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I really enjoyed John Scalzi's "When the Moon Hits Your Eye." It treats the absurd premise very seriously (albeit with lots of quippy characters and cheese puns).

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It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

submitted 16 days ago • 76 comments

Some say the world will end in FOIA Some say in ICE

submitted 48 days ago • 60 comments

💀The Mimic💀 DnD meets Monster Hunter! Parts of the slain Monster are turned into clothes and armour ⚔️

submitted 87 days ago • 33 comments

Reddit user u/onestonewithlichen 's Mum has brought some of the Luttrell Psalters' marginalia monsters to life via the medium of wool-felt.

submitted 108 days ago • 11 comments

Left voicemails with my senators, chatted with a very nice staffer of my representative. Going to take a break and then call the State AG. Thanks to @swantower.bsky.social, @celestepewter.bsky.social and @5calls.org for sharing scripts and phone numbers.

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Recently a friend gave me the most incredible gift I have ever received. Would you like to see it? OF COURSE. Here is the tube map... IN CROSS STITCH. It takes my breath away that anyone could create this, let alone create it for me. She's astonishing.

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We got several kid-friendly games for Christmas. Sleeping Queens was the universal favorite. Gameplay was quick but eventful. Grownups were laughing and enjoying the silliness and creativity of the nobility. Elementary aged kid got to flex his math skills and the prek kid got to steal the cat queen.

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Buying cross stitch patterns and stitching them are 2 separate hobbies

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Whenever I have a bad pain day, I rewatch my favorite fanvid ever made (Starships, a multifandom fanvid by bironic) and it cheers me up. Since I've shared it a billion times on The Site That Shall Not Be Named, it's past time I share the glory of this vid here, too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTGd...

submitted 181 days ago • 14 comments

It is done!!! Well, the cross stitch part. I, uh, really hadn't thought about the sewing part... Guess it's time to figure that inherited sewing machine out.

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Just did Stars and Wishes at the end of my latest DND session, and wow! It brought so much positive energy to our goodbyes. I was worried my players would find it cheesy, but they all loved it, and it was so useful as the dm.

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Just finished The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke. It was lovely; her language is so evocative. Victoria Sawdon's illustrations are gorgeous. I could wish the book were longer, I hadn't realized just how short it was going to be. The story is rather like a snowflake: ephemeral but memorable.

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IT LIVES! We created the #RookAndRose wiki privately for ourselves, to track worldbuilding and such, but it's now publicly available for viewing and fan editing. Spread the word! rookandrose.wiki.gg/wiki/Rook_%2...

submitted 225 days ago • 1 comment

Sky Alarm xkcd.com/2979

submitted 279 days ago • 58 comments

Well here’s my latest embroidery for you, I can’t quite capture all the shiny threads today but the dress and all those swirls sparkle with gold and the stars shimmer silver…✨ Completely freehand stitched without patterns, guides or paints. 😊🧵🪡🌿 #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird

submitted 286 days ago • 23 comments

My latest cartoon for New Scientist.

submitted 385 days ago • 57 comments

Meta removed all links to this piece from their platform, then removed links to all Kansas Reflector pieces. When @marisakabas.bsky.social started covering it as a tech censorship story, they removed links to her newsletter, TheHandbasket.Substack.com, as well.

submitted 427 days ago • 21 comments

Physics vs. Magic xkcd.com/2904

submitted 454 days ago • 27 comments

This is such a good book, and an absolute steal at this price! Con artist MC, dream and tarot magic, masked vigilantes, flirting while dancing, glove shenanigans, and that's not even touching on the rich world building and exploration of themes of colonialism, identity and family.

submitted 463 days ago • 1 comment

My gingerbread this year... The VLA!!

submitted 529 days ago • 66 comments

My GIFT-XPERT™ algorithm will help you with those tricky Christmas shopping decisions!

submitted 536 days ago • 9 comments