Firebrand Phlox

there's an episode of The Simpsons where Marge tries to get a violent cartoon pulled from the airwaves, only to discover that the people backing her aren't going to stop at just the art that *she* doesn't like, and that supporting artistic freedom means accepting discomfort.

It aired in 1990.

i wish naruto was like. half as good as the best naruto ops make you think naruto is

ARTISTS! if you have an old drawing tablet that doesn't have any drivers available anymore or is just unsupported now, i HIGHLY recommend checking out opentabletdriver.net

my old wacom bamboo is now unsupported and you can't even get old drivers anymore, works perfectly (even in windows 11).

Your game is gonna go GREAT! I love the stuff you've shared with me and you and your players are gonna have a fun, robust time with it!

Hot take but this was the best button layout design and regressing back to the SNES layout post-gamecube sucks actually

I have spent all day cleaning, so now both my computer desk and craft desk are clean and organized. Laundry done and put away. Hard floors cleaned.

Just gotta scoop litter, water the plants, shower, and go to the grocery store and I'm DONE with tasks for the day

I try to invest only a small amount of news for my mental health, but Buttigeg being willing to throw trans people under the bus 100% tracks with how he's always seemed like a scumbag to me.

Also explains why me and my ex who campaigned for him were never going to work out

I keep getting stuck on how to handle this one scenario in my novel, because I feel like it currently stalls out a good amount in the middle.

I think the solution is to change a bit in the middle, so I basically scrap the entire second half and write a new one that will flow better

I have been informed that this is the original and it’s longer and better (thanks @breewolfstuff.bsky.social!) youtu.be/nBje1yOv3rI?...

I just really like it when Supes is a good country boy that cares so DEEPLY about every person in the world. A Superman that continues to fight and save people and animals with a smile even when he's battered and broken is MY Superman

I went and saw Superman and really enjoyed it!

I cried [redacted] times

Honestly this is the REAL question we should be asking

I lied, there is no sex, we’re listening to Violator by Depeche Mode.

women don’t like alpha male posturing, women like when a touch of acid cuts through the richer fatty element of a dish

A buffalo wing can fix you if you believe in its power

I made the mistake of reading comments on a post about the use of "y'all" and y'all need to calm the fuck down

This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen!!!

I like being part of the women/nonbinary pinball community. Our group page is just as likely to have links to tournaments as it is recipes for things people brought to potlucks, and that's beautiful

A selfie of me in front of a stage show at the Renaissance Faire. I'm giving a peace sign while wearing a black cowboy hat, a blue and pink bandana, a black and brown striped vest, a white shirt, aviators, and black fingerless gloves. I'm smiling widely, even though my eyes are hidden by the mirrored lenses on my sunglasses

Going to the Renaissance Faire is a perfect excuse to dress up a a cowpoke

For some reason, I think my dehydrated body DIDN'T want me to chug a glass of milk and now I do not feel great

🐊 CROCODILE LIFE! 🐊 (1/3)

a short comic i drew in 2021 about an overworked & underpaid office worker's who life is 100% absolutely normal and fine. there are definitelyyyy no giant crocodiles in her house!!!

A photo of me leaning into Bubba, an orange and white cat. We're both looking to the left into the camera. I look happy and a bit inebriated, Bubba looks apprehensive

This picture is too cute to not post

Go buy Hypnospace Outlaw for cheap! One of the funniest games I've ever played and $5 is a bargain for it!

A photo of cat sitting in some Venetian blinds they have just destroyed with the text JOY DIVISION at the top and UNKNOWN PLEASURES at the bottom

This might be my favourite cat meme of 2025 so far

The evolution of our vision of werewolves.

COWBOY WITH LARGE HAT: The law is simple in Cowboy Town. Whoever has the biggest hat gets to be the sheriff. MAN WITH LOTS OF FRINGES: No! It's whoever has the most fringes! (the two argue and fight): Hat! Fringes! Hat! Fringes!! (from off panel): Stop! MAN WITH VERY LARGE HORSE: Both of you are under arrest

I saw it and had a fun time!

But you're absolutely on the mark with the genre shift and the off-putting aspects. I've been calling it "Terminator 2 for the Girlies"

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.

The 3 genders, butch, femme, and vampire.

As I was walking out of the theater from Jurassic World, I overheard a kid say to their sibling "the new T-Rex is UGLY and it looks like YOU"