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World building fails and collapses under the weight of too many theories, too many imported ideas. World building is an emotional response to the engine of your imagination as much as an intellectual response. Make yourself continually in service to your world by actually building it and feeling it.
December 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
World building fails and collapses under the weight of too many theories, too many imported ideas. World building is an emotional response to the engine of your imagination as much as an intellectual response. Make yourself continually in service to your world by actually building it and feeling it.
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You do not become a world builder by reading everything everyone else has to say about world building. You do it by the actual act of creating, the continuous and dedicated practice of the skill. You fail, you learn, you create again. This is what makes you a world builder.
December 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
You do not become a world builder by reading everything everyone else has to say about world building. You do it by the actual act of creating, the continuous and dedicated practice of the skill. You fail, you learn, you create again. This is what makes you a world builder.
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On the 3rd day of Xmas 😎
December 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
On the 3rd day of Xmas 😎
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Maybe I am...
December 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Maybe I am...
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“That money is but a psalm in the Bible of my bitterness, you fucking child” is one of the greatest lines in film history
“Wake Up, Dead Man,” is phenomonal
“Wake Up, Dead Man,” is phenomonal
December 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
“That money is but a psalm in the Bible of my bitterness, you fucking child” is one of the greatest lines in film history
“Wake Up, Dead Man,” is phenomonal
“Wake Up, Dead Man,” is phenomonal
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Tonight the December Comfort Watches gets nostalgic with Pleasantville, a movie which ironically shows how nostalgia isn't all it's cracked up to be:
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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Seventeen: Pleasantville
Nostalgia is a trap. The people who indulge in it do so with selective memory, either their own or someone else’s. When I was a kid in the 80s, people looked back yearningly at the 50s as a s…
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December 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Tonight the December Comfort Watches gets nostalgic with Pleasantville, a movie which ironically shows how nostalgia isn't all it's cracked up to be:
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AI FUCKED UP MY BOOK. The cover art anyway. This is one of my westerns which was secondarily (after its initial edition) sold to a large-print publisher. This is what they did with the cover art. Notice the guy's hands and that sort of pipe fitter's gear he has for a holstered gun & his stupid hat.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 AM
AI FUCKED UP MY BOOK. The cover art anyway. This is one of my westerns which was secondarily (after its initial edition) sold to a large-print publisher. This is what they did with the cover art. Notice the guy's hands and that sort of pipe fitter's gear he has for a holstered gun & his stupid hat.
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"News deserts" after the collapse of the Fourth Estate
*Stuff happens, but there's nobody left who is willing or able to make those occurrences into "news"
*Stuff happens, but there's nobody left who is willing or able to make those occurrences into "news"
It's shocking, but also not shocking that major news networks haven't done much reporting on the flooding happening right now in the PNW. We have another massive storm coming tomorrow, so power/drainage issues will only get worse. We're lucky to live in a high ground area.
December 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
"News deserts" after the collapse of the Fourth Estate
*Stuff happens, but there's nobody left who is willing or able to make those occurrences into "news"
*Stuff happens, but there's nobody left who is willing or able to make those occurrences into "news"
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Just under 78 hours to the winter solstice, and the sun rose today at 0841 and sets at 1538, giving 6 hours and 57 minutes of (snort) "daylight".
I love a lot of things about Edinburgh, but not that.
I love a lot of things about Edinburgh, but not that.
December 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Just under 78 hours to the winter solstice, and the sun rose today at 0841 and sets at 1538, giving 6 hours and 57 minutes of (snort) "daylight".
I love a lot of things about Edinburgh, but not that.
I love a lot of things about Edinburgh, but not that.
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I miss the days when a big-time poet like Virgil could name an entire poem--the "Georgics"--after some guy he knew who sat at the end of the bar and didn't talk much but always bought a round for everyone when it was his turn.
I'd like a poem named after me--the "Jessics." Might be nice.
I'd like a poem named after me--the "Jessics." Might be nice.
December 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I miss the days when a big-time poet like Virgil could name an entire poem--the "Georgics"--after some guy he knew who sat at the end of the bar and didn't talk much but always bought a round for everyone when it was his turn.
I'd like a poem named after me--the "Jessics." Might be nice.
I'd like a poem named after me--the "Jessics." Might be nice.
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Cetus42's previous short film "Postman Above the Clouds" >> www.catsuka.com/news/2023-08...
December 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Cetus42's previous short film "Postman Above the Clouds" >> www.catsuka.com/news/2023-08...
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"Chasing Whales in the Clouds Sea", a new (3D) 4-min short film by Cetus42, in the same universe than his "Postman Above the Clouds" previous (2D) short.
