[slamming mug on bar, yelling] estonia's right

Rabea Rogge, die erste deutsche Frau im All, hat einfach einen W20 mit rauf genommen. #PNPDE #Spaaace

minority stress! it's awful! literally, tears our bodies apart on a molecular level

being a mid-30s trans person is just me asking, repeatedly, "why are all my trans friends and I disabled?"

Drawing of a puppy with the caption; "My disabilities do not make me unworthy of love, care, and respect."

Puppy

Certified Lucky moment 🍀

When my life is falling apart, I reread queer theory texts. This is from The Queer Art of Failure (Halberstam, 2011).

. We sur 68 ChApter two vived the era of Bush Senior only to be hit by the era of Bush Junior; we lived through the Gulf War only to witness its deadly replay in Iraq. The amnesiac cycle that solidifies U.S. hegemony, spreads the era of empire, and authorizes the return of the stupid white male is written in Dude as the triumph of the few, the brave, the “relentlessly moronic.”

Sedgwick’s prescription is “reparative reading,” a theory of more flexible sense-making that can hold truth and provide an antidote to the overwhelming paranoia of our times. While the conventional wisdom states, “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean you don’t have enemies,” Sedgwick turns this formula on its head: “Just because you have enemies doesn’t mean you have to be paranoid.” Or to put it another way, having a direct understanding of systemic oppression (the healthcare system, police violence, the fascist state) does not condemn a person to a categorically paranoid point of view. To practice a worldview more expansive and more open to possibilities than paranoia does not mean you have to deny the reality or gravity of oppression.

Feeling paranoid about stochastic violence and weaponized media? Me too. That's why I can't stop thinking about this incredibly helpful essay by @littlewow.online in @flaminghydra.com about the idea of "reparative reading" as a corrective to the "paranoid style." flaminghydra.com/issue-511/

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I literally saw a post two weeks back in which a guy with two jobs was flagellating himself because he was short on rent, lamenting that had he donated plasma more, maybe his rent would be on time. This system is deeply fucked. Earth is a pleasure cruise for 1000 people and we're all just the staff.

No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

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#amediting

I bring a "comma usage with relative clauses changes the meaning of sentence" energy to the group project.

THE LEGS!!!

a screenshot of a legendary neopets forum post: just thought i'd add that i've reported everyone in this thread including myself

Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game TWO HAND PATH by Mikey Hamm: two hands with many accessories (rings, bracelets, tattoos) resting on top of each other, with more tattoos in the background. Text on the card reads, “Won’t you take my hand in yours?”

Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game DIALECT by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalıoğlu: a tree with the names of dead languages written on its bark. Text on the card reads, “Words fail me when I’m with you, Valentine”

Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game LAST TRAIN TO BREMEN by Caro Asercion: a train ticket featuring illustrations of a cockerel, cat, hound, and mule arranged in a square. Text on the card reads, “Valentine, I’ve got a ticket to Hell and I’m dragging you there with me along with two of our other good friends (please don’t take it personally)”

Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game TRIANGLE AGENCY by Caleb Zane Huett and Sean Ireland: a cacophony of files, papers, and office supplies tumbling from top of the image. Text on the card reads, “<3”

valentines day is just around the corner which means it's time for another year of grade school valentines day cards, indie tabletop game edition

everyone who is oggling at the neopets TTRPG's tone should click around Jellyneo for a while

Agreed; this is a rate that is unheard of within TTRPGs, especially for that volume of writing. Places that offer high rates tend to offer smaller projects. This works to out to more that I've made in the past 3 years (as a prolific TTRPG writer). I regularly write more than 50k words/year.

I love pathfinder

A stack of four campus notebooks from my doctoral studies.

Another notebook for the stack.

oh good, that'll restore any lost trust and make everyone forget you can just take their livelihood away at any second with no warning

It's #BlackHistoryMonth and I want to use that follower count for some good today. If you are a Black creative, QRP with your links.

Note: this one is for Black folks to share their work. Not self appointed allies and performative list making of Black folks to follow & support UwU!

A downy woodpecker sits on a spruce on a sunny winter day. "Ahh... Febuary" it says. Close up on it correcting "Febrary" then "Febberary..." then finally "Frebrury"

Ferbruary #oldknees

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Writing warm-up this morning: adapting the beats structure from Heart to my PF2E homebrew campaign. The characters in the game were first played in Heart, and we're running a sandbox-y adventure, so this is a tool we want to keep using.

I love my husband sooooo much. He's so talented and full of whimsy! If you're friends with him, he would love some of art of one his characters (even if it's terrible)! I drew him a particularly shitty piece of art and he was delighted.

Its my birthday in an hour ish so BIRTHDAY ART!!!!!!

Drawing of a tired puppy with the caption; "How it feels to endure and still be kind"

Enduring

"I asked chatgpt" "I asked grok" WELL have you tried asking someone else????