Something I've been toying with for a while is trying to reframe the nature of the Hellenistic gods to make their portfolios make a bit more sense.
For example, Dionysius is not just the God of Wine, but the god of Altered States: alcohol, yes, but also drugs, wild revels, acting, madness
Thomas Ligotti's Grimscribe, open to the first page of "Miss Plarr," which begins with the line "It was spring, though still quite early in the season, when a young woman came to live with us."
It's that time of year again, #HorrorSky.
A sketch of an explorer holding a torch in a dark cave. The background is red with the word RUNE in white above the drawing.
Explore a dying world. Just make sure it doesn't become your tomb.
Check out my solo soulslike TTRPG, RUNE.
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Had to take away a kitty toy today: a tiny blue-tailed skink that found its way into the house. Gorgeous little guy; I managed to catch it in a jar and set it free in the yard.
On a purely boring, mundane level, my current frustration is people turning to LLMs to handle planning tasks which are genuinely easy to do if you are actually planning, but perhaps benefit from the help when you are engaged in planning theatre.
Good things are still possible, never give up
This Is Just To Say
I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update
and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize
Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying
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investigate everyone involved in DOGE
I absolutely don't want to hear the age-old "not all men" from cis men right now (the sentiment is better demonstrated by having conversations about healthy vs toxic masculinity etc.)
BUT I do find it an important phrase for me to remind myself I'm safe enough. AND important to pass onto my girls.
Stage managers. What you’re looking for is stage managers
Making a 40K Chaos playlist but it's just Gary Numan's "My Name is Ruin" on repeat
The emotional processing parts of our brain are fundamental to reasoning. When they get damaged, people can’t do basic logic.
Emotion is not counter to reason.
Like anything else—pain, multiple streams of information, noise—it can *distract* you, but that’s different.
Thread.
A lanky gray tabby kitty lounging on a patchwork quilt.
Chez L-K welcomed a new addition to our household over the weekend.
This is Chaz and he's the sweetest, softest boi.
The average person doesn’t give a fuck if AI has some niche use where it actually excels if used properly. In fact, that is what a tool is *supposed* to do and none of us will have a problem if it is used like that. What we see is AI fucking up real life in a massive way.
"What if the most powerful man on Earth was kind" is such a banger concept. Jerry and Joe were really cooking in 1938.
I think I'll jump on this bandwagon! Five short stories and a novel that I love:
"The Dreaming in Nortown," Thomas Ligotti
"Angels in Love," Kathe Koja
"Mother of Stone," John Langan
"The Braille Encyclopedia," Grant Morrison
"In the Hills, the Cities," Clive Barker
Experimental Film, Gemma Files
"The Swords" is such an incredible dose of high-octane WTF concentrate. Aickman really had the juice.
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Up late writing. Bad people running into worse...things. First time in a long, long time.
Every time I thought House was going to do something truly interesting with that character, the world rearranged itself to comport with the protag's dumb prejudices. The Asshole Supergenius Who is Always Right trope could not die soon enough.
This discourse rolls around every six months and I'm always happy to chime in: ELEMENTARY is a great TV show qua TV show and best modern interpretation of Holmes, including that one you're thinking of, which was more of one dude's intermittent hobby, which also somehow turned into CRIME DR. WHO.
Right-wing men are the most submissive, deferential creatures on earth. Crawling, power-worshipping cucks, one and all.
Why do I get the feeling there's a bunch of people about to learn something very important about Alexandre Dumas.
Reminder that there is empirical research to prove the “when the person speaking was 12” point. It’s called Reminiscence Bump and it’s literally from ages 12-14. psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-...
I had not though about how our terrible, floppy ideas of realism at the tabletop echo out into the broader world, beyond a general understanding that anyone saying they’re “being realistic” is lying to SOMEONE.
But now I have, and it sucks.
Me: [idly looking up info on popes]
Wikipedia: This list is incomplete; you can help expand it.
Me: wut?
Wikipedia: [lifts eyebrows suggestively]
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