I was writing the soundtrack for a fictional game and now I'm hand animating shit, what is happening to me

https://blog.curiousquail.com/how-a-soundtrack-that-never-materialized-resulted-in-a-personal-art-boom/

"Organizing requires dealing with annoying people, and union members know and expect that. I think that friction disappeared so long ago that people just don't know how to tolerate one another in the process of achieving a goal. It's a path the rest of the world is sliding towards, they're just further down the slope. People don't know what winning feels like, so it feels impossible."

@small_cypress https://smallcypress.bearblog.dev/in-defense-of-the-american-south/

a pile of good links in this post https://tabitha.computer/2026/06/junited-2026/

https://daniel.industries/2026/07/11/updates/

Another screenshot from the Critical Cooldown, immediately following the above.

Took these screenshots from Critical Role a while back intending to post them immediately. This is from the cooldown. I subbed to Beacon half to get earlier access to episodes, half to get the full cooldown.

https://loladementmyers.com/posting

Bene qui latuit, bene vixit.

This Week in the IndieWeb https://indieweb.org/this-week/2026-07-10.html

You probably have to be of a certain age and background to appreciate niche 90s alternative christian-adjacent music enough to have your hair blown back like mine is by this cover: https://the77srock.bandcamp.com/track/to-cover-you-2

I did not expect much when I hit play, and then realized the 77s covering The Choir is in fact a great idea.

Edie Brickell commissions tribute to long-time local music champion Jeffrey Liles | KXT 91.7

https://kxt.org/2026/07/edie-brickell-commissions-tribute-to-long-time-local-music-champion-jeffrey-liles/

Randomly tuned into the new Inf🧅 Wars live stream and OMG 🤭

You don't get to say RTFM if there is no M.

https://kk.org/thetechnium/why-are-llms-smart/

A scientist, a philosopher, and a poet walk into a bar.

They all drink heavily to try to forget the state that society is in.

'“I did it to try to help humanity, whom I love.” Grammatically, it’s a little baffling, until you realize that at some deep and fundamental level, Musk does not see himself as belonging to humanity. He sees the rest of us as “other.” He loves us, though. So we should be grateful.'

https://mailchi.mp/aboard/zkd26k8jzm-10347626

Sometimes I feel like the people around me just don't appreciate it when I externalise the song lyrics that pop into my head while they're talking

You need enough distance to take feedback without crumbling, to play the scene without losing yourself, to notice what’s off without being consumed by it. Enough distance to stay in the game long enough for the things you actually care about to keep growing.

https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-429-how-to-thrive-at-work-when