Rourke Bywater, Notorious Dyke

a handmade marionette monster photographed in front of a snowbank. it has long arms with branch-like hands, a long neck with a false human face & a lower jaw like a sperm whale, & is dressed in all white/off-white lace & rags with pearl accents. watermark says "Ezra Rose"

a close up of the face of the marionette with its open jaw & teeth visible below.

i know i've been pretty quiet but here's the result of my January: a totally handmade, fully-functional marionette created for a local winter-themed puppet show. she's called the Winter Maw & she'll eat you alive, just like real winter

The mere possibility of hiring Alexis to give your sci-fi story a desperately needed punch-up is one you should embrace right now!

Her contribution to Neurocracy sent its narrative sprawling in some genuinely wild directions ✨

Check it out here why not: omnipedia.app/wiki/2049/10/01/Pulau_Bahru

this is a very cool thing to do and also highlights one of the biggest keys to Zohran's appeal: he just thinks New York City is really neat

people who live somewhere want to vote for someone who likes it there and wants to make it better, not someone who wants to use it as a springboard

🫡 enjoy! I think you will extremely dig it

Shane have you played Norco yet. If not you should absolutely play Norco

I visited the tiny, lovely Prague Tolkien con, and I was so inspired by the people there that....I started sketching #Silmarillion scenes once again.
So here goes Ancalagon the Black ♥

You’ll crush it!!!

this checks out

silently eyeing the vast blue eye of the sea

DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.

CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?

DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.

C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?

DR: Now look

ME: I knew Pagliacci was a stage name, but the joke didn't work unless I pretended it was his real name.

CHOTINER: So you misrepresented the doctor.

M: Well, I didn't know it would be popular. It was just for our followers.

C: Right. It's okay to lie when it's only close friends.

M: Hold on

A telegram to James Joyce in Paris on his 49th birthday, sent from Dublin by Samuel Beckett. Beckett wishes James Joyce a happy birthday using a quote from ‘Work in Progress’  (later known as Finnegans Wake). [SSJ A/1/2/1]

A fountain pen with a gold charm given to Joyce on his 57th birthday in 1939 by his family to celebrate the forthcoming publication of his book ‘Finnegans Wake’. [SSJ-OBJ/002]

A fountain pen with a gold charm given to Joyce on his 57th birthday in 1939 by his family to celebrate the forthcoming publication of his book ‘Finnegans Wake’. [SSJ-OBJ/002]

The first edition of the groundbreaking novel ‘Ulysses’ was published on Joyce’s 40th birthday, in France in 1922.

Happy Birthday to James Joyce!🎉 🎂

Joyce was born on 2nd February 1882 in Rathgar, Dublin. Joyce loved having a big celebration for his birthday.

Come and catch the exhibition of James Joyce’s personal archive at University of Reading Special Collections @themerl.bsky.social !

It was a terrific, most pitiable, and maddening sight.

i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
xikipedia.org

This month on PAPER LABYRINTHS, @nictringali.bsky.social and I talk with @meredithgran.com about her new game Perfect Tides: Station to Station, as well as making comics, satisfying endings, and the power of time and place.

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Okay wow. We're SO CLOSE to 100 reviews. When we get 100, the algorithm sits up and PROPERLY takes notice of us, which will make a *world* of difference.

The strongest way right now to support Size Five is to grab a copy and drop a review asap. Your help means everything to me, thank you ❤️

RE that RT.. it’s wild how steam reviews are still so damn important to getting visibility. If you play and like indie games, the most generous and helpful thing you can do is spend an hour popping positive reviews onto anything you like with <500 or so reviews.

here was the very spot for cheap lodgings

“shockingly stellar voice acting”

I love how much fun Harrison Ford and everyone in the cast always seem to be having

Joyce Carol Oates has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever right now

she’s a poster, and

she’s the only person this qualified still alive

It doesn’t matter that Don Lemon hired a superstar attorney or that the case against him is meritless.

There are too many journalists with far less money and far fewer resources than Lemon who will be more cautious going forward. That was the intent, and that’s the main problem.

youre right and you should say that

Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.

Georgia Fort Arrested After St. Paul Church Protest Georgia Fort arrested after federal agents executed a warrant tied to a St. Paul church protest she documented as a journalist.

Please also support Fort, Crews, and Lundy who may not have the same legal resources as Lemon. spokesman-recorder.com/2026/01/30/g...

“Screenshot of a promoted Reddit post by u/AYAGDOS. The post reads: ‘Navigating gender dysphoria? Join our confidential, cross-country study of 18–25 year olds to tell your story, challenge preconceptions, and have YOUR experience reflected in the science.’ Below is a banner graphic with the Northwestern University logo and the text ‘TRANS OR GENDERQUEER? SHARE YOUR STORY.’ The image shows a close-up of a hand with light pink nail polish, partially painted blue, held up against a blurred background. A link to ayagdos.org and a ‘Learn More’ button appear at the bottom, along with Reddit vote and share icons.”

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

(me after digging two graves before embarking on a journey for revenge) well well well if it isn't the blowjob graves

there is a specific tic in the way that centrist Dems address law enforcement:

they don’t understand that the interaction with police *is* the harm. they think a show your papers situation is neutral as long as you leave walking, but police interaction is itself traumatic. It’s terrifying.