will you be brave?

marlowe (or fritz) | they/them | bi | xxviii | writer w/ a j.d. writeblr: viciousvenganza

[blossomfully]

Sue Zhao // Dialogues on Love #4 // “Maybe I already do”

[nonlynear]

[suddenly disillusioned] my illusions..

[dogpuppy]

[andrew-garfielld]

Kara Zor-El/Supergirl and Krypto in SUPERGIRL (2026) Official trailer | dir. Craig Gillespie

[unalivejournal]

NO!!!! Characters accepting their sexuality will kill the patient.... She needs deep repression narratives to live

[demoncity]

SPIRITED AWAY (2001) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

[wizardnaturalist]

a book should be $5 a little drink should be $2 and museum access should be free and all hours

[iero]

OBSESSION (2026) Dir. Curry Barker + trivia

[kuttithevangu]

All fantasy authors wish they had a bigger bathtub in their house. You can tell by every bathing scene ever written into a fantasy novel

[saffronbaklava]

that coffee and pastry will save your life btw

[meangirlnurse]

i'm trying to save money but oh my god. jesus christ

[claudiadpdl]

the writers tried so fucking hard to make us hate louis this season but all it did was reaffirm my love for him—louis dpdl is the vampire ever and nothing will ever change that. not antiblack writing, not character assassination, not smear campaigns, nothing. jacob has made him into a such a loveable, multifaceted, imperfectly perfect, iconic character that is so easy for so many people to resonate and empathize with, and that can't be taken away no matter how much they try. it's impossible to decenter louis. there would be no story without him.

[gaypeople]

i cannot emphasize enough how detrimental it is to the quality of the entire show when you have writers who don’t understand and care for louis enough to write him with the love he deserves. as a black person, as a victim of abuse, as someone with complexity who isn’t reduced to his past. he used to be written with love, but suddenly he’s written with contempt that doesn’t even try to mask itself as love. this season’s level of disregard for him makes everything else feel soulless and empty. is this just how he's gonna be written now? is he going to be the narrative's punching bag every single season? we cannot continue like this

[benelopes]

austin butler the bikeriders, 2023

[marithlizard]

(via bsky)

In case anyone hasn't heard, the cyclospora outbreak affecting tons of people in the US right now is coming from Taylor Farms produce. Best to stay away from bagged lettuce and prepared salads completely right now, but especially the ones mentioned in the screenshot:

Taylor Farms Earthbound Farms Little Salad Bar (Aldi) Marketside (Walmart) Kroger House Brand Target private label greens Costco salads and greens etc Trader Joe's chopped salad kits and fresh produce Fast food: McDonalds, Taco Bell, (Yum! Brands), Chipotle, Subway, Pizza Hut, KFC, Olive Garden, Top Golf, Red Lobster, Burger King, etc.

This is not the first time I've heard about a Taylor Farms foodborne illness outbreak. I stopped eating their salads after reading a description of the conditions in their facilities. Doesn't sound like they've improved anything.

We need a fully funded and staffed FDA, and regulations with teeth - and that's exactly what we don't have under Trump. To make things worse, the CDC is no longer tracking these outbreaks. We're on our own.

[torchickentacos]

Quick correction and a couple sources to go along with it: the CDC is tracking the outbreak. More information can be found here (link pop-up isn't working for the CDC link): https://www.cdc.gov/cyclosporiasis/outbreaks/07-26/investigation.html

And here:

Investigation of 5-State Outbreak of Cyclospora Illnesses

Do not eat recalled iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico. FDA’s investigation is ongoing.

[leztat-deactivated20230701]

Allow me my odyssey.

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE  |  season 1

[socialjusticeinamerica]

[cutecipher]

I believe this is the case being talked about by Silas P Silas:

[baronfulmen]

As in almost all cases, this isn't a case of a computer DELIBERATELY being made to discriminate, it's a case of a computer RECKLESSLY being made to discriminate. Which isn't even a tiny bit better, but is an important distinction for when we talk about the dangers of this kind of thing.

AI is trained off of available data. Available data is about the real world, where racism and sexism and all that shit exists. Unless you carefully put effort into making sure that bigotry is EXCLUDED from the training, it will by default be included.

We've known this forever. There is no excuse. They don't bother, or they do a shitty job at it, because they want to make more money and carefully curating your own custom dataset without racism in it is not only extremely difficult, but very expensive.