Elaurian

Neuroqueering Wellbeing Late Diagnosed Autistic Geek, Witch, Punk,

[elaurian-neuroqueering]

Hiya, I'm Rachel.

I'm 44, Scottish, queerly married. I'm also...

A massive nerdlinger - books, TV, films*

Witch, Punk, Stoner

Autistic (diagnosed at 36)

Neuroqueering advocate

Sweary, Scottish, probably perimenopausal

Slavering leftie

Science respecting holistic wellbeing encourager....

I love knitting and other crafts, gardening and houseplants, dog walking, reading, cooking, board games, and generally just trying to live my best wee Hobbit life and connect to folk like me!

I believe crying is punk, swearing heals, and that blocking numpties online is both self and community care.

* Sci fi

Fantasy

YA

Queer forged family

Alternate history

Steampunk

Star Trek (especially Lower Decks!)

Futurama

Stargate (especially Atlantis!)

Middle Earth

Discworld

Tortall

Comedy

Short stories (doing one a day as a wee goal for 2025, it's been awesome!)

[kdinjenzen]

As of TODAY Twitch has quietly added the Generative Ai Training model into your account without your permission.

For the time being it is TOGGLEABLE and you can TURN IT OFF!

However, we do not know if Twitch will force this to be on at all times like some other platforms, like X/Twitter, have previously done.

Regardless of IF YOU STREAM OR NOT you should TURN THIS "TRAINING FOR GENERATIVE AI" SETTING OFF IMMEDIATELY!

To do so you must go to: https://www.twitch.tv/settings/security

And then scroll all the way down near the bottom.

There you'll find the "Training for Generative Ai" setting, toggle it to OFF!

Be sure to keep sending messages to Twitch that you do NOT want this to exist.

And another reminder that if you do stream on Twitch, like I do, you should start preparing you and your audiences to migrate elsewhere ASAP.

[anosci]

you're leaving out the best part! chief product officer Mike Minton said the following: "Why is it opt-out instead of opt-in? There's an honest answer here that I think we can all appreciate: if it was opt-in, nobody would opt in."

i cant attach the video to a reblog directly but here's the source

[watertightvines]

“Dragostea Din Tei party boat isn’t real, it can’t hurt you.”

Dragostea Din Tei party boat:

[Numa Numa Je intensifies]

[asleepinawell]

daily pep talk i give myself

[only-knives]

Captions ID: No matter what, I still have to eat so that I have the energy to continue sulking.

[mijitogustavito]

Keeping this quote to my grave

[elaurian-neuroqueering]

This scene was like a good punch to the heart. If such a thing can really exist!

[wanderingweatherwax]

Please sign the petition and help save one of the worlds most beautiful botanical gardens from their rich bastard neighbors.

We might not still live in Nashville, but Cheekwood is one of my favorite places in the entire world. I've been visiting regularly since I was a small child. Please sign the petition, and share this post.

Sign the Petition

SAVE CHEEKWOOD: Help protect our history and culture

How Cheekwood, Belle Meade and Warner Park’s conservation intersect in neighborhood lawsuit

Hundreds of residents in the Belle Meade-Highlands neighborhood brought legal action against the city this week to target traffic caused by

[segamascott]

[the-tao-of-fandom]

Something that just struck me:

Do we ever think seriously about how amazing it is that in Discworld, no female character ever gets fridged for the ‘benefit’ of a male character’s story arc?

I mean, it may not seem like a big deal until you remember these are actually 40 books and how incredibly common this is as a plot device in mainstream media.

Let’s take Sybil Ramkin (also known as dragon goddess of my heart) as an example. The one time she plays damsel in the series is in Guards!Guards when the King (actually dragon, actually Queen. Or maybe not. We shouldn’t presume on their gender identity) is going to eat her, and that’s because she was knocked out stone cold by several guards. Once she’s freed, she proceeds to kick ass and take names like you would expect from a dragon breeder, and you can also appreciate the fact that she kicks off probably the most practical courtship in the history of fantasy as a genre.

(also there was that time she knocked out a werewolf with a steel bar because they were holding her captive and apologized afterwards I swear to gods this woman)

And she is never fridged. Think about how easily most male authors would just go, ‘You know what? The protagonist isn’t having enough angst. Let’s kill his love interest.’

