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[alexa-santi-author]

I managed to make myself notorious today with a political post, but if you're a Black aspiring romance author who looked at what I write and immediately thought, I can do better than that ...

YES. PLEASE DO. COME WRITE HISTORICAL ROMANCE WITH ME. IT'S AMAZING HERE.

We really, really, really need more Black authors in the historical romance space to tell more stories. I specialize in the Regency Era (aka "Bridgerton" times) but there are so many eras that are begging to be written about.

I've put together a page of resources here as a starting point, but there's so much more to do and discover. Come write with me. Tell your story. It's more important than ever.

[geekynerfherder]

‘Menolly of Half Circle Hold’ by Rowena Morrill.

Cover art for the 1986 edition of the novel ‘Dragonsong’, book 1 of the ‘Harper Hall’ trilogy, part of the ‘Pern’ series written by Anne McCaffrey.

[saywhat-politics]

[onethirdofimpossible]

Okay, I was just going to reblog this without commentary, but I can't keep this to myself. I'm a PhD student in environmental science and this is my fucking highway.

The first published study about climate change (that I am aware of-- feel free to point out if there's an older one) is an 1896 paper by Svante Arrhenius. He pointed out the link between the greenhouse effect and changes in atmospheric CO2.

Plate tectonics, which the geoscience community now recognizes as near indisputable, was a fringe theory until about the 1960s.

Just in case anyone thought that climate change was a "recent fad" in research.

[hobbular]

Friend of mine was submitting a job application and discovered that they REQUIRED a photo:

We’re trying to decide which of these is a better option:

or

[nowlander]

[holeymoleyy]

I'm always thinking about Andor and I'm always thinking about MUNA so naturally I was thinking about what MUNA songs best represent Bix/Cassian/Jyn and here's what I came up with:

Jyn is singing "Taken" to Cassian because she's like why am I falling in love with a married man? Also daddy issues.

Meanwhile Cassian is singing "Shooting Star" to Jyn because falling in love with someone this fast surely won't end well, there's no way she likes him back. And also her nickname is Stardust.

Bix is singing "Buzzkiller" to Cassian because of the PTSD and the depression and the leaving so he can move on. (She was a "Handle Me" girlie at the safe house, but things have changed since then).

But Cassian is singing "Home By Now" to Bix because he is most definitely not over her and he's thinking about all the what ifs.

And then Bix is singing "Mary Jane" to Jyn becuase she can already tell that Jyn is in love with Cassian and she's realizing she's jealous of both of them.

But little does she know that the moment Jyn met Bix, Jyn started singing "No Idea" and "Solid" to her because who is this incredible woman? I need to fuck her immediately.

And they're all singing "I Know A Place" and "Big Stick" together because revolution.

[tsalala]

For followers of the famous eagle pairing from California: the female Jackie recently passed away after two weeks of care in Ojai Raptor Center following an attack by subadults. Pictured above is her with her mate Shadow in 2022. Farewell, Jackie!

Taken in Big Bear Valley, California Photographed by Friends of Big Bear Valley

[yesornopolls]

Would you date a tumblrina?

Would you date a tumblrina?

Yes

No

Remaining time: 6 days 4 hours

[werewolf-transgenderism]

oh my god I just saw the cutest thing in the world. little Black girl with beads in her hair for the first day of school and the beads were pink then silver then a bunch of yellow then beige then grey to make them look like pencils 🥺🥺🥺 brb I will draw an artist’s rendition

[werewolf-transgenderism]

^ like this. waaaaaugh 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[meret118]

Recall of 1.6M dozen eggs classified under FDA's highest risk level

A recall for nearly 1.6 million dozen eggs has been upgraded to the highest risk warning by the FDA. Here's what that means for consumers.

On Aug. 12, the FDA reclassified a recall for nearly 1.6 million dozen white and brown cage-free eggs due to potential salmonella contamination. The recall is now Class I, which is considered "a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death," according to the FDA.

