Night lay across the school like a vampire bat clinging to a maiden’s neck, dark and heavy and overpowering. #writing

Nettle & Bone After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter—has finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue.

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“CONAN HOLDS YOUR PRIVACY SACRED Our encampment processes personal data, wielding the power as cautiously as Conan wields his sword. Should you wish to cover your footsteps and forbid us from sharing your secrets, strike at the 'I wish to cloak my presence' rune. I WISH TO CLOAK MY PRESENCE”

Completely tossed at the official conan the barbarian website’s cookie notification window.

Doctor to patient: "Try to reduce your stress level, and if you somehow succeed please let me know how in God's name you did it."

I thought this felt relatable

dhuartson: Don't let anyone talk you out of spending $15 on a new hobby. That $50 will be the best $400 you ever spent.

This is not wrong.

Frequently Asked Questions About Our Innovative New EdTech Collaboration “With a free Skynet Edu account, students can gain the career-readiness needed to navigate an exciting future in which they will be hunted by a remorseless, ...

Q: Why weren’t faculty consulted?

A: On the contrary, Skynet was trained on an extensive archive of pirated humanities articles—hence its misanthropy, overuse of the em dash, and proclivity for always already predictively adding “already” after “always.”

Marjorie Miller, 'Queen of the Night,'1931

What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.

"If you’re looking for a sign from God as to whether hanging out with the richest man on Earth is right for you, pay attention when he sends you not one plague, but two."

Holy shit Noah Hawley is good (and this very clearly demonstrates that he understands the Alien assignment).

… well, that level of mathematics would explain all the bankruptcies …

How to become a sea witch Issue five: poem by Theodora Goss

I'm thrilled that my poem "How to Become a Sea Witch," published in The Orange & Bee, is a finalist for a Hugo Award. 🙂 If you'd like to read it (and maybe vote for it, if you're a Hugo voter!), you can read it here:

theorangebee.substack.com/p/how-to-bec...

Coyote vs. ACME | Official Trailer YouTube video by Coyote vs. Acme

the fact that an evil corporation buried this movie for years is such great PR for it.

looks great, can't wait.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-43...

With Orban gone the EU has now approved the 90 billion Euro loan to Ukraine and another package of sanctions on Russia. V good news.

Archaeologists stunned to find copy of Homer’s Iliad inside ancient Egyptian mummy Papyrus fragment discovered inside mummy buried in Roman-era tomb around 1,600 years ago

🚨HOMER FRAGMENT ALERT🚨 Fragment of the Iliad found inside an Oxyrinchus mummy but as ritual, not as cartonnage, taking the place of what would normally be a magic text…

…and it’s the Catalogue of Ships! ❤️
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Thank you @lunatraktors.bsky.social for sending me this today!

So I did the layout for this 200-page #RuneQuest scenario set in Apple Lane during the big summer festival organised by the local temple of Uleria, Goddess of Love, and now the rest of you get to see what I’ve been secretly smiling about for the last year or so.

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

The only possible response - ❤️

(And running to purchase it, of course.)

Three cool scientists introduce their work "Our new theory has been submitted to a peer-reviewed journal, but we feel its depths and intricacies are best appreciated on the limited-edition vinyl release."

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

The language of liars cover. There are starfish like aliens on a colorful cover

Happy Happy release day @slhuang.com !
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announcing ILÚVATAR, my multi-billion dollar company which will specialize in the dismantling of all other idiotically tolkien-named entities, that they shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite

The Head had said she’d stand by in case of emergencies. “Not that I doubt you in the least, my dear, but the problem with the unexpected is that it’s unexpected.” #writing

Dido Twite, that delicate sprite…

The First WORLD FENCING LEAGUE is happening April 25th!!! I'M GEEKING!!!

Japanese engineers developed this "Sword Tip Visualisation" tracking technology specifically for this event that will make it so much easier for the average person to see what's going on!

I MUST WATCH THIS ENTIRE TOURNAMENT

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

We are looking at a painting of St Liphardus - a 6th-century lawyer, hermit and abbot in Meung-sur-Loire near Orléans, France. He is wearing bishops clothing including a surplus and mitre and is holding a crook. On a lead is a small knee high green and blue dragon.

We’re very sorry sir but you cannot bring your emotional support dragon in here.

How to eat an apple🍏 #art #sketch

Phil didn’t want to be the sort of person who’d shun another woman merely because she was a tiny little bit odd, or had unusual preferences, or even if she ate raw meat (the latest rumour about Matron) or ran pyramid schemes (the Head’s secretary) or summoned demons (well, Phil herself). #writing

Property from Goucher College Mummy Portrait of a Man, Roman Egypt, Flavian Period, circa late 1st century CE. Painted with encaustic (pigmented wax) on wood (probably sycamore), his head turned to his right, and wearing a white chiton (tunic) and white himation (cloak) falling from the nape of the neck, his solemn face with full lower lip, long aquiline nose, translucent hazel eyes, bushy eyebrows, and furrowed brow, his wavy gray hair brushed forward above the forehead. 12 3⁄4 by 6 in.; 32.5 by 15.4 cm Auction page: https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2026/master-paintings-sculpture-part-i/mummy-portrait-of-a-man-roman-egypt-flavian-period

This realistically rendered Flavian era mummy portrait from Roman Egypt gives us a rare look at an older person from that era. It has been on loan for over 70 years to the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, but was recently sold at auction. Will it disappear into a private collection? 🏺

📸 Sotheby’s

Movie review: Blades of the Guardians | easternkicks.com An amazing piece of Wuxia cinema that lends hope not just for a sequel, but for the future of the genre as a whole... I’ve been a fan of Xu Xianzhe’s manhua Biaoren (“Bounty Hunters”) since it came ou...

Happy Friday! It's an exciting day, as Yuen Woo-Ping's wuxia masteriece, based on Xu Xianzhe's manhua Blades of the Guardians is out in U.K. and Irish cinemas. If you want to know what it's like, here's my review. #film www.easternkicks.com/reviews/blad...

Carson, watching TV. It's saying "Before beginning this pentagon prayer meet, let me address the fake and Totally unpatriotic press, which reported that i, your Kick-asS, ripped, and never at all drunk secretary of war, quoted pulp fiction, believing it to be biblical verse!" Then, "Hic."

It's a Bonus Sermon DORK TOWER SUNDAY! Righteous new strip up now, at the mothership:

www.dorktower.com/2026/04/17/2...

Repost, reblog, repeat, forever and ever, amen!

Garlic cloves and bread from a fresco originally from Herculaneum and now at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN), Italy. Photo by Sophie Hay

Happy National Garlic 🧄 Day! Greeks & Romans loved garlic—but Mesopotamians loved it 1000s of years before them. The Greek ἄγλις (Latin alium) is an Akkadian loan word. At Pompeii, there was even a garlic seller (aliarii) workshop ( 📸 by @pompei79.bsky.social): pompeiiinpictures.com/pompeiiinpic...

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com