@mratliff.bsky.social
Just a chronically online person trying out all the websites that exist, pretty much full time.
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Curious about a short, dystopian album never to be on streaming sites? Get THE ESCAPE TEAM right now for FREE at www.TMBGshop.com. This album is our gift to you. Please share this and help us spread the word!
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They Might Be Giants - Jackie The Clipper (Official Video)
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November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Curious about a short, dystopian album never to be on streaming sites? Get THE ESCAPE TEAM right now for FREE at www.TMBGshop.com. This album is our gift to you. Please share this and help us spread the word!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q54C...
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This entire thread is a great read. I'm not a published writer, but as someone who attempted their dream career and had to leave it behind, I think there's a lot in this for all of us.
But this particular one is what is most important to me. "The world will always need more stories."
But this particular one is what is most important to me. "The world will always need more stories."
Art is an act of hope. Writing is an act of rebellion. The world will always need more stories--from real human beings, not bullshit plagiarism machines. Every book is a love story from the author, and every reader is fighting the war against cruelty, ignorance, and hopelessness. We are fighting.
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This entire thread is a great read. I'm not a published writer, but as someone who attempted their dream career and had to leave it behind, I think there's a lot in this for all of us.
But this particular one is what is most important to me. "The world will always need more stories."
But this particular one is what is most important to me. "The world will always need more stories."
20 years ago, I said I would never DM a TTRPG again. I have good reasons, my style of creativity doesn't mesh with what makes a DM great.
But um...I may have just agreed to do a #CandelaObscura one-shot so our forever DM can actually play for once. 😱
But um...I may have just agreed to do a #CandelaObscura one-shot so our forever DM can actually play for once. 😱
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
20 years ago, I said I would never DM a TTRPG again. I have good reasons, my style of creativity doesn't mesh with what makes a DM great.
But um...I may have just agreed to do a #CandelaObscura one-shot so our forever DM can actually play for once. 😱
But um...I may have just agreed to do a #CandelaObscura one-shot so our forever DM can actually play for once. 😱
"I miss three or four of the people I used to be."
-Taliesin Jaffe
Finally watching the first episode of Weird Kids after months of the husband telling me this was exactly the kind of thing I would like. He is correct.
-Taliesin Jaffe
Finally watching the first episode of Weird Kids after months of the husband telling me this was exactly the kind of thing I would like. He is correct.
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"I miss three or four of the people I used to be."
-Taliesin Jaffe
Finally watching the first episode of Weird Kids after months of the husband telling me this was exactly the kind of thing I would like. He is correct.
-Taliesin Jaffe
Finally watching the first episode of Weird Kids after months of the husband telling me this was exactly the kind of thing I would like. He is correct.
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
As always I'm unfashionably late to the party, but we watched K-Pop Demon Hunters last night and yeah it's as good as everybody says.
I'll spare you all from all my rambling thoughts about it but I do think other filmmakers need to take note of it being the perfect blueprint for modern musicals.
I'll spare you all from all my rambling thoughts about it but I do think other filmmakers need to take note of it being the perfect blueprint for modern musicals.
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
As always I'm unfashionably late to the party, but we watched K-Pop Demon Hunters last night and yeah it's as good as everybody says.
I'll spare you all from all my rambling thoughts about it but I do think other filmmakers need to take note of it being the perfect blueprint for modern musicals.
I'll spare you all from all my rambling thoughts about it but I do think other filmmakers need to take note of it being the perfect blueprint for modern musicals.
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I know a lot of people are already spreading this info, but hoping to spread it a little further: donating to a food bank, food pantry, or food distribution mutual aid group is really important right now, as TFG and the fucking GOP are shutting down snap benefits on November 1. I'll link to a few
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I know a lot of people are already spreading this info, but hoping to spread it a little further: donating to a food bank, food pantry, or food distribution mutual aid group is really important right now, as TFG and the fucking GOP are shutting down snap benefits on November 1. I'll link to a few
This is incredibly true for how we travel, which is why I'm a huge fan of my e-bike.
There are so many benefits to bike travel. More cities and localities need to look at how they can make small changes to better support bikes.
