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// Call me Lena // She/They // Ace // >20 //

[restmycase]

"Every Stitch You Make" propaganda

Yes, I've been reading my own fic.

But I really like Shen siblings QwQ

I feel like it is an AU of TNO actually, a fluffy soft super happy one where nothing hurts qwq

There is jiuyuan, medium burn and completed story, 21k words of banter, fun, and fluff, no crocheting knowledge needed, additional screenshots of yours truly's journey at failing at crochet included

I've got such a soft spot for this story istg

Link here:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

See the excerpt and look me straight in my eyes and I dare you to tell me they are not cute. Shen siblings banter, cumplane bff playing LoL together, and prickly Shen Jiu:

He sat up straighter, already offended by the confidence on her face. “No, no, absolutely not. I have an important thing on Thursdays.” Shen Tang’s eyebrows rose, making him immediately regret phrasing it like that. “An important thing,” she repeated. “Yes.” “You mean gaming online with that old weirdo.” Shen Yuan sat up. “He's not that old.” “You said he complains like a middle-aged uncle.” “And that's still true. Spiritually, Airplane is ancient. Physically, he's probably only somewhat decayed but aren't we all?” “Don't change the topics—you can move your gaming night to Friday instead.” “It's not just gaming night, meimei. I've got tight schedules, commitments. What kind of man would I be, not following on my word? If I disappear, our rankings will drop.” “You spent last Thursday yelling at your teammate for choosing wrong items.” “He deserved it.” “You called him a cucumber-brained traitor.” “He screwed up the team composition.” “And you can move all of that to Friday. I'm pretty sure he's free, considering you called him—what was it? A lazy, unemployed hack?” He pointed a seed shell at her. “He is, but still—why would I do that?” For the first time since she entered, Shen Tang looked truly smug. He had a bad feeling about this. Her smugness returned by the inch. “You really want me to use that?” Shen Yuan went still. “Use what?” “You know what—your dirty little secret.” “I really don’t.” There was cold sweat on his back, as he tried to look unbothered and took another melon seed. Shen Tang leaned forward, palms supporting her chin like an anime villainess. “Are you sure, Mr. Peerless?”

[red-garden]

My mom just told me to my face that she thinks having a straight relationship with a complex woman character is more subversive and less commercially viable than an mlm relationship in the 60s/70s. Girl…. What planet are you from……..

[liu-shu-mian-huas-proofreader]

During a mission, Beta Mu Qingfang gets hit by a papapa plant that turns him into an omega. Now it’s up to Alpha Liu Qingge to fuck him back to health

[fuckthisshit-ugh]

please read this even if you're not indian. especially if you're not indian.

you've seen the jokes. india is "dirty", indians are "everywhere", why don't they fix their own country. ok. let me tell you why, and what's happening right now while nobody's watching.

first, the history you skipped: britain ruled india for two centuries and drained it. economist utsa patnaik's research estimates around $45 trillion in today's money was taken. the india that got independence in 1947 was one of the poorest countries on earth. every "why is india like this" question starts there. you don't get to profit off a robbery and then mock the crime scene.

now, what's happening RIGHT NOW:

in may the question paper for NEET leaked. that's the national medical entrance exam. over 2.2 million students took it. cancelled. years of studying, families' savings poured into coaching, gone overnight because someone sold the paper. students died by suicide after. these were kids who wanted to be doctors.

and out of that came a protest movement. a gen z group called the cockroach janta party, started by a 30 year old named abhijeet dipke, got 22 million instagram followers within DAYS. they've been doing a sit-in at jantar mantar in delhi demanding education minister dharmendra pradhan resign.

and then there's sonam wangchuk. if you've watched 3 idiots, he's the real engineer the character was based on. built solar schools in ladakh. invented ice stupas so himalayan villages have water. spent his whole life on education. he's 59 and he's been on hunger strike for 17+ days now. reporters went to see him this week and he was too weak to talk. and the troll armies are calling him "anti national" and "foreign funded". a man starving himself for other people's children. that's the thing here, anyone who asks a question is suddenly a traitor.

it's not one incident, it's everywhere you look:

• infrastructure worth thousands of crores failing within months of the ribbon cutting. tunnels collapsing in regions where heavy rain is a guarantee, not a surprise.

• youth unemployment near 10% for ages 15 to 29, 13.6% in cities. in a country of 1.42 billion where more than half the population is young.

• only about the top 3% of indians earn above 10 lakh a year. meanwhile billionaire wealth keeps ballooning and the headlines celebrate it.

• manipur burned for over two years. an ethnic conflict, tens of thousands displaced, and the prime minister barely said the word manipur while it happened.

• journalists raided. critics' houses bulldozed. activists sitting in jail for years without trial under laws like UAPA. our press freedom ranking has cratered.

• even the petrol is a fight now, ethanol blending pushed through while drivers complain about their engines and get no straight answers.

and through all of it, the PM, who came to power on religious polarisation (americans, sound familiar?), travels abroad for photo ops and has not held one single open press conference in over a decade. not one.

what i'm asking:

if you're not indian: share this. our media mostly won't cover any of it because the big outlets are owned by the same billionaires the government serves. the only reason wangchuk's fast is getting any coverage is people refusing to look away.

if you ARE indian: speak up even if you're comfortable. especially if you're comfortable. join the protests. add to this, correct me, translate it. staying quiet is a choice when nothing in this post touches your life.

india is not "dirty". india was robbed, and it's being robbed again, from the inside this time. but it's also the country where a 59 year old will starve for strangers' kids and 22 million young people will rally behind a party literally named after cockroaches, because cockroaches survive everything.

we can still save her. but only loudly.

reblog. share. don't scroll past.

