I've dropped BREACH OF CONTAINMENT to $/￡/€0.99 for just one week. Because I can.

Space opera/milSF. I've made a lot of hamfisted attempts at pithy blurbs, but basically it's about a bunch of people caught up in a conflict that turns out to be much bigger - and much different - than what they thought. It's about loyalty and fighting back and the power of one small person doing one small thing. And it's about love, in all its myriad forms.

(Also, because it's space opera/milSF, there are explosions and fighting and political intrigue, and all that meaty stuff I'm supposed to talk about when promoting.)

Yeah, it's a series book - but I've read reviews by people who didn't know that when they picked it up, and enjoyed it as a standalone. (Which is a huge compliment, since I strive for that every time.)

It's my personal favorite of the series (although CONDITION OF WAR is growing on me).

#writingCommunity #sff #ebook

https://housepantherpublishing.com/breach-of-containment/

Some new art to share. Been mainly working on something since the start of September that I can't share but through this together using some parametric setups for said unshareable thing and some older assets. Hope people enjoy. #ArtByAlastairTemple #MastoArt #ScifiArt #ScienceFiction #DigitalArt #Blender3D

Happy Halloween! 🎃

#halloween #cartoon #horror #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #illustration #illustrator #fantasy #digital #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #NoAI #3D #3DRendering #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon

The $6.3bn stolen from Binance is still significantly less than the $9.1bn in negative cash flow Google is reporting as a result of switching to AI for search.

when we remember #PatrickStewart we should also remember that he was a victim of #DomesticViolence. his father hit his mother and stewart openly talked about what experiencing this horror on a nearly weekly basis did to him, his brother, and obviously his beloved mother. he not only talked about it but advocated for men in particular to stand up against #DomesticAbuse. many years ago he became part of a campaign called “ring the bell“ to educate about the importance of bystander intervention.

Patrick Stewart was one of the best of us. Will be greatly missed.

I met him once, at a live performance of A Christmas Carol; he was touring in my area and I was lucky enough to go see it with one of my friends.

The show was amazing, but I don't need to say that, you already know that Patrick Stewart was at the very least a generational talent at acting, if not the GOAT.

What I can say is that even in this one brief moment that I got to see him, he still impressed me with kindness.

My website is AI ready! https://lou.cx/llms.txt

RT: @MiddleEastEye "Carpet bomb them all".

Speaking to The Guardian at an event ahead of Israel’s elections, a young Israeli woman called for Palestinians to be forcibly displaced from the Gaza Strip, saying they should be killed if they cannot be removed.

Anthropic’s SEC filing is amazing. It describes itself as the most important company in human history, then if you keep reading it’s like

Mozilla: Hmm…what do people want?

People: a browser

Mozilla: a social bookmarking service!

People: we want a browser.

Mozilla: A New Tab ✨experience✨

People: Just a browser.

Mozilla: Colorways! Buy a limited time color!

People: Please make a good browser.

Mozilla: People want AI! AI superpowers!

People: A browser. To show webpages.

Mozilla: Remember those older memes? Don’t they remind you of how things were before the web went to shit?

People: From back when you made a browser?

RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/117506086793853010

Silicon Valley is not well.

Some of the latest illustrations I’ve done:

#jonjuarez #illustration #art

France! They've had enough and so have I - what are we going to do about it? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/oct/19/cost-of-living-getting-you-down-i-have-had-enough-and-so-has-france

"No algorithm on the fediverse" is the wrong framing. "You build your own algorithm" is closer to the truth. Reverse chronological is the basic formula, and each person configures their account to build on that basis. Every followed hashtag, every filtered term, every account added or removed from a list, every blocked server or muted account changes your personal algorithm. What we mean when we say "no algorithm" is that there's no company imposing their algorithm on your account.

Why We’re Banning AI https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-were-banning-ai #AI #NoAI

#PortfolioDay
Hi, my name is Johanna and I'm an oil painter from Germany :D
Here are some of my works ^^

#oilpaint #oilpainting #art #artist #oilcolors #figurepainting

Hey #PortfolioDay! Nice to see everyone again. My name is Aimee, and I'm a dark-beautiful #DarkArt freelance #illustrator. My current wishlist for projects is: 📚 Book covers and 🃏Trading/Playing card games, but I'm open to anything!
💼: AimeeCozza.com
✉️: aimee@aimeecozza.com

Hey Portfolio Day!

I am an artist specializing in creature art, and I especially love making dragons. I do concept art, illustration, and digital sculpting.

Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/sarah_draws

#Art #DigitalArt #FantasyArt #CreatureDesign #DragonArt #MastoArt #FediArt #Fantasy #Dragon #Dragons #Creature #Creatures #CreatureConceptArt #ConceptArt #SCulpting #Blender #ClipStudioPaint #PortfolioDay

#PortfolioDay
Not much to say, I've been mostly working on concept art for our animated project, Budapest Spaceport, with hints of Pioneer Space Sim here and there