Jason R. Merrill

Always liked that desk, but not quite sure how practical it would be.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Right. Gaunt would be the one (to start with at least). Hope it's still working its way through the system and not set aside.

The Russo Bros announced they were doing it as a series at Amazon back in 2019. Wonder if we will ever see any of that (actual series or any development work).

Attention #artists! Stop guessing your hourly rate. If you need $2,760/mo to survive, but you only do "deep work" for 20 hours a week... Charging $25/hr means you are slowly going bankrupt. Here is the math. 🧵

A flyer for the "Winter Underland" event: subtitled "A Dark Holiday Market". Online tickets $8. Tickets at door $10. 12 and under FREE November 29, 2025, 6pm to 10:30pm Food Trucks, Performances, Charity Gift wrapping, Artists. IAM Local Lodge 709, 1032 South Marietta Pkwy SE, Marietta GA 30060

Atlanta! The last vending event of the year for me. Winter Underland, Nov 29 from 6 to 10:30PM. Bringing all the antique & vintage cufflinks/accessories I can fit in my booth along with some other items that normally don't make it out of storage.

timetravel.events/winter-under...

I've got more info off the links from here:
blackbirdfinery.com/about/

and you can always ask me any questions you have directly. The presentations are always better in person though.

In doing other research I ran across late 19th/early 20th century drugstore trade magazines. Those had columns on how to run your soda fountain and included formulas... after trying a few myself I realized others might want to see what went into 100yr old hand crafted fountain drinks and have a sip.

the covers of Wyrd Science issues 3-7 laid out on a gradient landscape next to the caption WIN THE LOT!

it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement!

Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*

Here's the thing: most violence against both women/girls and men/boys is done by men, mostly men they know. It's not strangers or immigrants, it's men. And until men stop being violent on a whim, develop better self control, or are made to stop, they won't stop.

Next show: CONjuration in Atlanta! More details forthcoming but I will be both vending and doing panels. Currently working on my "Fizzy Potion Classes" (antique soda fountain demos).

www.conjurationcon.com

Great summation of why AI isn't going to give you what you want in the end.

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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Loopy D and Long Tail would have been a great band name. Or are those the deep state agents they are blaming for this?

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Merton's Bestiary: A Digital Edition, edited and transcoded by Sebastian Dows-Miller. Merton College Library, Oxford, MS 249.

Are you teaching a rare MS or out of print book? Why not make a digital edition of it, or even better, ask your students to collaborate!

Our training course is free and the edition can be published #OA in the digital editions platform #PRISMS:

www.prisms.digital/training/

#DSE #DH #TEI #XML

Well don't make it wait too long.

And where was your helmet?

I'm so very sorry. *hugs*

YouTube video by BBC Studios The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Title Sequence | BBC Studios

When I was a senior in high school, a church leaflet was circulated with a list of 'devil's music'. I knew it was all made up outrage already, but then I saw the Eagles' "Journey of the Sorcerer" on the list. Which was used for this:
youtu.be/UBrdkw6RACU?...

A black cat named Plum with his tongue almost fully extended caught mid-lick. His yellow eyes stare almost accusingly at the camera for intruding upon his grooming. That or he's hungry again.

Our youngest fur kid, Plum. Named after PG Wodehouse. #proofofcat

Jason Merrill's Dragon Con 2025 schedule Title: Vintage Travel Accessories with Blackbird Finery Time: Sat 11:30 am Location: Augusta Courtland Grand (Length:1 Hour) Title: Weird Facts & Stories Hiding Behind Our Tea Time: Sat 01:00 pm Location: Macon Courtland Grand (Length:1 Hour) Title: The Temporal Formal: Belle Epoque Time: Sun 10:00 pm Location: Grand Ballroom Courtland Grand (Length:2.5 Hours)

Where to find me at Dragon Con! More detail in Alt text.

Have "Romance Revenge" on my shelf and joined Marvel to read "Harkness" on my tablet... all from loving what I've seen here.

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Are they just harder to get now?

Still in the wait and see camp. Would like to see a source cited. Plus I'm sure some of these will have minimal screen/story time if they are involved.

Cool!

William Goldman had it right: “Nobody knows anything.”
What you could do is hedge the big bets with lots of smaller ones. And that's just gone away in favor of everything being 'pre sold' (existing IP). You need the small bets to generate your own IP in the first place...

Our parents sat us down in the living room to watch this live... saying it had never happened before and may never again.

The Evolution of Abridged Anime Part 1 - An Artist Collective & The Arrest of Mr. Macek While the concept of comedic fandubs of anime isn’t exactly new, the way anime fandom interacts with them is changing in a major way, thanks to TikTok and

The Evolution of Abridged Anime Part 1 – An Artist Collective & The Arrest of Mr. Macek - Borealis Capps examines the origins of the Abridged Anime parodies format. In this first piece, she dives into the classical fandub parodies that formed the bedrock from which the format was built decades later