Laura Lauda

Oh, I love these!

A series of photographs showing a translucent creature with faux ribcage like interior and panda style "head"

Today I've discovered an animal called "Skeleton panda sea squirt" exists. A sessile, filter feeding tunicat.

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I am instructing myself *not* to dive into rabbit holes tonight. pantheon.org #myth #mythology #folklore

inside a room in a sickly yellow brown house, the walls feel almost organic, waxy or fleshy. there is one window high on a far wall. there is a man in the house and he is screaming, his face is pallid and dead.

coming home in the dark

I listened to it. What a fun book. The goblins are the best.

Ran across this breathing mass of fur on my daily walk. I think it’s a cat. I considered poking it but decided to err on the side of potentially not getting bit.

He printed so much stuff with the first printer. I have mini animals littering my desk. He said all he did is sleep, eat, work, play video games, and print stuff. I think he got burned out, lol. Sucks for me as he was my supply. I should go poke him and get him motivated again.

Ah that’s why your home printed minis look so good, well that, and you did a great paint job. My friend recently bought a resin printer but hasn’t mastered it yet. I think he said something about it printing amorphous blobs. 😂

A friend of mine has printed a few minis for me to paint but I find the surface is lined so much it’s difficult to get detailed. You must have a better printer than him. 😊

Anyone who plays in person D&D know of a good app to record and summarize games? There’s lots of new AI software like copilot but everything I’ve found all seems like it’s only for online meetings like zoom. #dnd

Nice! Where do you get your minis? I’m starting to paint but still working on technique.

Cyborgs becoming reality. Eventually our dishwashers will be run by brain organoids. www.npr.org/sections/hea...

Haven't been on here much lately, been underwater with work and a DIY bathroom remodel. Someone please remind me that demo-ing a bathroom and laying new penny tile takes 10x longer than I think it will next time I decide to do a DIY home project.

These are amazing. What did you use to get those photos?

As a woman in tech for the last 25 years, I have dealt a lot of crap from men in the space. And when I’m finally feeling like women are maybe making up an inch of ground, dudes go and do this. Come on guys. You can do better.

Darkling beetle in a hole in a kiva at Mesa Verde Balcony House.

Is this a nice cover or what? Excited to see this book in print. It’s been a while coming for Thomas to get this released. #writingcommuntiy

That is a kick ass cover. Exactly what I would think Mercedes would look like. And how she would sit. Very nice.

Your tattoos are amazing. Those bird wings are kick ass.

Booze flavored tea is an affront to all that is right in the universe.

A bagworm casing, made from chewed up leaves and twigs. Some of the twigs in it have thorns

Bagworms can upgrade their armor with thorn twigs to deal 1d4 damage whenever an enemy succeeds in a melee attack roll against them

What? No. You are obviously not a woman.

I edited this book coming out this fall. So excited to see it in print. Space opera, vengeance, plot twists, alien races. @thomaswrightson.bsky.social crafted a fabulous world and characters.

Bass face.

Bass face anyone? 😂 Always cracks me up when I see myself playing.

This is a good point.

There’s a fungus Friday? Well…not a great photo, but it was hot that day and I wanted to get home.

Being a creative is really bad right now and getting worse.

Not this week. No fun here. Just bugs and fires.

I just yanked the offending one off the ceiling in a fit of annoyance. It would go off every time I showered with the bathroom door open. I have others, I suppose they aren’t as sensitive.

Interesting blog post from Kevin Hearne on book tours and their profitability (or lack thereof) but why we still need to do them and support them. (BTW if you haven’t read his stuff, his Iron Druid series is a blast) #writingcommunity