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THIS IS SO COOL

spookyram

woah

spoonyruncible

This is from ‘Beasts of Burden’, a really cool comic about a bunch of dogs (and one cat) protecting their town from the supernatural things that threaten it. It’s spooky and sad and really just fantastic. At one point they teamed up with Hellboy. Everyone should read it (if you don’t mind some pretty dark things happening. it is not a cheerful comic but it is a good one).

paniniville

Hey! So, I loved this comic, and still think about it occasionally, and tonight it was linked to me again with just the right timing so that I hyperfocused and squirreled off to go read everything! They aren’t really numbered well, but the Wikipedia page has a list of them in release order and what anthologies to find them in!

But given that it’s a pain to seek out each one one by one, I’ve got a list of links in order a smidge further down! Please try to support Dark Horse Comics if you can, but if you’re broke like me and still want to read, the Internet is a beautiful place. According to the wiki page, there are at least two more installments to come, scheduled for May 1st and June 5th, but there’s no real update schedule for the series as a whole.

Do note: they are graphic, gory, and sad, with a lot of body horror. But they’re really fantastic.

Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites contains: 1. Stray 2. The Unfamiliar 3. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie 4. A Dog and His Boy 5. The Gathering Storm 6. Lost 7. Something Whiskered This Way Comes 8. Grave Happenings

9. Sacrifice (Hellboy Crossover)

Beasts of Burden: Neighborhood Watch contains: 10. Food Run 11. Story Time 12. The View From The Hill (the one in this post!)

13. Hunters and Gatherers 14. What The Cat Dragged In 15. Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men

northstarfan

The trade collection for “Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men” came out a couple of weeks ago, btw.

“Neighborhood Watch” is due out in October and contains more stories than listed above (including the Hellboy crossover).

thebiscuiteternal

This is one of my favorite series ever and I’m so glad it’s finally getting proper collections instead of one-off anthology appearances.

Warning, though, the story about Hazel and her pups will *destroy* you.

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@TIMESUPNOW: We’re in a historic moment in the fight for equal pay. And it’s been ignited by the women of the @USWNTPlayers.

Brie attended a meeting between the USWNT players and Time’s Up Now organization to demand equal pay for women in all workplaces.

halftruthsandhyperbole

Today I learned

ouijubell

Free Audiobooks and Ebooks on OVERDRIVE.

Free Graphic Novels (DC, Marvel, Image, etc), Music, TV shows, and music on HOOPLA.

Free music that you can KEEP on FREEGAL

You are PAYING for all this with your tax money - USE THEM. Most likely systems will have all 3 or 2 out of 3, so if you aren’t sure call your local library’s reference/information desk and how you can get set-up or started.

horrorinthegraveyard

Hey, highkey from a library worker:

Overdrive has a new mobile app called LIBBY I find it easier to use. It’s the same content as Overdrive just better for mobile. Overdrive and Libby both let you send items to your kindle as well.

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Can confirm Overdrive is amazing.

I work in the largest library system in my state (17 branches in total).

I use it not only for ebooks, but movies as well.

Other FREE resources to check with your library for are:

Freegal Music (download and keep music, including current music)

Hoopla Digital (borrow ebooks, e-audiobooks, e-graphic novels, stream movies)

Kanopy (stream movies; also available on Roku!)

Axis360 (usually hot or just released ebooks)

If you don’t have a library card…

GET ONE!

If someone says libraries are a thing of the past…

BOOP THEM IN THE NOSE WITH YOUR KINDLE!

Don’t discount libraries as “quiet” places.

THEY ARE ALIVE!!!

THEY ARE LOUD!!!

THEY ARE YOUR DOORWAYS TO KNOWLEDGE!!

yeahiwasintheshit

no need to give your money to any of those places, go to your library!!

kanopy is great!

shayminning

My girl siobhan, formerly of anglophenia, currently of college humor, is an angel and a blessing

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rareaspen

Your cat is more emotive than anything Disney’s animators could ever do in their quest for realism

polis-and-recreation

This scene will forever be the most important scene in any movie to me. This is a little girl who has been told all her life by her parents that she is a mistake and that she is worthless. This is a little girl whose family life is so horrible that books are her only escape. This is a little girl whose parents constantly belittle her for reading, the only pleasure in life she has. And in this scene, this little girl answers very shyly, because she has been conditioned to be embarrassed of her own existence. At first, she answers slowly, and without making eye contact. And in this scene this little girl is beginning to realize that maybe she is special. Maybe there are kind people in the world. Maybe she is worth something.

injuries-in-dust

It’s also when a lot of boys and girls watching got their sexual awakening when Miss Honey lowered her glasses like that.

mystthehedgehog

I just got fucking whiplash and the culprit is injuries-in-dust

injuries-in-dust

I’m just paraphrasing Mara Wilson herself.

