The Only Retreat That Works

What comfort do you return to when everything feels loud? When everything gets loud, I don’t “recharge.” I don’t “center myself.” I don’t journal my feelings like a malfunctioning HR department. I go home. I shut the door. I let the house go quiet. Real quiet. The kind that doesn’t perform for anyone. The world is a nonstop siren now. Everyone yelling opinions. Everyone selling something. Everyone desperate to be heard while saying absolutely nothing. Phones vibrating like […]

https://ericfoltin.com/2026/01/30/the-only-retreat-that-works/

Edit: This is to get a general idea of baths vs showers. Not how often you wash in general.

Informal poll: How often do you take a bath? #Poll #LowStakes

1 to 2 days a week
100%
3 to 4 days a week
0%
5 to 6 days a week
0%
Every day of the week
0%
Poll ended at .
Let’s Talk Stakes (Not Steaks)
The world just can't stop trying to end! A great example of this is in the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. At this point, I don't think I need a spoiler alert to say that Buffy stopped the Master, Angel, the Mayor, Adam, Glory, Willow, and finally the First. In the meantime, she had to keep h
https://kitauthor.com/lets-talk-stakes-not-steaks/
#CozyFantasy #WritingFantasy #WritingWithHorses #BuffyTheVampireSlayer #CozyFantasy #fantasy #HighStakes #LowStakes
Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding (but vibe coding rocks) https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/19/vibe-coding/ #AI #coding #LowStakes (several good points)
Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding (but vibe coding rocks)

Vibe coding is having a moment. The term was coined by Andrej Karpathy just a few weeks ago (on February 6th) and has since been featured in the New York …

Simon Willison’s Weblog
Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding (but vibe coding rocks) https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/19/vibe-coding/ #AI #coding #LowStakes (several good points)
Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding (but vibe coding rocks)

Vibe coding is having a moment. The term was coined by Andrej Karpathy just a few weeks ago (on February 6th) and has since been featured in the New York …

Simon Willison’s Weblog
Finding A Home In Cozy Fantasy
Cozy fantasy has always sounded amazing to me, especially as someone who really has turned to their writing as a form of self-care. It's done my mental health wonders to find stories and craft a world I can slip into, create the kinds of stories I love to read, that leave you with if not a one hundred percent everything is going to be okay kin
https://kitauthor.com/finding-a-home-in-cozy-fantasy/
#AuthorLife #CozyFantasy #FoundFamily #LowStakes #SliceOfLife

NEWS FROM CANADA

Parking meters has the wrong zone number on them. Folks were getting tickets because they paid for the "wrong" zone listed on the meter.

After a call to the news org, the city fixed the signage.

#LowStakes make for #lowstress

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/07/08/green-p-error-cabbagetown-toronto-parking-authority/

Toronto Parking Authority rushes to fix mistake after CityNews reports problem

CityNews uncovered a big mix-up over Green P parking location numbers on a stretch of Parliament Street, thanks in part to a viewer.

CityNews Toronto

🎲 ¡He hecho otra movida rolera gratis! 🎲

Low Stakes es un juego de rol rollo "Lo que hacemos en las sombras" que va de ser compas de piso sobrenaturales a los que les pasan cosas tontísimas. En España lo publica Cursed Ink: https://www.cursedink.es/tienda/low-stakes/

El juego tiene encanto, pero la ficha básica es más seca que la momia de un cactus, así que he hecho una versión alternativa en color y en BN para descargar gratis.

https://minicarbonara.itch.io/low-stakes-ficha-alternativa

#Rol #LowStakes #wwdits #TTRPG #CharacterSheet

Low Stakes

  En Low Stakes, obra de Craig Campbell, encarnas a un monstruo de horror gótico (un vampiro, un hombre lobo o un fantasma) o a uno de sus amigos humanos. Todos compartís casa, porque hoy en día el tema de la vivienda está complicado para todo el mundo. La verdad, eso de convivir y colaborar para mantener bien la casa se os da de pena. En este juego de rol sin DJ, vais a interpretar escenas parecidas a las de las comedias de situación, mientras tus amigos y tú vais guiando a vuestros aberrantes personajes a través de las vicisitudes diarias del siglo XXI, intentáis ganar influencia sobre vuestros compañeros de casa y os enfrentáis a problemas que a ojos mortales no suponen ninguna dificultad pero que para vosotros pueden resultar… escalofriantes. Low Stakes se inspira directamente en la serie y película Lo que hacemos en las sombras, a las que pretende ser un puro homenaje.

Cursed Ink

OK #sewing talk. Cut. my mummer sequin poncho costume on the #bias. When I made the neck hole it quickly turned into a waist sized hole -tried it on - slipped off my shoulders. Yoiks! So I used the tricot sequin free selvage as a neck band adding pinch pleats as I sewed it. Now it looks like a sequin smock lol and I can ~just~ get it over my head. #MakeItWork #Sequins #Mummer #LowStakes

Next time eff a circle I'm cutting slits for a neck hole