Elizabeth Harper
@faience.bsky.social
Freelance writer, editor, herder of cats. Editorial Director on Blizzard Watch. Supposed WoW healer. Also @faience@awaymessage.club, Faience on Twitter. She/her
The transmog system in the Midnight beta is worse than not getting invited to Lor'themar and Thalyssra's wedding.
I SAID WHAT I SAID.
I SAID WHAT I SAID.
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The transmog system in the Midnight beta is worse than not getting invited to Lor'themar and Thalyssra's wedding.
I SAID WHAT I SAID.
I SAID WHAT I SAID.
I am too upset about transmog to even write a post about how upset I am about transmog.
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I am too upset about transmog to even write a post about how upset I am about transmog.
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We can't give up now. ❄️
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
We can't give up now. ❄️
It’s clear no one in DC has any kind of plan to improve American healthcare. The Republican plan is to buy it yourself, while Democrats can’t organize a fight for Medicaid or the the ACA.
Medicare for All is the only plan anyone has offered, and anyone who doesn’t support it needs to be primaried.
Medicare for All is the only plan anyone has offered, and anyone who doesn’t support it needs to be primaried.
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
It’s clear no one in DC has any kind of plan to improve American healthcare. The Republican plan is to buy it yourself, while Democrats can’t organize a fight for Medicaid or the the ACA.
Medicare for All is the only plan anyone has offered, and anyone who doesn’t support it needs to be primaried.
Medicare for All is the only plan anyone has offered, and anyone who doesn’t support it needs to be primaried.
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I used to think people who said "Primary all of them." In relation to Dems were being "a bit much."
I was wrong, and they are right. These people are not representing us. They are not fighting for us.
Primary all of them. Every single one that isn't willing to be a Mamdani.
I was wrong, and they are right. These people are not representing us. They are not fighting for us.
Primary all of them. Every single one that isn't willing to be a Mamdani.
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I used to think people who said "Primary all of them." In relation to Dems were being "a bit much."
I was wrong, and they are right. These people are not representing us. They are not fighting for us.
Primary all of them. Every single one that isn't willing to be a Mamdani.
I was wrong, and they are right. These people are not representing us. They are not fighting for us.
Primary all of them. Every single one that isn't willing to be a Mamdani.
I looked in to what it would cost to take a train into NYC for a day trip to see the Beetlejuice musical while it’s back on broadway for a couple of months.
Show tickets are pretty reasonable, but train tickets would be $400 (coach).
So, uh, maybe not.
Show tickets are pretty reasonable, but train tickets would be $400 (coach).
So, uh, maybe not.
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I looked in to what it would cost to take a train into NYC for a day trip to see the Beetlejuice musical while it’s back on broadway for a couple of months.
Show tickets are pretty reasonable, but train tickets would be $400 (coach).
So, uh, maybe not.
Show tickets are pretty reasonable, but train tickets would be $400 (coach).
So, uh, maybe not.
I feel like this a lot.
Ah, to be a stubborn baby hippo, lying on my friend's lunch after a long morning of swimming in my little baby hippo pool.
Seven videos of baby pygmy hippo Mars sitting down when zookeepers (and mom) wanted him to stand up
Watchers, it may be Monday (and thus, full of suffering), but we can still find ways to enjoy ourselves. Now, we've previously introduced Mars to our reade
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November 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I feel like this a lot.
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Look, the winter festivals are traditionally spooky times. You begin the spooky at the thinning of the veil at the start of the new year (Samhain), and you keep on scaring each other until the light comes back after the Solstice. Slap some greens on the giant skeleton and party on.
I know October is over but listen, there’s no reason we can’t extend spooky season all the way to Christmas. Who’s going to stop us? Mariah Carey? The guardian of holiday cheer and all things jolly? Possibly… but we won’t know if we don’t try.
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Look, the winter festivals are traditionally spooky times. You begin the spooky at the thinning of the veil at the start of the new year (Samhain), and you keep on scaring each other until the light comes back after the Solstice. Slap some greens on the giant skeleton and party on.
Guys. GUYS.
When you're trying to talk about #WoW player housing (aka house transmog) but your co-hosts cannot stop talking about hats.
This and very much more weirdness in this week's Blizzard Watch Podcast, which is now live!
This and very much more weirdness in this week's Blizzard Watch Podcast, which is now live!
October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Guys. GUYS.
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“…taking a different approach.”?????
You guys.
Come the F on
Do better
You guys.
Come the F on
Do better
October 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“…taking a different approach.”?????
You guys.
Come the F on
Do better
You guys.
Come the F on
Do better
I was really looking forward to having a room wall to wall with pillows.
Accidentally hit the maximum number of items in my Midnight player home attempting to make a room full of nothing but pillows. (After making a kitchen and a dining room and two bedrooms and an indoor garden and a library and an office.) Maybe I could delete a couple of rooms and keep adding pillows?
October 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I was really looking forward to having a room wall to wall with pillows.
Blizzard: We'll keep everyone focused on testing new content by removing old portals.
Me: THE HECK YOU WILL.
Anyway, I've spent maybe a combined hour in Silvermoon and Eversong, but an uncountable number of hours in past expansions looking for anything new.
Me: THE HECK YOU WILL.
Anyway, I've spent maybe a combined hour in Silvermoon and Eversong, but an uncountable number of hours in past expansions looking for anything new.
