Spoopy Hag of the Ashes

God daaaamn Weigraf (and Isilude tooo) hits like a truck on tactician in Final Fantasy Tactics. And I'm not to Riovanes yet! Been having fun going through without using Autopotion as a crutch, but I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to handle Weigraf solo without that 😬 But! The challenge is fun!

I know there's a lot to keep up with but someone has ALREADY been killed by ICE in Chicago, its not a theoretical question, and folks are dying in ICE detention and being disappeared constantly, when you say "someone's gonna get killed" youre actually washing the blood from their hands 😘✌️

Ag communities - often for good reason - want to limit how much ag land is lost. The rise of agrivoltaics is perhaps a middle way.

IDK man. Just building data centers whose only existence is to make money for companies while foisting tech on us we don't want while NIMBY"s oppose solar projects

a photo of the book "the bakery dragon and the Fairy cake" by Devin Elle Kurtz. it features a little red dragon stirring a bowl of cake batter. a fairy dumps in sprinkles. behind them is a glorious wall of blue and purple cakes!

Bakery Dragon book 2 is out today!!! 🌟

Ohhh fuck I haven't done this in a few years, mess to change that this year

When you hear about Big Tech companies lobbying the federal government to stifle AI regulation in the states, this is one reason why.

My dad was the exact same way. “I felt bad because they were smart. Then I kept pigs. Now we must eat them before they destroy us.”

Another buddy of mine, who loves every single animal in creation, particularly the weird stinky smelly ugly ones, tried so hard to love them and they broke her.

i do make an effort to purchase ethically-raised pork, but pigs are truly the one farm animal that i feel totally confident would turn me into a sausage or a slab of bacon if given the opportunity and the opposable thumbs

We’re getting very used to this but the statement is unusually unhinged.

Reminds me a bit too much of the gun people, in terms of "you can't talk about the societal effects of this technology and possible remedies for them unless you know all the gun nerd lingo and specs first". At least the AI people don't have a constitutional amendment they can point to. Yet.

You're not special because you understand your industry better than people who do not have the time to deep dive it for 40-60 hours a week because they have other jobs.

And believe me, all of us are REAL DUMB about a lot of industries we're not in. Don't get cocky, kid.

also a more general point about this:

I'm starting to lose respect for tech people who have to run around being condescending about people who don't understand the various nuances of machine learning.

It frustrates me, too! But I also recognize where the blame for this mass societal confusion lies

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

The moon streaked in clouds because of an overly long exposure with motion

I fucked up the first photo and it came out singing FLYYYY ME TO THE SPOOOOON 🔭

Okay but they do understand. They want to hurt their constituents. Because the more broke they get, the more they want someone to blame, and the more powerful the Republican messaging becomes. Poverty and destruction of services benefits Republicans. They want it. Why is this hard to understand.

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Moon and clouds.

Moon and clouds

Woken by very bright moonlight streaming through the window, so got up to have a look! The sky is like something out of a gothic novel. What an amazing sight.

A powerful lightning bolt strikes the ocean under a dark, stormy night sky. The lightning illuminates the clouds and reflects brightly off the surface of the water, creating a dramatic scene over the sea.

Lightning Storm Off the Coast of Mazatlan Mexico.

#lightning #storm #mazatlan #mexico #photography #tf_photography #tf_photoscapes #tf_photoescapes

Sketchbook page of 5 drawings of Mudskippers in blue pen. The top of the page has the text 7/26/25 and Mudskippers. The top left drawing is of a frowny fish. To the right is a fish leaping and a heart, with the word Leap! To the left is a fish in profile looking to the right with its mouth open. At the bottom left is a heart and a derpy fish with its mouth slightly open. At the bottom right is a fish in profile with its mouth open looking to the left.

Detox Doodles!

This is a habit of drawing something every time I feel the urge to scroll unnecessarily. It helps stop the bad habit and start a new good habit of sketching daily!

This page is all about Mudskippers, sooo derpy!

#art #fish #mudskipper #sketch #DetoxDoodles #sciart #InkArt

Outline of a Black Devil Anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) on black Canson paper

Finished illustration of a Black Devil Anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) in white Prismacolor on black Canson paper

A little before-and-after for this adorable little Black Devil Anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii).

She had been in the news a while back and I just HAD to do my version. 🤣🤙

White Prismacolor on black Canson paper.

#BlackDevil #anglerfish #fish #fishart #marinelife #sciart #nature #ArtYear #art

A gray polypore mushroom growing in a circle at the end of a spruce log.

Fruiting bodies of bracket fungi (polypore mushrooms) decaying a spruce log. 💚🌲

#ThickTrunkTuesday
#FungiFriends
#mushroom
#forest #nature
#photography
#eastcoastkin

I love a good fungus find, and I found this in my local woods.
Mycena galericulata is a mushroom species commonly known as the common bonnet or the rosy-gill fairy helmet.
This is the same clump from two sides.

#fungi #fungus #nature #lovenature #potd

A vertical close-up photograph of a cluster of toadstools, likely Boletus or similar, growing at the base of a decaying tree stump. The fungi have large, reddish-pink caps with pale yellow edges, contrasting with the dark brown of the stump and the deep greens of surrounding moss, ivy, and blades of grass. The lighting is soft and natural, suggesting a damp, autumnal setting in a European woodland.

A collection of little pink hats. #fungi #mushrooms #mycology #forestfloor #woodland #naturelover #autumnvibes #moss #wildlife #naturephotography #closeupphotography #naturalbeauty #smartphonephotography #photography

A small fungi with a round, flat top. There’s a little tiny one just starting to grow, leaning on the bigger one. They’re both chilling on some gorgeous green moss that lives on the bird bath

Hello #FungiFriends

Look at this little guy and tiny companion I just found on some moss

It's so interesting, I couldn't stand holding hands with my ex. But it's so very sweet and delightful with my partner now 🥰

This seems like the sort of thing one says "hold my beer" before firing for the first time

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

Ann Radcliffe eating hard cheese right before bed to give herself nightmares, Stoker claiming Dracula was the result of a nightmare induced by a “too generous helping of dressed crab,” let’s go back to the golden age of eating incredibly rich food before bed to create horror literature