Chris Likes Corvids is at PictCon
@chriscrowing.bsky.social
LCU, writer, guitarist, husband, dad, neurodivergent anarchist bard, petty dabbler in the dark arts, I Can't Be Having With This. Likes corvids. Glasgow, Scotland.
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I once saw a skeet that was like "I love worldbuilding fiction because creative ppl will literally build whole imaginary societies just to talk about their fetishes and hyperfixations, it's all a huge self-report" And
If a skeet could stab you in the heart, man
If a skeet could stab you in the heart, man
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I once saw a skeet that was like "I love worldbuilding fiction because creative ppl will literally build whole imaginary societies just to talk about their fetishes and hyperfixations, it's all a huge self-report" And
If a skeet could stab you in the heart, man
If a skeet could stab you in the heart, man
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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February 1, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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CITIZENS! You must use the machine learning/LLM tools our sponsors have invested billions in, to better learn your habit, thoughts, steal your creative endeavours and generally because our sponsors say you must, we don't understand either...
Data protection laws? What?
Data protection laws? What?
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 2:37 PM
CITIZENS! You must use the machine learning/LLM tools our sponsors have invested billions in, to better learn your habit, thoughts, steal your creative endeavours and generally because our sponsors say you must, we don't understand either...
Data protection laws? What?
Data protection laws? What?
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"They must not know how to use the Child Porn, Psychosis and Scam Generator. It's the only explanation for why nobody's using the Child Porn, Psychosis and Scam Generator. Free training for all in the appropriate use of the Child Porn, Psychosis and Scam Generator. Twenty minutes should do it."
January 28, 2026 at 10:05 AM
"They must not know how to use the Child Porn, Psychosis and Scam Generator. It's the only explanation for why nobody's using the Child Porn, Psychosis and Scam Generator. Free training for all in the appropriate use of the Child Porn, Psychosis and Scam Generator. Twenty minutes should do it."
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Men more likely to show Dunnung/Kruger effect shocker.
I would say this findings shows women are more AI literate than men, because the majority of non-magical beings have no innate ability to "judge truthfulness"
January 28, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Men more likely to show Dunnung/Kruger effect shocker.
I glare in fantasy writer whos got more well built worlds than stories to put in them. Also waves at *every piece of worlbuilding subcreation from pre-AI times.*
From Tolkein to Fallout, Pratchett to Elden Ring, the Expanse to Elder Scrolls, Star Trek, Star Wars, Shannara, Pern...
From Tolkein to Fallout, Pratchett to Elden Ring, the Expanse to Elder Scrolls, Star Trek, Star Wars, Shannara, Pern...
Whenever I hear devs or other creatives who do worldbuilding say they *have* to use ch*tGPT to help with their lore bibles because no human could possibly collate such a huge and complex world… I glare in historian
January 19, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I glare in fantasy writer whos got more well built worlds than stories to put in them. Also waves at *every piece of worlbuilding subcreation from pre-AI times.*
From Tolkein to Fallout, Pratchett to Elden Ring, the Expanse to Elder Scrolls, Star Trek, Star Wars, Shannara, Pern...
From Tolkein to Fallout, Pratchett to Elden Ring, the Expanse to Elder Scrolls, Star Trek, Star Wars, Shannara, Pern...
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For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
Liebe Medien, ich kann die Schlagzeile "Keine Einigung zwischen USA und Dänemark" nicht mehr sehen. Wenn ein Bewaffneter eine Bank stürmt, titelt ihr doch auch nicht: "Räuber und Kassiererin finden keinen Konsens über Geldübergabe." Hört auf, imperiale Aggression als normale Diplomatie zu framen.
January 15, 2026 at 11:11 AM
For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
Finally spent my birthday booktokens and received bookmail today. The Story of Kullervo by JRR Tolkien, The Iliad & Odyssey retold by Gillian Cross, Underland by Robert Macfarlane and Storyland by Amy Jeffs. Me, somewhat obsessed with myths and psychogeography? Never...
January 10, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Finally spent my birthday booktokens and received bookmail today. The Story of Kullervo by JRR Tolkien, The Iliad & Odyssey retold by Gillian Cross, Underland by Robert Macfarlane and Storyland by Amy Jeffs. Me, somewhat obsessed with myths and psychogeography? Never...
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This is why you can never satisfy the right wing press and why you should never try. They campaign for something and when you give it to them and the inevitable consequences arise, they blame you.
December 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This is why you can never satisfy the right wing press and why you should never try. They campaign for something and when you give it to them and the inevitable consequences arise, they blame you.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Easy
Easy
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Easy
Easy
I cant believe it was that long ago. Amazing series.
So Say We All!
Battlestar Galactica - the reboot - is 22 today!
Battlestar Galactica - the reboot - is 22 today!
Battlestar Galactica | Opening Scene
YouTube video by Battlestar Galactica
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December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I cant believe it was that long ago. Amazing series.
