📚 Admiral Hexeipha; ☕

There's another thing I want to say about this in particular: it's not that it's wrong to want profits, but that whole speculator mindset is so skewed that it makes it impossible for a game studio to operate with any longevity. The demands for return on investment are just so out of proportion.

Completed 151 Master Set

It is done... 😮‍💨

YouTube video by Musora Josh Ramsay Of Marianas Trench Covers "Defying Gravity" On The Spot

There's also a really good behind-the-scenes video for this, highly recommend, definitely worth the watch 🖤

youtu.be/ePPpt8ef_Ww?...

YouTube video by Musora Josh Ramsay Covers "Defying Gravity" From Wicked (Performance)

Josh, the incredible singer and musician that you are 🖤🥰

youtu.be/_QYRuptS8LE?...

You know what is beautiful about funerals?

When you look around and see all these people present because of one particular person.

They might be strangers, but they will forever be linked through that singular nexus, that one human, who made a long-lasting impression on them and their life. 🖤

Western Monarch butterflies in California are expected to go extinct by 2080 due to their typical overwintering spots being destroyed by human intervention, fires and more.

If you live in CA it's crazy easy to help conserve the species by providing a milkweed plant in your yard

I wonder why I even try to go to bed at a reasonable hour sometimes. 😭

I tried to go to sleep early tonight and Windows decided to scare the fuck out of me by making me think it bricked my PC for over half an hour...

I swear, it's like the freaking universe conspires against me sometimes. 🫠🙃

This week's episode of Destiny Digest Podcast is up and it's a DOOZY!

👂https://destinydigest.show
👁️ youtu.be/bpDw3hdGqX8

YouTube video by Drumeo Leprous Grooves & Fills | Baard Kolstad

So incredibly happy to see one of my favourite bands being featured on one of my favourite YT channels 🥺😍

I really hope Leprous finally gets the recognition and love they deserve 🥰

They are absolutely fantastic live, and they were incredibly chill and lovely when I met them 🖤

youtu.be/DKBxUz2uOEU

Destiny Digest Podcast #112 is now available wherever you get podcasts!

What's your Caldera Report?

👁️ youtu.be/fnsQQdQnizM
👂 destinydigest.show

Photo of a MtG collection in binders and one box.

Unearthed these artifacts today.

An era is now over. 🫡

(Still have a few decks, but no more bulk.)

My favourite moment from Erra's show last night 😂🖤

(shoutout to @ahoeyhoey.bsky.social for the edit <3)

#Destiny2 #Destiny2Art #art #gemkimart

Dude, start The Expanse, trust me. 🖤

You can take a break between each book, they wrap up nicely, and it's easy to pick it back in again in the next one. 🥰

Screenshot of a Pokémon TCG 151 Set Collection at 44% (including Variants) on Pokellector

To my ND peeps:

If your SO collects Pokémon TCG, and you think you'll just open packs sometimes, for that sweet dopamine, and your SO will keep the cards, because you def don't need an expensive new hobby...

Don't. Just don't.

I told myself that. 🫠

And here I am; going for Master Set 151. 🙃

I got you 🖤

But in another thread ofc, because my brain is absolutely friend 🫠🤣

I probably can recommend some more, but fried brain goes brrrr 🤣

I've read most, or at least started the series for almost all of these, might not all fit your style, but hopefully at least one piques your interest and ends up a good read for you 🖤

If you're looking for some spice:

Wicked Games - Kaylie Smith
Souls Trilogy - Harley Laroux
Into Darkness - Navessa Allen

I've forgotten a bunch, so here a random list, either standalones or series

Daevabad Trilogy - SA Chakraborty
Luminaries - Susan Dennard
Crimson Moth - Kristen Ciccarelli
Hurricane Wars - Thea Guanzon
Ashen Series - Demi Winters
Farseer Trilogy - Robin Hobb

Please read trigger warning before starting any of these 💜

Sci-Fi

Standalone:
Dark Matter - Blake Crouch

Series:
The Expanse - James SA Corey
The Devoured Worlds - Megan E O'Keefe
Arc of a Scythe - Neal Shusterman

Grimdark

Standalone:
The Devils - Joe Abercrombie

Series:
First Law - Joe Abercrombie
Broken Empire - Mark Lawrence

Romantasy

Standalone:
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - VE Schwab

Series:
This Monster of Mine - Shalini Abeysekara
Shield of Sparrows - Devney Perry
Quicksilver - Callie Hart
Arcana Academy - Elise Kova
Shepherd King - Rachel Gillig
Stonewater Kingdom - Rachel Gillig

Fantasy

Standalones:
Blood Over Bright Haven - ML Wang
King's of the Wyld - Nicholas Eames
Babel - RF Kuang

Series:
Fallen Gods - Hannah Kaner
Bloodsworn Saga - John Gwynne
Green Bone Saga - Fonda Lee

Fantasy, Romantasy, Grimdark, or Sci-Fi?

Screenshot of a Twitch drop at 86% completion

Gotta love when Twitch crashes on you and you don't notice because you're working...

GG 🥲

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Screenshot of a lost TikTok streak of 338 days

I know it's completely ridiculous, but I am genuinely so mad and upset about it this.

Especially since it makes no sense how it even happened!

So close to a full-year streak on TikTok 😭😭😭

I see grocery/takeout shaming discourse going around again, so this is your periodic historian reminder that cooking from scratch daily while working has never been sustainable, and for millennia everyone either relied on takeout & restaurants or ate in huge households w/ big dorm-like group dining.

I am so exhausted of people not communicating clearly what they want.

I have spent over 30 years doing the emotional work of people seemingly unwilling to explain their wants plainly.

Either say clearly what you want, or stew in your feelings.

I am done.