He's so helpful while I work

Idea: A retirement home for witches. Sort of a 10-story housing structure on really, REALLY big chicken legs. Call it, like, the Tower of Babalyaga or something.

I made a lamp today outta the Rogue Voodoo Doughnut bottle I've held onto for like 20 years.

every journalism student is familiar with the famous"13 Ws": who, what, where, when, why, which, whence, will they, won't they, whose, why not, and wherefore

Brooklyn craft beer packaging goes hard

OMggggg

WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · last mo.

This is Pearl. She's very excited you're home, and can only properly express her enthusiasm through jazz hands. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: ohpearlitsliza)

He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...

Author Terry Pratchett was an unflinching trans ally, say the trans fans who met him

Claims that the late, great Sir Terry Pratchett would've been anti-trans have prompted a flood of transgender fans to share their happy memories of

thepinknews.com

Micah@rincewind.run · 12mo ago

there are people who claim that Terry Pratchett would have been a TERF if he was still alive to them I say two things: 1. are you fucking serious 2. go fuck yourselves

Happy Return of the Living Dead Day! Time for the yearly rewatch of this most excellent of films.

Currently in my lap:

My posts most days. I'm sorry.

Books are bottled empathy. They’re telepathy in physical form. Fiction makes us better people because it gives us a safe place to experience and learn to care through the most complex pain. Remember: fascists have designated empathy a sin & moral failing. They don’t want you caring for anyone.

Boze the Library Owl@sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · last yr.

A key point in Fahrenheit 451 is that books were banned because they made people depressed and uncomfortable. The novel's protagonist, Montag, is taken into custody after he reads a poem that makes a woman cry because she realizes the emptiness of her life.

when someone talks about a character with flaws and deep-seated issues and whether or not they're "redeemable" or "worth saving"

Legit magic!

Brilliance Proper@brillianceproper.com · 2mo ago

Some Sunday Black Boy Joy

Absolutely the correct response to these d-bags.

Sam Bergman@violanorth.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It’s this one, I think, by Kate Beaton.

Just absolutely overwhelmed with love for both Terry and Sam Vimes again. Must be a day ending in 'y'. #GNUTerryPratchett

Micah@rincewind.run · 2mo ago

Discworld QOTD, from Thud!

For all that I adore Granny/Tiffany/DEATH, I think The Fifth Elephant, Thud!, and Snuff are equally tied for my fave Discworld. They're deffo the ones I've re-read the most/find most quotable. #GNUTerryPratchett

Micah@rincewind.run · 2mo ago

Discworld QOTD, from The Fifth Elephant

The Fisher King 👑

*finally* finished this last night -- confetti patterns usually turn out GREAT, but GOD, are they a bitch to stitch. there are FIVE different shades of purple, SIX of gray, and NINE of green in this. OOF-DA.

I only JUST learned about Sheldon/Tiptree/Raccoona Sheldon (what a HELLUVA penname!) like two weeks ago, so this is a wonderfully timely thing to pop up on my dash. (Sheldon was too busy living the equivalent of like five other lifetimes before getting published. The woman's Wiki page is WILD.)

Mark Peters@markpeters.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Fun Fact: Alice B. Sheldon (AKA James Tiptree, Jr.) didn’t publish her first short story until the age of 52. She left behind several iconic tales, proving it’s never too late to follow your creative dreams. Here’s one to read now (Nebula winner, 1973): www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/love...

My head just snapped up like a seagull hearing a Dorito hit the pavement.

Dr. Erik Klemetti Gonzalez@eruptions.site · 2mo ago

Call up Guillermo del Toro and whisper "At the Mountains of Muppets".

relevant to an email i just got

Let me write Jim Henson’s Dracula you cowards

Ryan Whatever@silberwhatever.com · 2mo ago

What should have been the third literary adaptation to finish the MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL and MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND trilogy?

A magical summer solstice procession 🎨 Nikita Chan

Hello, yes, I love her.

c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Okay, it's time for a Moist Owlette™ timeline cleanse. Today's moist owlette is "Owlfredo" at the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Massachusetts. She's an Eastern screech owl (Megascops asio) & Animal Ambassador with a big personality. (📷: @zoonewengland.bsky.social via IG)

Gotta check these out ASAP (but especially Dead, which has all of my fave things: queer characters/creators, undead protag, mystery, New Zealand...). @grammar-con-queso.bsky.social, have you heard about/seen these yet?

Sean aka Gay of the Dead@gayofthedead.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It’s Pride month so I wrote a little double bill recommendation for the @fangoria.bsky.social newsletter this week!

Your friends have all been zombified and now they’re after you but you’re gonna do whatever it takes to get out of this town tonight 🧟🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️ This is a continuation of my song ‘Run Jennifer, Run!’ which is on my Halloween EP 👻 #synth #synthwave #80s

Put differently, if you made a dollar EVERY SECOND, you would be a millionaire in just under 12 days. It’d take you 31.7 years to become a billionaire. You’d have to have been born 31,709 years ago — in the Upper Paleolithic era — to become a trillionaire. IF YOU MADE A DOLLAR EVERY SECOND!!!!

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Counting to a million, if you count one number per second nonstop, would take you just under 12 days. Counting to a billion would take you about 31 years. Counting to a trillion would take you 31,709 years. You would have had to have started counting DURING THE UPPER PALAEOLITHIC ERA.