A quick, if unexpected update on this. I got the results of my midway through chemo scan yesterday. To my great suprise (because I am not one of the great optimists of the world in my own life), it shrunk. A lot.

Liz (Ash) Hill@jlizhill.bsky.social · 3mo ago

So life has been kicking me in the teeth for a year now and I’m now ready to talk about it publicly. To start with, I got laid off May last year. Then my mom fell and basically broke her back. They were able to fix it via surgery and she’s good but I spent 6-7 weeks taking care of her and my dad.

A lot of the "The real skill you need is TENACITY and DETERMINATION!!" advice is true, but unfortunately if you have to ration your energy enough to be able to eat and shower every day, there's only so much left over for badgering gatekeepers 😂

Apologies for a new qrp already but here's an update on the situation at hand, after seeing a few out of the handful of doctors I have to see in the next two weeks alone ive been prescribed necessary expensive medications that my insurance doesn't cover, 2 types of PT, & essentially it's all...a lot

c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics@portaltohades.bsky.social · last yr.

The #tyreecomic art book is live! Since it is my birthday today [the 13th] I will be having it up for sale for $8! After sunday the 18th it will increase to $10. A 62 page PDF filled with 13 years of concept art, page process insights, and art I haven't released publicly! ko-fi.com/s/f5c5cebbd6

Black Indie Author Day rave repost.

Zig Zag Claybourne@zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Hat tip to @geraldcoleman.bsky.social for doing The Work.

I'm constantly trying (/failing) to get this point across. If you're a trained expert in a field, then it may be worthwhile to question the scientific consensus of your peers. If you're not, the scientific consensus is absolutely the best you can do and it's arbitrary foolishness to disregard it.

Absolutelt fuck JKR. She continues to do harm and cause distress for trans people with her money and platform. Continue being loud and do not support anything Harry Potter. Period. She'll go down as a legendary bigot.

Transgender World@transgenderreport.com · 11h ago

JK Rowling issues surprising message of support for trans adults www.lgbtqnation.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

the average tech exec and venture capitalist and honestly an alarming amount of bay area software engineers have close to zero interaction or connection with regular people, and the richer they are, the more isolated they've become. They have built rationalizations for everything.

Amanda Mull@amandamull.bsky.social · 6h ago

Tech execs do not have, like, a theory of mind for people who aren’t tech execs. If they did, they wouldn’t be so frequently baffled by how repulsive normal people think their whole deal is right now

#SumLuv I will forever be proud of and adore Kathian and Jehani’s first kiss for many reasons, including the 24 year old mortal making the first move oh the ancient vampire.

📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚@ellieyellu.bsky.social · 2d ago

Show us a point where you turn it up to eleven: a moment of over-the-top romance, of uber-sweetness, or hawt hawt spice! Take some time to react to other snippets 🧡 #SumLuv (knowing a variety of people will be browsing this one, please be considerate with your CWs)

Folks don't want to hear this, but: a lot of folks you've never heard of, in every discipline of art, are VERY good.

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 9h ago

I tell people all the time that I got lucky with my career and it annoys a lot of them. "No, but you're good," they will say, and I will say, yes, I am good, and also here are all these people who write as well as I do but did not get the same break, so being good isn't the issue, being lucky is.

Boosting again because we’re getting close to the end of the month and I NEED to get this taken care of:

Chelsea M. Cameron (she/they)@chel-c-cam.bsky.social · 3d ago

Hey friends, I know I’ve asked for a lot this year, but things have gotten dire and I need help to avoid eviction. Every little bit helps, and so do shares! Thank you to everyone who has already kept me afloat this year ❤️ ko-fi.com/A356F63/goal

Please, someone in the NYC area who is currently being ignored by the cat distribution system, take a look. Or share with folks who are being ignored.

Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · 9h ago

Hope is pretty much at zero (had one seemingly *ideal* nibble of interest last night, but waiting for a phone call that I was assured would be between 2:30 and 3 today—it's past 3:30 here now—and not hearing anything). The hope's what kills you.

so when this 1st screenshot about natalie harp was making the rounds yesterday, it came up in a group chat i’m in — and our smartest member (guy who knows a lot about a lot) taught us some things i wish i didn’t know but now i know them so you have to know them too!

