Figured Iβd wind down this fine Orktober night by finishing up a little project I was working on - behold Clovis the grot
16.10.2025 04:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@learnonaut.bsky.social
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Figured Iβd wind down this fine Orktober night by finishing up a little project I was working on - behold Clovis the grot
16.10.2025 04:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The guy teaching me said it basically came down to positioning and a few dice rolls that broke the wrong way so Iβm gonna call my first try a success
16.10.2025 01:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Played my first game of 40K (Combat Patrol but it counts). Didnβt win because yβknow, dice and all but the lads put up a propa fight and as you know, Orks never actually lose
16.10.2025 01:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1They had to do a whole TV show as a correction
15.10.2025 20:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0oh good that'll fix it
15.10.2025 20:44 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0David Byrne if he was a realtor: This is not my beautiful houseβ¦.but it could be yours!
15.10.2025 19:04 β π 313 π 45 π¬ 5 π 4...yeah this all sounds about right
15.10.2025 19:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Season 9 / Episode 17
"Man has always loved his buildings but
what happens when the buildings say 'No more'?"
also his work tends to be pretty good to great anyway, which is more than you can say for a lot of what gets put out these days
15.10.2025 19:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Dude has flaws in his work - he absolutely has recurring crutches in his writing (characters arguing over pointless minutiae, etc.) and the DCU definitely needs to get fresh voices into it like yesterday but he's still definitely one of the most humanist creatives in the superhero machine
15.10.2025 19:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It's GOTG3 and SUPERMAN that are the most emblematic of what I am talking about - the former rejecting the idea that life can or needs to be "perfect" and showing how destructive that pursuit is to the soul and body, the latter underscoring that to be human is to be a mess, to make mistakes
15.10.2025 18:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I make this point in an upcoming podcast but I think I figured out why I like Gunn's comics adaptation work: across SUPERMAN, PEACEMAKER, and GUARDIANS, his protagonists generally represent life - in all its awkward, earnest messiness - while the antagonists are essentially the antithesis of that
15.10.2025 18:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0CNN is covering prediction market odds from an online casino as if itβs actual polling data
15.10.2025 16:49 β π 2099 π 378 π¬ 174 π 101Iβm sorry, sir, but that information is yassified.
15.10.2025 16:27 β π 262 π 60 π¬ 0 π 0Social media has destroyed the fabric of civilization buts itβs also helped me a lot personally
15.10.2025 14:02 β π 912 π 91 π¬ 15 π 5Next time you watch Mr Bean, pay attention to his actions
15.10.2025 14:37 β π 580 π 98 π¬ 11 π 2can we all at least agree that no one should ever be criticized for any reason
15.10.2025 13:54 β π 2012 π 188 π¬ 51 π 7me, meeting somebody from a town Iβve been to once, during October: βah, the town with all the skeletonsβ
15.10.2025 13:07 β π 19 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0something something baseball something something stacked deck something something allegory something something society
15.10.2025 02:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0When your partner asks "would you still love me if i was a worm?" You respond with "what two point conversion play would you call if i was your quarterback"
15.10.2025 02:43 β π 42 π 5 π¬ 6 π 0If anybody is looking for a question for your hinge profile use this
15.10.2025 02:42 β π 35 π 4 π¬ 3 π 0Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick making an intense face as he prepares to throw the ball
this is the most like a mike tyson's punch out guy i have ever seen anyone look
14.10.2025 15:36 β π 4571 π 744 π¬ 63 π 53I...don't...vote...so as not to...cloud my judgment...
14.10.2025 19:41 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I found it, a political take that made my brain screech and pop like trying to shift without a clutch
14.10.2025 19:35 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Even putting aside the fact that AI can't do this and will never be able to do this
Who would *want* this? Who wants a bespoke personal TV show? That they can't meaningfully engage anyone else with? That no human had a hand in crafting? You might as well tell someone about a cool dream you had.
Yes
14.10.2025 15:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0<Hawkeye> You walk through that door, youβre an Avenger.
<Wanda, taking a beat> Got it, thanks. *turns around*