Daedric Darling

disabled fat femme drag clown. 29, pan, any/all. 🧸

[copperbadge]

I know myself well enough to know I would not be very good at fanbiding and that would mainly frustrate me, so while I love fan binding and admire those who do it, I've never dabbled.

I have never regretted that decision more than I did waking up from the dream I recently had, where I excitedly bought a rare copy of the novel that Goncharov (1973) was based on, opened it up, and found that it was a hollowed out "book safe" for keeping valuables in.

[greaseonmymouth]

@copperbadge were you looking for the Goncharov novel ?

I tracked down a copy of this invaluable classic and somehow got my hands on a near pristine copy secondhand from the 4th printing. It’s lost the dustjacket, alas, but that means I got it for like £5 and not the £4200 a first edition printing in fine condition goes for.

(Who’s the author? *looks at smudge on spine* uhhhh Mkkhill Montanann)

It looks right at home in my bookcase 🥰

Under the cut: a look inside at what the book holds:

Just kidding.

It holds only the air of regret and disappointment.

[copperbadge]

OMG HAHAHA AMAZING! What a find! Truly a vintage treasure. I am dying, it looks fantastic.

[puppybeast]

[natalieironside]

On the one hand, a lot of the talk abt the power and menace of AI-driven facial recognition software is overblown because, to be perfectly frank, none of the software is very good. A lot of the people reporting on it are just repeating the ad copy published by the companies selling the software.

On the other hand, it isn't overblown at all because so-called forensic science has always been pretty shit but that hasn't stopped prosecutors from being able to convince jurors that cops have magic powers

[natalieironside]

Lie detectors are even less effective but we still have to worry about credulous jackasses who believe in lie detectors ending up on juries

[lycanthropic-artisan]

also the cops are fucking lazy and have already arrested the wrong people due to shitty facial recognition software. it happened to Angela Lipps who was arrested in the wrong state, jailed for five months, lost her house, and got stranded in another state.

[cronenburger]

[dailyrothko]

And this post here shows there are a couple of different replies there were of course hundreds of replies. I even replied which I will now put here but besides making a joke about the famous quote, it was also Bloomsday

[mybeingthere]

Mantle, Peruvian, Paracas-Nasca, South CoastEarly, Intermediate Period, Phase 1AD 1-100, Peru, South Coast.

Design: rows of shaman figures with heads thrown back, worked solidly with wool.

Camelid fiber plain weave embroidered with camelid fiber in stem-stitch, 142 x 241 cm (55 7/8 x 94 7/8 in.)

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/36603

[batbetbitbotbut]

This textile is TWO THOUSAND YEARS OLD.

It looks like it could have been made last year. It is SO bright and whole. I am staggered.

[kilncreatures]

teacup goose horse small size suitable for apartment living

[titkoks]

[inthefallofasparrow]

on body positivity

I want to make one thing Crystal f**cking goddamn clear on this here slice of internet for dancing teens.

I’m not body positive. I’m not body neutral. I’m body negative.

I want to be Vapor

or like a plume of blue smoke or mist or a rumor I’d be a rumor

maybe a miasma even because like gender humiliating an ache, a pain, needing to sit down, spatial awareness, the vulgarity There’s bones. There’s bones in my face. There’s bones in your face. Aren’t you embarrassed? Every day I wake up and I’m subject to the burden of embodiment. How dare I be a shape?

disgusting                                      

                                       - whoreceress

[blinkees]

updated the character limit on the blinkie maker! previously 15 characters, you can now attempt to cram a whopping 25 characters on your blinkies!! certain fonts and font sizes WILL cut off. use your best judgement ok?

[fasciation-fascination]

perfect

[hikes-and-moans]

UNPOPULAR OPINION: A lot of "mental health issues" disappear when bills are paid, rent is secure, and the fridge is full. Peace is expensive. And pretending money doesn't affect mental health is privilege.

[goth-queen]

[dastardlywlw]

showing my copy of Apparently Sir Cameron Needs To Die by @pangur-and-grim things it's never seen before part 2: unidentified mushrooms. the fairy ring is malfunctioning. disappointed, but we press on.

[libraford]

Listen, I'm having fun playing with the ultra patriotic voice, but after a couple years in blue-collar landscaping jobs, you really do need to phrase things like that.

"I'm pretty sure that fella ain't here legally."

"Well, that ain't your business Chip, it's his."

They hate being preached to. If you pull out words like 'gender wage gap' they'll tell you you're brainwashed by the far left media.

"He's one of them transgenders."

"He got freedoms too, Jimmy."

[weshallbekind]

Also, please understand that SO often the real issue these people have is that they just want to say something inappropriate. They don't like being told they can't say "fag", so they'd say it for a reaction, just like a teenager would.

Shut down the conversation without reacting.

"His dick, not mine" will get you much further to shutting that guy down than "well it's really inappropriate to call someone a slur while I'm the job site".

And that's the point. To shut them up. To make them quit saying shit like that. The first one makes him seem kinda weird for caring about what that guy does with his dick. The second one gives him something to fight against and make a big deal about.

[mckitterick]

Code-switching - Wikipedia

code-switching matters for communicating across cultures of all varieties

[teaboot]

Cannot overstate how many flavours of bullshit disguised as political opinion can be shut down by “none of my business” or “don’t be rude”

[bluestempigeons]

one of my friends informed me that it's pigeon appreciation day today. here's a kissie for the occasion. appreciate your local pigeon!

[bluering8]

listen to me, this is so so important: you've gotta get used to really giving it your 60% as a default. like don't half-ass it necessarily but try not to go over 70% or so of an ass. you'll feel better and live a happier more fulfilled life, and on the rare occasions where you do need to lock the fuck in you'll be able to pull off bullshit that the sad miserable wretches giving it their 100% can never dream off, because they're busy draining themselves dry and you have energy reserves to spare.

[smokingchagga]

This is actually what I was adviced to do at the work rehabilitation program I went to. Hasn't left my mind since. 10/10 solid advice

[l1fe1sp0ppli0]

i get very #insufferable when I get comfortable with people

[depsidase]

[thememedaddy]