Three of the best words in the English language: 'Deadline extension granted.'

Had a big family gathering today. Food, drink, good conversation. Went so well, I found my Dad upstairs, fixing a new plug socket in the bedroom 😅

My petty bit of contentment comes when someone on Vinted asks me for a 50p discount on a shirt I've listed for £3, and then someone else buys it anyway.

All I've had in my head today is 'Full Moon. 'alf Moon. Total Eclipse' and now you can too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dtm...

Jaffa Cakes Half Moon Full Moon Total Eclipse Advert

YouTube video by CultOfJaffa

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I haven't really promoted it recently, so here's a shout out to my merch store - if you've ever seen those Double Happiness and Chinese/English lions crop jumpers that I live in, you can buy them (and t-shirt versions!) here! nanokim-shop.fourthwall.com/en-gbp

NanoKim's Shop

The official website and shop of NanoKim!

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Most people use clocks to tell the time, but I can mark the hour by my elderly neighbour's noises. He's just gone into his garden to emit his signature 10pm boistrous belch, meaning it's time for me to go to bed. Goodnight then, until I am awoken by his 8am world-ending sneeze.

✨The Women of TTRPG website is live✨ Check it out for all our latest news, seminars and interviews. We’re making our previous interviews available here too, with a whole bunch already there, including last week’s interview with @maraholmes_ . Go check it out! www.womenofttrpg.com

Reminder about this lovely interview I did with @womenofttrpg.bsky.social - nice read on a Friday morning ❤️

Women Of TTRPG@womenofttrpg.bsky.social · 3w ago

We’re kicking off our new season of awesome interviews with the one and only @maraholmes.bsky.social ! Mara has been bringing epic tales to the TTRPG space for over 10 years, as the GM for HighRollers, as Calianna on Critical Role, and as a celebrated TTRPG writer. ko-fi.com/post/Feature...

It really saddens me that when we have news of serious/fatal incidents with Looksmaxxers, it’s turned into a joke. Men’s mental health is so poorly supported & these guys are clearly struggling with dysmorphia & mania.Using them as a punchline tells young men there is no safe space to be vulnerable…

Who I support in a world sporting tournament comes down to a very petty factor: how good your kit looks. Bold, bright colours & matching combos? I’m all in. Greys, browns, that weird pale piss yellow? May you suffer a thousand defeats.

Turns out that if you deprive Team England of oxygen, they play incredibly well! What a match. Between this and Argentina/Cape Verde, we are being FED.

Rhi absolutely nailed it with the design of our new shirt 💙

High Rollers D&D@highrollersdnd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎶One Gruff on my shirt!🎶 Support the underdog team of the century and get your Ascension Alleycats kit today! Designed by our very own Rhi 💙 highrollersdnd.teemill.com/collection/a...

🎶Three Gruffs on a shirt, Empress is still gleaming, All those years of hurt, Never stopped the dreaming 🎶 TRE-MO-RREW! TRE-MO-RREW!

Every now and again, all I can think about is Ned Flanders' cold hard reads of the Simpson family when he has his meltdown. 'Ooh, okay, duuuuuuude, I wouldn't want you to have a cow, maaaaaaan! Here's a catchphrase you'd better learn for your adult years: "Hey, buddy, GOT A QUARTER?!"' Yikes.

OCARINA OF TIMEEEEEEEEEEE!

Backrooms! I was so stressed and uncomfortable watching it, and I loved every single second. URGH. Every detail - cinematography, set design, lighting, sound design - was so immaculately thought out and communicated so much and had purpose and impact. Exactly what horror should be. BACKROOMS!

You and me both, bud.

April & May were slow reading months, but I did have the immense privilege of reading Fonda Lee’s new book - the Last Contract of Isako (corporate samurai on a dystopian, survivalist moon colony? YES). Greatly enjoyed everything I read; especially the coziness of Early Mornings at the Laksa Café

✨THIS SATURDAY✨ Join our awesome panel of creative women as we chat all things TTRPGs and shout ‘f*ck gen AI’ together. See you in the Toute Suite at 11am tomorrow. www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/3121-...

Available now! Check out our gorgeous new Heroes of High Rollers art card, which we’ve signed on the back! Get yours soon - there’s only 300 on sale 👀 🎨 Artwork by the incredible @megneato.bsky.social 🔗 highrollersdnd.teemill.com/product/hero...

Spent most of April being sick and brain foggy (also Pokopia happened), so my library reservations list really piled up 😅 Getting stuck in with Early Mornings at the Laksa Café, because I really miss my kopitiams

I can't remember that last time I genuinely got so stressed reading a horror - but Marcus Kliewer's second book had me sweating through the pages. The Caretaker is out now, and if you're wondering how it holds up, check out my short review at the link below! 🔗 app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/84ae...

This is single handedly the funniest scene from any Star Trek

Whoa 🤯 The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

I made such a weird noise when I discovered I’d been sent an ARC for @fondalee.bsky.social’s upcoming book - The Last Contract of Isako. Insanely excited for this; I immediately cleared my schedule so I could get stuck in!

“I will NOT sacrifice the Oxford comma. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They assimilate the em dash and we fall back. They capture ‘not just X but y’ and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!”

Here’s the official image release from NASA: www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

Hello, World - NASA

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft's window after completing the translunar injection

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I’m not saying I have a type, but I apparently read 5 books set in haunted houses in March. Buffalo Hunter Hunter was an absolute masterclass in horror and revenge - highly recommend. Ten Thousand Doors of January is a beautiful, rich fantasy oozing with love and adventure.

I've been getting into ARCs recently (Advance Reader Copy). If you're interested in my reviews for upcoming books, check out my Storygraph page: app.thestorygraph.com/user_reviews...

I think the clocks in UK go back tonight. Or forward. Not sure. Is it forward