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Leaf Ericsson is a different cat, Cat …

Inner peace 🕊️🐱😌

aaaaaahaaaaaaaaa!!!! VIKING KITTENS! they live again!!!!

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An article in Escapist magazine about why the Murderbot show changed some things from the book and how Chris and Paul Weitz involved Martha Wells in that process:

The Escapist

Murderbot’s TV adaption will feature major changes. I talked to the creators about how those decisions were made

Murderbot Season 1 will feature some major changes to the novella, but for good reason.

Get the earbud translators. They work.

i need to learn every language in the world so i can know if the subtitles are right or wrong

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Per Tommy Arnold's email list, there is going to be a drop of prints of his Murderbot artwork this coming Friday (May 16, 2025). You can sign up to his mailing list on his website to be notified when the orders go live.

Tommy Arnold created the covers and insert illustrations for Subterranean Press' special editions of The Murderbot Diaries and Network Effect. Additionally, he recently has been involved with the Apple TV show as a costume designer, notably for the SecUnit armor.

I haven't seen anyone else post about this in the tag or in any communities yet, but every once in a while I see folks bummed about missing his last drop when Network Effect first released. He only does limited releases, so this is your chance if the art strike's your fancy!

Text of the email after the cut.

Hey hey everybody! 

We are one week out from the premiere of Murderbot on Apple TV+, and I have to admit: I'm getting pretty excited. It was such a privilege to be asked to help bring this show to life visually, and I've been hankering to see what all our effort would come to. So many skilled and wonderful people put their hearts into this!

In celebration, a new timed edition featuring 5 pieces from Subterranean Press' The Murderbot Diaries and Network Effect will be available for 72 hours (throughout release weekend). The following prints will be available from 3:00 pm EST on May 16th, until 3:00 pm EST on May 19th:

Artificial Condition - 2nd. Ed: 12x17 - $67 Rogue Protocol - 2nd. Ed: 12x17 - $67 The Murderbot Diaries, Omnibus Cover - 2nd. Ed: 12x17 - $69, and 8x11 - $39 Three Climbs The Plateau - 1st. Ed: 12x17 - $69 Network Effect, Endpapers - 1st. Ed: 12x15 - $67

All 1st. Edition prints will be signed in Gold, and 2nd. Edition prints (those that've been available once before) will be signed in Silver.

'Til next week (some joke about pinging you)!

Tommy

@differentcatcat - He just arrived - just caught site of you - what a smile - get him home with you now!

Old interview with Alex from 2022

thetimes.com

Alexander Skarsgard interview: ‘I nearly ran over Greta Thunberg’

“That cemetery is where I’ll end up one day,” Alexander Skarsgard says, looking out to the yellow Katarina Church in Stockholm. With blue sk

@differentcatcat

And on the 12th day we…

Alex? Pillion style. Umm, yeah…

To quote the immortal words of “cool rider”:

“I'm looking for a dream on a mean machine

With hell in his eyes

I want a devil in skin tight leather

He's gonna be wild as the wind

And one fine night I'll be holdin' on tight, to a cool rider, a cool rider…

Just give me a black motorcycle

With a man growin' out of the seat, then move aside

Cause I'm gonna ride, with a cool rider, a cool rider…

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It’s Rex Manning Day!

Damn the man!

Save the Empire!

It's Rex Manning Day!