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Here's my December sale, with discounts on classes, edits, and coaching. Please check it out!
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December 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Here's my December sale, with discounts on classes, edits, and coaching. Please check it out!
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KRAMPUS!
December 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
KRAMPUS!
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This was a really good episode! I never knew the Voynich manuscript was so old and interesting, and that there’s stuff linguists HAVE figured out about it
People are being significantly more excited about this Voynich manuscript episode than a typical bonus episode and it's just really fun to see!
If you've been on the fence about subscribing to the Lingthusiasm Patreon maybe this is your sign to go for it 👀
If you've been on the fence about subscribing to the Lingthusiasm Patreon maybe this is your sign to go for it 👀
A book containing puzzling drawings and a strange writing system has intrigued cryptographers, historians, linguists, and more for centuries...
In our latest bonus episode we get enthusiastic about the mysterious Voynich Manuscript with @chirila.bsky.social!
In our latest bonus episode we get enthusiastic about the mysterious Voynich Manuscript with @chirila.bsky.social!
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This was a really good episode! I never knew the Voynich manuscript was so old and interesting, and that there’s stuff linguists HAVE figured out about it
All right, people. Load me up with sugar. What's your favorite holiday baked treat?
cookie monster eating a cookie with the words " me want cookies " on the bottom
ALT: cookie monster eating a cookie with the words " me want cookies " on the bottom
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December 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
All right, people. Load me up with sugar. What's your favorite holiday baked treat?
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Roughs for the Holly King and the Oak King (the Holly King is currently gaining in his strength to its peak on the 21st, when he'll kill the Oak King, starting the seasonal cycle anew).
The direct mirroring is just to reckon on the design, they'll have slightly different looks, but still close.
The direct mirroring is just to reckon on the design, they'll have slightly different looks, but still close.
December 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Roughs for the Holly King and the Oak King (the Holly King is currently gaining in his strength to its peak on the 21st, when he'll kill the Oak King, starting the seasonal cycle anew).
The direct mirroring is just to reckon on the design, they'll have slightly different looks, but still close.
The direct mirroring is just to reckon on the design, they'll have slightly different looks, but still close.
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the holidays are upon us - if you're looking for Hanukkah gifts, please get those orders in to us by Friday of this week!
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December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
the holidays are upon us - if you're looking for Hanukkah gifts, please get those orders in to us by Friday of this week!
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I would like to know where this year went, because last I checked it was January on Sunday and then September yesterday...
December 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I would like to know where this year went, because last I checked it was January on Sunday and then September yesterday...
The "foreign-born" numbers that are making the rounds ><. People are literally freaking out about fourteen percent (that's one in seven, Karen, if you would just Google that) as opposed to eighty-six percent. American culture is not going anywhere.
December 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The "foreign-born" numbers that are making the rounds ><. People are literally freaking out about fourteen percent (that's one in seven, Karen, if you would just Google that) as opposed to eighty-six percent. American culture is not going anywhere.
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Worlds that have common magic in them, but the world is somehow not at all impacted by that magic. The classic example is the continual light spell... But then the cities don't have public lighting at night. The problem is thinking of magic as just a tool for adventurers alone.
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Worlds that have common magic in them, but the world is somehow not at all impacted by that magic. The classic example is the continual light spell... But then the cities don't have public lighting at night. The problem is thinking of magic as just a tool for adventurers alone.
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Zines in SF/F that are nonprofits AFAIK and thus worthy of your support on this Giving Tuesday. (Pls add others you know of!)
BCS
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
@reckoningmag.bsky.social
@escapepod.org @podcastle.org @pseudopod.org
BCS
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
@reckoningmag.bsky.social
@escapepod.org @podcastle.org @pseudopod.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Zines in SF/F that are nonprofits AFAIK and thus worthy of your support on this Giving Tuesday. (Pls add others you know of!)
BCS
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
@reckoningmag.bsky.social
@escapepod.org @podcastle.org @pseudopod.org
BCS
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
@reckoningmag.bsky.social
@escapepod.org @podcastle.org @pseudopod.org
Joining the Q&A fun with a world building question for you//. What’s something that happens in fictional worlds that drives you bananapants? Why?
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Joining the Q&A fun with a world building question for you//. What’s something that happens in fictional worlds that drives you bananapants? Why?
Time
16. What is free but costs a fortune?
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Time
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I am so grateful to everyone who has stepped up to help this awesome member of our local SF trans nerd community. I know everything is hard right now but I'd be so incredibly grateful if you could spare a few bucks now.
We are working on helping her get a job, it's just a tough market right now 😭
We are working on helping her get a job, it's just a tough market right now 😭
i should have got this up sooner, but i was ashamed; need to try to raise money for rent again this month and i remain (mostly; might have PT work!) unemployed as we approach year end.
please help me keep myself and my partner housed.
#helpsky #MARequest #transcrowdfund
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please help me keep myself and my partner housed.
#helpsky #MARequest #transcrowdfund
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November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I am so grateful to everyone who has stepped up to help this awesome member of our local SF trans nerd community. I know everything is hard right now but I'd be so incredibly grateful if you could spare a few bucks now.
We are working on helping her get a job, it's just a tough market right now 😭
We are working on helping her get a job, it's just a tough market right now 😭
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In bookstores today! It's "We Will Rise Again," a book of hard-won hope in this dark season. I co-edited it with the wondrous @older.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social -- it's an anthology of speculative stories and essays about protest and resistance! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
December 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
In bookstores today! It's "We Will Rise Again," a book of hard-won hope in this dark season. I co-edited it with the wondrous @older.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social -- it's an anthology of speculative stories and essays about protest and resistance! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
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It's #GivingTuesday & we're launching an End of Year fundraiser! Help us help writers learn how to respectfully include characters of differing identities in their narratives in #2026AndBeyond.
