An Eclectic Medly of Interests

Nonbinary, white, tumblr old, always trying to improve and wish to be called out on my bullshit no matter how unpleasant that may be for me.

[noah-wyles]

all i want for 2026 is that gigantic rancid AI bubble to finally burst in such a catastrophic way that the consequences will be so good and i'll never have to see another AI generated image ever again

[fluoritegalaxy]

Like to charge, reblog to cast.

[shiningoak]

Trans Alear headcanons are obviously valid and also just a really fucking obvious choice to make if you had half a neuron to use while playing this game, but they always tickle me a bit because like. The amnesia means Alear forgot this too, right?

[shiningoak]

Boylear asks Lumera why those patches of skin on his arm and leg are different from the rest of his body in texture color and feel and the little pendulum in Lumera's head goddamn races back and forth between giving a clear explanation of the workings of phalloplastic gender affirming surgery plus what that means for him OR boldfacedly lying through her teeth about how they're a consequence of the time he heroically rescued a litter of Firenean puppies from a burning animal shelter.

[hyakunana]

"…Would you do that, Dente? Please… For Umasho and the others…" "Ah Sachika… No matter what I say, you won't change your mind, huh?"

My @girlsremixex exchange gift for ao3 user PsycheDelic138

Some extra concepts and notes below

Concept Sketches of Sachika Amane in different AUs and Rider designs, including Granute (based on Candy Cane Snails), Lollipop (a slight different version of the Gurucan form from the comic) and Popsicle (the Sorbet/Frappé esque power-up, with popsicle-like chainsaws as weapons) designs.

Notes transcription:

Candy Motif: Lollipop

Granute Motif: Candy Cane Snail

Other forms: Popsicle, candy apple, chocolate lollipops (or pocky), popcorn? Pies? THAT CHOCOCONE IDK NAME

AU inspo: "What if Sachika was an amnesiac Granute lost in the human world?

I particularly love her as human and I'm still on the hill of "she should drive a Vrocan mecha suit" (btw thank you ao3 user spectralspooks for the Sugar Blaster!!! <3), buuuuuuuuuut I'm a monster/suit lover so ofc I'm giving this a try <3

ALT: Maybe instead of amnesiac/lost, she's a sort of refugee escaping from the Stomach dominion? I just think a lot about the moment she almost recognized Lango in the early episodes.

"It seems like I never struggled in life" still one of my fav Sachika moments I'd like to have incorporated — hence the amnesia

ALT Inspo: Granute Swap — In which Hapipare are Granutes and Stomach are humans. Shouma is pretty much the same, Lakia is human ofc.

BTW Gotta love the Candy House movie for making AUs sorta canon

Granute!Sachika summoning familiars to work on Hapipare — could you imagine?

Snails make their shell throughout theur whole lives, a sort of "autobiograph". Granute!Sachika could have lost her shell and made her amnesiac.

[cypsiman2]

@mamafriesmeal

[kuttithevangu]

I bring a real “human lives are more important than animals. Yes, even than your doggo” vibe to the function that the people airlifting dogs out of warzones really don’t enjoy

[hypokeimena]

#and no your typey purebred dachshund was not going to be EATEN in Korea you got scammed and you need to be less racist

[calciumcryptid]

I feel like a lot of people get "All Art is Political" confused with "All Art is made with Political Intentions" which is not the same.

[alessandriana]

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is upda

Stolen from the Electronic Frontier Foundation:

[mikkeneko]

Here's a link to the EFF page that contains this information:

How to Disable Ad ID Tracking on iOS and Android, and Why You Should Do It Now

The ad identifier - aka “IDFA” on iOS, or “AAID” on Android - is the key that enables most third-party tracking on mobile devices. Disabling

On Android 

With the release of Android 12, Google began allowing users to delete their ad ID permanently. On devices that have this feature enabled, you can open the Settings app and navigate to Privacy > Ads. Tap “Delete advertising ID,” then tap it again on the next page to confirm. This will prevent any app on your phone from accessing it in the future.

On iOS 

To see which apps you have previously granted access to, go to Settings > Privacy > Tracking. You can set the “Allow apps to Request to Track” switch to the “off” position (the slider is to the left and the background is gray). This will prevent apps from asking to track in the future. If you have granted apps permission to track you in the past, this will prompt you to ask those apps to stop tracking as well. You also have the option to grant or revoke tracking access on a per-app basis.

