Logged in just to repost this because I've done it again

Tbh It's actually okay to suck at stuff you enjoy doing. You don't have to gear into competition or be the absolute best. Existing and having fun is just as worthwhile. You don't have to make money off it. You don't have to get published. You can literally just create it, fail, learn, and make more

spiderman pointing meme

your move. i went to college twice

i remember doing this when i wrote a paper on wikipedia and i thought i was very clever

A girl with bird heads for pigtails, watering abstract flowers with a teapot

I feel like community has become such a buzz word that sometimes we forget that to be a community, you will run into imperfect people. You'll have to listen to a long winded story you aren't interested in from some old guy. You'll have to take out the trash or fix a toilet when no one else will.

Yes this means you have to sing the first one twice, I am not taking questions at this time

Solving the "how many verses of Echad Mi Yodeya do you REALLY have to sing" quandary in the most my-family way possible: singing only the Fibonacci-numbered verses

Worth resharing with credit:
Source: letter.visualgrowth.com/p/cringe

Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects

So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social?

And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?

A pair of earrings consisting of concentric golden rings with a lapis lazuli star at the center of the ring, and glass chips in various shades of blue hanging from the rings.

A pendant consisting of metal rings, tiny dichroic glass drops, glitter, glass and metal chips, and metal stars set within a deep round pendant tray and filled with resin. The base of the tray has been handpainted in blues and pinks to look like a galaxy.

A bracelet consisting of five small round pendant trays filled with glitter, glass and metal chips, and metal stars. The base of each tray has been handpainted in blues and pinks to look like a galaxy.

A long rosary style necklace consisting of glass and tiger-eye beads in various shades of blue, alternating with metal star-shaped connectors.

As the @peculiarityshop.bsky.social's Cosmic-themed mystery boxes start reaching their owners, I wanted to highlight a few of my favorite things I made for this box. SPACE IS COOL.

I swear. Writing is the only discipline where we make people feel like failures for practising. How many songs does a violinist learn that never wind up in recital? How many studies do painters do? Acting exercises. Tennis for fun.

You're allowed to write without the intention of publishing.

So now I'm just wondering... is there a piece of software somewhere that uses INFLTBLE SALLY W/TRT SCK as a piece of test data? Why is this happening??

actual inflatable sally with treat sack

cooler listed as INFLTBLE SALLY W/TRT SCK

fan listed as INFLTBLE SALLY W/TRT SCK

sweetarts listed as INFLTBLE SALLY W/TRT SCK

Searching "INFLTBLE SALLY W/TRT SCK" turns up this product, which appears to be an actual inflatable Sally with treat sack, but also a bunch of other unrelated products being sold under that name for some reason?

windshield scraper listed as INFLTBLE SALLY W/TRT SCK

I ordered an ice scraper online, and all the shipping and confirmation emails described it as "INFLTBLE SALLY W/TRT SCK," which is definitely not what it was called when I ordered it 🤔

I run our advanced game design class game jam-style, basically. They get a prompt/restrictions and about 90 min to make a simple prototype.

#1 mistake students make I warn them against: they spend the entire time arguing about which idea is the best one instead of just… making one and seeing.

A series of book covers that seem...slightly off, with a headline reading "[ ]omething missing", with the Simon and Schuster logo in the bracketed space

I made some questionable life choices last night, but on the upside I now have a puzzle on the door to my office!

Seven people dressed up like cool spies in sunglasses and face masks

Team photo! Many B.E.A.N.s were distributed and P.U.R.I.M. was saved.
(ft. my excellent co-creators including @emogrinch.bsky.social)

Been thinking about chapter 2 in @moudhy.bsky.social book that highlights the birth of writing, in ancient Mesopotamia — thanks to transactions.

Today, an in-situ sign remains near an ancient Ziggurat:

“The first written words started here”

Let that sit with you for a sec.

📸 Mesopotamia Tourism

i think i have a good short story idea, i say. now to write it- my pants immediately fall down and i trip down three flights of concrete stairs, killing myself instantly

Six bowls containing medleys of variously colored dry beans

Oh the things we do for immersive theater

Writing about a character named Emil and so far I have accidentally referred to him as "Evil" and "Email"

(The post, in case you're interested: www.hillelwayne.com/post/javascr...)

tags on a post: history, javascript, crimes

Why is this post tagged twice with "crimes"

was just told by @mistraln.bsky.social "your polycule sounds like my job"

J.L. Akagi

New story! "Infinite Halves" by J.L. Akagi! buff.ly/JgpJtu6

Detail from a map of the A23a iceberg's progress since being calved in 1986; after 30 years stuck on the seafloor it made rapid progress in 2022-2023 but rotated on a water column for 8 months and has now run aground off South Georgia. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20d1xp6046o

typical book project timeline

Samantha Mills

New story! "10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days" by Samantha Mills! buff.ly/td7xqdv

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER WASN'T THAT A GREAT MOVIE, NANCY WONDERFUL -- I NEVER HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME— IT WAS GRAND (NANCY READS THE MOVIE REVIEW) NEWSPAPER- MOVIE REVUE WAHHH BAW-W-W YOU KNOW THAT MOVIE WE ENJOYED SO MUCH ?- - - I JUST FOUND OUT IT'S TERRIBLE

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
February 28,1947

ah yes, a pirate themed TTRPG, something you've never done before