Nyessa
@nyessa.bsky.social
Making tabletop RPGs at http://nyessa.itch.io. They/She
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Eight of Swords ⚔️
December 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Eight of Swords ⚔️
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Free public libraries are right up there on the list of best things we have done as people.
We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
December 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Free public libraries are right up there on the list of best things we have done as people.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Show your red art 🎨
December 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Show your red art 🎨
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Lawmakers and bible thumpers don't want you to understand the people they're demonizing are doing more good for society than they ever would
Tatas for Toys benefit has made it rain $183,000 over the past 14 years.
Strippers Are Now No. 1 Donor of Toys to Children’s Hospital
Rachel Saslow
www.wweek.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Lawmakers and bible thumpers don't want you to understand the people they're demonizing are doing more good for society than they ever would
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"video game mechanics?" Actually, they're called developers.
December 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
"video game mechanics?" Actually, they're called developers.
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the very old raven
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
the very old raven
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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My beautiful art deco lady is finally finished! I added some metallic thread in a few places and despite how much I hate working with it, it came out exactly like I'd hoped on her bodice. #CrossStitch #ArtDeco
December 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
My beautiful art deco lady is finally finished! I added some metallic thread in a few places and despite how much I hate working with it, it came out exactly like I'd hoped on her bodice. #CrossStitch #ArtDeco
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he soived
… and he SERVED ✨
December 6, 2025 at 6:34 AM
he soived
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This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.
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based on how often the naughty teens of major cities throw the rentable scooters directly into the river i've formed a theory that the many iron age swords and cauldrons found in lakes around europe that we've previously assumed were ceremonial and sacrificial in nature were in fact thrown by teens
August 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
based on how often the naughty teens of major cities throw the rentable scooters directly into the river i've formed a theory that the many iron age swords and cauldrons found in lakes around europe that we've previously assumed were ceremonial and sacrificial in nature were in fact thrown by teens
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finally a place to bathe my coats
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
finally a place to bathe my coats
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"In recent history, the Doctor Who actor has repeatedly made headlines thanks to his allyship towards trans and gender non-conforming people – most notably with a subtle gesture during a TV interview that wound up helping to raise £18,000 for the LGBTQ+ youth charity AKT."
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
"In recent history, the Doctor Who actor has repeatedly made headlines thanks to his allyship towards trans and gender non-conforming people – most notably with a subtle gesture during a TV interview that wound up helping to raise £18,000 for the LGBTQ+ youth charity AKT."
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A heartwarming story about Buffy’s Anthony Stewart Head going out of his way for a young trans fan (now poet @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social)
www.thepinknews.com/2019/12/20/a...
www.instagram.com/p/CY9upf5up6...
www.thepinknews.com/2019/12/20/a...
www.instagram.com/p/CY9upf5up6...
November 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A heartwarming story about Buffy’s Anthony Stewart Head going out of his way for a young trans fan (now poet @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social)
www.thepinknews.com/2019/12/20/a...
www.instagram.com/p/CY9upf5up6...
www.thepinknews.com/2019/12/20/a...
www.instagram.com/p/CY9upf5up6...
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
I'd much rather someone who doesn't want to display their face for whatever reason represent themselves with, I dunno, a photo of a weird novelty table lamp they found in a thrift store than some AI nonsense.
By which I mean: make it obvious that it is not you, & that there is no ‘you’ worth perceiving. Represent yourself abstractly. Use a crude drawing as your author photo. Don’t ever claim you’re ‘from’ somewhere. Hell, show us nothing. We’re not owed.
But pretending an AI mockery *is a photo* sucks.
But pretending an AI mockery *is a photo* sucks.
November 30, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I'd much rather someone who doesn't want to display their face for whatever reason represent themselves with, I dunno, a photo of a weird novelty table lamp they found in a thrift store than some AI nonsense.
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By which I mean: make it obvious that it is not you, & that there is no ‘you’ worth perceiving. Represent yourself abstractly. Use a crude drawing as your author photo. Don’t ever claim you’re ‘from’ somewhere. Hell, show us nothing. We’re not owed.
But pretending an AI mockery *is a photo* sucks.
But pretending an AI mockery *is a photo* sucks.
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
By which I mean: make it obvious that it is not you, & that there is no ‘you’ worth perceiving. Represent yourself abstractly. Use a crude drawing as your author photo. Don’t ever claim you’re ‘from’ somewhere. Hell, show us nothing. We’re not owed.
But pretending an AI mockery *is a photo* sucks.
But pretending an AI mockery *is a photo* sucks.
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A thought:
one other complication in the wake of AI faking both faces & words is that a non-zero number of writers want or need anonymity for all kinds of reasons, but do not require AI images on their social media to stand in for them. Embracing a kind of ‘earnest manufacture’ is more just.
one other complication in the wake of AI faking both faces & words is that a non-zero number of writers want or need anonymity for all kinds of reasons, but do not require AI images on their social media to stand in for them. Embracing a kind of ‘earnest manufacture’ is more just.
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A thought:
one other complication in the wake of AI faking both faces & words is that a non-zero number of writers want or need anonymity for all kinds of reasons, but do not require AI images on their social media to stand in for them. Embracing a kind of ‘earnest manufacture’ is more just.
one other complication in the wake of AI faking both faces & words is that a non-zero number of writers want or need anonymity for all kinds of reasons, but do not require AI images on their social media to stand in for them. Embracing a kind of ‘earnest manufacture’ is more just.
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Lol jesus, Liselotte, chill out
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Lol jesus, Liselotte, chill out
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Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
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That people fail to recognize how this has always been and will always be true astonishes me.
on a related note, a crude photoshop or paint job will ALWAYS be funnier than a photorealistic AI generation
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
That people fail to recognize how this has always been and will always be true astonishes me.
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Well, it's after American Thanksgiving. You know what that means:
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Well, it's after American Thanksgiving. You know what that means:
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS
A FULL BARRAGE OF HALLOWEEN ADS! Christmas won't expect an ANTICHRONAL ATTACK on its TIMEWARD FLANK.
I WANNA SEE SKELETONS DANCING IN THE SNOW GODDAMNIT. FILL THOSE BASTARDS SO FULL OF CHRISTMAS SPIRITS THEY'LL RUN FOR THE DOORS