Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

You can find me on Ao3 as anadiangelo, on Twitter and Instagram as @anadiangelometa and on bluesky as anadiangelo-meta 21+, Engineer, science lover, horse person. Main obsessions are One Piece and DC, with a side of too many fandoms to count

[penandinkprincess]

Wait, does ilya like call bars/clubs to ask if they have ginger ale? Or does he ask when there without shane?

Im also imagining him with a note on his phone for "shane clubs" with notes and rating on how much shane will like them

so ilya has an internal criteria for if shane will like a club or not (is there a place to be outside of the main action? is there a place where you can stand and the music isn't so loud? are the lights predictable or do they have a lot of strobing? etc.), and if the club meets THOSE qualifications, then he will ask at the bar if they have ginger ale. if no, out of the running as a place he will take shane. if yes, success! new Shane Friendly Club.

but it's SO fucking casual, you guys. SO fucking casual. thinking about your hookup and his preferences when he's not even with you and you're actively trying to pick up someone else is SO fucking casual. don't even worry about it.

[scunthotter]

I know I've talked about Ilya being frustrated he can't brag about pulling Shane but you know who else would be frustrated about not being able to brag? Yuna Hollander would be so frustrated that she basically has the two best hockey players in the world in her family and she can't even bring up that now she has TWO sons in the mlh and oh what is your son up to Sharon? Hmm that sounds rough that you have to send him money every month. She's in meetings, maybe there are other players agents and managers and they try to bond by putting down Rozanov and she wants to go "your client couldn't even touch Ilya's points per game. Don't fucking talk about one of my boys." and she's so pissed off by the interaction she gets that player removed from the brand deal.

[butimaficwriter]

David as well but just cuz he wanted to be able to tell his colleagues at work his russian son in law approved his vodka

[raincitygirl76]

It would be so weird to be a friend of the Hollanders (or an extended family member) during the events of The Long Game. You’ve been friends with Yuna and David for decades. Maybe you became friends during Lamaze classes before Shane was born.

And a few years ago (fall of 2017), the Hollanders started to pull back a bit. They weren’t around as much physically, and they became more careful about what they said to you. You tried not to let it get to you. Their only child is a celebrity, after all.

You were very surprised when you saw the Irina Foundation press conference, with your friend Yuna there. And even more surprised when Ilya fucking Rozanov started going to their house for Sunday dinner.

You incidentally suspected Shane might be gay, in part because David and Yuna became so watchful every time you brought up Shane’s dating life from fall 2017 onwards. But the one time you tried to bring it up, David and Yuna shut you down hard. And you never connected Shane’s possible gayness with David and Yuna befriending Ilya Rozanov.

He always had such a reputation as a womanizer, it never occurred to you that he might be bisexual. You bought the narrative about the rivalry turned friendship, and you knew Rozanov was an orphan. So you figured your friends were just being kind to him. Plus, you knew they’d tried to have more kids after Shane and weren’t able to. So you were happy for them.

Then spring 2021, and the Fanmail leak drops. Suddenly all the little anomalies over the past few years make sense. And you realize your old friends David and Yuna have been hiding a whole ass Russian future son-in-law from you. For years!

It would actually probably make their friendships quite tricky for a while. Because even if you understand intellectually why they kept this secret from you, it would be hard not to take it personally.

Keeping this a secret from people you know from work or book club is one thing. Keeping it a secret from your own friends and family would be trickier for those friends and family to handle.

[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.

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

chinese fashion by 被窝探险家

[fadingfolklore]

I’m trying to raise $950 by July 16th so my cats and I can keep our home. Becoming unhoused is terrifying, especially with the fears I carry around ICE as a mixed-race person. I’ve been questioned by border control before, and it’s a fear I carry with me.

Goal: $40/$950

Cash App: $ Thecatqueenxo

PayPal/Venmo: Thecatqueenxo

Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/pandavillemeow

[fadingfolklore]

Goal: $120/$950

[fadingfolklore]

Please help if you can rent is due today.

