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[atompowers]

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[varpusvaras]

Index: Commander got hurt two days ago. They were chasing two suspects in a speeder in high speed, and since our speeders are... not always in tip-top shape, the door Commander was leaning on opened by itself

Index: He went hurling out pretty fast, and, by Corporal Brass's description, did "more volts than the trapetze artist that got stuck in their own tigthrope we had to go and rescue last month"

Index: Anyway, Commander proceeds to get up, run after the speeder, take it down and apprehend both suspects. He said his arm was just a bit sore, and he seemed coherent, so they let him slip out from a healthcheck. Commander Thorn brought him in the next morning because he had said something about his 'neck hurting' before he fell asleep

Index: Turns out that Commander had completely shattered his collarbone and proceeded to just...ignore it? I need to check his adrenalin levels... *muttering*

Index: Anyway, I knit the bone back to its original shape, but left it in a sling, for at least a week, so he can take a break from fieldwork at least. And he did, I swear! And I only gave him some mild painkillers. Mild.

Index: So I am not really sure how this happened

(Bullet, standing at the bottom of a very high transmission tower: Commander! What the kriff are you doing?!

Fox, not in full armor and on top of the tower, his arm still in a sling: Look, Bullet, there was-

Bullet, losing his mind: I don't care why you are up there! HOW DID YOU GET UP THERE??!)

Thire, just back from an escort mission:

Index:

Thire:

Index:

Thire: *sigh*

[tarantula-hawk-wasp]

In Vegas we’re going to be starting October with a high of 103° tomorrow 🙃 we’ve been about 14° above average temperatures for end of September. After the hottest summer here on record with the hottest recorded temperature in Las Vegas of 120° and the most days of a high of 100 or higher on record (currently at 106 days (no longer consecutive) of 100 or higher) and the record for most days of 110 or higher. Global climate change and local heat island effect are really working their magic.

[muirneach]

listening to actual child ballads from my appalachian folk background is like oh okay thats where that line comes from

[noisytenant]

i wish you could opt out of having people see your tags sometimes cuz occasionally i wanna reblog something like "i think i hauve covid" but i dont think the op would appreciate it and i respect that.

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

vote yes if you have finished the entire book.

vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

note: the original publication of The Unicorn Chronicles was in four volumes, but the reissue has split volume 3 (Dark Whispers) into two revised and expanded books, and volume 4 (The Last Hunt) into three books (The Invasion of Luster, The Wounded Tree, and The Gathered Glory). for the purposes of this blog, I’m using the original publication, taking volumes 3-7 of the reissued series as variations of volumes 3 and 4 of the original publication.

however. given how annoying this is, if you have read any of The Invasion of Luster, The Wounded Tree, or The Gathered Glory (even if not all three) I think you’re justified in voting yes in this poll.

(faq · submit a book)

[gwynndolin]

hmm.. was kind of hoping Arc’s easels would be a good way to consolidate research sources but its not exactly what i was looking for

[joelletwo]

do i have good photos from this week.. The Hole and wittle beach lizard

[kogetaikid]

213/6006

On top of a jelly tree

Yeah, just some characters for WAY LATER…

[10bmnews]

Stocks rise, but gains capped thanks to weak jobs data: Live updates

Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on May 9, 2025. NYSE U.S. stocks rose slightly on Wednesday, but gains were kept in check after private sector hiring hit its lowest level in more than two years, raising concerns trade policy uncertainty could be weighing on the U.S. economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 99 points, or 0.2%. The S&P 500 climbed 0.3% along with the Nasdaq…

[the-unofficial-village-idiot]

Going to work looking like an off-duty clown

[meteorologistaustenlonek]

WDEFWeather #News12Weather Allergy Reports for Thursday afternoon. Data courtesy of Chattanooga Allergy Clinic.

[noisytenant]

You can stop capitalism and the attention economy from sucking the joy out of art for you right now*

*at the small price of, perhaps, your hopes and dreams.

Commodification and competition only suck the joy out of art when you buy into them. If you want to make art for fun and not worry about attention economies and algorithms then literally just stop worrying about them, and accept the consequences of that.

What are the consequences? There are artists who have successfully risen to a living wage off posting their art online, and in the shadow of these prominent but rare figures it is difficult not to dream of having even a sliver of their luck. And this is to say nothing about the social and emotional fulfillment of sharing art with others, but I'll be focusing on the economics here.

It's luck. Commercially successful artists who seem to have "gamed the algorithm" are prone to survivorship bias--it's impossible to know how many artists have tried the same tactics only to get nowhere. And most will attest that every step of these attention-economy-appeasing rituals is demoralizing and exhausting. Many--even those who succeed--give up or take a step back.

But if these rituals are so awful, why perform them? To potentially increase the meager chances of economic success as an internet artist? To see your engagement numbers go up?

I don't want to tell people to give up on this dream because I believe it is impossible. Instead, it is possible, which is the trap. And when the entire economy and job market are so dire, it's difficult not to dream of that lottery ticket.

I do believe we can live in a world where we can survive and make the art that brings us joy--Through significant effort and numerous systemic changes at every level of culture and society. And in the meantime, there is a huge grey area of economic sustainability--if you make even a little money off your art, that's more in your pocket.

But hobbyist artists have been making and continue to make art out of joy and curiosity regardless of how popular or commercially viable it is, it's just harder to find them on common online platforms. They're in your neighborhood, at work, in your family and probably among your friends, sitting at the library leafing through a "How to Draw" book or signing up for an adult beginner's class, if they have the money. And when we promote the idea that art is fun for everyone, we make more space for people to enjoy it.

We have a finite amount of time and energy every day. Our capitalist economy saps us of both such that we have very little left to devote to our passions. But we fail to realize how much more we lose investing in an arbitrary and fickle economy that is, in fact, entirely optional. If you work a day job with clearly defined hours, you may spend several hours miserably--and that is a problem that needs addressing--but your day ends. Meanwhile, the work of a professional internet artist is never done--You are always on the clock.

I feel heartbroken when I see artists lamenting how joyless, soul-sucking, and uninspiring art has become for them in the midst of our current circumstances. I think they are correct in identifying that the attention economy saps them of this joy--But they are not seeing the forest for the trees.

It is the difference between the expectation of success and the reality of disappointment, rather than the disappointment itself, that leads to such a depressing state of affairs. Let go of the idea that sufficient effort scales with reward in a system as arbitrary as ours. Save your energy. The best way to win is not to play.

Art is as beautiful and life-affirming as it ever was. Realize what it has to offer you, and realize what you need from elsewhere. We still need food and a roof over our heads. We still need friends and community. If we want art to occupy a joyful space in our lives, we need to rely on other parts of ourselves to get through the sometimes boring, tedious, and depressing work of living our daily lives.

Our capitalist system and its associated attention economy deserve every criticism they can get, but if we fail to question their fundamental assumptions, we will never truly move past them. We have the autonomy to untangle capital from our artistic lives, if not completely, at least to a more manageable state.

So, believe that art can be fun again. The things you want to see in the world are waiting for you to make them.

[youthchronical]

Most of the S&P 500 is already in correction territory as benchmark teeters near milestone

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York City on March 10, 2025.  Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images The majority of the stocks in the S&P 500 are already in correction territory as the sell-off on Wall Street continues to drag the benchmark closer to that key threshold. As of Monday’s close, 366 S&P 500 components or 73% were trading…