Rourke Bywater, Notorious Dyke

A book titled "Outdoor Pigs: How to Make them Pay."

those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this

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Maybe they just mean they’re an Elksni

I don't think The Silmarillion would ever work as a live action movie or series. Its true destiny is to be the nightmarish product of a Czech stop motion animator from 1979 that's only discovered in an attic years after its creator's death.

I meant it positively in the sense of ‘she is opting into something challenging but potentially rewarding’ but in a way that was probably too internet-brained

Oh I’m sorry! Dark Souls (which I have not played) is a video game that is known for being challenging and abstruse but rewarding - so saying something is ‘The Dark Souls of X’ is a tongue-in-cheek and exaggerated way of describing something with those qualities

this is the dark souls of clothes

The award-winning Caves of Qud is coming to Nintendo Switch in Q4 2025!

The. Teddy. Bears. Have. Their. Picnic.

If you’re lucky enough to meet @florencesn.bsky.social at a conference, or wherever, make sure to grab one of their zines. Great little pieces of research communication and great for thinking about how you distill info/work.

The Nissa in there lead to a really cool lands deck! I loved playing with her

#Out of the @Loop by NotExplosive, quarkimo, Emily Pitcher, ghoulbroth Log on and figure out what today's drama is

made a game inspired by you losers (affectionate) for #gmtk jam 2025

notexplosive.itch.io/loop

This is a must-play from the jam so far: it's an information game set on a social media feed. You gather usernames and hashtags so that you can respond to DMs from your less terminally online friends asking you to explain the latest thing that has happened.

It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of “we actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”

If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:

Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.

a stand with water bottles branded with the name “cwench” which is just the word quench but it looks a certain silly type of way with a w

owo it’s time to cwench my thuwst

I got blackout drunk a few nights ago and woke up with a bunch of swords in my house

Portfolio — Hazel Monforton Senior Narrative Designer (2021—2024)

It's been one year since I was laid off, and my contract with Blizzard ends in two months. I'm still looking for my next role as a senior writer or narrative designer!

I have over 8 years of experience working in AAA games from live service MMOs to single player. You can find my work on my website.

Title: Gender Census 2025. Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part. Illustration: Two boxes, each with photos of relevant dictionary pages.

The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025!

survey.gendercensus.com

It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

oh my god!! that's awful!

This sounds like a cool roguelike talk!

And also I’m falling behind on Neurocracy again 😭

Neurocracy Solve a murder in the future by diving into its Wikipedia

To mark my <gasp> 40th birthday, I've released the next episode of Neurocracy a whopping four (4) hours early! 🥳

🌐 omnipedia.app 🌐

If you want to make this a special day, please say something nice about Neurocracy (the thing I've attached all my self-worth to) and tell all your friends about it 🥹

Love it!!

lmao they're hellenizing your ass on etruscansky

This.

Evaluations by students have never produced actionable items for teaching improvement and they were never meant to. They provide post hoc justifications for personnel decisions (whether positive or negative) and encourage students to think of education as a transactional activity.

Amazon review of Pride and Prejudice, left by carlton p morgan on 30 July 2010: "Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses"

Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate

Top image: Sauron armored with the one ring, caption: But they were all of them deceived. Bottom image: the 9 Kings of men who would become Ring wraiths. Caption: for they were actually wedding rings, and they were now married to each other.

He got their asses

every single letter i write is intentional. i have full, axiomatic control over every synapse. tissue. bone within the lightning strike between my mind and my iPhone 12 Mini's touchscreen. i have never made a "typo". yet you dare enter my replies and repeat the very words i meant to type?

Aliens History Channel guy meme but with Eris Morn saying "KNIVES".

Thank you @haykebyr.bsky.social for the assist.