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Heya, I'm Ateloc! I go by He/Him pronouns primarily :P IRL I'm a part-time author, full-time game dev writer, and a huge space nerd. I also love anything about worldbulding and creature design! I'm autistic asf among many other things, so I can be a bit dry sometimes unintentionally though I'm always usually open to questions and chitchat. Don't tag me without my permission unless it's something I've shown clear interest in, please. Side blog for my only public story: www.tumblr.com/a-wonder-in-the-madness

[thememedaddy]

[thememedaddy]

[ao3commentoftheday]

For anyone who hasn't seen them before, Hidden Search Operators are handy tricks you can use when you're either searching or filtering AO3.

summary: string is a generic way of explaining that you can search AO3 for a specific word that appears in a summary. You can do this from the search bar in the header, from the Any Field box at the top of the Advanced Search form, or from the Search Within Results box at the bottom of the filter menu.

Examples:

summary: Bruce

summary: "Bruce Banner"

summary: Bruce OR summary: Banner OR summary: Hulk

You need to put quotation marks around your search term if it is more than one word. The quotes make sure that the site searches for those two words together.

The other two operators listed work best in the Search Within Results box.

expected_number_of_chapters: 1 will return results where every fic has only 1 chapter currently posted.

You can use -expected_number_of_chapters: 1 if you want results where every fic has more than 1 chapter currently posted.

otp:true will return results where there is only 1 relationship tag on the fic. If you want results where there are 2+ relationship tags (and no fics with only 1 relationship tag) then you can use otp:false

[ao3commentoftheday]

This post is going around again (with an unfortunate syntax error on it - this version is correct), so I thought I'd add some information that folks have mentioned wanting in the notes.

Any time you want help with how to use AO3, look for the question mark bubbles. Clicking or tapping on those bubbles will open up a pop up window with information on that specific part of AO3. For example, here's the information for Include filters.

2. When you log into AO3 for the first time, you'll have a banner on your dashboard that gives you a ton of links and information that's useful for new users. A lot of people will dismiss this banner without ever reading it, but you can get it back at any time.

Go to your Preferences, scroll down to Misc. and check the box next to Turn the new user help banner back on. Update your preferences, and the banner will return.

3. When you first tap or click into the search in the header bar, a little popup tip appears below the text box. This is showing you an example of a search that you can do.

4. If you've never seen the filters before, click or tap on any tag that you're interested in. On a wide screen like a laptop, the filters will appear on the right hand side of the screen. On a narrow screen like a phone, you can tap on the Filters button for the menu to appear.

5. The FAQ has a series of questions related to Searching and Browsing on the Archive. You can find the FAQ in the dropdown under the word About in the header.

6. You can also just click on stuff and see what happens. For example, if you're wondering what the four icons at the top corner of each fic blurb mean, you can just click on them and get a popup with the key. Same thing if you're wondering about the icons at the top right of a bookmark.

7. I almost forgot ☝️If you want to see fics based on the primary pairing but you're okay with additional ships being in the fic (so otp:true won't work for you) - there's a script for that! AO3 Only Show Primary Pairing.

This post is extremely long now, but if you're wondering about other things just drop them in the notes.

[hannahhook7744]

This fucking country:

Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027

New car surveillance tech becomes mandatory by 2027, using infrared cameras to monitor driver sobriety and alertness with privacy and cost c

We can't even have fucking cars without ai.

I just want this stupid fucking ai bubble to burst.

Fuck ai.

Fuck literally everyone who voted for this dumb shit because now you can't even fucking DRIVE without knowing exactly where you are.

[this-is-my-main-i-follow-from]

THIS IS INHERENTLY RACIST & ABLEIST. IT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO TREAT PEOPLE WITH REALLY DARK EYES OR WHO HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PHYSICAL MANNERISMS. THIS IS JUST ONE STEP AWAY FROM SHUTTING IT DOWN IF YOU FALL BEHIND ON CAR PAYMENTS OR LET SOMEONE BORROW IT. THIS IS FUCKED UP & DANGEROUS.

[d0esery]

🚘⭐️🇺🇸I HEARD ABOUT THIS RECENTLY!🇺🇸⭐️🚘

A couple of points:

- So realistically how will this work?

- What if it just shuts your car off while you are driving for some reason and you get into an accident?

- Imagine hackers listening to your conversations over the console or even shutting off your car to kill you. (It's gonna be like a hacker getting into ring cameras or baby monitors again!)

- Ai is also known to have discrimination bias it learns from humans, so it will DEFINITELY discriminate. (As a nervous driver who has disabilities/mental health issues, this idea is incredibly scary!)

