This week I wrote about applying Nel Noddings' feminist virtue ethics to #worldbuilding: worldbuildingbookclub.substack.com/p/caring-a-f...
#philosophy

Lots of 'common sense' ideas about human nature and psychology are from studies on Western college students. I wrote about applying the book 'The WEIRDest People in the World' to your #worldbuilding and #writing here: worldbuildingbookclub.substack.com/p/the-weirde...

One of my favorite parts of #sinners was that when they all get turned into vamps, they start clapping on one and three of the music instead of two and four

I need a band of adventurers on a heist to get bingo

#writing #fantasy

#Fantasy #writing bingo board! This was a fun game in one of my writing discords.

New season of #drwho was so fun! I didn't think I'd like the switch from sci fi to fantasy but I found it refreshing

Anyone have good #philosophy #bookrecommendations? I don't love the Ancient Greeks, and my library doesn't have any of the Chinese classics (although I'd love to read more about Mencius or Mohism).

Fun fact of the day: The original meaning of sycophant in ye olde Greece was a fig-finder
#history ??
#linguistics

finished the Kant book finally! I always associated him with deontology and duty, not thinking much beyond that. I did not realize how much of modern lower-case L liberalism emerged from him, too.

Lots of #worldbuilding thoughts based on it

#philosophy

Just read Blood over Bright Haven and cannot stop thinking about it. Gotta get everything else by the same author now. Just a great piece of art. #writing #bookreview #butabadbookreview #becauseIprovidednodetails #anyway #thisishowtagsworkonbskyisn'tit

A few more photos, hopefully to brighten a sucktastic day. Some were taken by me and some by @troyce.bsky.social #murderbot Descriptions in the alt text.

Just read a book where I don't think the MC failed at even one goal. He just succeeded and then went on to the next one.

I doubt I'd have noticed that a few years ago, before I started trying to think about plot structures, but now it stands out. Kind of exciting!!
#writing

Just finished Karen Rhea Nemet-Nejat's Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. One obliquely #worldbuilding related fact was the list of Ninurta's temple staff, which included:
a snake charmer
a miller
an oil presser
a boat tower
a weaver
the king's butler
and a barber
(among many others).

Good book!

This History of Kantian Ethics library book has been guilting me for weeks now... the intro was great, I just need to find that level of philosophical motivation #philosophy

One thing that shocked me about the kidney donation process was how willing they were to send a phlebotomist to my apartment.

The process was so easy, and that's just the first step of the donation process. Kudos to the folks making this work.

Disappointed to find out that you can't make lists of arbitrary things under the "list" feature but rather must make lists of other users.

I wanted to make a list of my favorite books about boats.

Alas, the world will have to wait for my Boat Book Opinions.