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@metagrrrl
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Author. Discardian. Game Mediator. I play around with miniature terrain and game design at http://ourmagic.info
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Someone suggested not pulling any April Fool's pranks this year and I think we all need to get on board with that.

Because, you know, all this.

Today, for many reasons, was a good day. Best of all was that I saw a blue-tailed skink in the wild and managed to photograph it before it ran off.
Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
#southernillinois #lizard #skink #illinois #photography #nature
Stream near Burrator reservoir last April, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #mosstodon
#artists , I know this is a long shot, but instead of complaining forever I will just ask:
Are there any artists here with #MEcfs #longcovid #fibro or energy limiting illness, or those who are aware what this is like, that know how to practice mark making when essentially almost bedbound?
Because obviously i can't have the "objectively" good posture and do the whole drawing from the arm thing when half lying propped up on pillows, in bed, with my tablet in my lap.
If anyone else has any ideas I welcome them.
My lines (and generally, fundamentals) are shit and I want to change that.
Not sure what to tag, #neisvoid ? #artlearning ?

How about some calendula?

#BloomScrolling #flowers

β€œCOVID probably killed 150,000 more people in its first two years than official U.S. tolls show”. Not surprising when you look at excess mortality numbers for that period. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-killed-150-000-more-people-in-its-first-two-years-than-official-toll/
COVID probably killed 150,000 more people in its first two years than official U.S. tolls show

We have severely undercounted the number of COVID deaths, scientists say

Scientific American

1930s mural by famous S.F. artist uncovered in Pacific Heights home

As the owners prepped their house for sale, they found a surprise above their fireplace. 

https://missionlocal.org/2026/03/1930s-mural-and-sotomayor-and-pacific-heights/

1930s mural by famous S.F. artist uncovered in Pacific Heights home

As the owners prepped their house for sale, they found a surprise above their fireplace. 

Mission Local
Taviton brook and gorse in flower near Whitchurch Down last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography
β€œStop naming things after people, living or dead. No schools. No streets. No courthouses. No fountains. Just quit it.” https://fritinancy.substack.com/p/stop-naming-buildings-and-streets
Stop naming buildings (and streets, and parks, and ships, and mountains) after people

Eventually, inevitably, someone will decide that your well-meaning gesture was a terrible error.

Fritinancy
Amid the historic and ongoing record heatwave (which will continue for at least another week in this region), Colorado River Basin snowpack has unfortunately taken an unprecedented March nosedive. Given the pre-existing water crisis, this is a highly alarming trajectory.