dragons in the Empty

she/her I like boats, dragons, fictional worlds and all sorts of whatnot. Hope you have a nice day.

[cheaphalloweencostume]

“be gay do crime! but sex is yucky and crime is wrong!” ass website

[cheaphalloweencostume]

okay, we managed to get through the “you can be gay and not have sex” part, and im feeling charitable and i wanna talk about the “do crime” part

so many responses of “its nice that you’re privileged enough to be able to steal from Target willy nilly!” and that’s not at all what this is about. like, yeah, shoplifting and loitering and graffiti and breaking the rules is, obviously, part of “do crime”. but they’re not parts you have to do.

would you help someone get an abortion where it was illegal?

would you help a trans friend get healthcare that had been criminalized?

would you shelter someone fleeing persecution, even if the law said not to?

would you help a gay couple stay together when the state decided their relationship was unlawful?

instead, would you report someone else for breaking the law? will you snitch on your hungry neighbors for stealing food? on your homeless neighbors for sleeping where they’re able?

would you break laws to protect someone you love? a community you love? yourself?

[sleepnoises]

i want to do a painting of a tiger taking a bath to put in a bathroom (bathroom-themed bathroom) and to this end i made a little maquette out of clay and i suspect this will scope creep into having both a painting and sculpture of a tiger or perhaps only a sculpture of a tiger. if i do both should they be displayed together or separately

[sleepnoises]

Tiger maquette by the way 🐅

[sleepnoises]

Working on cutting out a large piece of wood to do the painting on, which is a constraint that will either be really fun or really annoying. Maybe both

[sleepnoises]

Wood primed and underpainted and sketch transferred mostly by cutting it out in different chunks and tracing around them. Stripes to be determined. Nobody let me work on this again for at least two weeks

[sleepnoises]

The finished Ms. Tigers

[coffeefocusrat]

you're just mad because you're hungry and tired and your legs hurt and you head hurts and you're too hot and you have depression

[catasters]

[gallusrostromegalus]

tags by @ultramarineblues: #deeply curious about how this person discovered the cat liked this game

[callese]

[tachyon-at-rest]

Transcript :

Man: A cop is cop (interviewer says something that I can't make out) and you know yeah and he may be a very nice man. I haven't got the time to figure that out. All I know is he's got a uniform and a gun, you know, and I have to relate to him in that way. That's the only way to relate to him, at all. Because one of us is gonna-- one of us may have to die.

Interviewer : You know in new york there's a big campaign going on to humanize the policeman and they have billboards upstate. And they have a picture of a big cop bending over this little blonde girl, and and the signs say "some people call him pig" and I wanted to buy billboard, I told a friend of mine "I want to buy a billboard and show this big cop and this 14 year old kid with thirty bullets in him and say 'some people call him peace-maker.' "

[mens-rights-activia]

😪😪😪

[mens-rights-activia]

From 6 years ago....

[pangur-and-grim]

can I make a confession that might get me in trouble

[pangur-and-grim]

I save scummed through every variation of this guy’s dialogue tree because I really, really wanted him to perform unethical surgery on me. like I’m still so angry about this. WHY have the gross knife hand doctor if he can’t pull out your appendix and laugh about it??? what is the POINT

[pangur-and-grim]

wait hang on I’ll post a pangur photo. don’t unfollow

[pangur-and-grim]

[cryptonature]

It’s really that simple.

Withhold time/resources from organizations building an anti-human future

[stargatevp]

If no one bothered enough to make it , then why tf should we bother to watch it?

#FUCK AI

[not-poignant]

If no one bothered to make it, why should we be bothered to watch it?

If no one bothered to write it, why should we be bothered to read it?

If no one bothered to pay real people to sell it, why should real people be bothered to buy it?

[malwareproductions]

hey. you have to love your trans brothers of color okay. and your trans sisters of color. and your nonbinary siblings of color. you have to okay. its simply non-optional

[pangur-and-grim]

Queer Books and Authors are at a Breaking Point

Authors, agents, publishers: every part of the industry is seeing the strain of five years of escalating anti-LGBTQ censorship.

[pangur-and-grim]

if you'd like to show support, here are some upcoming queer books:

When Life Gives You Corpses is a brilliant YA about a cursed praying mantis who falls for a young witch. Yield Under Great Persuasion is a raunchy, but surprisingly sweet story about two men repairing their relationship. Fabulous Bodies is a horror story about a queer rockstar rising from the dead.

