Blackhill. And Kate/Yelena. And more.

BBKing on A03. I also ship Darcy Lewis/Sif, Danbeau, Vauseman, Kate/Yelena, and Esti/Ronit anti-TERF

[hereforalltheblackhilli]

Fav blackhill fics? Any rating, any kind

Wow! This is a big question!

These are in no particular order and this is by no means exhaustive. This is just a sampling of some of my favorites.

1. The Out by SlowBurnJane

2. Baby I was born just to kiss your mouth by Crimsoncat (and also I could get lost in this (forgetting what caution is))

3. Free Falling by Mohnblume

4. Walk Alone by OfEndlessWonder

5. Feel More Human by avesnongrata

6. With One Glance by The_Wavesinger for sophinisba

7. and out of the blue (i fell for you) by leatherandlace

8. love is a wild thing by leatherandlace

9. Like a moth to a flame by JennySparks

10. Perfect Maria by cocoa_n_donuts

11. The Lost Moments by RenaM

12. Line in the Sand by Pumpkinnubbin

13. Thief by carloabay

14. The Curious Encounter in East Meadow by lo5o

15. A Hill Called Home by BadGoose

(part 2 of the recs list is here)

[queerliblib]

It’s time for our annual PRIDE FUNDRAISER again BBs so, grab your hottest, smartest, most chronically-online friends and start a fundraising team for QLL on @givebutter! ✨ For every $300 your team raises you get to choose a book to add to the collection. This is your chance to add yet another queer theory text, or sapphic monster romance novel or just about anything in between.

[queerliblib]

HERE’S THAT LINK!! https://givebutter.com/qqlls-pride-campaign-2026-rg3yn3

[afemalesebastian]

"Sewing is a gateway drug to thinking through complex problems. It seems really simple; culturally, we make it women's work. Let me tell you: real sewing at any kind of level of proficiency is a bloody magic trick. Sewing, like mold making, involves mental frames that require one to think inside out and backwards. It requires one to work on an order of operations that is often taking into account the reverse. It's a really, really important skill, and if you learn how to sew, you're mostly on your way to carpentry and welding and sheet metal work. I'm not kidding: these are planar forms meeting under rules and conditions. And if you can make a sleeve work, I swear to God, you could build a house."

--Adam Savage

[proudnb]

Fitness is for nonbinary people, too.

Yes, there are gendered facilities, spaces, programs, and clubs that leave no space for us. But we are welcomed in many others. Finally, we can make our own spaces.

There's room in the world for nonbinary fitness.

[hereforalltheblackhilli]

I've avoided gendered locker rooms for decades because they're where i encounter high levels of hostility and are generally uncomfortable for all parties involved. I took a long break from them because I was tired of fighting to create space for myself.

BUT a few months ago I ventured into the locker room at the local free indoor pool. The facility is close to 100 years old. There are two locker rooms only. No handicapped access. No gender variant accomodations. None of that. And yet I had the top three friendliest interactions I've ever had in that kind of space. Nobody cared that I'm noticeably queer and was braced for the usual glares, snears, and mutterings. They were welcoming, chatty, encouraging, and generous with helpful hints and tips to familiarize a first-timer with the way things work. It was the most affirming experience I've had in years. I didn't have carve out space. They welcomed me in without caring how I fit, or didn't.

Give it a shot.

[sparklejamesysparkle]

Jayne Mansfield poses in the living room of her Sunset Blvd. home called "The Pink Palace", photos by Vittoriano Rastelli, March 1967.

[drst]

Heads up my trans and queer friends, do not participate in this study. Spread the word to stay away;

Skeet from Alejandra Caraballo that says: If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

[evenmorecrows]

here's an article about this. any statistics of this study are extremely likely to be nitpicked or outright edited for whatever narrative they want to push with it. (specifically, it's likely they're fishing for "evidence" of "rapid-onset gender dysphoria".)

[alpaca-clouds]

For context here as well:

Lisa Littman is the fraud who made the idea of "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria" so widespread as it is right now, by doing a "study" based on asking parents from a transphobic parent onlineforum and then concluding that because pretty much all the parents she asked (who, again, were preselected to be transphobic, non-supportive parents) said, their child "suddenly" identified as trans.

And Michael Bailey, while also not having come up with the idea, is the person who spread the idea of "autogynophilia" through really bad papers on the topic.

It should be noted for both, that neither of them actually has a degree in anything related to the field they supposedly study.

[queeranarchism]

Kenneth Zucker, a notorious anti-trans doctor who was fired for submitting trans kids to abusive conversion therapy, is also involved in this study.

Giving this study more 'good answers' isn't going to do any good. None of these people care about research ethics. They are going to cherry pick and twist data to create the most transphobic outcome possible. Don't engage.