There are so many benefits to bike travel. More cities and localities need to look at how they can make small changes to better support bikes.
A 2021 study from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics showed that 52% of all trips in the U.S. were less than three miles. 28% of trips were less than one mile. With slight tweaks, many of those trips could be done on bikes, e-bikes and other light electric vehicles, and walking.
I'm tempted to listen because I've yet to read an argument about "car addiction" that factors in that the continental United States covers 3.7 million square miles.
October 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is incredibly true for how we travel, which is why I'm a huge fan of my e-bike.
There are so many benefits to bike travel. More cities and localities need to look at how they can make small changes to better support bikes.
There are so many benefits to bike travel. More cities and localities need to look at how they can make small changes to better support bikes.
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We Have at least 70? years of science fiction exploring this proposition and all reaching the same conclusions as Josie.
Which I only bring up because everyone involved in this AI thing is a science fiction fan, but not one who understands what they read.
Which I only bring up because everyone involved in this AI thing is a science fiction fan, but not one who understands what they read.
It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends
October 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We Have at least 70? years of science fiction exploring this proposition and all reaching the same conclusions as Josie.
Which I only bring up because everyone involved in this AI thing is a science fiction fan, but not one who understands what they read.
Which I only bring up because everyone involved in this AI thing is a science fiction fan, but not one who understands what they read.
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Lot of blatant and very funny pareidolia in the AI space. I no longer wonder why early humans thought every tree that had cankers in the shape of a smily face must be a god
October 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Lot of blatant and very funny pareidolia in the AI space. I no longer wonder why early humans thought every tree that had cankers in the shape of a smily face must be a god
@drawfeeshow.com Next time you want an easy day playing casual online games, you would probably love Chronophoto - www.chronophoto.app
Chronophoto
Play the online game that tests your knowledge of pop culture and history. Try to guess the year a picture was taken.
www.chronophoto.app
October 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
@drawfeeshow.com Next time you want an easy day playing casual online games, you would probably love Chronophoto - www.chronophoto.app
We played our first session of Daggerheart tonight, and as someone who has never played a TTRPG aside from D&D, this is very different but also very fun.
Actually rolling D12s being the main difference, lol.
Actually rolling D12s being the main difference, lol.
September 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We played our first session of Daggerheart tonight, and as someone who has never played a TTRPG aside from D&D, this is very different but also very fun.
Actually rolling D12s being the main difference, lol.
Actually rolling D12s being the main difference, lol.
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Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
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Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
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August 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
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Always happy for a chance to say: I read every real study on the impact of bike lanes on street-level retail. They never hurt. They often help. Sometimes they help a lot:
www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-g...
www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-g...
August 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Always happy for a chance to say: I read every real study on the impact of bike lanes on street-level retail. They never hurt. They often help. Sometimes they help a lot:
www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-g...
www.businessinsider.com/bike-lanes-g...
For Introductions Necessary, I spent hours researching how to properly pronounce the names of the #WomenInSTEM that we featured. I'm lucky to have friends who speak many languages to help me out, but hearing a name from the person is best. If you know someone w/a Wikipedia page send them this link!
This is one of the reasons I started a project to ask people with Wikipedia articles to record themselves pronouncing their names
Wikipedia:Voice intro project - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
For Introductions Necessary, I spent hours researching how to properly pronounce the names of the #WomenInSTEM that we featured. I'm lucky to have friends who speak many languages to help me out, but hearing a name from the person is best. If you know someone w/a Wikipedia page send them this link!
I mentioned weeks ago that I use tarot cards for journaling prompts.
Today's prompt: the Seven of Swords from the Dark Wood Tarot, with art by @abigaillarson.com
This made me write about why I need to learn to pick my battles and stop letting other people's issues become my own.
Today's prompt: the Seven of Swords from the Dark Wood Tarot, with art by @abigaillarson.com
This made me write about why I need to learn to pick my battles and stop letting other people's issues become my own.
August 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I mentioned weeks ago that I use tarot cards for journaling prompts.
Today's prompt: the Seven of Swords from the Dark Wood Tarot, with art by @abigaillarson.com
This made me write about why I need to learn to pick my battles and stop letting other people's issues become my own.
