At the store, I see a little girl waving and waving at a woman absorbed in her phone. "I'll make it up and wave back extra hard," I think.
But as soon as I was within her field of vision, she looks me up and down and goes "BLECH!!!" paired with the motion of a cat horking a hairball. Heard, chef!
Taking the new @amtrakcascades.wsdot.wa.gov for the first time and it's honestly making me a little emotional. It's such a lovely machine!!! What a pleasant ride!!!
I commute by train once or twice a month and my timing means I can rarely take the cascades, so I'm just savoring this lol
No YOU'RE crying about communal transit
I can actually hear the announcements? It doesn't sound like a trashed cassette tape being played over ham radio transmitted through a tin can?? Is this possible?????????
I don't think I've ever laughed harder in a theater than a trailer informing me of "an otherworldly collaboration.... between M. Night Shyamalan..... and Nicholas Sparks'
NEW OPPORTUNITY: Short fiction writer? Love the world of Heaven's Vault?
... then come play in the waters.
We're looking to commission 20 short stories set in the Nebula for a new anthology. Paid, obvs.
Full details and a link to the form on the blog: www.inklestudios.com/2026/10/24/t...
Wicker is such a joy. If you are a person with any affection for fairy tales, go see it on the big screen. What a treat awaits you.
Maybe my favorite costume design in a minute.
the most important generational divide in the US is if you played Oregon Trail in school or not. It means *computers* were a big part of your life but also social media/smartphones didn’t define your school years
Americans who went to school in the 90s: did you play Oregon Trail? Did EVERYONE play Oregon Trail? I keep seeing it come up and wonder if it was truly that prevalent
Insta showed me a trailer for the Wildwood trailer, and it opens with ominous crows kidnapping a child.
And like... I'm trying to imagine fearing Portland crows. They are such a vital part of the beating heart of the city.
I went to a vigil for the ICE killings, and during as we took a moment of silence, the sound of crows fluttering through the trees to roost filled the square. They were present in our grief, and our hope for something better.
Also I lived in Texas, it's grackles you should fear, lol
Did you know that in addition to one-on-one writing coaching, I do workshops? I just finished a really delightful hour with a newsroom talking about and troubleshooting strategies for writing for fun when you also write for a living; and I'd love to bring that to your org, too!
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The "Crayfish Boys Figure Collection" is scheduled for release in December. Their bodies may be those of monsters, but their hearts are those of crayfish! They simply enjo...
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this is fucking appalling. i already knew james dolan (who owns the knicks and madison square garden) was a douche but this is next-level. www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...
Bossa nova and disco are both genres of music people love to dunk on or use as a punchline because experiencing earnest joy is cringe. But you are alive, motherfucker!! You are gonna die one day!!! Dance while you can!!!! youtu.be/cXelMzaCmiQ
So many normie fitness and restoration YouTubers I follow are going down this road, and I get it, they are not graphic designers, I'm sure the YouTube a/b testing shows these perform better!! It just sucks ass.
I remembered I have a letterboxed so I am catching up on letterboxed. Man I try to remind myself I don't have to be funny or observant or say something clever, I can just journal about a movie!! Who cares!!!
I have been thoughtful and goofy about media online for 30 years (💀) and it's hard to like.... unclench about it sometimes. I want to be a savvy poster but I am mostly an earnest goof!!!
Anyway I'm over there as toughestfrail and I'm fully using it like a boomer, bless us every one
As excited as you all might be about the Blazers tonight, please don't forget the coming ecstasy of our very reasonable and detailed plan to turn the Rose Garden into a public sex forest.
Something of a long-shot question, but is there a good online resource on the typesetting and material culture of academic publishing (especially articles and dissertations) in the post-WWII but pre-LaTeX era, beyond just going to the internet archive and looking at what they have from this era?
Playing and talking about Mass Effect helped me challenge and understand my internalized misogyny and homophobia. Pretty cool for a cover-based shooter.
I'm grateful for the folks who made these games. Thank you.
Even the art I'm good at (writing) is an enormous pain with my brain. It's so pleasant to just enjoy doing art without being miserable at my inept plodding. Making mud pies in the dirt
Did you know that half of your time spent making art is getting 90% of the work done and the other half is spent finessing the last 10% of work. I am the first person to discover this
10 days left to apply! PLEASE tell your friends — we've received fewer quality applications than previous years, and while that makes our reduced funding easier, I'd rather have MORE great apps and MORE funding!
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The 12th(!) Gender Reveal grant cycle is now open for applications! As always, these funds are for organizing / community projects led by trans people of color.
We are particularly interested in funding existing projects that materially support trans folks, queer people of color, immigrants, etc.
ok, yes. i used a little blood magic to make this potion. but in my defense, it's hard NOT to use blood magic these days. all the tomes and orbs are powered by it. blood magic is really a systemic issue. in a way i'm a hero for admitting i use it
Yes, it’s going to be double, maybe even triple, the price of the previous Xbox, and yes Xbox is on the BDS boycott list, but consider this: if you pick one up you can enjoy theoretically playing all the exciting Xbox exclusives, which do not exist and have no hope of existing for at least a decade
'the price of the [Xbox] Helix console has internally been projected to cost consumers between $1,200 and $1,800, unless Microsoft decides to subsidize the cost'
-Game Pass planning major overhaul (a la carte)
-next-gen handheld by 2027 holidays, console 2028 holidays
fortune.com/2026/10/20/t...
I still have all sizes (s-4x) of these guys available :)
These are silkscreened with discharge ink, which bleaches the image into the fabric, so once they’re washed it’s exactly the same texture as the shirt and never cracks/fades like plastisol inks can!
Growing up my dad was always "remove me from your database" to literally everyone, didn't want photos posted, refused to sign up for anything with real information. World's most vindicated man