Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by charlie

MICHAEL HIGHAM

@brazyazn.bsky.social

is 50 first dates a rougelike

February 7, 2026 at 3:55 AM

Reposted by charlie

Peter

@notalawyer.bsky.social

i’m gonna put this in the background of my podcast videos and claim it as a write off

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 3d

if you buy this someone should take the rest of your money and give it away

February 8, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Reposted by charlie

rio

@prismantis.bsky.social

love and blood under the moons and stars #shadowgast #criticalroleart

August 17, 2023 at 12:24 AM

Reposted by charlie

rio

@prismantis.bsky.social

essek getting glam at his evil vanity, featuring peaches #criticalrole

February 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM

Reposted by charlie

Peter

@notalawyer.bsky.social

clip of me talking at length about watches being played at my neurodivergence trial

If Books Could Kill @ifbookspod.bsky.social · 5d

Episode 49: The Millionaire Next Door

In 1996, two marketing professors revealed the characteristics of America's new elite class: They buy the right kind of watch, marry the right kind of wife and were born the right kind of white.

The Millionaire Next Door

Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 02/05/2026 · 1h 11m

podcasts.apple.com

February 5, 2026 at 5:36 PM

Reposted by charlie

Peter

@notalawyer.bsky.social

this episode contains one of my most dominant performances. one pronunciation correction plus a correction when michael very confidently mixes up two actresses

If Books Could Kill @ifbookspod.bsky.social · 12d

This month's bonus episode is about Olivia Nuzzi: her rise to the top of political media, her FaceTime sex with RFK Jr., and her awful new book.

Olivia Nuzzi's "American Canto" | If Books Could Kill

www.patreon.com

January 29, 2026 at 4:24 PM

Reposted by charlie

Nebula

@nebula.tv

The political establishment returns. Watch the S2 premiere NOW on Nebula.

Ben Doyle says, "Have you ever had your prostate simulated?" Lily Du says, "Perhaps with one of your Emmys?" Johnathan Appel says, "My mother is here."

January 29, 2026 at 9:13 PM

charlie

@pevensie.bsky.social

i miss mastodon. we used to awoo together :(

January 20, 2026 at 11:30 PM

Reposted by charlie

Peter

@notalawyer.bsky.social

i think the public-facing message re: ICE needs to be something like “let’s pump the brakes and investigate these bad apples” and then you take power and wipe the whole thing out

January 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM

charlie

@pevensie.bsky.social

once again i am asking you to allow private accounts for those of us in careers where we shouldn't be sharing things that can be searched @bsky.app @support.bsky.team

January 10, 2026 at 5:58 AM

Reposted by charlie

alix e. harrow

@alixeharrow.bsky.social

i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs

January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM

Reposted by charlie

Peter

@notalawyer.bsky.social

tip for parent management: my parents were asking me about chatGPT, and have some friends who love it, and none of my attempts to caution them were as successful as just sending them the Wikipedia page for AI hallucinations

January 8, 2026 at 8:55 PM

Reposted by charlie

zmeess

@zmeess.bsky.social

finally finished a painting i've been cooking in my mind for a few years! shadowgast as The Devil, one of my favorite tarot cards and one of the three cards i associate with their relationship

#CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanArt #shadowgast

a painting of Critical Role characters Essek Thelyss and Caleb Widogast, based on the Rider-Waite Tarot's The Devil. it is styled like a square painting on a vertically oriented tan canvas, with narrow unpainted strips above and below it. a looping leaning script reads "XV" above and "The Devil" below.
Essek is a dark elf with gray-lavender skin and short white hair, dressed in elegant long dark robes and a silvery metal mantle piece, with the breastplate shaped like a beetle's back and long spikes curving off of his shoulders, radiating from his neck.
Caleb is a light-skinned ginger human, with messy chin-length hair and a beard, wearing a gray tunic with a brown leather coat over it, a thick scarf wrapped around his shoulders. his spell book is just slightly visible at his side.
the characters are facing each other, with Essek standing on the left and Caleb on the right. their right hands are raised between them, hovering under and over a floating hourglass that Essek is offering to Caleb; the violet sand in it is equally distributed between the top and the bottom halves and is not flowing down. Essek has his chin raised with a cool expression of confidence, while Caleb is looking at the hourglass with a deeply conflicted face, his eyebrows furrowed and eyes shining. Caleb's left arm down at his side is engulfed in orange flames.
above them is the dodecahedron shape of a Beacon, pale gray and iridescent; the pentagonal plane facing the viewer is oriented with one of the corners pointing straight down. six silvery threads weave around it, intersecting at nine shining points, one thread each passing behind Essek's and Caleb's heads, and one each wrapping loosely around them. their figures, dark purple and brown, illuminated by the faint glow of the hourglass and the flame, are silhouetted against a much lighter gray and overcast light spilling from tall pointed arches behind them.