While everyone else has been testing new content, I have been traveling all over Azeroth looking for new #WoW profession recipes for housing decor... and I found a whole lot. Here's all the decor crafting recipes that we've found in the Midnight alpha so far.
All of the housing decor you can craft with professions in Midnight (that we've found so far)
Player Housing is coming in Midnight, and with it the chance to collect decor to adorn your new home. Decor is found all over the world: from vendors, from
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October 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Blizzard: We'll keep everyone focused on testing new content by removing old portals.
Me: THE HECK YOU WILL.
Anyway, I've spent maybe a combined hour in Silvermoon and Eversong, but an uncountable number of hours in past expansions looking for anything new.
Me: THE HECK YOU WILL.
Anyway, I've spent maybe a combined hour in Silvermoon and Eversong, but an uncountable number of hours in past expansions looking for anything new.
I'm taking the money I used to give to Disney and splitting it between NPR and PBS. I canceled because of Kimmel, but it's a hard sell to go back with a price increase to boot.
Meanwhile I listen to NPR almost every day. Something's gotta give (and I guess it's me).
Meanwhile I listen to NPR almost every day. Something's gotta give (and I guess it's me).
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I'm taking the money I used to give to Disney and splitting it between NPR and PBS. I canceled because of Kimmel, but it's a hard sell to go back with a price increase to boot.
Meanwhile I listen to NPR almost every day. Something's gotta give (and I guess it's me).
Meanwhile I listen to NPR almost every day. Something's gotta give (and I guess it's me).
Warcraft help needed. HOW DO I GET RID OF THIS POPUP? I DO NOT HAVE A NEW SKINNING SPECIALIZATION TO UNLOCK (that I know of). It is here whenever I log in and I want it to just stop hassling me.
September 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Warcraft help needed. HOW DO I GET RID OF THIS POPUP? I DO NOT HAVE A NEW SKINNING SPECIALIZATION TO UNLOCK (that I know of). It is here whenever I log in and I want it to just stop hassling me.
Got my Covid shot this week and you should too. I felt rotten the day after but nowhere near as bad as if I got Covid, plus I won’t give it to anyone else.
Get vaccinated if you can. Be careful out there if you can’t. (Probably be careful either way, really.)
Get vaccinated if you can. Be careful out there if you can’t. (Probably be careful either way, really.)
September 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Got my Covid shot this week and you should too. I felt rotten the day after but nowhere near as bad as if I got Covid, plus I won’t give it to anyone else.
Get vaccinated if you can. Be careful out there if you can’t. (Probably be careful either way, really.)
Get vaccinated if you can. Be careful out there if you can’t. (Probably be careful either way, really.)
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If you are in the Edmonton area Fiasco is still missing - please check garages and sheds and engines! Let's get him home, please share x
September 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If you are in the Edmonton area Fiasco is still missing - please check garages and sheds and engines! Let's get him home, please share x
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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To which I add this wonderful Bruce Sterling passage, which for many years I kept beside my keyboard.
August 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
To which I add this wonderful Bruce Sterling passage, which for many years I kept beside my keyboard.
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"You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views." - The 4th Doctor
August 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views." - The 4th Doctor
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I'm not bi but I might make out with Anson Mount's pompadour
July 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I'm not bi but I might make out with Anson Mount's pompadour
All I wanna do is talk about Blue Prince but no, I have to keep doing “productive work” or some such nonsense.
April 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
All I wanna do is talk about Blue Prince but no, I have to keep doing “productive work” or some such nonsense.
It would be difficult to be less impressed by the Diablo 4 2025 roadmap, which lays out 2025 content in April, starting with January (currently live), going into April (already announced with full patch notes). That's half of the roadmap.
Maybe I've been spoiled by detailed WoW roadmaps.
Maybe I've been spoiled by detailed WoW roadmaps.
April 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It would be difficult to be less impressed by the Diablo 4 2025 roadmap, which lays out 2025 content in April, starting with January (currently live), going into April (already announced with full patch notes). That's half of the roadmap.
Maybe I've been spoiled by detailed WoW roadmaps.
Maybe I've been spoiled by detailed WoW roadmaps.
screaming internally over here
"The show-within-a-show stars John Cho, Jack McBrayer, Clark Gregg, and DeWanda Wise, sporting outrageous hairstyles and costumes that make the stylings of A Flock of Seagulls look like business casual." oh my God they're doing Sanctuary Moon, say thank you Apple TV+
‘Murderbot’ Would Hate You—But That’s Why You’ll Love It
A first look at Alexander Skarsgård’s sci-fi comedy series from ‘About a Boy’ filmmakers Chris and Paul Weitz.
www.vanityfair.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
screaming internally over here
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Focus - Gator Days
April 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Focus - Gator Days
Really? Just me?? Nobody else is following this one weird game about being a house?
This is a bit "old man yells at cloud," but I can't be the only one who saw Blizzard's player housing April Fools' joke in which you can play as a house and thought it was just Building Relationships without dating?
...no? Just me? Really? Well, you should definitely check out the trailer, then.
...no? Just me? Really? Well, you should definitely check out the trailer, then.
Everyone is laughing over World of Warcraft's player housing joke, but I'm just thinking about this indie game
For April Fools' the Warcraft team joked that a typo in player housing incorrectly characterized the feature: instead it was player houses, allowing player
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April 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Really? Just me?? Nobody else is following this one weird game about being a house?