Wandering Adventure Party

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You have never been in a room without at least one skeleton in it

Neil Peart said it best: "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." You cannot be "neutral". You cannot be "apolitical". You are either antifascist OR YOU ARE A FASCIST.

Got this one through Netgalley. Was so excited when approval came. Jim C. Hines has been one of my favorite writers since I stumbled into a signing one pay day and picked up all the Libriomancer books. The Buffy X Golden Girls comp just sold it EVEN MORE #Bookstodon #SlayersOfOld #UrbanFantasy(comment on Slayers of Old)

So Annette is a French half-succubus, Jenny is a former magical girl savior, and Temple is the latest generation wizard from a long line with a connection to this sentient house/bookstore. I'm in.(comment on Slayers of Old)

The year is 2039, the machines have taken over. The Mariners and Tigers are still playing the 2025 ALDS

@futurebird @nyrath @annaleen It's in my stack of notes for the (currently merely hypothetical) third Authority novel. (It's a space opera setting that isn't in print yet, because I'm working on a huge mid-career pivot back to space opera in the next few years.)

@Quasit @laprice @gildilinie @literalgrill I mean, thats essentially what people are asking the fediverse to offer, a choice of moderation.Like if the tools are there for moderators to act, you now have a choice between servers and their moderation policies (and moderation actions) and with existing tools for switching, you can vote with your feet if you dislike those policies.If the tools aren't there, you leave a bunch of people with a choice of slurs shouted at them or don't exist here

Algernon Blackwood wrote six John Silence stories, featuring his physician who has undergone spiritual and psychic training and only takes cases pro Bono when they really interest him. And really, only four of the six stories really feature Dr. Silence beyond a mere framing moment. The stories themselves were really interesting though. Each presents a different problem, like a haunted house, a marauding spirit, and Dr. Silence comes in with his disdain for violence and tries to apply his psychology-esque treatment to solve the problem. Honestly, really enjoyed the doctor as detective here and wish more of the later works inspired by it had kept more of the non-police feel of this early work.

Ancient Sorceries was great, loved the cat phrases. Nemesis of Fire is not disappointing with fire.(comment on The complete John Silence stories)

Fascist movements have been smashed before. We must learn from how and smash them again, everywhere and everytime they appear.https://youtu.be/XeHviTKEqSo

Pig beast aliens? Are they aliens? Whatever they are, these things are definitely creepy. #Bookstodon #HouseOnTheBorderland(comment on William Hope Hodgson's The house on the borderland)

Reading info on this one, looks like a proto-Mulder. I like the supernatural detective trope and it looks like this is one of the originators of the trope. #Bookstodon #JohnSilence #AlgernonBlackwood(comment on The complete John Silence stories)

This is a fun one to read for bedtime. Language is pretty dense (19th Century prose) but the 7 year old seems to follow along pretty well. #bookstodon #AlicesAdventuresInWonderland(comment on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, p. 35)

Hey #wrestling fans! I'm trying to get some independent wrestling on new ellijay television. If you're involved with an independent wrestling franchise, anywhere in the world, I'd love to chat with you.

Windows 10 support ends in 2 months, potentially making a lot of computers obsolete and dangerous to use. https://endof10.org/ is a great resource to avoid that by installing Linux - aided by experts and with simple to follow guides.

We've seen a fair few people doing this recently: please don't put emjoi in alt text, it's very unfriendly to screenreaders!

A reasonable meaning of "hoist with his own petard" is being lifted by ones one farts.https://www.etymonline.com/word/petard

I had forgotten how great some of the asides were, like I remembered a generally snarky tone but the line about "Mensah underestimated my ability to ignore humans, but I appreciated the thought" cracked me up. #MurderbotDiaries #ReRead(comment on All Systems Red)

Rereading Murderbot because I want something fun and the show just came out. Very much still read book Murderbot as femme though. #MurderbotDiaries(comment on All Systems Red)