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Authors, if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book. “I had just taken poison when the king arrived to inform me that he had killed his wife.” - Hemlock & Silver, T. Kingfisher, coming in…August? I think?

submitted 23 days ago • 32 comments

Again, that's a really strong elevator pitch!

submitted 23 days ago • 5 comments

I Have A Mouth And No Ice Cream

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

The really interesting pattern recognition and confluency that happens when large numbers of people screw things up in a consistent way

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

" computer, please play songs by Cream." 'shuffling songs by Queen' yes... but NO. not right now. After an hour of Cream, " Computer, please play songs by Queen" It plays We are the champions first. Sigh, "computer, next please"

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

A couple friends were talking recently about music and punk, and some thoughts of what modern punk in response to : waves vaguely at the world: might look like, and my brain got cranking on solar punk esques style of punk rock.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Remake of Jessie's girl, only halfway through it starts slipping into wishing I was Jessie's girl instead of wishing I had Jessie's girl, And the song ends with a happy polyamorous love triangle. possibly eggfic, possibly start sapphic

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

today, in "Out of context game update developer logs" Fixed skeleton corpses becoming meaty when dragged

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

there was a discussion on a Facebook group I'm on about Sir Terry Pratchett's sword, and the term star metal to refer to meteoric iron. somebody commented that technically all iron is star metal. when a star creates iron, it's going to supernova, I commented that all iron is star DEATH metal

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

do I know anybody that happens to have contacts with anybody or company that makes plushies? I have an idea for a not exactly custom plushie, that inwanna make a reality, to sell as a political thing.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Fuck Nazi scum

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Hear me out: web serial webring with a shared subscription plan. Revenue shared as a flat % of ownership plus bonus for traffic, after costs. E.g. Subscribe to me for $2 and get access to 4 others, etc. each member guaranteed .20¢ with the remaining dollar broken down by traffic within the group

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Any suggestions on a metal bodied thicker (2ish? the kaweco sketchup is too much) clutch pencil?

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

youtu.be/GS1rEJOz9Hc I have just been shown this. apparently the rhythm of Life, in a sanitized, non-sexual, non cult leader version, is very popular with a lot of choirs. But this is the original that it's from. And sweet Jesus. I need to watch the whole thing because.. Candy, daddy? Candy daddy!

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments