William Rucklidge

Let's just go back to the Victorians...

So it comes that Man, the coward, when he gathers to confer
With his fellow-braves in council, dare not leave a place for her
Where, at war with Life and Conscience, he uplifts his erring hands
To some God of Abstract justice—which no woman understands

Has @tkingfisher.com seen this? I fear that it might give her Ideas...

I don't see stirrups on that examination chair so that rules out some of the ickiest applications... Still profoundly creepy

I'd delete the inability to pause whenever I want. Yes, in the middle of a cutscene. Yes, in the middle of a quicktime event. The doorbell doesn't care.

I have a soft spot for Duckling... she's gone out in her best dress, a dress which makes her intentions quite clear, but the lad she's set her eyes on just *won't take the hint* and instead keeps getting himself upset by asking about what the Line actually does.

Cross-checking is when you get right up behind someone and you push... Hard

27 8x10 color glossy photographs with a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against us

Today’s xkcd made me cry.

In a good way.

xkcd.com/3172/

I don't care if it rains or freezes
Long as I got my plastic Jesus
Glued to the dashboard of my car
You can buy a Sweet Madonna
Dressed in rhinestones sitting on a
Pedestal of abalone shell
Goin' ninety, I'm not wary
'Cause I've got my Virgin Mary
Guaranteeing I won't go to Hell

Not to mention the alcoholism he fought for many years - living the high life means going back to drinking

You probably know that you can select a fancy colour for the top right corner by long pressing it. But did you know (I just noticed last night) that if you long press on the bottom right corner, you can select a second colour there? Really helps with the harder puzzles where possibilities interact.

A vending machine with a snack called minis, and the brand is Leibniz.

Brush your teeth after eating these or else you'll get calculus.

Aphantasia explained: When your mind works differently For most people, memories come with a vivid mental picture: the face of a friend, the layout of a childhood home, the colours of a sunset. For others, those pictures simply don’t exist.

A friend of mine got interviewed about aphantasia, the condition some people have where they have no "mind's eye", no ability to visualise images www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

National borders should not be barriers. It should be as easy to move to another country (and work there) as it is to move to another city.

If this sounds absurd, read
Open Borders openborderscomic.com (illustrated by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social)

He’s on a mission from God.

Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun!

Why not both?

It's a journalism/publishing thing (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_come... ) - "TK" is less common in English than "TC" so it's easier to search for in text as you're doing a final check to make sure that all the placeholders have been filled in.

Just want to urge anyone in the U.S. eligible to vote for anything at all this election cycle to please do so. Shock everyone with the turnout. Make jaded pundits cough coffee out their noses. Make poll volunteers smile. Make voter suppressors nervous again.

What a lovely staircase 😁

Only a smeg-head would try to pull something like that off.

The Next 'Murderbot' Novel Finally Has a Release Date Alexander Skarsgård's Apple TV series based on Martha Wells' hit 'Murderbot Diaries' books also has a second season on the way.

Gizmodo article on next Murderbot novel Platform Decay: gizmodo.com/murderbot-pl...

I think it must be body modification that makes them upset about Claire in particular. You just can't (Liz's arms) alter (Clinton's hand) yourself (Roku, Pintsize, Momo, Zlata, Faye and Bubbles' whole business) - that's just not natural!

Is it just a trick of the camera, or are the books on the shelves tilted just a little back - with books closer to the floor tilted more? THIS IS BOOKSHELF ERGONOMICS MAGIC I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN A LIFETIME OF BROWSING BOOKSTORES. My neck thanks whoever designed this marvel.

Moe from the Simpsons speaking. The overlaid words read "I've done stuff I ain't proud of. And the stuff I am proud of is disgusting."

<img src="https://preview.redd.it/favourite-moe-quote-v0-qeefzlunjabe1.jpeg?auto=webp&amp;s=b4d9463478e4d2a86443eb65db9816378ca61608" alt="Favourite Moe quote! : r/Simpsons"/>

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

I'd tell you my most GenX complaint but you're not listening anyway so why bother

Turn around, see the train bridge, and think of Lost Boys falling into the fog

It is time for Canada to grant refugee status to trans people from the US @mark-carney.bsky.social

I'm sure that the then-recent events in Halifax, NS were very much on his mind.