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seren 🦋 they/fae 🦋 bi 🦋 24 🦋 white 🦋 a composer but never composed 🦋
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Shakespearean text is one of the rare texts that actually is easier to comprehend if you hear it (performed well) than if you read it (if you're not skilled in close reading)
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Shakespearean text is one of the rare texts that actually is easier to comprehend if you hear it (performed well) than if you read it (if you're not skilled in close reading)
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Trump carried Bucks county by 274 votes out of 400k in 2024, this dude ran on cancelling the ICE 287(g) contract, so pretty close to an "abolish ICE" platform.
He won against the incumbent by 11 percentage points, or 25,000 votes. Dem strategists are idiots.
He won against the incumbent by 11 percentage points, or 25,000 votes. Dem strategists are idiots.
BREAKING: Dan Ceisler, the new sheriff of Pennsylvania's Bucks County, just announced he has terminated his county's 287(g) contract with ICE.
Ceisler defeated GOP sheriff who'd joined the ICE program in November, & ran on quitting it; we reported then:
Ceisler defeated GOP sheriff who'd joined the ICE program in November, & ran on quitting it; we reported then:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Trump carried Bucks county by 274 votes out of 400k in 2024, this dude ran on cancelling the ICE 287(g) contract, so pretty close to an "abolish ICE" platform.
He won against the incumbent by 11 percentage points, or 25,000 votes. Dem strategists are idiots.
He won against the incumbent by 11 percentage points, or 25,000 votes. Dem strategists are idiots.
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Jesus this is so evil and horrific. I know things are early and developing, but do we know what can be done to support the people in Venezuela? Mutual aid, organizations on the ground, etc?
BREAKING: Trump has ordered airstrikes on sites in Venezuela, including military facilities, U.S. officials confirm - CBS
January 3, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Jesus this is so evil and horrific. I know things are early and developing, but do we know what can be done to support the people in Venezuela? Mutual aid, organizations on the ground, etc?
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lol holy shit
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 2, 2026 at 12:21 AM
lol holy shit
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The other secret is to be really normal at people. Do you know how many people meet someone they are mildly starstruck by and immediately freak the fuck out?
all u gotta do is treat ppl you think are cool and more successful then you like human beings who you can be friends with, because they are!!
all u gotta do is treat ppl you think are cool and more successful then you like human beings who you can be friends with, because they are!!
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The other secret is to be really normal at people. Do you know how many people meet someone they are mildly starstruck by and immediately freak the fuck out?
all u gotta do is treat ppl you think are cool and more successful then you like human beings who you can be friends with, because they are!!
all u gotta do is treat ppl you think are cool and more successful then you like human beings who you can be friends with, because they are!!
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Level one of understanding Hornet's characterisation in "Silksong" is picking up on the fact that she thinks many of the monsters she faces are cute.
Level two is understanding that this appreciation for their cuteness does not in any way diminish her enthusiasm for killing them with chainsaws.
Level two is understanding that this appreciation for their cuteness does not in any way diminish her enthusiasm for killing them with chainsaws.
December 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Level one of understanding Hornet's characterisation in "Silksong" is picking up on the fact that she thinks many of the monsters she faces are cute.
Level two is understanding that this appreciation for their cuteness does not in any way diminish her enthusiasm for killing them with chainsaws.
Level two is understanding that this appreciation for their cuteness does not in any way diminish her enthusiasm for killing them with chainsaws.
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✨ new video! ✨
silksong is a game obsessed with faith. abstractions, literal depictions, corruptions of faith — it's all there. most important though is silksong's faith in its players, and the lengths it goes through to help us find strength within ourselves.
youtu.be/G8MB434ddTk
silksong is a game obsessed with faith. abstractions, literal depictions, corruptions of faith — it's all there. most important though is silksong's faith in its players, and the lengths it goes through to help us find strength within ourselves.
youtu.be/G8MB434ddTk
The Unwavering Faith of Silksong
YouTube video by Wavelengths
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
✨ new video! ✨
silksong is a game obsessed with faith. abstractions, literal depictions, corruptions of faith — it's all there. most important though is silksong's faith in its players, and the lengths it goes through to help us find strength within ourselves.
