Tom Lommel

timeline synchronicity

one way you can tell tech companies know their AI sucks is they keep preventing you from turning it off

Time to bring it back for the world series

I hadn't said anything (until just now) but the new Microscope is also going to include the alt rules for Chronicle. Because it's a lot of fun and has a very different vibe. So if you want tighter, character-driven histories, it will be there waiting for you www.kickstarter.com/projects/lam...

Make a band edible: Yellow Snow Patrol

Lynda Barry's basically perfect definition of How To Art thenearsightedmonkey.tumblr.com/post/1447676...

No time like octob Baseball is something e

bluesky has four types of users

One of my first "Oh I guess I live in LA now" celebrity encounters was standing in line at the quaint Valley Village post office and there, three people in front of me, Walter Koenig was buying stamps and sending a package.

Hey Gemini what is my kid's name and what does she look like, I'm at her school play and I can't figure out which one it is

This is such a fantastic photo: "The Witches' Tea Party" but I want to use it to explain the origin of the tall, pointy witches hat. The real story of this photo: These are residents at the Hospital of the Holy & Undivided Trinity: an almshouse in Castle Rising, Norfolk, England established 1610.

Told my husband that the vibe on Bluesky tonight can best be described as “Ewok party.”

Immediately after this post she said "COME ON! There was ONE GUY they couldn't let score!!! ...They're gonna have to burn the Rogers Center down."

get in, no time to explain

Character/creature naming trick: Take 3 words you can see & use the first few letters of each. "Mini notecards for all occasions" … Minofo, Nofo-al, Foalocca, Alloccami. "Taste of India Restaurant" … Taofin, Taoin, Tastoin, Ofinree, Indreta. "Sean K Reynolds Game Designer" … Sekreg, Regade, Krega.

Had the classic "I'm the lead in the play, don't know my lines, can't find my wardrobe" stress dream this morning so I'm glad to announce that BA in dramatic arts is still paying dividends

watching baseball

What's Good is live! New music from Shabazz Palaces, ZelooperZ, Josh Johnson, Goya Gumbani, Telemakus, Chanpan, Sour Widows, St. Panther, Wynne, and more! Come through! blog.djregular.tech/whats-good-w...

@rdonoghue.bsky.social I dare you. I say, I say-- I TRIPLE-DOG dare you.

Lol he has been so sassy all day, this afternoon we were both downstairs and he barked from upstairs to get someone to move his patio bed into the sun. It's been a long day of being a pain in the ass 💕

Three interior illustrations by Robert Tinney, for a series on CASE, aka "computer-aided software engineering," for BYTE magazine's April 1989 issue. 70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/robert-tinne...

As we approach the midterms, remember that the Alt National Park Service is a merch sales operation claiming without evidence to be a group of federal employees, and is not a genuine source of news about elections of any kind. Please get your election info from a local, reputable source.

maybe I'm getting soft in my old age but I really don't think we should be training dogs, dolphins, or any other animal to fight our dumb fuckin wars for us

far too late in life have I learned the value of being a Mustache Guy but friends, we have lost some great ones this week

Yes on 40! No on 41/42/43! knock-la.com/the-knock-la...

diet coke for scale

me: I should run a sci-fi game next me, being wrong: I should run Rifts next

Unlike Spotify, Tidal will let you block AI content.

Tonight in curling: Tied 1-1 after two ends Went down 1-4 in the 3rd end Came back 6-4 in the 4th end Let them have 1 point in the 5th They were sitting on 4 points in the 6th. We had the hammer and the skip drew to the button on the final shot. Landed our first win of the season 7-5! 🥌 🥌 🥌

Bill Giese #1982 h1.nu/1GyOh

my personal theory is that the petrochemical states see all these solar and battery tech improvements and are scared shitless. so they are using their wealth and political connections to buy out big media institutions (like EA, like Warner Brothers) to influence the cultural tides in their favor.

CHASING CARS features a vulnerable, authentic voice, a friendship to rival any romance, and epistolary elements that explore what the protagonist struggles to say out loud. It is at turns both heartbreaking and heartwarming. Back this Kickstarter with an all trans team now!

chat is it good when the weekly newsletter from your boring corporate financial advisors is like, "Are we in an AI bubble?" and the answer is "pretty much"

Y'all, the Cato institute is well known for dressing up laissez-faire anti-tax capitalism as moderation. It's their whole deal. They're on bsky to get dunk-quoted to spread their reach. Don't let them hijack yours. Block/ignore. This is the way.

No, really - it, it's for my wife! For Christmas! I'm an early shopper!

gonna try and make the phrase "absolutely tonied off my shalhoub" a thing

IT'S HAPPENING

I want to teach a class in Randian Objectivism where I charge $2000 for a ten-week class, make everyone buy overpriced copies of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged on Day One, say "You're an individual. You don't need anyone else. Figure this shit out yourself." Then exit stage left. NO REFUNDS!

For #Caturday, a thread of paintings by Henriette Ronner-Knip, one of the great animal painters of the 19th century. First up, Henriette Ronner-Knip, "Two Little Painters"

This is what it's like to wander into the casting facility on La Brea

One summer in college I signed up with a temp agency. They had a gig working overnight at a cheese plant 15 miles away. (Probably loading blocks of cheese into shredding machines.) I called and quit the Friday before I was supposed to start because I knew I couldn't do the sleep-deprived drive home.

Rangers of a Broken World streams all weekend long! Tomorrow @euphoriaap.bsky.social kicks it off bright and early, @streamingrainbow.bsky.social has an interview with @catlinggun.bsky.social, and Mid-Evil Midwest rounds it out. Full schedule + links here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

Walking the line in my auto factory and screaming at all the workers to make the cars stupider and more dangerous. They love this, it helps motivate them. "It's going to be able drive upside down," I yell through a megaphone. "It's going to be able to fart."