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Yeah that’s racism

a blonde woman is saying `` nice try jan '' while looking at the camera . Alt: Marsha Brady saying nice try Jan

"I'm leaving Meta. They're so toxic and awful. I couldn't possibly support a company like that. Anyway, if you want to get updates about my books or send me money, you can follow me on Substack."

Sharing my Final Fantasy rankings and really wanna know y’all’s:

Favorite, mainline: FFVIII

Favorite, franchise: FF Tactics

Best from creative/directorial standpoint point: FFX

Massively underrated: Dissidia Duodecim

Best mobile: Mobius FF

Most played: FFXIV (by several thousand hours)

A copy of Katabasis by RF Kuang. The cover depicts two academics descending a spiral of Penrose stairs.

It’s here; it’s here!! #rfkuang #katabasis

Happy birthday!!

The female gaze is not just the male gaze but with an Uno-reverse-card, despite social media trends calling whatever male celebrity of the week a treat for the female gaze. The female gaze was meant to be a framework to deconstruct not just who is the spectator, but who is the maker, and subject.

I see bsky has reached the same critical mass as tw*tter where we have the same conversations where the popular conception of “gaze” in media is still presumed to be whatever a gender would consider attractive/pleasurable instead of understanding gaze as a framework to discuss objects and subjects.

I've had enough of assholes talking about Englishness. So here's what Englishness means to me, as someone with a Cambridge degree in early medieval history. You know, that period when we invented England. (1/12)

Episode Swap: Waiting For October Hi Nay · Episode

We featured WAITING FOR OCTOBER on the Hi Nay podcast feed!

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Happy to show off our friends at Monkeyman Productions! Their fantastic work needs more ears on it.

#audiodrama

Ok well this entirely blew my mind 😟

I had no idea we weren't still teaching phonics to kids--this article is a wild ride. If you're a nerd for reading, I suggest you gird your heart with a blanket or cup of tea before diving in.

This episode introduces Mama Bang Bang from @tauz.bsky.social's brilliant show #Caravan in a cameo role that is beyond juicy. So hyped with how this one came out!

Donate to Supporting Hope and Treatment Access for Travis, organized by Lisa Vallero Butterfield Dear kind-hearted loved ones, colleagues + supporters, I’… Lisa Vallero Butterfield needs your support for Supporting Hope and Treatment Access for Travis

Travis made the stellar soundtrack for CARAVAN season 1 and works on many, many of your favorite shows. Please consider helping our dear friend through a diagnosis of a high grade aggressive form of brain cancer. gofund.me/284011d1

If you've listened to @redracula.bsky.social, VALENCE, CARAVAN, or 20 Sided Stories, you've heard Travis' work. Audio drama folks, let's support a member of our community during a really rough time.

Donate to Supporting Hope and Treatment Access for Travis, organized by Lisa Vallero Butterfield Dear kind-hearted loved ones, colleagues + supporters, I’… Lisa Vallero Butterfield needs your support for Supporting Hope and Treatment Access for Travis

A friend of mine is fighting aggressive brain cancer. He needs funds to seek the best treatment. Can you help him and his family out? gofund.me/2debf772

do u like audio drama? Caravan by @tauz.bsky.social ! v gay vvv gay

I heard the same dev team was also working on Pope XVI and quality was significantly diminished as XIV was neglected.

Jiggly Caliente promo shot from Drag Race All Stars

I’ve been crying all morning. I’m bereft. Jiggly Caliente was an absolute goddamn icon. No one else like her has ever really graced the TV screen again. She legitimately shaped the trajectory of the show + the culture. I’m missing her terribly. May we always call you Jiggly.

Got a $98 bill from my dentist with no explanation — I called and asked why I’m being billed and they were like, “uh, we don’t know, we’ll just have it canceled…” Ah the health industry! So much of it relies upon people being too exhausted to push back.

While we’re on the subject of skyrocketing egg prices let’s talk about Cadbury crème eggs being $7 for a box of 4?!???!

Garcelle Beauvais Exits ‘The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills’ After 5 Seasons: “Andy Cohen Says I Can Come Back Anytime” Garcelle Beauvais is leaving The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills after five seasons.

Garcelle will ALWAYS be that girl. Happy for her she’s leaving on her own terms. This show did her so dirty. And I predict they will turn on Boz too—a dark age for RHOBH is on its way, and honestly I may not even tune in. Poor Sutton should jump ship too. deadline.com/2025/03/garc...

Anna Torv and Sam Reid in The Newsreader

If you have any passing interest about what I’m into these days, lemme put you on to THE NEWSREADER! Mandatory viewing. It’s like The Newsroom but in the 80s, queer, and without all the Sorkinisms. Legit the best TV I’ve watched since Interview with the Vampire (incidentally also starring Sam Reid).

Headline: South Caroline plans to carry out a firing squad execution. Is it safe for witnesses?

NPR staying in its absolute flop era with these headlines that sound like they came from the NYT Opinion satire bot.

It’s the Best Best Writing

Gavin Newsom reclining and pretending to read Beloved, To Kill A Mockingbird, and 1984.

Many people have written about how the “trans people in sports” debate is an intentional obfuscation to move the Overton window away from conversations about people’s material conditions, but we also must note that the people pushing this debate advertise having…the reading list of an 8th grader.

Oh the pressures of having to be irresistibly charming and hilarious at all times to all medical workers to get good treatment 😭🤷🏼‍♀️

Terrible news: my friend was looking for suggestions of retro video games to record vgm vocal covers to and I was wondering, are there many retro games with vocal tracks in them? And anyway that was when I realized—and now you can too—that Kingdom Hearts is retro now.

G is The Goblet Wire!

Surreal microfiction. The Goblet Wire is a secretive role playing game, played by phone. Players call a switchboard, and after the Operator has confirmed their identity, they’re then connected to the Dictator, who creates the dream-like realities in which the game is played.

I know the material reasons for the rise of fascism. I also think another reason - which doesn’t get talked about as much because it’s embarrassing that humans can be that naive - is that when you are financially comfortable but bored, abstract cruelty can give you a sense of purpose.

I know people are still discovering the joy of audiobooks as this supposed new frontier but they’re not SO new that this shouldn’t be standard procedure; come on now…

Dear authors and publishing houses: if your audiobook has multiple narrators PLEASE credit all of them and note which roles/chapters they narrate! Not just one!! Or not just a list of names without whom they read!!