youtu.be/G8MB434ddTk
silksong is a game obsessed with faith. abstractions, literal depictions, corruptions of faith — it's all there. most important though is silksong's faith in its players, and the lengths it goes through to help us find strength within ourselves.
youtu.be/G8MB434ddTk
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i just want to play games with my friends all the time
December 6, 2025 at 4:52 AM
i just want to play games with my friends all the time
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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The physical edition of my solo game, Psalms for the Undertow, is now available for members of the Dirtgoblin Zine Club! Members get editions that include experimental materials. In this case that's a two player mechanic I'm currently testing, printed on vellum, and a piece of handmade paper (1/2)
November 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The physical edition of my solo game, Psalms for the Undertow, is now available for members of the Dirtgoblin Zine Club! Members get editions that include experimental materials. In this case that's a two player mechanic I'm currently testing, printed on vellum, and a piece of handmade paper (1/2)
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begging people to learn to separate “i like it” with “it’s good.”
i like some things that are objectively crap. you can admit that you do too. it’s fine
i like some things that are objectively crap. you can admit that you do too. it’s fine
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
begging people to learn to separate “i like it” with “it’s good.”
i like some things that are objectively crap. you can admit that you do too. it’s fine
i like some things that are objectively crap. you can admit that you do too. it’s fine
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#SaveSpeech
The call campaign is having an effect! The pressure right now is integral, if you are making calls, PLEASE KEEP CALLING. If you havent called yet or took a break, now is a GREAT time to hop on and add to the pressure!
The call campaign is having an effect! The pressure right now is integral, if you are making calls, PLEASE KEEP CALLING. If you havent called yet or took a break, now is a GREAT time to hop on and add to the pressure!
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#SaveSpeech
The call campaign is having an effect! The pressure right now is integral, if you are making calls, PLEASE KEEP CALLING. If you havent called yet or took a break, now is a GREAT time to hop on and add to the pressure!
The call campaign is having an effect! The pressure right now is integral, if you are making calls, PLEASE KEEP CALLING. If you havent called yet or took a break, now is a GREAT time to hop on and add to the pressure!
28… damn i gotta read more ttrpgs. really fun to be sitting next to copies of two of the ones on this list though (i still havent put away my pax purchases yet lol)
The Guess The TTRPG challenge I brought to PAX Unplugged is now available online! Can you identify one hundred tabletop RPGs featured on @partyofonepodcast.bsky.social?
There's also a link to a spreadsheet with links to every featured game! Have fun :D
www.sporcle.com/games/Wintry...
There's also a link to a spreadsheet with links to every featured game! Have fun :D
www.sporcle.com/games/Wintry...
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
28… damn i gotta read more ttrpgs. really fun to be sitting next to copies of two of the ones on this list though (i still havent put away my pax purchases yet lol)
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Finally finished this move in LEVIATHAN, my in-dev mech pilot game. The Bonding Moves push characters towards moments of healing and intimacy, either emotionally or physically. The one exception is when they're on the brink of death.
To support more #LEVdev, join my Patreon! patreon.com/jeeyonshim
To support more #LEVdev, join my Patreon! patreon.com/jeeyonshim
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Finally finished this move in LEVIATHAN, my in-dev mech pilot game. The Bonding Moves push characters towards moments of healing and intimacy, either emotionally or physically. The one exception is when they're on the brink of death.
To support more #LEVdev, join my Patreon! patreon.com/jeeyonshim
To support more #LEVdev, join my Patreon! patreon.com/jeeyonshim
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Making more progress in early stage dev for LEVIATHAN, today honing the table materials. The most productive, fruitful, and downright fun focus group session so far, home game group remains unbeaten (apologies in advance to @windienine.bsky.social for my usual quality of organization in notetaking)
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Making more progress in early stage dev for LEVIATHAN, today honing the table materials. The most productive, fruitful, and downright fun focus group session so far, home game group remains unbeaten (apologies in advance to @windienine.bsky.social for my usual quality of organization in notetaking)
late reflection but i got to go to pax unplugged for the first time on saturday and i had an incandescently wonderful time! got to meet up with friends both old and new, larp for the first time, and make Completely Considered Financial Decisions on the expo floor.
