Gennifer Hutchison

to be clear - i can't play them because of my intense fear of the dark and general being a big ol' wimp about that stuff.

There's an entire subset of video games whose genre is, essentially, "insufficient and unreliable light sources", and I can't play ANY of them, but they all look very Interesting and Cool and Up My Alley Storywise, and I wish I could just, like... turn on some steady overheads...

If just a fraction of my followers all chipped in a little, my friends at Merrymac could finish their hay drive today! Please pitch in if you can. ☺️

This is the thing with the common tic people have towards dismissing people pointing out exactly what’s happening with centrists as some immature or ignorant when more often than not they’re paying much closer attention to what people have done to warrant criticism than their defenders.

The fact that these “just right” moderate candidates consistently hoover up funding while running bad campaigns premised on catering to the idea the rest of their state party (the urban base) is out of touch, while losing, never crosses peoples minds as a contributing factor to general Dem struggles

Mourning those murdered by Hamas isn't incompatible with mourning those murdered by the Israeli state.

Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.

Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.

(and if I've shared this before, apologies. I just think about it a lot!)

It's so good. Like... firing on all cylinders.

And it's super efficient. So, so chef's kiss neat and tidy and effective. It also tells us about King's character and how she approaches the world.

It makes the weird mundane, but also sets the stage for all the big worldbuilding to come & how the mundane breaks down.

A great model to consider.

2 - and this is the brilliant bit - King's resigned annoyance shows it happens regularly - often enough to have a regular protocol. But also - it's not considered scary or particularly dangerous. There's a warning - like particularly bad weather, and then it's just bs making the commute worse.

So far, the world has been pretty normal by our standards. This scene does a couple things.
1. It obviously tells us - this world is NOT the same as ours... and it's weird.

And like, that alone, is key world-building stuff. But also...

One of my favorite bits of worldbuilding on a show ever was in the Watchmen pilot (I believe that's the ep). Regina King is driving, and baby squid suddenly rain down from the sky. She pulls over, resigned and annoyed, gets out and cleans the windshield.

It's brilliant.

Here's why:

Serialization is the fanfiction model, and the meandering padding is generally a feature, not a bug.

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

“Two years ago today, Hamas carried out a horrific war crime, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and kidnapping 250 more. I mourn these lives and pray for the safe return of every hostage still held and for every family whose lives were torn apart by these atrocities. In the aftermath of that day, Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government launched a genocidal war: adeath toll that now far exceeds 67,000; with the Israeli military bombing homes, hospitals, and schools into rubble. Every day in Gaza has become a place where grief itself has run out of language. I mourn these lives and pray for the families that have been shattered. Our government has been complicit through it all. This must end. The occupation and apartheid must end. Peace must be pursued through diplomacy, not war crimes, and our government must act to end these atrocities and hold those responsible to account. These last two years have demonstrated the very worst of humanity. We must answer it by modeling the very best: a relentless pursuit of our higher ideals and an unwavering commitment to universal human rights.”

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

I've been extremely lax in cancelling Spotify (I know - I feel the appropriate shame), but I finally did yesterday. It took approximately one minute. Perhaps you've been knocking it down the to-do list as well and could use this extra push.

this is so fucking gross i don’t even have words to process how fucking gross it is

I’m far too grumpy, like on a base level, with minimal provocation, to really be posting here ever.

My dad is a geologist, and sometimes we end up talking about various geology-centric extinction level scenarios, and he's always so giddy about the science part of it and like, only slightly less animated about the "oh, and we'd all be wiped out" part of the equation.

I'm so sorry, Jeremy. Thinking of you and your family and everyone who loved her.

When I turned 30 I had not yet written my first published book or my first published novel and did not know (or know of) some of the most important people in my life. I didn't know how much my life could still change, and did, after the age of 30. There is so much your life still yet to live.

Hey .

The reason I recommend people talk to DV and immigration experts ( and I am NOT one )

Is that people don’t understand real dynamics of abuse when it comes to marginalized people

Especially when it comes to fighting fascism

People treat you worse when they find out you’re harmed

I avoided it for so long, but it's super fun! And kind of great/clutch for your PC because they're versatile.

I'm doing my first ever Bard playthrough, and this scene has some really funny Bard-specific lines!

A non-zero number of dudes who were weaselly little jerks to me when we worked together as assistants are now also successful writers, and every time someone reposts them into my feed, I wonder if they've changed.

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

Link to register still open 👀👀👀

You're here! Yay! (I was worried, but hoped you were just taking a break.)

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

AI isn’t about the accuracy of the computing.

It’s about finding the minimum people will accept