@ixalia.bsky.social
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Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
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This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
December 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This set of observations is produced by my scrolling Reddit and otherwise listening to people talk about "how to write."
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
A) there is no requirement that any of your characters has any sort of "arc" let alone a redemption.
B) there is also no requirement that your fiction has a plot.
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I trust @aftermath.site as one of the few gaming sites to cover things accurately. So have an article about the joke of security theatre, the incident of Emiru being assaulted and more at #TwitchCon (Disclosure, I am quoted in this article)
aftermath.site/twitch-twitc...
aftermath.site/twitch-twitc...
Beefed Up TwitchCon Security Couldn't Stop The Internet's Issues From Spilling Over Into Real Life - Aftermath
Despite all the sights and sounds, one scene defined TwitchCon 2025. During a meet and greet, a man tried to forcibly kiss Emiru, a streamer.
aftermath.site
October 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I trust @aftermath.site as one of the few gaming sites to cover things accurately. So have an article about the joke of security theatre, the incident of Emiru being assaulted and more at #TwitchCon (Disclosure, I am quoted in this article)
aftermath.site/twitch-twitc...
aftermath.site/twitch-twitc...
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Kitty 3 - with Patricia Routledge - BBC
YouTube video by maxinebendix
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October 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Contextualize these for us, Sally, please. Point out the civility here.
Charlie Kirk in His Own Words
17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.
zeteo.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Contextualize these for us, Sally, please. Point out the civility here.
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
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How dangerous are volcanoes at every stage?
Active (has erupted in the last 10k years)
DANGEROUS
Erupting (active volcano erupting)
V DANGEROUS
Dormant (active volcano with potential to erupt again)
STILL DANGEROUS
Extinct (has not erupted in over 10k years)
YOU’RE GOOD
Active (has erupted in the last 10k years)
DANGEROUS
Erupting (active volcano erupting)
V DANGEROUS
Dormant (active volcano with potential to erupt again)
STILL DANGEROUS
Extinct (has not erupted in over 10k years)
YOU’RE GOOD
August 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
How dangerous are volcanoes at every stage?
Active (has erupted in the last 10k years)
DANGEROUS
Erupting (active volcano erupting)
V DANGEROUS
Dormant (active volcano with potential to erupt again)
STILL DANGEROUS
Extinct (has not erupted in over 10k years)
YOU’RE GOOD
Active (has erupted in the last 10k years)
DANGEROUS
Erupting (active volcano erupting)
V DANGEROUS
Dormant (active volcano with potential to erupt again)
STILL DANGEROUS
Extinct (has not erupted in over 10k years)
YOU’RE GOOD
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Single player games should not, in fact, require an internet connection.
August 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Single player games should not, in fact, require an internet connection.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no: 216: RESEARCH. If you're writing about a time, place, culture, historical figure, profession, etc., it pays to research it properly. That might mean: reading; travelling; going to libraries and museums; consulting archives; talking to people with lived experience.
August 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no: 216: RESEARCH. If you're writing about a time, place, culture, historical figure, profession, etc., it pays to research it properly. That might mean: reading; travelling; going to libraries and museums; consulting archives; talking to people with lived experience.
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If you are a TTRPG designer who can’t afford to pay an artist living wages it is 100% cool and good and AWESOME to use resources like this so you can create a world you’re proud of looks cool.
🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
January 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you are a TTRPG designer who can’t afford to pay an artist living wages it is 100% cool and good and AWESOME to use resources like this so you can create a world you’re proud of looks cool.
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Remember, kids, it’s only censorship if it’s done by the government, otherwise it’s just sparkling Get The Fuck Off My Timeline
October 18, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Remember, kids, it’s only censorship if it’s done by the government, otherwise it’s just sparkling Get The Fuck Off My Timeline
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Short but good thread. As a "yes, and" here, most of these confrontational dweebs don't understand how long some of us have been online, and have seen everything they have to offer in previous generations of confrontational dweebs. You're not edgy, you're just an asshole, and a boring one at that.
1) After the "Block at will" comment yesterday, some of the replies really laid out one of the bad things social media brought us -- some people's wild *underestimation* of other people's life experiences. Probably as a result of the depersonalizing, one-step-removed nature of the medium.
February 7, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Short but good thread. As a "yes, and" here, most of these confrontational dweebs don't understand how long some of us have been online, and have seen everything they have to offer in previous generations of confrontational dweebs. You're not edgy, you're just an asshole, and a boring one at that.