Then, tuppence more and up goes the donkey.

And she is such a positive force in the story! We start out with Vimes seemingly as a clichéd anti-hero cowboy-cop, the kind you’ll find in anything from Lethal Weapon to The Maltese Falcon. He is an alcoholic, utterly miserable and deems himself basically worthless. And then something (a combination of Sybil/Carrot/Vetinari support/scheming and Vimes’ own barely contained rage against the universe) kicks him in the pants and he gets character development like wowza! and we end up with a Lawful Good, incredibly clever (it never ceases to sadden me how he thinks he isn’t really that intelligent) protagonist with probably the strongest moral code I have ever seen in a fictional character. I mean, it had a mental/physical manifestation, for gods’ sake.

And they have this most elusive of fictional things; a marriage free of unnecessary drama and full of mutual respect and kindness, and she does her own thing with the dragons while he solves crime (she tends to help, though) and never is she killed off to 'advance’ his development as a character.

Because a) that would be a really gross (although frustratingly common) thing to do and b),

This is Sir Terry Motherfucking Pratchett.

[discworld-heritage-posts]

Discworld Heritage Post

[shadow-generations]

If you think misogyny doesnt exist within the queer community, you are probably benefiting from misogyny

[shadow-generations]

If you think racism doesnt exist within the queer community, you are probably benefiting from racism

[backtonormallife]

@cheer-deforest-kelley 😍🥰

[mandala-lore]

Snails are so cute

[aw-tysm]

"We're not supposed to be honest when people ask us how we are?"

Uhm.. Actually, you can be. There's a lot of people who are honest when answering that question. They just do it in ways that don't come across so upsetting or depressing.

Many people sugarcoat their answers to be more palatable for a greeting, or for a start of a conversation. It can also just be a polite way of giving others an out for a potential depressing conversation they may not want to be a part of.

These responses usually come in forms like, - "How are you?/How's it going?" - "Could be better." "It's definitely going." "I'm still alive." "I'm getting there." "New day, new problems." "Well, I'm still here." "Same old." "It's not all sunshine." "It's moving along". "It is what it is." "Not great but I'll survive." "Hoping tomorrow comes quickly." And many more responses like this. These are all ways of basically saying "Things are kinda/very shit at the moment for me". But they just don't go into detail about it. They are being honest, without the extra information.

If the other person doesn't want to go further into this then they may just responed with something like "I feel you", or "That's relatable", or "Yeh, that's life". Which are basically ways of saying "I acknowledge things aren't easy right now", without having to go into a conversation about it. Not everyone has the emotional energy to deal with conversations like that in that moment and that's okay.

Honesty doesn't need to come with the extra information. A lot of people won't give the extra information and that's the difference.

[mx-macintosh]

y'all need to relearn the word erratic and stop using schizophrenic/bipolar/psychotic as a replacement

[mx-macintosh]

y'all need to relearn the word particular and stop using ocd as a replacement

[weresoul]

People need to relearn the word "egocentric" and stop using narcissist/narc as a replacement.

[thatpreciousthing]

People need to relearn the word "impulse" and stop using "intrusive thought" as a replacement

[answrs]

People need to relearn the word "lying" and stop using "gaslighting" as a replacement

[lostinhistory]

Solid life advice from Sue the T. Rex.

[elaurian-neuroqueering]

What the point of being part of a crew if I don't let them be my crewmates?!

Hyper/toxic independence isn't healthy. Learning to rely on others can be scary. But it is worth it.

[spacedocmom]

12/08/2026 Doctor Beverly Crusher @SpaceDocMom Incoming Transmission…

Many people with severe chronic illness would love to have enough leftover energy to even attempt an activity that health-privileged people think of as "lazy". Never, ever imagine that person battling illness is "lazy". They are working overtime just to survive. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon

[spacedadsupport]

12/08/2026 Jean-Luc Picard @SpaceDadSupport Incoming Transmission…

Use your legitimate fury at injustice as fuel towards your goals. Control it, channel it, master it, and do not let anyone minimise it away.