[fadingfolklore]

Goal: $190/$950

[fadingfolklore]

Goal: $248.85/$950

[fadingfolklore]

Rent was due July 16th, and I need to raise $950 so my cats and I can avoid eviction

Goal: $248.85/$950

[fadingfolklore]

I have until Aug 16 to catch up on rent. My landlord is giving me time after the recent ICE shooting & knowing I’ve been questioned by Border Patrol at home. Help my cats & me avoid eviction.

Overdue Rent Goal: $248.85/$950

August Rent Goal $0/$950

[elumish]

I honestly think Gen-Z and younger simply does not understand how recent widespread smartphone adoption is.

I am not that old, and I didn't have a smartphone until probably late high school. For most of my life, many if not most people were not walking around with a magic internet machine in their pocket that they pulled out and used constantly for everything.

[sandumilfshous]

reblog if you remember having to ration your text messages and accidentally opening the internet on your phone was the end of the world

[post-to-poll-pipeline]

How old were you when you got your first smartphone?

Younger than 10

10-13

13-16

17-20

21-25

26-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

Older than 60

Never had a smartphone

Remaining time: 1 day 7 hours

[l0stvegas]

Some time ago (I think in 2021) I had to go see a neurologist over really scary symptoms that resembled seizures. I was a nervous wreck about what I was feeling and had barely slept all week, which seemed to be apparent to the doc’s assistant when I sat down in the exam room for questioning or whatever. Dude was pretty young and soft spoken, around my age. He was laser focused doing something on one of those tablet-laptop Surface things as I spoke, presumably writing down my symptoms.

Midway through talking about my symptoms my voice audibly started shaking as I was describing them, clearly upset.

In the middle of my monologue he turns the tablet to face me, closes whatever program he has open and the wallpaper is this fucking collage of pictures of lord farquaad from shrek, lovingly decorated. Dude just sat there placidly smiling at me until I noticed and stopped dead in the middle of a sentence. We sat there in silence like this for like a solid minute before I started wheezing laughing. Before I could even say anything else or process it he picked up the tablet and wordlessly left the room, and I just sat there dumbfounded until the doctor showed up. 10/10 doctor experience tbh

I didn’t own a cell phone at the time to get a photo so this rendition from memory is all I can provide you

[snow-nose]

ID: a digital drawing of a man in scrubs sitting on a wheeled stool, serenely smiling with his elbow on a rolling cart, where a tablet is flipped open to show an approximation of the Lord Farquaad screensaver. end ID

[enigma-absolute]

[l0stvegas]

Reblogging this bc it’s making rounds again

[stargazers-satellite]

btw guys managing your symptoms also means apologizing for things you didn't mean to do. sometimes you do things because of your disorders that you genuinely didn't mean to do, but if it hurt someone you still have to take accountability and make up for the hurt you caused

[demadogs]

nothing can break the bond between a friend who loves spoilers and a friend who just watched an amazing show and needs to tell someone the entire plot from start to finish

[demadogs]

alternatively: nothing can break the bond between a friend who doesnt read and a friend who just read an amazing book and needs to tell someone the entire plot from start to finish

[demadogs]

nothing can break the bond between a friend who cannot and will not watch horror but is still interested and a friend who just watched an amazing horror movie and needs to tell someone the entire plot from start to finish

[chillyfeetsteak]

[skeezels]

Chalk is squids road.

[communismlives]

[flyora]

Harris do his best as always

[hollanovarchive]

I’m so excited for Unrivaled 😭

[hollanovarchive]

hi!! I'm looking for a fic I lost where shane and ilya do an interview and thats pretty much all I can remember 😭 I think it was mostly about them being married post outing and all but thats petty much it 😭

thank you for your help!!!

UPDATE: Fic Added ⬇️

I Laugh Like Me Again

Shane and Ilya do a sports podcast run by lesbians for members of the LGBTQ+ community, and the internet reacts.

