charge? Libraries rule.

EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.

no turn signal when merging? Banished. Reheating fish in microwave? Banished. Rude to waiters? Banished. ice? Banished.

Yugioh Anime: Shocked & Blinded

Alt: Yugioh Anime Kaiba is Shocked & Blinded by a powerful light

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I think people misunderstood a bit. I am will happily be judgy and mean to transphobes because fuck them, that's why.

I don't want to be judgy or mean but seriously, fuck transphobes forever, they are awful.

This madman spliced himself into a scene from INCEPTION where he tries to sell cheesecake to Leonardo DiCaprio. It’s the new Ryan Gosling Won’t Eat His Cereal.

Am I crazy for already planning next year's GenCon when it hasn't even been a week?

It was revealed the president's bank accounts got shut down by Capitol One for money laundering but the media is too obsessed with Francesca Hong's take on Thanksgiving to notice.

I've told this story before and I suppose now it's time to do it again. When I was in 9th grade, my English teacher was the elderly sort of man who always wore a gray flannel suit and had a cigarette before class and a cigarette at the end of class every period.

Sarah@sosomanysarahs.bsky.social · last mo.

It seems like assigned reading, especially summer reading, should include titles from different genres, with different tones, from different eras. (And as a former sulky Anne Rice-reading teen, I advocate for some over-the-top moodiness in the mix with realistic problem fiction and happier tales.)

And you know what else was great? When we were hanging with designers, you know what we didn't talk about? Discourse. That stuff just cycles here online. In person we just talked to each other like normal people. Talked shop, for sure, but practical and positive.

I don't mean to sound simplistic, but I always thought the thrill of the X-Men wasn't their torment, it was their survival. It was that they stick up for each other, they fight, but if you come for one of them, they will kick the living **** out of you and then go have a beer. 10/

I haven’t seen The Odyssey yet, but I know they screwed up the movie with their casting decisions. It should feature a Greek actor like Jason Mantzoukas. And a bunch of Muppets.