Today's prompt: the Seven of Swords from the Dark Wood Tarot, with art by @abigaillarson.com
This made me write about why I need to learn to pick my battles and stop letting other people's issues become my own.
I do enjoy amusement parks, I really do. But in 2025 having either no posted wait times or grossly inaccurate ones is kind of silly. I just want to know how long I'll be waiting. App said 15 minutes. I got in line 20 min ago and I'm not even halfway.
August 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I do enjoy amusement parks, I really do. But in 2025 having either no posted wait times or grossly inaccurate ones is kind of silly. I just want to know how long I'll be waiting. App said 15 minutes. I got in line 20 min ago and I'm not even halfway.
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In case any of my fellow creatives also needed this reminder:
November 16, 2024 at 1:12 AM
In case any of my fellow creatives also needed this reminder:
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So...I wrote a release day blog post (finally) and uh, it might not be what you were expecting but I'm kind of Going Through It over here right now, so here goes nothing. www.cheriepriest.com/blog/getting...
Getting Naked on Main: It Was Her House First — The Haunt*
I’m not gonna lie: I’ve been putting this off. It’s not like I didn’t know I had a book coming out today, and it’s not that I had better things to do with my time than tell you, the reading public, ab...
www.cheriepriest.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
So...I wrote a release day blog post (finally) and uh, it might not be what you were expecting but I'm kind of Going Through It over here right now, so here goes nothing. www.cheriepriest.com/blog/getting...
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"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" yeah well I asked my friend Joe, I asked my friend Jake, they said it was fhqwhgads
“I asked ChatGPT” “I asked Grok” well I asked Harley Cameron and then she pulled out a puppet of me and the puppet asked my question back in a mocking tone
“i asked chatgpt” “i asked grok” well i asked hangman adam page and he called me a dumbass
July 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" yeah well I asked my friend Joe, I asked my friend Jake, they said it was fhqwhgads
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WATCH: Here's how Stephen Colbert addresses the news of The Late Show's cancellation in tonight's cold open. (Full story: latenighter.com/news/cbs-can...)
July 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
WATCH: Here's how Stephen Colbert addresses the news of The Late Show's cancellation in tonight's cold open. (Full story: latenighter.com/news/cbs-can...)
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PREPARE FOR LIFTOFF GASTRONAUTS!!!!!!
Houston, we have a second season! 🚀🍔☀️
Gastronauts is BACK for season 2, premiering August 15th only on @dropout.tv - with host @jordanmyr1ck.bsky.social, dozens of professional chefs, and some not-professional judges to give them the most unhinged cooking challenges imaginable 🧑🍳
Gastronauts is BACK for season 2, premiering August 15th only on @dropout.tv - with host @jordanmyr1ck.bsky.social, dozens of professional chefs, and some not-professional judges to give them the most unhinged cooking challenges imaginable 🧑🍳
July 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
PREPARE FOR LIFTOFF GASTRONAUTS!!!!!!
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Deeply uninterested in hearing about what any AI has to say in response to any question, it’s like getting a parrot’s opinion but not fun because the parrot has the funny high-pitched voice and says things so quickly
July 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Deeply uninterested in hearing about what any AI has to say in response to any question, it’s like getting a parrot’s opinion but not fun because the parrot has the funny high-pitched voice and says things so quickly
Today's most important task: remember how to website.
Mostly because I want to actually code something and not just rely on a CMS. You want to get bored really fast, ask me why I hate most CMS.
Mostly because I want to actually code something and not just rely on a CMS. You want to get bored really fast, ask me why I hate most CMS.
July 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Today's most important task: remember how to website.
Mostly because I want to actually code something and not just rely on a CMS. You want to get bored really fast, ask me why I hate most CMS.
Mostly because I want to actually code something and not just rely on a CMS. You want to get bored really fast, ask me why I hate most CMS.
I'm starting to feel like I'm going to have to start a commentary YouTube channel just to have somewhere to talk about MurderBot.
July 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I'm starting to feel like I'm going to have to start a commentary YouTube channel just to have somewhere to talk about MurderBot.