imo stop following therapists in general. mental health pros who are focused primarily on social media and building a following are adding to the problem.

Episode 1 is up on YouTube, y'all! Your very capable crew is more than equipped for any situations which may arise!

And be sure to check out the Kickstarter for Duality!

Scientists Just Made the Most Complete Map of the Clitoris's Sensory Nerve Network. Here's What They Found Cultural taboos around female sexuality have hindered research on the organ. But a new study provides pivotal insights that can inform important surgeries and health care

it's 2026 and the nerves of the clitoris were just fully mapped

researchers mapped penile nerves when I was in high school (almost 30 years ago!) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9698671/

scientific misogyny is alive and well

Siiiiiick!

Level-5 CEO says games are now being made 80-90% by AI, making “aesthetic sense” a must for developers - AUTOMATON WEST As AI becomes more common in game development, in order to break through devs will need to have a "sense for aesthetics," says Akihiro Hino.

Level 5 Inc
Ni No Kuni / Inazuma Eleven / Professor Layton
"Depending on how it’s used, AI may be able to produce plagiarized content, but if used correctly, it has the power to enrich the creative world" -y
Sources:
automaton-media.com/en/news/leve...

twistedvoxel.com/level-5-ceo-...

CD Projekt RED has been testing out AI tools to create "realistic" NPCs in The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2 A new 154-page document detailing what CD Projekt RED worked on in 2025 reveals research into AI tools for creating realistic crowds of NPCs.

CD Project Red
Witcher 4, Cyberpunk 2
Confirmed it is actively testing AI tools to help shape its future game development -y
Sources:
www.pcguide.com/news/cd-proj...

respawnindex.com/cd-project-r...

www.thegamer.com/cd-projekt-r...

Want a cozy space to share art, talk food, and gush about books?

My discord is now open for folks to join!

A turquoise circle emblazoned with a University emblem of book, shield, and laurels. "EST 1811" can be seen underneath the book. Around the emblem reads "Proud graduate of the Jane Austen School for Unrealistic Expectations."

Oops. I did it again. New design for my shop. You know who you are, and your diploma is a weapon.

artificerind.threadless.com/designs/prou...

How it's going to work: Art Sales | Kathryn Reynolds Get more from Kathryn Reynolds on Patreon

PUBLIC POST is up, explaining how sales of my art will be going forward:

AI Use Appears to Have a "Boiling Frog" Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns A new study claims to offer the first causal link between AI dependency and cognitive erosion. Researchers warn of long-term implications.

“We find that AI assistance improves immediate performance, but it comes at a heavy cognitive cost”
“After just [about] 10 minutes of AI-assisted problem-solving, people who lost access to the AI performed worse and gave up more frequently than those who never used it.”
futurism.com/artificial-i...

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HUGE batch of goodies for all paid levels, as well as some updates on what is in the works:

Maryland to Become First US State to Ban Surveillance Pricing That Charges More After Mining Personal Data Maryland will become the first US state to ban surveillance pricing in retail stores, after passing Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.

Let's go Maryland!!!

www.goodnewsnetwork.org/maryland-to-...

post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet:

Not Cyan, too. ☹️

And done. A little summery sweetness to boost my mood 🥰

#art #watercolor

Duality TTRPG A genre-crossing system designed for one shots and long form campaigns, Duality is a 2d6 tabletop role-playing system

People enjoying my characters/performances is a high on top of the normal high of playing a fun game! Session 2 of Delta shift was wild!

Please go back Duality! This game is so fun and wild. Duality and it's dual genre system is pretty unique and I am loving it!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mim...

This is a dance-off. If you see this and are so inclined, share a dance!

I need a team like this on hand when I trip over a single piece of pavement sticking up just one centimeter too high from the rest of them and fall over on my way to the store, please.

I don't think people believe me when I try to walk it off like "I meant to do that".

Stretcher team, please.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 translator says he was 'fired from Warhorse Studios and replaced with AI' "If you've ever played KCD2 in English, you've quite likely seen my work."

In case you still needed a reason to never buy games from this studio:

😑

I know things can be two things at once but it's really shitty how the media will constantly brand things as 'something slang' rather than even just acknowledge AAVE as the source.

What's this?! A premiere date?!?!?!

There's just something about these "AI stream producers" and "AI generated overlays" and "AI coded chat interactions" that's like…

Have you tried just streaming? And having fun? And playing games? And talking about the games you're playing?

Streamers with too much chat chaos? Kinda unwatchable. 💖

Based on this, I'm going to start using "5hits" as a replacement word.

When someone 5hits the bed.
Little 5hits.

A black and white cat with a missing back leg sitting on an armless, fuzzy pink criss-cross chair in front of an art desk laden with in progress art, sketchbooks, paintbrushes, etc

My art desk chair finally came in, and @artificer-ind.bsky.social kindly assembled it for me.

Of course, Shogun has already claimed it before I've even gotten to sit in it...

An example of why predictive text doesn’t work for me:

me: Look at this adorable little…

predictive text: girl | boy | baby

me: …spork!

Great post.

Addendum: By "free images" I mean they are marked as free to use, sometimes with or without attribution (though you should always attribute when you can). Not "if it's on the internet, it's free".

And there are still TOO MANY people on Substack. Doing great writing/journalism, but for a Nazi bar. 😑

And I know, you were fooled. We were ALL fooled into thinking that our blogs have to have pictures and a certain length and keywords.

You know who did that? Google. You know why? To make search worse for everyone. And now their Gemini "AI" used all that "SEO best practices" to steal your work.

Ooh, yay, you moved (or never started) your newsletter from Substack.

Oh, boo, you're using generative AI images for your header and article images.

The bar is in hell, y'all, it's so easy to rise above it, and people still don't. And it's disheartening.

There are so many free images out there.