Apple has its own targeted advertising system, separate from the third-party tracking it enables with IDFA. To disable it, navigate to Settings > Privacy > Apple Advertising. Set the “Personalized Ads” switch to the “off” position to disable Apple’s ad targeting.

[reagan-slayer69]

“but what if you abort the baby who’ll cure cancer?!” sir the baby who will cure cancer is an organic chemistry major who works at a Home Depot because you use AI to go through your resumes

[mel-155-a]

"I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." - Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

[thedreamthieves]

i think one of the worst things the left wing internet ever did was push the idea that oppression is basically a virtue, and being oppressed is a sign of your morality. it has made it like…impossible for some of you to hold the idea that most people are privileged in some ways and oppressed in others. AND a lot of you seem to have it in your mind that terrible people cannot be oppressed, and that oppressed people cannot do terrible things, which is a dangerous rhetoric to hold imo.

[wutheringheightsfilm]

every day it just concerns me how little compassion people have. no compassion for those living in the global south. no compassion for immigrants. no compassion for disabled ppl. no compassion for addicts. no compassion for prisoners. no compassion for children. like holy shit ...

[wutheringheightsfilm]

i made a separate post about this but actually there are plenty of people cough white people who care about animals more than they ever do human people . not what i'm talking about make your own post

[nourishedbytime]

[natnormalatall]

roald dahl was antisemitic and misogynistic. george orwell was openly homophobic. edgar allan poe married his 13 year old cousin. dr seuss cheated on his wife (and was racist as well as antisemitic!). hp lovecraft was racist as fuck. anyways they’re fucking dead it’s not like you’re enabling their behaviors in the afterlife or something. then again I think they bleed into the books so uh keep an eye out for that

the difference between these old white guys and jk rowling is that the former group is all dead. jk rowling is alive and using your money to oppress trans people

[depsidase]

[spicyprincezuko]

I wish all Black girls a clear shot at this world. I wish all Black girls a full belly. I wish all Black girls a respite from their many troubles. I wish all Black girls nothing but grace, prosperity, and ease. Black girls I am hoping for your continued safety and success every single day.

[beardedmrbean]

One more in the W column for Japan.

[probuccalfat]

it never sits well with me when people associate beauty with morality like i remember when i was in my early 20s and my friends would compliment each other like “that’s what happens when you’re not racist—you get a banging body” or “you can tell she’s homophobic because of her ugly mug” like it’s never felt right to me. beauty as a reward or a virtue feels so bizarre to me. ugliness as a punishment feels so bizarre to me. it all feels like 19th century phrenology and physiognomy

[teashoesandhair]

The book you all need to read is Ugliness, by Moshtari Hilal, who writes about this exact thing and the origins of beauty as morality, and how it originated (as OP already says!) in racist discourse about physiognomy.

[libraford]

Advice I gave someone today was: 'do it stupid.'

She wants to learn photography. Do it stupid. Take a million photos. Don't think about why they're not good. Enjoy the process of taking photos.

Pick out tge ones you like the most and figure out why you like them. Is it because the subject is centered? Is it because you caught them doing something cool? Is it because the light made cool shadows?

Do it stupid. If you try to do it smart, youll get stuck. If you think too much you'll never get to doing. Do it stupid.

[etherdiver]

Holy shit

[quill-ting]

This is honestly how I started quilting! I had fabric, I had a knowledge of backstitch, I had a quilting magazine. I asked "how hard can it be?" and now here we are. Just have fun and give it a go!

[theprofessional-amateur]

Well played Merriam-Webster.

“There is artificial intelligence, and there is actual intelligence” 🎤🫳

[theprofessional-amateur]

[tedcruzisthezodiackiller]

[bevsi]

something I’ve noticed in fandoms lately is a lack of… object permanence? perspective? Just reacting to each episode/chapter of something as if it’s final & whatever plot line they dislike is the status quo forever? like…… have a tiny bit of patience

I kinda understand because a lot of franchises lately have ended in shoddy and poorly thought out ways, but tbh either have some faith in your fav show or just write fanfic

[bevsi]

this combined with people reading a boatload of fanfic between seasons then coming back to the show & getting upset that their headcanons aren’t canon… disappointment is a normal feeling but I also feel like people put themselves through unnecessary stress watching shows they clearly do not like