Avery (she / her)

Love to go from "three months of so little work I am contemplating a career shift" to "in the middle of so much work that I can't take a day off for another month or so, after a month with no breaks." #Freelancing rules!!! Please send coping mechanisms ...

A long-necked goblet of golden liquid sits on a gray, stone-surface table; the whole picture has slightly soft focus. A person's arm is visible in the background, as is the exterior of a small, charming restaurant.

Had some hot mead on Saturday that was so steamy, it did weird things to my lens and distorted the photo a little ... so the photo now accurately represents the feeling of sipping warm mead (and drinking it with 6x kinds of cheese + flourless chocolate cake)

talking about trying to beat OFF here on the internet?!?

That's such a good realization! And the knowledge that folks will be SO HAPPY to see you when you get back -- it got me through my two non-streaming weeks. :)

Two small fried dough balls sit on gray rock on an upscale restaurant kitchen counter. The ball on the left is topped with seared artichoke; the one on the right is topped with a light-pink bloop of meat. (I can't think of a better word than "bloop")

Another stellar evening of #rotterdam 's best fine dining at Tres! One of the early snacks was an oliebol (fried dough ball) filled with avocado ice cream, topped with a dollop of wild garlic gel and the tenderest pork of your dang life.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job. AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

This whole section really.

What does a tariff on movies even MEAN?!

Star Trek fan art from Uchusen Magazine Vol. 47, 1989.

Chibi crew of the Enterprise from Uchusen Magazine Vol. 47, 1989. SD Tasha is great and it's funny seeing early clean-shaven Will.

A bit of #PSX and #PS2 history recovered from my childhood bedroom -- got this #squaresoft promotional popcorn bag from my local Loews movie theater 25 years ago. Promos for #FFIX and #TheBouncer. Was such a fun time to be a gamer!

A top down view of a section of an arcade machine; three colorful plastic heads pop out, and the words CLOWN VALUES as well as various numbers can be read.

Absolutely lost it upon seeing the label CLOWN VALUES on a machine at Round 1, but I'm unable to articulate why.

#GroundsForSculpture is one of my favorite New Jersey things because you get to see art and say "BIG LADY!!!" a lot.

Accurate!!

Having a nice time in the #USA, home of the thirty-two-dollar sandwich that was big enough for four people to eat (and came with free chocolate chip cookies)

A night scene of a brightly lit cafe with round, wooden tables outside. A white sign at the top of the building reads, in purple text, "you need my yogurt"

Once more revisiting good business names from #Seoul, and who could forget the one and only "you need my yogurt," a dessert cafe I stumbled upon after seeing the Korean equivalent of a Chippendales show?

This is a good strategy! I'll have to try for tickets sometime soon, as someone who'd need to travel from out-of-country for a taping. :)

Ooh, good stuff! Thanks for the tip ~

Mamily Fart

By the way, did you get a preview copy of "Oxford Soju Club" or something? I've been looking into getting it (your description made it sound great!), but it seems it's not available most places until September ...

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A blank crossword in dark mode. The clue for 48D is in a brown ribbon at the bottom, reading: "Incongruous pairing of pronouns that may be used as an introduction (also precedes streamer Avery who is a cool and nice person)."

Some people stream on #Twitch to make money or find fame. Me? I do it to meet cool #crossword constructors who pop me into their puzzles! ❤️ (Puzz available here: crosshare.org/crosswords/1...)

Ooooh, my sister had mentioned Kalaya, so it's nice to have double confirmation of it! I will look both of these up, thanks :)

A terribly photoshopped picture of an American astronaut on the surface of the moon. Added to this background, you see the following: an alien holding a bagel, a tipping screen, Hide the Pain Harold, a bald eagle astronaut, and a can of Waterloo sparkling water. The Text reads: "Avery is visiting the United States again / Sept 3 - Sept 15 / Mostly Philly, maybe a day or two in NYC; let's hang out -- send a message!"

#America -based folks, a question for you (pic for attention): Are there any must-try new foods, restaurants, experiences, etc., that you'd recommend in the #philly area specifically? I haven't visited since 2023, so surely something nice must have manifested in this time ...

Legitimately how I responded to a message from my sister last night

A detail from old Victorian wallpaper shows a stressed out small bird with a red head and back, white underbelly, and black wingtip. It stands among greenery which very clearly shows its brush strokes

Mood for 2025: this panic-stricken bird from old wallpaper at Chatsworth House, Bakewell, UK

The siren song of Tres reaches across the kilometers/miles ...

Two small pieces of grilled eel, tolled with green powder, sit on rectangular pieces of a croissant-like cake. They are on a square of burlap, on a round, blue-gray plate, with a wooden counter below.

A later-skeet of the eel croissant cake w/unripe strawberry from Tres, a dish I constantly wish I had in my mouth (and to date, one of only two good eel dishes I've had in the Netherlands). #finedining #rotterdam #omnomnom

Green vines with white and pink flowers surround two tall, thin, windows set into old stone

A bit of later-posting from Haddon Hall in the UK -- a cozy little nook for reading and/or tea here, I think.

Ballz 3D

@ryyudo.bsky.social This place really was the complete package!