Familiar J
@thefamiliarj.bsky.social
Writer, Illustrator, Animator & Comics Artist ✍️
RPG Nerd & Worldbuilding Enthusiast 🎲📖
RPG Nerd & Worldbuilding Enthusiast 🎲📖
Are you really a GM if you don’t have 3 books, 2 journals, and a stack of index cards laid out in front of you as you plan a game of make believe with your friends?
January 28, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Are you really a GM if you don’t have 3 books, 2 journals, and a stack of index cards laid out in front of you as you plan a game of make believe with your friends?
Reposted by Familiar J
Today's frog is the convict tree frog.
January 21, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Today's frog is the convict tree frog.
Reposted by Familiar J
When children are allowed to pilot mechas and school becomes the launch pad ❤️ (from "Gosaurer", 1993)
January 21, 2026 at 1:16 PM
When children are allowed to pilot mechas and school becomes the launch pad ❤️ (from "Gosaurer", 1993)
Reposted by Familiar J
January 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Reposted by Familiar J
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Reposted by Familiar J
basically social media is what if other people were a video game
January 21, 2026 at 2:11 AM
basically social media is what if other people were a video game
Reposted by Familiar J
genuinely it should not be legal for streaming apps to automatically skip the credits at the end of one movie, and immediately start another movie.
if the unions were still strong this wouldnt happen.
if the unions were still strong this wouldnt happen.
January 20, 2026 at 12:02 AM
genuinely it should not be legal for streaming apps to automatically skip the credits at the end of one movie, and immediately start another movie.
if the unions were still strong this wouldnt happen.
if the unions were still strong this wouldnt happen.
Reposted by Familiar J
Last Holiday is one of my favorite movies
January 21, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Last Holiday is one of my favorite movies
Reposted by Familiar J
My late father would have loved Blue Sky because of all the photos of the birds posted here. After he retired he became a bird watcher. And then he began collecting small figurines of birds. His collection is the nicest remembrance I have of him.
January 21, 2026 at 4:28 AM
My late father would have loved Blue Sky because of all the photos of the birds posted here. After he retired he became a bird watcher. And then he began collecting small figurines of birds. His collection is the nicest remembrance I have of him.
Reposted by Familiar J
The Superman (2025) script is now available online. For those of you who are interested in screen writing: The best advice I ever got was to look up scripts to movies I liked and read them. Trust me, it helps.
supermanscript.pdf share.google/nYp6rCeNciya...
supermanscript.pdf share.google/nYp6rCeNciya...
January 20, 2026 at 10:41 PM
The Superman (2025) script is now available online. For those of you who are interested in screen writing: The best advice I ever got was to look up scripts to movies I liked and read them. Trust me, it helps.
supermanscript.pdf share.google/nYp6rCeNciya...
supermanscript.pdf share.google/nYp6rCeNciya...
Reposted by Familiar J
🌟"PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE I DON'T WANT TO BE A MAGICAL GIRL" EPISODE 2 🌟
"I Want to be a Normal Girl"
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31ST @ 11AM PST!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I Want to be a Normal Girl"
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31ST @ 11AM PST!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM
🌟"PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE I DON'T WANT TO BE A MAGICAL GIRL" EPISODE 2 🌟
"I Want to be a Normal Girl"
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31ST @ 11AM PST!!!!!!!!!!!!
"I Want to be a Normal Girl"
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31ST @ 11AM PST!!!!!!!!!!!!
Baldur’s Gate 3 has cemented itself as a classic, and now enjoys the fate of all classics: an eternity of nerds trying to argue that it was never that good, actually.
January 25, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Baldur’s Gate 3 has cemented itself as a classic, and now enjoys the fate of all classics: an eternity of nerds trying to argue that it was never that good, actually.
Reposted by Familiar J
Reposted by Familiar J
I started reading a new book today.
I’m already on page 1
I’m already on page 1
January 20, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I started reading a new book today.
I’m already on page 1
I’m already on page 1
Reposted by Familiar J
Whatever my uni declares, I am not going to engage with AI. I am not going to use AI or teach students to use it. I am going to continue to explain to students why it is harmful. Absolutely absurd to allow this anti-intellectual, environmentally devastating technology into the university at all.
January 20, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Whatever my uni declares, I am not going to engage with AI. I am not going to use AI or teach students to use it. I am going to continue to explain to students why it is harmful. Absolutely absurd to allow this anti-intellectual, environmentally devastating technology into the university at all.
Reposted by Familiar J
Similar to whenever there's a plane crash, I see people scared about riding trains. A reminder that the reason why there's so much noise and spectacle about this accident it's because it's exceedingly rare. Traveling by train is safer than doing so by car, by quite a margin.
