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stone loach/cave loach

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Spin this dang wheel of every 5e subclass. You are hit by a truck and end up on the Sword Coast as that class, at the level you select that subclass.

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You've been randomly selected by the government to fight space aliens. Spin this wheel twice to see the two weird/niche superpowers assigned to you!

Interpret your results any way you like!

Inspiration from @miggylol

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painted-style blender art of a person with cicada wings and cicada-eye style headphones producing music with various devices; there’s a side banner with a few painted cicadas on a brown background

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underground musician (releases music every 17 years)

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SOIL THAT BINDS US COMIC UPDATE!!

patreon

start at the beginning

WORD OF MOUTH is the only advertisement I have, so if you want to reblog I would appreciate it!!!

and also happy new year!!!!

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I love in science fiction when something’s an array. The sensor array. The navigational array. Weapons array. Goddamn, yes. Get that shit in an array.

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Seeing a steady rise of people using the library as we carry through summer break, so here's a quick thread from a staff member on little things you can do (for free!) to make life easier on staff. Let's go!

If you want to put a book back, DON'T put it back on the shelf! Put it on the return cart or bin, or give it to a staff member. Not only does this make it MUCH easier to catch misfiles and gather abandoned books in one trip, our budget is literally based on returns. Putting it on a cart gives us more money!

(To expand on the above: not only do we get paid more based on more returns, our book-buying budget for next year is based on what titles seem popular. Even if you don't check out a stack of books, putting it on the cart lets us know there's an interest so we can order more in that genre and support that author.)

Conversely, if you see a cart already full of books being pushed around by staff, PLEASE don't yank books off it or loiter around it. Carts are unwieldy and returns can build up quick, so let a shelver have space to move around and do their job.

(Again expanding on the above, especially please don't yank books off a staff person's cart if you see them pulling books off the shelf instead of putting them back. Books are pulled for a reason--hold requests for another patron, damaged, need to be relabeled, etc--so taking one can really throw off our list.)

If you rent a DVD and notice it's scratched or doesn't play, please tell us! We don't have the time or resources to watch every returned DVD, so we rely on patron feedback. Even a note tucked inside the case helps it get flagged for damage inspection when we're processing returns.

Pay attention to news related to your local branch! The VAST majority of book-banning demands we get are bulk lists from only one or two people--which means contesting them (or requesting a challenged book) also only takes one person.

Remind your friends that most libraries don't do late fees anymore! We want to be a safe haven for low income and disabled/nd people, so don't let being late or disorganized or poor or anything else discourage you. Bring your books back whenever you can, or just mention to a librarian if you lose it, and you're always welcome to come back.

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101 #will always reblog any cambrian biota would’ve been a better movie than the one about dotty dogs tbh.

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my take on the whole assassination thing

i’m not a fan of killing people

Brian Thompson killed more people than any assassin ever will

ergo, I’m not too sad about it

it’s also too early to see the knock on effects; maybe insurance companies will be more afraid to deny care, but maybe there will be more crackdowns on protests and stuff

i think the memes are pretty funny

i think luigi mangione was arrested under very suspicious circumstances

he’s either someone the police randomly chose to frame or he chose to be caught (my money is on the first)

the evidence is shaky as well

whoever does turn out to be the assassin will probably have incoherent politics though

firstly, most people’s are, and secondly, you don’t kill someone by being completely hinged

the part I’m most worried about is all the people saying “the culture war doesn’t matter, only the class war” because that’s pretty class reductionist

and I’m worried some fascist will try to take advantage of the situation and people will throw minorities under the bus in the name of “class solidarity” with conservatives

even though marginalized people are most affected by the problems with the healthcare system

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another wrapped question because why not : what's the 98th song on your playlist and do you actually still like it

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video transcript:

narrator: welcome back to another video on why we can’t have nice things

(slaps a plushie hamster on the table)

see this? it’s adorable, right? good quality plushie. just kidding!

(flips tag over revealing that it says “Warm me in a microwave”)

they want you to microwave him

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do companies not think through the consequences of their products? I have a feeling this is going to instill some bad habits

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Happy wrapped day to those who celebrate!

What was the highest song in your top 100 with a location name in the title? (real or fictional, generic or specific)

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Do you know of any movies/shows/books/games set in or directly inspired by your hometown? NOT the nearest major city (unless you truly live in that city ofc) but the actual place you were raised

yes, and I live in a major city

yes, and I DON'T live in a major city

not that I know of

I have no/multiple hometowns or some other nuanced answer

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Queer Adult SFF Books Bracket: Round 1

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

The Locked Tomb series (Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, Nona the Ninth, and others) by Tamsyn Muir

Endorsement from submitter #1: "An extremely fun, humorous romp! A heart-breaking, soul crushing catharsis inducing tragedy! A thoughtful piece on imperial structures and trauma. On queerness, Muir flawlessly and without announcement, cracks gender open like an egg and spills its disproven guts across the page. The Locked Tomb does it all also bones, bitch."

Endorsement from submitter #2: "Lesbian necromancers in space. So many fascinating, sort of fucked up sapphic relationships going on."

The Emperor needs necromancers.

The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.

Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit.

Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won't set her free without a service.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier.

Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die. Of course, some things are better left dead.

Fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, humor, series, adult

The Javelin Program by Derin Edala (Time to Orbit: Unknown series)

When Dr Aspen Greaves signed up for the Javelin Program, humanity's first foray into colonising deep space, they expected to wake up to life in a thriving colony on a distant planet. Instead, they find themself five years away from their destination on a broken spaceship full of complex mysteries, dead astronauts, and a very unhelpful AI.

Aspen wasn't trained for any of this. But if they can't keep themselves alive, get the ship in working order, and find out what went wrong by unravelling a chain of mysteries leading all the way back to distant Earth, then neither Aspen nor the five thousand sleeping passengers in their care will ever see a planet again.

Science fiction, mystery, series, adult

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ID 1: an illustration of a snake wrapped around an apple tree, labeled “sin” End ID

ID 2: the same illustration, but the snake is slightly shifted vertically, labeled “cos” End ID

ID 3: the sensible chuckle reaction gif; a gif of a man chuckling while reading a magazine called “Sensible Chuckle” end ID

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Seven : Deadly sins :: One-seventh : Deadly cscs