the brain, a pulpy mass of cells and fibers

“M.O.A.I.” It would bow to me, for every one of these letters are in my name. late 20s. icon from ummmmandy's girl maker pikrew.

[storyplayerspod]

Glorindrina Station is a political sci-fi horror actual play following a group of exiles making a home on an isolated space station amidst a cosmic war.

Video credits: Art by @keycrash, music by celloandbehold, motion graphics by kidcorvidae.

[storyplayerspod]

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The Kingdom comes to another crossroads as the walls close in on the bishop.

This episode contains animal cruelty, animal death, body horror, gore, gun use, medical experimentation, sedation, surgery, vomit, and on-screen vivisection.

To skip the actual vivisecting, fast forward from 15:14 to 17:36.

Glorandrina Station is hosted and produced by Birdie along with players Mariana, Maiden, Molly, and Pax. We are playing Kingdom by Ben Robbins. You can follow the show on Bluesky and Tumblr or chat with us on Discord.

It features cover art by Keycrash, theme music by Cello and Behold, and insert music by Devin Nelson.

For a dossier of important people, places, and things, please check under the cut.

LOCATIONS ON GLORANDRINA

Citrine's airlock workshop/home.

Amara & June's joint office. Split precisely down the middle, doubles as their bedroom.

"Non-denominational" Family chapel

Xycht's med bay/biological wing

Disused elevator shaft turned bustling black market

The weird area that doesn't seem to be mapped properly?

ROLES IN KINGDOM

Power: You ultimately decide what happens in the Kingdom. What you say goes - even if the people in the Kingdom don't like it.

Perspective: You know the consequences of the crossroads facing the Kingdom. When you make a prediction, it WILL come true.

Touchstone: You are the voice of the people. You know how they feel, how they'll react, and when they're on the verge of crisis.

MAIN CHARACTERS

Natalina, Untitled Servant to the Glorious Municipalities of Tetra, Eldest of the Family Cirdonius, Who Served Her Three With Devotion (Talia): Birdie's main character. She/Faer. A Power in our Kingdom. Fled Tetra to Glorandrina Station after being involved in the assasination of the Queen.

Amaranto De Las Gardenias (Amara): Mariana's main character. She/Her. A Perspective in our Kingdom. She was stationed as Umbra's diplomat on Glorandrina Station to foil her ambitions in their government.

Citrinitas Model 3 Bismuth Series 3 (Citrine - the only name he knows he has): Pax's main character. He/Him. A Touchstone in our Kingdom. He grew up on Glorandrina Station with his older brother & is the main station mechanic and everybody's best friend.

The Bishop Junyvain Whitstrid, who Was of the ship Diligence, Cast out of The Family but still part of the One and the All (June): Molly's main character. She/Her. A Power in our Kingdom. Landed on Glorandrina Station after surviving a freak accident and has made herself the chaplain.

Xycht'mg (Xycht or Y): Maiden's main character. Any pronouns. A Perspective in our Kingdom. A hotshot Ch'krgh surgeon who came to Glorandrina Station during xer volunteer sabbatical.

MINOR CHARACTERS

Callista, First Unit Footsoldier Serving the Glorious Municipalities of Tetra, Fourth Child of the House Delacroix, Whose Title is Yet Unbequeathed (Calli): Birdie's minor character. She/Zir. An anxious teenage soldier.

Titian de la Dala (Tian): Mariana's minor character. He/They. Amara's intern.

Rubedo Model 1 Cinnabar Series (Cinnabar): Pax's minor character. He/Him. Citrine's younger brother who knows he's a robot.

Rainwood Kalliope of the ship Hope (Kal): Molly's minor character. They/Them. A young ex-Family member.

Wocero'alfudai (Wilfred): Maiden's minor character. She/They. Xycht'mg's babysitter on sabbatical.

FACTIONS

Glorious Municipalities of Tetra, United by Strength, Bolstered by Valor: City-states divided by internal war, held together by provoking external conflict & a shared sense of their own superiority.

United Chkr'gh Republic (UCR): Parasitic isopods who discovered bioengineering before mechanical engineering, and their non-sentient hosts.

Republic of Umbra: A military oligarchy on Thalassa - an offshoot of Tetra that has become their main rival for space and resources.

Splendor Solis: Both the space station orbiting Auzm and the society of robot clone brothers living there.

The Family: Nomadic space death cult, dedicated to spreading across the entire universe, forever.

