@catacalypto.bsky.social and @julesfern.gay, this might be relevant to folks in your networks!
Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 4h agoHey Romancelandia! Anyone able to share info?
David Rheinstrom
@icarusfloats.bsky.social
English Language Arts video-maker at @KhanAcademy.org. I played a magical talking cat once, and nothing shall keep me from doing it again He/him davidrheinstrom.com
Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 4h agoHey Romancelandia! Anyone able to share info?
K. Morrissey@katiedidnt.bsky.social · 4h agoHi all! I'm trying to collect examples of romance and/or romance-adjacent games, book projects, comics, etc. that would have be affected by the Kickstarter, Patreon, Itch.io, or Steam adult content bans. Does anyone know any specific creators or projects which were at risk or were directly affected?
It will become all one thing, or all the other. And a republic of moloch is no republic at all
Bill@bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 5h agodo you believe in America or do you worship the idol of your imagined bloodline? do you believe in Liberty or do you believe in Moloch?
what part of "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door" did you not understand
Conspiracy theorist: The shadow government runs EVERYTHING A British citizen, confused: No they don't? They're the opposite of that?
Hey. imagine the band Styx exactly as it is except that Dennis Deyoung has a Bridgeport accent. Like he sounds like the Daleys or Mike Ditka. Go on. Imagine it in "Mr. Roboto."
In order to remember her birthday, I just added a friend's infant to my contact list and put her job as "baby." Is there a better way to keep track of your friends' kids birthdays?
yeah if you're a FREAK who likes to HAVE A GOOD TIME and loves FANTASY ITERATIONS ON SILVER AGE DETECTIVE FICTION
Cat Manning@catacalypto.bsky.social · yesterdayyou do need to read this series
NO ASSOCIATION between MMR vaccines before age 2 and autism. Tell someone, tell anyone, please. www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
No link between MMR vaccination before age 2 and autism, large US study suggests
The findings reinforce existing evidence of the safety of MMR vaccination, the authors say.
cidrap.umn.edu
On my full listen through of the paywalled archive of the superlative @nogodsnomayors.com podcast, I've finally reached the sainted BENJAMIN BUTLER. It's probably because I'm playing the crpg right now, but I think Butler, as military governor of New Orleans, was essentially a Rogue Trader from 40K
I've got to know the story of two things: This Ukrainian company from chernihiv that sells A SINGLE PICKLE The meaning of the Ukrainian idiom "Don't push the horses."
Ugh i hated that game There was this one quest where you had to retrieve all the little bits of Monica after she got shredded by cazadors
avril@sego.li · 4d agoif they made a game with a gang of post apocalyptic impersonators singing "Mambo No. 5," it'd be called Fallout: Lou Begas
another day, another dollar, another attempt to explain grammar to children using the cartoons of my early childhood
IN MY DEFENSE before you goobers say "this is the most david thing ever" they were really pretty beans, okay
David Rheinstrom@icarusfloats.bsky.social · 5d agoI have now become sufficiently chummy with Linda, the woman who works the front desk at the gym, that we have moved past her earlier jokes about me being David The Bean Guy (I gave Jaci in the billing department a handful of beans to plant in her garden). But now we are at Dad Joke Status:
I have now become sufficiently chummy with Linda, the woman who works the front desk at the gym, that we have moved past her earlier jokes about me being David The Bean Guy (I gave Jaci in the billing department a handful of beans to plant in her garden). But now we are at Dad Joke Status:
as a straight dude I agree too. it's evidence of a weak will and/or poor attachment to good values, and we've all got LGBT friends or family. more practically I've seen way too many people go batshit fucking crazy down the transphobia waterslide
Max Dubler 🏳️🌈@maxdubler.com · 7d agoSquishiness on trans rights is a dealbreaker for me because (a) it’s a straightforward issue of personal freedom and bodily autonomy much like abortion, and (b) the right is obviously coming after us cis gays next.
I collect bandanas when i travel. They're light, they're useful. I usually have at least one in my bag. And i would like to see your favorite ones! This one comes from Stormcloud, a very fine brewery in Frankfort, Michigan. Anyway. Show me your bandanas, please!
As of this week, hundreds of thousands of Haitians lost their legal status. Most have lost work permits as well. That's left many people unable to support themselves. Here is a verified link to a fundraiser supporting Haitians in Springfield. Please drop links to other fundraisers in the replies.
Stand with Haitian Families in Crisis
Build the Emergency Fund that protects families when everything feels uncertain. The end of TPS. Increasing ICE actions. Families losing work authorization overnight. For Haitian parents and children ...
ancljkuy.donorsupport.co
Tibetans: this is the mountain Chomolungma, Mother Goddess of the Earth Imperial Britain: crikey that's a big one, let's name it after George Everest he's a top bloke
A powerful reminder to stay on good terms with the photo editor.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · last wk.Breaking News: Ross Douthat, The New York Times opinion columnist, is joining CBS News’s “60 Minutes” in one of the first major hires since Bari Weiss’s takeover.
guys help do I look like Ross Douthat 😭
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last wk.this type of raw sexual energy can’t be taught
I am going to join the Women's Christian Temperance Union bsky.app/profile/catg...
Catherina Gioino@catgioino.bsky.social · last wk.I wrote about how much Americans wagered on sports betting in 2025 and how it’s more than they spent on movies, art, museums and music combined. Read my article @fortunemagazine.bsky.social fortune.com/2026/07/26/g...
No, never mind: I resent cardio again. bsky.app/profile/icar...
David Rheinstrom@icarusfloats.bsky.social · last wk.The day I learned that I could go to the gym, crank up the incline on the treadmill, and low-pace walk WHILE PLAYING BALATRO was a tremendous day. Like, 25 minutes would just *evaporate*, and I'd spend 90% of it in the aerobic zone, according to my HR monitor thingy. I resent cardio less now!
The day I learned that I could go to the gym, crank up the incline on the treadmill, and low-pace walk WHILE PLAYING BALATRO was a tremendous day. Like, 25 minutes would just *evaporate*, and I'd spend 90% of it in the aerobic zone, according to my HR monitor thingy. I resent cardio less now!
Micah@rincewind.run · last wk.decided to get Actually Serious about burning off some fat and have been doing cardio every single day rather than a couple times a week in addition to watching food more closely and I am so deeply annoyed that it is actually working I do exercise bike and it's Fine but seriously, fuck cardio
For one magnificent, scrolling-past moment, i thought ian's shipmates were projecting My Cousin Vinny on the jib
Ian Boudreau@ianboudreau.com · last wk.Movie night
Watching OCEAN'S EIGHT for the first time since seeing it in theaters, and I'm still having a great time. Anne Hathaway plays an absolutely deranged caricature of herself. It's so funny; she's so game for this kind of thing