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@alyssakaye.bsky.social any recs?
I have a nephew just the right age to be sucked into online toxicity (almost 13). He reads (esp manga) and plays TTRPGs, and I *think* he still thinks I’m somewhat cool.
~*~ Would love book gifting suggestions that introduce community aid, collective action, anarchism, feminism, etc. ~*~
~*~ Would love book gifting suggestions that introduce community aid, collective action, anarchism, feminism, etc. ~*~
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
@alyssakaye.bsky.social any recs?
@whereistanya.bsky.social just finished the Staff Engineer’s Path and thought it was very insightful, thanks for writing it!
October 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
@whereistanya.bsky.social just finished the Staff Engineer’s Path and thought it was very insightful, thanks for writing it!
@sarahgraley.com my daughter was playing library and drew one of the computers to search the catalog and chose Glitch as the book she was searching for
September 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
@sarahgraley.com my daughter was playing library and drew one of the computers to search the catalog and chose Glitch as the book she was searching for
7yr old: “guess what’s in this?” (Pointing at heart shaped locket)
Me: “I don’t know!”
7yr old: pulls out a Lego eye tile
Me: “yeah, that tracks”
Me: “I don’t know!”
7yr old: pulls out a Lego eye tile
Me: “yeah, that tracks”
September 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
7yr old: “guess what’s in this?” (Pointing at heart shaped locket)
Me: “I don’t know!”
7yr old: pulls out a Lego eye tile
Me: “yeah, that tracks”
Me: “I don’t know!”
7yr old: pulls out a Lego eye tile
Me: “yeah, that tracks”
The sleep headphones I have had for a while stopped working. Anyone got a brand that they love?
June 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The sleep headphones I have had for a while stopped working. Anyone got a brand that they love?
Attention @deathbear.bsky.social !!
Instagram channel @Art_DailyDose
Jo Hobbs, is a UK needle-felting artist known for crafting realistic miniature animal figures from wool
Artist: @jurlyjocreation
#art #needlefelting #dog #sculpture #animals #UnitedKingdom #UK #artist
Jo Hobbs, is a UK needle-felting artist known for crafting realistic miniature animal figures from wool
Artist: @jurlyjocreation
#art #needlefelting #dog #sculpture #animals #UnitedKingdom #UK #artist
June 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Attention @deathbear.bsky.social !!
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I offered to write “Happy 7th Birthday” in the speech balloon, but my daughter said that didn’t make sense.
She had a very specific vision, which was for me to render this Squirrel Girl panel in buttercream so she could eat Hippo the Hippo’s face.
@ryannorth.ca @ericafails.bsky.social
She had a very specific vision, which was for me to render this Squirrel Girl panel in buttercream so she could eat Hippo the Hippo’s face.
@ryannorth.ca @ericafails.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I offered to write “Happy 7th Birthday” in the speech balloon, but my daughter said that didn’t make sense.
She had a very specific vision, which was for me to render this Squirrel Girl panel in buttercream so she could eat Hippo the Hippo’s face.
@ryannorth.ca @ericafails.bsky.social
She had a very specific vision, which was for me to render this Squirrel Girl panel in buttercream so she could eat Hippo the Hippo’s face.
@ryannorth.ca @ericafails.bsky.social
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i can deal with trials, and i can deal with tribulations, but don't you dare give me both at the same time
March 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
i can deal with trials, and i can deal with tribulations, but don't you dare give me both at the same time
@breebird33.bsky.social my family has read Garlic and the Vampire several times this week. One kid spent several weeks worth of allowance to buy a Lego vampire minifigure inspired by the book. Thank you for writing it!
March 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
@breebird33.bsky.social my family has read Garlic and the Vampire several times this week. One kid spent several weeks worth of allowance to buy a Lego vampire minifigure inspired by the book. Thank you for writing it!
In 1970, John Boorman of Zardoz fame wrote a film treatment of LotR.
It is a STINKER of a film, although there are some legitimately interesting ideas tucked into it.
I read it so you won't have to!
A🧵 of the best and worst pieces of John Boorman's LORD OF THE RINGS SCREENPLAY.
It is a STINKER of a film, although there are some legitimately interesting ideas tucked into it.
I read it so you won't have to!
A🧵 of the best and worst pieces of John Boorman's LORD OF THE RINGS SCREENPLAY.
March 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Come to find out what leads autistics into and out of fundamentalism, stay to hear Jon’s truly unhinged method of gathering data from ancient language teachers.
Another episode of Christianity on the Spectrum has been unleashed onto the world, in this episode me and @alyssakaye.bsky.social try to answer a lot of the questions that I have been getting about Autistic Christians and Fundamentalism.
February 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Come to find out what leads autistics into and out of fundamentalism, stay to hear Jon’s truly unhinged method of gathering data from ancient language teachers.
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If you are a Wheaton alum, here is a letter urging the college administration not to endorse Vought or Project 2025. You can sign via the link at the top of the doc.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open Letter
Click here if you are a Wheaton College (IL) alumnus and would like to add your signature February 10th, 2025 An Open Letter from Wheaton College Alumni on Project 2025 & Endorsing Russell Vought To ...
docs.google.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
If you are a Wheaton alum, here is a letter urging the college administration not to endorse Vought or Project 2025. You can sign via the link at the top of the doc.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I'm about to start sending emails to podcasts and youtube channels that I think would be interested in talking with me about my autism and Christianity research, if you have any channels that you think I should email, let me know.