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
late reflection but i got to go to pax unplugged for the first time on saturday and i had an incandescently wonderful time! got to meet up with friends both old and new, larp for the first time, and make Completely Considered Financial Decisions on the expo floor.
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For all the NYT is doing wrong (a lot), this is the brightest spot of real journalism I’ve seen from the outlet.
This is what every journo should be doing with Roblox and every other platform/company/exec with power.
Getting Baszucki to admit he wants kids gambling on his platform is ace work.
This is what every journo should be doing with Roblox and every other platform/company/exec with power.
Getting Baszucki to admit he wants kids gambling on his platform is ace work.
We asked Roblox's CEO about child safety on the platform. It got tense www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/p...
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
For all the NYT is doing wrong (a lot), this is the brightest spot of real journalism I’ve seen from the outlet.
This is what every journo should be doing with Roblox and every other platform/company/exec with power.
Getting Baszucki to admit he wants kids gambling on his platform is ace work.
This is what every journo should be doing with Roblox and every other platform/company/exec with power.
Getting Baszucki to admit he wants kids gambling on his platform is ace work.
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fair warning: these poems bite back 🌷please continue reading if you experience the following: persistent desire, the urge to give birth to a bird of hell or pick your teeth with an orbitoclast. some also experienced pre-grief for perfect strangers, resentment, reverence, and gender euphoria.
Nailah Mathews • better hands • Print + E-book - Newfound
better hands • Print + E-book Summary Who breaks the cycle, and what does breaking it cost? Winner of the 2023 Anzaldúa Poetry Prize, better hands eulogizes legacies of violence, underscored by a ferv...
newfound.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
fair warning: these poems bite back 🌷please continue reading if you experience the following: persistent desire, the urge to give birth to a bird of hell or pick your teeth with an orbitoclast. some also experienced pre-grief for perfect strangers, resentment, reverence, and gender euphoria.
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My new essay, on Silksong, faith, and the Book of Revelation, is now available on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/jacob...
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
My new essay, on Silksong, faith, and the Book of Revelation, is now available on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/jacob...
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big ol article about me in GQ, if you go in for that sort of thing www.gq.com/story/john-d...
The Story John Darnielle Lived to Tell
When he was a teenager, the Mountain Goats founder never expected to live to 21. He has since become one of this century’s best songwriters. The lessons of his survival, life, and work feel endless.
www.gq.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
big ol article about me in GQ, if you go in for that sort of thing www.gq.com/story/john-d...
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Six years ago, I wrote most of the Tragedian dialogue for Pathologic 2 in iambic pentameter. I'm back now doing the same for Pathologic 3. I figured it was helpful to write a guide on *how* I did it – in case I get hit by a bus and the team has to carry on without me.
azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...
azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...
So You Want to Write Iambic Pentameter
In which I share the dirty secrets of the world's least useful skill
azhdarchid.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Six years ago, I wrote most of the Tragedian dialogue for Pathologic 2 in iambic pentameter. I'm back now doing the same for Pathologic 3. I figured it was helpful to write a guide on *how* I did it – in case I get hit by a bus and the team has to carry on without me.
azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...
azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...
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Restricting the expression of sexuality through fiction and art made by adults, for adults – including those you find personally disturbing or offputting – is conservative censorship, full stop. When that censorship disproportionately affects subgroups, that's also discrimination. For shame.
September 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Restricting the expression of sexuality through fiction and art made by adults, for adults – including those you find personally disturbing or offputting – is conservative censorship, full stop. When that censorship disproportionately affects subgroups, that's also discrimination. For shame.
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In a landscape with so many incredibly tightly-designed metroidvanias, Silksong's exclusion of quality-of-life features is not an oversight!! It is essential to understanding the game!
I think my favorite insight in this piece is in how it considers annoying design decisions diagetically. an exploitative religious economy, charging the devout to use a bench, skimming off the top when they want to save their rosary beads, etc
reviewed Silksong, whose friction is fundamental to its humanism. (may we, twisted by this historical moment into alienated vermin, be like the bugs)
www.slantmagazine.com/games/hollow...
www.slantmagazine.com/games/hollow...
September 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In a landscape with so many incredibly tightly-designed metroidvanias, Silksong's exclusion of quality-of-life features is not an oversight!! It is essential to understanding the game!