January 19, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Similar to whenever there's a plane crash, I see people scared about riding trains. A reminder that the reason why there's so much noise and spectacle about this accident it's because it's exceedingly rare. Traveling by train is safer than doing so by car, by quite a margin.
Reposted by Familiar J
Look, there are two things killing bookstores, and neither one is ebooks.
One is rent.
The other is *waves hands vaguely* everything costing too damn much.
One is rent.
The other is *waves hands vaguely* everything costing too damn much.
January 19, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Look, there are two things killing bookstores, and neither one is ebooks.
One is rent.
The other is *waves hands vaguely* everything costing too damn much.
One is rent.
The other is *waves hands vaguely* everything costing too damn much.
Reposted by Familiar J
I am cynical as hell and I spend too much time online but I also get to meet a lot of new people in person every day and let me tell you: The average person is actually pretty nice.
A big secret is catching people when there is no audience involved.
A big secret is catching people when there is no audience involved.
January 20, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I am cynical as hell and I spend too much time online but I also get to meet a lot of new people in person every day and let me tell you: The average person is actually pretty nice.
A big secret is catching people when there is no audience involved.
A big secret is catching people when there is no audience involved.
Reposted by Familiar J
Spore is a great example of a team shooting for the moon with all of their heart and landing in a (pretty decent) tree. I love it so much
January 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Spore is a great example of a team shooting for the moon with all of their heart and landing in a (pretty decent) tree. I love it so much
Reposted by Familiar J
My favorite memory about spore was the creature generator they released before the game. My 5 yo daughter spent hours spooling in creativity into different creatures. When the game finally launched, I was treated to her wide ranging death machines.
January 9, 2026 at 12:29 AM
My favorite memory about spore was the creature generator they released before the game. My 5 yo daughter spent hours spooling in creativity into different creatures. When the game finally launched, I was treated to her wide ranging death machines.
Reposted by Familiar J
The Soul Nebula in Ha. This is 30 mins in Ha from the only clear spell since my mono set up arrived. The signal is so much stronger than with my one shot colour camera.
I guess 30 mins in mono is equivalent 120 mins with OSC
Can't wait to get the Sii and Oiii.
#astronomy #astrophotgraphy
I guess 30 mins in mono is equivalent 120 mins with OSC
Can't wait to get the Sii and Oiii.
#astronomy #astrophotgraphy
January 19, 2026 at 12:14 PM
The Soul Nebula in Ha. This is 30 mins in Ha from the only clear spell since my mono set up arrived. The signal is so much stronger than with my one shot colour camera.
I guess 30 mins in mono is equivalent 120 mins with OSC
Can't wait to get the Sii and Oiii.
#astronomy #astrophotgraphy
I guess 30 mins in mono is equivalent 120 mins with OSC
Can't wait to get the Sii and Oiii.
#astronomy #astrophotgraphy
The best Fallout game is the one you played when you were 13.
January 24, 2026 at 6:53 PM
The best Fallout game is the one you played when you were 13.
Reposted by Familiar J
Our culture has such a reliance on art, mixed with so much disdain for artists' lives. Someone throws soup at a painting in a gallery or whatever and everyone acts like it's a literal murder, but that level of sympathy is for the object, almost never for the living conditions of artists.
January 19, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Our culture has such a reliance on art, mixed with so much disdain for artists' lives. Someone throws soup at a painting in a gallery or whatever and everyone acts like it's a literal murder, but that level of sympathy is for the object, almost never for the living conditions of artists.
Reposted by Familiar J
#art#blueskyart#deeplake
#Sunlakes#scablands
#oilpainting#landscape
#Lowergrandcoulee
#greatflood#view
Scablands Eyeshot
oil on canvas
20” x 16”
1/18/26
#Sunlakes#scablands
#oilpainting#landscape
#Lowergrandcoulee
#greatflood#view
Scablands Eyeshot
oil on canvas
20” x 16”
1/18/26
January 18, 2026 at 9:15 PM
#art#blueskyart#deeplake
#Sunlakes#scablands
#oilpainting#landscape
#Lowergrandcoulee
#greatflood#view
Scablands Eyeshot
oil on canvas
20” x 16”
1/18/26
#Sunlakes#scablands
#oilpainting#landscape
#Lowergrandcoulee
#greatflood#view
Scablands Eyeshot
oil on canvas
20” x 16”
1/18/26
Reposted by Familiar J
in case you stan Pluto and you didn’t click through on my other post you really have to see this.
These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
January 19, 2026 at 11:44 AM
in case you stan Pluto and you didn’t click through on my other post you really have to see this.