Penny from Sydney

I write one-off convention games. Ever since I had someone take a bisexual character whose secret was being intimately Involved with all of the NPC opposite team and go "oh, I'm dating the girls and I'm drinking buddies with the guys", I have refused to be subtle or toned down out of sheer spite.

it's so funny to watch how men who don't talk to women talk about women's attraction. "You need to have perfect jawline, and you need to be rich, and you have to have this body type" meanwhile women are like: "I want to kiss the noseless guy with no skin who eats dead people."

Bleh feh argh therapy is hard guys

But on the other hand, I have been prescribed fancy notebooks and nice pens.

Lines of academy cadets, one in command red seated but at attention while in a wheelchair.

I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."

That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.

Sigh, it's 5am and I an exhausted but cannot sleep.

Chadwick Boseman and James van der Beek both died in their 40s of an illness that's treatable if a colonoscopy catches it but almost no insurer covers them for people under 45, this is what Engels meant by "social murder"

Cool change, my beloved!

Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows

Gee, Universal Basic Income recoups more than it costs AND the recipients are happier and healthier.

Hmmm. Where have I seen those results before? Oh yes, in every other goddam pilot study of UBI for more than a decade. Ireland joins Finland in at least making a start.

@kittenmorag.bsky.social

There’s no justification for shooting someone ten times in the back.

There’s no justification for shooting someone ten times in the back.

The debate about what Alex Pretti did or didn’t do is irrelevant.

The agents committed murder.

It wasn’t a “bad shoot”. It was a killing

ME: I have to cancel our plans FRIEND: you were fine yesterday ME: I'm not fine TODAY FRIEND: Do you know what it's like having to adjust your plans for something out of your control? ME: *looks directly at the camera* mybodyistryingtokillme.com

It's incredible to see the linguistic gymnatics the media will perform in defence of whiteness when a white man throws a bomb at black people. It's not a bomb, it's a "device designed to explode". Get ready for he's not a terrorist, he's just mentally unwell.

That Great Disappointment - @albomp.bsky.social doing nothing

I've been hearing this refrain lately about AI-

"Everyone uses it, some people are just honest about it."

Bullshit. I can't stop search 'summaries' popping up, but otherwise it's not something I use or want in my writing process.

Never prompted ChatGPT.
Never spent AI credits on Microsoft/Adobe.

Uh. So ICE just technically tried to invade Ecuador. Cool new international incident dropping.

Julie and the Phantoms.

Like anyone else of conscience I’m watching in horror as government street gangs in the US murder, kidnap & terrorise civilians with not just impunity but full federal backing & as an Australian I’d like to ask my government: is this our ally? Is this our good friend? Is this the standard we accept?

You must touch the hot stove. You must personally know it will burn you. Demand your right to touch the hot stove.

A fluffy grey cat getting chin scratches by someone out of shot.

Being mugged for snuggles by this guy, who is big mad that I had a shower without his supervision

Oh. Medical trauma nightmares. I see.

They're not "specialists in violence". They're cowards with guns whose training had to be made easier because they're too out of shape to do push-ups.

(I'm also too out of shape to do push-ups, but I'm not running around menacing people to feel better about myself, so I think I have one on them.)

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I am feeling very Victorian Lady at the moment. I am tragically unbalanced in my humours.

My back is made of bits of glass. In the last 14 hours I have eaten a total of an donut. I am exhausted. I'm going back to bed.

Slightly diminish a game.

Stardew Bodega.

The issue with ICE is not training, the issue with ICE is that it fundamentally should not exist. The violence is the purpose

New dating strategy just dropped

I always get a little hit of delight when you mention things like this!

Having a particularly bad night tonight.

She's a cutie!