amazing how so few of the gazillion think pieces criticizing women for not dating straight men fail to mention the whole “many of them literally don’t wash their asses” thing:

Nikolaj Bill@nikolajbill.bsky.social · 14h ago

I remember a coworker in her late twenties saying this on how dating was so difficult. I was not surprised by her first two complaints: general anger issues and having few outside hobbies. I WAS surprised at her mention of how many men apparently don’t wash their hair or butts.

I am so triggered by RJK Jr's comment about ICU's being empty during #COVID. I re-read what I wrote after one of the surges. How do others forget. The trauma was--and is--real.

I'm An ICU Doctor. I’m Haunted By What I’ve Seen During The Recent COVID-19 Surge.

“I can’t stop thinking about the 40-something man who told me, ‘I can’t die like this. I just got engaged and have a 6-month-old baby.’ I encouraged him to be positive, but that didn’t stop him from d...

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In better news, I have developed a special method for getting into bed because when I pop into the bedroom, my dog will plant her whole body directly on my pillow, so I have to do it real fast now.

Thinking about the Ken Jennings thing, and how I generally don’t get terse with people on here because I think it’s irresponsible to do that at my level of visibility. I’m not situated to ruin someone’s day because I’m a little annoyed. And I’m not even important. Like, I make funnybooks for kids.

Morgaine le Fey

If they can send even a single scientist to prison over something that plainly did not happen, they can imprison anyone for anything at any time for any reason. Those are the stakes. You don’t hear that from legacy publications like NYT.

My personal rule is that if a person’s foremost issue with any given community is “division,” what follows is typically a defense of the status quo and a call to concede to its demands.

Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · 15h ago

There is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.

Ban “A.i.” from the schools.

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 13h ago

The role of ChatGPT in the accused FSU shooter’s case goes beyond providing tips, our investigation reveals. In the 12 months before his attack, he messaged with ChatGPT more than 6,600 times—including conversations revealing he was aggrieved, focused on extremist violence, and suicidal.

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Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈@mattbaume.bsky.social · 2d ago

Hey Seattle don’t forget to vote by tomorrow evening, the low turnout for August elections means your vote is going to be extra potent, like you’ve been gooning for democracy

black magic woman

This might be my favorite little doodle of her I’ve done so far.

Time to resume drawing Endora for my morale

I can’t be giving all my Endora sketches away since they’re gonna live on my Patreon, but here’s another snippet anyway

Agnes Moorehead showed up in this coat in one episode, and I SCREAMED

Don’t mind me reposting old posts. I’m trying to find those very first Endora drawings I did sometime last year

Reissuing this as a point of etiquette

What Darbin don’t know won’t hurt him (much)

Enrichment is so important

Boyfriends

There is still time for @mayorher.bsky.social to change her mind. Do not sweep the camp tomorrow.

Rep. Leigh Finke@leighfinke.bsky.social · last wk.

“This year Minnesota showed the nation what it means to protect our neighbors in their time of need. Let’s offer that same love and hospitality and care for our unhoused neighbors.”

I will not move to correct somebody’s wrong notion if the stakes are low and I don’t know them that well.

Come see me & @gabrielpicolo.bsky.social on the Teen Titans Together Tour! Get tickets here: linktr.ee/kamigarcia

For the witchy friends, I made a tarot deck some years back! If you want one, please order it from a bookstore because Amazon is lousy with bootlegs of it bookshop.org/p/books/star...

Star Spinner Tarot: (Inclusive, Diverse, LGBTQ Deck of Tarot Cards, Modern Version of Classic Tarot Mysticism)

The Star Spinner Tarot reinterprets classic tarot imagery for a more inclusive and diverse reflection of the modern world, featuring beloved indie comic artist Trungles' enchanting illustrative style....

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been really getting to know @trungles.com’s Star Spinner Tarot lately, and it’s quickly becoming a favorite deck — been doing a lot of combined readings with the Oblique Strategies deck (what can i say, all techniques are collage techniques) to fascinating effect

North Carolina swamp.

I'll tell you something else deeply meaningful to me today: @archipelagobooks.bsky.social is publishing Sevgi Soysal's "Walking." It's the first translation I've sponsored, something I've wanted to do for a long time. When I read Soysal's "Dawn," I knew I wanted to see her other work in print.

feels like i should re-post this every few weeks

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3y ago

NEW: Substack founders finally respond to Substackers Against Nazis. They say Nazis publishing and earning money on their platform is fine with them. Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...

Oh no only four seasons of Wings are available in my region for some reason, right as it really starts hitting for me

It’s fun to mess around with your style

In the latest installment of our summer DnD campaign, my little monk is very stressed.