Tolkien states that the Shire is “more or less a Warwickshire village of about the period of the Diamond Jubilee.”The Diamond Jubilee was in 1897. Montague Redgrave invented a spring-loaded “bagatelle” machine in 1869, similar to modern pinball machines, which means
Yes.

Ai art defenders are still trying to use the tired argument of 'humans and Ai are both influenced by previous art, explain to me why it's worse for Ai to do it huh' like some kinda gotcha, so here's a handy illustration of how they are different

finding it a bit alarming that the reactions I get about th/reads not being compliant with EU privacy/data laws is 'aw no you poor EU people' instead of 'maybe we should think for a sec about the implications of that fact' : ' )

Only capitalism could turn unlimited free electricity into a problem.

It's my Birthday, yay! By tradition, I will kindly ask you to rt my art as a present 😁

And since my bills will increase due to moving to a new apartment, I am also looking for new illustration gigs!👀

We're honored and excited to be one of the finalists for the Hugo award for Best Semiprozine! We would have loved to see team khōréō's names listed in full on the website and ballot, but in lieu of that, here's a list of our team members whose work made this happen in 2022 ⬇️

New Twitter slogan: Life is pain so why not be harassed by incels?

Whilst it’s obviously funny this Farmers Weekly poll has backfired on their intended result, The Times confirms today this is no Twitter poll fluke. A clear majority of people now support a Scottish style Right to Roam: we need politicians to enact this clearly popular policy.

The official announcement of the finalists for the Hugo Awards is scheduled for July 6, at 13:00 GMT (09:00 EST). Voting for the Hugo Awards is scheduled to open starting on July 10, and will continue through September 30.

Info per an email sent out by Worldcon.

Let's do one better. If a movie is deleted for tax reasons, the rights, as is often the case in book publishing, should revert to the writers, directors and producers and they should be able to sell it to another distributor or distribute it themselves.

I'm conflicted. Management put a dampener on my account's reach months ago. When I log in I never know if I'll find a bunch of Likes or a bunch of randos wishing I was dead.

But social media is vital to my career, and it’s how I keep up with many of my dear friends.

Steadily working through the Glasto sets while I work and holy shit The HU are incredible

Wow, Kevin Costner really stocks a fridge before he leaves you

Dune: Part 2 (2023, dir. Denis Villeneuve)

All of us still on Twitter as it gets worse and worse every day