I just tried to "up dog" my seven year old nephew.
"hey, do you have up dog?"
Him: "Yeah!" And runs off to his room.
He comes back with a toy: the dog from "Up".
"it's the Up Dog"
Damn he got me
A picture of a thrifted, half circle wood piece with a formline design painted on it. The design depicts a sitting brown rabbit on a field of bright green grass, surrounded by pollen and small blue and pink flowers.
A picture of the same piece, but from a higher angle. Along the edge of the wood piece is a symmetrical formline design of a white rabbit lying down.
SPRING HERALD 🐰💐 #formline #indigenousart #telekitneticart
Made with a thrifted wood piece and posca markers
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.
It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
Screenshot from the Atlantic covering yesterday’s protest, showing a woman dressed as lady liberty being arrested. The caption reads Etienne Laurent / AFP / Getty LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as Lady Liberty in chains, following clashes near the Metropolitan Detention Center during the "No Kings" national day of protest in Los Angeles on March 28, 2026.
Her grin knowing how this arrest looks
(Published in The Atlantic today)
lbh the pop culture trope of "enhancing" a blurry image with a computer to solve a mystery has a lot to answer for here. The writers of shows like Star Trek and CSI were making up fake computer technology that didn't exist at the time and didn't anticipate how bad genAI would be at this.
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...and never come across any reference to the most famous scene of a staple of the genre that came out when my parents were in high-school and remained in the zeitgeist since.
I'm not going to go out of my way to specifically spoil Luke Skywalker's parentage for someone, but on the other hand it really wouldn't occur to me that someone could have an interest in sci-fi...
I think there are definitely some pieces where it's reasonable to assume that you *won't* spoil it. Either because it's foundational to the genre or medium, or because it's famous specifically for the twist, or often both.
Why did I immediately identify this as a limerick
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Screenshot of a Tumblr post from OP's blog, bramblepatch, dated March 18, 2023. An anonymous user asks: "What is your Hogwarts house?" bramblepatch replies: "Actually I've already processed all five stages of grief in regards to a beloved author from my childhood very publicly making the jump from "milquetoast liberal with unexamined biases" to "actively dangerous bigot who will double down into perpetuity" and will no longer be basing any part of my identity on her intellectual property! Thanks for asking!"
Anyway in light of the new HP stuff I'm just gonna bring this over from Tumblr.
Just saw a pharm ad that listed several side effects I've never seen any medication warn about. Truly there are still new experiences in this world, and apparently one of those experiences is "swelling between the genitals and anus."
Two ceramic pigs labeled "pigs with no specific duties"
Every picture of ICE agents in airports is just this again
A digital drawing of Dot and Ted, identical twin goblin aviators. Both have lilac skin, purple eyes, and curly black hair. Dot, on the right, is wearing denim bib overalls over a white short-sleeved blouse, bright red mary-janes, and has her hair tied up with a red and white polkadot scarf. She's standing up straight, with a very large wrench held behind her back. Ted, on the left, is leaning on their sister with one arm slung around her shoulders. They're wearing a brown bomber jacket open over their wrapped chest, with khaki pants, brown boots with red laces, and a brown aviator cap. There's a bandage over the bridge of their nose and two notches in their ear.
Theodora and Dorothea, Ted and Dot to their friends. Twin goblin aviators who definitely got their aeroplane in a legal and aboveboard manner. #art #goblin #dieselpunk
A monochromatic digital sketch of an anthropomorphic raven wearing a heavy quilted winter coat, white cloak, and fleece-lined hat. She's also wearing fingerless gloves that show the talons on her fingers, and thick, bulky boots that don't show the talons on her toes.
A monochromatic digital sketch of an anthropomorphic raven wearing a set of fancy robes that imitate a magpie's plumage.
A monochromatic digital sketch of an anthropomorphic raven wearing high-waisted, knee-length pants and a loose sleeveless shirt. In this outfit you can see that her feathers cover her upper arms and legs before giving way to dark, leathery skin, and her build is thin and flat-chested. She has multiple belts slung around her waist with pouches and a quiver of arrows hanging from them, and a large sun hat hanging on her back.
outfit sketches for my girl Plunk, because eventually we're going to finish this campaign and she'll get to wear something other than her cold-weather gear again #d&d #kenku #anthro #IDROTF
A digital sketch of a minotaur girl reclining and smiling at the camera. She's wearing only a sarong-style skirt tied around her hips and a beaded head dress and horn caps.
...and a quick pinup
a digital drawing of a minotaur girl. She has tanned skin and deep auburn hair, worn in a curly updo that resembles both a highland cow and ancient minoan women's hairstyles. Her outfit is based on cultural costumes from crete.
Illuminata of Goldhaven, minotaur wizard/warlock, travel correspondent for National Geomancy magazine.