The Writing On The Wall Was A Plan (I Am Delighted To Maybe Be Wrong)
or How Ruben Amorim Saved His Job At Manchester Utd. For now. Two months ago, I posted a blog saying that I felt Ruben Amorim was running out of road as Manchester United manager after a desperately poor loss to Brentford and no…
or How Ruben Amorim Saved His Job At Manchester Utd. For now. Two months ago, I posted a blog saying that I felt Ruben Amorim was running out of road as Manchester United manager after a desperately poor loss to Brentford and no…
The Writing On The Wall Was A Plan (I Am Delighted To Maybe Be Wrong)
or How Ruben Amorim Saved His Job At Manchester Utd. For now. Two months ago, I posted a blog saying that I felt Ruben Amorim was running out of road as Manchester United manager after a desperately poor loss to Brentford and no apparent improvement in the many issues that had plagued Manchester United since his appointment and before. I set him a target of 9 points from the next five games against Sunderland, Liverpool, Brighton, Nottingham Forest and Tottenham in order to keep his job.
chrislikesfootball.wordpress.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The Writing On The Wall Was A Plan (I Am Delighted To Maybe Be Wrong)
or How Ruben Amorim Saved His Job At Manchester Utd. For now. Two months ago, I posted a blog saying that I felt Ruben Amorim was running out of road as Manchester United manager after a desperately poor loss to Brentford and no…
or How Ruben Amorim Saved His Job At Manchester Utd. For now. Two months ago, I posted a blog saying that I felt Ruben Amorim was running out of road as Manchester United manager after a desperately poor loss to Brentford and no…
Billie Piper with an American accent in Wednesday is freaking me out.
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Billie Piper with an American accent in Wednesday is freaking me out.
Wildly happy to receive this beautifully illustrated guide to the Picts that I backed on Kickstarter like four years ago. Gorgeous and most useful for TTRPG, writing and accessible history purposes. #picts #ttrpg #carvedinstone #scotland
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Wildly happy to receive this beautifully illustrated guide to the Picts that I backed on Kickstarter like four years ago. Gorgeous and most useful for TTRPG, writing and accessible history purposes. #picts #ttrpg #carvedinstone #scotland
This is the fantasy art style I grew up with.
In this week’s newsletter, we delve into legendary territory.
The year was 1977…with STORMBRINGER, I completed work on the Elric Saga and received my first World Fantasy Award nomination.
theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/1977-year-...
The year was 1977…with STORMBRINGER, I completed work on the Elric Saga and received my first World Fantasy Award nomination.
theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/1977-year-...
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This is the fantasy art style I grew up with.
Thinking nothing can be as ineffective and self defeating as the PLP but the Democrats look like theyre about to eat shit and call it delicious.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Thinking nothing can be as ineffective and self defeating as the PLP but the Democrats look like theyre about to eat shit and call it delicious.
Very cool day at PictCon yesterday, nice chill convention, some braw panels & discussions about SFF & community in Scotland, went to a good workshop on writing fight scenes, beers & chat with writing pals then a wonderful Japanese dinner. Also got some atmospheric photos on the journey. Magic.
November 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Very cool day at PictCon yesterday, nice chill convention, some braw panels & discussions about SFF & community in Scotland, went to a good workshop on writing fight scenes, beers & chat with writing pals then a wonderful Japanese dinner. Also got some atmospheric photos on the journey. Magic.
Id say that was the point. The internet had the potebtial to give free knowledge (well, information) to everyone and capitalism went "lol, nope" and started paywalling and spamming and stealing until in order to get information that was reliable you had to work really hard to sift the dross and pay.
I love how, in a 20 year timeframe, we've "transitioned to a knowledge economy" - but somehow also unilaterally decided that knowing stuff is so fundamentally worthless, it can be outsourced to a Magic 8 Ball stuffed with pages from a thesaurus by a handful of sociopaths six thousand miles away
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Id say that was the point. The internet had the potebtial to give free knowledge (well, information) to everyone and capitalism went "lol, nope" and started paywalling and spamming and stealing until in order to get information that was reliable you had to work really hard to sift the dross and pay.
En route to PictCon. I decided to take the later train from Pollokshields into Glasgow so I could enjoy my tea and chat to my wife. Then managed to miss the later train. So i am in an uber to Queen street for my 841 train to Perth. Excellently on-brand ADHD start to the day.
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
En route to PictCon. I decided to take the later train from Pollokshields into Glasgow so I could enjoy my tea and chat to my wife. Then managed to miss the later train. So i am in an uber to Queen street for my 841 train to Perth. Excellently on-brand ADHD start to the day.
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
I have actually finished and submitted a story for the first time in five years. Wow.
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I have actually finished and submitted a story for the first time in five years. Wow.
As a rather neurodivergent fellow, I'm more comfortable with the deep dives but have actively tried to get better at smalltalk over the years. This does sometimes backfire & turn a reliable smalltalk topic into a hyperfixation that I cease to be reliably normal about - such as football or cooking.
small talk makes the world go round and it is in fact incumbent upon you to at least make an *effort* to be pleasant to other people in your community
there’s a thing here about for the last decade or so, online people have been very negative about small talk - the weather, or local news, or whatever - and small talk is the grease that keeps physical interactions going, and i am tired of ceding that to shut-ins
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
As a rather neurodivergent fellow, I'm more comfortable with the deep dives but have actively tried to get better at smalltalk over the years. This does sometimes backfire & turn a reliable smalltalk topic into a hyperfixation that I cease to be reliably normal about - such as football or cooking.
As if basically everyone doesnt use aunt/uncle/couain for relatives or close family friends rather than the exact secons cousin twice removed or grannys best pal from school or whatever.
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
As if basically everyone doesnt use aunt/uncle/couain for relatives or close family friends rather than the exact secons cousin twice removed or grannys best pal from school or whatever.