Zuzanna 'Pryvian' Śliwa

I should be writing at least 2 other texts (DEADLINES), so of course my ADHD brain said: "I HAVE A NEW IDEA!"

Original work, low fantasy, slice of life, lavender marriage and found family, unfortunately in a world with internalized homophobia and mysogyny.

archiveofourown.org/works/687381...

“How do you decide what idea to write?”

Whichever little demon is shouting the loudest in my ears.

Men, as a group, don’t feel collectively responsible for a society that enables a Dominique Pelicot, but we get furious at anyone who gently tells us that fascists have hijacked our favourite brands.

After a mere seven years in the making, The Cultural History of Magic is finally here!!

If you have the AUDACITY to play video games on "easy" or "story" mode...

I want you to know that I think that's a perfectly acceptable way to enjoy a video game that you paid for because you're supposed to enjoy your favorite pastime any way you like.

Real life's hard enough. Enjoy your hobby.👍

played three episodes (initially, I planned just one, but one of my players got an Idea that pacting with a blood-thirsty ghost would so much fun!) and it worked just fine. The mechanics are as simple as possible, and it's quite easy to homebrew.

Me and my bestfriend have been co-running Mage's campaigns in a shared world for over 5 years now (so we both can not only GM all the time but also play) and I cannot imagine better storytelling experience.
As for CO, it is fun, but max for two-three sessions. I run it once for Halloween, we

To be completely honest, it was Mage's worldbuilding and the freedom it gives to GM and the players. I love the lore behind every single Tradition and Craft, and the notion that everything can be real if you believe strongly enough. It allows for weaving so unique and interesting stories!

I'll surely do! ♥️

7. Most recently run? Mage: The Ascenscion
8. Next play? Mage: The Ascenscion
9. Next run? Probably Candela Obscura one-shot.

1. First #ttrpg you ever played? - A Song of Ice and Fire
2. First run? Scion 1st ed.
3. Played the most? D&D 5e or Mage: The Ascenscion, not sure
4. Run the most? Scion 1st ed.
5. Favorite? Mage: The Ascenscion
6. Most recently played? Mage: The Ascenscion

Jadę autem. W radiu informacje o manifestacjach w Warszawie i o tym, że obie strony są wulgarne.
Oh, wow, straszne.
...czy ktoś pamięta, że jedna z tych stron to j€b@ni FASZYŚCI?!

If there is one thing I honestly hate about my ADHD, it is the Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. Everything goes rather fine and then I spend three days in the row just sitting on my bed and crying my eyes out.

Current Bsky content:

50% Antifascist Rageposting
50% KPDH Squeeing

“Chat gpt, she is always contriving little lessons for me, she is wise beyond her years as everyone says, and as I am flawed and in need always of instruction she will sometime deign to drop pearls of wisdom from her plentiful store. I’ve prepared several to share with you-“

100% same

Look, disappointed as I am to be deprived of a “monster-filled epic”, is no one going to talk about the fact that the guy translating this has the same name as the title character and science tells us this means he’s an immortal who guards the doors between earth and the realm of shadows?

Perfectly understandable! ^^

It's definitely worth a while! Last week, during the convention, I finally bought the Polish translation of "Kushiel's Dart" (I read it only once, when I was 14, and after that, always in English) so most probably I'm going to reread the whole series soon 😀

Ten authors by whom I've read more than five books

Anne Bishop
Roshani Chokshi
Jacqueline Carey
Agatha Christie
Camilla Läckberg
Philippa Gregory
G. R. R. Martin
Guy Gavriel Kay
Arturo Perez Reverte
Terry Pratchett

Tweet by Twitter user @agameganon, with photos of beautiful Classics-inspired jewellery. Tweet reads as follows: My shop is open for 2025! I make silver and gold plated earrings, necklaces, and bookmarks inspired by my love of/research in Classics. Many pieces are made with replica Greco-Roman coins - there’s something to interest any history/mythology enthusiast!

Hey everyone, I don't think Meg's on Bluesky, so is there any chance we could try and spread this around here?

Link: ko-fi.com/agameganon/s...

#AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky 🏺

@YeahitsChill for @ReesesBookClubxHelloSunshine: image with two halves, left half depicts "Things I've used as a bookmark": metrocard, envelope, receipt, pen, book jacket, scrap paper dollar, leaf, ticket stub, smaller book, sticky note, business card, clothing tag Right side has "Things I haven't used as a bookmark", which only has "fancy bookmark created and purchased specifically to mark my place in books"

I ...yes to every single one of these 😂

The Lovers’ Promenade. This painting depicts a serene, moonlit landscape with a prominent tree on the left side, its branches extending across the upper portion of the canvas. In the middle ground, a fence or railing stretches horizontally, seemingly separating the foreground from a more distant, hazy area. The overall color palette is dominated by cool blues and muted grays, creating a tranquil and somewhat ethereal atmosphere, characteristic of a nocturnal scene illuminated by moonlight and soft, diffused light from the sky.

Goodnight.
La Alameda de los Enamorados, Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quiros.

Medieval Monday
More Eleanor of Aquitaine fun facts
She had some very controversial grandparents
Her grandfather, Duke Willem IX of Aquitaine, was known as the “Troubadour Duke”
Some of his poetry was X-rated!
He is credited with the beginnings of courtly love in southern France

i looooove a comma

Screenshot from the Merriam-Webster social media account commenting on an article on the term "microretirement" with "Vacations. The word is vacations."

Whoever came up with this term should be given up to the French for a "microrevolution" treatment.

Generative Al is being marketed as a tool designed to reduce or eliminate the need for developed, cognitive skillsets. It uses the work of others to simulate human output, except that it lacks grasp of nuance, contains grievous errors, and ultimately serves the goal of human beings being neurologically weaker due to the promise of the machine being better equipped than the humans using it would ever exert the effort to be. The people that use generative Al for art have no interest in being an artist; they simply want product to consume and forget about when the next piece of product goes by their eyes. The people that use generative Al to make music have no interest in being a musician; they simply want a machine to make them something to listen to until they get bored and want the machine to make some other disposable slop for them to pass the time with. The people that use generative Al to write things for them have no interest in writing. The people that use generative Al to find factoids have no interest in actual facts. The people that use generative Al to socialize have no interest in actual socialization. In every case, they've handed over the cognitive load of developing a necessary, creative human skillset to a machine that promises to ease the sweat equity cost of struggle. Using generative Al is like asking a machine to lift weights on your behalf and then calling yourself a bodybuilder when it's done with the reps. You build nothing in terms of muscle, you are not stronger, you are not faster, you are not in better shape. You're just deluding yourself while experiencing a slow decline due to self-inflicted atrophy.

re: generative AI

I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.

And now, you can use it, too.

"Czy naprawdę będziemy obserwować...?"
Człowieku drogi, my JUŻ obserwujemy. OD LAT.
Ja naprawdę nie wiem jakim cudem oni nadal trwają w tym swoim Matrixie, to jest przerażające.

to establish or even think of the gender of the narrator because I wrote everything in the 1st person. And since Polish is extremely gendered language, I'm stuck blinking in front of my computer 😅

I've had an idea for a short story in my mind for over three years now. I've even written a couple of paragraphs in English and then left it for "a better time."
I'm reviewing this idea now for a Polish magazine and already have a problem in the 2nd paragraph since in English version I didn't have