[scary-monsters]

magenta, diego, and wekapipo from the sbr royalty au that i'm currently writing 🧡 im hoping to get a new chapter done soon!

[arekyve]

thinking abt that one part in the novels where SQQ, LBH, and LQG stop at an inn for the night and they immediately started arguing over the no. of rooms to book and binghe was like yea unless either of u have money, we're doing it my way ❤ and then proceeded to book 2 rooms where SQQ was like aight see u both tomorrow and locked the door behind him. a comedian. truly. he was like a single mother, took a bath, read a book, listened to qingge vent and then passed out. it was so iconic of him.

[pics-that-make-you-go-hmm]

[fluff-a-fluffs]

Omg this looks like some sort of Fairytale Horror; like, a town with trees that have missing pets or people etched into them- coming off naturally enough to be dismissed as bark/tree discolouration

[questions-within-questions]

The framing of this image is just perfect subtle horror. 

[squareenix-official-deactivated]

Chill it’s a pole

[spider-hands-mannos-deactivated]

you missed the tree entirely didnt you buddy

[squareenix-official-deactivated]

HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[unreliable-narratoe]

BQ Fool night AU do you feel me

[go-learn-esperanto]

Hey. If people aren't aware, Microsoft admitted they know who you and where you are at all times and will give your info to the police.

They have a Global Device Identifier (GDID) Tracker that functions as a fingerprint for your PC that can surpass VPNs, proxy servers and countries. Although it can't survive a clean reinstall of Windows (it can survive updates), because Microsoft forces you to go to the internet and log in into a Microsoft account, they will be able to get to you.

Microsoft kept it secret and it was only found out when the FBI tracked a hacker thanks to the information Microsoft gave them.

You should be paying attention to this, and possibly consider moving away from Windows. If a government, especially the US government, doesn't like you for some reason, this could be seriously concerning.

This article specifically notes:

For journalism, activism, or domestic abuse situations, skip Windows and use Linux routed through Tor instead of a commercial VPN. A GDID doesn’t care which VPN you use, only that it’s still the same Windows installation.

Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.

Other important quotes:

What has researchers uneasy is everything else the case reveals. Costin Raiu, a well-known malware researcher, asked on the Three Buddy Problem podcast how much of this exists on other platforms, and whether it is linked more permanently to hardware. Matthew Hickey, another security researcher, called Windows “surveillance software”.

Two things back that up:

There’s no consent screen. A GDID gets assigned when you sign into a Microsoft Account. Apple’s advertising identifier needs an App Tracking Transparency prompt and a visible reset; Android’s works the same way. GDID has neither, and a Windows reinstall only gets you a new number Microsoft can still get back to the same account.

Then there’s activation. Massgrave, the group behind Microsoft Activation Scripts, notes that Windows setup sends hardware info to Microsoft and gets identifiers back, the same tokens later used for Store access and licensing: “It’s impossible to prevent Windows from getting a GDID without breaking activation and UWP app[s].” Anyone who lost a license after swapping a motherboard has already met a smaller version of this.

Here's the complaint filed to the court, the primary source for the case mentioned in the article. You can find mentions of GDID on page 30 of the document or 34 of the PDF.

Thank you @just-call-me-zinnia for finding it!

[red-pearl-white-flower]

Guys I've opened up an Inprnt gallery, so... Take a look?

[iamthemaestro]

found this at an antique shop the other day and was immediately like oh this belongs on tumblr. sniles sneetly. fwowns fwangry.

[arekyve]

i enjoy the implication that CQM just lets anything slide, simultaneously berates each other for not keeping their honor and reputation, proceeds to look the other way when anything happens, and will literally fight any outsider that questions them. this happens REPEATEDLY. it's like the only consistency in the entire novel that by the end of it SQQ was right abt, "how much honor do we really have when everyone knows what we're doing?"

It's literally common knowledge that SQQ abused his disciples, that YQY lets him abuse his disciples, until he up and changed over night, one of the peak lords is colluding with demons, gets into a relationship with a demon, works for the demon realm, SQQ's favorite disciple who he mourned like a widow for is a half demon, more importantly he's the child on The tianlang jun, he's responsible for the disappearance of OPM, he tried to merge 2 realms, he was kinda responsible for SQQ's death, he kept SQQ's body for 5 years, he tried to kill SQQ and then caused a ruckus on CQM, he kidnapped SQQ, he also married SQQ.

Despite all of THAT, i adore how Shang Qinghua and SQQ are still peak lords, how they're still involved in everything on CQM, I love post canon implications of Binghe visiting his in laws and it's just him coming and going to CQM as he pleases with SQQ and everyone just gets used to it. I love that everyone thinks SQQ is crazier than Binghe abt Binghe and the only one who doesn't know is Binghe, i love that for everyone on CQM, sqq killing himself for binghe's sake is completely plausible and they'd actually be surprised if he Didnt. I love how the endless abyss was such a big deal but now it's just their second home, how it's just oh the demon realm their personal demonic backyard to come and go as they please and the demons are just used to seeing ppl from CQM come down for a visit every now and then.

[justafanaticalhuman]

Pretty in Pink pt. 5

[sunderwight]

Piece of Asian media: *has a title that's obviously not in English*

Fan Translators: hmm taking into account the intention of the original and the rules of both languages, plus the tone of the story, the best title would probably be something like Adherent of the Blade of Duality, but probably an official translation would want to shorten it to Blade of Duality, or perhaps Double-Edged Sword to borrow a popular turn of phrase that also fits thematically--

Official English Translators: Master of Double-Penetration

[biocrafthero]

[starvulture]

Collecting these rn

[concretepie]

Everyone start drawing old man yaoi now!!!!!!!