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The flip side of understanding how much of one's career is luck is that it helps tamp down envy when friends catch luck. I have friends with movies and TV series! Other friends with ten times my sales! Good for them. It's nice when people you like get that break. They deserve it, as much as anyone.

Happy 30th birthday to all Pokemons who like dancing to Enya

Call the police Jonathan Bailey is actively trying to murder us

Flying dinosaurs are pretty rad #birds Caught this fella near the Ottawa River

It's time for your monthly reminder... It is once again BACKUP DAY! Back up your stuff! Writing, art, personal files, photos, or more... MAKE A BACKUP, CHECK EXISTING BACKUPS WORK, BE PREPARED FOR DATA LOSS! 💪 Repost to remind your friends!

diarrhea Taylor Farms, salmonella chicken parm, bags of frozen blueberries that straight-up kill your ass heavy metal sourdough, listeria soup bowl refreshing summer popsicle that's filled with shards of glass we didn't start the fire...

... if you get the basic genre requirements in you can write anything you want. Dark Romance is a thing, so is Comedic Horror and Science Fantasy. Market it so your readers get the emotions and ending they want and you'll be grand.

One of these days I need to do a thread on genre expectations. All the genres can mix and mingle, but there are some rules you can't break. Romance needs a happy ending. Horror needs something scary. Fantasy needs something fantastical not explained by science. Scifi needs science...

Never let a writer help you move

Maybe I'm in the minority here but if people who support AI are being shamed into silence then it's working. The shame is working as intended. The left's biggest problem is that it's afraid to hurt the feelings of folks who need to have their feelings hurt. Let them experience introspection for once

The most important climate action you can take isn’t obsessing over your individual carbon footprint. We need to change the system so the easiest, most affordable choice for everyone is also the best choice. How do we change a system? It starts with your voice!

Meryl Streep Say It Louder

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Not even through my door By the time I collapse into my car, I don't even have the energy to go grocery shopping; I have to get up early and do it omw to work.

CocoEagle@cocoeagle.bsky.social · 2d ago

I cannot express this any better.... the frustration is real

Hi guys, I have a massive uptick in doctor appts so im back on the saddle of promoting my art book. Sales go to appt rides as the leftover MRI funds are covering bills & necessities, etc. I also have throne for uber/lyft gift cards if you prefer throne.com/portaltohades ko-fi.com/portaltohades

c.e. chant/hades 💀🐊 💬 too many comics@portaltohades.bsky.social · last yr.

The #tyreecomic art book is live! Since it is my birthday today [the 13th] I will be having it up for sale for $8! After sunday the 18th it will increase to $10. A 62 page PDF filled with 13 years of concept art, page process insights, and art I haven't released publicly! ko-fi.com/s/f5c5cebbd6

Cody Schell’s visual strip “ART of the Solar System” returns with its 15th installment. This time Cody takes a look at Callisto and programmable nanotechnology graffiti! www.dreamtheory.media/art-of-the-s...

ART of the Solar System #15

by Cody Schell

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These are the only two shareable pictures I have of the cats (gray is Wally, torbie is Doris):

Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · last wk.

FRIENDS IN THE NYC AREA: Okay, this is a tough one, but please bear with me. My wife's lifelong friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is desperately seeking a home for his two cats when that time comes. The elder, Wally, is something like 13 years old and DELIGHTFULLY dim. The younger, Doris,

Hey, so, new inventory is on the horizon. Which means everything currently on the shop is 20% off, handmade and sterling/sourced. Check it out, maybe? www.peculiarityshop.com

if you tell me "A is a bully on social media(/in print, in whatever specific scenario) but very pleasant elsewhere" you are roughly 50x likelier to convince me that they have the additional vice of cowardice than you are to convince me that they have a hidden virtue of kindness

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt@nadinebh.bsky.social · yesterday

One of the things us an industry need to stop doing is perpetuating the 'they say this on social media, but they're a sweetheart in real life' about awful people I've had other journos say this to me about some of the most pernicious grifters over the years, some of who crossed many lines this week