Chebucto Regional Softball Club

**be nice**
**teach don't yell**

**girl, you can't even get off of youTube, don't be so imperious**

... but please, why can't anyone spot the pattern?

I'm trying not to post "surprised pikachu face" memes about all of the people discovering that tiktok is now censoring coverage of protests, and mentions of Epstein.

And I'm watching as everyone tramples over to Yet Another Corporate Platform where the same thing will happen in a few dozen months.

Ya'll need to get out for real.

Or at least have a backup that doesn't run on OPP (Other People's Platforms)

@hypolite @Ann1944

That looks nothing like bubba.

It looks like a blend of bubba and IDK newsome or something?

In fact the minor demon is basically just a cat.

It pretends that it doesn't know the location of any treasure. But this is a lie. The truth is it just likes living with the guy and causing minor problems.

But when the alchemist becomes ill and needs money the minor demon decides to share its secret. Can they find the treasure in time?

2/2

"I Came From Heck"

Story concept:

An early alchemist does a long complex ritual to summon a demon (so it can help him find buried treasure) but, since he's a bit of a shy, sheltered guy, he says "darn you" rather than "damn you" and "to heck" rather than "to hell" when reading The Tome. So instead of a major demon he gets a minor one.

This demon can only do things likes make people's knitting get tangled and cause stubbed toes.

1/

@PalmAndNeedle

Every few days I find that somehow one of the ears has been removed and tossed on the rug.

... I don't want to make accusations but I think Pica might not like the lego cat very much.

I think the lesson is to go back and read your old projects, work on them more. It's easier to imagine they are not working when you get busy and drift away.

Because I work full time I need to have the ability to keep working in small sprints.

Today I'm feeling optimistic.

I got distracted from working on my book for TWO WEEKS. And I had this fear that maybe I'd lost the thread. Maybe I couldn't get back into writing.

Yet, when I went back and read it? It's pretty good. These last two chapters are solid, and I'm happy with how they work together. They can almost work as a stand alone short story.

I was a little dazzled by "Consider Her Ways" such a good book I thought "I don't know if I can write a story this good..."

Do you ever get intimidated like that?

ARTISTS:

Have you ever worked on a drawing and it's going well, but it feels like *something* is missing? Something that could add mystery, meaning, a sense of scale, a touch of nature?

The painting just isn't complete.

At times like this I'd ask "Have you considered adding some ants?"

There are always ants in life, so ... they can always help give artwork that *something* that's missing.

(Message brought to you by the Camponotus Working Group)

@2 @ShaulaEvans

This is one of my favorite youTube channels. I add it to #FediTV whenever they post something new.

@ironcladlou @ShaulaEvans

I've put up some ant facts, but also watching this trying to mooch some extra new bug facts from all ya'll

@Ann1944

Who is the guy in the upper left?

@LevZadov

The real person and the character in the movie are kind of distinct figures.

Patton is the "Born in the USA" of movies in a lot of ways.

@simulo @leemadgwick

Yes we use the boids 3 rule system but each student finds their own way to encode it.

@bryan

I mean that's the cinematic conceit of the story. The big "it makes you think" question of the film.

Though I always thought it was a more clear story about how war is always hell, and anyone who loves it is nuts.

And that's not getting in to the "real man" who was not as ... honorable as the creature of symbols in the movie.

Some people watch the movie "Patton" and they think he's a really cool guy and not a creepy monster filled with all the bloodlust of a strange ancient god to whom you must sacrifice your children.

And so I don't really like that film for it's ambiguity on the necessity of such men. It's not cute.

@heidilifeldman

What is this? A battle? They are sending Patton home from the front?

This is ... so bizarre.

What is this guy's position and title?

@atax1a

The past will be hashed, it will be buttered and dipped in batter and fried. The past will be, once over easy, with pepper and a fruit compote garnish.

@leemadgwick

I think the graffiti makes this. It makes it abandoned but also alive.

If I was a rich and famous author I'd be desperate to get something like this on the cover of one of my stories. It had "the exact vibe"

(the murmurations print on your website is amazing. I have my CS students program a simulation of birds in flight like that, challenge them to find the best parameters for the most dynamic flocks... )

Also... uh... ... ever draw any ... ants?

@bean

Brings me bugs to feed my pet ants.

(My husband saves any flies he kills in the summer for the girls and it's the sweetest thing.)

Not many men can complete with that.

Glasses are cute too. And ... fast touch typing.