Jeff is a wise man
A digital battle map of a small house, drawn on a square grid. The house has a large front porch and a greenhouse in the back, along with a living room, bathroom, kitchen, and bedroom.
A digital battle map of a large walled garden with a thatched roof house in the middle, drawn on a square grid. The garden features several vegetable beds and a small orchard, several large trees, a front walkway with arches covered in purple flowers, and a well.
A couple of maps I drew for D&D recently, feel free to use
A digital portrait of a young orc woman wearing chainmail and a brown surcoat. She has green skin, red eyes, and short auburn hair, and is looking to the left with a neutral expression. She has a tusk-shaped piercing in her ear and scarification markings under her eyes, and she is wearing a gold torc with bear-head decorations.
New portrait for my orc paladin Leutgard, who is being Admirably Patient with the rest of her Out of the Abyss party. #D&D #DnD
A digital illustration of a silver-blue sword with a large blue moonstone set into the base of the blade, and smaller moonstones on the blade and pommel. The grip is blue leather, and the crossguard is two crescent moon shapes pointing toward and away from the blade. There is a soft white glow around the sword.
A digital illustration of a sword with a dull gold blade and a beetle shaped basket hilt. There is a scabbard visible behind the blade. Both the beetle and the outside of the scabbard are blue-green and iridescent, with parallel ridges running the length of the wings and the scabbard.
A digital illustration of a dark, squidlike creature, with one bright cyan and magenta, three-pupiled eye. It has several long tentacles with black membrane between them, held outstretched in a way that resembles the blade of a curved sword.
A digital illustration of a sword with a single-edged silver blade and a golden basket hilt. Water droplets gather on both the hilt and the blade, and thick steam rises from the length of the blade.
And here's some more.
Most of these have full writeups as magic weapons for 5e on my art tumblr, by the way, so head over there if you want More Lore. bramblepatchart.tumblr.com
A digital illustration of a sword with a pale golden blade and a frilly purple and white iris blossom as a cross guard.
A digital illustration of a claymore sword. The blade, crossguard, and grip are pitted and decayed, and dripping with green slime. There is a skull at the base of the blade, with the slime oozing from its eye sockets.
A digital illustration of a slender silver sword with a simple golden haft and a loop on the pommel. A long strip of translucent lace with a pattern of differently sized circles is threaded through the loop and winds back and form around the blade.
A digital illustration of a curved wooden sword. The blade has one sharpened edge, and a carving of celtic-style knotwork along the back edge of the sword.
Here's some more!
A digital illustration of a sword with a golden blade and a cat's face with one large green gemstone eye sculpted into the hilt.
A digital illustration of a slender sword with a silver blade and a running rat sculpted into the basket hilt.
A digital illustration of a red leather scabbard with attached purple leather belt. Four jagged fragments of a sword's blade are set into the outline of a full blade in the front of the scabbard. A clenched fist symbol is present on the belt's buckle and hanging as a charm from the point where the scabbard hangs from the belt.
A digital illustration of a sword halfway inserted into a pouch on a leather belt. The pouch and the sword both have prominent eye imagery. Although the sword should be much longer than the pouch is deep, it does not emerge out of the bottom.
Four more! I'm using faithschaffer's list of prompts: www.tumblr.com/faithschaffe...
A digital illustration of a slender golden sword with a bell-shaped basket hilt. Blue ribbons are tied around the grip and swirl around the blade, with clusters of golden jinglebells tied at intervals along the ribbons' length.
A digital illustration of a sword formed from a trilobite fossil, with the trilobite's head forming the crosspiece and the body segments the sword's blade.
A digital illustration of three matching swords, with clock faces at the base of each blade and large purple gemstones set into the blade and hilt above and below the clocks. The middle sword is in the front, with the swords behind it being tinted slightly blue and red on either side.
A digital illustration of a sword with a broad, curved blade. The face of a grehound is overlaid on the blade, and the crosspiece is shaped like a dog's collar.
More swords
A digital illustration of a pair of old-fashioned folding straight razors. The blades are rectangular razor clam shells with one edge sharpened.
A digital illustration of a sword in a leather scabbard. Both sword and scabbard are covered in patches of dark green moss, and a number of small stones and bones dangle from a cord tied around the scabbard.
A digital illustration of a small, slender golden humanoid robot. It has a grated mask like the visor of a knight's helmet over its face, which is blank except for a large purple gemstone. It has ball joints in each limb at hip/shoulder and knee/elbow, with both legs and one arm coming to sharp points and the other arm mounted with a small, round shield.
A digital illustration of a blade carved from a single dark teal scale. The handle is wooden, and wrapped with a deep red ribbon.
Gonna post my swordtember art here since I just realized I've only been posting it on tumblr.
Artists posting their OCs like "look at this fucking thing. It's disgusting. I want to smash it with a rock. If you don't like and share I may actually cry."
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