Canal Cryptid

Don't let your past define you.
Let your future deeds define you, and make sure they include moss draped antlers, a creepy unblinking gaze, and legends of how an ancient horror terrified townsfolk away from the ragged edge of the forest.

"British lives are threatened" is an odd line to use to justify endangering even more by putting a target on the backs of everyone near the RAF base in Cyprus.

Particularly when the biggest threat to British lives in the Middle East comes from Israeli and American bombs.

I'm at $743 of $1339 to cover my rent (due TODAY) and multiple very late, essential bills. Thank you for all your amazing help so far!

I'm a disabled queer freelancer who has had several months of bad health luck; your reposts and kind donations keep me (and my wonderful elderly dog) safe.

Some advice:
Be kind.
Collect books, not enemies.
Leave the world a better place.
Stay on the good side of the old gods and you will forever find peace in the mossy dark places of the world.

It took just one phone call from Donald Trump for Starmer to jump into yet another Middle East illegal war, failing to learn the lessons of the tragedies of Iraq, Libya and Syria.

Discworld QOTD, from Jingo

“History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders.”

A terrifying yellow spotty eel with about a million transparent teeth. It has turned towards us! Noooo!

Same species as the last one, but photographed from the side. Terrifying. It's like if Crobenberg was in charge of designing bananas.

Some kinda black eel with yellow spots. I can't really sum up the nope so maybe it's just best if you imagine endless screaming

Oh great, now I've gone down an eel rabbit hole THANKS #PotteryThrowdown

Enjoy the alts

Holy shit

Its 52 weekly chapters means i have been doing this for a whole year

Just 18 more chapters and two epilogues to go

I really hope i can get the print edition done in time for that finale

Even trying to diminish this with "they were being used as as human shields (we happily ignored and shot through them, as we're morally bankrupt)", it seems likely this attack was using Tomahawks, which I believe are supposed to be accurate to within 5m. The school was 600m from the IRGC buildings

So fucking sick of American racist bullshit.
Fucking off to play Stardew so I don't have to see any more of you cunts' bigoted shite.

Rainbow Capitalism in 2024: "Welcome to the Amazon dot com Love Is Love Pride Pavilion!"

Rainbow Capitalism in 2026:
"Use code TRANSRIGHTS to save 5% on your ride to the Gender Realignment Camp!"

Biro sketch of a mari in crosshatching

Biro sketch of a mari tonight

Ahhh Huzzahs! Thanks for sharing @twigletsaregre.bsky.social 🌞

Super informative chat and pause for thought for anyone working in #audiofiction and thinking of doing a Discord!

Thanks Brady Allison Emily and AJ for being stellar guests 💙🌼🌞

Happy #AudioDramaSunday AND Madison Day! #newepisode available now. Madison steps in for Elizabeth Bennet and BOY is Mr. Darcy in for it. linktr.ee/madisononthe...

#OldTimeRadio #audiofiction #AudioDrama #fictionpodcast #madisonontheair #prideandprejudice

Your daily affirmation:
I am strong. I am proud. And it’s ok if folks are afraid of my ability to turn men to stone.

Black and white photograph of four women standing in a field of tall grass. they're wearing dresses. each has a cat head mask covering their head

Lithuania — Ralph Eugene Meatyard, 1970

Given that assassination of foreign leaders is apparently the norm now and taking into account Sutton’s Law where you rob banks because that’s where the money is, I think golf may soon become one of the most hazardous sports there is.

British voters: we booted Labour into 3rd in Gorton + Denton and elected the greens because we are sick of suffering poverty + marginalisation while you prioritise the affluent. We need policies that will help us

Keir Starmer: I have heard the voters + will give them what they want. War with Iran

HIRE HERMITS! BRAG ABOUT HOW WEIRD YOUR HERMIT IS COMPARED TO THE OTHER RICH GUY'S HERMIT!!!

*slaps top of hermit* LOOK AT ALL THE OLD SKULLS YOU CAN HANG FROM THIS ONE GUY!!!

Live and let live I say. Except for daffodils. They know what they did...

Wish I had a country estate to be banished to for the rest of the season

*stays home* i should’ve gone out

*goes out* i should’ve stayed home

The entirety of my time in student politics was being told by affluent Labour Students types that I, someone who grew up on a derelict council estate in Corby, simply couldn't understand what the working class wants.

The "working class = racism" assumption is frankly insulting.

A sequel image of Little Mari and her dragon friend making toast (thanks to a friend giving me a prompt)

You deserve happiness and nice things.
You deserve a huge library with one of those rolling ladders.
You deserve a secret library hidden within that library, filled with ancient texts of magic and maps showing the way back to the realm of faerie, where you truly belong.

Little mari in traditional womens welsh dress holding a little dragon

Happy St. David’s day to all my Welsh Followers from Little Mari and her dragon friend

This is super cool!

You can be anything you want.
Be the haunted creature in the catacombs.
Be the ghostly noise in the attic of a gothic manor.
Be the reason villagers stay away from the ragged edge of the mossy forest.

A few weeks back I tried to do a Little Mari cosplaying as Rainbow Brite, but couldn’t get her to feel right. As someone who enjoyed her artwork in my childhood I was sad to hear of G.G. Santiago’s passing so tried again in her memory

a horse skull attached to a tree trunk with a branch of twigs and veil of a stinkhorn fungus

Tree Mari doodling today