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the fact that fibromyalgia is so under-researched is actually crazy to me, weird mystery pain disorder (family) where ppl have rheumatic pain that is unobservable from the outside but definitely real?? that sounds like the most interesting medical thing to research ever

I just witnessed two dragonflies having sex while flying over a busy street, their flight path dropping and ascending, narrowly missing the speeding cars as they clung to each other in ecstasy. Man. They know how to live.

I've made an effort this year to remove myself from the irl social circles where I felt like a doormat and prioritize people that are actually excited about seeing me and it's done wonders for my mental health!

"3D Workers Island", a short horror story about a screensaver: yes-thread.com/3dwiscr

Also on Itch: mryes.itch.io/3dwiscr

Ending 1.

Fan art of the game Clinical Trial by Homie.
Text are lyrics from the song "Wild Branch Of Rose" by Argyle Goolsby.

man, i should use this account more...

It's Part 3 of the Great Bookmark Clearout! This one is entirely about fonts, scripts, and conscripts. Come read about some cool stuff I found on the internet.

🔖 evegwood.com/blog/posts/2...

@everyone. Discord is trying to sneak in unannounced privacy changes again. A new beta feature called "Shrimp Link" allows shrimps to psionically connect and read your thoughts You have to dig up the new setting and manually opt-out. Go into your User Settings, and uncheck the option under Shrimp Link to opt out. No one was sent a message stating this was happening

@everyone.com

vivllainous My assigned sex at birth was a commodity that was bought and paid for. So when I was feminine as a child and then turned out to be transgender, I was going against the product that was sold. That expectation of masculinity that I had to rebel against all my life was a monetary transaction. A monetary transaction. A MONETARY TRANSACTION. vivllainous How the fuck is this legal.

Vivian Wilson reveals on 2025-03-09 that she was sex-selected prenatally by Elon Musk: "My assigned sex at birth was a commodity that was bought and paid for. So when I was feminine as a child and then turned out to be transgender, I was going against the product that was sold." archive.ph/yyKda

ai art is like being a runner and youre excited for a marathon and youre training and then someone comes up and says 'why not use this new 'car tech' it can drive you to the finish line and youll have run the marathon without that pesky running'. then theyre confused when you say no and run instead

Body Horror + Splatterpunk = BodyPunk.

Featuring @horrorsong.blog, @maxtannerrestaino.bsky.social, @xaviergarcia.bsky.social, @charleneelsby.bsky.social, and @sammytotep.bsky.social. This is an anthology intended to muddy the waters for subgenre purists the world over. YW ❤️

just found out about this body horror anthology through tumblr!

they've met $1k in 12 hours, and it has a name i recognize from slake house.

dust is such a wonderful book... i discovered it at a used bookstore last year. bought based on vibes only, and i was shocked at how much it resonated with me... thank you for writing it :)

Cover art for DUST by Elizabeth Bear, showing a naked white woman with wings embedded in futuristic machinery

Cover art for ANCESTRAL NIGHT by Elizabeth Bear, showing a tiny spaceship zipping past some huge structure in space filled with stars.

Station break: time to pay the bills.

If you would like a science fiction narrative set in a hopeful far-future aftermath to tech bros and religious nuts taking off for space and leaving a blasted Earth behind to pick up the pieces, may I recommend my Jacob's Ladder and White Space books?

I think its fine to have art content you dont enjoy, approve of or want to see, and establishing a personal boundary is healthy

But as anti-porn and anti-art fascism continues to ramp up i think you need to weigh how publicly calling people freaks, degens, weirdos etc is feeding these attitudes

cnc microfic call that noncontent

it was overwhelming & scary but also very heartwarming... it's such a strange thing to be recognized

something happened recently that forced me to reevaluate myself and realize that, maybe, i'm a good writer. i think i can exist in the world now. :)

An illustration of Ayre and 621 from the fromsoft video game armored Core 6. Ayre is an anthropomorphized humanoid woman with a stark white body tinged in red. Her hair is styled into a long ponytail that sparkles with red particles and sparkles. 621 raven is suited up in a pilot suit and is completely obscured with prosthetic legs. The screen in front of them is bathed in red and is covered in warnings.

"Have we... made contact?"

#AC6

i was just sitting there like "huh, everything's shaking. wonder why that is..."

i've been living on an island for nearly ten years and finally felt my first earthquake... slept through all the other ones

earlier a child tried to pick up a sunspot off the carpet... my heart 😭

coworker & i discussing where the concept of hellfire comes from while customers browse peacefully... creating a strange setting today

text from sayaka murata's short story "hatchling"

sayaka murata my beloved...

i'm not a child. i'm a manchild.

dispelling questions about my age by playing pokemon leafgreen on a gameboy advance sp while waiting for my wife at the dentist

so pendulum's immersion is about dissociation, right?

Getting your freaky, fucked-up, queer, messy art out into the world is more important than ever

I think the most important qualities you can have as critic, artist, or art appreciator are curiosity and patience. The more you're willing to try, the more you'll be able to experience, the more interesting your art will be, the better you'll be at understanding why others love what they do.