Alice Elizabeth Wade

Microscope is one of my favorite nontraditional ttrpgs out there, and I've used it several times to great effect fleshing out the setting for other games. I'm very interested in this.

Microscope 2025 Hello, world. It's 2025 and we all need some joy. What could be better for what ails us than using our brains and being creative together with other humans? So I give you the new Microscope: Chronicl...

I heard you were having a pretty rough time in 2025 and could use some human brain fun. I got you.

Microscope: Chronicle, a fractal game of histories and people. Public playtest downloadable right now. GMless as hell.

arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/45...

Remember that Donald Trump once crashed a medical charity dinner he had paid nothing for, ignored the people saying "Sir, you can't be here", took the top donor's seat, ate the steak dinner, and soaked up the ambience of accolades and then stayed until it was over because no one made him leave.

The Musk/Trump junta is exploiting an utterly deadly loophole in the American system:

Courts may rule against evil white men, but evil white men have figured out that no one is, thus far, willing to *lay hands* on them to enforce those orders.

We must end this loophole now.

It's okay as long as it's "conSantual" kissing. I'll see myself out.

The thing is that Santa knows when you’re awake. So if you see him kissing your mum then that’s a conscious power move that he’s making

it sounds like I’m being cheeky but I’m really not. right wing arguments against trans people in sports, against medical transition care etc., all operate from the first principle that being trans is not a real thing

Sadly it seems to be the broad basis of the belief system that "If I am not like that, nobody is" -trans, other LGBTQ, neurodivergent, other ethnicities, religions, women....

my writing process:

a) i got this
b) - h) internal primal scream
i) no one can know what happened here

My writing process is usually:

a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread

There is a species of water beetle that regularly gets swallowed whole by frogs. And while there’s a lot of things you can do to keep from being eaten, once you’re inside a frog, your options are severely limited. Generally you get digested. But this particular species of beetle said “You know, I bet there’s another way.” And it started walking. In fact, it walked through the frog’s digestive tract and out the back end. This is 100% true, you can look it up. 19 out of 20 of these beetles will simply walk out of the frog, unharmed. It usually takes them about an hour, although one beetle speed-ran the frog in five minutes, which I’m sure was very exciting for the frog. The moral of this story, if there is one, is that no matter how dark the situation, there is always a way through. And there’s always a light at the end of the frog.

Ursula Vernon's Hugo acceptance speech included this delightful anecdote-slash-metaphor-slash-encouragement. https://www.patreon.com/posts/91410900

Back awake at six and curled up under a cat, whether I like it or not. 😂 Doing pretty good.

Me, gods help me.

Sapphic Book Bingo - Book Unicorn category number 10: Romance without a sex scene. Depicted is a unicorn with a rainbow-colored mane and a rainbow-colored stack of books.

This week's Sapphic Book Bingo category is one for all the readers who prefer low heat (or no heat) when it comes to their romance novels. It features romances without an on-page sex scene.

Check out the 15 recommended books on my blog: jae-fiction.com/sapphic-roma...

Increasingly Powerful Trans Person Capable Of Using Every Single Bathroom At Once EVERYWHERE—As the influence of the nation’s transgender individuals continues to encroach on the freedoms of the U.S. populace, sources confirmed Tuesday that increasingly powerful trans person To...

“Tori has become so trans that she can enter every single bathroom in the continental United States simultaneously, and there’s absolutely nothing anyone can do to stop her,” said Cincinnati city officials... From @theonion.com

www.theonion.com/increasingly...

It’s International Lesbian and Board Game Day!

Celebrate as you see fit.

Came upon this absolutely brilliant paper title while working:

"Object Personification in Autism: this paper will be very sad if you don’t read it."

(By Rebekah C White and Anna Remington. Go read it!)

ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...

I just had a stroke reading that. Jfc.

It HAS to be ALL THE WAY OFF, the alert will override silence settings, it's not enough to just mute audible notifications.

Talk to the people you know, get this info out there. Thanks to everyone for reposting this.

@cait.bsky.social can you help boost this?

I work in radio and there’s a nationwide EAS test tomorrow, Wed Oct 4th at 2:20pm EDT.

This will send an audible alert to ALL CELLPHONES. If anyone is hiding a phone from an abuser, TURN IT OFF. Remove the battery if you can. Be careful and stay safe.

Graphic with text at the top stating Autism Books by Autistic Authors. Published September 2023. In the centre is a collage of book covers, tilted on an angle. Each book is listed in detail in the subsequent graphics and text. At the bottom is the text The Autism Books by Autistic Authors Project @AutisticBooks. In the bottom corner is a small logo with colourful books and a small plant either side.

September 2023 Book Releases Recap!
 
Here are the books about autism, or with Autistic main characters, written by Autistic authors, published this month!
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Queer romance new and recent releases, of the self-pub and small press variety, varied queer rep

Have you seen the latest New Queer Romance list?
skyewritesromance.com/new-queer-ro...

If you 💜 trans, nonbinary, or ace romance, BIPOC authors, queer M/F, polyam, ownvoices m/m, off-the-beaten path sapphic books, older MCs, & more, get it every month in your inbox: tinyletter.com/skyekilaen

That does sound like my jam, actually...

If you're looking for an audiobook about messy queer characters who fuck up so hard the world ends, this one is for you. Back the audiobook on Kickstarter and you'll get to hear all the pain and longing out loud 👀

www.kickstarter.com/projects/gon...

🌈📚 #queerAdultSFF

Thus is a Purr In Ink cartoon of a black cat with big eyes on a pink background. The caption reads, "You don't have to be flawless to be deserving of love."

Hey.

You.

Purr In Ink's talking to you.

good morning, let’s treat this day with the reverence that American capitalism has long afforded it

I think the worst part about this is everything about it. But I will point out that they're not wearing pants.