Potato Mermaid

Black, yellow and pink cover of dungeon crawler Carl by Matt dinniman with a man and cat running through a toothy maw

Finished #DungeonCrawlerCarl book 1! Really great romp, easy read, great characters. Looking forward to the rest. #litrpg 📚

Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Scandal. Heads would roll in any other city with a modicum of accountability

Mural of a white cat sitting in grass at night. Picture taken on the eastside of Atlanta at Dekalb Ave and Clifton Rd NE. Painted by Courtney E. Hicks.

I love murals.

By @courtney.e.hicks on insta

Louise Jensen Duffy (@LouiseWeebe) on twitter: "So, a lot of people ask me why I buy so many books. The truth is, I have a genetic disorder where my body doesn't produce enough books of its own, so I have to supplement."

Album screenshot taken from Qobuz featuring a black cloaked figure standing in a hazy field of magenta flowers and framed by an orange sky with the arcing outline of an eclipsing white sun overhead

Creature in the Black Night by Dayseeker is such a fantastic album, I loved every song, listened to it through three times now. Angst, death, yearning, vampires - everything you need in a solid rock album.

open.qobuz.com/album/x79is8...

That thing where you send your partner a flirty/risqué message then toss your phone like it's about to burn you, and run away.

Morning, gang

I'm gonna be missing stream! Come hang out with me while @beyondbalu.bsky.social GMs 🥰

A faded blue background with airships and a tower. 6 profile bubbles of the players on the right side. Text says chance to win ttrpg books. The Nuadan Chronicles presents Unchecked Histories one-shot rpg September 28th at 7 pm est twitch.tv/beyondbalu.

Get ready! @beyondbalu.bsky.social creator of #TheNuadanChronicles is hosting a giveaway and one-shot this Sunday, 7pm.

Join us live on Twitch with special guest players:

agreenqueen.com
linktr.ee/averagegirlgames
twitch.tv/bellashork
twitch.tv/okitengu
twitch.tv/verexiacheron

#rpg #ttrpg #dnd

4 black empty wheelchairs face a torn and dripping American flag encased in glass with a single florescent light illuminating down.

While I was waiting in line for labs I looked down the hall and saw this surreal sight.

I think I'll call it "Empty Promises/American Dream Lying in State".

Thinking about #Andor today, specifically Luthen's monologue, immediately cutting to "Niamos" at the end. The vibes aren't good; thank god for this show and its characters.

I haven't had bug crawl on me in bed in years. So of course when I watch #AlienEarth an unknown THING decides to violate my personal space and crawl on my leg in the dark.

Rude.

Preserve Georgia's Natural Beauty: Sign the Petition to Safeguard Highfalls State Park! 2,613 signatures are needed, let’s get there by the end of the day?

Help fight the nearly 1,000 acre data center planned to be built in North Georgia!
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Spicebush swallowtail with shredded back wings feeding on an orange flower

Bright red marigold with yellow center and petals outlined in thin yellow

Multi-hued yellow, orange and red marigold flower

Stillshots of spicebush swallowtail and some of the beautiful marigolds. #bloomscroll

Bees and the wasps love the goldenrod. Good summer blooms (cut down before it seeds or you will get thousands of babies).

Finally got outside to survey the yard! The Spicebush Swallowtails *love* the Mexican Tithonia (sidenote: those plants get 10 ft tall! Not 6 like the packet said. Definitely prune when small.) 🦋🌸 #butterfly

Having recently experienced DFW, I wholeheartedly agree!

*writes down place to take revvy when she visits*

Got too overconfident with my finances and was immediately humbled in Costco 🥲

I went to Texas to see my friend @revvyonmain.bsky.social in person for the first time!

I need #ChildrenofTime to get a TV show adaptation. I want to see the worldbuilding of sapient spider people and their cities. I want to see the remnants of humanity claw their way through space on a dying space hulk. Avrana Kern's god complex and insane monologues would be absolute fire. #scifi 💙📚

Bus sitting across train tracks with the caption wow I'm eating so healthy today. Next panel train smashes bus aside with the caption surprise cookies in the breakroom. Author's note: they are chocolate chip.

I'm so weak...

It's been helping joining politically active zoom calls and keeping up with the @workingfamilies.org goals and events. I've got vodka cranberry in one hand, but hope clutched firmly in the other. Apathy can fuck right off.

Did you tell your supervisor?

What's the native range?

My friend is raising money for trans support this week while playing super fun games and giving out free games!

Eventually, you reach the point that repugnant assholes like Trump or Cuomo are normalized by mainstream media and parties, which spurs a realization that decorum is theater that hides the one true priority: protection of wealth class capital and further consolidation of power and resources.