February 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I'm about to start sending emails to podcasts and youtube channels that I think would be interested in talking with me about my autism and Christianity research, if you have any channels that you think I should email, let me know.
@runwithskizzers.bsky.social my neurodivergent kids and I appreciated this panel a lot - also, they squealed with delight whenever Nancy showed up, thank you for taking care of our girl Doreen, we’ve been enjoying the books
January 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
@runwithskizzers.bsky.social my neurodivergent kids and I appreciated this panel a lot - also, they squealed with delight whenever Nancy showed up, thank you for taking care of our girl Doreen, we’ve been enjoying the books
Throughout the year, I keep track of my favorite songs I first heard that year, and then compile my top ones into a playlist. It doesn't matter if the songs came out that year, just that I first heard them in that year.
This year, I made a website to go with it. Check it out!
This year, I made a website to go with it. Check it out!
2024 - Patterns in Repeat
My favorite new (to me) songs from 2024.
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January 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Throughout the year, I keep track of my favorite songs I first heard that year, and then compile my top ones into a playlist. It doesn't matter if the songs came out that year, just that I first heard them in that year.
This year, I made a website to go with it. Check it out!
This year, I made a website to go with it. Check it out!
This is cool! www.svgbackgrounds.com/set/free-svg...
Free SVG Backgrounds and Patterns
👉 Our backgrounds are customizable in many ways. Each background is unique and collectively these designs explore the various capabilities and attributes of SVG.
www.svgbackgrounds.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
This is cool! www.svgbackgrounds.com/set/free-svg...
@ryannorth.ca my kid was so impressed with your courtroom comic in Squirrel Girl that they built a Courtney Alaska minifig and saved up their money to buy the She-Hulk minifig to go with the SG minifig they got for Christmas.
January 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
@ryannorth.ca my kid was so impressed with your courtroom comic in Squirrel Girl that they built a Courtney Alaska minifig and saved up their money to buy the She-Hulk minifig to go with the SG minifig they got for Christmas.
My family did a Lego challenge where they built a family member, and they all built me!
December 31, 2024 at 5:07 PM
My family did a Lego challenge where they built a family member, and they all built me!
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We have (accidentally) convinced our kids that Fort Christmas is a widely known Christmas Eve tradition, instead of just a thing we started doing when we first got married.
What is to stop you (yes you!) from building a fort out of whatever’s around?
What is to stop you (yes you!) from building a fort out of whatever’s around?
December 25, 2024 at 6:21 PM
We have (accidentally) convinced our kids that Fort Christmas is a widely known Christmas Eve tradition, instead of just a thing we started doing when we first got married.
What is to stop you (yes you!) from building a fort out of whatever’s around?
What is to stop you (yes you!) from building a fort out of whatever’s around?
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I’m not over how fun and weird it is that Greg and Wirt’s guide through The Unknown is named Beatrice. I mean, of course she is, but she’s a CONFLICTED Beatrice with an AGENDA.
Like if Dante’s Beatrice intended to guide him into Inferno instead of into Paradiso.
Like if Dante’s Beatrice intended to guide him into Inferno instead of into Paradiso.
December 18, 2024 at 4:35 PM
I’m not over how fun and weird it is that Greg and Wirt’s guide through The Unknown is named Beatrice. I mean, of course she is, but she’s a CONFLICTED Beatrice with an AGENDA.
Like if Dante’s Beatrice intended to guide him into Inferno instead of into Paradiso.
Like if Dante’s Beatrice intended to guide him into Inferno instead of into Paradiso.
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At the time I write this, it would still be a couple of months before our kid and I were referred for autism/adhd assessments, and it somehow did not occur to me at the time to mention hugs-by-appointment to the assessors.
I asked my 8 year old if I could hug him, and he told me that first I needed to set up an account and make an appointment through the website.
December 11, 2024 at 6:19 AM
At the time I write this, it would still be a couple of months before our kid and I were referred for autism/adhd assessments, and it somehow did not occur to me at the time to mention hugs-by-appointment to the assessors.
The only ways to succeed as a human in a muppet movie is the Michael Caine way, where you behave as if everyone else is also a Shakespearean trained actor, or the Tim Curry way, where you behave as if you’re also a muppet 100% of the time.
What makes 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' so amazing is that Michael Caine played it so seriously, as if he wasn't interacting with puppets the entire time. Simply a brilliant and heart-warming performance.
December 8, 2024 at 1:22 AM
The only ways to succeed as a human in a muppet movie is the Michael Caine way, where you behave as if everyone else is also a Shakespearean trained actor, or the Tim Curry way, where you behave as if you’re also a muppet 100% of the time.
Late 80’s for me, but I feel compelled to mention the two Muppets movies we watch every year. A Muppets Christmas Carol and Muppets Family Christmas (we can only watch the latter bootlegged on YouTube, it has so many songs in it, that they never secured the rights to distribute it anywhere but TV)
If you were born in the 90s or later: what’s your favorite contemporary Xmas movie? I feel like adding a new one to the annual rotation as an adult is so rare, I’m curious what kids after me glommed on to.
(I think my own best examples might be The Santa Clause or Home Alone)
(I think my own best examples might be The Santa Clause or Home Alone)
December 4, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Late 80’s for me, but I feel compelled to mention the two Muppets movies we watch every year. A Muppets Christmas Carol and Muppets Family Christmas (we can only watch the latter bootlegged on YouTube, it has so many songs in it, that they never secured the rights to distribute it anywhere but TV)