Monster Girl Ellie 🐍 🎄

A bit outside my usual but I've been asked to judge the Aurelia Prize in Design for Space Urbanism. mailchi.mp/aureliainsti...

Chuck Tingle is an absolute gem. Best buckaroo.

Dear Internet: I want to buy a suit. A nice suit. I am a plus sized curvy as hell woman. Fully bespoke is a little out of my price range. Anyone have suggestions for an online retailer with high quality and extended sizing? @dieworkwear.bsky.social I know this isn't quite your bag but?

I don’t want to alarm anyone but people need more homes in lake Michigan

Sit ei terra levis. (Of course, it's less pithy in Latin than in the original Russian.) consequence.net/2026/10/walt...

“Get in, we’re going back to Ilmar.”

Anyone who thinks the "our AI went rogue" announcements are real and not just mountebankery to improve revenue ("our AI is so powerful we're afraid of it!") should go read some advertisements from the turn of the 20th century.

REMINDER you need to spread the word so that a SHIMMER BADGER and BELOVED EDITOR can get real groceries, maybe including some nice roots or grubs, wait, I'm being handed a note www.gofundme.com/f/help-suppo...

Gummy over-the-counter medication for adults. (In fact, medication formats in general -- when I was a kid, oral medication was either syrup, powder, or chalky pills.) Also: hypodermic needles now are genuinely much smaller and more painless than when I was a kid.

take me out at the ball game / disappear in the crowd / hide me behind a memorial plaque / walk away calmly and never look back / stay en route route route to your own seat / that you bought with a false name / though you'll want. to. flee or hide out / watch the whole. ball. game

My friend said voting early should stop political advertising being forced on you and I respect this position.

You can still get most of these at the Topato store! topatoco.com/collections/...

Today is @alyankovic.bsky.social's birthday and if you've never read this incredibly good and educated post explaining why he's one of the greatest musicians of all time, you should. (Not just the post in the screencap, the additions too.) www.tumblr.com/madlori/7980...

@tkingfisher.com I think this thread would give you a smile. :)

Anyone got a contact number for the Orcas?

The search continues Page 159 is live! Latest: badinfluencecomic.com Start Fresh: badinfluencecomic.com/comic/cover1/ #BadInfluenceComic #comics #WebComic

RIP Tom Skerritt, a reliable and enduring actor who you probably remember from...everything, basically. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Some experts say the cats have been fed. Speak to the cats themselves, however, and you'll hear a different story. One that may shock you. On our new, six part podcast, we ask the big question: In the war between experts and cats... ...just who can we truly believe?

Andrea's Adventurers is a group dedicated to raising funds for the Candian Cancer Society through TTRPGs. They are doing a TTRPG Weekend in November. andreasadventurers.ca

If you looked at the total and went "not needed," now's a good time to look again. Sammy--the other void in play--has tested badly, and may be in early stage heart failure. The trouble with checking for problems is that sometimes you find them.

That photo is a very strange choice for a serious article on a science website:

Go down the rabbit hole for a good thread, if you dare

just asked my tailor if he disavows the muslin brotherhood

Today's my birthday!! 🍰 So as a treat here's my work! And you can keep the tradition alive and make me famous for the day :3 Love you all! May you also have a fantastic monday!

Over on Whatever today I go over @subvert.fm's "AI" policy and tell you why I think it's a really good version of such a policy, and why other organizations looking to create such a policy of their own would be well served to give it a look: whatever.scalzi.com/2026/10/18/w...