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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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I think that reading well and deeply makes you a more interesting person, gives you a language to speak with, and allows you to see things that might otherwise be missed. Deep interest in anything can do this, but some traditions are richer and wider than others.
December 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I think that reading well and deeply makes you a more interesting person, gives you a language to speak with, and allows you to see things that might otherwise be missed. Deep interest in anything can do this, but some traditions are richer and wider than others.
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You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
You will be visited by three spirits
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you know how i know im a 44yo dad? how much i laughed at this shit
December 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
you know how i know im a 44yo dad? how much i laughed at this shit
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I remember the Olden Days when T0ky0P0p had the Sailor Moon license and they put out a whole pile of "novelizations", which were NOT APPROVED BY KODANSHA OR TAKEUCHI. This was why the Sailor Moon manga were out of print for over 10 years until Kodansha started their own US localization dept.
December 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I remember the Olden Days when T0ky0P0p had the Sailor Moon license and they put out a whole pile of "novelizations", which were NOT APPROVED BY KODANSHA OR TAKEUCHI. This was why the Sailor Moon manga were out of print for over 10 years until Kodansha started their own US localization dept.
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Rin Tohsaka... the Red Comet?!
December 3, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Rin Tohsaka... the Red Comet?!
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My freelance right now is mostly interior concepts which are harder for me than large scale structures or ships. So I took a 30 minute break to noodle on my Remora Class Carrier
December 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
My freelance right now is mostly interior concepts which are harder for me than large scale structures or ships. So I took a 30 minute break to noodle on my Remora Class Carrier
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K'eeg's thread here is pretty thoughtful and it's one of the reasons why I generally fall on the side of not particularly believing that simplifying inputs actually makes fighting games more approachable. One button DPs only partially alleviate getting out-mindgamed, after all. (1/4)
I feel like Street Fighter 5 and games in its wake were made with this idea that "fighting games are hard for beginners because there are too many things players can do, so if we let the player do less it'll be easier"
which is a pretty reasonable assumption. but I think it might be wrong as fuck?
which is a pretty reasonable assumption. but I think it might be wrong as fuck?
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
K'eeg's thread here is pretty thoughtful and it's one of the reasons why I generally fall on the side of not particularly believing that simplifying inputs actually makes fighting games more approachable. One button DPs only partially alleviate getting out-mindgamed, after all. (1/4)
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like somebody or not, taking out "i wrote this speech for my character" and attributing fictional prose to the person themselves is just bad-faith jacking off. "but i like it better this way, so it's true!" pick up your red baseball cap on the way out dork
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
like somebody or not, taking out "i wrote this speech for my character" and attributing fictional prose to the person themselves is just bad-faith jacking off. "but i like it better this way, so it's true!" pick up your red baseball cap on the way out dork
I wonder why when Alpha GMs give their brought down from on high advice about how to run EPIC HARDCORE GAMES FOR REAL ROLEPLAYERS the examples they give of MAKING PCs SUFFER BY ATTACKING WHAT THEY HOLD DEAR *always* seem to involve violence against female NPCs, it certainly makes me think
December 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I wonder why when Alpha GMs give their brought down from on high advice about how to run EPIC HARDCORE GAMES FOR REAL ROLEPLAYERS the examples they give of MAKING PCs SUFFER BY ATTACKING WHAT THEY HOLD DEAR *always* seem to involve violence against female NPCs, it certainly makes me think
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We spent the last decade letting every streamer define any kind of action cartoon as "anime." Is it really a shock that Western audiences only gravitate to the shonen battle stuff?
Anime features a wide variety of genres aimed at many audiences, and it's time Western audiences recognize that. www.avclub.com/time-to-go-b...
With anime more popular than ever, it's time to go beyond shonen
Anime features a wide variety of genres aimed at many audiences, and it's time overseas viewers recognize that.
www.avclub.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We spent the last decade letting every streamer define any kind of action cartoon as "anime." Is it really a shock that Western audiences only gravitate to the shonen battle stuff?
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look I live and breathe shonen manga, but I've been banging this drum for decades now
there are *so* many excellent comics and shows from Japan that aren't for the shonen demographic--and more importantly--don't run in Weekly Shonen Jump
there are *so* many excellent comics and shows from Japan that aren't for the shonen demographic--and more importantly--don't run in Weekly Shonen Jump
Anime features a wide variety of genres aimed at many audiences, and it's time Western audiences recognize that. www.avclub.com/time-to-go-b...
