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Don't you dare go hollow.

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If you bring them out to your kitchen prep area, you'll have a Bean Counter ๐Ÿ˜Ž

11.11.2025 20:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The dragon sleeps amidst their horde.

The only thing that can warm the granite chill of a hollowed-out mountain is a giant fire-breathing space heater.

07.11.2025 12:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reports from Akron, Ohio: some voters faced issues with electronic signature verification earlier today. Poll workers had to switch to manual checks after the system failed to match voter signatures properly.

04.11.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1138    ๐Ÿ” 276    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

FOLLOWING

(If you find any good recipes I would love to know!!)

04.11.2025 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A white poodle leans out an suv with neon light streaks flashing across the surface of the car

A white poodle leans out an suv with neon light streaks flashing across the surface of the car

Tried to sneak a photo of a cute doggo and accidentally had long exposure on and I believe I have created manโ€™s greatest expression of art

21.10.2025 02:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16722    ๐Ÿ” 2312    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 282    ๐Ÿ“Œ 136

Fistbumping my screen right now, you would ROCK THAT

21.10.2025 04:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

SOUP SEASON ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ slow cooker meals my beloved

19.10.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here is a Reddit threat that explains how to disable Copilot in Windows, which I've just followed:

www.reddit.com/r/WindowsHel...

16.10.2025 15:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5721    ๐Ÿ” 3876    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 52
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minor pilgrim's traverse spoilers (?)

14.10.2025 22:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 591    ๐Ÿ” 325    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

13.10.2025 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7776    ๐Ÿ” 2618    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53    ๐Ÿ“Œ 65

The Tuomala Worldbuilding Bat (tm) is one of my favorite things to be hit with

SWING IT HARD

13.10.2025 04:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

BEGGING my library to be able to request it, this sounds rad as hell

13.10.2025 04:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If it ain't break, don't fix it

10.10.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We need many kinds of story right now--stories that show us that cruelty can be fought, and stories that remind us that kindness isn't wasted; stories about suffering and stories about comfort; stories that show how to form community and how to resist and how to take joy in everyday moments.

07.10.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Even if Rincewind never cast a single spell, he was still a wiz(z)ard to his core.

Just because you're struggling to put pen to paper right now doesn't make you any less of a tremendously skilled and thoughtful storyteller, and it doesn't change the stories you've told or hearts you've touched. ๐Ÿ’œ

03.10.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

new game every time. play Sewerdle: sewerdle.neorsd.org

03.10.2025 11:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Hello to all new folks! I'm a writer from the U.S. who's working on reading more broadly and getting through creative burnout. If you're wondering where the name comes from, "Tuomala" is Finnish. My most recent book is The Map and the Territory, available in many places: bsky.app/profile/amtu...

01.10.2025 04:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Faster than fast
Quicker than quick

LIGHTNING

02.10.2025 03:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No. Your friends don't secretly hate you. You're just dehydrated.

26.09.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8484    ๐Ÿ” 2288    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 115    ๐Ÿ“Œ 122

Mini painting

26.09.2025 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 108    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We really do share that braincell, don't we? My mind works very similarly, for both work and entertainment - it's easy for me to catalog characters as bridge guy or magic thief, but it takes a LOT for the names to get added as searchable parameters to those files.

26.09.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A closeup view of an ornate cuirass and tasset, showing heart-shaped designs along the edges of the metal panels.

A closeup view of an ornate cuirass and tasset, showing heart-shaped designs along the edges of the metal panels.

An extremely ornate ceremonial halberd head showing etched and blackened designs with various plants, mythical creatures, and heraldic designs.

An extremely ornate ceremonial halberd head showing etched and blackened designs with various plants, mythical creatures, and heraldic designs.

A closeup of the shoulder intersection of the cuirass, pauldron, and bevor of a piece of 1500s field armor. Some ornate etching of the crucifixion is visible in the lower right corner on the cuirass.

A closeup of the shoulder intersection of the cuirass, pauldron, and bevor of a piece of 1500s field armor. Some ornate etching of the crucifixion is visible in the lower right corner on the cuirass.

Here are 543 images (1.5GB) of items at the Philadelphia Museum of Art arms and armor exhibit

You're free to use them for anything, even commercially. I tried to focus on details not usually represented in available reference material

drive.google.com/file/d/1NRzg...

Here's a small sampling:

16.09.2024 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6817    ๐Ÿ” 3047    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 241    ๐Ÿ“Œ 80

Begging your brain to let you write again

You deserve to CREATE and to revel in that act of creation, and the heart you give so freely to your work is exactly what the world needs more of right now ๐Ÿ’œ

24.09.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

111!

22.09.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
FFXIV GPOSE. Fray is holding Sunyaev, a Xaela Au Ra in gold and blue armor with a dark knight sword on their back, with one of Fray's hands on their shoulder and one on the back of their neck. Sunyaev's face is pressed into Fray's shoulder. They are lit by a distinct pattern of sunlight from a window out of frame that serves as a background to the entire image, with Fray standing in the shadows between panes and the light falling only on Sunyaev and the floor.

FFXIV GPOSE. Fray is holding Sunyaev, a Xaela Au Ra in gold and blue armor with a dark knight sword on their back, with one of Fray's hands on their shoulder and one on the back of their neck. Sunyaev's face is pressed into Fray's shoulder. They are lit by a distinct pattern of sunlight from a window out of frame that serves as a background to the entire image, with Fray standing in the shadows between panes and the light falling only on Sunyaev and the floor.

then I heard your heart beating,
you were in the darkness too
so I stayed in the darkness with you

#sunyposting #fraywol #gposers

(pose originally by @mind-forest.bsky.social )

22.09.2025 06:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I'd seen it (and the account that posted it) on the other site, but lost track of them in the move.

Thank you for reintroducing me ๐Ÿ’œ

18.09.2025 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

GODSPEED

15.09.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Photo of a missing slice of cheesecake that looks like a cheesecake hull floating in a deep blue ocean. The "ocean" is actually the blueberry topping on the large cheesecake that we don't see completely.

Photo of a missing slice of cheesecake that looks like a cheesecake hull floating in a deep blue ocean. The "ocean" is actually the blueberry topping on the large cheesecake that we don't see completely.

All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes

12.09.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23574    ๐Ÿ” 5178    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 415    ๐Ÿ“Œ 493

At that scale I think it graduates from LEGO to IKEA! I would LOVE to see what sort of structural engineering is required for building real-life furniture (that can hold big heavy mineral samples) out of the building blocks

09.09.2025 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At one point I saw an absolutely beautiful, full, working, correctly timed (to within 97% of each period) orrery cross the Lego Ideas page.

I'd give a *shameful* amount of money for the full plans and parts list, let alone a kit itself.

09.09.2025 17:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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