As of July 24, a salmonella outbreak linked to the recalled eggs has sickened at least 98 people and hospitalized 26 across 17 states. The illnesses were reported between Nov. 21, 2025, and June 30, 2026. The FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were aware of 26 hospitalizations due to the recall, but no deaths.

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There's a link to the egg list in the article.

[atelier-dayz]

Here is the direct link to the list, since the article may ask for subscription.

[a-kind-of-merry-war]

trying to decide if I'm allowed to commission art for a thing that's currently less than 10k words in total

[alexa-santi-author]

Yes.

You’re welcome.

(Your friendly neighborhood enabler)

[lokisdarbenn]

Missan Harriman is a close friend and creative partner of Zawe, Oscar-nominated filmmaker, activist, and photographer (the first Black photographer to take a cover for British Vogue)... They both have been passionate on their Pro-Palestinian activism and were nominated together for the Amnesty Awards. He's been posting a series lately of photos he's taken at events and other spaces of Black artists. Here's the one he took of Zawe at an event back in the day...

Missan Harriman...

[alexa-santi-author]

The funniest part is that I know exactly what dress and event that was. 😂

[pearlsasinger-deactivated202602]

his dark materials will literally always work bc every small child wants an animal companion that loves you most and goes on adventures with you and every adult wants an animal companion that can shoulder some of life’s immense psychologically damage for you. and you can pet it

[madmonksandmaenads]

And to tear down the feeble corpse of God! Every kid and adult wants that also!

[unhelpfultarot]

Four of Swords and Ace of Cups

Today might be a good time for some extra rest and a little treat.

[queerautism]

Hey so as the economy continues to get worse in the next few years, gambling companies are going to go extra hardcore predatory as people become more desperate. Yes, even more than they already are. You have to promise me right now you're not going to fall for it. No gambling, okay?

This is going to be especially bad with prediction markets and sports gambling, and it's already really fucking bad. But it also goes for loot boxes, blind box collectables, trading card games, and ESPECIALLY gacha games.

[english-mace]

yes labubus are gambling

[cookbookbutch]

I no longer give a fuck whether any of the accusations against Jason Arday were true. We all know that a white man accused of plagiarism in Arday's place, no matter how credibly, would've received one story, maybe two, and then the news cycle would have moved on to literally anything else with more relevance.

But the press was ecstatic for a chance to discredit EDI (always referred to as DEI, because we all know who half these pieces of shit are getting their cues from too), and every single Black person in academia for being a woke diversity hire. The news cycle has been stuck for a ridiculously long time on the story of one (1!) man perhaps having dodgy credentials and academic history as a chance to put Black people aiming for any kind of proficiency and success in their fucking place. The case was brought to light by a self-professed race realist (read: outright racist) who believes Black people are genetically inferior, and this motive, and the implications of his accusations, were hardly questioned (and let's not act like this wasn't because a huge number of these reporters absolutely fucking AGREED, because racism in this country is rife and barely challenged, no matter how inaccurate and no matter how vile). No matter how accurate any of Cofnas' claims, we know why he was making them. We KNOW why.

Black people and other racial minorities in the UK are endlessly scrutinised, presumed incompetent, accused at every turn, and now a man is dead. He has been hounded and harrassed and made a scapegoat by a whole nation of journalists and now he's fucking dead. And not one of these ghoulish newspapers is ever going to admit to the blood on their hands.

[nessa007]

JODI BENSON & HALLE BAILEY 🧜🏻‍♀️🧜🏾‍♀️ The Little Mermaid (1989 / 2023) The Little Mermaid World Premiere (2023) Performing Part of Your World at Disney's D23 (2026)

[alexa-santi-author]

These gifs are another good reminder that the people who insisted Halle Bailey doesn’t look like the animated Ariel are idiots. They literally have the same face shape.

[liberalsarecool]

Patriarchy kills white people. White supremacy kills white people. Submission will not save you.