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

you have this superpower! BUT you have this side-effect

is it worth it?

yes!!

the side effect is bad but ITS WORTH IT

meh it's okay

the side effect makes it unusable/not worth it

Results/option I didn't think of

Voting ended onMay 20

[monarobot]

“You can talk to animals but no one believes you even if you show me” it’s still absolutely worth it

[jenny-holzer]

[this-is-trans-joy]

everyone loves to hate terfs until they realise that it actually entails rejecting bioessentialism entirely and then suddenly you’re “taking things too seriously” and you “don’t have a sense of humour” like i’m sorry but saying protect the dolls doesn’t make you immune to terfism it has seeped into every corner of mainstream feminism and unless you’re actively searching it out and checking your own biases you will always be at risk of sharing a space with terfs

[this-is-trans-joy]

“Only women can—” nope. “But all men—” nah. “The divine femininity of—” gonna stop you right there. “Everyone born ama—” if you finish that sentence I’ll kill you. “Men don’t experience—” you’re wrong. “Gender isn’t real but sex is imm—” *loud incorrect buzzer*

It also goes without saying that bioessentialism inherently can’t be trans inclusive no matter how hard you try. “All men including trans men—” probably not. “This is only a woman’s issue—” is it really? “Afabs only—” why? “All trans men are like—” what? what are they like? finish the sentence i dare you.

[meangirlnurse]

trying something new this year called the Mosquito Bucket Challenge!

it's an initiative being pushed by Homegrown National Park as an alternative to mosquito spraying and pesticides

the key concept is intentionally attracting mosquitos to buckets with standing water, but adding mosquito dunks to prevent them from successfully reproducing

mosquito dunks are a product containing a bacteria called Bti, which prevents larvae from developing into adult mosquitos

Bti does not affect most other animals/insects, and is thus safe for wildlife and pollinators! you can find mosquito dunks easily online or at home improvement stores

so basically, you fill the bucket up with organic material like leaves, add water and a quarter of a mosquito dunk once a month....and that's about it! you also use a wire cover or a "rescue stick" to prevent other creatures from falling into the bucket and not being able to climb out

Homegrown National Park is encouraging people to decorate their buckets to help spread the word, but i am lazy so Lowe's logo and a tumblr post it is

we can talk about the important role mosquitos play in ecosystems, but the reality is that many people won't tolerate high numbers of mosquitos in their yards. this is an easy and low-cost alternative to much more harmful control methods – a bucket, mosquito dunks and some chicken wire cost me a total of about $20!

you can read more about the Mosquito Bucket Challenge here! please consider reblogging or making a bucket this year 🐝

[meangirlnurse]

little update on this now that it's the end of May!

every year around spring, being outside becomes intolerable because of the mosquitos, which also get into my house when i take my dogs out

so i'm REALLY excited to say that my outdoor spaces are actually usable this year! i think i've been bitten by one mosquito all season and i'm outside gardening pretty much every day 🙌

highly recommend giving mosquito buckets a shot!!!!!

[meandthewhitelash-blog]

Visit Original Link

Sumer is icumen in - performed by the Hilliard Ensemble.

[Harleian MSS. 978. f. 5.]

Sumer is i-cumen in,  Lhude sing cuccu! Groweth sed, And bloweth med, And springeth the wde nu: Sing cuccu! cuccu!  Awe bleteth after lamb, Lhouth after calve cu; Bulluc sterteth, Bucke verteth, Murie sing cuccu! Cuccu, cuccu!  Wel singes thu cuccu, Ne swik thou nauer nu! Sing cuccu nu! Sing cuccu!

Canon

[shredsandpatches]

Perhaps my favorite thing about this wonderful old song is that the last lines of it urge the cuckoo: “ne swik thu naver nu” – don’t ever stop singing.

It’s been seven centuries and he never has.

[storyplayerspod]

Find us wherever you get your podcasts!

As the station deals with the ramifications of jettisoning the Estuary, tensions are high and conditions are cramped. Plus, the ghostly voices in the walls are getting hard to ignore. I'm sure it's nothing?

This episode contains suicidal thoughts, body horror, medical experimentation, paranoia, gun violence, depictions of dead bodies, and religious manipulation.

Click here for a translation of the cold open. (Mild spoilers if you haven't finished the episode!)

Glorandrina Station is hosted and produced by Birdie along with players Mariana, Maiden, Molly, and Pax. We are playing Kingdom by Ben Robbins. You can follow the show on Bluesky and Tumblr or chat with us on Discord.

It features cover art by Keycrash, theme music by Cello and Behold, and insert music by Devin Nelson. Additional sound effects for this episode came from the NASA sound library and freesound.org

For a dossier of important people, places, and things, please check look below.

LOCATIONS ON GLORANDRINA

Citrine's airlock workshop/home.

Amara & June's joint office. Split precisely down the middle, doubles as their bedroom.

"Non-denominational" Family chapel

Xycht's med bay/biological wing

Disused elevator shaft turned bustling black market

The weird area that doesn't seem to be mapped properly?

ROLES IN KINGDOM

Power: You ultimately decide what happens in the Kingdom. What you say goes - even if the people in the Kingdom don't like it.

