Mishell Baker thankfully
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Author of the Arcadia Project trilogy etc. Terminal cancer, incurable optimist. Currently 18% novelist 45% dungeon master 32% vidyagamer 5% Macbeth's mom
Enjoy life. Be someone you would love. Make things better.
Enjoy life. Be someone you would love. Make things better.
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I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow in the appendix, liver, uterus, ovaries, intestines and spleen.
What I'm saying is now I'm doing a very different kind of adventure.
What I'm saying is now I'm doing a very different kind of adventure.
I am the kind of person who often did things just because they sounded like "living life fully" kind of things.
It turns out dancing on a beach at sunrise is not great. Sand gets awfully cold at night and takes a bit to warm up.
It turns out dancing on a beach at sunrise is not great. Sand gets awfully cold at night and takes a bit to warm up.
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I am the kind of person who often did things just because they sounded like "living life fully" kind of things.
It turns out dancing on a beach at sunrise is not great. Sand gets awfully cold at night and takes a bit to warm up.
It turns out dancing on a beach at sunrise is not great. Sand gets awfully cold at night and takes a bit to warm up.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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If he has an egg on top he’s now a “Madame.”
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If he has an egg on top he’s now a “Madame.”
One thing we can do to stand up for democracy is, if we do get another chance to vote for Senators, to NOT vote for anyone who folded again and again, all the while telling his constituents to stand up and fight.
When it comes to standing up to attacks on our people and our democracy, my advice is this:
Don't try to do everything. Find one thing you can do to mitigate the harms. If everyone does that, we'll get through this.
Don't try to do everything. Find one thing you can do to mitigate the harms. If everyone does that, we'll get through this.
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
One thing we can do to stand up for democracy is, if we do get another chance to vote for Senators, to NOT vote for anyone who folded again and again, all the while telling his constituents to stand up and fight.
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There’s a thread going around about the horrors of teaching first-year English right now, and I fully believe that it’s true in many cases… but if you saw that thread and you’re sad, I just want to say… my students have never been smarter, more engaged, more passionate. I’ve never felt more hopeful.
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
There’s a thread going around about the horrors of teaching first-year English right now, and I fully believe that it’s true in many cases… but if you saw that thread and you’re sad, I just want to say… my students have never been smarter, more engaged, more passionate. I’ve never felt more hopeful.
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youtuber who does old console ROMhacks for a hobby: i made the n64 do raytracing just to see if i could and it does five thousand FPS or something
triple-A game studio: if you're experiencing stuttering on the lowest settings, consider just not being poor? your graphics card is five months old??
triple-A game studio: if you're experiencing stuttering on the lowest settings, consider just not being poor? your graphics card is five months old??
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
youtuber who does old console ROMhacks for a hobby: i made the n64 do raytracing just to see if i could and it does five thousand FPS or something
triple-A game studio: if you're experiencing stuttering on the lowest settings, consider just not being poor? your graphics card is five months old??
triple-A game studio: if you're experiencing stuttering on the lowest settings, consider just not being poor? your graphics card is five months old??
Writing a novel is a weird thing, because it's even a challenge to do BADLY. You can slap paint on a canvas randomly and say "This is a painting!" and it's not technically false.
But you can't just casually slap a hundred thousand handcrafted coherent words together that tell a single story.
But you can't just casually slap a hundred thousand handcrafted coherent words together that tell a single story.
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Writing a novel is a weird thing, because it's even a challenge to do BADLY. You can slap paint on a canvas randomly and say "This is a painting!" and it's not technically false.
But you can't just casually slap a hundred thousand handcrafted coherent words together that tell a single story.
But you can't just casually slap a hundred thousand handcrafted coherent words together that tell a single story.
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Daily thought about writing novels
I’m glad I figured out that I actually make the book great when I revise it. My 1st draft is ideally a joyful race to the end, and to do that, I have to trust myself. But great ideas happen after that too! And they can’t happen until after the 1st draft is done.
I’m glad I figured out that I actually make the book great when I revise it. My 1st draft is ideally a joyful race to the end, and to do that, I have to trust myself. But great ideas happen after that too! And they can’t happen until after the 1st draft is done.
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Daily thought about writing novels
I’m glad I figured out that I actually make the book great when I revise it. My 1st draft is ideally a joyful race to the end, and to do that, I have to trust myself. But great ideas happen after that too! And they can’t happen until after the 1st draft is done.
I’m glad I figured out that I actually make the book great when I revise it. My 1st draft is ideally a joyful race to the end, and to do that, I have to trust myself. But great ideas happen after that too! And they can’t happen until after the 1st draft is done.
I just finished my draft.
128,000 words.
No, *you're* crying.
128,000 words.
No, *you're* crying.
November 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I just finished my draft.
128,000 words.
No, *you're* crying.
128,000 words.
No, *you're* crying.
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R: Do you think Death could possibly be a boat?
G: No, no, no… death is not. Death isn’t. Take my meaning? Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can’t not be on a boat.
R: I’ve frequently not been on boats.
G: No, no… what you’ve been is not on boats.
G: No, no, no… death is not. Death isn’t. Take my meaning? Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can’t not be on a boat.
