Kit (theory wonk at the vampire mansion)

I was so, so pleased they did the cottage bit. That's the part from the book that stuck with me the most, and it's so integral to understanding the creature.

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a long orange cat is stretched out on a rug.

don't be fooled by how cute he is; this bugger figured out how to find and chew through treat bags

Screenshot from SRIV, four spheres in different skin shades

On Saints Row we had a debug npc named Skinballs (lol) that was literally just four spheres wrapped in different shades of skin texture so we could test lighting for different skin tones during development. But teams need to plan for that kind of testing with intentionality, and not enough do.

is this what i usually wear to work anyway? maaaaaaaybe

putting on my mushroom pants with a black top and telling people my costume is decay existing as an extant form of life

Michael Emerson poured so much talent into making Leland in Evil the most punchable POS ever, and Mike Johnson exceeds that effortlessly.

Rebecca Solnit: Whose Story (and Country) Is This? Watching the film Phantom Thread, I kept wondering why I was supposed to be interested in a control freak who is consistently unpleasant to all the people around him. I kept looking at the other ch…

I've written my versions of this essay. But until the problem goes away, we need to keep hammering at it, and this piece by a Black woman in the NYT is a superb version that should have some impact. lithub.com/rebecca-soln...

look, it's been a hard year to be normal about video games

funniest thing I ever did in grad school—besides making a pun so bad the professor called class break early—was put on a playlist for our Halloween party that played Monster Mash every third song.

I was right.

I finally drag my chronically ill ass into the office on a Friday and get rewarded with a shelter in place order because of a drive by shooting by a man on bicycle.

being chronically ill is so silly. like, yeah i heard too many noises yesterday so now I can't talk. oh that? that's just low-iron wobble. why am i throwing up? oh haha that just happens if I start my day too early.

The timing on the AWS story? Peak 🤌🏻

idk know why the petty AI poop video is the last straw for me as opposed to all the previous egregious fascist bullshit, but i really feel like we need to nix the presidency and do some new government now. like, how can a future president have any credibility after the utter debasing of the office?

concept: i stop getting migraines on protest days

Happy Schadenfriday! There’s a delicious spread of recent White House losses.

Link: open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

again thinking about my character Sel who has incredible time manipulation powers and has mostly used them to speedrun making the perfect magical whiskey.

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They’re MRI-safe (nice because if you need an MRI, you prob really don’t also want Covid) and also handy for things like haircuts. Not my everyday mask but super to have around for those situations!

6. (courtesy of my wife) People are in your inbox asking you to write Rent fanfiction

they are bringing out the dandelion wine as we speak

eating popovers with local monk-made jam and drinking birch beer

recession indicators in fandom

1. ur fave author is writing Supernatural fic in 2025
2. u r jonesing for a reread of The Student Prince
3. other ppl r too. bbc merlin is back on ur dash
4. u r seriously considering dipping back into marvel
5. they r inventing brand new forms of A/B/O

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Come for the will-they/won't-they romance, stay for the rich worldbuilding and interrogations of power 😎

me, whaling on an enemy prone on the ground and somehow taking two mask damage: sir, I believe that is what we call "not cool" and "no good"

I've had the pleasure of reading this and you don't want to miss it. Rich worldbuilding, compelling characters, and the righteous fervor that comes from critically examining societal structures and finding them wanting—what's not to love?

i suppose one nice thing about manosphere influencers abandoning trump is that rats have a nose for sinking ships

While looking at clouds--

me: it looks like a fox running.

wife: it looks like naked george costanza in a sexy pose.

Silksong 🫱🏻 game ending with fertilization and womb imagery 🫲🏻 Echoes of Wisdom