Sam Burns

Far too much to say to fit in even a thread.

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Points of Villainy/Points of Virtue Check out this great listen on Audible.ca. In an alternate London, 16 ordinary people living 16 ordinary lives are about to experience one catastrophic and paranormal event. For weeks there have been ...

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Imitation is the sincerest firm of flattery...mediocraty can pay to genius.

The second part matters.

When we live through difficult times it can be easy to succumb to despair, to see nothing but darkness on the horizon. But one day, in happier times, songs will be sung of those who persevered. Strive to be sung about as one who brought hope, as one who carried light over that horizon.

Exactly. You wouldn't see an empty fridge as sign you'd eaten everything you wanted to and could now turn to other matters. Restocking it would be a fairly urgent job that needed doing wouldn't it? Just so with a to read pile.

Would you walk away with a sense of accomplishment at a job well done, a task completed, a checkbox ticked? All the books you wanted to read having now been read.

Or would you immediately replenish the pile with more books? The pile is not meant to be completed, reading should be a life long joy.

I think we've been doing "to read" book piles all wrong this whole time. They are books you proportedly want to read but so often we despair that they never get smaller only larger.

But consider, if you ever did get to the end of your "to read" pile what would you do? 1/2

You will commit an act of bravery tomorrow. It may seem small, maybe even insignificant to you. It may be that nobody but you ever knows it happened. But you will do something that requires you to push past your fears, and you will know it. That is no small thing. Celebrate it.

We definitely do want you at Firleigh. ;)

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

Marcel Proust

I've said it before but I'll say it again. The internet has an unhealthy aversion to change of any kind. If you fear change in and of itself you aren't appreciating the moment enough. Change is inevitable. Some of it will be good some bad but without it we stagnate.

Legally they can't after 11:00pm without causing a breach of the peace.

I didn’t realize that the “hi hungry, I’m dad” dad joke has a deeper meaning, which is “please politely ask me for what you actually want instead of just announcing a problem to me.”

“Dad, I’m hungry.”
“Hi hungry, I’m Dad.”
“🙄 Could you please make me something to eat?”
“And how hard was that??”

Voting is now open. Doomsong has been nominated for Best Setting, Best Layout, and Product of the Year. Caesar Ink has been nominated for the fan award for Best Publisher. Also there's a picture of a three headed rat vomiting up smaller rats. It's pretty sick. VOTE NOW

If you haven't heard already, the Doomsong TTRPG has been nominated for three ENnie awards! The organiserts have also updated the link to one that, y'know, works!

Vote now, and make sure to hit Doomsong up for:

- BEST SETTING

- BEST LAYOUT

- BEST PRODUCT

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I know it's reductive and unhelpful to say that if you're upsetting bastards, you're probably doing ok, but in the case of Greta Thunberg in recent hours (and always tbh) she's only upsetting people you should set your moral barometer to oppose.

I had lovely experiences with @shortwavebooks.bsky.social , @infestedpublishing.bsky.social , and @cateyepress.bsky.social , among others. And their catalogues speak for themselves.

Three priests praying to the public for votes. Lord Have Mercy Upon Is displayed in Hall 4!

We are praying to our dead God that Doomsong: Lord Have Mercy Upon Us wins the People's Choice Award at UKGE...

If that doesn't work, we would love it if any of you at the convention could pop over to hall 4 or vote for us in the UKGE app!

Vote today!

#Doomsong #UKGE

a cartoon drawing of a woman in a kitchen holding a tea kettle Alt: a cartoon drawing of a woman in a kitchen holding a tea kettle solar punk world

Addressing climate change is not a “pass/fail” scenario. It is a process of mitigating severity that will happen in our lifetimes.

Saying “it’s over, do whatever you want” is both foolhardy and literally incorrect.

We can always make a difference — and will continue to do so.

Hannah Barbera's entire output was just "what if an animal had a hat"

Lukewarm take but the reason Andor is more popular with a certain vocal section of the Star Wars community than an 8 button wirelees mouse with tits is that its the first piece of Star Wars media in a while whose target audience is older than 12 and most of the fandom is these days. #Andor

He was the first. Almost by definition everything that followed should be an improvement on that. Almost everyone who sings Troughton's praises talks about how if he had failed we wouldn't be here talking about it.

Man…was talking Wagner on here earlier with @sarahgailbrand.com and - my God - this is how you start a Goddamn movie.

Loving this liveblogging so far.

I suppose you could say that about Doctor Who in general but...a silly sci fi show ostenisbly for children has no business going as hard as it frequently does even in this early stage.

This era is so hit and miss but WHEN IT HITS...

A true rarity in those days.

"Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer" is way too hard a line to be from Rick and Morty.

Grandiloquent Word of the Day logo - Sepia-toned graphic with a baroque Victorian typeface and an engraving of Sisyphus pushing the rock up the hill.

Sisyphean [sis-uh-FEE-uhn]
(adj.)
- Extremely difficult to the point of futility.
- Relating to Sisyphus, king of ancient Corinth.

Used in a sentence:
“The struggle to keep these third graders in their seats and focused on their studies is downright Sisyphean!”

I love playing for a non-binary audience because even if only one person shows up you can still say, “THEY LOVED US!!!”.

Cabaret Evening

📅 25th April 2025
🕐 7:30PM
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