R: I’ve frequently not been on boats.
G: No, no… what you’ve been is not on boats.
BREAKING: British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for “Shakespeare In Love," dies at 88.
Playwright Tom Stoppard who won Academy Award for screenplay for “Shakespeare In Love" has died
British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love” has died. He was 88.
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
R: Do you think Death could possibly be a boat?
G: No, no, no… death is not. Death isn’t. Take my meaning? Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can’t not be on a boat.
R: I’ve frequently not been on boats.
G: No, no… what you’ve been is not on boats.
G: No, no, no… death is not. Death isn’t. Take my meaning? Death is the ultimate negative. Not-being. You can’t not be on a boat.
R: I’ve frequently not been on boats.
G: No, no… what you’ve been is not on boats.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
One of my favorite games and worlds of all time, and even if you're not already an Eora fan from Pillars of Eternity, the Living Lands as presented here is just such a gorgeous place to explore. Highly recommended for non-text-skipper types. :)
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November 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
One of my favorite games and worlds of all time, and even if you're not already an Eora fan from Pillars of Eternity, the Living Lands as presented here is just such a gorgeous place to explore. Highly recommended for non-text-skipper types. :)
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Here's a gift article of a very interesting look at the problems with the mirror-test which has been held as the gatekeeper for which creatures possess theory of mind. Besides working with Elsie, it makes me think about SF creatures & if they would pass the test.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
The Mirror Test Is Broken
Either fish are self-aware or scientists need to rethink how they study animal cognition.
www.theatlantic.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Here's a gift article of a very interesting look at the problems with the mirror-test which has been held as the gatekeeper for which creatures possess theory of mind. Besides working with Elsie, it makes me think about SF creatures & if they would pass the test.
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
This thread is me sharing how I deal with prioritizing self care when I'm too fatigued or depressed to do self-care but I need to do self-care to stop being fatigued/depressed. Breaking it down to be as simple as possible in case you're on your last brain cell (and therefore most in need of it).
November 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This thread is me sharing how I deal with prioritizing self care when I'm too fatigued or depressed to do self-care but I need to do self-care to stop being fatigued/depressed. Breaking it down to be as simple as possible in case you're on your last brain cell (and therefore most in need of it).
My family doesn't need it atm, so I'd probably donate the full amount to cancer research.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My family doesn't need it atm, so I'd probably donate the full amount to cancer research.
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I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
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Don't assume something is true about any subject here just because someone *sounds* authoritative or reasonable. I'm finding more and more that if you really analyze some posts, on the left, too, they don't make any sense. It's just someone whose been in their own head too long.
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Don't assume something is true about any subject here just because someone *sounds* authoritative or reasonable. I'm finding more and more that if you really analyze some posts, on the left, too, they don't make any sense. It's just someone whose been in their own head too long.
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RIP, word dazzler.
I was introduced to Stoppard at uni when a traveling company performed Hamlet one night, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead the next, & it blew me away. I cannot count how many times I've watched the film. We are all R&G. Thank you, Tom.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
I was introduced to Stoppard at uni when a traveling company performed Hamlet one night, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead the next, & it blew me away. I cannot count how many times I've watched the film. We are all R&G. Thank you, Tom.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
RIP, word dazzler.
I was introduced to Stoppard at uni when a traveling company performed Hamlet one night, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead the next, & it blew me away. I cannot count how many times I've watched the film. We are all R&G. Thank you, Tom.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
I was introduced to Stoppard at uni when a traveling company performed Hamlet one night, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead the next, & it blew me away. I cannot count how many times I've watched the film. We are all R&G. Thank you, Tom.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
Kick both mother and child out of my house and never call the mother again. And she better not call me unless she wants to hear why.
This is your friend's child in your house and his mother says"leave him,he will cry if you stop him". What will you do?
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Kick both mother and child out of my house and never call the mother again. And she better not call me unless she wants to hear why.
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Sage advice. I'm still learning.
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Sage advice. I'm still learning.
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All 25 James Bond Movies Are Heading to a Free Streaming Home for the First Time Ever
For the first time ever, Pluto TV is streaming all 25 official James Bond films on its 007 channels and on demand. Read on for more details.
collider.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Coming this Monday: collider.com/james-bond-a...
Important: What is your favorite Pat Benatar song?
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Important: What is your favorite Pat Benatar song?
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“It’s winter! The time has changed! Admit it!” screams the lonely tree with changing leaves in sunny Los Angeles
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“It’s winter! The time has changed! Admit it!” screams the lonely tree with changing leaves in sunny Los Angeles
This entire thread is devastating. I think the feedback loop between general societal mental decay and genAI is a similar process here to what I go through physically on chemo - I'll explain a bit more downthread.
Admin are continually pressuring us to make the course "more accessible," by which they mean "devastatingly easy to complete," but it's not about access. Many students refuse to read or write in any capacity that isn't tech-aided, no matter how simple the assignment, no matter how process-based.
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This entire thread is devastating. I think the feedback loop between general societal mental decay and genAI is a similar process here to what I go through physically on chemo - I'll explain a bit more downthread.