- Are we seriously trusting AI? AI can't even identify what mature/non mature content is on Tumblr. Why are we trusting it with our cars???(AI is incredibly flawed in other ways, too, beyond that.)

This is dangerous and dystopian for many reasons! This honestly sounds like mass surveillance in cars now! I think that is the real reason they are doing this.

(Thank you, @laceylavenders , for this news :) 🙏💕!)

[hannahhook7744]

Call/email/write your representatives, senators, etc.

Raise awareness.

Cause a stink.

[ateloc-reveries]

the amount of anxiety this gives me when I don't even have a license yet for various life reasons

[ateloc-reveries]

Some favorite lines from my poems that I feel like collecting somewhere:

"Break me," the monster says, hoping to be released. "Love me," I say, longing to know if I am more than the beast. (from "Rot In A Good Heart")

Run, little fox, from the past that still haunts you, from marks on your heart that refuse to get lost. You're doing your best with what you were given even if the ground underfoot feels like it came at a cost." (from "Your Past And Your Cause")

You call this love but my heart stays full of words I've swallowed for too long. (from "Bad Dogs Don't Get Food")

The perfect smell of petrichor made fresh by setting sun, a favorite moment marked by lovely laughter as you're spun. (from "Love That Lasts")

Perhaps there may yet be a purpose for the bleeding pads of my fingers, bandaged up as I shake the hands of appreciators that rarely linger. (from "The Art of Stained Glass")

[kisxmesoft]

[wasteofprotons]

biting can communicate so many emotions. angry? one big bite. affectionate? lots of little bites. sad? chewing on something thoughtfully. happy? many chomps. what isn’t there to love about it

[wasteofprotons]

on a completely unrelated note could the people I love move within 1-2 feet of me

[chaotic-neutral-knitter]

I think one of the kindest things you can do for people with various mental health struggles is just... let people back into your life after they've been absent for a while.

Making friends as an adult is so fucking hard already and isolating yourself from other people is a very common symptom of depression, anxiety, burnout, ocd, trauma, grief, etc. Which means that someone will do the hard work of recovery/healing and resurface back into a world where their previous friends have written them off because they stopped showing up.

So if you know someone where you're like "yeah we could have been better friends but they fell off the map a bit" and that person suddenly reaches out, or starts showing up to events even though you kind of forgot they were still in the group chat... well they may have been Going Through It and you don't actually have to punish them for their absence you can just be glad that they're back.

[quadriviummuse]

Needed to hear this today.

[taraljc]

as much as I cannot handle being perceived yes this tracks

[ateloc-reveries]

This but also importantly, why would anyone write someone off for being on the other end of their suffering?

I think we as a society need to talk about that more

[cartoonrival]

im completely addicted to Open Link in New Tab

[cartoonrival]

if Open Link in New Tab is wrong then baby i dont want to be right

[finalset]

adhd is like I think it’s gonna take me fifteen minutes to fill up my water bottle

[kosmogrl]

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Your initial thought in response to something is how you were conditioned. Your second thought is what you've LEARNED. Your third thought is what you believe.

[ateloc-reveries]

This is actually such a crucial piece of life advice for those with anxiety, intrusive thoughts, trauma, or anything similar that makes them feel like they're a bad person at their core no matter what they wish they were or want to be.

You Are Not A Bad Person.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

this except teenage me was a lost sheep who spent hours reading on wattpad before I saw the light and was guided to ao3

[ateloc-reveries]

accurate universal dork (/affectionate) experience

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[writing-prompt-s]

We’ve all heard tales of the moon being made of cheese, but what if it were made of bones? Bone fragments. Bone dust. Partial skeletons from animals we have no name for, no knowledge of. What if the moon were made of bones?

[ateloc-reveries]

bones of the ancient space leviathans that once made earth their home... hmmmgg delicious idea

[photographss-world]

[dizzyghoast]

every so often i remember how awesome the modern interconnected multicultural world is. i grew up getting to hear fairy tales from all over the world. africa, asia, europe, america. everywhere in between. i can have bagels for breakfast, curry for lunch, and ramen for dinner without even leaving the city limits. music and art and philosophy and technology that originated thousands of miles and years apart from eachother have come together and interwoven into something greater than the sum of its parts. its hard not fall into despair when thinking about the horrors but god. god the wonders.

[dizzyghoast]

you can have friends on the other side of the planet! neither of you even has to travel!!!!! you can just talk to them whenever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ateloc-reveries]

There is hope despite how quickly we fear we could lose it all

[frightfullytreeish]

reblog to slowblink at your mutuals