[buddie-romance]

thank you ao3 for being an archive and not an algorithm. thank you for letting me like things without consequences, thank you for being free with no ads, thank you for having lawyers to defend our freedom of speech. thank you tag wranglers. thank you to all authors and thank you ao3

[sparrowsarecool]

Duckduckgo is doing a poll on whether people want A'I' or not, vote here:

Are you YES AI or NO AI? Vote now.

Big Tech doesn't care if you want AI or not. They should.

[codotafterdark]

It's currently at about 91% for NO, so let's help it out a bit and see if we can't pump that number up.

Just to REALLY drive the point home.

[duckbunny]

don't infantilise yourself. you are not a child who needs an adult to make your decisions for you. you are a splendid and magnificent autocrat and you are consulting your trusted advisors. you are exercising great wisdom by inviting an expert to give their opinion before making your ruling. often the path of wisdom is to say "good morning, I'm trying to [perform task] and I have a question about [aspect], can you tell me who I should speak to for advice?" before you do it. sometimes the path of wisdom is to hire a plumber. there are times when you cannot do things for yourself but that doesn't mean you are not an adult. you don't need a grown-up. you need a specialist.

[duckbunny]

this has come up a couple of times so let me be really really clear:

the path of wisdom is sometimes to hire a plumber.

the path of wisdom is always to hire an electrician.

[hereforalltheblackhilli]

And a roofer. Hire a roofer.

[ladyshinga]

[nethilia]

things that feel like a microaggression

[nethilia]

they really said "dye is expensive this year"

[monsterblogging]

Seems like a good time to bring this up again:

There’s Nothing Neutral about Neutral Colors

Ever wondered why there aren’t more fuchsia cars? The prejudice against bright colors runs deep and can be traced back to the age of Western

[formerlyluckymanticore]

Reblog if you will never. Ever. Use AI in your writing.

[sodiumvaporss]

i do have to say that no matter how shitty any sort of media is or how shitty your own creations are. always remember

[hereforalltheblackhilli]

So much AI art being reblogged all of a sudden. Come on, people.

[sandstone72]

They should make a content label for ai posts like they do for mature content so I dont ever have to fucking look at it

[critter-of-habit]

Wait a minute.....

[bitchesgetriches]

Everything Is Becoming a Bank

Most major corporations — from airlines to social media platforms — now aspire to become unregulated banks. Bankification today accounts for

[apatosaurus]

This is a long read, but worth it. Some takeaways:

-Don’t use “buy now pay later.” The fine print isn’t what it seems.

-The fine print on medical financing, store credit cards, and contactless payment is also not what it seems.

-Payday loans are still predatory, even when offered by your employer

-Rewards programs are an income stream for the companies that run them. The points systems are manipulated so that the house always wins. They depend on people leaving money in rewards accounts and not in interest-bearing traditional bank accounts.

-Electronic payment apps like VenMo are not banks. You don’t earn interest. Your money is not protected.

-Your financial information is not private if your money is not kept in a regulated bank.

-None of this is regulated by the FDIC. Your money is not protected if it is held by a non-bank doing banking business. Our economy is not protected from the collapse of financial institutions that are not banks.

-The Biden administration was making progress in increasing accountability for non-banks operating as predatory financial services providers. The current administration is reversing those protections to favor corporations.

[mierac]

Oh boy.

 A third of younger Americans hold their savings on nonbank tech platforms like Venmo

PEOPLE! DO NOT LEAVE YOUR MONEY IN VENMO OR APPLE PAY OR ANY OF THIS SHIT. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GO FIND A REAL BANK OR A CREDIT UNION.

If Venmo were to close tomorrow all your money would vanish. There's no insurance or guarantee on any of these things. I know banks aren't great but legit banks will have the "FDIC insured" logo on their doors and websites, which means if my bank goes under tomorrow I still get my money back. Also I guarantee you there is a credit union somewhere in your town, go find it.

You can leave some money in Venmo or Apple pay or whatever, but NOT ALL OF IT for the love of God.

[monsterfactoryfanfic]

they put RFK jr in charge of the agency that most directly affects everything i've been doing in my real life career for a decade so if I start posting like i've clamped car batteries to my nipples it's because i have done exactly that

[monsterfactoryfanfic]

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[monsterfactoryfanfic]

I knew eventually I'd have to make this post but the events of this week have pretty much been the last straw. The CDC is no longer publishing scientifically accurate information about vaccines.

Please do not get health information from the CDC for the foreseeable future. If you are an American, depending on your state, the state health department may have more accurate information. States in the Governor's Public Health Alliance are relatively trustworthy.

I've personally been using Dr. Kaetlyn Jetelina's newsletter as a less-grim way to keep up with US public health news. It's on substack unfortunately, but the information is solid.

Yale School of Public Health's POPHIVE is also a good way to track population health trends in the US.

I know this is not at the top of the administration's crimes. But it is one of them, and it is going to hurt a lot of people. Not much I can say but that I'm heartbroken.