I find it interesting to observe how indie Chinese artists develop personal IPs in both 2D and 3D.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFWZ...
I find it interesting to observe how indie Chinese artists develop personal IPs in both 2D and 3D.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFWZ...
December 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"Chasing Whales in the Clouds Sea", a new (3D) 4-min short film by Cetus42, in the same universe than his "Postman Above the Clouds" previous (2D) short.
I find it interesting to observe how indie Chinese artists develop personal IPs in both 2D and 3D.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFWZ...
I find it interesting to observe how indie Chinese artists develop personal IPs in both 2D and 3D.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFWZ...
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Why do these articles never ask the basic question of "does the president have the power to do that?" because the answer is obviously and clearly no.
Exclusive: In his address to the nation tonight, Donald Trump is considering announcing onetime bonus checks of $1,776 for many military members, Ashley Parker and Nancy A. Youssef report.
$1,776 Checks for the Military
The president is considering bonuses for many service members.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Why do these articles never ask the basic question of "does the president have the power to do that?" because the answer is obviously and clearly no.
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I just cleared out two six weeks of email, much of it starting with I AM SO SORRY THIS EMAIL IS LATE
December 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I just cleared out two six weeks of email, much of it starting with I AM SO SORRY THIS EMAIL IS LATE
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The anti-Susan pamphleteering outside the house is also a difficulty their marriage has to work through.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The anti-Susan pamphleteering outside the house is also a difficulty their marriage has to work through.
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On one hand, this is a shocking upheaval of broadcast norms. On the other hand, I was watching YouTube less than an hour ago, but I can't tell you the last time I watched anything on our local ABC affiliate.
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Oscars Bolts From ABC to YouTube Starting in 2029
The world's highest-profile and most watched awards show, which has aired on ABC since 1976, will be moving to a streaming-only platform starting as part of a deal that also includes red carpet covera...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
On one hand, this is a shocking upheaval of broadcast norms. On the other hand, I was watching YouTube less than an hour ago, but I can't tell you the last time I watched anything on our local ABC affiliate.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
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Goodnight from Weychester Cathedral, where Robert Ting has finished his stint as Boy Bishop. Goodnight from Judy Bliss, celebrating her election as Ashcourt’s Mock Mayor on a ruckus reversal platform of male shaming, economic fairness and ghost reparations. Goodnight from Hookland.
December 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Goodnight from Weychester Cathedral, where Robert Ting has finished his stint as Boy Bishop. Goodnight from Judy Bliss, celebrating her election as Ashcourt’s Mock Mayor on a ruckus reversal platform of male shaming, economic fairness and ghost reparations. Goodnight from Hookland.
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The struggle is real and constant
me talking to friends and mentees: just SAY NO to all these unnecessary distractions and other people's projects! focus on your own book, prioritise yourself!
me every time I'm invited to contribute to conferences, edited books, talks, random events of all kinds:
me every time I'm invited to contribute to conferences, edited books, talks, random events of all kinds:
an older man is holding a ring in his hand and asking why shouldn 't i .
Alt: Bilbo Baggins holding a ring in his hand and asking why shouldn 't i .
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December 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The struggle is real and constant
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Paul McCartney has the opportunity to do the most awesome thing ever
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Höfner Files for Bankruptcy in Germany, Putting Iconic Violin Bass Maker in Limbo
Höfner, the iconic maker of the Violin Bass popularized by Paul McCartney, has filed for insolvency in Germany as court-appointed administrators seek solutions.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Paul McCartney has the opportunity to do the most awesome thing ever
www.notreble.com/buzz/2025/12...
www.notreble.com/buzz/2025/12...
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Old Man's War options paid for Athena's college education and, uhhhhh, the church
Christopher Moore has joked about how many of his books have been optioned while never getting developed. Something about how you might make more money from renewed options than you'd end up making from a film.
December 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Old Man's War options paid for Athena's college education and, uhhhhh, the church
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don't you judge me
December 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
don't you judge me
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It's been my personal anecdotal experience that people who have gone no contact with a parent usually have done so for good reason, and that re-establishing contact on the parent's terms would do both parties more harm than good.
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Who Can Imagine Why Anyone Would Want To Cut This Lovely Mom Out Of Her Life? | Defector
Laura Wellington is estranged from one of her adult daughters. The Connecticut 59-year-old is somewhat famous for this, in fact, or anyway famous for her response to it. Across Tiktok and Instagram, u...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
It's been my personal anecdotal experience that people who have gone no contact with a parent usually have done so for good reason, and that re-establishing contact on the parent's terms would do both parties more harm than good.
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