in the dealership waiting area while my car is being serviced. how many packets of complimentary fruit snacks do you think I can take before someone says something
been reading a lot of Georgette Heyer lately, and so experiencing some whiplash between the sentiments “I’m so charmed, perhaps Heyer is the best to ever do it” and “these people should all be torn from their great houses, and their assets seized by the common laborers upon whose backs they tread”
I used the power of the One Ring. I recognize that it's evil, and I expect a lot of people to be mad at me for using it. Sorry! However, I plan to continue using it. Here's why: (1/62)
My garage has found a new solution to the problem of an appropriate gender-neutral salutation that works for all customers. It's 'Legend'. All communications start "Hello, you absolute legend." I mean, it's no less or more sincere than 'valued customer'.
Neuromancer is chillingly relevant today because it asks: what if a guy would rather Die than stop Going Online
(contingent on additional paperwork/background check and such) HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO ME
s’more of babylon@smoreofbabylon.bsky.social · 2mo agoanyway all I actually want for my upcoming birthday is a job, in case you have one of those available
I should be allowed to astrally project to the grocery store instead of going in person.
It's simple: every game that has mechanics crunchier than I like was designed by and for unimaginative babies and any game where I have to interpret results more than I like was created by and for pretentious non-designers.
I don't believe in manifesting, but I wish I *did* believe in manifesting, because just wanting things, regular-style, with no belief that my internal states can impact the universe, is kind of a drag
I wrote about the Prairieland defendants and the urgency of opposing the extreme sentences handed down on Tuesday. And they likely will not be the last.
The Prairieland Sentences Are a National Emergency
A federal court has punished Texas ICE demonstrators with decades in prison. This is dark news not just for them but for anyone who may want to register political dissent.
newrepublic.com
That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools
having a friend who is 25-50% a hater is the absolute best. but if someone is like 75% a hater its the most depressing thing in the world (still not as bad as a friend who is less than 5% a hater)
[twirling my hair around my mechadendrite] so, uh… is there a Vivisectrix Martinax, or…?
Owlcat Games@owlcatgames.bsky.social · 3mo agoVivisector Martinax is a specialist from the Sector Bionica on your voidship that is keen on seeing everyone serve the God-Emperor for as long as possible. For him, augmentations are a blessing, and he will gladly assist the Lord Captain in connecting the flesh with sacred machinery.
the kestrel was back at the bird feeder again this morning, which I suppose indicates that the bird feeder is feeding it, too, after a fashion.
there was a literal kestrel at the bird feeder for a minute this morning??? like, it was on the railing by it, but then it hopped on to the feeder for second, as if to figure out what all the fuss was about. (all the fuss was, in fact, every other bird freaking out because *there was a kestrel*)
as someone Bad at Hard Games, and also someone with a human body, I found this very interesting and cool.
the gyrados of hot women@renorraven.bsky.social · 4mo agocrit build's first big video essay came out last month, and is the proudest i've ever been of any piece of writing that i have released. it is about playing games while managing chronic pain and fatigue and how we talk about difficulty more broadly. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoWg...
the chickadee who has started visiting the birdfeeder outside my window has no idea how much work it’s doing to support my perilously-teetering mental health.
The little cat meows at the wizard. He meows back. The little cat looks offended.
[airily, to the butler, martini in one hand] just save it to the desktop
They put one of yours in the hospital, you put out a statement about how disappointed you are. That’s the centrist way.
do you want to play a game with immaculate vibes? do you want to build a cool science-fantasy city atop of the ruins of a bygone world? if so, have I got a game for you!
nic tringali@nictringali.bsky.social · 4mo ago🌖 Amberspire is OUT NOW! 🌇 A dice driven science fantasy city builder. Grow your city atop a mausoleum moon, interact with strange weather and ecology, gain influence to make deals with powerful off-world factions, experience the history of a future city. PC, Mac, Steam Deck s.team/a/3350750
despite my intellectual disbelief in any form for divination, in my heart I have accidentally reinvented augury from first principles. this morning I saw orioles & goldfinches *&* a spider (I also believe spiders are my friends, this is a bird+spider-based system of augury). the omens are good today
NEW from ME in the NATIONAL REVIEW: i was trying to impress olive oyl at the beach and hasan piker was there (shirtless) and he picked me up in one hand and spun me around over his head and then planted me in the ground like an umbrella before inviting her to drink a cold root beer in my shade 😕😕😕
there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
it is in some small way a comfort to hear other people talk about how soul-crushing job hunting is, because under such circumstances my first assumption tends to be that I have a particularly weak and friable soul.