Calen Bender Mornden

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I don’t have assistance and we still only have pieces in my health puzzle.
I have to keep going as long as I can. I just want all the days I’ve fought like hell to keep living to mean something.

Please share this. Even $1 helps.💛ty.

Full-color image of the Cathedral of Barcelona, composed on a typewriter by Montserrat Alberich Escardívol. Image from WikiMedia.

Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.

TYPEWRITTEN.
TYPEWRITTEN PAINTING.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords is as much a compelling work of rhetoric as it is a game with strong themes and great characters. It spends 2/3rds of the game setting up a steelman position to knock down in the climax, and that's part of what makes it so fascinating 20 years later.

A screenshot of Clive from Final Fantasy 16, surrounded by flames and magic while his dark hair frames his face. He's saying, "These...these are our terms."

Finally Finished Final Fantasy XVI. I'm emotional about it. I love this game. Despite its flaws, it's purpose-built to remind us that we can affect change in the world. Clive is the GOAT. #FinalFantasy #FF16 #FFXVI

The massacres are so bad you can see the discoloration on the ground in satellite images.

They have been in stage 5 famine for over a year.

This isn't a war, it is a genocide despite the ICJ's denial and the US, UK, and UAE have blood on their hands.

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Odin dark is my BOY in this run of Conquest. I decided to pick the game back up after years away for fun, and everyone that sleeps on this guy is missing out. He doesn't take much investment to do his job, and he improved the entire run for being used. #FireEmblem #Fates #Conquest

Backed by the Heritage Foundation and Big Tech, KOSA will force everyone to upload their ID to access the internet. In an age when Palantir has direct ties to ICE, where technofascists are in power and want to eliminate and censor everything, we CANNOT allow KOSA to pass.

It NEEDS mass pushback.

dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience

“The Dog And The Dragon” Is The Cosmere Story That Matters A fable within a fantasy captures the power of the genre more than many full tomes.

I've had thoughts about the #fantasy genre of late, and I decided to write some down. Eventually I'll put my criticisms of Sanderson down so I don't just sing his praises, but there's a part of Rhythm of War that I think captured what the genre should be.

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Beneath dark towering pine trees, a graceful, glowing white dragon sits upon moonlit castle ruins. The reflection in the lake shows an enormous gothic castle.

#Drawtober Chapter IV - Spellbound Princess
Meeting with the Goddess

Signez la pétition Bring Back Everhaven (Project Dragon) - Phoenix Labs

The petition calling for the revival of #Everhaven has nearly 10k signatures. Spread the word to others and to game publishers of the game and how much people want it released and saved from Forte. #ProjectDragon #cancelledgames #cozygames
www.change.org/p/bring-back...

Here's how close #Everhaven / #ProjectDragon was from Early Access. If only there was a game publisher out there who want to save it~. Gambit Digital is one possible candidate. #BringBackProjectDagon #cancelledgames #cozygames

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Define your music taste in eight artists:

Poets of the Fall
Blind Guardian
The Amazing Devil
Linkin Park
Ado
Guilhem Desq
Neonfly
Eluveitie

It's so hard to narrow things down so much, and I made sacrifices on favorites to get a better representation of breadth, but a lot is missing still 😅

Another note on "His Majesty's Dragon":

I enjoy that Lawrence's arc in this book is in large part setting aside the stiffness of English high society in favor of shared humanity and authenticity. He's still a bit stiff, but the way he develops and is contrasted with Rankin is great characterization

I've started rereading the Temeraire books by Naomi Novik, and I can't help but appreciate how vivid the combat is--something hard to render at scale, imo.

I also can't help but think of how cool it'd be as a game. A cross between Dreadnought and Century: Age of Ashes? Could be incredible to play

The front cover art of the book "Skybowl," by Melanie Rawn. It depicts a man in sunlit golden armor, right hand shrouded by colored Fire, bearing a longsword. Behind him stands a gold and russet colored dragon, protectively crouching over his Prince. Behind both, across a clear and beautiful blue lake in a mountain crater, is Skybowl Keep, a small desert fortress of the mountains.

Whenever I finish a book series, I mourn. The worlds are real, in their way, and leaving them behind with a closed cover feels like saying a last goodbye to a dear friend, trite as the comparison is.

Some series are harder to end than others for me. This is one of them. Goddess bless Melanie Rawn

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.

I feel crazy reading this. All these men with their insane theories about the end of the world and too much power/money to indulge all their fantasies of apocalypse and "saving the world" by violently oppressing and killing people. www.wired.com/story/the-re...

The cover of "Stronghold" by Melanie Rawn. It depicts a castle cast in golden light by the fire of a conjured dragon breathing flames in defiance of invaders.

Sometimes the only way to remember and reconnect with an old love and story is to feel the grief of it anew.

Tears, in joy or sorrow, are as much a sign of a story told true than any number of objective measures espoused by learned men and women.

I've missed these books dearly. Goddess blessing.

Emphasizing this excellent point: speaking only positively of any health condition isolates people who are really suffering.

Even if it isn’t a policy, discouraging people from talking honestly about conditions, treatment, etc endangers people at the highest risk to protect people from discomfort.

What movie do you consider perfect?

Watercolor of a long orange dragon curled around a tree in a dark forest with a lantern in its mouth. Signed Katie Croonenberghs 2012, website kamakru.com

🐉 We could all use a guide through the dark forest 🏮

#watercolor #gouache #traditionalart #art #dragons
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Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Has The Chance To Learn From Three Houses Telling a single, focused story in an already-loved setting is the way.

I had some thoughts about Fire Emblem, the recently announced Fortune's Weave, and its relation to Three Houses both in-universe and as a developmental sequel/prequel. #FireEmblem #FortunesWeave

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KILL THE RICH. SAVE THE WORLD

Finally finished the finale of book One of The Wizard, The Witch, and the Wild One, and what a fucking sendoff for the first part of the story. What an epilogue, and what a tease for what's next. The Great Bear, dude? Holy shit. #WorldsBeyondNumber #WWW

Seeing people up in arms over this, like she doesn't deserve the honor, etc.

Hear me out. It's a fascist gov't honoring someone who died trying to secure power for the fascist party leader.

Time to stop looking at things the old way. They're fascists. They're following orders. There's no honor.

I think this might be my favorite piece you've done

• Spread the word about #Everhaven
• Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/bring-back...
• Send polite mature messages to Forte about wanting Everhaven sold to another company: forte.io/contact-us/

#cancelledgames #ProjectDragon #cozygames #BringBackProjectDragon #cancelled