Run that by me again, it was too much words

If I wasn't such a mean old biddy, I'd break right down and cry. Ashen, Jewish conversion student (reform).

[thenewdaysalreadyhere]

some of y’all have schedules for posting? i just wake up at a random time and reblog everything i see and once a millennium i post original content

[cheaphalloweencostume]

gamers are mad a new game has a female main character and are calling her impossibly unrelatable and ugly? wow a first time for everything

[cuprohastes]

Here is a game about a woman fighting across a post apocalyptic snowscape where civilisation fell long enough ago that it’s mythology.

Gamers: “why isn’t she wearing makeup and sexier clothes?”

[ashengem]

My male boss is super excited about this game. He cannot wait to buy it, and had to tell me all about it yesterday.

[auspex]

surely the conses wont quence

[sour-charity]

peer reviewed

[redstonedust]

we all know adult humans dont get enough enrichment but the other day i was walkin home past an empty playground and impulsively ran over to spin myself on this zipline merry-go-round contraption for a few minutes and it really did feel like it unlocked some neglected part of my brain. like damn we really should all go outside and play more. fuck. they werent kidding with this play time thing. have you guys heard about play time. it could be huge.

[ryebreadgf]

[afurioushawk]

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Funny, I don't consider repeatedly grabbing a woman and dragging her places she didn't want to go and locking her into a room to be a "bad boyfriend." I consider that abuse.

Reminds me of a conversation with my mother once. A woman I'd grown up with had married a man with a clearly kitchen table 14 tattoo*, so I cut off contact. My mother then tried to justify the man to me by saying, "Well, he always pays his child support, and he and his ex had problems, but he was never abusive."

And I replied, "What's the line there?"

She didn't answer me, and I got the silent treatment for a couple of hours.

*Look up "the 14 words" if you are not familiar with that particular racist tattoo. Much like a Totenkopf, you don't just trip and end up with that one.

[shamebats]

"it's just stress" oh thank god, it's just the silent killer that slowly kills you, perfectly harmless, no need to worry

[dykepuffs]

[ultimatewolverine]

i feel like doing this with my grey hair. such a pain to pluck them out though😅

[dykepuffs]

If you're interested (and, have the greys to spare!) and put them in a little baggie and/or reliquary about 3-10cm in diameter, I'm making an art piece (basically, the same sentiment as this page, but about a2 size and painted, with velvet and gilding and bullionwork etc to make it like a proper reliquary) which is being displayed in London in September, that will have a load of queer people's grey hairs enshrined on it...

[dykepuffs]

Actually yeah, I will make this a thing:

Reliquaries aren't expensive (5-10£ each, or fancy ones are more like £20) but trying to buy a dozen (or more) of them obviously adds up fast.

So, if you can afford to buy your own reliquary, please do! This kind of thing, the kind that can be hung on a nail:

(If you can't afford a reliquary, just use a little plastic baggie or a bit of folded paper. I found these ones at HolyArts, there is also a shop called Eden, both online and reasonably priced, but anything between about 2cm and 12cm diameter can work)

MOST IMPORTANTLY: YOUR FIRST CLASS RELIC - YOUR GREY HAIRS (Head, eyebrow, beard, body, anything is welcome!)

Optional to Include:

- A name if you want to have a name included, or an attribute if you want an attribute instead (eg "The tall" "the poor" "the Czech" etc).

- A second class relic (a scrap of fabric, a bead, a bit of lipstick on a napkin) and the explanation of the second-class relic (eg "This is smudge of glitter from the eyeshadow I wore at Pride in 2011")

Message me before the 1ST OF JULY 2026 and I'll give you a PO box to send it to. And you'll be part of a piece of art.

[dykepuffs]

My first reliquaries (empty) have arrived, ranging from about 3cm to 11cm... Now to get a ribbon in my typewriter to make the labels.

They're going to end up looking something like this:

I don't plan on "antiquing" any of the theca, but some of them might end up using empty pocketwatch cases, so will be possibly a bit grubby to start with. They're going to look as much like "real" relics as possible, and they'll be hung around a central certificate explaining them.

(If any of you know liturgical Latin, I might get you to check my work.)

[dykepuffs]

SOMEONE HAS SENT ME A RELIC!!!!!!!

It is on the way to me now and I just got a notification that it's at my PO box and will be on the way to me at the next dispatch!!!!!!!!

