Pastelbat @pastelbat@awoo.space

I'll probably reread Discipline & Punish and Birth of the Clinic at some point, which are both vgood (both are better introduction points to his core ideas) but they're "Space Opera Doorstop Book" kinda length compared with History of Sexuality, so more of a commitment in terms of ability to invest focus & reading time

Properly reading more Foucault for the first time in like a decade is good.

His stuff's dense and academic but he has a very off-the-cuff sense of humour that makes the end result a lot less dry than it could be.

It holds up well, and still feels very relevant.

PSA

one silver lining is watching lots of people streaming activities

and seeing so much "spontaneous cat interruption" improv

I tend to write with "concept/other concept" a lot

I guess as a way of conveying multiple layers of meaning or a single meaning that one English word or phrase won't accurately encompass

I wish there was a way of doing that in phonetic speech..

I've caught myself saying "X slash Y" out loud a few times, but it's way more awkward

A clown went to a doctor's clinic, sat down and said

"Doctor, I feel like the social stigma, isolation & alienation of various 'kink' experiences has done profound social & psychological harm to myself and so many friends I've lost count."

"You are just appropriating the experiences of queer and trans people." replied the doctor. "Stop doing that, and you will be happy!"

"But doctor!" the clown cried

"I am queer and trans!"

hi

Though to be honest I'm liking having one easy to paint army that just takes to Contrast paints like they were made for it (Seraphon) and one that's intricate swirly armour and a tonne of details

It makes for a good change in.. Painting.. Flavour.. Uh. Paintfeel?

I have 2 Age of Sigmar forces on the go, both are currently at 10 infantry & 1 hero unit.

One of them took like, 2-3 weeks to hit that point, the other took 3-4 months

I will give you a moment to guess which are the elves.

So many gemstones.

I suspect it's not news to anyone here that the chorus of

"Everyone who isn't me is stupid and greedy!! That's why things are bad!!! Stop hoarding!!!!!!"

That's going around is primarily working as a means of mass self-soothing, rather than an attempt at a workable explanation of the situation we are in.

Nontheless, this still is a good/short article on supply chain dynamics that's worth a read

https://marker.medium.com/what-everyones-getting-wrong-about-the-toilet-paper-shortage-c812e1358fe0

hii

I have achieved better wristbraces!

Cuz there ought to be more options than "black, medical blue or beige", especially if you're like me and have to wear them a *lot*.

Going to improve on some stuff in later designs (stronger interfacing, lengthen the top strap, widen the main body beneath the thumb opening), but these work and I'm happy with how they turned out!

#mastoart #disability

Frostgrave's core book + co-op/solo materials are currently free! Also resources on how to play it with Lego.

One of my favourite skirmish games, so check it out if dice-rolling wizardbiffs are your thing

https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/free_frostgrave_ebook_2020

On the plus side, I picked the exact right time (about 2w before all this) to start a horde army

Just swimming in Skinks like Scrooge McDuck

(don't actually do this, skinks are smol and delicate lizardfriends)

Birthday Bat!

aka

Pastelbat 3.1: You Can (Not) Have Cake