Hey idk if you've seen this (if you're on Twitter etc) but my friend Frank who is wonderful and who you might know from such hits as The Mechanisms and The Magnus Archives and Being A Generally Cool Guy is having big problems with some dickheads in the council who have sprung a surprise eviction notice on them and their family. They're pretty substantially disabled and have been in a precarious situation for a long time now so there isn't any give in their finances to pay off the council and avoid eviction.
They've set up a gofundme to pay off the Surprise Council Debt and keep afloat (in addition to the money they apparently now owe their rent has been massively increased). If you've got a few quid spare and have enjoyed their work in the past (or just think people shouldn't be booted out of their home for being disabled in a cost of living crisis) it sounds like it would go a long way.
some buds act like it is so hard to love but it is so easy. you just do nothing. in the absence of all things, we just love. it is what we are built to do. just strip off everything else, all the baggage, and love is underneath
There is so much love in my body for this man and this silly little show with all the little guys in space <3<3<3
me: i like this character
person: ok
me: no you dont understand
Argo Tuulik, one of the original creatives behind Disco Elysium, is being sued by Za/um AGAIN and is facing bankruptcy on top of homelessness due to the greed of a CEO who has already screwed the artists over multiple times before! I highly recommend you read his story here and share even if you can't donate.
Hey guys!! A bit late on this but the person who created the (good) lesbian pride flag is selling merch!! This is basically official lesbian merch!! The CEO of Lesbians deserves support! Show some support!!
Happy Birthday, Adam Katz!
So one of the writers of GO is Neil Gaiman. Who, of course, did an excellent job and deserves all the credit he gets. But you know who cowrote Good Omens?
Terry Pratchett.
And you know what else Terry Pratchett wrote?
This is your sign to read discworld- a comedy fantasy series of 41 separate but interconnected books about everything from a wizard who can’t do magic to the invention if steam trains. If this interests you, read on!
Why you should read Discworld:
It has lots of the best bits of Good Omens. Like the footnotes? Discworld has plenty of those. Like the puns? It’s got those, too. Like the vivid, unique, compelling characters with plenty of room for fanfic? Yep, we have so many of those.
It has loads of content. 41 books! But don’t let that dissuade you, because there are separate storylines and standalone books that you can read without touching the others. You could read them all, too, if you’d like !
The books deal with big matters while staying lighthearted. Case in point: there’s a book about Death dressing up as Santa which deals with what it means to be human.
There’s something for everyone. Some of the books really feel like fantasy (coven of witches stops twisted cinderella story, guards save city from raging dragon), some feel like wacky adventures (invention of the movie industry goes Horribly Wrong, cat runs pied piper scam) and some barely feel like fantasy at all (girl dresses up as a boy to go to war, turns out she’s not the only one; ex-conman must revive postal service) but all of them have wonderful plots.
The prose is vivid and the dialogue is great, plus of course there’s the humour!
If this appeals to you, here’s a flowchart that might help you figure out where to start.
Happy reading!
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