Laura Boylan

I verb LARP! Enthusiastically! ENFJ, queer, feminist, MIT alumna, organizer partier traveler gamer writer. pronouns they/them or she/her

[Laura Boylan @laura47]

Hey, remember me from fandom? Or want to be fannish together? Right now I'm intense about The Untamed. My locked fandom twitter is @perpetua47 you can toss me a follow request. (I might ask who you are b/c I've just forgotten who some people are, sorry!)

[Laura Boylan @laura47]

@OrionDBlack Fair.

[Andrew Chung @thisisandrewc]

One of the biggest lies we’ve been sold is that talent is rare. As someone who works in the arts, it’s absolutely not. Once you realize that, you’ll understand how much luck (and privilege) is involved in being chosen to be one of the few who get the limelight.

[Laura Boylan @laura47]

lol lol lol lol. perhaps this will be my last tweet.
Laura's twitter, Beloved Social Media Account (2007-2015)

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

[ry @literyture]

When people tell me that they want to get back into reading but can’t seem to find THAT BOOK, I have some go-to recs based on what made them love reading in the first place

— here are 56 of them 🧵

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

THREAD: The evolution of Pokémon cards through history, as generated by DALL·E 2

For starters, here’s what DALL·E 2 thinks 21st century Pokémon cards look like, using prompts like “A Pokémon card from 2001”

[Laura Boylan @laura47]

@OrionDBlack Who's your favorite Kaiju NPC?

[Laura Boylan @laura47]

@SharangBiswas @dartmouth Ahhhhh I'm so pleased for you!!! Go change some lives!

[Laura Boylan @laura47]

@SharangBiswas Leave it! An individual group can always decide to not play with homophobia (as almost all of mine do). Opportunities for empathy and catharsis and all that good stuff.

[Katie Cunningham | Three shots in! @kcunning]

So, this whole Critical Role paywalling the Kickstarted series has allowed something to gel in my brain that, before now, had been a vague discomfort in how marketing has been targeting geeks in the past decade or so.

🧵

[James Mendez Hodes @LulaVampiro]

Lemme talk to you about ninja history, cultural design, the oni job market, and cybernetic DJs in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty in this video with @jfwong, @zack_stella, @imdanielholt, and Emily Teng! (tho I am sad they cut the bit where I complained Kamigawa STILL has too many swords)

[Laura Boylan @laura47]

@akacoffeeandink However if you'd asked me what they did, I'd have said "uh... 'defense'?"

[Laura Boylan @laura47]

@akacoffeeandink I frequently drive past Raytheon buildings (Boston)

Years ago, my spouse named ttrpg npcs by anagraming companies visible from their office window. We had a strict old sorcerer lady named Ytherona & that's what i generally think of when i drive by. That was nice, thinking that.

[DOD @dcodea]

@amalt @jpbrammer I have hoarded
The tests
That were in
The pharmacy

And which
You were probably
Saving
For Christmas

Forgive me
They were negative
So accurate
And so scarce

[Jorts (and Jean) @JortsTheCat]

But if you REALLY want exclusive Jorts and Jean merchandise there is only one way to get the real thing.

You go to the animal shelter and say the secret password (“I would like to adopt at least one cat”) and then you adopt at least one cat. The cat is now your merch. Congrats