Shards of Daybreak

"Shards of Daybreak pierce the cloak of night and slice its remnants into soft shadows." - from The Empress and the Acolyte by Jane Fletcher AKA. Rise and Grind.

[reallybadblackoutpoems]

imagination (1963) - harold ordway rugg

"chekhovs cat / schrödingers razor / occams gun"

[venort]

Chekov's Cat: if you see a cat in the first act, it will probably be relevant later. (example: Alien)

Shrodinger's razor: an unopened box may or may not contain the solution to the story; there's no way to know without opening it. (example: Monk)

Occam's gun: the simplest way to kill off a character is to shoot them. (example: Bambi)

[aegimeda]

i have been cracking up at this for the past 3 minutes

[jesticutioner]

Chekov's Box: If there is a container introduced in the opening act, it will be opened later.

Schrodinger's Gun: Treat every gun as if it's loaded unless you've checked it yourself.

Occam's Cat: If you hear strange noises at night, it's probably a cat.

[knifefightscene]

[what-even-is-thiss]

I wish octopus could learn how to read. They could be pen pals with middle schoolers.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Dearest Samantha, I do not know what a guinea pig is, but it sounds delicious. I hope you have fun devouring it, or playing with it, if that is your preference. Today I hacked a local computer to get more bubbles in my tank and took a photograph of an unsuspecting victim. Do let me know how your human activities are going. And if this "Karen" continues to antagonize your brother, I would suggest smacking her very hard. And do send more canned snacks. Best Wishes, Octopus #5, Monterrey bay research aquarium

[humoristics]

The thing with statistics - via

[angremlin-deactivated20250312]

Numbers don’t lie but people can sure as fuck pick and choose the numbers they give you and phrase things to make them sound like they mean things they don’t

[agentumbls]

learn fucking stats or at least how they can hurt

[karethdreams]

As a wise man once said: There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.

[magiclamd]

WTF did Ursula Le Guin do in the evening

[boudiccamoment]

Zoomies

[mostlyghostie]

The new, updated version of my Dream Library print is available here with 3 background colour options!

Which would you most want? I would personally love to read the potentially award winning book that I occasionally have vague ideas about writing..

[ochkotya]

This is one of the pieces I’m super proud of just because I very rarely try do complex backgrounds like this. The perspective is a bit wonky but I’m still very happy with it ^^

[toastbutteregg]

[emptyblissdotmp3-deactivated202]

“the narrative is going to kill you!” “the narrative loves you!” have you considered; the narrative loves you so much that it’s killing you. you want to escape but it smothers you and swallows you whole.

[creekfiend]

Ok so the thing about reading like books which are “predictable” is that I, a story enjoyer, go completely bonkers about it bc its like Enrichment in my Enclosure. A scene parallels another earlier scene between different characters thus serving to highlight the differences in their views and priorities???? A line makes me think “hmmm I bet that’s gonna be relevant later” ends up being relevant later????? I am a tiger chewing ice cubes out of a pumpkin. I’m so so happy. Please foreshadow more things. Throw the completely anticipateable plot beats at me like catnip mousies!!!!!

[creekfiend]

YEAH!!!!!!

[gayahithwen]

When I see a rifle on the wall, I want to see that rifle being fired! I’m literally on the sidelines shouting “Chekov! The gun! Get the gun, Chekov!”

[funnytwittertweets]

[gretchenjaneway]

Reblog if you're a REAL Star Trek fan.

How do you know if you’re a REAL Star Trek fan?

• You must like Star Trek • That’s it • That’s literally the only requirement for being a Star Trek fan • If you like Star Trek, you’re a REAL Star Trek fan

[myjetpack]

A recent cartoon for New Scientist.

Many more here.

[deanwinchesterapologist]

a scientist will see a mouse and say put that beast in a situation

[wizard0rb]

children’s book authors do this also

[nothing1909]

[magnetictapedatastorage]

The equivalent of Antarctic research stations but in fantasy worlds like for example there’s an evil terrible region of rotting and nightmares but like nine miles from the edge there’s a very ugly little building optimistically called Observation Center 1 and it’s full of normal humans just vibing. for like 90% of the year they can’t leave because that’s Death Fog Season but it balances out because they can study the ghost migrations and also hear the whalesong-like calls of The Unspeakable Ones asking you to come outside for a game of checkers but thankfully the checkers set is kept locked up to slow down anyone that gets tempted

[nicaless]

Coming back to Tumblr to scream into the void about The Gilded Age.

I’m only two episodes in but first impressions is that it’s just Downton Abbey, but now with <b>2</b> fancy houses!

That’s 2x the upstairs drama, 2x the downstairs drama, making it 4x more opportunities for convoluted plot points which, in typical Julian Fellowes style, is told mostly through side glances between characters whose highest stakes are actually super low in reality. If you want to go the party just go to the party Marian, my god.

Anyway I’m liking it so far.