January 7, 2026 at 7:05 PM

Reposted by charlie

J | trapped in 1403

@rabentanz.bsky.social

Essek ✧･ﾟ:

managed to finish it before the year ends 🫡

[ #art | #criticalrole ]

portrait of essek from critical role/mighty nein

December 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM

Reposted by charlie

adelle k. @ Katsucon A31

@klimtsonian.bsky.social

Last year I had the awesome honor of designing these looks for the Mighty Nein attending Fjord and Jester’s wedding! It was such a blast getting to draw these characters that I’ve loved for years now — and getting to play with so many shades of pink!! 🌸💕

January 1, 2026 at 5:29 PM

Reposted by charlie

Peter

@notalawyer.bsky.social

first as tragedy then as farce. then as farce again. then farce one more time. a little more farce after that. then some farce. and then another farce and more farce after

July 11, 2024 at 6:10 PM

Reposted by charlie

zmeess

@zmeess.bsky.social

some Caleb sketches! bonus Teenleb and Oldleb

#criticalrole #criticalrolefanart #calebwidogast

4 digital shoulders-up sketches of Caleb Widogast from Critical Role, depicting his design throughout his arc. in all of them, he is a human with slightly wavy hair and dense freckles.

in the upper left sketch he has a disheveled beard and slightly greasy hair that goes past his chin and is pushed back out of his eyes; the open collar of his shirt reveals prominent collarbones.

in the bottom left sketch his hair is longer, gathered in a small ponytail, with bangs that frame his forehead and are pushed behind his ears. his face is bare save for a little bit of stubble coming in on his chin and around his mouth.

in the upper right sketch, his hair is even longer, gathered in a higher ponytail; he has a full beard and is wearing a scarf wrapped around the furred collar of his winter coat.

in the last sketch, he looks older, with more wrinkles around his eyes and forehead. his hair is shorter, no longer in a ponytail, and there are streaks of white in his beard and at his temples.

a shoulders-up sketch of Caleb/Bren as an older teen. he has short hair with bangs framing his forehead; his face is fully freckled, and he is smiling and looking at the camera with his chin up.

a shoulders-up sketch of Caleb as an older man. he looks to be in his eighties; he has a prominent widow's peak and his chin length fully white hair is combed back. he has a full beard with the corners of his longer mustache curling slightly up. he is looking at something off-screen and smiling.

July 14, 2024 at 4:08 AM

Reposted by charlie

zmeess

@zmeess.bsky.social

i feel like no amount of labeling and marie kondo-ing their cottage would stop Essek and Caleb's dinner table from becoming a research table as well

#shadowgast #criticalrolefanart

digital fanart of Caleb Widogast and Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, having dinner and a heated discussion at the same time.

Caleb is a light-skinned thin human in his forties; his dark red hair is swept back, and there is a touch of white at his temples and in his full beard. he is dressed in a white shirt, the embroidered collar open and the sleeves rolled up to reveal the regularly spaced long-healed scars on his forearms.

Essek is a young-looking slender drow with dusky lavender skin and shoulder-length white hair, which is curled in a swirl and pinned back neatly. he is dressed in a low-necked black shirt and a dark blue silk robe over it.

they're sitting at a dinner table, cluttered with both food and various books and scrolls. there is a woven bread basket, a peach and a plum lying next to each other, an inkwell with a quill, an open book next to Essek. Caleb is rubbing his jaw pensively with his right hand, pointing at something on a sheet of parchment in front of him with his left index finger, having pushed his half-finished bowl of soup to the side. Essek is sitting close to Caleb, holding a spoon in his left hand over his own bowl of soup and about to bite down on a slice of crusty bread in his right. he is looking at whatever Caleb is pointing at, leaning forward and listening intently. there is a calico cat in his lap, her mischievous face just visible over the edge of the table, and she is trying to swipe some bread crumbs closer to herself with a paw.

the color scheme is warm and bright, as if the room is lit with afternoon sun, and the semi-realistic rendering is done with wide textured strokes.

October 14, 2024 at 5:18 PM

Reposted by charlie

zmeess

@zmeess.bsky.social

it was high time i painted another good old portrait of our favorite fancy guy Essek Thelyss!

#art #CriticalRole #CriticalRoleFanArt #EssekThelyss

digital portrait of Essek Thelyss from Critical Role, looking at the viewer with a barely-there soft smile and keen eyes, his hands folded in front of his chest. he is a young-looking dark elf with light lavender skin and shoulder-length white hair. he has chiseled features with prominent cheekbones and nose, a sharp jawline, thick eyebrows and violet eyes; his upper lip is asymmetric, the right half being noticeably taller than the left. he is wearing sharp teal eyeliner on his lower eyelids. his hair is artfully pinned back, some strands swirling into two small buns and the rest curling onto his shoulders. he is dressed in a thick voluminous black cloak, the sleeves folding at the bend of his elbows, revealing slightly longer straight wide sleeves with dusky mauve embroidery, reminiscent of the internal structure of ammonite shells; these sleeves in turn reveal another pair of long tight sleeves, with denser embroidery. on top of his robes, he is wearing a piece of decorative organic-looking armor consisting of a short breastplate and pauldrons. they are perlescent white, and the ridges and long spikes curving up off of his shoulders are similar to the shapes of conch shells.
the painting utilizes a limited color palette of dusky purples, mauve, grays and pale green.

December 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM

charlie

@pevensie.bsky.social

these all SUCK compared to what i was finally able to accomplish on a better picrew for his skintone that didn't make him look super ashy. this is much closer to my grad student bottle blond freak who became a deadbeat husband. behold

January 2, 2026 at 3:39 AM

Reposted by charlie

Everything Dice

@everythingdice.bsky.social

✨ GIVEAWAY ✨ The final giveaway of the year is… well, what do YOU want it to be? 👀 One winner will select a set of their choosing! Giveaway ends 12/16.

To Enter:
🎁 Follow this account
🎲 Like + repost this post
✨ For an extra entry: What’s the best gift to give your PC?

#dnd #dice #ttrpg