Quick check-in

I just lost an entire draft of "Hey I'm gonna start cross-posting here because I can't trust any singular social media platform anymore," complete with links, and I'm absolutely fine with that. Totally fine. Just gonna. Stare at a wall for a minute and think about how fine I am with that.

Anyway, the short version is, I've posted a lot of long pieces on Tumblr this year that I'm really pleased with, and I'm going to start archiving those and posting new ones here alongside Tumblr.

You can see these posts on Patreon a couple of days early, and I'm working on things to post there as exclusives. Please browse my long-form Halloween offerings this year as such things as one might could view in advance.

I'll see if I can start manually cross-posting this week with my tumblr Weekend Links. These also go up on Patreon as free weekly posts, if you'd like to just sign up for it as a kind of "what I'm doing" newsletter.

Weekend links (Tumblr crosspost)

 

My posts

Mostly resting, to be honest; had a bad pain week and then I got a flu shot (and timed it so I could spend Saturday sleeping it off).

However, there were Grammy nominations on Friday, and I am very pleased that The Age of Pleasure is up for Best Album (and Best Progressive R&B Album, it looks like). I wrote (briefly) about my favorite Janelle Monáe songs back when the album came out this summer, if you'd like to listen to those:

• "Cold War"


• "Make the Bus"


• "Violet Stars Happy Hunting!!!"


• "We Were Rock and Roll"


• "Don't Judge Me"


• "Know Better"

Oh, wait, I did post something this week--a poll about which song you most associate with the Go-Go's. (The second highest result, "I have never heard one single Go," is what I wanted to measure: if you're within the reach of something I might write, what can I assume that you know?) Looks like the poll ends on Monday, so there's still time to weigh in on that.

Reblogs of interest

There was a Traditional Tumblr Scare earlier this week; you can find that under #the happenings, my "oh holy fuck why is social media crumbling into the sea again" tag, but here is the main explanation of the leaked memo. Short version: official word went out that they might actually get rid of Tumblr Live, and all the ewoks celebrated.
I have been around long enough to see multiple Tumblr Is Fucked scares, yes, but also, this was not the year to play with my nerves. Obviously I'm staying here, and I was already paying for ad-free, but I'll be dusting my Dreamwidth off as a mirror for the big posts. And I've already been using Patreon as a "get it here early" hub/archive for a month or so now. I am just not getting caught off guard again like I was when dipshit took over Twitter last November.
Pillowfort, meanwhile, actually is in financial trouble.

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I haven't heard any details yet, but: SAG-AFTRA reaches tentative agreement with Hollywood studios in a move to end nearly 4-month strike.

Finalists of the 2023 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

Fuck It, Internet Guide

I was there, Gandalf: Don't overpluck your brows.

Goth Anime Legs Uncle finally cycled back around to me with the addition that he's actually BROM? BROM??
damn girl are you the tower of babel

Video

This is just what ADHD sounds like

"My cat decided to use magic damage"

"A mating dance (?)"

Snow leopards: Sproing!

The sacred texts

i’ll kick anyone’s ass. i’ll kick your ass. i’ll kick your dog’s ass. i’ll kick my own ass

Personal tag of the week

#art was good this week, with a Mothman piece I particularly liked


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