Yikes. There are so many fics about married hollanov doing an interview. Do you have anything else specific that would set this fic apart from others and could help with the search? Ill see what I can find, but I'll only list a few because there are so many out there.

The Long Awaited Tell-All. 

After a year of marriage, and at the end of Shane's first season with the Centaurs, Ilya and Shane decide to tell their story on their terms.

Fourth Year Interview 

Shane and Ilya do their yearly interview as husbands on the Ottawa Centaurs

Media Availability 

Shane agrees to one post-game interview with Ilya. Ilya is determined to make sure everyone knows how brilliant, beautiful, and perfect his husband is.

[penandinkprincess]

Okay so I have Bird Thoughts(TM) the blue and gold I work (for) with loves to just???? Lick you???? like a freak and also will preen your leg hair (again like a freak) so imagine if you will, Ilya meeting Miko and Miko deciding both that she likes him and immediately starts trying to preen his leg hair, much to his utter bafflement and mild horror

GOD combining this with shane coming out getting disrupted by miko going, "SHANE! SHANE! SHANE! SHANE!" until he picks her up, i'm fucking CACKLING imagining them sitting down to talk it out, and ilya is trying SO HARD to be a good, supportive boyfriend.

but also?? they sit down at the table?? and miko climbs down off of shane's shoulder and tap tap taps her way over to ilya on the table?? and starts??? licking his arms and hands???? he doesn't want to be rude here but WHAT is this fucking bird doing??? and then he holds still while she uses him like a jungle gym to climb down??? and okay at least she isn't just licking him anymore?? but then she starts??? preening his leg hair???? and he has to just NOT react????

he's trying SO hard to be supportive and present and make sure shane is okay, but this bird is NOT making it easier. shane is having a stressful day, but ilya is just having a fucking WEIRD day.

[penandinkprincess]

i am laughing about the first time ilya gets tricked into taking over for a game of "catch me" at a pool with the pike kids because hayden and shane both had the background experience to stay REAL quiet when that game started up.

because i feel like the "jumping into a pool for an adult to catch you" is a game you only play with like. A Trusted Known Family Friend Adult. so i feel like ilya tragically doesn't have the background to understand that heeding the "uncle ilya! catch me!" one time means that is now. how his day is going to go. there are four of them and they are lining up to take turns. ilya does NOT get a break. he is catching kids and then moving them back to climb back out and then getting ready to catch the next one.

man is a professional athlete and yet still??? wakes up the next day??? SORE????

[owlservice]

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

[phrenic-a]

Every molecular biology and genetics class I have ever taken uses Huntington’s to demonstrate the tragedy and heartbreak genetic disorders can inflict on peoples lives. This is truly an amazing feat.

[thundergrace]

Oh my God! 😭 You dropped this queen 👑

[thundergrace]

To think I thought I knew what ethereal beauty was before now. Laughable.

[lymeandcoconut]

she’s so beautiful i had to include a few more photos

[happibeans]

Her instagram is @queennyakimofficial !

Support Black Women!!! Support Black Womens Art!!! Support Dark Skinned Black Women!!! Support Dark Skinned Black Womens Art!!!

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[thesaltofcarthage]

I’ve reblogged her before, but really, you can’t have too many dark-skinned Black queens on your dash. 

[2productive]

[sirenofthegreenbanks]

this is from "research as a leisure activity" by celine nguyen, publs. on stubstack in 2024. it's a very good read

[copperbadge]

I met someone when I was pretty young who had received a generous inheritance -- not enough to live a life of luxury, but enough to live on comfortably without working. He had chosen to simply keep going to school his whole life. He did get degrees, but he didn't use them for anything other than pleasure -- he had a Ph.D but also two Master's degrees, three BAs, and was currently serving an apprenticeship in blacksmithing while considering trying out some trade schools next. I thought, if I had the money I'd do that too, and then thought about how I still could learn all the time, it would just have to be a hobby instead of the career he'd made of it. It definitely changed the way I saw both education and leisure.