trying to be punk rock about the Loch Ness Monster

Awhile ago I was struck by the similarity between fire towers and lighthouses, and wanted to capture that in a painting. Both are lonely, isolated structures that people tend to work alone, sometimes in extremely dangerous if not life threatening conditions. But fire towers are about warning people to run, about putting out a light that is a threat to people's safety. Lighthouses are sort of the opposite, drawing people in and guiding them to safety by keeping a light on instead of putting it out.

Water is way more hydrating than soda, but soda is more hydrating than nothing. A balanced meal is way more nutritious than ice cream, but ice cream is more nutritious than nothing.

Something is better than nothing. Some hydration is better than no hydration. Some nutrients are better than no nutrients. Some produce is better than no produce.

BLOODY MARY FANS ARE ACTUALLY INSANE!?

Screenshot via Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net on bluesky

Tldr Amnesty International, global human rights organisation, published a report called 'A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK'. In it is detailed, amongst others, a whole bunch of transphobic groups and organisations, including Beira's Place, JK Rowling's trans exclusionary sexual violence support service. JK Rowling threw a shit fit and got Amnesty to take the report down by threatening libel. This was obviously not enough, because you can't appease a fascist, so now she's going to bankroll a bunch of lawsuits anyway through the JK Rowling Women's Fund.*

You can read an archived version of the report here, please save it and share it.

No.

60% of all Bloodymary fanfic: Grace and Rocky find a submarine floating in space...

Me: A SUBMARINE? tell me more

60% of all Bloodymary fanfic: Simon iron lung is there

like, this terrifying, heavily-armed security cyborg will literally hack an entire planet's defense grid without breaking a sweat, but the second a human says "hey, you did a good job and we actually value your existence," its brain completely short-circuits.

murderbot facing an army of rogue combat bots: [calmly planning a tactical counter-strike while streaming season 42 of its favorite soap opera]

murderbot facing a genuine, heartfelt thank-you: 系统错误 (SYSTEM ERROR). ABORT MISSION. DO NOT LOOK THEM IN THE EYE. WHY IS THE HUMAN CRYING. PLEASE GOD LET ME GO BACK TO MY CUBICLE.

...and then going nope nope nope I want nothing more to do with this crazy story with giant alien animals that try to kill you, rogue secunits with their own agenda, corporate espionage, assassination attempts, alien contaminations that cause zombie apocalypses highly dangerous and irrational behavior, etc. and just... goes home after book one.