This is Where the Future Bleeds is a fantasy set in a vividly imagined land, where two women (who happen to kiss) are the key to healing the broken sky. You're No Better is a story about a teen struggling in the shadow of his murderous parent. Oil on Canvas is about a woman who finds disturbing paintings in the home of her dead mother.

and then here's a list of 26 queer books by Black authors set to publish this year, and a 10 upcoming books by trans authors. if you want to fight back against queer censorship, use your wallet! or (if that's not an option) you can contact your local library and ask them to stock a copy.

[zinesbycee]

(nods sagely) (nods basily) (nods rosemarily) (nods saltly) (nods star anisely)

[cryptic-curation]

This sick bleach shirt I made. Something to showcase my undying love for prehistoric cave art.

Some of the bleach burned thru the shirt bc this was my first time bleaching anything ever, but it kinda adds to it.

[mangled-by-disuse]

in happier pride news i actually found this deeply heartwarming

that's solidarity baybeeee

[lgbtlaughs]

Further context: Durham city council (Reform UK) cut funding and support for Pride. The Durham Miner's Association and other trade unions raised enough money for Durham Pride 2026 to go ahead - a direct call back to when Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) raised money for mining communities when Margaret Thatcher seized union funding during the miner strikes of 1984-85.

At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.

Stephen Guy, the chair of the Durham Miners’ Association, said that when it became apparent Durham Pride was under threat, he took it upon himself to “encourage the trade union movement to step up and do the right thing, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBT+ community […] They not only raised funds for us, but came to our communities, uplifted our spirits when they were down, and showed their solidarity.”

[petewentzisblack1312]

Reform would deny visas to countries seeking slavery reparations

The party says it wants to put African and Caribbean countries "on notice" after a vote at the UN last month.

i should be allowed to rip white english people apart with my teeth

[petewentzisblack1312]

GO HERE NOW AND YOU BETTER FUCKING REBLOG.

READ BRITAIN'S BLACK DEBT.

READ HOW BRITAIN UNDERDEVELOPED THE CARIBBEAN.

LOOK AT US.

[montereybayaquarium]

So pinni-precious. 🥺🦭

Pupping season is winding down as summer begins, but the harbor seal spectacular is just getting started!

After giving birth, harbor seals will linger at the rookery as mothers bond with their pups and teach them the ways of the water. The little ones follow in mom’s flipper-steps, learning important life skills like hunting, galumphing, and riding waves onto the beach for a well-deserved nap. It’s tough work, but somebody’s gotta do it! 🦭

Harbor seals are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, a key U.S. law that protects seals, whales, otters, and other beloved aquatic species from harmful human activity. 

If you venture out for some seal spotting this summer, stay quiet and keep a distance of 50 yards. It’s more than just the right thing to do–getting too close to marine mammals like harbor seals can mean big fines and even jail time for a law-breaking human!

So mellow out, settle in, and enjoy your day on the bay with the chill vibes of a sleepy harbor seal. 🏖️☀️

[menloathe]

when the song tackles you to the ground and starts beating the ever loving shit out of you

[ambarto]

I feel like the general vibe Sauron gives in the Silmarillion vs in LotR is really dependent on when you compare him to the other Maiar around

Like in the Silm you have Melian, whose magical powers are strong enough to prevent anyone from coming into Doriath, you have Eonwe, herald of Manwe, you have the Sun and the Moon; and then you have Sauron, who challenges people to rap battles and gets his ass kicked by a girl and her dog. He probably goes crying in his werewolves’ fur if Morgoth is mean to him. Not exactly terrifying here.

But then in LotR Sauron is ruling this huge army, he’s corrupting people left and right, his Ring is driving people to madness, and he also has his whole flaming eyeball thing going on which is pretty dramatic. The other Maiar? Saruman got corrupted, Gandalf is the local gay stoner grandpa, Radagast is just there because he got pulled along by Gandalf, and the Blue Wizards are cryptids. Sure, Gandalf killed a Balrog once, but he also spent like one third of the story screaming at Pippin. It’s a lot easier to see Sauron as a big scary Dark Lord when everyone else is getting high on pipeweed.