[dk-thrive]

Calamity taught you the need to appreciate life and enjoy it to the fullest, to excess. You abhorred moderation even more than you detested waste. One must choose the lesser of two evils, you often said.

— Violaine Huisman, The Monuments of Paris: A Novel. (Penguin, April 14, 2026)

[gusvanscant]

“I know I am talking nonsense, but I’d rather go rambling on, and partly expressing something I find it difficult to express, than to keep on transmitting faultless platitudes.” ― Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

[apocryphics]

[xenosagaepisodeone]

told my mom that i was going to be heading to another noise show after work tomorrow and my sister went "you're always going to these god damn noise shows if you want to LISTEN to some NOISE then HERE" and started screaming

[xenosagaepisodeone]

if any venues want to book her dm me

[userarmand]

“That's the most contact I've had from him in a while.” [via tvinsider]

[y2k-superhighway]

NBC’s The Site was one of the first televised programs that specifically focused on the growth of the World Wide Web. This ad was featured in Internet Underground May 1997

[igbothot]

[gatheringbones]

house rules, by Rachel Sontag

[blubbed]

baby birds chapter 4 part 5

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I’m on my phone one day when I see it. I’d taken to being on forums for transgender people, reading all about selves and experiences and thinking, I’m this, right? This is me? This is what I am, right? I know no one can tell me what I am. I have to figure that out for myself. But the forum helps, a little.

Anyways, I’m scrolling through pages and pages of new binders and old wounds when I see a post titled: I’VE BEEN LACTATING KETCHUP. I’M SERIOUS.

My heart stops in my chest.

It goes on: IT’S NOT BLOOD. IT TASTES LIKE HEINZ. MY NAME IS MARK AND I’M EIGHTEEN. I’M TRANS. I’M NOT PREGNANT—I’M A VIRGIN. I’M SERIOUS. I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME. IT STARTED A MONTH AGO AND HASN’T STOPPED. THE DRIPS ARE REALLY VISCOUS AND RED. IT’S GETTING HARDER TO HIDE. I TRIED TO POST THIS ON REDDIT AND THE MODS WOULDN’T EVEN LET IT THROUGH, BUT I SWEAR I’M NOT JOKING. PLEASE, CAN ANYONE HELP? HAS THIS EVER HAPPENED TO ANYONE?

The comments:

BAIT USED TO BE BELIEVABLE.

IS THIS FETISH CONTENT?

LOL, YOU TASTED IT?

WOULD YOU SEND PICS?

PICS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN.

FUCKING KETCHUP? BE FOR REAL.

And after pages and pages: MINE WAS STRAWBERRY SYRUP. DM ME.

What the fuck?

[calebwittebane]

person typing into google search bar: obfuscate meaning

google ai overview: Understood! From now on, all meaning will be hidden from you, and you'll be forced to wade through the dreary vastness. Whether it's things you've always held dear, or new ideas you've yet to discover, nothing will make sense or appear to have any real value. This could be the beginning of a fascinating journey!

[furcoat]

[steveyockey]

affirmations they will not kill me at work today. it is not in my job description to get killed. if they did kill me at work that would be weird and probably not worth it for them

[free-my-mindd]

[primulaceas]

John Steinbeck, East of Eden

[coffeeandcigarettesv9]

[tieflingkisser]

[lesbianslimefriend]

here's where to find it on windows 10

[technofinch]

I have GOT to stop spending $30