With anime more popular than ever, it's time to go beyond shonen
Anime features a wide variety of genres aimed at many audiences, and it's time overseas viewers recognize that.
www.avclub.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
look I live and breathe shonen manga, but I've been banging this drum for decades now
there are *so* many excellent comics and shows from Japan that aren't for the shonen demographic--and more importantly--don't run in Weekly Shonen Jump
there are *so* many excellent comics and shows from Japan that aren't for the shonen demographic--and more importantly--don't run in Weekly Shonen Jump
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Saw someone share a clip of a shitty fight scene in the Mushoku no Eiyuu anime commenting that it faithfully adapted the sound effects from the novels and thought it was taking a piss at the anime but turns out the novels are infamous for the fights being written like:
October 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Saw someone share a clip of a shitty fight scene in the Mushoku no Eiyuu anime commenting that it faithfully adapted the sound effects from the novels and thought it was taking a piss at the anime but turns out the novels are infamous for the fights being written like:
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the depths of Argentinean loserdom about the Falklands continue to amaze
I only learned last year that all city buses are required by law to say "Las Malvinas son argentinas" on the side.
December 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
the depths of Argentinean loserdom about the Falklands continue to amaze
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'we must own this land which we have no connection to, over the objections of the people who have lived there for generations' is loser shit and any leftist promoting it is a fool.
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
'we must own this land which we have no connection to, over the objections of the people who have lived there for generations' is loser shit and any leftist promoting it is a fool.
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Kloe, Estelle and Joshua in Jenis commissioned by @richie-ski.bsky.social! ✨
Thank you so much for commissioning! 💕
Thank you so much for commissioning! 💕
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Kloe, Estelle and Joshua in Jenis commissioned by @richie-ski.bsky.social! ✨
Thank you so much for commissioning! 💕
Thank you so much for commissioning! 💕
Prediction: s5 of stranger things will end with someone looking straight at the camera and going "actually mom playing dungeons and dragons the world's greatest roleplaying game is good for mental development and encourages problem solving skills and creativity hashtag geek shall inherit the earth"
December 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Prediction: s5 of stranger things will end with someone looking straight at the camera and going "actually mom playing dungeons and dragons the world's greatest roleplaying game is good for mental development and encourages problem solving skills and creativity hashtag geek shall inherit the earth"
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"He folded Blade up into a sword" Blade had a sword. Couldn't he have just borrowed Blade's blade instead of folding him up into the BladeBlade? Which, the BladeBlade's blade was just Blade's blade, anyway. The BladeBlade blade and Blade's blade were the same blade. He folded him up for no reason!
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"He folded Blade up into a sword" Blade had a sword. Couldn't he have just borrowed Blade's blade instead of folding him up into the BladeBlade? Which, the BladeBlade's blade was just Blade's blade, anyway. The BladeBlade blade and Blade's blade were the same blade. He folded him up for no reason!
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Thinking about how, in Kamen Rider Decade, the guy would just take other Kamen Riders and fold them up into weapons to use. He took Kiva and folded him up into a bow and arrow, a weapon that Kiva never used and has no relation to. He just did that. Why
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Thinking about how, in Kamen Rider Decade, the guy would just take other Kamen Riders and fold them up into weapons to use. He took Kiva and folded him up into a bow and arrow, a weapon that Kiva never used and has no relation to. He just did that. Why
I do sometimes wonder what the overlap between people who insist you should never drive without a dash cam recording everything and people who get very mad about other people recording them in public is
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I do sometimes wonder what the overlap between people who insist you should never drive without a dash cam recording everything and people who get very mad about other people recording them in public is
Anime writing 101: you absolutely don't need a planned out ending or resolution to your core conflict just have people say "possibility" "evolution" "infinite potential of humanity" a lot and have some abstract shapes and shit on a white background
December 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Anime writing 101: you absolutely don't need a planned out ending or resolution to your core conflict just have people say "possibility" "evolution" "infinite potential of humanity" a lot and have some abstract shapes and shit on a white background
I have not seen Godzilla Singular Point but from my experience of it in super robot wars the singular point it focuses on appears to be its own arse, as it rapidly disappears up it
December 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I have not seen Godzilla Singular Point but from my experience of it in super robot wars the singular point it focuses on appears to be its own arse, as it rapidly disappears up it
"unlike many anime this one is about (thing)" my child if you have found an anime that is about *something* and has a character in it then you're already doing well
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"unlike many anime this one is about (thing)" my child if you have found an anime that is about *something* and has a character in it then you're already doing well