I love learning new words. It gets harder to find words you don't know when you're older and read enough, but it's always rad when you do.

Xero Reynolds@artificer-ind.bsky.social · 3w ago

I can't believe I even have to say this, but: Insisting on the reader developing basic literacy and vocabulary improvement skills is not, nor has ever been, ableism. Encountering a word you do not understand is not gatekeeping. It's an invitation for you to learn a new word. FFS.

Wild how someone can send you a link to a castle or fort for sale and it's not actually THAT much more expensive than average housing prices in your area.

Emphasis on dying eyy

Mark 🐀@lunaephemera.bsky.social · last mo.

Enjoying the news while I can before the dumbest NYT columnist tells us Mitch was a dying breed and a bastion of doing politics the right way

Happy 4th of July! Here's an unrelated image!

Across NY & MD, I'm counting 12 Democratic incumbents who lost (or, in one case, are trailing) to a challenger to their left. —2 congressmembers (both NY) —4 state senators (2 in NY, 2 in MD) —6 state house members (5 in NY, 1 in MD) A thread to break this down.

It's my birthday today! 🎉 I've been enjoying black/gold art lately. A little share today of some of them would be cool. c:

Mandatory age verification and the banning modern public towns squares for young people is, and forever will be, governmental and societal abdication of responsibility so that those in charge don't actually have to dare hold big tech accountable for the very real public harm they can foster.

Also serve as air quality devices and mild sound barriers

Rachel@rachelcinema.bsky.social · 2mo ago

very happy to see that the oot remake sticks to its localized title in the german version

I'm sorry, Gundam now has two current timelines where people are fighting aliens/monsters? Wild.

People like Kane and many many others that do care about human art and the creative process have been a beacon of hope while trying to navigate making art in this current climate.

This isn't going to get any better. Hasbro's CEO has been on record about wanting DnD to move to a players-pay-for-LLM-DMs model. They want to sloppify themselves. Any property you liked under them is getting Flanderized and monetized more (so is worse for you, the player or consumer)

Hasbro CEO Says AI Will Become Core Part of Dungeons & Dragons

After a series of AI scandals, the CEO of Hasbro has revealed he's "excited" about using the technology in "Dungeons & Dragons."

futurism.com

Iron Raptor, friendly robot dinosaur@ironraptorstudios.art · 2mo ago

I think... I'm done buying Transformers or supporting Hasbro. As much as I love the franchise... This... This absolutely sucks.

Getting in a mech apolitically

This kind of mixed use urban planning is illegal in America

RG time

I've been watching all the UC for the first time and something that strikes me is that a lot of the best Gundam has the same understanding as the MASH "War is war and hell is hell" quote. It made me appreciate a lot of the older shows a lot more than I expected.

💜❤ happa 🌟💚@yumeirochaser.bsky.social · 3mo ago

LRT holy shit

Seliph #FireEmblem

chibi Ξ gundam

Waking up to the awe-inspiring images from NASA at the same time the US President is implying that he will commit genocide, I can't think of a better quote for the times than this one from Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell. I added it to today's Earthset image:

Actively missed the launch because I was so exhausted by all the killing, the needless killing. Every time I get reminded of the rocket in space I remember there's rockets on earth being used to kill people.

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · 4mo ago

I would be a lot more into the Artemis II mission if I wasn't far more worried for a further 90 million people about to be obliterated by a madman tomorrow by the very same nation that made the capsule. Really spoils the amazement, not going to lie.

A collection of our reviews of the local coffee and pastry goods brought into the office this morning Scones: "bath bomb" "car air freshener" "like eating a bar of soap" Cookies: tasted like "a cigarette" "a crematorium" "a puck" Breakfast bars: "the dough is raw, but the nuts are burnt somehow"

One day, "It" will happen, by which I mean sudden and unexpected news that you want to celebrate. In such cases, you will want the right outfit. 🧵

the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum i am going to the store

women

I honestly think 00's first part had some of the best visual storytelling for each Meister and their Gundam. 🧵

SSSS.ayah@sayah.bsky.social · 4mo ago

On that note, what are YOUR favourite mobile suit and character pairings?! 🫵‼️ Feel free to add context as well!!

On this day 14 years ago, an anonymous 4chan user posted a RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 thread showing a 30,696-foot coaster that took four in-game years to finish, complete with riders screaming “I want to get off Mr. Bones Wild Ride” and a looping exit where “the ride never ends.” youtu.be/y3lANHeZey0

Peyton always delivers but holy shit this piece is so good. The diegetic oppositional lighting, the oppressive scale of the ship against our hero, the sheer kinetic energy on display. Just, damn.

Peyton@gee-man.bsky.social · 5mo ago

CONTESTED AIRSPACE "I wish circumstances had allowed for better air coverage, but time is running out and we are out of options. Pilot, you *must* breach the Gallipoli." Lancer art I did for Iphigenia at Midnight, out now.