Our goal is to raise $10k. Support us by donating and/or sharing this post!
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Our goal is to raise $10k. Support us by donating and/or sharing this post!
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December 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It's #GivingTuesday & we're launching an End of Year fundraiser! Help us help writers learn how to respectfully include characters of differing identities in their narratives in #2026AndBeyond.
Our goal is to raise $10k. Support us by donating and/or sharing this post!
champ.ly/1Lb6q_GK
Our goal is to raise $10k. Support us by donating and/or sharing this post!
champ.ly/1Lb6q_GK
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You shouldn’t have to present your ID, credit card info, or face to be scanned just to access your favorite sites, news, or games yet this is the growing reality for Internet users globally. We need a firestorm to take down online ID checks for good-- so we planned one. Join us for a week of action!
November 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
You shouldn’t have to present your ID, credit card info, or face to be scanned just to access your favorite sites, news, or games yet this is the growing reality for Internet users globally. We need a firestorm to take down online ID checks for good-- so we planned one. Join us for a week of action!
For new players, when ppl talk about grounding their TTRPG characters “in the world” they don’t mean rock, brick, and stone. They mean tying your character to others. A sense of history creates interesting fodder for adventure, but connections between characters offer chances for emotional impact.
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
For new players, when ppl talk about grounding their TTRPG characters “in the world” they don’t mean rock, brick, and stone. They mean tying your character to others. A sense of history creates interesting fodder for adventure, but connections between characters offer chances for emotional impact.
1. Personality quirks like “has a favorite poet” or “always wears a lucky charm” create playability and interest
2. Build relationships with other characters. Who do you like? Get annoyed by? Are jealous of?
3. Where is home? Why did you leave it?
2. Build relationships with other characters. Who do you like? Get annoyed by? Are jealous of?
3. Where is home? Why did you leave it?
📢 NEW ARTICLE
What are your top tips for creating player characters in TTRPGs?
Here's a debut post by our very own Dave Windust @benniequez.bsky.social 🎲🗞️👇
What are your top tips for creating player characters in TTRPGs?
Here's a debut post by our very own Dave Windust @benniequez.bsky.social 🎲🗞️👇
Four Tips for TTRPG Character Creation - Dice Company Podcast
By Dave Windust When starting a TTRPG, character creation is one of the first things you will do. But how do you build a character…
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December 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
1. Personality quirks like “has a favorite poet” or “always wears a lucky charm” create playability and interest
2. Build relationships with other characters. Who do you like? Get annoyed by? Are jealous of?
3. Where is home? Why did you leave it?
2. Build relationships with other characters. Who do you like? Get annoyed by? Are jealous of?
3. Where is home? Why did you leave it?
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On #GivingTueaday, we know there are so many worthy charities who rely on donations asking for money. It can feel hard to support everyone when we’re all spread so thin.
Sustainable monthly giving is the lifeblood of rescues & makes a huge impact for just a few $’s each month: linktr.ee/crits4cats
Sustainable monthly giving is the lifeblood of rescues & makes a huge impact for just a few $’s each month: linktr.ee/crits4cats
December 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
On #GivingTueaday, we know there are so many worthy charities who rely on donations asking for money. It can feel hard to support everyone when we’re all spread so thin.
Sustainable monthly giving is the lifeblood of rescues & makes a huge impact for just a few $’s each month: linktr.ee/crits4cats
Sustainable monthly giving is the lifeblood of rescues & makes a huge impact for just a few $’s each month: linktr.ee/crits4cats
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Genuinely want people to understand how deeply they undercut their own arguments, especially about wealth and inequality, when they use genAI graphics. You are feeding the machine you critique, and for what? Clicks? To save a few bucks? Please stop.
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Genuinely want people to understand how deeply they undercut their own arguments, especially about wealth and inequality, when they use genAI graphics. You are feeding the machine you critique, and for what? Clicks? To save a few bucks? Please stop.
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Happy Holidays! Every day until Christmas, I'll use this thread to rec a book to help you with your gift list. Let's start with THE TWENTY DAYS OF TURIN by Giorgio De Maria, translated by Ramon Glazov, and republished with a foreword by moi. Buy from your fav indie. (Alt text = more detail.) 1/?
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Happy Holidays! Every day until Christmas, I'll use this thread to rec a book to help you with your gift list. Let's start with THE TWENTY DAYS OF TURIN by Giorgio De Maria, translated by Ramon Glazov, and republished with a foreword by moi. Buy from your fav indie. (Alt text = more detail.) 1/?
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Head's up! I'm down to one Krampus card in stock.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Head's up! I'm down to one Krampus card in stock.
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"I'm a game developer."
"Oh? Anything I've heard of?"
First off, I have no idea what your gaming could even potentially look like. But second, this really sounds like "Have you worked on anything important enough for me to treat you differently?"
"Oh? Anything I've heard of?"
First off, I have no idea what your gaming could even potentially look like. But second, this really sounds like "Have you worked on anything important enough for me to treat you differently?"
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"I'm a game developer."
"Oh? Anything I've heard of?"
First off, I have no idea what your gaming could even potentially look like. But second, this really sounds like "Have you worked on anything important enough for me to treat you differently?"
"Oh? Anything I've heard of?"
First off, I have no idea what your gaming could even potentially look like. But second, this really sounds like "Have you worked on anything important enough for me to treat you differently?"