Perspective: You know the consequences of the crossroads facing the Kingdom. When you make a prediction, it WILL come true.

Touchstone: You are the voice of the people. You know how they feel, how they'll react, and when they're on the verge of crisis.

MAIN CHARACTERS

Natalina, Untitled Servant to the Glorious Municipalities of Tetra, Eldest of the Family Cirdonius, Who Served Her Three With Devotion (Talia): Birdie's main character. She/Faer. A Power in our Kingdom. Fled Tetra to Glorandrina Station after being involved in the assasination of the Queen.

Amaranto De Las Gardenias (Amara): Mariana's main character. She/Her. A Perspective in our Kingdom. She was stationed as Umbra's diplomat on Glorandrina Station to foil her ambitions in their government.

Citrinitas Model 3 Bismuth Series 3 (Citrine - the only name he knows he has): Pax's main character. He/Him. A Touchstone in our Kingdom. He grew up on Glorandrina Station with his older brother & is the main station mechanic and everybody's best friend.

The Bishop Junyvain Whitstrid, who Was of the ship Diligence, Cast out of The Family but still part of the One and the All (June): Molly's main character. She/Her. A Power in our Kingdom. Landed on Glorandrina Station after surviving a freak accident and has made herself the chaplain.

Xycht'mg (Xycht or Y): Maiden's main character. Any pronouns. A Perspective in our Kingdom. A hotshot Ch'krgh surgeon who came to Glorandrina Station during xer volunteer sabbatical.

MINOR CHARACTERS

Callista, First Unit Footsoldier Serving the Glorious Municipalities of Tetra, Fourth Child of the House Delacroix, Whose Title is Yet Unbequeathed (Calli): Birdie's minor character. She/Zir. An anxious teenage soldier.

Titian de la Dala (Tian): Mariana's minor character. He/They. Amara's intern.

Rubedo Model 1 Cinnabar Series (Cinnabar): Pax's minor character. He/Him. Citrine's younger brother who knows he's a robot.

Rainwood Kalliope of the ship Hope (Kal): Molly's minor character. They/Them. A young ex-Family member.

Wocero'alfudai (Wilfred): Maiden's minor character. She/They. Xycht'mg's babysitter on sabbatical.

FACTIONS

Glorious Municipalities of Tetra, United by Strength, Bolstered by Valor: City-states divided by internal war, held together by provoking external conflict & a shared sense of their own superiority.

United Chkr'gh Republic (UCR): Parasitic isopods who discovered bioengineering before mechanical engineering, and their non-sentient hosts.

Republic of Umbra: A military oligarchy on Thalassa - an offshoot of Tetra that has become their main rival for space and resources.

Splendor Solis: Both the space station orbiting Auzm and the society of robot clone brothers living there.

The Family: Nomadic space death cult, dedicated to spreading across the entire universe, forever.

[unrelatabledude]

Listen to us nooooowwwwww !!

[samirasystole]

random but here is a recipe for cold peanut noodles that you can make during hot weather because i just ate this and had a fantastic time

2tbsp of peanut butter. a splash of rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, maple syrup. some chili flakes, some sesame seeds. a splash of water to thin it out. now you put in your noodles (cooled!!!! boiled and rinsed so they’re cold!!) and then some chopped up cucumber or carrot or avocado or cabbage or any crunchy vegetable. i just used cucumber

you can also put in lime juice or herbs or sriracha or grated garlic/ginger or anything like that; tofu/tempe/meat for more protein etc. noodle wise this can be ramen soba udon whatever, i used soba. enjoy homies

[crazy-brazilian]

same bro

[gnomebutch]

there’s no such thing as tmi. let’s overshare together ❤️

pads

tampons

cup

birth control that stops periods

free bleeding

crumpled up toilet paper or whatever else works just shoved up there

gnome

Voting ended onMay 26

[wifegideonnav]

“bits to use in everyday conversations”

[stackslip]

we're moving to an internet where children would be banned from reaching out for help and friendship online but abusive parents can post their children's every second online to humiliate and expose them for money with no pushback

[imsupposedtobestudying-whoops]

⚔️ One Year Hence! 🌲

[charmwasjess]

Having someone ask ChatGPT in a meeting is like being a grown-ass professional adult in a room full of other grown-ass professional adults trying to solve a problem, while a colleague with one of those baby toys that makes animal sounds repeatedly presses the cow button. And we all have to stop what we're doing and listen to cow go moo and say "wow hm yeah that's not really what we're asking but the cow does definitely go moo, good thoughts"

[lauren-ce]

based on a linguistic misunderstanding between me and my wife while in a loud building

[feldfrog]

I used to be monotheistic. Until the great worm that I worship got cut in half