I know who, but don't want to out them on here without their consent but, I am SO EXCITED.

I also have 2 relics already in their theca (Me and my partner), 1 in a paper wrap awaiting enshrinement (My son's best friend), and two more promised (My son and her wife). Bringing us to 6 so far!

(Test theca- This is just the first attempt at making them look "right", there will probably be a dozen more tries before I settle on them. I have been delighted to notice that when I'm working with the relics, I immediately treat them like real relics- Even knowing they're mine and my partner's grey hairs, which are a renewable resource, as I was cutting and arranging them I found myself being impossibly careful, feeling like dropping even a single strand would be a tremendous loss.)

I'm going to extend the offer again - If anyone wants to be part of this, make up your reliquary and get in touch with me by the FIRST OF AUGUST and I'll give you the address to send it to.

Other FAQ:

-It will not be sold, this is a piece that will stay in my possession: If you ever want your relic back, ask me and I'll send you it back. You can also give me other instructions, like how to respectfully dispose of your relic if you ever want it to be (in the absence of instructions, I'd release them into water, in the same way as I do with my own hair and nails).

-When not on display, the theca will stay in a flat rack along with other paintings not currently on display, in my office. If there are eventually enough theca that they can't all be displayed at once, they will go in a dedicated storage crate and will be rotated on and off display as the piece travels.

-I will not be making any money off the planned display of this piece, and if I ever am offered money for the future display of this piece, or for prints of it etc, I will donate that money to charitable causes for the good of trans people, with the priority for donation going to trans-led and queer-community-ran organisations, not to ones that are "for" us but not "by" us.

...Happy Pride! 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

[dogpuppy]

[gean-grey-blog]

One time I was leaving a friend's place and an older lady with basically no English came up to me and communicated that she was very cold and needed a ride. She pointed to tell me where to go.

I got there and her daughter or granddaughter came out and was like omg her phone died we were worried

And then the older lady said something and the younger lady translated.

"She knew she could trust you because you have pink hair"

I thought it was funny at the time. But when I think back on it I think she was basically saying "you had a visible sign of not vibing with the system I was afraid of"

Be weird. Be colorful. Help random people.

[pinkbowsandstripedsocks]

[edwardspoonhands]

Honestly, Tvyek is pretty miraculous. It’s permeable to water vapor but not to water, it’s nearly impossible to tear, but can be easily cut. It’s cheap and made entirely without binding chemicals. In addition to being used for wristbands, it’s used to wrap construction sites to keep out water during construction, for tear-resistant envelopes at Fed-Ex, coveralls for mechanics, and my wallet, actually.

Fun tip, though it looks like paper, Tyvek is plastic, and cannot be recycled with paper.

[fairypsychicarchive]

[andromedafalls]

holy fuc

[piisbetterthanpie]

I didn’t even know it had a name

[ashengem]

I literally worked in a hardware store for TWELVE YEARS where we sold tyvek suits, tyvek home wrap, tyvek tape, and I NEVER REALISED it was the same as the damn wrist bands!

[banchie]

i've been phasing the phrase 'google it' out of my vocabulary and going back to 'look it up'. fuck you youve lost your generic trademark privileges

[borderlands-disorder]

[agnesmontague]

ive invented (note: dubious claim) something i call the bear diet which is mostly fruits and vegetables with fish as the main protein source and something like once a month you eat a few hyperprocessed foods of your liking because that is when you, the bear, raid a dumpster in the suburbs

[stellarskyes]

after the hyperprocessed foods, do you take tranquilizers to simulate getting captured by animal control and returned to the wild?

[agnesmontague]

i would settle for melatonin gummies but well. knock yourself out

[ashengem]

Bear bait!

What is that, you don't ask?

It is dried fruit, nuts, candy, peanut butter, cookie dough, etc, packed into drums and put on pallets.

And when I was handling loads for a company that sold it, I'd get a joke every time from the driver about making off with a drum for himself

[sethshead]

Being detained and deported for attempting illegal entry to aid a terrorist organization is not kidnapping. Little material aid is carried by these flotillas, they could easy get it through via proper channels, and breaking the blockade aids Hamas weapon smuggling.

[janployshompoos]

Was I good? Yes. How much do I get, out of ten?

BAD BUDDY | EP11

[hiddurmitzvah]

Postcard from Munkács (then Hungary, now Ukraine) with a hassidic man

From the collection of the Museum of Ethnography