And did this really not do anything to you?

blackqueerblog

I’m not crying.

unicornempire

Often times effort matters so much more than the thing itself. Whatever you can do, simply trying to do it at all is often more than enough.

renthony

Terrible Character Ideas:

A monk based on a European Christian archetype. They have sworn a sacred oath to defeat the giant snail plaguing the countryside.

A dragonborn desperately trying to convince the party that they’re really an aarakocra with a skin condition that made their feathers fall out.

Your standard horny bard, but they play a washboard.

A sentient hat piloting a mannequin.

A dark elf who’s afraid of the dark, and terrified of spiders.

A peasant farmer who joined the adventure because they’re going through a midlife crisis and want to ~find themself.~

A druid who got involved because they’re the party’s weed dealer.

A werewolf who doesn’t believe in the moon.

catgoblinchelly

op change the title to “Great”

pagerunner-j

OP are you kidding

THESE ARE AMAZING

dat-soldier

what if they were all in the same group tho

batmanisagatewaydrug-deactivate

hey folks

I made a random generator for fantasy book titles that follow the “x of y and z” format, go generate yours and write a snippet of what you think that story would be like or do a little doodle of it or uuuuh idk, do small claymation of it? or just tell me what you got, this is just silly and for fun and you can engage with it however you like

arcane-archivist-a

Century of Silent Doorways First impression: Some ancient hall/castle that's been abandoned due to ghosts or bad luck, but our intrepid Heroes sneak in to look around the doors open and close and start to whisper...

marzipanandminutiae

reading letters from 1818 is wild

“it’s that time of the year when I get colds for no apparent reason again” have some Clairitin hon

marzipanandminutiae

But also we’re not becoming allergic to everything nowadays like certain white moms fear. Allergies have always existed. They were just talked about differently

Like “oh clams always ~turn my stomach~”. Or “what a pity he was taken from us at age 5”

rosslynpaladin

“Well we didn’t have all this fancy chronic illness stuff in the Olden Days, what did people do then??”

They died, Ashleigh.

explorerrowan

This is a picture tracking bullet holes on Allied planes that encountered Nazi anti-aircraft fire in WW2.

At first, the military wanted to reinforce those areas, because obviously that’s where the ground crews observed the most damage on returning planes. Until Hungarian-born Jewish mathematician Abraham Wald pointed out that this was the damage on the planes that made it home, and the Allies should armor the areas where there are no dots at all, because those are the places where the planes won’t survive when hit. This phenomenon is called survivorship bias, a logic error where you focus on things that survived when you should really be looking at things that didn’t.

We have higher rates of mental illness now? Maybe that’s because we’ve stopped killing people for being “possessed” or “witches.” Higher rate of allergies? Anaphylaxis kills, and does so really fast if you don’t know what’s happening. Higher claims of rape? Maybe victims are less afraid of coming forward. These problems were all happening before, but now we’ve reinforced the medical and social structures needed to help these people survive. And we still have a long way to go.

zetabrarian

It's Excessive Garden Produce season, which means I currently possess many, many cucumbers and yellow squash courtesy of a coworker.

I was initial stymied by this, but then I remembered that cucumber sandwiches (with really good bread and a nice spreading condiment) are the shit, so all is well.

anais-ninja-bitch

slice the squash and some onion, saute in olive oil with salt and pepper for a high quality side dish.

zetabrarian

You're dishing out so much culinary wisdom tonight. I am grateful.

anais-ninja-bitch

honestly, if you ever struggle with how to cook a vegetal, sauted with onion is a good bet.

ms-demeanor

Also cut a squash in half lengthwise, place cut-side-up on a cookie sheet, drizzle with olive oil, season with salt, pepper, and garlic, sprinkle with parmesan cheese, bake until the edges start to brown (like 10-15 minutes at 325?).

arcane-archivist-a

Hints for a plethora of eggplant and okra? I mean, I'm southern, so I'm happy to keep frying them, trust me. But variety is good, too!