A bishop says "introducing the Catholic trinity! The father! The son!" We see an Old man God and we see Jesus. Then the camera pans to frog-like hominid with a bowtie and little cartoon gloves. Alex, in disbelief, rhetorically asks "that's what you look like?" The holy spirit says MARP.
No one asked for a carousel. The carousel is bad. Make it optional or change it back. Do you guys even focus group or test these ideas out?
Look at how useful non-carousel pics are. Do you get the full impact of a concerned Grizz demonstrating hydration if you have to swipe? I think not.
Deploying emergency kitten
With bonus soothing kitten noises.
“The game's afoot: follow your spirit, and upon this charge, cry ‘God for Harry, England, and Saint George!’”
Wishing all my followers a very happy St George’s Day x
After Britain's moment of greatest peril had been averted by the return of king Arthur, there were interviews.
Someone asked the Once and Future King: "Which of the many stories about you are true?"
Arthur's broad shoulders sagged. "All of them."
"Even the-"
"I am become myth. Yes. Even that."
Actually, you'll find that St George came from an area in modern Belgium, the dragon was Bolivian, 'England' was an Old French word describing the Austrian Tyrol, but the turkey was definitely from Norfolk.
Oh cool, it's "No, Shakespeare Did Not 'Invent' All Those Words And Phrases, He Had A Large Body Of Work That Survived In Written Form And Which We Use For Reference, It Doesn't Mean He Made Them Up" day. Comes round earlier every year!
You annual reminder that William Shakespeare did not write the works of Shakespeare, which were instead written by someone with the same name living at the same time.
Hes got a Petfinder page and everything:
www.petfinder.com/cat/hue-51e5...
This cuff is marked down to a hundred and fifteen dollars, which is a really low cost for blue ridge, yes, but a sterling cuff. But I have more cuffs coming in, and she's real pretty.
Check out my product! www.peculiarityshop.com/product-page...
A four panel comic. In panel 1, there's an image of a closeup on the head of a yellow morph timber rattlesnake, with text above it that says "Behold the snake: Cunning, cruel, and bloodthirsty, it embodies evil and sin. Who knows what malevolent thoughts lurk in its mind?" In panel 2, the snake is zoomed out slightly, and a thought bubble rises above its head with three dots inside it. In panel 3, we're zoomed out more to see the whole snake curled up on a rock with a colorful background behind it, and there's a thought bubble rising from its head that says "Mmm warm sun." In panel 4, we're zoomed out even more, and the snake is sitting on a rock at the top of a hill with green grass and trees, a vibrant background of mountains and lakes behind it, and a bright blue sky with a golden cloud and birds flying. The snake is thinking "Nice day."
Behold the snake.
Screenshot of text from the linked story overlaid on a crescent of fossils on a white plate.
Fossils.
A Willerby Story.
The village loses its grip on time and falls back eons.
willerby.substack.com/p/fossils
A very smart country. 👍
Love, Marburg. Same thing, really.
Also good to remember that cyberattacks aren't the only threat to e-book access. A space weather event isn't going to affect physical books, but digital...
Hope Blackwell, full body image: Hi, Hugo voters! We're so grateful that our webcomic, A GIRL AND A FED, has made the shortlist! We've added the comics from 23 February 2025 to 19 October 2025 to this voting packet. The third act of the comic, which began in March 2020 and ended in October 2025, is 469 pages. Wrapping this act--and the webcomic--is what makes us eligible for this year's Hugos. Hope Blackwell, gesturing towards an image of the triplets in the White House: The third act is about what happens when America gets fed up and elects the human equivalent of the giant meteor meme, from the perspective of the giant meteor and his family.
Hope Blackwell, pointing towards an early image from the comic and looking vaguely distressed: But the comic goes back a lot longer than that! The first act started in March 2006 and the second started in April 2010. There's been a lot of...oh, let's call it EVOLUTION. Hope Blackwell, holding ghost Speedy: As with all longform media, the story can get twisty. We hope you enjoy it! Speedy: Not even going to mention the undead koalas? Hope: Shh! Shut it.
Anyhow we've received the official go-ahead to attach this as a cover page to our #Hugos submission packet so it helps to very slightly clarify the voting process for a 2000+ page webcomic which began in 2006.
#LACon #WorldCon #Hugo #HugoFinalist #comic #webcomic
I contacted my congressperson today. Again. More.
Have you?
NO to HR 7661.
Gasp!
I hope there’s a Carol out there who needs it because it really is calling her name!
Left, sterling cartouche pendant reading “health life happiness”, right, winged goddess Isis pendant.
My cartouche pendant says “health life happiness”. It and Isis are from The Museum Store that used to be at our mall 30 years ago. Your vintage is my I have one that I bought new.
Best to not wear this colour trousers when on TV.
MD! Come get your goofball lovebug!
benches, buses, and bathrooms. they should be everywhere
Bluesky's leadership is basically Basil Fawlty: they have dreams of a higher class of customer and they are appalled that they have to put up with the riffraff that has actually shown up.
here come old laptop
he come
bootin up slowly
he got
broken touchpad
he need
one more update
he got
no space
on this pc
one thing i can tell you
its got no warranty
“CONAN HOLDS YOUR PRIVACY SACRED Our encampment processes personal data, wielding the power as cautiously as Conan wields his sword. Should you wish to cover your footsteps and forbid us from sharing your secrets, strike at the 'I wish to cloak my presence' rune. I WISH TO CLOAK MY PRESENCE”
Completely tossed at the official conan the barbarian website’s cookie notification window.
A white beetle-thing with red stripes, wings, and a horn on a background of green.
Check out this tiny candy cane unicorn.
Discworld QOTD, from Wyrd Sisters
Another one that lands really differently now is @seananmcguire.bsky.social's Newsflesh series (under the nom de plume Mira Grant). It was a rueful comfort read for me as I watched our country fail to fully rise to the occasion, in a "This is what it woulda looked like if we took it seriously" way.
