The Fan in their Natural Habitat

A litteral clusterfuck of Fannage

[cutecipher]

science has always been political. what gets studied. what doesnt. who gets to do the studying. on and on and on.

[cutecipher]

scientists on this post: yuuuup 👍

people who aren't scientists: um actually ☝️

[drizzledrawings]

☆tiger☆

[ariesrin]

I love characters who would die for each other but will not, under any circumstances, communicate a single honest feeling.

[noka-exe]

attempts at rapprochement

[motherfuckingshakespeare]

A HANDY CHART FOR THOSE OF YOU WONDERING WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THESE. NOTE THAT THESE ARE ALL THE INFORMAL AND YOU IS THE FORMAL SO LIKE YOU WOULD ALWAYS ADDRESS YOUR SUPERIOR/ OLDER PERSON/ SOCIAL BETTER WITH YOU BUT WITH YOUR BUDS YOU CAN USE THESE. 

[victusinveritas]

[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.”

[dreamycastaway]

The original pride flag and the sewing machine it was sewn on

[iwriterobots]

[bretzkysbs]

[lgbtculture]

I want my gay rights now! - Marsha P. Johnson (NYC Pride Parade, 1973)

[bowowark]

“character who gained weight to show how they are healthy now” trope my beloved

[demonadelem]

[sunderwight]

Evil wizard tasteful pin-up magazine but it's all photos of like, skinny old goths coyly fingering cursed amulets, long-bearded sorcerers doing the 'oopsie' pose as their corrosive destruction spell destroys enough of their own robes to show some skin, naked desiccated lich king positioning his staff of human skulls just so it leaves something to the imagination, dark knights in full armor just holding their soul-eating blades out in front of their codpieces, orc chieftain who did not understand the assignment and is posing with a monster he killed like one of those guys-with-fish photos. Or maybe he DID understand the assignment. Hmm.

[onpurposewrites]

welcome back, jeremy knox

[elodieunderglass]

Gorgeously legged lampposts having a little sit in Upplands Väsby, Sweden

They’re so charming, what a great design!

[practicallyinnocent]

Photographer here! I saw some people in the tags expressing concern about hostile architecture. If you zoom in to the right, you can see some standard benches (and there are several more in the area). We're not free of hostile architecture in Sweden, but it's far less common than in some other countries/cities

Just out of left frame there's also a bench with another blue lamp post standing next to it, only that this post grew arms and is holding a large umbrella! It gets windy here so it's not super useful, but it's cute and probably helps a little during summer showers. I decided not to photograph it since there was a parent and child sitting there. Here's a photo from a news article:

Lustiga lyktstolpar och bänkar ska få fart på snacket

Samtalsbänkar och belysning – nytt projekt för att få folk och snacka i Upplands Väsby. QR-koder med samtalsämnen.

[quietwingsinthesky]

the Relationship Ambiguity Zone™️ is a beautiful place to be. safe place to put your characters. put all characters into Relationship Ambiguity Zone. is that guy your mentor or your dad? Ambiguous!!! are you friends or enemies? Ambiguous!!! is it romantic? is it platonic? is it sexual? Ambiguous!!!!!!! never categorize anything ever in the Relationship Ambiguity Zone. just make them fucking weird about each other.

[tiramasucat]

i have discovered liushen

[psalmicwitch]

To put it bluntly, the only way to end homelessness is to house people or kill them.

That's it. Those are your options. Homelessness doesn't go away based on "crime crackdowns." You will imprison the unhoused, and when they are free, they will be unhoused again. Or they will die in prison.

When you burn encampments or force people out without their stuff, they remain unhoused or freeze to death.

After working with the unhoused, it's become abundantly clear that those who don't want to support them instead want them dead.

There is blood on the hands of every government and organization that controls the homeless population with force instead of compassion.

[castrolle]

Meanwhile overpriced apartments stay empty