"This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper"

Thus, with a faint clicking noise, the staff at The Gamers' Tavern turned off the lights in the Discord server many of us called home for almost 4 years.

I won't waste your time explaining how Discord has lost its way, or the heavy toll its latest choices have taken on the most fragile and persecuted among us. I will instead tell you that we will always fight those choices, even when it will be hard, hard as leaving our digital home.

But worry not friends, for we have a new home. The Gamers' Tavern is now on Discourse (a self hosted instance in EU, protected by GDPR). Answering the most common doubt, Discourse is a forum but also has chat functionalities and we are customising it following the community needs and feedbacks. Plus...we may have other news soon 👀 just sayin'.

We will always fight for you and your rights to privacy and being safe.
We will always fight to protect our users and keep our part of the public staff contract (more here) and respecting the rules

We will always strive to be a cosy, safe and heartwarming community, may it be in this tool or that tool.

If you want to know more or taste first hand if I'm telling the truth, join us @ TGT's Discourse instance

No BS, no ads, no tracking cookies, no unnecessary data.
Your data is your data.

#TheGamersTavern #Discourse #Discord #Community #Safe #Cosy

"Entry hall at St Francis Church"

#cork #corkcity #iglesia #artes #arquitectura #entrada #cosy #agradable #domingo #colorido #cálido

Check out this lovely picture book about adventure, happiness, friendship, soup and some unhelpful ducks!

It's a collaboration between Human People Nicole Stone (hedgewitch / author / illustrator of Spirits of the Woodland Tarot) and Paul Alborough (writer / rapper / aka Professor Elemental).

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/professorelemental/the-little-hedgewitch-and-the-professor-a-childrens-book

Boosts appreciated! ❤️

#Bookstadon #ChildrensBooks #Cozy #Cosy #Cottagecore #ProfessorElemental #NicoleStone #SpiritsOfTheWoodland #Tarot #Kickstarter #Crowdfunding #NoAI

The world is on fire, as usual. So, here's a post that has nothing to do with that.

I have been #drawing and #painting happy and #cosy pictures, and I want to share some.

This one has been done with teabags and a marker pen.

#watercolour #watercolor