Arinn Dembo

Read the whole thread. It’s an eye opener.

Honestly, this is the most perfect replication of a deeply drunk walk that I’ve ever seen from a robot.

Right down to that raised hand—I can literally hear him slurring “I’m all right!” just before he face-plants.

A new pair of hand-knitted leg warmers made from two hand-dyed yarns: a deep green-teal as the background, and a pattern of squares made from a yarn that shifts through a range of bright, cheerful pink and lavender tones.

The early phase of knitting the first leg warmers, showing the first cuff the first four rows of pink squares.

The first leg warmer being modeled by my endlessly patient and helpful partner. :)

My very first color-work knitting project! I free-handed a pair of leg warmers using a skein of adorable yarn called “Truffula Trees”. I bought it from a fellow indie dyer as treat for myself.

I’ve combined the Truffula pinks with a skein of my BC Jade, which really makes them pop like crazy. 😍

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So this morning I get an urgent email for a same day cardiology appointment at my local treatment centre.

I was surprised (and alarmed) but fine. I moved things around and went there a few minutes ago.

Only there was no real appointment. The receptionist said I wasn't supposed to receive any 1/

Wizards, 1977.

Wizards, 1977.

Literally checked to see if anyone else said this one!

In case you actually thought fascists gave a fuck about ANYONE…

It’s nice. I like it.

I am having terrible crippling pain in my back and hip this month, and I still went to the pool to exercise, washed my hair, shopped at THREE DIFFERENT PLACES, and came home to make an absolutely gigantic pot of chili for people in three households.

Pain killers and hero cookies all around, pls…

Dat NOSE. So merp-able!

Jeezum Crow, wtf is wrong with people?

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Woodworking is a GOODREADS CHOICE NOMINEE for Best Debut Novel! If you wanted to toss it a vote, I would love that! And if you wanted to vote for something else, that's great too, as there are so many good books, but maybe just forget to vote before the deadline??

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My pleasure. The world really needs interesting, meaningful, original work. Keep going!

“Things Chat GPT cannot give us” for 5000, Alex.

Wow. Really interesting work.

Yeah. And the potential emotional punch you could deliver with that character is enormous, if you switched viewpoints between them.

How many times could you live through your father’s death…?

How does a parent EVER make that up to his child?

To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks

Bookstores, not Amazon. Proud of my US colleagues.

Hahaha I was just being playful—I try not to write too much fan fiction at my age, especially in such a long format!

Seriously. The story writes itself.

At minimum it’s an alias for a series of super spies, but there is also an issue with that series of increasingly improbable narrow escapes over the years. Those could be explained by a single dark thread: none of the Bonds have ever had “nine lives”! 007 is a super soldier program for the undead.

Dudes. I could literally write an entire novel about one Bond in an endless sequence of Bonds finally remembering that whoa, I died, I died so many times, oh shit what the hell is happening what have they done to me

What he said.

AI-Generated Everything is like wax fruit. It may look real to a casual glance, but you take a bite and—gah. No flavor. No texture. No nourishment.

No terroir.

This is a talent!

Yeah. Hard to believe anything could make that movie sadder, though.

I never would have thought that The Human Condition could become so topical for Americans to watch, either.

The director was a Japanese dissenter during WW II. It’s basically a true story.

Tatsuya Nakadai (1932-2025), grand parmi les grands. RIP

This guy. Truly. An icon.

I will have to re-watch his movies.

Joyce is choosing violence and it is beautiful and terrible to behold

I just finished playing the Iron Rig expansion of Dredge and whew. What a beautiful finish. The team has really outdone themselves this time.

Also—the new “oil” mechanic, the way you can clean up toxic spills with your boat?

Yikes. That hit me a LOT harder than I expected, emotionally.

#gamedev

4. Masking will be a lot more common in North America and Europe, especially in big cities and crowd scenes (public transportation, indoor concerts, protest, etc.).

Masks will be an expected part of life in winter months and will likely become a medium of personal expression for many.

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